In the period of harmonious relations between the two sides, if it coincides with the death of the other monarch or the accession of the new emperor to the throne, the side that is an ally will send envoys to mourn and congratulate, for example, after the death of the Great Emperor Sun Quan, when Emperor Sun Liang and Emperor Jing Sun Xiu ascended the throne, Shu sent envoys to mourn or congratulate.

However, now that the relationship between the two sides is bad, this time Sun Xiu died and Sun Hao ascended the throne, so Shu naturally did not need to send envoys. However, this did not prevent the intelligence officers of Shu from reporting the news of the major changes related to Wu to Nanzhong in a timely manner.

All the intelligence agencies in Wei and Wu were in charge of Lieutenant Zuo Cheng Du Bi, and after Du Bi received the report, he had to hand it over to Liu Yin as soon as possible, and then Liu Yin would play the imperial court.

Liu Yin got the information from Wu Guo, if he remembered correctly, in history, Sun Xiu, the emperor of Wu State, died of illness in July of the second year after the death of Shu, and Sun Hao also ascended the throne in that month. It seems that although history has changed a lot, there are still many things that Liu Yin cannot change, such as the affairs of Wei and Wu, which have little stake in Liu Yin, even if it is the affairs of Shu, Liu Yin has changed it by himself.

After all, the inertia of the historical trajectory is still strong, and Sun Xiu, the young and promising emperor of Wu State, hanged up, and Sun Hao, who succeeded him as emperor, was a tyrant on the same level as Xia Wei Shang in history.

In history, Sun Hao's succession was after the fall of Shu, but due to the appearance of Liu Yin, Shu did not perish, and the trend of the world did not become the confrontation between the north and the south of Wei and Wu or continued to maintain the pattern of the Three Kingdoms, where will history eventually go. There are still uncertainties.

Liu Yin really has some expectations, next year it should be Sima Zhao's turn to die, will it happen the same? Liu Yin doesn't know, but Liu Yin knows that Sima Zhao's death is a huge variable for the general trend of the world. It is an opportunity and a challenge.

Now Sima Zhao, also saw the opportunity that belonged to him, Wu lord Sun Xiu died of illness, which was ready for the southern expedition of Sima Zhao, it was simply a blessing from heaven, taking advantage of the new emperor of Wu Guoguo to ascend the throne, Sima Zhao ordered Yanghu Du to send troops to Xiangyang Shangyong, from Linfang to the south. Attack Xiling, an important town of Wu.

Xiling is an important town in the Jingjiang section, the throat of water and land is to rush, Wu has been standing here to guard the Xiling governor, before entering Shu, Lu Kang served as the governor of Xiling.

And now the Wu army of 150,000 troops into Sichuan, Xiling has become an important town in its rear, once Xiling is lost, Wu and Shu will lose contact. It will endanger the supply of grain and grass to the army in Shuzhong, so Xiling is the throat of Wu State. In the deadly place, Sima Zhao chose to attack Xiling, obviously with the intention of hitting a snake and hitting seven inches.

Sun Hao just received the news of the large-scale attack of Wei on the second day of his ascension to the throne, and in the face of this "big gift" of enthronement given to him by Wei, Sun Hao, who had never participated in military strategy, was at a loss and did not know what to do.

However, these ministers who assisted Sun Hao in ascending the throne are not wine bags and rice bags after all. Soon, an emergency plan was formulated, and Lu Kai, the general of Zhengbei, led troops to reinforce Xiling, strengthened the garrison of Xiling, and stationed Jiangling by Jingzhou Thorn Shi Shi Ji to strengthen the protection of Xiling's flank. The left general Zhang Bu was stationed in Wuchang, the right governor Ding Feng was stationed in Fuling, and the later general Ding Feng was stationed in Lujiang, preparing to fully respond to Cao Wei's attack.

After the arrival of Lu Kai's reinforcements, Xiling's garrison was stronger, although Yanghu Du made full preparations, but in the face of the strong city, it was still impossible to conquer in a short time, so he had to turn into a siege war, surrounded Xiling, and tried to trap Lu Kai in Xiling City.

In order to prevent Wu from sending additional reinforcements to Xiling, Sima Zhao sent another 100,000 troops to attack Wuchang and Jianye, extending the war to the entire Yangtze River defense line.

The battle line between Wei and Wu stretched from Yizhou to Yangzhou, and dozens of counties and states were involved in the war in the land of three states, and on the front of nearly 5,000 miles, they clashed in an all-round way, opening the prelude to the decisive battle between Wei and Wu.

Liu Yin read the report and smiled slightly, as expected, Sima Zhao had the ambition to dominate the world, how could he give up the opportunity of the empty state of Wu this time? It seems that the mutual tearing between Wei and Wu is far more than limited to the territory of Yizhou, the entire Yangtze River defense line will become a battlefield for both sides, and the number of troops invested by Wei and Wu is so wide that even the three major battles that are called the foundation of the Three Kingdoms: the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi and the Battle of Yiling cannot be compared.

The all-out war between Wei and Wu seemed to bring a glimmer of opportunity to the Shu Han court, which moved south to Nanzhong. Perhaps in the eyes of Wei Wu, the remnants of the Shu Han Dynasty are like a salted fish, but as long as the opportunity is seized, the salted fish may not be able to turn over!

"Du Zuocheng, is there any information from Guan Long?" Liu Yin stopped Du Bi, who was about to retreat.

Du Bi shook his head and said: "Guan Long is three thousand miles away, and there are Hanzhong Dao and Yang'an Sword Pavilion to block it, it is extremely difficult to transmit information, I am afraid it will be difficult to transmit it back in a short time, if Lord Liu really needs information about Guan Long, he can send someone to contact Guan Longsi." Du Bi was slightly surprised, after all, Guan Long is separated from Hanzhong Shudi, and the information over there is not urgently needed, and now the information transmitted by the Lieutenant's Mansion is mostly about the information about the changes in the military situation in Shu and the information of the high-level Wei and Wu in Luoyang and Wuchang, Guan Long is too far away, even if he gets the exact information, it doesn't make much sense.

Liu Yin knew that this matter was not in a hurry, Guanlong, which was three or four thousand miles away, really wanted to pass on the news, it was by no means an overnight thing, the current means of communication are still too backward, even the carrier pigeon does not have it, it seems that the use of carrier pigeons to transmit messages is still something that only happened after the Tang Dynasty.

"Then there's Laud Zuocheng."

Du Bi bowed his hand and retreated.

The room was quiet, Liu Yin re-read all the reports, all the important places, he took a red pen circle, although the information submitted by all parties is detailed, but there is no lack of omissions and repetitions, which requires the reader to extract the essence, to remove the false and retain the true, many times, the truth is often hidden under the surface, and it needs to be carefully screened.

After a while, Du Bi went and returned, with an extra roll of paper in his hand,...... (To be continued.) )