Because Bingzhou and Huainan are thousands of miles apart, even if there is any news over there, it will take at least a long time to pass it back, and with the layers of Sima Jun's barriers, the transmission of this news is more precious than gold.

Wang Ling suffered from severe anxiety, he couldn't eat sweetly, and he couldn't sleep at night, which was probably not a good phenomenon for an old man who was nearly eighty years old, and in the long run, I was afraid that he would have to be summoned by Lord Yan.

Wang Feixiao and Wang Jinhu are particularly concerned about Wang Ling's health, Wang Ling is the backbone of the Huainan Army, if he falls, I am afraid that the Huainan Army will fall and completely disintegrate the ice.

But their persuasion seemed to be of little use, Wang Ling had a deep obsession, and it was difficult to make him happy unless there was some good news from the north.

Now the situation in Shouchun has deteriorated, more and more people in the city are fleeing, and the Huainan army cannot prohibit it, after all, these people cannot get food, and it is more dangerous to stay in the city, and even cause riots and restlessness.

Rather than leaving these unstable factors in the city, it is better to let them go and fend for themselves.

As a result, most of the people in the city have fled, and the rest cannot walk, that is, some old, weak, sick and disabled, and those who have difficulty moving, waiting for them, probably the fate of starvation.

Wang Ling didn't care about the escape of the people, after all, these people had become a burden at this time, but they had gone clean.

But the escape of the army made Wang Ling worried, and it was difficult to sleep and eat, with the implementation of the military ration system, the whole army was panicked, and everyone knew that the grain depot of Shouchun would soon bottom out, and they could only sit and wait for death in Shouchun City.

At first, it was still a few soldiers who deserted and took advantage of the night to defect to Sima Jun, Wang Ling ordered Wang Feixiao and Wang Jinhu to inspect day and night, and found that the deserters were severely punished, hoping to use strong means to deter the army.

But this doesn't seem to have any effect, the army's flight is getting more and more intense, at first it was only a small scale and a small area of people fleeing, and later, there was even a whole system of escape, no matter how severe the punishment means, it seems that these Huainan soldiers can't stop their desire to survive.

Once, when Wang Jinhu was inspecting, he found the defection of a soldier, fortunately he found it in time, and brought people to chase the soldier back, but how to deal with him was worried, after all, this is a hundred people, if it is dealt with according to military regulations, all these hundred people will be headed, think about this scene is bloody and tragic enough.

Wang Jinhu didn't dare to make his own decisions, and immediately sent someone to report to Wang Ling, Wang Ling quickly rushed over, in the morning breeze, Wang Ling's white beard fluttered in the wind, and his thin face also gave people a feeling of old age, but his gaze was still so sharp, like a murderous knife.

"What's going on?" Wang Ling asked in a deep voice.

Wang Jinhu immediately clarified the situation and asked Wang Ling's handling opinions.

Wang Ling did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "How should I deal with it according to military law?" ”

"According to the law, it should be beheaded, but ......" Wang Jinhu hesitated.

"But what?" Wang Ling's eyes were sharp, and he said sharply: "Military law is military law, how can it be used as decoration?" If the net is open today, how will it serve the public tomorrow? ”

Wang Jinhu's face turned pale, he gave up his hand, turned around and ordered: "Cut!" ”

A hundred heads fell to the ground in unison, and the soldiers who were watching around were silent one by one, and the audience was silent and as silent as death.

Wang Ling ordered all the hundred heads to be strung together and hung on the head of the city for public display, and warned the whole army that any defector would not be tolerated, and that if one was found, one would be punished, and these heads would be an example.

Wang Ling has been in charge of the army for many years, and naturally knows that without some iron-blooded means, it will not be able to deter these soldiers, and the current situation has long been that the military spirit is scattered, and if he is soft on the defectors, then the result will definitely be unimaginable.

Sure enough, after this incident, the number of fleeing soldiers has been greatly reduced, everyone knows that Wang Ling has a bottom line, once they cross this bottom line, they will inevitably be killed, some people think that Wang Ling is old and can't lift a knife, they can act recklessly, but it turns out that as long as Wang Ling still has a breath, the iron-blooded military law will not change for a day.

No one wants to joke with their lives, although defecting to Sima Jun can find a way to live, but Wang Feixiao and Wang Jinhu patrol day and night, and it is difficult for them to find a chance to escape, so they have to grit their teeth and stay, waiting for another opportunity.

Of course, the army loyal to Wang Ling still occupies the majority, otherwise the people's hearts will be scattered, and no matter how strict the military law is, it will not be able to stop these soldiers from fleeing.

Wang Ling also knew that he couldn't hold on to such a situation for long, if he couldn't wait for reinforcements, the fall of Shouchun City would only be a matter of time.

However, there was also some good news from the side of Bingzhou, Cao Liang sent troops from Shangdang, and the Bingzhou army swept the entire Hanoi in a destructive way, Sima's army was severely damaged in Hanoi, except for Zhihuai County, Hanoi County, the rest of the cities fell into the hands of the Bingzhou army, and now the Bingzhou army is already in the Yellow River, threatening Luoyang.

This is obviously an exciting piece of good news, it seems that Ma Long's trip was a great success, and the Shouchun army was full of jubilation, and it seems that the siege of Shouchun can be solved immediately.

But many days have passed, and the company camp of Sima's army has not even moved at all, which is really too strange, it stands to reason that Luoyang has been attacked, and Sima Yi can't be indifferent, at least he should send a team of men and horses back to help Luoyang.

However, judging from the situation of Sima's army camp, there seems to be no sign of any military movement, and the defense line is still not moving.

Wang Ling's heart sank, it seemed that Sima Yi had eaten the scales and had an iron heart, and he didn't care about the danger on the Luoyang side, and he was ready to besiege him to death.

Wang Ling is also helpless now, this plan to encircle Wei to save Zhao is not effective, then Cao Liang's action is that far water can't save the near thirst, and the crisis of Shouchun has not been alleviated at all, and now Wang Ling has indeed reached the end of the crossbow, he now has not much capital to hold on, and the grain in the granary is no longer enough for him to survive this autumn.

But now all Wang Ling can do is wait, since Sima Yi is unwilling to withdraw his troops to aid Luoyang, it is best to let Cao Liang's Bingzhou army sweep the entire Central Plains in one go, capture Luoyang, the capital division, and see if he Sima Yi will continue to be indifferent?