Zhuge Ke was not in a hurry to march, he knew very well that with Wang Ling's defensive ability and the solidity of Shouchun City, there would be no problem in holding out for a while, unless Wang Ling's army completely collapsed, there would be no situation that people were worried about. %∷8%∷8%∷Read%∷Book,≮※o

Zhuge Ke did not rush to march, in addition to the reason for his army's untidy appearance, the main reason is the weather, in the territory of Wu, most of them are south of the Yangtze River, the climate here is relatively warm, although the winter is not warm, but at least I have not seen snow, I have not seen freezing.

But this year's cold is different from the past, it has reached the beginning of spring, the thick snow is still shrouded in the earth, the weather is cold, and the Wu army has not made any preparations for the cold at all, many soldiers, still wearing a single clothes, can only rely on the fire in the barracks every day to keep warm, if this time to send troops to Shouchun, it must be worse.

Therefore, Zhuge Ke only canceled the rotation of the army, and did not issue an emergency call-up order, which undoubtedly gave this group of Wu troops who went home enough to take advantage, at least until they returned to the barracks, Zhuge Ke would not take action.

Zhuge Ke while reorganizing the army, while paying attention to the changes in the weather, due to the heavy snowfall, the cold weather, the lack of warm clothes of the Wu army at this time is not very suitable, Zhuge Ke can only wait until the climate improves, and then march.

Maybe it's the help of God, the temperature of the whole Huainan is still rising relatively quickly, the snow on the ground quickly melted, with the beginning of the spring solar term, this long-lost spring seems to show a little spring breath.

It was not until after the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Zhuge Ke ordered the army on the hour, and the water and land roads marched hand in hand, looking at the direction of Shouchun. C∮VIIIC∮VIIIC∮ Read C∮ Book, ⌒o ≈

After Sima Yi surrounded Shouchun, he did not rush to attack the city, but adopted the means of encircling Shouchun City without fighting, and divided half of the main force to go south to the area of Hefei New City to block the reinforcements of the Wu army.

Zhuge Ke went north to Shouchun, can not get around Hefei, originally under the rule of Wang Ling, Hefei is the first line of defense against Wu, how many years, the two sides have carried out countless battles around Hefei, Wu people are always depressed, never can not take Hefei.

This time, Zhuge Ke sent troops, so he took advantage of the Wu army's water army, through Chaohu, transported the infantry to Xiaoyaojin north of Chaohu Lake and landed directly, trying to pass between the new city and the old city of Hefei and go directly north to Shouchun.

But in Xiaoyaojin, the Wu army encountered a strong resistance from the Sima army, Sima Yi had already carried out a strict defense against the northward route of the Wu army, and Zhuge Ke had just landed from Xiaoyaojin, and was attacked by the cavalry troops led by Sun Li.

Cao Wei's cavalry has always had a suppressive power against the Wu army, the Wu army is accustomed to water warfare, but there have always been shortcomings in the cavalry, although the Xiaoyaojin area is covered with a dense water network, but Sun Li, who is familiar with the terrain here, can always find a suitable path for the cavalry to attack.

After the Wu army landed in Xiaoyaojin, it advanced north according to the original marching route, and Zhuge Ke appointed Zhang Zhen as the front to lead the army through the gap between the old city and the new city of Hefei and go straight north.

However, the Wu army had not traveled more than ten miles, and suddenly, from the northeast and northwest directions, the cavalry of the Sima army of two roads was killed, forming a situation of flanking left and right.

Originally, the cavalry was already a nightmare for the Wu people, and in a head-on confrontation, the Wu army had almost no chance of winning, and at this moment, the Sima cavalry used a two-way flank attack, which made the defense of the Wu army even more fragmented.

At first, Zhang Zhen also tried to use the Changqiang array combined with the chariot formation to resist the attack of the enemy's Sima cavalry, but he soon found that the Wu army's defense line was full of holes, and it was impossible to block the strong attack of the Sima army.

Zhang Zhen saw that this battle could not be fought, in front of the powerful cavalry of the Wei army, the infantry of the Wu army was almost weak, and there was no power to fight back at all, if they did not retreat, the whole army would definitely be annihilated.

Zhang Zhen had no choice but to order the Wu army to retreat on all fronts, but the speed of the infantry was far inferior to that of the cavalry, and if they wanted to escape at this moment, they had to ask Sun Li if he agreed.

Sun Li was too familiar with the terrain in the area of Xiaoyaojin, and directing a battle here was as simple as a leisurely walk. Sun Li divided the cavalry into several parts, each part fought independently, and surrounded and annihilated the fleeing Wu army.

These cavalry units fought only in the areas separated by the water network, but after Sun Li's ingenious arrangement, there were countless cavalry in almost every area, so that no matter where the Wu army fled, there were always Sima cavalry chasing and intercepting them.

Even Zhang Zhen was trapped by Sima Jun's cavalry when he retreated, Sima Jun seemed to see that Zhang Zhen was a big official, and wanted to capture him alive, so he sent a large number of cavalry to surround him from all sides, Zhang Zhen led his troops to fight to the death, and he couldn't kill Sima Jun's encirclement.

Just when he was in despair, Wu killed the army led by Ding Feng, repelled the cavalry of the Sima army, and retreated to Chaohu with Zhang Zhen.

However, in this battle, the Wu army suffered heavy losses, not only did it open the way to Shouchun in the north, but lost a lot of men and horses in Xiaoyaojin, and suffered heavy casualties.

Zhuge Ke's face was extremely ugly, Xiaoyaojin was originally a place of shame for the people of Wu State, Zhang Liao slaughtered all sides here, and even Sun Quan was almost captured alive. Zhuge Ke deliberately went north from Xiaoyaojin, just to have a plan to be ashamed, but he didn't expect that the failure to succeed in the division not only did not avenge the old revenge, but also added a new hatred, and Wu Jun once again planted a big heel in Xiaoyaojin.

This can't help but make Zhuge Ke wonder, the situation that the scouts found out before, didn't say that there were dozens of miles of camps outside Shouchun City, and Shouchun City was surrounded by water, it stands to reason that the main force of the Sima army must be concentrated in Shouchun, why is there still such a strong army in Xiaoyaojin, and it is so hard to deal such a blow to the Wu army in the north?

Could it be that Sima Yi's siege of Shouchun was a cover, and the ambush of the Wu army in Xiaoyaojin was the goal, but this also doesn't explain the ten miles of the company camp on Shouchun's side.

Sima Yi's purpose of this southern expedition was very clear, that is, to quell Wang Ling's rebellion, and as for the war against Wu, I am afraid it was not in his plan.

Although Zhuge Ke was puzzled, but after the defeat, it was obvious that the road of Xiaoyaojin was impassable, and in desperation, Zhuge Ke could only temporarily retreat to the mouth of the water, reorganize the army, find a suitable breakthrough, and go north again. 11. Reading with quick eyes_