When Cao Rong was thinking about how to transfer troops and reinforce Sima Yi. The main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army, under the leadership of Xu Shu, also encountered some trouble.

This trouble can be big or small.

In fact, the current Xu Shu has already led his troops into Chenliu County, but he only occupies the southern part of Chenliu County, and he has not even penetrated too deep into the territory of Chenliu County, let alone attacked Yongqiu County, where Sima Yi's main force is located.

In other southern states and counties of Yanzhou, Sima Yi had already given up, but Xu Shu did not send people to occupy them at the first time.

Xu Shu has other concerns.

On the one hand, Xu Shu did not dare to divide his troops easily, lest he would not have enough troops to create enough pressure on Sima Yi in Yongqiu County.

On the other hand, according to the scouts, the Eastern Wu army in the Huainan area was ready to move and was not at ease.

Zhu gathered nearly 30,000 troops in Shangcai, Runan County, and to the north of Shangcai, it was in Yingchuan County. Once the Eastern Wu Army marched into Yingchuan, it was equivalent to a knife inserted into the waist of the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army led by Xu Shu.

This Xu Shu has to be guarded against.

And Lu Xun on the Shouchun side, according to the information from Xizuo and the news sent back by Pang De, has also sent troops from Shouchun to the north, and it seems that he has the intention of entering Peiguo and other places.

That place is the flank direction of Xu Shu, in case Dongwu and Cao Wei unite, Sima Yi and Lu Xun together to flank Xu Shu in Chenliujun, Zhu Ju stabbed Xu Shu in the back again, it would be a big trouble.

Although Xu Shu also believed that Eastern Wu and Cao Wei could not be so united, the actions of the Eastern Wu side were more like taking advantage of the fire to rob than to relieve the siege of Cao Wei and Yanzhou. But Xu Shu couldn't help but be on guard.

Therefore, Xu Shu slowed down the speed of his march and assembled in the southwest of Chenliu County, never daring to easily go north to attack Yongqiu County, where Sima Yi was located.

And Xu Shu didn't dare to go north quickly, Sima Yi naturally couldn't ask for it, and now he finally had time to readjust the direction and arrangement, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Son of Heaven.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Sima Yi is not threatening now, at least Wei Yan, who is wreaking havoc in Dongjun, Sima Yi has no choice but to give Jia Kui an order and let him do his best to hold on.

On the Eastern Wu Army, Lu Xun has now led 50,000 Huainan soldiers into Dangshan County in Peiguo, and is hesitating whether to lead troops into Liang State.

To be honest, Lu Xun's dispatch of troops this time was not asked in advance, he was an unauthorized dispatch.

Of course, as the new general of Great Wu and the governor of Huainan, Lu Xun has the right to send troops on his own and seek fighters.

But so be it. Lu Xun is not Zhou Yu after all.

With Zhou Yu's prestige and status, Zhou Yu took the initiative to attack, and even if the Great Wu Supreme Sun 100,000 only knew about it after the fact, he would not only not blame, but would also fully mobilize the country's soldiers and horses to cooperate with Zhou Yu's actions.

On the one hand, Sun Quan's trust in Zhou Yu, believing that Zhou Yu will not fight an uncertain battle, on the other hand, Zhou Yu's prestige is too high, even if Sun Quan sends troops without authorization, Sun Quan can't do anything with Zhou Yu, and he can gain a little if he cooperates fully, but if he doesn't cooperate, the losses are all the elites of Wu.

Of course, Zhou Yu has never done this, and if there is any action, he must be the first person to ask Sun Quan. Therefore, Sun Quan is also more at ease with Zhou Yu.

But Lu Xun does not have the same prestige and status as Zhou Yu, and he can have the opportunity to be on his own, and even become this general, which is the result of Sun Quan's single-handedness.

Of course, Lu Xun also has the right to fight independently, but these rights are limited to the use of Huainan area, and if he wants to make a decision related to the national war, Lu Xun naturally cannot make his own decisions.

Therefore, this time, Lu Xun attacked decisively, on the one hand, he didn't want to waste such a good opportunity, on the other hand, he also hurriedly played the Eastern Wu Emperor in Jianye, explained the reason for doing so, and asked for the opinion of the Eastern Wu Emperor.

Is it to take advantage of the situation to fight a wave, cooperate with Cao Wei to repel the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, and weaken the power of a wave of Shu Han, or to take advantage of the fire to rob, occupy three countries and one county in the south of Yanzhou, and expand its own strength? !

Both of these choices actually make sense.

Over the years, the growth of Shu Han's strength has been amazing.

When the Three Kingdoms were first established, Shu Han only had two states, but Eastern Wu had three states, although the two were not as good as Cao Wei, but the gap between them was not large.

But now, the Shu thieves have made several northern expeditions, and have owned the entire territory of Yi, Jing, Yong, and Liang and half of the Sili, and now they have even hit Yanzhou. In terms of Soochow, it is still Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Xuzhou plus half of Qingzhou.

The number of states occupied may not vary much, but the size of the territory occupied and the economic power of the occupation are becoming more and more incompatible.

