After winning the Battle of Dongxing, Zhuge Ke began to despise Wei, and did not listen to the advice and soon attacked Wei again, but lost on the front line, suffered countless losses, returned in vain, and was soon killed.

【Zhuge Kefa Wei】

After the Battle of Dongxing, Zhang Ji said to Sima Shi: "Although Zhuge Ke won the victory, he was not far from being killed. Sima Shi asked, "What is the reason for this?" Zhang Ji said: "His prestige intimidates his monarch, and his merits cover the whole country, is it possible to ask for immortality?" ”

After this war, the Sun Wu court named Zhuge Ke as the Marquis of Yangdu, and awarded Jingzhou and Yangzhou Prefecture as the pastor, and supervised the military affairs inside and outside the court, and Zhuge Ke's control over Sun Wu was greatly strengthened. In the spring of the fifth year of Jiaping (253), Zhuge Ke prepared to attack Wei again, and the ministers thought that the soldiers who had gone out to fight many times were laborious, and they persuaded Zhuge Ke together, but Zhuge Ke did not listen. Zhongsan doctor Jiang Yan resolutely argued and was forcibly forced out of the hall. He also wrote an article to inform everyone. In the article, Zhuge Ke cited ancient and modern examples, believing that there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people, and if you don't take advantage of this time to attack Wei, you will leave a long-term regret.

Danyang Taishou Nie You has always been friendly with Zhuge Ke, and he wrote a letter to advise Zhuge Ke: "The late emperor originally had a plan to contain the enemy in Dongguan, but it was not implemented. Now you assist in the great cause, complete the will of the first emperor, the enemy came from afar to send him to death, my soldiers rely on the prestige of the dynasty, dedication to service, once the establishment of extraordinary merits, is not the blessing of the temple gods and spirits! Now is the time to recuperate and observe the opportunity before acting. Now, taking advantage of the situation of winning the war, if you want to send troops on a large scale, the weather is not favorable. And reluctantly acting arbitrarily, I was privately uneasy. After Zhuge Ke wrote that treatise, he wrote a letter to reply to Nie You: "Although there is a natural reason for what I said, I didn't see the overall situation. A closer look at my argument opens the mind. Taichang Teng Yin also persuaded Zhuge Ke, but Zhuge Ke still didn't listen.

Zhuge Ke finally ignored everyone's opposition and requisitioned 200,000 people to attack Wei, and at the same time contacted Jiang Wei to send troops together. The people of Wu were in turmoil, and Zhuge Ke began to lose the hearts of the people. Zhuge Ke wanted to go to Huainan first to show off his strength and drive the people. A general advised him: "Now that the army is led deeper, the people in the enemy's territory will definitely flee, and I am afraid that the soldiers will work hard and the harvest will be small, so it is better to stop and surround the new city." The new city is besieged, and the enemy's rescue will definitely come, and if you try to attack at that time, you will definitely have a big gain. Zhuge Ke adopted this strategy and returned to the army in May to besiege Xincheng.

After Zhuge besieged the new city, the Wei side was worried that he would divide his troops to invade Huaisi, so he prepared to guard the waterway ports. Sima Shi said: Zhuge Ge has recently gained power in Wu State, and he wants to seek temporary benefits, gather troops and Hefei, hoping to be lucky, and have no energy to make trouble in Qingxu. Besides, there is not one waterway port, and if there are more guards, there will be more soldiers, and if there are fewer guards, it will not be enough to resist the enemy. ”

As a result, Zhuge Ke really concentrated his forces to attack Xincheng as expected, and Sima Shi sent Zhendong General Biqiu Jian and Wen Qinyun to resist. Biqiu Jian, Wen Qin asked for battle, Sima Shi said: "Zhuge went deep into our side with all his strength, putting the army in danger, and their edge was difficult to resist. In addition, the new city is small and strong, and it is difficult for the enemy to attack. So he ordered all the generals to build a fortified city.

According to the record of "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty", in the same year, Jiang Wei responded to Zhuge Ke's Northern Expedition, and the general Sima Shi asked Yu Song: "Now there is war in the east and west, and both places are very urgent, but the generals are depressed, what should I do?" ”

Yu Song said: "In the past, Zhou Yafu of the Western Han Dynasty held on to Changyi and the armies of Wu and Chu were defeated without a fight. Now Zhuge Ke brought all his elite troops, which was enough to wantonly commit violence, but he was waiting in Xincheng, wanting to recruit the Wei army to fight him. If he fails to break through the city, and no one heeds the battle, the army will be demoralized and fatigued, and will inevitably retreat of its own accord, and the reluctance of the generals to attack will be beneficial to you. Jiang Wei has a heavy army, but it is a lone army that has penetrated deep into our territory and echoes Zhuge Ke from afar, they have no grain transport troops, they only feed on the wheat in our territory, and they are not an army that can persist in fighting for a long time. And he thinks that if we are fully engaged in the battle in the East, the West will be empty, so he goes straight into our territory. Now, if the various armies in Guanzhong were ordered to rush to the front line day and night and attack Jiang Wei by surprise, he would probably have to withdraw. ”

Sima Shi said, "Good! So he ordered Guo Huai and Chen Tai to lead all the troops in Guanzhong to relieve the siege of Di Dao; Ordered Qiu Jian to hold the camp without moving, and handed over the new city to Wu to besiege. Chen Tai marched to Luomen, and Jiang Wei ran out of food and had to retreat.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", Zhang Te, the general of Wei Yamen, led 3,000 people to refuse to defend the new city, and fought hard for more than a month, and more than half of the soldiers died of illness and death. But Wu Bing still couldn't conquer it. Zhuge Ke's commander attacked strongly, and the city will fall. Zhang Texing delayed the army, surrendered to the Wu army, repaired the city fortifications at night, and continued to defend it.

【Zhuge Ke's Retirement】

After a long-term siege of the city, the soldiers of Wu were fatigued, coupled with the heat and drinking water, more than half of the soldiers suffered from diarrhea and beriberi, and the dead and wounded could be seen everywhere. The number of patients reported by battalion officers is increasing. More than half of the patients were sick, and there were heavy casualties. Zhuge Ke didn't know how to repent, and thought that the officers were lying and threatened to kill them, so no one dared to report it again.

According to the "Book of Wu", Zhu Yi and others said that they should return to Yuzhang quickly and attack Stone City, which could be conquered in a few days. Zhuge Ke told Zhu Yi with a letter, and Zhu Yi threw the letter on the ground and said: "Don't worry about me, but use the words of the son!" Zhuge Ke was furious, immediately seized Zhu Yi's military power, and sent Zhu Yi back to Jianye.

Du Lieutenant Cai Lin repeatedly offered advice, but Zhuge Ke did not adopt it, so he rode his horse to Wei. The Wei side sent Sikong Sima Fu to supervise the defense of 200,000 troops, arrived at Shouchun, and sent Biqiu Jian, Wenqin and others to attack. The generals wanted to attack quickly, and Sima Fu said: "The attacking side will need to consume a lot of manpower to succeed, so let's use tricks for the time being, and don't fight with the enemy." "Deliberately stranded for more than a month before marching, at this time the Wu soldiers were tired, coupled with the epidemic of plague, so they retreated.

After holding on to the new city for several months, Zhuge Ke's siege force was exhausted, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. Sima Shi ordered Wen Qindu to lead the elite troops to rendezvous to resist the enemy's retreat, and Biqiu Jian led the generals as a follow-up. Zhuge fled in fear, and Wen Qin attacked and defeated the enemy, killing more than 10,000 enemies.

Zhuge Ke returned to Jianye after this defeat, and was finally killed by Sun Jun.