In Huainan, Shouchun, which has been fighting fiercely for more than half a year, is in a bad situation.

It has been three months since May without a drop of rain.

Not only does the Huaihe River not rise, but it has a tendency to dry up.

Sima Zhao followed Zhong Hui's plan and continuously collected grain and grass from Huaibei during the day, brought the luggage to Shouchun City, and sent it back to Huaibei at night. Repeatedly, it created the illusion of an endless supply of food and grass for the Wei army.

The generals in Shouchun City were panicked and asked Zhuge Dan for a decisive battle.

Zhuge Dan knew it was a plan, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Jiang Ban led tens of thousands of people to fight, but was easily repelled by the high-morale Wei army.

The morale of the Shouchun garrison was gradually declining.

However, the year's food and grass that Zhuge Dan had gathered at the beginning became stretched thin with hundreds of thousands of people sitting and eating under the empty sky.

As a last resort, Zhuge Dan could only make his plan public.

"The autumn rains of September and October in Huainan are lingering. The Huaihe River surges and floods to Shouchun City. In just two months, Sima Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops will be defeated! If you don't attack, you will be defeated." Zhuge Dan pointed at him.

The clouds overhead said.

It looked like it was really going to rain.

All the generals feel at ease.

Zhuge Dan had guarded Huainan for more than ten years and knew the water and soil of Huainan very well.

The weather has been good these past few years, so there is no reason why there will be a drought this year.

Before deciding to raise an army, Zhuge Dan divined several hexagrams for himself, and the hexagrams showed that encountering water would bring good luck.

He also consulted veterans in the army and farmers in the fields, and they all said there would be no severe drought this year.

It’s just that God’s calculations are not as good as those of humans, and the rain will never come again.

It made him start to panic.

"Even without the help of heavy rain, with the strength of Shouchun, I can still stop Sima Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops!" Zhuge Dan was very good at comforting himself.

"With hundreds of thousands of troops gathered under the city, the country must be empty. With Soochow in the south and Liangzhou in the west, they should be able to withstand it for a while." Jiao Yi followed Zhuge Dan's words.

How long Shouchun can hold on actually depends on how much victory the Wu Army and Liangzhou Army can achieve.

It's just that the situation outside the city is not as optimistic as Zhuge Dan imagined.

In order to recruit reinforcements and grain, Sima Zhao killed Chang Shi, the governor of Taishan who complained of illness, and general Li Guang, to show that he was determined to win Shouchun.

Zhu Yi and Ding Feng attacked Li Jiangshuikou and fought fiercely with Wang Ji and Zhou Tai. Unexpectedly, Pang Hui and Lu Fan cavalry attacked Du Lu.

Zhu Yi and Ding Feng had to retreat to Anfeng to defend themselves. They were short of food and clothing, and the soldiers ate weeds and berries to satisfy their hunger.

Sun Wei was also determined to win Huainan, so he recruited 30,000 horses from Dongwu and assigned them to Zhu Yi to fight to the death with the Wei army.

The Wu army fought fiercely for a long time, suffered repeated setbacks, and suffered a sharp decline in morale.

Zhu Yi patrolled the military camp at night and saw that the soldiers were complaining loudly and the governor could not do anything, so he asked for an order to call a truce and return to the army to rest.

Sun Wei was furious and thought Zhu Yi was disobeying his orders, so he summoned him to meet him in the wok.

At that time, Governor Chai Sang and Fenwei General Lu Kang urgently warned him that his departure would be a disaster.

Zhu Yi did not doubt that he was there, and thought that he had outstanding achievements. He had contributed to Dongguan in the past, and he had contributed to chasing Sun Yi later. "Zitong, my family, why should I doubt him!"

However, he regarded Sun Wei as a family member, and Sun Wei had already regarded him as an enemy.

Zhu Yi entered the wok and immediately ordered the warriors to take it down.

Zhu Yiyu kept shouting: "What crime do I, a loyal minister of Wu State, have committed?"

Sun Wei still killed him.

After the death of Zhuge Ke, Zhu Yi became an important general of the Wu State, with great achievements and great reputation. Sun Wei killed the commander before the battle, and the morale of the Wu army plummeted even further.

Sun Wei then ordered his younger brother Sun En to bluff and go to the rescue, while he himself retreated to Jianye.

