Cao Liang did not rush to send troops to attack Shu, but before attacking Shu, he carried out a full army to rectify all kinds of negative emotions such as impetuousness, eagerness to achieve success, blind optimism, etc., and required the troops of each army, battalion and division to unify their thoughts, unify their understanding, and be prepared to fight tough battles and protracted battles.

Cao Liang pointed out that although Shu only occupies a state of land, Yizhou has always been called a natural dangerous country. Shu is weak and has remained in the southwest corner for more than 40 years, which proves that Shu has a unique advantage in defense. Even if Wei has sold all the troops across the country this time, it is definitely not an easy task to destroy Shu.

Therefore, the entire army must have a unified understanding and think of the difficulties of attacking Shu at the forefront. We must not breed pride, complacency, blind optimism, and treat the battle against Shu as a battle of tackling tough problems and make full preparations for combat.

Through this purge, the army's mental outlook changed drastically, and the impetuous mood disappeared, and the blind arrogance disappeared. Everyone realized that the importance and difficulty of this battle were far more difficult than they imagined. Only when the Wei army was united and worked together to continue to carry forward the spirit of the brave who met on a narrow road, can we truly welcome the victory.

This time, Cao Liang wanted to pour cold water on the hot-headed Wei soldiers and sound the alarm bell, because he knew very well how important the ideological style of an army is. Only an army with strict discipline and unified thoughts can go further on the battlefield.

This army was formed by Cao Liang. From the original Yueqi Camp organized by 700 people to the current army of hundreds of thousands, Cao Liang devoted his efforts here to an extremely huge amount, and he knew this army well.

It is precisely because of this that this time there will be a purge operation. Cao Liang wanted to tell the generals and soldiers he was under to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, not forget his original intention, and always maintain a brave heart. Even if the day when the whole world is unified really comes, it will not be time for them to put their horses into the warehouse. It takes people to fight the country, and guarding the country also requires people. If Wei State wants to maintain a long-term stability, it is impossible for a strong army to do so.

And now, facing an enemy that is still very powerful, what reason do they have to be blindly optimistic and arrogant?

There are now 200,000 troops gathered in the territory of Wei. In addition, the top famous generals such as Jiang Wei, Lu Kang and Sima Lun, Cao Liang knew that this battle against Shu would never be smooth, so all the troops of the Wei army must be fully prepared to deal with difficulties.

This battle is likely to be a arduous tug-of-war and protracted war, but Cao Liang has made up his mind to pacify Shu and unify the world this time. If it doesn’t work for a year, then two years, two years, three or five years. In short, Cao Liang is preparing to attack Shu for a long-term battle. No matter how difficult the situation is, Cao Liang will not withdraw his troops easily and cannot decide the outcome. This battle will continue.

Cao Liang wanted to see how long can the national strength of Shu support such a war?

The three legions will attack Shu from three directions. The first one to start the battle will be Deng Ai's left legion on the north road. Deng Ai will lead his troops from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, kicking off the attack on Shu.

The second thing that will launch an attack is Du Yu's Right Legion in the middle. Now the deployment of the Right Legion has been in place, and the vanguard troops are heading straight to Motianling, forming an offensive state against Yong'an's first line of defense.

The Central Army gathered the forces of the Right Army and the Navy, and was the strongest of the three armies. Cao Liang personally took charge of the imperial army, and his momentum was particularly strong.

However, they were facing the important town of Yong'an in Shu Kingdom. Yong'an has always been the gateway to Shu. When Liu Bei conquered Xichuan, he also took this route.

At that time, Liu Bei did not enter Yong'an in a war state, but entered Yong'an under the banner of friendly forces assisting Liu Zhang to block Zhang Lu. It can be said that the Yong'an Fortress did not play a defensive role, and in the end Liu Bei cooperated inside and outside, losing Yizhou.

As the eastern gateway of Shu Kingdom, Yong'an is in a very important position in both strategy and tactics, but it rarely experienced actual combat. Except for the failure of the Battle of the Yi War, Liu Bei fled to Yong'an. At that time, Yong'an was still called Baidi City. Later, Liu Bei stayed in Baidi City and built the Shang Palace as Yong'an Palace. Later, Baidi City was changed to Yong'an City, which was the seat of Badong County.

It was precisely because of Yong'an that the Shu army did not catch up with the Wu army after Yiling was defeated, and was subjected to a devastating blow, which also retained some strength for Zhuge Liang's subsequent expeditions to the south and the north.

This time, the Wei army tried to open the passage into Yizhou from the middle road, so Yong'an was a hurdle that the Wei army could not get around.

Yong'an is now stationed in more than 100,000 troops, which can be said to be the most powerful defensive fortress in Shu Kingdom. Jiang Wei personally garrisoned, and Lu Kang and Sima Lun can only be qualified to be deputy generals. If they go to another place, they will at least be generals who can stand alone.

Then the importance of Yong'an made Jiang Wei dare not transfer them away. After all, most of Yong'an's 100,000 troops were Lu Kang and Sima Lun's troops, and there were not many real Shu troops, so in terms of coordination and command, Jiang Wei also needed Lu Kang and Sima Lun.

Yong'an, with the three giants of the Shu army, naturally became the hardest hard bone for the Wei army. Cao Liang's own goal was to fight against Jiang Weilu and the three of Sima Lun and fight against each other head-on.

This seemed to have become a reason why Jiang Wei did not dare to divide his troops easily. During the Battle of Xiling, it was because Jiang Wei did not know that the real commander of the Wei army was Cao Liang, so he suffered a loss.

At the same time, Cao Liang has been staying in the Xiling area of ​​Jiangling, which undoubtedly gave Jiang Wei a fatal threat, making him unable to assemble heavy troops in Yong'an for defense.

In fact, the reason why Cao Liang gathered heavy troops in Xiling was to provide cover for Yang Hu on the South Road.

After Yang Hu pacified Jiaozhou, he invisibly opened up a new front, which was to march from Jiaozhi County to the south.

This road should be more difficult than the North and Middle Roads, but Shu Kingdom seemed to have no idea that the Wei army would have such a move, so their defense in Nanzhong was relatively weak. Only the prefect of Jianning Huo Yi led more than 10,000 people to guard the six counties of Nanzhong. As long as Yang Hu sent troops to Nanzhong, the road would be like a no-man.
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