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Chapter 320

Zhuge Ke raised an army of 20 to attack Wei. Before going out, he spread rumors that he would invade the Huaihe River from the sea, sweep Qingxu, and slightly flatten the north and south of the Huaihe River.

Jiang Wei left Dong Ting and attacked Nan'an.

Encountering enemies on both sides of the east and west, the whole country was shaken. This is the second time Wu Shu invaded Huainan and Yongliang in a large scale in the past 20 years after the death of Zhuge Wuhou.

Wei Guo had just experienced the defeat of Dongxing, and the generals were depressed and the soldiers were depressed.

Both Fu Gu and Yu Song saw through Zhuge Ke's strategy of attacking the west from the east, and said that the sea route was difficult. When Sun Quan's sea route supported Gongsun Yuan, they were all overthrown. You can follow the example of Zhou Yafu in those days when Zhou Yafu stood firm and waited for Wu Chu to defeat himself, deep trenches and high fortifications, instead of fighting with each other, first defeat Jiang Wei quickly to boost the morale of the army, and then concentrate on dealing with Zhuge Ke.

Master Sima thought so.

An edict was issued to Sima Fu, Guan Qiujian, and Wen Qin to defend themselves.

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

The four forces in Yongliang, Deng Ai, Hu Fen, Guo Huai, Yang Zheng, and Sima Wang, who just took office as General Anxi, lack a commander.

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

Deng Ai has enough qualifications but not enough background, Hu Fen has enough background but not enough qualifications, Sima Wang is also facing the same problem.

Fu Gu and Yu Song suggested that Chen Tai should be appointed as the general of the town army again, and that he would supervise the Yongliang military forces. Must retreat."

In Luoyang City, the only one who truly trusted Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers was Chen Tai who grew up with him since he was a child.

Now that Cao Wei has arrived, corruption and corruption have prevailed among officials inside and outside the government and the local government, but Chen Tai hangs what he has received on the wall, never opens it, and returns it all after leaving office.

Sima Shi readily accepted it, and ordered Guo Huai and Chen Tai to send out the Yongliang army to meet Jiang Wei.

In terms of governing the country and military strategy, Master Sima accepts advice humbly. Although his military strategy is not as good as his father's, his strategy is not inferior.

After Chen Tai arrived in Yongliang, he analyzed the situation and saw that Jiang Wei was scrambling to mow the early wheat. He expected that his army was not enough, so he and Sima Wang rode [-] troops to garrison Luomen.

Luomen is between Bindao and Qishan Fort.

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

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

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

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

With four or two strokes, Chen Tai grabbed 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.

The Wu army won a big victory in December, cleaned the battlefield in January, returned to Jianye in February, and set off again in March.

The soldiers were exhausted.

Zhuge Ke's friend Nie You persuaded him to strengthen his foundation in the court, saying that if Wei's powerful ministers are in power, disasters will happen for a long time, so it is better to train soldiers and save food and grass to watch the quarrel between Cao and Wei.

Zhuge Ke refused to accept it, and attacked Huainan again.

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

At first, they only wanted to plunder the people of Jianghuai.

However, during the Dongxing War, the people in Huainan had ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and the remaining ten percent also fled to Huaibei.

The army of Wu had plundered 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 might, and gradually developed a heart to despise Wei Jun.

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

In the end, Ding Feng really couldn't see it anymore, and suggested that Zhuge Ke besiege the new city and implement the strategy of besieging the city and fighting for aid.

Zhuge Ke had to pay attention to Ding Feng's words, so he recalled the plundering troops and besieged Xincheng.

However, there were delays before and after, and troops were dispatched in March. Now two months have passed, and it is already May.

Wu Jun entered and besieged Xincheng one after another.

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

Wu's army of 20 invaded, Guanqiu was recalled to Shouchun, and the city was handed over to Le Fang and Ma Long.

