Chapter 108
— In The Snow, Ding Feng Wins A Victory; At A Banquet, Sun Jun Executes A Secret Plan.
His defection is the moment the siege of Xincheng is over. With the camp full of sick men and Zhuge Ke threatening to behead the next person who mentions illness, 'Commander Cai Lin, with his whole company, went over to the enemy' — and it is that, not the casualty reports, that finally sends Zhuge Ke riding through his own camps to look at the pale and puffy faces for himself.