After Chen Zheng learned of Wang Mingshan's real appeal, he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to make himself soar, Wu and Wei in order to compete for Huainan, I don't know how many troops they invested, I don't know how many battles they fought, and now Wang Ling, the Taiwei of Huainan, has the intention of taking the initiative to surrender to Wu, isn't that a good thing for the world to fall into the pie?

As the first general of Eastern Wu to contact this matter, if he can finally achieve this matter, wouldn't this be a great credit falling on his head in vain, Chen Zheng couldn't help but be secretly happy, and personally took Wang Mingshan into the country to meet the general Zhuge Ke.

At this time, compared with seven years ago, the political arena of Soochow has long been a matter of life and vicissitudes.

Prime Minister Lu Xun died two years ago, and Lu Xun, who was one of the most important figures among the founding fathers of Eastern Wu, died suddenly, which also represented the withdrawal of all important ministers in Jiangdong from the stage of history.

Two years before Lu Xun's death, Prime Minister Gu Yong died, and the general Zhuge Jin died earlier in the Battle of Huainan seven years earlier.

However, these vacancies were quickly filled by latecomers, and Zhuge Ke ascended to the position of general as he wished, and his father Zhuge Jin died in this position seven years ago.

In fact, Zhuge Ke's ascension to the throne is also quite tortuous, since childhood Zhuge Ke is very smart, Sun Quan is very appreciative of him, in the battle to pacify Shanyue, Zhuge Ke performed well, was promoted by Sun Quan to the general of Weibei, but in the subsequent battle of Huainan, Zhuge Ke because his father Zhuge Jin was killed by Cao Liang, behaved at a loss, resulting in the defeat of the Wu army.

Lu Xun thought that Zhuge Ke was smart and exposed, rigid and self-serving, and he was not a minister of the society in the end, so he advised Sun Quan to be cautious in appointing Zhuge Ke. Due to Lu Xun's transcendent status and heavy weight in speaking, although Sun Quan intended to promote Zhuge Ke, he had to give up because of Lu Xun's face, so after the Battle of Huainan, Zhuge Ke has always been depressed.

It wasn't until after Lu Xun's death that Zhuge Ke had the opportunity to be promoted and promoted to general. And above him, only the general Lu Dai and the prime minister Buqi were left.

Lü Dai was stationed in Wuchang to replace Lu Xun, while Zhuge Ke was stationed in Niuzhu and was responsible for the entire Huainan defense line.

After Zhuge Ke was promoted to general, he immediately began to deploy troops in the Huainan area, plotting to attack, and wanted to be humiliated.

What haunted him the most was naturally the fact that his father Zhuge Jin was killed by Cao Liang, for so many years, he had also been inquiring about the news of Wei, but it was a pity that Cao Liang left the Huainan region after the battle of Huainan and moved to Hanzhong and the state, which made Zhuge Ke's desire for revenge come to naught.

After all, Huainan and Bingzhou are too far apart, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, unless Zhuge Ke destroys the Wei State and fights all the way to Bingzhou, he will have a chance to avenge his father.

But the possibility of this is almost zero, the strength of Wei State makes it impossible for Wu State to even cross the defense line of Huainan, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to lead troops to fight and merge states.

However, Zhuge Ke was not discouraged, the Huainan attacker he led by one force had received Sun Quan's approval, and had entered the preparatory stage, and now what Zhuge Ke needed to do was to wait for a suitable opportunity.

Sima Yi's coup d'état in Gaopingling made Zhuge Ke very excited, what could make him happier than a civil strife in Wei, wasn't this the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time?

But soon Zhuge Ke was disappointed, the coup d'état in Luoyang happened suddenly, and it ended quickly, Sima Yi almost bloodlessly defeated Cao Shuang and usurped the power of the imperial court, and Huainan's side was almost unaffected, and Wang Ling, the governor of Yangzhou stationed in Huainan, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and the Huainan defense line that had not changed at all seriously hindered Zhuge Ke's plan to send troops.

Zhuge Ke couldn't help but be depressed, he spent nearly two years of hard work in order to plan this offensive, and now seeing the civil strife in Wei, it is a good opportunity to attack Huainan, but the Huainan defense line is impeccable, it can only be said that Wang Ling, this old thing is too powerful, and he doesn't give Zhuge Ke any chance at all.

At this time, Zhuge Ke received a report from Chen Zheng, the general of the Wet Beard Guard, saying that Wang Ling was persecuted by Sima Yi, and in order to protect himself, he specially sent his son Wang Mingshan to discuss the surrender.

When he heard the news at first glance, Zhuge Ke was so excited that he almost didn't jump, the main reason was probably because Zhuge Ke was too fat, so he couldn't jump even if he wanted to.

However, in addition to the excitement, Zhuge Ke still kept calm, the first thing he thought of was the battle of Shiting that year, it was precisely because of Zhou Yi's plan to surrender that the Wu army was able to inflict heavy losses on Cao Xiu and achieved a great victory in Shiting.

Could it be that Wang Ling watched Dongwu prepare for an attack and deliberately surrendered, trying to lure Zhuge Ke into being deceived?

I can't help but say that there is such a possibility, after all, this is a battlefield, full of deceit, and if you are not careful, you are likely to fall into the other party's way.

As a veteran, Wang Ling has been guarding Huainan for many years, and this kind of treacherous and slippery opponent, Zhuge Ke naturally has to fight with a twelve-point spirit, and he does not dare to act rashly.

Zhuge Ke personally went from Niu Zhu to Wet Su to meet Wang Mingshan and want to see what was going on.

After all, Zhuge Ke only suspected Wang Ling's deception, in fact, from the bottom of his heart, he still hoped that Wang Ling's surrender was true, if this was the case, Wu Guo could get the land of Huainan without blood, which was what Emperor Sun Quan dreamed of.

Wang Mingshan also saw some clues from Zhuge Ke's suspicious expression, after all, this incident happened very suddenly, and with Zhuge Ke's cleverness, it was impossible not to take precautions.

Wang Mingshan openly and honestly told Wang Ling about the dangerous situation he faced, and at the same time he did not shy away from saying that Wang Ling participated in the matter of plotting with Linghu to establish a new king, and it was precisely because of this that Sima Yi Chen Bing and Yanzhou were always ready to launch an attack on Huainan, and the situation forced Wang Ling to take the initiative to surrender to Wu.

Of course, Wang Mingshan naturally did not forget to bargain with Zhuge Ke, Wang Ling's surrender was not fake, but it was not unconditional, so Wang Mingshan mentioned to Zhuge Ke that after Wang Ling surrendered to Wu, Wang Jiashi Zhen Huainan's request, even if Wang Ling is no longer alive in the future, the land of Huainan still has to be controlled by their Wang family, but the only difference is to replace Cao Wei's banner with Sun Wu's banner.

Although it was only a difference in banners, it was of great significance to the state of Wu, and it took several generations of dreams before they had the opportunity to bring the land of Huainan under their command.