Zhuge Ke raised 200,000 troops to attack Wei. Before the expedition, he spread rumors that he would invade the Huaihe River by sea, sweep Qingxu, and level the north and south of the Huaihe River.

Jiang Wei left Dongting and attacked Nan'an.

Encountering enemies on both sides, the whole country was shocked. This was the second time in the twenty years since the death of Zhuge Wuhou that Wu Shu invaded Huainan and Yongliang on a large scale.

The Wei State had just experienced the defeat of Dongxing. The generals were disheartened and the soldiers were depressed.

Fu Gu and Yu Song both saw through Zhuge Ke's strategy of attacking from the east to the west and said that the sea route was difficult. When Sun Quan supported Gongsun Yuan by sea, they were all overturned. Zhuge Ke would not dare to send his troops to the dangerous route and would attack Hefei along the old road. We can follow the example of Zhou Yafu who built a wall to wait for Wu and Chu to defeat themselves, built deep ditches and high fortresses, and did not fight each other. He first quickly defeated Jiang Wei to boost the morale of the army, and then concentrated his strength to deal with Zhuge Ke.

Master Sima was convinced.

Orders were issued to Sima Fu, Guanqiu Jian, and Wen Qin to defend themselves.

However, on the issue of the Western Front, Sima Division encountered difficulties.

The four forces of Yongliang, Deng Ai, Hu Fen, Guo Huai, Yang Zheng, plus Sima Wang, who had just taken over as General Anxi, lacked a commander.

There is no doubt that Guo Huai has this ability, but Master Sima does not dare to use it.

Deng Ai had enough qualifications but not enough background. Hu Fen had enough background but not enough qualifications. Sima Wang also faced the same problem.

Fu Gu and Yu Song both suggested that Chen Tai should once again be appointed as the general of the Zhenjun Army to supervise the Yongliang military affairs. "Guo Huai has a selfish intention, and Chen Tai has a public intention. The two of them complement each other, and then use Deng Ai and Hu Fen to control the Shu army." Must retreat."

In Luoyang City, the only person who was truly trusted by Sima Master and Sima Zhao brothers was Chen Tai, whom they had grown up with since childhood.

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Since the Cao Wei Dynasty, corruption has become rampant among local officials both inside and outside the court. Only Chen Tai hung the things he received on the wall, never opened them, and returned them all after he left office.

Sima Shi happily accepted it and ordered Guo Huai and Chen Tai to march out of Yongliang's army to attack Jiang Wei.

In terms of governing the country and military strategy, Sima Shi accepted advice humbly. Although his military strategy was not as good as his father's, his power and strategy were not inferior.

After Chen Tai arrived at Yongliang, he analyzed the situation and saw Jiang Wei harvesting early wheat. He realized that his army was insufficient, so he and Sima Wang led eight thousand infantry and cavalry into Luomen.

Luomen is between Pidao and Qishan Fort.

The Wei State built a new city in Huainan, built the Great Wall at the exit of Tangluo Road, and built Qishan Fort in the middle of Qishan Mountain.

As soon as Chen Tai entered Luomen, he posed a huge threat to Jiang Wei's food routes.

Chen Tai did the same thing, after ordering Buqi to plunder the Shu army.

The Shu army was short of food and grass, with Deng Ai in front and Chen Tai behind, so Jiang Wei had no choice but to retreat.

Chen Taisi used a thousand pounds to grab Jiang Wei's throat with one blow and quickly reversed the situation on the Western Front.

The morale of the Wei army recovered slightly.

At the same time, Zhuge Ke was still immersed in the glory brought by Dongxing's victory.

Wu's army won a great victory in December, swept the battlefield in January, returned to Jianye in February, and set off again in March.

The soldiers were exhausted from running for their lives.

Zhuge Ke's good friend Nie You advised him to strengthen his foundation in the court, saying that if Wei's powerful ministers were in power, disaster would inevitably occur in the long run, so it was better to train his soldiers and store up grain and grass to watch out for the provocations of Cao and Wei.

Zhuge Ke refused to accept this and attacked Huainan again.

Compared with Sima Division's clear strategy, Zhuge Ke had no strategy for entering Huainan.

At first, he just wanted to rob the people of Jianghuai River.

However, during the Dongxing War, the people in Huainan lost all their houses, and the remaining 10% fled to Huaibei.

The Wu army looted for a long time without gaining anything, and the soldiers became more and more exhausted.

However, Zhuge Ke was immersed in the joy of showing off his power and gradually began to despise the Wei army.

After two months of dispatching troops, the key point has still not been found.

In the end, Ding Feng couldn't stand it anymore and suggested Zhuge Ke to besiege the new city and carry out the strategy of siege and reinforcements.

Zhuge Ke had no choice but to take Ding Feng's words seriously, so he recalled the plundering armies and besieged the new city.

But there were delays and the troops were sent out in March. Now two months have passed and it is already May.

The Wu army successively entered and besieged the new city.

But the new town at this time is no longer the new town two months ago.

