Two days after Guan Xing regained Shanggui, Zhuge Liang, Yang Qing and others finally led the main army and rushed over. At this time, Wu Yi had led four thousand troops to Anding County, so there were only 23,000 Han troops in Shanggui City and outside the city.
Zhuge Liang had the army stationed outside the city, and only led the officials of the prime minister's office and a few soldiers and horses into Shanggui City. Of course, the original Cao Wei Yongzhou governor's office has now naturally become the residence of Zhuge Liang.
"Xing failed to retain Guo Huai, please prime minister to punish him." When Zhuge Liang had settled down and summoned everyone to discuss matters, Guan Xing was the first to apologize.
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said: "This is because Guo Huai saw the opportunity quickly and made decisive decisions. It is not your fault. Moreover, you led the army to chase and behead hundreds of people. It is also a credit. There is a reward, so how can you say you are guilty?"
"Yes, Anguo. It's a good thing that our army can recapture Shanggui without any bloodshed. Guo Huai has a keen sense of smell, so it's normal for him to escape. Don't worry about it. There will be many opportunities to confront this person in the future." Yang Qing also agreed to comfort him. road.
Zhuge Liang said: "Anguo, please rise up. Mingzhi is right. There will be many opportunities to capture and kill Guo Huai in the future."
"Yes, thank you Prime Minister." Guan Xing felt relieved and stood up happily.
After he returned to his seat and sat down, Zhuge Liang looked at everyone and said excitedly: "Everyone, Shanggui has been restored, and there are no more Wei troops in Longyou. This means that our Northern Expedition has achieved full success, and we can offer victory to the emperor." ." As he spoke, his voice trembled, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.
When everyone heard this, they also had mixed feelings and tears in their eyes. They all thought that after years of preparation and two months of hard work, the efforts of tens of thousands of soldiers and the people of Shu had not been in vain. They could breathe a long sigh of relief that Longyou had been recaptured this time.
"Wei Du, you can draft a victory memorial on my behalf, detailing the battle and the contributions of the generals, and send it back to Chengdu in two days to report the victory to the emperor." Zhuge Liang said to Hu Ji.
Hu Ji immediately accepted the order: "No."
"Mingzhi, Wei Gong, and Youchang." Zhuge Liang named three people in succession.
Yang Qing and the others responded: "Yes."
"In the past few days, you three have been working hard to calculate the registered population, government grain inventory, acres of land and other matters in the four counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, Guangwei and Longxi.
Since the Pseudo-Wei Dynasty has placed the four counties of Longyou under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, we cannot make many changes for the time being. I intend to still follow the old system and set up the officials of the Yongzhou Prefecture, so we must first have a detailed understanding of the civil affairs of the four counties. "
Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this. Zhuge Liang was planning to establish Yongzhou, which meant that Ji Hanhui would add a large number of official positions.
In the past, the imperial court only had one place in Yizhou, and all the officials had to be dispersed among the Chaozhong, the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Yizhou Mufu. There was quite a phenomenon of redundant officials. Now that Yongzhou is here, a group of officials can be divided and resettled, which is very important to everyone. All have benefits.
Of course, there are a number of official positions, and those who are interested in serving in Yongzhou will probably have a lot of struggles. After all, there are still vague factions in the court.
Even though Prime Minister Zhuge used his extraordinary political ability and prestige to control the power struggle between the DPRK and China to a certain extent, some people would not give up the fat piece of Yongzhou easily.
Everyone had different thoughts, only to hear Zhuge Liang say again: "Now that Zhang He's 50,000-strong army has been wiped out, Cao Wei should have no large army to attack in the short term. However, our army is extremely exhausted after repeated battles, so the army is in urgent need of rest.
However, the grain inventory in Shanggui City was almost empty, and the wheat fields outside the city had not yet reached the harvest season, so they could not support so many soldiers. In addition, there were tens of thousands of Wei soldiers surrendering as captives, and the pressure on grain and grass was even greater, so I want all the troops to be stationed in various places to rest and recuperate. "
After a pause, he looked at Wei Yan and said: "Chang Wen, you will lead your troops to Guangwei to garrison. You can rest and recuperate, and you can also support Ziyuan nearby."
"No." Wei Yan responded with clasped fists.
Zhuge Liang continued: "As for Mingzhi's rear army, Zijun will lead it to Jicheng to rest and reorganize."
Yang Qing and Wang Pingqi claimed so. Yang Qing wanted to stay in Shanggui to assist Zhuge Liang in handling military affairs and civil affairs, so he could not leave.
The rear army and the front army combined totaled 13,000 people, accounting for more than half of the armies of Shanggui. After these two troops were transferred, the logistical pressure on Shanggui was greatly reduced. Zhuge Liang only left the central army behind. Side support.
