The news of Cao Rong's death reached Jiangdong, and Sun Quan's first reaction was naturally that the opportunity had come, but what was needed to march was preparation, and Sun Quan could not prepare enough troops and grain and grass for a while, so the matter of cutting down Wei could only be delayed temporarily.

The main reason is that Cao Rong died too suddenly, and died young at the age of thirty-six. During Cao Rong's reign, he resisted Wu Shu's attacks many times, which made the scheming and decisive Sun Quan have to be impressed.

The war between Wu and Wei, the most recent one is more than six years ago, the third year of Wu Jiahe, the second year of Wei Qinglong, that is, the year when Zhuge Liang Xing died in Wuzhangyuan, Sun Quan personally led a large army to remove the new nail Hefei New City that Wei set up in Huainan.

This is also the largest scale of Wu State's use of troops, Sun Quan led an army of more than 100,000 people, in addition to the main attack on Hefei New City, Sun Quan also sent two roads of men and horses to contain the Wei army, one route Lu Xun, Zhuge Jin led more than 10,000 people into Jiangxia, Chukou, into Xiangyang; The other route led by generals Sun Shao and Zhang Cheng entered the Huai River, pointing directly at Guangling and Huaiyin.

Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming led the division to conquer in person, this is also the first time that the monarchs of Wei and Wu fought on the battlefield, Hefei New City is strong, the defense is tight, although the Wu army is numerous, but it can not be attacked for a long time, and Sun Quan's nephew Sun Tai was broken, in desperation, Sun Quan had to withdraw his troops, and ended the Northern Expedition in a hurry.

For the failure of the Northern Expedition, Sun Quan has always been angry, in fact, this Northern Expedition is the best opportunity for Eastern Wu, Zhuge Liang six out of Qishan, in Longxi dragged the main force of Wei, Sun Quan wanted to take advantage of the weakness, take Huainan in one fell swoop, cooperate with Zhuge Liang, and conspire with the Central Plains.

But how could the southeast defense line that Wei had painstakingly managed for many years be so easily breached, even when the war on the western front was the most tense, Wei did not transfer a single soldier from the southeast front, and the impregnable southeast defense line made Sun Quan touch the ashes of his nose and return in a huff.

Although it is said that he has been defeated repeatedly, Sun Quan's heart to enter the Central Plains has not died, but since Zhuge Liang died, Shu has taken a break to recuperate, and there is no longer the idea of raising troops.

Cao Rong's death made Sun Quan see the opportunity again, and the news from the Xizuo who infiltrated Luoyang made Sun Quan even more excited, and the feud between Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, the auxiliary minister of Wei, undoubtedly made Sun Quan see a ray of light.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Cao Shuang, the son of a gentleman, Sun Quan didn't pay attention to it at all, the only thing he was afraid of was Sima Yi, after all, he and Sima Yi had fought each other, and he knew that Sima Yi was powerful.

This time, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi poured into each other, and Cao Shuang seized Sima Yi's military power, which was undoubtedly good news for Sun Quan, and also strengthened Sun Quan's heart for the Northern Expedition.

The dispatch of Quan Cong to attack Huainan is Sun Quan's first strategic arrangement, Quan Cong as the advance force, the most important role is to test the reaction of Wei, in short, this time Sun Quan is very big, and there will be greater actions in the follow-up.

One stone hit a thousand waves, Wu's invasion caused an uproar in the Luoyang court, Taiwei Jiang Ji believed that this time Wu attacked a large country, Wei should not be taken lightly, should immediately mobilize the Chinese army to the south, assist the general Wang Ling of the expedition to the east, Yangzhou assassin Shi Sun Li, and repel the invading enemy.

And the candidate for the governor, Jiang Ji recommended Sima Yi, after all, among the generals of the court, no one has Sima Yi's high qualifications, the west rejects Shu, the south retreats to Eastern Wu, and the north conquers Liaodong, Sima Yi is a great achievement, in terms of experience, no one can be better.

Ding Mi immediately objected, believing that Wu's invasion was just a worry about ringworm, and there was no need to make a fuss at all, and that Wang Ling, the general of Zhengdong, and Sun Li, the assassin of Yangzhou, were enough to repel Wu's attack, so why did the imperial court need to send troops there.