Lu resisted, fought and left, and led the army back to Xiakou.

Wei army camp.

After learning that Zhu Yi had been beheaded, President Zhong sighed, "Zhu Yi died a little early and saved tens of thousands of elites for Wu. Lu Kang is also an extraordinary person. I'm afraid it will be difficult to succeed in destroying Wu for a while."

In fact, everything was originally planned by Zhong Hui.

Wu Jun continued to add troops.

The Wei army continued to consume the Wu army.

However, Zhu Yi did not want to fight anymore, and Sun Wei acted wantonly and directly killed Wu's important general.

The Wu army was unable to fight anymore.

Sima Zhao said: "Zhu Yi's advance is unfavorable, and it is not his fault. The old general Sun Wei killed the country will not last long. There will be civil strife in the future. The decline of Wu is just around the corner. The only thing we have to worry about now is Zhuge Dan's entire army breaking out of the encirclement."

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At this time, Zhuge Dan had an army of 100,000, which was still capable of fighting.

Zhong Hui said with a smile: "We can let the civilians traffic in food and grass to give the illusion that our army is short of food and grass, so as to strengthen Zhuge Dan's determination to persevere."

Sima Zhao followed this and sent people to spread the false news that Sun Wei had gathered troops in Soochow to rush north for reinforcements at any time.

On the wall of Shouchun City, Zhuge Dan was overjoyed when he saw that the grain and grass transported from Huaibei was getting less and less, "Hundreds of thousands of troops came from all over the country, and we have been fighting for several months. Now we are short of grain and grass, and the day of defeat is not far away!"

Wen Qin also felt that there was much to be done, "There are 30,000 Wu troops in the city such as Quan Yi, Quan Duan, Tang Zi, etc. How could Sun Wei abandon them? He will return to Jiankang to regroup and fight again in the future."

Jiao Yi and Jiang Ban urgently advised: "Shouchun has become a dead place. We should not place our hopes on outsiders. We should concentrate our forces to attack southeast and break out."

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Breaking through means giving up Shouchun and living under the fence of others.

Separating Huainan to defend itself, the plan of having both sides go to waste.

Zhuge Dan felt that he had not reached this stage yet, and the Wei army outside the city seemed to be almost there.

At this time, the clouds in the sky surged, giving Zhuge Dan another glimmer of hope.

"Don't say any more, I have made up my mind to live and die with this city!" Zhuge Dan said decisively.

Jiao Yi had worked with Zhuge Dan for many years. He did not want to see his old master defeated and died, so he urged him, "Since Sima Zhao has come to conquer the country, how can he retreat easily without breaking Shouchun?"

These words were exactly what Malone was thinking, who was listening quietly.

Zhu Yi advanced by land and water and fought hard for many days at Li Jiangshui, but was unable to break the Wei army's siege, which foreshadowed the outcome of the Huainan War.

It's a pity that Zhuge Dan still takes chances and still hopes that God will rain heavily.

In fact, Ma Long was in a very embarrassing situation in Shouchun City.

He was not a direct descendant of Wen Qin, so Wen Qin didn't treat him much, and Zhuge Dan was vaguely hostile to him.

So I know that Zhuge Dan's plan is inappropriate, but I don't dare to speak out now.

Just as he expected, Zhuge Dan no longer had the grace and magnanimity of the past. "You are so impudent. You have repeatedly confused the morale of the army. You are guilty of an unforgivable crime. If anyone comes, drag him down and behead him!"

At this time Jiang Ban also came out to ask for help.

Zhuge Dan was furious and hated the two of them for not being considerate of him. He even wanted to behead Jiang Ban together.

The two of them had been Zhuge Dan's confidants for many years and had many connections in the Huainan army, so everyone begged for his favor.

Zhuge Dan spared the lives of the two of them and whipped them in public.

The two were humiliated, and their last bit of friendship was gone. Knowing that Zhuge Dan would be defeated, he escaped from Shouchun overnight and surrendered to Sima Zhao.

Report the true and false situation in the city to Sima Zhao.

The morale in Shouchun City is even lower. Even Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi, two confidants who have followed Zhuge Dan for many years, have abandoned the city and surrendered to the enemy. What can others think?

Ma Long looked at the floating clouds floating over Shouchun City and couldn't help but sigh.
Chapter completed!