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Chapter 428 Floating Clouds
In Huainan, Shouchun, who has been fighting fiercely for more than half a year, is in a bad situation.

Since May, there has been no rain for three months.

Not only did the Huaihe River not rise, but it tended to dry up.

Sima Zhao obeyed Zhong Hui's plan, and kept collecting grain, grass, and supplies from Huaibei to Shouchun City during the day, and sent them back to Huaibei at night.

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

Zhuge Dan knew it was a trick, but he had no choice.

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

The morale of Shouchun's defenders is weakening day by day.

However, the one-year food and grass that Zhuge Dan gathered at the beginning became stretched with 10,000+ people sitting and eating.

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

"In September and October in Huainan, the autumn rains were lingering, and the Huaihe River swelled and flooded to the city of Shouchun. It only takes two months, and Sima Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops will be dead! It is impossible to attack, and they will be defeated." Zhuge Dan pointed Clouds overhead.

It looked like it was going to rain.

All the generals feel at ease.

Zhuge Dan has guarded Huainan for more than ten years, and he also knows the water and soil of Huainan like the palm of his hand.

The past few years have been smooth and rainy, and there is no reason why there will be a drought this year.

Before deciding to raise troops, Zhuge Dan made a few divinations for himself, and the hexagrams showed that they were all lucky in the water.

He also consulted old soldiers in the army and old farmers in the field, and they all said that there will be no severe drought this year.

It's just that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, and the rain will not fall for a long time.

It made him panic too.

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

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

How long Shouchun can last depends on how much the Wu army and the 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 food, Sima Zhao beheaded Taishan Taishou Chang Shi, who was passive and complained of illness, and General Li Guang, to show that he was determined to win Shouchun.

Zhu Yi and Ding Feng stormed Lijiang Shuikou and fought hard with Wang Ji and Zhoutai, but unexpectedly Pang Hui and Lufan cavalry attacked Dulu.

Zhu Yi and Ding Feng had to retreat to Anfeng and stick to it. They lacked food and clothing, and their soldiers ate weeds and berries to satisfy their hunger.

Sun Chen was also bound to win Huainan, so he recruited 3 horses from Soochow and allocated them to Zhu Yi to fight to the death with the Wei army.

The Wu army fought fiercely for a long time, suffered setbacks twice, and their morale plummeted.

Zhu Yi patrolled the barracks at night, and saw that the soldiers were complaining, and the governor could not do anything, so he asked for a truce and returned to the army to rest.

Sun Chen was furious, thinking that Zhu Yi had disobeyed his orders, so he called him to meet him in the wok.

At that time, Chai Sangdu and General Fenwei Lu Kang urgently advised that there must be more or less good things to come.

Zhu Yi did not doubt that there was him, and thought he had made outstanding achievements. He had the merits of Dongguan before, and later he had the work of expelling his grandson. "Zitong, my family's ears, why should I doubt it!"

It's just that he regards Sun Chen as his family, and Sun Chen has already regarded him as an enemy.

When Zhu Yi entered the wok, he immediately ordered the wrestlers to take it down.

Zhu Yijudah couldn't stop shouting: "I am a loyal minister of Wu, what is my crime?"

Sun Chen still beheaded him.

After Zhuge Ke's death, Zhu Yi became an important general of the Wu Kingdom.

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

Lu Kang fought and left, leading the army back to Xiakou.

Wei Jun camp.

After learning that Zhu Yi was beheaded, President Zhong sighed, "Zhu Yi died a little earlier and saved tens of thousands of elites for Wu. Lu Kang is also an extraordinary person. It may 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.

Wei Jun continued to consume Wu Jun.

It's just that Zhu Yi didn't want to fight any more, and Sun Chen acted recklessly and directly killed Wu Guozhong.

Make Wu Jun unable to fight again.

Sima Zhao said: "Zhu Yi's advance is not good, it's not his fault, Sun Chen's long-term defeat of the country will not last long, there will be civil strife in the future, Wu's decline is imminent, the only thing to worry about now is Zhuge Dan's entire army breaking through. "

At this time, Zhuge Dan had an army of [-] in his hands, and he still had the strength to fight.

Zhong Hui said with a smile: "You can let the peasants traffic in food and grass again, creating the illusion that our army is short of food and grass, so as to strengthen Zhuge Dan's perseverance."

Sima Zhao followed him, and sent people to spread the false news that Sun Chen gathered troops in Soochow to go north to help at any time.

On the wall of Shouchun City, Zhuge Dan was overjoyed to see that the grain and grass transported from Huaibei was getting less and less.

Wen Qin also felt that there was a lot to be done, "There are [-] Wu troops including Quanyi, Quanduan, and Tangzi in the city. How could Sun Chen abandon them? He will return to Jiankang to regroup and fight again in the future."

Jiao Yi and Jiang Ban hurriedly advised: "Shouchun is already a place of death. Don't place your hope on outsiders. Concentrate your forces to attack the southeast and break out."

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

The grand plan of separatist Huainan and self-defense, both ways and resources, was in vain.

No matter how Zhuge Dan looked at it, he felt that he hadn't reached this point 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 a glimmer of hope.

"Stop talking too much, I have made up my mind, I will live and die with this city!" Zhuge Dan said resolutely.

Jiao Yi had worked with Zhuge Dan for many years, and he didn't want to see his old master defeated and died, so he insisted on persuading him, "Sima Zhao has come here with all his might, and if he doesn't break his birthday, how can he retreat so easily?"

And these words were exactly what Malone, who was listening quietly, thought.

Zhu Yi advanced by land and water, and fought hard for many days at Lijiang Shuikou, but was unable to break through the siege of the Wei army, which had already heralded the outcome of the Huainan War.

It's a pity that Zhuge Dan still had a fluke mentality, and still hoped that the bleak heaven would send down a heavy rain.

In fact, Ma Long's situation in Shouchun City is also very embarrassing.

He is not Wen Qin's direct descendant, so Wen Qin didn't wait to see him much, and Zhuge Dan was vaguely hostile towards him.

So knowing that Zhuge Dan's strategy was wrong, he dare not speak out now.

Just as he expected, Zhuge Dan no longer had the grace and magnanimity of the past, "Presumptuous, you have repeatedly confused the morale of the army, the crime is unforgivable, come here, delay and behead!"

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

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

The two have been Zhuge Dan's confidants for many years, and they also have many contacts in the Huainan Army, and everyone pleaded for him.

Only then did Zhuge Dan spare their lives, and they were whipped in public.

The two were humiliated, and the last ounce of affection was gone. Knowing that Zhuge's birthday would be defeated, they escaped from Shouchun overnight and surrendered to Sima Zhao.

Report all the truth and falsehood in the city to Sima Zhao.

The morale in Shouchun City is even lower. Even Jiang Ban and Jiao Yi, two confidantes who have followed Zhuge Dan for many years, have abandoned the city to join the enemy. What can the others think?
Looking at the floating clouds above Shouchun City, Ma Long couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The Huainan War is about to usher in its final stage.

(End of this chapter)