After Qin Kuang sent Du Jun away, Yang Qing got up and walked unconsciously in the room. He wanted to think carefully.

Regarding this Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang and others' ideas were slightly different from the original history. Although they were still preparing to launch a test attack on Chen Cang, there was no link to design.

In the original history, Ji Han's second and third northern expeditions were actually a total military operation. Zhuge Liang's attack on Chen Cang included at least three layers of intention, and the first layer was naturally to fulfill his ally with the Eastern Wu and restrain the Wei army in Guanxi.

The second purpose is to touch the Wei army with a mentality of not having dates or not. If Chen Cang is attacked, the Han army will have a foothold on the Wei River line, and then it can be used as the basis to encroach on Guanzhong.

The third and most important purpose is to use Chen Cang as bait to attract the attention of the Wei army. When Zhuge Liang attacked Chen Cang, Chen Shi was ordered to lead thousands of troops to capture Wudu and Yinping the two counties.

Cao Zhen, Guo Huai and others were indeed like the first Northern Expedition, and were once again attacked the Han army's plan to attack the east and west.

When Guo Huai reacted and led his troops to rescue Yinping, Wudu, the two counties had not only fallen into the hands of the Han army, but even Zhuge Liang had led his army from Chen Cang to the vicinity of Jianwei after beheading Wang Shuang, preparing to intercept him.

Fortunately, Guo Huai finally reacted this time and led his army to retreat in time. Otherwise, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition would have had a greater result.

Therefore, because the current situation is very different from the original history, the Han army's plan to attack Guanzhong seems a bit monotonous and casual, except for the most important war in Liangzhou.

However, Yang Qing wanted to make the situation in Guanzhong even more complicated and to launch a comprehensive test on the Wei army's Guanzhong defense line, so that he could accumulate experience and lessons for the recovery of Guanzhong in one fell swoop.

After standing in front of the wooden frame map in the northwest corner of the public housing for a while, Yang Qing finally came up with a plan and shouted inwardly: "If you have it, just do it." Then he walked back to the desk, took a pen and dipped it ink to write a reply letter to Zhuge Liang.

Half an hour later, Yang Qing replied with a reply letter, and then ordered someone to invite Du Jun again.

Yang Qing reminded: "Wenping, please tell the Prime Minister, and say that the strategy in a letter is for reference only, and the main thing is to take the strategies of the Hanzhong Dukes first."

"Yes, a humble position will definitely be reported to the Prime Minister word for word."

Du Jun agreed repeatedly, bowed and said, "I will leave first, I will do my best."

"Okay, then I won't keep you anymore. Bo Zheng, I'll give you some Wenping for me."

Qin Kuang responded and led Du Jun out of the governor's mansion. Du Jun did not dare to delay, and immediately led his followers to Nan'an without stopping.

Lujiang County was named after the Lujiang River water in its territory. It was connected to Hefei in the north and Poyang in the south. It was originally a large county with a land spanning the north and south of the Yangtze River. However, in the second year of Emperor Wu of Han, the land of this county in the south of the Yangtze River was assigned to other counties, so the territory of Lujiang County is now in Jiangbei.

Since this county is on the border, the Wei and Wu countries have repeatedly tug-of-war here, so that the current Lujiang County has been divided into two by the Wei and Wu families.

The general capital of the Lujiang County of Wei State was located in Yangquan, while the general capital of the Lujiang County of Wu State was located in Wancheng. The primary purpose of the Wei army's eastward journey south was to capture Wancheng and open the door to cross the river in one fell swoop.

Shu County, located in the northwest of Anhui City, belongs to Lujiang County of the Eastern Wu. At this moment, Cao Xiu led a large army to camp in this county for a while, which means that the Wei army has entered the Wu territory.

"The Grand Sima, this place is not far from Wancheng, and there must be a scout of Wu army in front of us to inquire about the news, so our army should not go deeper into the important areas. The officials thought it would be better to rest here for a few days, just waiting for Jia Envoys and the others." In the general's tent, the prefect of Langya, Sun Li, advised Cao Xiu.

It turned out that Cao Xiu was eager to make contributions and was determined to complete the extraordinary achievements of conquering the Eastern Wu. Therefore, he led the soldiers to travel day and night these days, and kept rushing to the road. At this moment, he had left Jia Kui's middle army far behind.

This would be suspected of being alone and going deeper. Although Cao Xiu knew that there was something wrong with this move, he believed that he had 100,000 soldiers under his command and did not take this risk at all.

