Sima Shi is not without generals in his hands, he still asked Sima Zhao to lead the troops this time, just hoping that Sima Zhao would fall from there and get up from there.

Zhuge Ke attacked Xincheng, which lasted for three months, and was never able to conquer it, and he was already exhausted, Sima Zhao went to pick the fruit, and if there were no major military mistakes, this victory would have been almost properly won.

The reason why Sima Shi did not send troops to rescue earlier was that he saw through Zhuge Ke's plan to besiege the city and send reinforcements, Zhuge Ke's initial siege of the new city was just a bait to lure the Wei army to come to the rescue, and then set up an ambush to encircle and annihilate him halfway.

Sima Shi didn't give him such an opportunity, forcing Zhuge Ke to ride the tiger hard, so he could only bite the bullet and attack the new city. As for the defense of the new city, it is worthy of Sima Shi's trust, when the new city was built by Manchu, a lot of manpower and material resources were invested, which was built according to the strongest defense standards, rather than a city, it is better than a fortress, and the Wu army that is not good at fighting tough battles wants to take the fortified city of the new city, how easy is it to say?

Therefore, it dragged on for nearly three months before Sima Shi's side raised a large army and prepared to launch a counterattack against the Wu army, and Sima Shi knew that this battle would be won, so Sima Shi specially sent Sima Zhao to attack.

This time, Sima Zhao was given the title of Governor of Pingnan, and he was the commander of the Southern Expedition, and he was under the jurisdiction of Zhuge Dan, the general of the Eastern Expedition, and Wang Chang, the general of the Southern Expedition, and was no longer the same as last time, serving as the supervisor of the army.

Last time because of the defeat, Sima Shi did not blame others, but took Sima Zhao's title, this time the chance of victory is greater, Sima Shi is equivalent to giving Sima Zhao a chance to save face, and if this battle is won, it is also the victory of the Sima family, and this victory is what Sima Shi has longed for for a long time.

Zhuge Ke heard the news of the arrival of the Wei army's reinforcements, and couldn't help but hate, his original plan was to besiege the city and send reinforcements, but after waiting for several months, the Wei army's reinforcements were not heard, and it was not a way to spend so much, so he had to withdraw the ambush soldiers and besiege the new city together.

But the new city was not taken, but the reinforcements of the Wei army rushed in, at this time it was too late to plan to deploy reinforcements, Zhu Yi, the general of Zhennan, persuaded Zhuge Ke: "The new city has not been defeated, the enemy's reinforcements have arrived, our army is in internal and external difficulties, and the soldiers are tired, it is better to retreat, reorganize the troops and horses in the coming year, and it is not too late to fight again." ”

Zhuge Ke was furious when he heard this, and immediately seized Zhu Yi's military power, sent him back to Jianye, and said to the generals: "If there is anyone who neglects the army's heart, there will be no forgiveness." ”

Zhuge Ke was unwilling to fail, and was determined to fight to the death with the reinforcements of the Wei army, but the Wei army was killed by two people, and the Wu army was attacked by the enemy, and the situation was unfavorable, so after thinking twice, Zhuge Ke thought that it was impossible to meet the two Wei troops at the same time, so he decided to send a group of men and horses to the north to resist Sima Zhao, and the main force was to meet Wang Chang's department from Lu'an.

So Zhuge Ke ordered the commander Cai Lin to lead 5,000 troops to Chengde to block Sima Zhao's army, Cai Lin had a difficult face, and said to Zhuge Ke: "Sima Zhao led an army of 50,000 to come, and the last general only met with 5,000 people, and it was difficult to win." ”

Zhuge Ke said angrily: "Our army is besieging the city with 200,000 people, Zhang Te only has 3,000 people, and he refuses to defend it for more than 100 days. ”

Cai Lin had no choice but to lead his troops north to Chengde.

Chengde is just a county town, the city defense is broken, with this kind of city to block Sima Zhao's 50,000 army, Cai Lin feels that there is no hope, but Zhuge Ke doesn't care about this set, if Chengde is lost within ten days, Zhuge Ke may really want his head.

Cai Lin thought about it, or to save his life, so on the second night of arriving at Dade, Cai Lin led dozens of personal soldiers, absconded overnight, and defected to the Wei army, only the next day Wu Jun found that the main general was gone, the entire Wu army was leaderless, and the Wei army attacked in a big way, they scattered in a hurry, and they fled for their lives.

Sima Zhao came to Zhunnan again this time, and did not join forces with Zhuge Dan, but crossed the Huai River alone and rushed straight to Hefei New City.

Judging from the information available now, the Wu army has long been exhausted, and the Wei army's two-way reinforcements are enough to defeat Zhuge Ke, Sima Zhao has no need to give Zhuge Dan a share of the credit, this time he wants to take all the credit and save the face he lost in Huainan.

According to the scout's report, Chengde had a Wu army to stop, Sima Zhao was about to wave the army to kill Ben Chengde, and suddenly reported that Wu general Cai Lin came to surrender, Sima Zhao was overjoyed, this is timely rain, although the Wei army scouts can master a certain battlefield intelligence, but far less than a Wu army general mastered, Sima Zhao rewarded Cai Lin heavily, and then asked in detail about the situation of the Wu army.

Cai Lin surrendered, of course, he knew everything, and told Sima Zhao the current situation of the Wu army, at this time, the Wu army could not be conquered for a long time, the epidemic was rampant, the casualties were heavy, the generals were not in harmony, and the people's hearts were scattered, Cai Lin told Sima Zhao that as long as the Wei army arrived, the Wu army would inevitably collapse.

Sima Zhao was overjoyed, Cai Lin's was roughly the same as the situation he had, it seems that Cai Lin was not a fraudulent surrender, Sima Zhao waved his army south, and came to the new city.

Cai Lin surrendered without a fight, and suddenly disrupted Zhuge Ke's strategic deployment, he was originally preparing to fight all the way to the blockade, the main force to meet Wang Chang's army, after defeating Wang Chang, and then wave his army to the north to have a decisive battle with Sima Zhao's army.

But unexpected circumstances disrupted his plan, and now Zhuge Ke also had to face the dilemma of fighting on two fronts.

After Zhuge Ke was teased by Zhang Te, he became angry and embarrassed, so he would fight a decisive battle with the Wei army at all costs, in fact, he also knew in his heart that with the current strength of the Wu army, he would not be able to compete with the Wei army at all, and if he was forced to fight, he could only suffer more losses.

Cai Lin defected to the enemy, which completely ruined Zhuge Ke's strategic plan, and in desperation, Zhuge Ke could only order the withdrawal of the army in the end.

As soon as the Wu army withdrew, the Wei army's two-way army had already been killed, and in the chaotic situation, the Wu army could only scatter and flee, the whole army was defeated, and the Wei army wantonly covered up and killed countless people.

From Xincheng to Chaohu, it is only more than 30 miles of road, but it is this 30-mile road, but also caused heavy losses to the Wu army, the Wei cavalry is fast, and the Wu army infantry is slow, many wounded and sick people can not walk at all, and were killed by the Wei army all the way, the entire thirty-mile road, is full of corpses, blood flowed like a river.

Zhuge Ke saw that the general trend had gone, so he could only flee by taking the road, and fled to the naval warship of Chaohu Lake, and he was relieved.