Ma Long summoned the rout troops, selected them to be strong, pulled up two thousand elite men and horses, trained them day and night, and formed them into old and young men, women and children in the city, demolished the houses in the city, strengthened the city defense, felled the trees outside the city, improved [-] catapults, and set up all four sides of the city. heavy crossbow.

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

With the full support of Guan Qiujian behind him, a large amount of food, grass and military equipment were sent to the city.

And Ma Long slept with the soldiers and ate the same food, and all the rewards sent by Shouchun were shared among the troops.

The morale of Xincheng was greatly boosted, and Ma Long also gained the morale of the army in a short period of time.

Dongxing was defeated, and the responsibility was not on the soldiers.

The broken soldiers were originally Huainan elites, and they had blood feuds with the Wu people.

Therefore, everyone uses their lives.

The guard of Xincheng was originally Le Fang, with a thousand troops, but Le Fang respected 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 it, and some people don't.

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

At this time, Zhuge Ke didn't pay attention to Xincheng at all, and his eyes were on Shouchun Sima Fu's 20 reinforcements.

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

The morale of the Wei army declined.

Wu Jun didn't pay much attention to the Hefei New City, which was guarded by 3000 people. They surrounded but did not attack, and attacked without strength, so that the defenders of the new city quickly adapted to the war.

Sima Fu stopped Guanqiujian and Wenqin's proposal for a decisive battle in Xincheng, and stood still.

Even if Xincheng falls, there will still be Shouchunjian City.

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

Zhuge Ke didn't like it, and Sima Fu didn't care too much.

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

But suddenly found that Xincheng is a tough nut to crack.

Tens of thousands of troops were invested in the onslaught for more than ten days, but they remained motionless.

Zhuge Ke was furious and ordered the army to attack day and night.

After more than a month of hard fighting, more than half of the defenders in the city suffered casualties, but the new city still stands tall!
Ma Long sent his subordinate Liu Zheng to break through the siege, asked Shouchun for help, and reported the situation in the new city, but was captured by Wu Jun.

Zhuge Ke lured him to surrender, but Liu Zheng yelled, "Damn dog! What do you say? I will die as a ghost of the state of Wei. If I don't want to live, I will drive you away."

Beheaded at the gate of the city.

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

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

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

He was chopped into meat by Wu Jun's chaotic knife.

Ma Long took the opportunity to boost morale, and the defenders became more and more excited, fighting to the death without surrendering.

Zhuge Ke was furious, personally supervised the battle, built earth hills, condescending, and broke down the city wall. Ma Long led the remnant army back to the inner city, organized street fighting during the day, and personally led daredevils to attack the outer city at night.

The attack and battle fell into a stalemate again.

The weather was extremely hot, last year Dongxing fought a large number of corpses, the wilderness was uninhabited, the disease was rampant, flooding everywhere, corroding the water source, and nearly half of the city died of disease and disease.

But it was even worse outside the city, as 20 troops crowded into a corner of the new city.

More than half of Wu's army had diarrhea and beriberi, and casualties were everywhere. The generals of the battalions reported their injuries, but Zhuge Ke thought that the generals were timid and threatened to kill them all. The generals were afraid and dared not report.

Zhuge Ke was not ignorant of his mistakes, but he couldn't accept the failure. The 20 army could not attack the new city guarded by 3000 people, which was a great shame and shame.

The anger is attacking the heart, and it gradually fades away.

At that time, Zhu Yi, the general of Wu Zhennan, suggested to slow down the offensive and take in the soldiers. Zhuge Ke was furious and seized his military power.

Captain Cai Lin repeatedly offered advice, but Zhuge Ke refused to accept it. He was stubborn and self-willed.

Cai Lin knew that he was bound to lose, so he voted for Shouchun Sima Fu.

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

Sima Fu made a prompt decision and led Guan Qiujian and Wen Qin to send troops to attack the Wu army.

By this time the morale on both sides had shifted.

(End of this chapter)