As the head coach, he could naturally ignore it, but his generals could not ignore the dangerous actions that penetrated the enemy's territory. Therefore, Sun Li came to remind him on behalf of the generals.

Cao Xiu waved his hand and said indifferently: "Deda is too cautious, don't you hear that the army is more powerful than speed? This time the army went south to respond, the first thing is to quickly arrive at Wancheng to meet with Zhou Feng. If there is any delay, there may be changes.

Yesterday, Zhou Rui sent someone to send me a letter urging me, saying that he had made all preparations in Wancheng and asked the army to quickly arrive and cooperate with him inside and outside to seize the city.

He also said that although Wancheng is empty at the moment, Sun Quan had asked Lu Xun and others to lead troops to gather in Wancheng. If it continues, it will be difficult to break the city easily later. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity cannot be missed. Can you still marches slowly?"

Sun Li said: "After that being said, our army is moving too fast. If this continues, our Eastern Army and the Central Army will be farther and farther away. Going alone is a big taboo in military strategists. I hope Grand Sima will think three times."

"Haha, our Eastern Army has no less than 100,000 infantry and cavalry. Even if the Wu bandits came out in full swing, they would be just as powerful as my troops. Therefore, even if the army goes deeper, what are you afraid of?

What's more, the King of Wei, would I be afraid of Wu thieves and other soft-legged shrimps that have come to the shore? As the head coach, I will be responsible for everything. If you follow the order, you don't have to talk about it anymore." Cao Xiu said impatiently.

Seeing this, Sun Li had to sigh helplessly and leave. Cao Xiu looked at his departure back, sneered, and said intimately: "Hmph, when I capture Wancheng, I will be ashamed to see you again."

At the same time, Cao Rui, who was far away in Luoyang, also received a report sent by Cao Xiu not long ago, and he knew that he was constantly moving forward because Zhou Feng asked for surrender again.

Although Cao Rui did not have much experience in fighting formations, he felt something was wrong when he saw Cao Xiu going into Wu so deeply, so he rushed to recruit Chen Qun and other important officials to enter the palace to discuss.

After reading Cao Xiu's report, Jiang Ji was shocked and said intimidatingly that it was broken. He quickly bowed his hand to Cao Rui and said, "Your Majesty, I see that the current situation is that the Grand Sima is entering the enemy's territory and gradually confronting the elite soldiers of the Eastern Wu.

However, Wu general Zhu Ran and others led their troops to station in Jiangling, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, behind the Grand Sima's Eastern Route Army. If Zhu Ran led his army to attack from behind, our army would be in danger.

Therefore, I really can't see anything beneficial to our army as to the current situation. I also ask Your Majesty to order the Grand Marshal to suspend the advancement."

Cao Rui pondered: "This..." He looked at Chen Qun and asked: "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, although what Secretary Jiang said is reasonable, the reason for advancing in the memorial of Grand Sima cannot be said to be wrong. After all, our eastern army has a population of 100,000. Even if Zhu Ran attacks from behind, Grand Sima is enough to compete with it.

Even if you lose, you can still stand firm until General Cavalry and Jia Envoy come to reinforce. Therefore, I think that the matter on the front line should be trusted by the Grand Sima." Hua Xin bowed and replied.

Chen Qun also agreed: "Your Majesty, what the Grand Marshal said is reasonable. The Grand Marshal has experienced many battles and is both wise and brave. He is the clearest of the situation on the Eastern Front. This time, he will have his own reason to go deeper into the army. We are in the rear and trust the country's general."

Seeing that both important officials supported Cao Xiu, Cao Rui felt that he should not easily doubt the judgment of his famous generals in the clan. However, when he thought of Jiang Ji's words just now, he always felt a little uneasy, so he asked Liu Ye again: "What do you think of Liu Qing?"

"Your Majesty, the reason why the Grand Sima doubled the way was to make the army more powerful and the army was to cooperate with Zhou Feng to seize Wancheng faster than slow. Therefore, the Grand Sima did this for the sake of the entire battle situation. I think this move is reasonable."

Cao Rui nodded repeatedly after hearing this, thinking that Liu Ye and Hua Xin and Chen Qun had the same meaning, but he changed the subject and continued to say: "However, what Jiang Shangshu said is also a just thing. The Wu army in Jiangling had to be guarded. The only thing that the army alone went deep was to be surrounded by the enemy.

Therefore, Your Majesty can issue an edict to order General Cavalry to quickly arrive in Jiangling to restrain Zhu Ran, and let the Central Army speed up and narrow the distance with the Eastern Army, so that it will be a perfect opportunity."
Chapter completed!