The New Year is approaching, coupled with the heavy snowfall in the Jianghuai region, and the snow in some places is even several feet thick, and the weather is cold.

Zhuge Ke's nephew Zhang Zhen served as the left guard in the army, and said to Zhuge Ke: "Uncle, now that the weather is freezing, Sima Yi's army will definitely not go south, plus the New Year is approaching, the soldiers are like arrows, and they have no intention of defending, so it is better to withdraw the army back to Wuzhong first, and when the spring is warm next year, it is not too late to come to Huainan again." ”

In fact, Zhuge Ke was also hesitating, this snowy sky, really want to march to fight, how difficult it is, it took nearly half a year in Niuzhu, and did not wait for Sima Yi's army to go south, and Wang Ling also did not agree to the entry of the army of Eastern Wu into Shouchun, which made Zhuge Ke in a dilemma.

It is obviously impossible to retreat, after all, the 50,000 army is stationed in Niuzhu, and it takes a lot of effort to build this camp alone, and it will take time and effort to rebuild it in the coming year after retreating, not to mention that even if Sima Yi does not come to attack this year, no one can figure out when he will come next year, the army is stationed in Niuzhu, and it is convenient to use troops.

Therefore, Zhuge Ke did not withdraw from the army, but divided Niuzhu's army into three groups, one for combat readiness, one for rest and recuperation, and the other for rotational holidays, with ten days off and three rotations, to ensure that within one month of this year, all officers and soldiers of the army can have ten days of vacation and reunite with their families.

However, Zhuge Ke is not ready to go back, his father's bones are cold, but the great revenge has no chance to be avenged, Zhuge Ke's inner torment can be imagined, he decided to stay in Huainan, just stay in the place where his father was martyred.

At the same time, Zhuge Ke sent someone to inform Wang Ling that the news of the whole army's combat readiness was temporarily canceled, and to keep in touch with Wang Ling at any time.

When Wang Ling received Zhuge Ke's letter, he was roasting a pot of charcoal fire in the warm pavilion, it stands to reason that the climate in Huainan is warm, even in winter, there is no need to make a fire to keep warm, but this year, the whole Jianghuai suddenly snowed, and even the Huaihe River appeared in the frozen phenomenon, Wang Ling was old and weak, and naturally could not withstand the cold, so he specially ordered his subordinates to build a pot of charcoal fire to keep warm.

The charcoal in the copper brazier was burning vigorously, and it was red, and Wang Ling sat on the edge of the brazier, and his frozen stiff hands and feet eased up a little.

The second son, Wang Feixiao, came in with a letter and said to Wang Ling: "Father, Zhuge Ke, the general of the Wu State, sent a letter saying that his army planned to take turns to rest, and specially sent someone to inform him, and asked us to be prepared in case of Sima Yi's sneak attack. ”

Wang Ling nodded and said: "The New Year is approaching, and the soldiers are homesick, which is also reasonable, if it snows heavily today, the ground is freezing and the weather is cold, it is not suitable for war, and Zhuge Ke arranges the army to take turns to rest, which is also a normal move." The order was passed down, so that the soldiers guarding Shouchun also took turns to rest, reunite with their families, and spend the festival together. ”

Wang Feixiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Father, Zhuge Ke reminds us to beware of Sima Yi's sneak attack, isn't it appropriate to take a turn off at this time?" ”

Wang Ling sneered and said: "Even if Sima Yi uses soldiers like a god again, it is impossible to come in the snow in this extremely cold weather, Zhuge Ke is just worrying about the sky, he himself dismissed the army and arranged for rotational rest, it is clear that he also thinks that Sima Yi will not attack, why should we go all out to prepare for war?" The real fierce war will have to wait until at least the beginning of spring next year, and now it is the right move to let the soldiers recuperate. ”

Wang Feixiao said: "Father, you have repeatedly refused Zhuge Ke to send troops into Shouchun, will it make him dissatisfied?" After all, without the help of the Wu people, it would be really difficult for us to defeat Sima Yi. ”

Wang Ling smiled and said: "Zhuge Ke is not aware of what kind of careful thinking is the father, it is clear that it is to help each other, but it is actually a usurpation of power, this is called it is easy to invite God and difficult to send God, unless it is absolutely necessary, how can the father let them into Shouchun?" Although the head of this Shouchun city has been replaced with the banner of Wu State, as long as our Wang family is still there, Huainan will not be able to change the sky. When we cooperate with Wu Guo, we just take what we need. Wang Ling smiled, looking like an old god was there.

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Sun Li, the assassin of Yuzhou, served as the vanguard of the southern expedition, and the Sima Division of the Central Protector Army was reduced to the deputy vanguard, and the two led 50,000 vanguard troops, stepping through the snow, all the way south from Yanzhou, and went straight to Shouchun to kill.

It's not that Sima Yi doesn't pay attention to Sima Shi anymore, but on the contrary, because this expedition to the south, the opponent is Wang Ling, who can almost be on an equal footing with Sima Yi, Sima Yi is worried that Sima Shi is not his opponent, so he appointed Sun Li, a brave general, as the vanguard, and let Sima Shi assist him, which can be regarded as letting Sima Shi learn from Sun Li to learn the experience of fighting.

Sun Li had been serving as the assassin of Yangzhou before, and was an official in the same place as Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou, so his familiarity with Wang Ling was unmatched by anyone.

Sun Li is a tiger general who can recruit good generals, resolute and courageous, when the Ming Emperor, in order to protect the driver, sacrifice himself to fight the tiger, won the weight of Cao Ei, and was entrusted with a heavy task. Sun Li and Sima Yi had a very good relationship, and they intersected irreversibly, and in the Gaopingling Incident, Sun Li, who was the assassin of Yuzhou, firmly supported Sima Yi and was reused by Sima Yi.

It is precisely because Sun Li and Sima Yi have a very close relationship, so when he served as the assassin of Yangzhou, he and Wang Ling were basically inseparable, competing with each other in secret, fighting with each other, it can be said that they know themselves and know each other, Sima Yi wants to deal with Wang Ling, I am afraid that no one can be more suitable than Sun Li.

In order to attack Huainan, Sima Yi prepared for nearly half a year and gathered an army of nearly 200,000 people, which is probably the largest number of troops that Sima Yi can mobilize so far, 50,000 more than when he attacked Bingzhou at the beginning of the year.

It can be seen that Wang Ling, who dealt with Huainan, has already surpassed Cao Liang in terms of importance.

In fact, this is also normal, Cao Liang is a rising star emerging from the Wei State after all, although he has been in the limelight over the years, but in terms of experience, it is inevitable that he will lack some, and Wang Ling has led the army for many years, and his experience is very sophisticated, and he can be called an equal to Sima Yi, so it is definitely not a waste of fame.

For such an opponent, of course, Sima Yi has to be much more cautious, and after the defeat of the battle of Bingzhou, Sima Yi is also under a lot of pressure, this time the Huainan rebellion has risen again, Sima Yi will never wait to ignore it, or not go out, once the expedition must be solved Wang Ling, completely eliminate the hidden dangers on the southeast front. ... Friends who read books, you can search for "Blue Chinese Network", you can find this site as soon as possible.