This time, the Wei army first attacked Dongxing, which was located south of Chaohu Lake.

Dongxing in the north of the mouth of the water, tightly choke the waterway of Chaohu Lake into the Yangtze River, since ancient times, the Wuxu Dock is the place where the soldiers must fight, Cao Wei attacked Wu several times, and took this waterway.

When it comes to taking the waterway, many people are puzzled, it stands to reason that the strength of the Wei army lies in the foot cavalry, the strength of the Wu army lies in the water army, and the Wei army walks along the waterway south of Chaohu Lake, which is clearly to abandon the long and promote the weak, and compete with the Wu army on the waterway, isn't this asking for hardship?

In fact, this is also the helpless move of the Wei army, this era of war, the most difficult thing is actually the problem of grain and grass supply, Wei relying on the strong national strength, every time the army is dispatched, a large number of soldiers and horses will be sent, although the soldiers are many generals, the battle is larger, but for the logistics supply, it is a heavy burden, after all, most of the Wei army's troops are from the Central Plains, labor is far away, if only by land transportation, the difficulty must be great. Therefore, the Wei army attacked Wu, most of the time also chose to transport grain and grass from the waterway, and the Chaohu Lake water system connected the Yangtze River and the Huai River, so marching from Chaohu Lake became the only choice for the Wei army, and the south of Chaohu Lake became the focus of contention between the two sides.

Of course, Wu Guo also knew the strategic value of the Xukou, and when Zhuge Ke was the governor of Jiangbei, he built the two cities of Dongxing in the north of the Xukou, built the Dongguan on the east mountain, and the Xiguan on the west mountain, and built a levee between the two passes to block the southward movement of the Wei army.

This embankment had been ordered to be built by Sun Quan before, but it was destroyed by the Wei army before it was completed, and then it was shelved, and when Zhuge Ke was the governor, he rebuilt the embankment, made it extremely strong, and sent heavy troops to defend it. It is the first line of Dongxing, which has become the fortress of Wu, and the Wei army wants to capture the mouth of the Xukou and open the passage into the Yangtze River to approach Jianye, first of all, it must take the second city of Dongxing.

This time, the Wei army concentrated 70,000 horses on the front line of Huainan, basically based on the Zhuge Dan Department stationed in Huainan, and also included some soldiers and horses brought by Sima Zhao from Luoyang.

The news reached Jianye, and the court of Wu was in an uproar.

Taking advantage of the national mourning, sending troops to conquer seems to have become a common means for Sun Quan for many years, but feng shui takes turns, and Sun Quan under Jiuquan does not seem to have thought that Sima Shi would actually use his own way to govern others, and take advantage of his death to invade on a large scale.

Sun Quan reigned for an extremely long time, just as the emperor for twenty-four years, if you add him to the time when he seized Jiangdong, it has been more than fifty years ago, coupled with Sun Quan's strength, so that Sun Quan has become the backbone of Eastern Wu, and all strategies are implemented around him. Sun Quan's death also led to a vacuum in the power of Eastern Wu, Sun Quan's sons were many, but they fought with each other, and finally led to the death of several princes who were qualified to inherit the throne.

A ten-year-old child, even if he is smart and world-famous, it is impossible for him to take on the responsibility of the society, at this time, as an auxiliary minister, Taifu Zhuge Ke has become a pivotal figure.

Zhuge Ke is the eldest son of Zhuge Jin, the late general of Wu State, and the nephew of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu State.

Sun Quan is a very ambitious person, this piece of Jiangdong foundation was left to him by his father and brother, Sun Quan was unwilling to sit and guard it, and waved the Northern Expedition again and again, just to create a new world, open up the territory, so that the world no longer laughs at him only knowing that he only knows to sleep on the credit book of his father and brother.

But these wealthy families in Jiangdong, they are only willing to guard this one-third of an acre and enjoy their success, and they are not willing to mobilize the people to fight with Cao Wei.

At this point, Sun Quan is also very helpless, although he knows who is behind the constraints, but he is helpless, after all, the foundation of the Sun family is these Jiangdong gate valve families, without their support, Sun Quan would not be able to be this stable emperor.

Zhuge Ke is a smart person, the best at figuring out the will, others do not approve of Sun Quan's Northern Expedition, Zhuge Ke took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Jiangbei, willing to be Sun Quan's pioneer.

This move won the favor of Sun Quan, and Zhuge Ke was indeed outstanding, during his tenure as the Taishou of Danyang, he solved the Shanyue problem that had plagued Wu for many years, not only recruiting hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people, but also adding tens of thousands of Danyang elite soldiers to the Wu army.

With Sun Quan's reuse and promotion, Zhuge Ke's career can be called smooth, from General Weibei to Chaisang Du, and his prestige in the army has gradually increased.

At that time, Prime Minister Lu Xun was not optimistic about Zhuge Ke, and once wrote to Sun Quan that Zhuge Ke's words were exaggerated and could not be reused, but Sun Quan obviously did not listen to him, and after Lu Xun died of illness, Sun Quan promoted Zhuge Ke to be a general, stationed in Wuchang, and led Jingzhou affairs on behalf of Lu Xun.

The importance of Jingzhou to Wu is self-evident, and Zhuge Ke sits in this position, which is equivalent to becoming a giant in the army.

Although Sun Quan also knew that Zhuge Ke was stubborn and self-serving, but at this moment, the talents in the Wu Dynasty were withering, and there were few people who could be used.

After Zhuge Ke served as the Taifu, the power was overwhelming, but there were also people who opposed him, after all, in terms of seniority, Zhuge Ke was still not qualified to sit here, but because of Sun Quan's will, the ministers could only slander secretly.

Of course, Zhuge Ke knows his own situation, the land of Jiangdong, for example, is short and long in terms of family conditions, although the Zhuge family has a prominent position in Jiangdong, but it is not a high-ranking family, and in the body, Zhuge Ke is a cut short of others.

Now that he is the first assistant minister, he urgently needs prestige to increase his influence, and if he wants to quickly increase his prestige, there is nothing more than military merit, Zhuge Ke is considering whether to use troops against Wei, and happened to hear the news that Wei is raising troops to attack.

Others have a sad face, but Zhuge Ke is secretly happy, these Wei soldiers and generals are all giving themselves heads, how can he not smile? So Zhuge Keli lined up and personally led an army of 40,000 to set off from Jianye and go to Dongxing, but reinforced the defenders of Dongxing.

Dongxing Fortress was built by Zhuge Ke, only he knew best in his heart that the Wei people wanted to break through Dongxing, which was tantamount to an idiot's dream.