Two hundred thousand Wu troops invaded, and Guanqiu Zhong was recalled to Shouchun, and the city was handed over to Yue Fang and Ma Long.

Ma Long gathered the broken troops, selected the best ones, pulled up two thousand elite troops, trained day and night, and formed old women and children in the city. He demolished the houses in the city, strengthened the city defense, cut down the trees outside the city, improved 50 catapults, and erected all sides of the city. Heavy crossbow.

Move the people into the inner city, gather all the materials, and build an inner city wall behind the outer city wall.

With the strong support of Guanqiu Jian behind him, a large amount of grain, grass and military equipment were sent to the city.

However, Ma Long slept on the same couch as the soldiers, ate the same food, and distributed all the rewards sent by Shouchun to all the troops.

Xincheng's morale was greatly boosted, and Malone also gained military morale in a short period of time.

The responsibility for Dongxing's defeat did not lie with the soldiers.

The defeated soldiers were originally the elite of Huainan and had a blood feud with the Wu people.

Therefore, everyone pays attention to their lives.

The new city guard was originally Le Fang, who had a thousand tribesmen, but Le Fang admired Ma Long and was willing to serve as his subordinate.

There will always be three or two opportunities in a person's life. Some people seize them and some don't.

A series of encounters did not crush Malone, but made him more resilient.

At this time, Zhuge Ke did not pay attention to the new city at all. His eyes were on Shouchun Sima Fu's 200,000 reinforcements.

In the battle of Dongxing, although the Wu army was exhausted, its morale was strong.

The morale of the Wei army declined.

The Wu army did not pay much attention to Hefei New City, which was garrisoned by 3,000 people. They besieged but failed to attack, and the attack was ineffective, allowing the new city defenders to quickly adapt to the war.

Sima Fu stopped Guanqiu Jian and Wenqin's suggestion of a decisive battle in New City and stood still.

Even if Xincheng falls, Shouchun City will still be strong.

Xincheng was just an abandoned piece on the chessboard of Wei and Wu.

Zhuge Ke looked down upon him, and Sima Fu didn't care much either.

Another month passed like this, and Zhuge Ke waited for a long time before Shouchun's reinforcements arrived, so he turned his attention to the new city.

But suddenly I discovered that Xincheng was a tough nut to crack.

Tens of thousands of troops were deployed to attack for more than ten days, but they did not move at all.

Zhuge Ke was furious and ordered his troops to attack day and night.

After more than a month of hard fighting, more than half of the city's defenders suffered casualties, but the new city still stood firm!

Malong sent his subordinate Liu Zheng to break out of the encirclement, ask for help from Shouchun, and report the situation in the new city, but was captured by the Wu army.

Zhuge Ke tried to lure him to surrender, but Liu Zheng yelled, "You dead dog! What can I say? I will die as a ghost of the Wei State, and I will chase you away without even trying to survive."

He was beheaded under the city.

Ma Long sent Zheng Xiang again, but Zheng Xiang lurked day and night, but was still captured by the Wu people.

Wu Jun ordered Zheng Xiang to shout into the city: "The Shouchun army has returned to Luo, it is better to surrender early!"

Zheng Xiang pretended to obey, walked to the city and shouted: "The army is close at hand, strong men work hard!"

He was chopped into pieces by Wu Jun's swords.

Malone took the opportunity to boost morale, and the defenders became more excited and fought to the death.

Zhuge Ke became so angry that he personally supervised the battle, built earthen mountains, commanded the city, and broke down the city walls. Ma Long led the remaining troops to retreat to the inner city, organized street battles during the day, and personally led the men who dared to die to attack the outer city at night.

The attack and battle fell into a stalemate again.

The weather was unbearably hot, and corpses from last year's Dongxing War were piled up in the wilds. There was no one to stop them in the wilds. Diseases were spreading, spreading in all directions, corroding water sources, and nearly half of the city died from civil war and disease.

But it was even worse outside the city, where two hundred thousand troops were crowded into a corner of the new city.

Wu's army suffered from diarrhea and more than half of them had athlete's foot. Deaths and injuries could be seen everywhere. The generals of each battalion reported their injuries and illnesses. However, Zhuge Ke thought that the generals were timid and threatened to kill them all. The generals were afraid and did not dare to report them.

Zhuge Ke was not ignorant of his mistakes, but he could not accept defeat. The 200,000-strong army could not attack the new city guarded by 3,000 people, which was a great shame and humiliation.

Anger attacks the heart and gradually manifests itself in color.

At that time, Wu Zhennan general Zhu Yi suggested slowing down the offensive and collecting the soldiers. Zhuge Ke became furious and seized his military power.

Captain Cai Lin repeatedly offered suggestions, but Zhuge Ke refused to accept them. He was stubborn and stubborn and could not be further improved.

Cai Lin knew that he would be defeated and decided to join Shouchun Sima Fu.

It also exposed the weakness of the Wu people to the Wei state.

Sima Fu made a decisive decision and led Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin to send troops to jointly attack the Wu army.
Chapter completed!