In addition, three years ago, Zhang Xi recaptured the four counties of Jingnan in a battle, further expanding the scope of this gap, if Dawu did not take any action to control and weaken the strength of Shu Han, I am afraid that even if he wanted to fight in the future, it would become very difficult.

Therefore, taking advantage of the current Northern Expedition of Shu Han to Yanzhou, it is just a good choice for the Huainan soldiers to poke the back road of the Shu thieves, so it is also a good choice to cooperate with Cao Wei to thwart the Northern Expedition of Shu Han, weaken the strength of Shu Han, and maintain the balance of power of the Three Kingdoms.

Perhaps, after the failure of Shu Han's Northern Expedition, his vitality will be damaged, and it will give Dawu the opportunity to return to Jingnan again.

Moreover, according to Lu Xun's idea, the frontal pressure of the Shu Han army is carried by Sima Yi and the Wei army, and what they have to do in Eastern Wu is just to secretly march in the rear, threaten the grain route of the Shu Han Northern Expeditionary Army, and finally cooperate with Sima Yi to attack the Shu army, the price paid will not be too great, and it is impossible for Xu Shu to leave Sima Yi on the front and compete with the Huainan Corps of Dawu in turn.

This is a good opportunity to be small and big.

Of course, this is the plan that Lu Xun is inclined to.

The rest of the plan is actually another plan given by Lu Xun for his understanding of Sun Quan over the years.

Sit back and watch Cao Wei and the Shu thieves attack each other, secretly take advantage of the rear, occupy the three countries and one county in the southeast of Yanzhou, and wait until the two sides divide the victory and defeat, no matter who wins the final victory, I am afraid that they will not have the confidence to use force against the Eastern Wu army that has occupied the southern part of Yanzhou.

Even if Shu Han can win, it is impossible for him to turn his head and immediately start a war with Eastern Wu as soon as he finishes fighting Cao Wei on the front foot.

And if Cao Wei wins, Dawu can also say that the three kingdoms and one county in the east were taken back from the hands of Shu Han, and Cao Wei, who is not easy to hold Yanzhou, obviously will not turn his face with Dongwu as an ally, this dumb loss, they can only eat.

In this way, with the three countries and one county in the south of Yanzhou as a link, the connecting area of Eastern Wu in Huaibei and Xuzhou has been further expanded, and it can be nearly half the size of the Central Plains.

Anyway, no matter which one you choose, you won't suffer.

Still. Lu Xun still hopes that Sun Quan can choose the first plan.

Choosing the first plan shows that this Dawu Supreme has not given up the confidence and courage to dominate the world, and is still trying to find a way to continue the Dawu foundation for a little longer.

It's not impossible to choose the second option, but this is not the pattern that a king who aspires to rule the world should have.

But. About a month after the dispatch of troops, Lu Xun received Sun Quan's edict.

Sun Quan finally chose the second option.

This made Lu Xun have to sigh, but he didn't feel any surprises.

To be honest, from the perspective of the Lu clan in Jiangdong, Lu Xun didn't want Sun Quan to run to Jiangbei if he had nothing to do, after all, the foundation of the Lu clan was only in the south of the Yangtze River, and on the Jiangbei side, the influence of the Lu clan was only as far as Huainan at most, and further north, there would be no interests.

But standing in the relationship between Sun Quan's close friends, Lu Xun really didn't want to see Sun Quan make such a decision.

It's obviously a good opportunity to go north to occupy Yanzhou, but using this sneaky way to occupy it always seems a little too childish and unconvincing.

So, in fact, Lu Xun is also very contradictory.

Plus. The current Sun Quan is not the Sun Quan that Lu Xun was familiar with in his early years.

He is now the Great Wu Supreme.

In this case, Lu Xun sent an order to Zhu Ju, asking him to lead the troops to be stationed in Shangcai and not to act without authorization.

And he himself continued to lead his troops westward, entered the Liang State, and approached in the direction of Chenliu County.

Taking advantage of the advantage is taking advantage of the cheap, but how to take advantage of this cheap porcelain, that is also a science.

Again, Lu Xun actually did not completely give up the first hope of fighting, and also wanted to help Sima Yi march into the Liang State, threaten the flank of the Shu army, and buy Sima Yi time to adjust the layout, which was the biggest help that Lu Xun could help Sima Yi.

As for whether you Sima Yi can get out of trouble, in the final analysis, it still depends on you.

It's just that Lu Xun has a little bit and didn't take it into account.

Not long after Lu Xun led his troops into Liang State, he received information from his scout that in the direction of Jiyin County, a cavalry unit was heading south, and the destination of the march was Liang State.

Lu Xun's face changed slightly, and then he ordered the whole army to retreat and withdraw to Peiguo.

At the same time, Lu Xun sent people to pass the military order to Zhuge Dan in Xiapi County, asking Zhuge to organize the troops and assemble in the direction of Shanyang County.

After doing this, Lu Xun believes that with Xu Shu's eyes, he will not fail to see his true purpose.

Anyway, I'm just here to take advantage of the excitement. The two of you continue to fight.

(End of chapter)