When Cao Liang received the news from Du, he had just left Anyi and was on his way back to Jinyang.

With the death of Sima Yi, the pattern of the world will be reshuffled, and Hedong County will not experience any more wars for the time being, so after Cao Liang deployed the defense of Hedong County, he immediately went north and handed over Hedong County to Zhang Tong to take care of.

Although after Sima Yi's death, Sima's forces suffered a major blow, and the foundation is still in Sima Yi's painstaking operation for decades, even if Sima Shi's ability is slightly inferior to Sima Yi's, but with such a rich legacy, Sima Shi's brothers can also sit back and enjoy their success, and those capable generals who are loyal to Sima Yi will continue to be loyal to Sima Shi.

Although they were defeated in Bingzhou, and the defeat was extremely miserable, which made the Sima clan break their bones, but the Sima clan did not lose their heritage, they still controlled the Luoyang court, continued to occupy most of the states and counties of the Wei state, and had huge manpower and material resources, if they took time to recover, the Sima clan was still a very strong and terrible enemy.

So Cao Liang didn't dare to slack off at all, even if the whole state was jubilant after the victory, Cao Liang was not fluttering, he had an extremely clear understanding that this victory was just a starting point, a step towards the final victory, before reaching the supreme position, any step was insignificant, if there was no next step, then this step would have no meaning of existence.

Competing for the Central Plains and dominating the world, this thousand-mile journey has just begun, and the next road is also a long way to go, and there is no room for any mistakes.

Taking advantage of Sima Yi's death Sima Shi's new power and the decline of Sima's power, it should be Cao Liang's opportunity to make a move, although there is a danger of mountains and rivers in the land of the state, but it also has great flaws, that is, the lack of population and resources, although Cao Liang has used all his efforts to improve the economic strength of the state, but the shortcomings of the population cannot be solved in a short time.

Population is the basis of everything, no one is no army, no one has no taxes, and the sparse population of the state will always be a bottleneck restricting the development of Cao Liang, just like Zhuge Liang, no one in the world can be better than the world, but trapped in the poverty of Shu, throughout his life, he can only do it.

Therefore, if Cao Liang wants to develop, he can't limit his eyes to the merger of states, and take advantage of the opportunity of this big victory, he must take the step of expansion and lead the war to the area controlled by the Sima clan.

Any war is a contest of strengths, and if you are stuck in one place, you will only be self-defeating.

Bingzhou is a strategic place, to the north and west, is the gathering place of the Hu people, Cao Liang's enemies, not only Sima, but also the Xiongnu Xianbei such a Hu people, although they have been expelled from the state, but these Hu people will not give up the ambition of attacking the state, as long as there is a proper opportunity, they will still make a comeback, so the defense of these Hu people, must not be taken lightly.

In the southwest of Bingzhou, is Yongzhou, which is also a strategic place for Cao Wei, it is an important line of defense against the attack of Shu, here, Sima also gathered heavy troops, with Guo Huai, who has rich experience in leading troops to fight, is the most difficult hard bone to gnaw.

To the south of Bingzhou, is Sizhou, where Luoyang is located, as the location of the capital, its defense is naturally the top priority, almost all the core forces of the Sima clan are deployed in Sizhou, if Cao Liang wants to choose a breakthrough, he will definitely not choose a place like Sizhou, this is the place where he will stay in the future to do the final battle.

The only breakthrough left for Cao Liang is Jizhou in the east and Youzhou in the northwest.

Jizhou is the largest state in Hebei, where the land is fertile, the population is large, its Yecheng, is Cao Wei's accompanying capital, for a long time, Cao Wei regarded as a rear base, even if Luoyang is lost, there is Yecheng can continue to maintain the overall situation, so Jizhou is fundamental for Cao Wei's regime.

If Cao Liang can take Jizhou in one go, and connect Jizhou with Jizhou, then his strength will undoubtedly increase greatly, and he will also achieve a situation of dividing the world equally with Sima's clan.

But is Jizhou really that easy to take? Cao Liang doesn't think so, the first person to rule Jizhou is the general of Zhenbei and Jizhou Mu Lu Zhao, although this person is not a famous general, but his ability is also quite outstanding, otherwise he would not have been overwhelmed back then.

After Lu Zhao withdrew from Weize Pass, he did not pull the troops back to the hinterland of Jizhou all at once, but stationed in dangerous places such as Jingcheng Pass.

Of course, if you want to attack Jizhou, there is another way, and that is to march from Youzhou. Youzhou is in the north of Jizhou, Youzhou, has always been a barrier against foreign invasion, Youzhou has the danger of Yanshan, can block the cavalry of the Hu people to the south, is an important foundation to protect the Hebei Plain.

Cao Liang knows the history of ancient China well, and in the fifth dynasty, Shi Jingtang ceded the sixteen states of Youyun to the Khitan, and since then there has been no peace in the Central Plains.

There is no Youzhou, the Great Plain of Jizhou is nothing, so if you want to take Jizhou, you must first take Youzhou, although it seems that Youzhou is in a remote place, but it is the most important springboard for Cao Liang to enter the Central Plains, so Cao Liang will go to the breakthrough point of the expedition, first selected in Youzhou.

The power that controls Youzhou, unlike other states, Youzhou Governor Du Liao General Biqiu Jian is not the power of Sima's clan, in fact, the relationship between Biqiu Jian and Sima Yi is not harmonious, and Sima Yi is also deliberately trying to get rid of Biqiu Jian, but because the military affairs in those places in Huainan and Zhou are more urgent, Sima Yi can't make a move.

Since Biqiu Jian and Sima Shi can't pee in a pot, they obviously give themselves a chance to take advantage of, and the difficulty of capturing Youzhou will naturally be much smaller than attacking other places.

On the way back to Jinyang, Cao Liang was thinking about a good way to break Youzhou, and suddenly Du Yu's letter was urgent, Cao Liang dismantled it and looked at it, and said to everyone: "Youzhou major events can be decided!" ”