However, Sun Quan declined this request, and later apologized to Cao Pi, stating his son was still very young and vulnerable in his health to be away from his home and family.

Further west of the Yangtze, Wei generals Cao Zhen, Zhang He, and Xiahou Shang attacked two Wu positions in Jing Province from Xiangyang.

Zhang He led the attack to overrun the outpost at Nan Commandery, successfully defeating Sun Sheng in the process.

The third invasion was not directed at the region of Nanjing or the Jing Province, but closer to the Wu king Sun Quan.

However, the assault also ended in retreat when Cao Ren learned that the other two armies attacking Dongkou and Jiangling had withdrawn from their positions.

Wu general He Qi led the attack on Jin Zong, however, his forces decided to withdraw due to extremely hot weather conditions.

Cao Pi led more than 100,000[4] men and naval vessels towards Guangling, on the opposite side of the Yangtze River from Jianye (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu).