Luoyang.
"Hahaha, fighting has finally broken out in the Wu Kingdom!"
Zhong Hui threw back his head and laughed.
He looked delighted.
Everything in Cao Wei was steadily improving and getting back on track, yet the two distant kingdoms were still heading down a path where there was no worst, only worse.
The Shu Kingdom had just produced a Treatise on the Enemy State, and civil war had immediately broken out in the Wu Kingdom.
Zhong Hui almost seemed able to see an age of unification beckoning to him.
Cao Mao's feelings at that moment were exceedingly complicated.
He had originally placed high hopes in Sun 𬘭, intending to use him to eliminate Ding Feng. Who could have known that Sun 𬘭 would let Ding Feng escape even with supreme power in his grasp?
He did not remember any civil war breaking out in the Wu Kingdom at this time. Sun Jun had been subdued by catching him alone; there had been no fighting at all.
History was gradually veering off course, growing increasingly different from what Cao Mao remembered.
But that was not necessarily a bad thing. Although Sun 𬘭 had failed to kill Ding Feng, his subsequent moves had still been incisive. He had at least killed Zhu Yi and caused many generals to defect.
When it came to thinning the ranks of his own generals, Sun 𬘭 truly spared no effort.
Now he had even triggered a civil war, a clash between Jingzhou and Yangzhou... the mere thought was thrilling.
Zhong Hui said eagerly, "Your Majesty, perhaps we have a chance to take Xiling, Jiangling, and the surrounding areas..."
Xiangyang was now in Cao Wei's hands, while southern Jingzhou remained under Sun Wu's control.
Zhong Hui's strategy of destroying Shu first called for taking Xiling and prying