The two armies of Wei and Wu, which were still indistinguishable on the stone road, entered a confrontation situation, but they miraculously ceased fighting, each holding its position, not attacking each other, and maintaining a stalemate situation.

After Zhu Ran replaced Zhuge Ke, the Wu army quickly withdrew from Shiting and Long Feng, so that the confrontation between the two sides at the forefront did not exist, and Sima Yi had the idea of retreating.

This expedition has taken half a year, and Sima Yi has been far away from the court for half a year, which is indeed too long for Sima Yi, the farther away from the center of political power, the more dangerous it is, Sima Yi is not willing to lose power, so he submitted a table to the court, stated the current war situation, and asked the court to allow him to leave the war and return to the division.

Whether it is a war against Shu, a war against Wu or the pacification of Liaodong, these are just to gain political capital for Sima Yi, even if Sima Yi destroys Wu, at most he will only gain some merits, if he wants to gain a foothold in the Luoyang court, he can't be too far from the Son of Heaven.

This time Sima Yi's mission was to relieve the siege of Huainan and repel the invading enemies of Wu, this task was simple and clear, and there was no plan to counterattack Wu, and now the Wei army had occupied Jiashi, which was originally at the junction of Wu and Wei, and expelled the Wu army from the territory of Wei.

And Zhu Ran's withdrawal this time has vaguely revealed the attitude of Wu, that is, he has given up the Northern Expedition this time, unless Wei is determined to take advantage of the victory and fight deep into Wu, otherwise retreating is already the best choice.

Sima Yi obviously had the intention of taking it when he saw it, after all, Wei was not ready to counterattack Wu this time, although Anhui City was close at hand, but the Wu army was very well guarded, and gathered heavy troops in Anhui City, the Wei army wanted to take Anhui City, and it was still difficult to go further.

Every time Wu Guo attacks is sloppy, anticlimactic, always thinking of a quick victory, this time it can drag on for half a year, which is already rare...

Obviously, Wu's national strength is not enough to support a protracted war, and every time Wu attacks, it only plans a local limited war, and never wants to develop the war in an infinite direction.

This initiative to withdraw troops and avoid concessions also represented Zhu Ran's signal of an armistice to Wei.

Sima Yi still welcomed this signal, because Sima Yi did not have the idea of discovering the war towards infinity, and he was now like an arrow and eager to withdraw his troops back to Beijing.

The chapter was handed over, 600 miles expedited, and it could be delivered to Beijing in three or four days at most, but the palindrome was belated, from the beginning of the month to the end of the month, and it was considered to be waiting for the imperial court's edict.

This time Sima Yi is really going to withdraw the army back to the division, after a few months of construction, the stone pass has been newly built, and the stone wall is majestic.

Sima Yi left a thousand men and horses in Jiashi Pass, with this dangerous pass, Wu army after that, if you want to attack Huainan, you must take the east road of the Hefei Plain, and it is difficult to threaten Lu'an, Anfeng, Yiyang and other counties, even Yangzhou Prefecture Shouchun, is relatively safe, and then the Wu army wants to attack Shouchun, at least have to capture the important town of Hefei, before it is possible to reach Shouchun City.

Moreover, with Jiashi Pass, the retreat of the Wei army has also become much smoother, and there is no longer any need to worry about being ambushed by the Wu army on the way to retreat.

Jiashi Pass has become an insurmountable barrier for the Wu army.

The evacuation of the Wei army this time was completely different from the situation last time, in an orderly manner, and the speed of the march was naturally greatly improved, and three days later, they arrived at Anfeng City.

Although Xiahou Xuan's injuries have not yet healed, his injuries are no longer serious, so he naturally returned to the southern army, followed the army, and returned to Beijing.

As for Wang Ling, he wanted to withdraw his troops back to Shouchun, and when they were separated, Sima Yi set up a banquet in Anfeng City to feast on him.

Almost all the officers of the rank of general and lieutenant attended this banquet, which in another sense can be regarded as a celebration banquet.

Cao Liang, Xiahou Xuan, and other generals of the Southern Army sat next to each other, and everyone drank and talked happily to congratulate Xiahou Xuan on his return.

Xiahou Xuan was full of emotion, this expedition to the south, as a general of the expedition to the south, he was injured in the first battle, so that he missed many battles behind, and failed to catch up with the big counteroffensive against Wu, which is indeed a pity.

Moreover, this expedition, the southern army paid a great price for casualties, and half of the soldiers of Thailand spilled their blood on the battlefield and slept on this land, and they could see how lucky they were to be able to survive.

Although Sima Yi was extremely enthusiastic about Xiahou Xuan and invited him to sit on the throne, Xiahou Xuan's expression was indifferent and calmly rejected Sima Yi's kindness, he would rather sit with the Zhengnan Army Robe Ze than sit with Sima Yi, who was as kind as a snake and scorpion.

An Fengdu battle, although on the surface, Xiahou Xuan couldn't catch Sima Yi's handle, but this kind of thing was originally something that could only be understood and unspeakable, did Sima Yi have the subjective intention of framing Xiahou Xuan? Xiahou Xuan knew everything in his heart.

Even if he has no way to take Sima Yi now, he can still be the master with ordinary likes and dislikes, even if Sima Yi plays very enthusiastically in front of everyone, but Xiahou Xuan just doesn't sell him face.

A hint of unhappiness flashed in Sima Yi's eyes, but he quickly concealed it, today's protagonist is still Wang Ling, and Sima Yi is still mainly entertaining Wang Ling.

Wang Ling was a pivotal opponent in Sima Yi's mind, and although there was no exact evidence, Sima Yi still believed that Wang Ling was closely related to Cao Rong's edict, because the evil spirits that night had appeared near Wang Ling's mansion.

Although there are many princes and ministers living on that street, there are definitely few who really have the strength and ability to argue with Sima Yi, so Sima Yi subjectively believes that the edict and Wang Ling must be inseparable.

What the content of the edict was, Sima Yi naturally did not know, but the more mysterious it was, the more it could attract people's interest, and Sima Yi naturally wanted to know what Cao Rong's other arrangement before his death was.

If Cao Ei trusts himself, then there is no need to make any edicts at all, since Cao Ei has other arrangements, it must be aimed at himself.

This undoubtedly makes Sima Yi sit on pins and needles, and if the matter of the edict is not resolved for a day, it will be difficult for Sima Yi to truly feel at ease, which is almost a piece of Sima Yi's heart.