Ding Mi's meaning is naturally Cao Shuang's meaning, this time through Sima Shi's imprisonment, Sima Yi has been forced to hand over the military power of the forbidden army, if Sima Yi is allowed to regain the military power to conquer Wu this time, wouldn't it make Cao Shuang's previous efforts useless.

Jiang Ji's move is clearly a fake private move, in order to help Huai Ma Yi take power in the army again, how could Cao Shuang get into this trick?

Therefore, the people on Cao Shuang's side did not agree with Jiang Ji's proposition at all, and entrusted the heavy task of retreating from the enemy to Wang Ling and Sun Li to solve it themselves.

Wang Ling is the highest military and political commander of the Southeast Theater, the general of Zhengdong and the military governor of Yangzhou, and Sun Li, the assassin of Yangzhou, is equivalent to his deputy.

Wang Ling was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, is the nephew of Han Situ Wang Yun, Wang Yun killed Dong Zhuo after the rest of Dong Zhuo, the whole family almost died, only nephews Wang Chen and Wang Ling escaped over the wall. Wang Ling, with Wang Yun's reputation, was very prestigious in the Bingzhou area, and was conscripted by Cao Cao as a subordinate.

After Wei Liguo, Wang Ling served as a regular attendant of the scattered cavalry, and later moved to the state to assassinate the history. In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi attacked Wu, and in the battle of Dongkou, Wang Ling broke Wu General Lu Fan, and was awarded the title of Yicheng Pavilion Marquis and General Jianwu for his merits. In the second year of Taihe, Wang Ling accompanied Cao Xiu on the expedition, and encountered the Wu army in Jiashi, the Wei army was defeated, and Wang Ling desperately broke through the siege, so that Cao Xiu was able to retreat.

Later, he was transferred to Yangzhou Assassin History, assisting Manzhong to guard the southeast defense line.

Wang Ling was older than Sima Yi, and his early experience was quite similar to Sima Yi, but by the time of the Ming Emperor, Sima Yi's promotion seemed to be faster than Wang Ling's, and when Sima Yi replaced Cao Zhen as the supreme commander of the Western Front, Wang Ling was still struggling in the position of Yangzhou Assassin. Sima Yi consumed Zhuge Liang to death, broke Gongsun Yuan, made outstanding achievements, and was a very popular minister, Wang Ling was still fighting the autumn wind on the southeast front, and for a period of time, he was mixed with Yuzhou as a assassin, and he was naturally thrown off by Sima Yi in his official career.

Wang Ling was very dissatisfied with this and had a lot of complaints.

It was not until Cao Rong died and Cao Fang ascended the throne that Cao Shuang took power, that Wang Ling was reused and promoted to the general of Zhengdong and the governor of Yangzhou, and became the leader of the Southeast Theater.

Wang Ling is not a member of Sima Yi's family, in line with the principle that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, Cao Shuang naturally wants to win over Wang Ling in order to fight Sima Yi.

However, Sun Li is Sima Yi's protégé and Sima Yi's die-hard loyalist, Wang Ling and Sima Yi have a gap, so naturally they have a bad relationship with Sun Li.

The discord between the generals undoubtedly gave Quan Cong, who came to attack, a chance, and Quan Cong led the army to attack Shaobi first. Shaobi is a lake in the south of Shouchun, Quan Cong led the army of land and water to the north, destroyed the Wei army in the Tuntian along the coast of Shaobi, killed countless soldiers, Wang Ling sent troops from Shouchun, and Quan Cong fought in Shaobi.

Wang Ling's soldiers were less than Quan Cong, and the battle was unfavorable, so he had to camp his troops in the north of Shaopo and wait for Sun Li to come to aid from Hefei. But Sun Li was late and was stopped by Wu's general Zhang Xiu in Shaobeidong. Wang Ling couldn't wait for reinforcements, so he had to withdraw to Shouchun. Quan Cong took advantage of the victory and besieged Shouchun, and Wang Ling had to ask the court for help.