After the Battle of Xiling, Cao Liang no longer had to hide it. He left the Lingyun Hu and came to Xiling City.

When His Majesty arrived, it naturally caused a sensation among the Wei army.

Out of confidentiality, Cao Liang never left the Lingyun battleship during this western expedition to Jingzhou. There were not many people who knew about Cao Liang's news in the army, so almost all the Wei soldiers did not know that His Majesty had been by their side and had been fighting side by side with them.

This is an honor for the Wei army soldiers. His Majesty is here in person. What reason do they have to not fight to the death?

Shi Bao, Liu Jing, Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao went straight to the front of the journey and apologized for carrying a thorn.

Cao Liang disagreed. Victory and defeat are common things in military affairs. If a few generals were killed in a defeat, then Cao Liang would probably have no one under him, and no one dared to lead the army to fight.

In the Battle of Dingyingxia, the Wei army fought very badly. Cao Liang had repeatedly warned them before that they needed to be cautious when pursuing the enemy.

This does not mean that the defeated enemy must not be pursued, but the specific situation must be analyzed in detail. Only by judging the situation and changing opportunities can we gain the initiative on the battlefield.

Whenever you see the enemy retreat, you will pursue it relentlessly, do not analyze the situation on the battlefield, do not understand the geographical location of the battlefield, and pursue it blindly, which will only lead to a fall.

The biggest lesson of Dengyingxia is that the pursuit of Tunqi Camp and Jinqi Camp is too aggressive, blindly confident in one's own strength, insufficient estimates of the enemy's counterattack, and no understanding of the terrain, so he was hit by Simalun's fire attack plan.

Cao Liang had long reminded that although Sima Lun was young, he was definitely not an ordinary person. He was extremely intelligent and courageous. When facing such an opponent, he must be cautious and cautious. If he is not careful, he will be the end of this.

Of course, when they were in Yuzhou, the Wei army suffered a great loss at Sima Lun. Now it seems that they have healed their scars and forgot the pain, and have long forgotten the bloody lessons of that year.

This should have a great relationship with the Wei army's eagerness to seek merit. The military merit system itself is a double-edged sword. It is a magic weapon to inspire morale, and it will also bring risks and crises. In the face of the greatest temptation of interests, it is almost a luxury to keep the Wei army soldiers calm.

Fortunately, the timely rain fell from the sky, which prevented the two major cavalry camps of the Wei army from suffering greater losses. This result also made everyone express their luck. You must know that if the rain was a little late, most of the people in the cavalry camp would have fallen today.

The military discipline of the Wei army has always been clear in rewards and punishments. Since the Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp have fought such a defeat in Dengying Gorge, there is no reason not to hold the leader accountable. Of course, compared to Jiang Wei's execution of Ning Suilai, Cao Liang's punishment stick was waving high and gently falling down.

As the commanders of the Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp, Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao were abolished as generals and demoted to Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp, but they still served as the commanders and chief officers of the Tunqi Camp and the Jinqi Camp.

As commanders, Liu Jing and Shi Bao also had an unshirkable responsibility, revoking their power to hold integrity, each of whom was fined half a year for their salary and reduced their title and salary by half.

In fact, this punishment is really symbolic. Although Wang Hui and Zhang Qiao were revoked as general, their positions have not changed. They still serve as the chief officers of Tunqi Camp and Jinqi Camp. As long as they have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the future, they will be able to regain their posts soon.

As for Shi Bao and Liu Jing, they were only fined and cut off their salaries, but at this current status, who would care about the salary of a few people. It was really the greatest grace that did not dismiss them from their posts.

Even Shi Bao and the others felt that Cao Liang's punishment was too light, so they asked Cao Liang to report to him, demanding punishment according to the law and to regulate the military law.

Cao Liang smiled and said that he was punished completely according to military law. This time, the Wei army lost less than 2,000 troops in the defeat of Dengyingxia. If it were not for some subsequent impact, they would not even meet the standards of punishment.

The situation in Wei State is now very good. This Battle of Xiling defeated the Wushu Alliance, captured the last piece of territory in Jingzhou, and fully achieved the goal set by Cao Liang. Although the final Battle of Dengying Gorge had some minor flaws, overall, the flaws did not cover up the merits, and Cao Liang did not need to hold on to such minor mistakes.

Give them a little punishment, which can also be considered a warning to them. In future battles, we must maintain a style of being cautious about arrogance and impetuous, not being arrogant when winning, and not being discouraged when defeating Shu, and fight the final battle to destroy Shu.

After destroying the Wu Kingdom, Cao Liang had already set his sights on Shu Kingdom. If he wanted to complete the unification of the world, he had to destroy Shu Kingdom. This was Cao Liang's ultimate strategic goal. This goal was pursued throughout his life, but Cao Liang was always determined to change the world.

Destroying Shu and destroying Wu are completely different strategic models. Wu has natural dangers in the Yangtze River. Wei's national strength is far better than Wu, but there is no way to deal with Wu. The main reason is that it cannot solve the problem of breaking through the natural danger in the Yangtze River.

But for Cao Liang, this is not a matter. After all, Cao Liang had his own ideas on breaking through the natural danger of the Yangtze River. Without diamonds, he would not dare to take on porcelain work. If Cao Liang was really not sure of breaking through the Yangtze River defense line, he would not have mobilized the troops and led the army to the south.

So, when Cao Liang launched a large number of troops to go south, he was actually ready to defeat Wu. Just when everyone thought that Cao Liang would return to the court after he took Huainan and Jiangbei, Cao Liang suddenly launched a battle across the river and showed off his ultimate weapon - the giant catapult.

This giant stone casting car could hit the rock bomb on the shore of Jiangnan. The once proud Jiangdong naval army was fragile and vulnerable in front of such a giant. The Wei army defeated the navy of Wu and successfully boarded the south bank, conquered Jianye, and the Wu Kingdom was then destroyed.

Although the remnant Wu forces were still making tenacious resistance, this resistance became pale and powerless in the general trend. It took less than a year for the Wei army to take Yangzhou and Jingzhou one after another. With the failure of the Wushu coalition in Xiling, the entire Yangtze River area had fallen under the control of the Wei army.

The Shu army retreated to Yong'an and concentrated its forces to guard the eastern gate of Shu. However, facing the more than 100,000 Wei troops who were in Xiling, Jiang Wei was also deeply worried.

However, Cao Liang did not rush to attack, but asked the Wei army to rest and fight continuously, and the Wei army troops were also relatively tired.

Of course, more importantly, Cao Liang was waiting for news from Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou was the last base of the remnant Wu forces. Only by taking Jiaozhou could it be considered that the Wu Kingdom was truly eliminated.
Chapter completed!