"Prime Minister, after Zhang He's army was defeated by our army, the people of Longyou must be more loyal, and the surrounding Wei army must be frightened. The Qing Dynasty thought it was time for General Zhonghua to unite a group of Qiang and Di tribes to recover Wudu and Yinping counties." Yang Qingxianji Road.
At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, in order to quickly complete the purpose of attacking Longyou, Zhuge Liang did not pay much attention to the Wudu and Yinping counties where the army passed. He just asked Ma Dai to lead his army and the Zhonghan tribe to surround the Cao Wei government offices in each city. To prevent them from leaking information and damaging the army's food routes.
Now that the situation in Longyou has been decided, Yang Qing thought it was time to take over these two counties. There are not many Wei troops in these two counties, and Ma Dai and others can recover independently with the power of victory.
Zhuge Liang thought about it and felt that this was the truth. Recovering these two counties would not only expand the territory and increase the population, but more importantly, it would connect Hanzhong and Longyou, and the army's food routes would be smoother. So, he immediately asked Yang Yi to send an order to Ma Dai to take the opportunity to send troops.
Seeing Yang Qing's repeated tricks, Ma Su was not to be outdone. He raised his hand and said, "Prime Minister, apart from the rebel generals who led their troops to capture Anding County, only the old general Zilong is still fighting. Now Longyou is already here. Again, since he no longer has to contain Cao Zhen, can General Zilong choose an opportunity to return to Hanzhong?"
"You Chang is right to remind you. The only one I'm worried about now is the Right Army. We can't let Zilong and the others confront Cao Zhen any longer. I'm afraid they've reached their limit." Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Send orders to Zilong and Bo. Miao, order them to choose an opportunity to retreat to Hanzhong to rest."
Yang Yi on the side quickly responded: "Yes."
Yang Qing also thought about it after hearing this. Originally, Zhao Yun's suspected army was defeated in Jigu and was forced to retreat to Hanzhong. Although Zhao Yun responded calmly and personally cut off the rear, the losses in personnel and military resources were not large, but north of Chiya However, the hundreds of miles of plank road were burned down in order to prevent the enemy's pursuit. As a result, Zhuge Liang was unable to attack from Baoxie Road for a long time.
"It seems that Hanzhong must be prepared to meet General Zilong and the others, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Jigu's defeat and the destruction of the plank road." Yang Qing thought to himself.
Everyone discussed for nearly an hour before they dispersed. On the second day, another good news came, which made Zhuge Liang and others feel even happier.
It turned out that Wei general Gao Gang of Qishan Fort was preparing to surrender to the Han Dynasty. After dilly-dallying for several days, he finally made up his mind to lead his army to surrender. Now he came down from Qishan Fort and handed over the defense of the fort to Chen Shi.
As for why he became so happy, it was because he heard that Zhang He's army was destroyed and saw that the situation in Longyou was settled. Zhuge Liang did not blame him for delaying, and still ordered him to lead his army to garrison in Lucheng, and asked him to come to Shanggui personally to receive the reward.
At this point, the entire four counties of Longyou were finally completely returned to the hands of the Han Dynasty.
After these days of fermentation, the news that Zhang He's reinforcements were completely wiped out by the Han army spread around. There was an endless stream of powerful nobles from Tianshui, Guangwei, Nan'an and even Longxi who donated food and wealth to the Han army, and countless scholars came to serve.
For a time, the people on both sides disappeared, and the hearts of the people of Longyou returned to the Han Dynasty.
"I didn't expect that Zhang He's 50,000 cavalry could not defeat the Shu army... no... it was the Han army. They were killed and the whole army was wiped out. It is incredible!" In Xiangwu City, You Chu I couldn't help but sigh as I put down the letter.
When he received the news of Zhang He's defeat, his heart was extremely complicated. He didn't know whether he was disappointed or grateful. But then he thought that he was Ji Han's Longxi prefect, and he forgot about the disappointment.
"Yongjing, please quickly select 1,500 horses, send 1,000 to Shanggui to present to Prime Minister Zhuge, and the remaining 500 will be given to Yang Junhou's rear army." Shi Ma Yong, the general of You Chu, called Come and order.
Ma Yong bowed and promised, and then asked softly: "Master Fu, this is..."
You Chu glanced at him and said: "Prime Minister Zhuge annihilated tens of thousands of troops of the puppet Wei Dynasty. Such a great victory in our Longxi County cannot be ignored. He presented the horses to show the loyalty of the officials and people of Longxi to the Han Dynasty." You Chu said lightly: " As for Yang Junhou, he has been kind to our army and people in Longxi, so he must do his best."
"Yes, I understand."
Ma Yong knew that his prince was now completely determined to stay in the Jihan officialdom. If they, the surrendered ministers, wanted to make a difference, they had to find a backer in the court.
After much thought, Yang Qing, who led the army to capture Longxi and had a close relationship with You Chu and others, was naturally the most suitable backer.
Once he figured out these joints, Ma Yong was convinced of You Chu's decision, and immediately went to choose a horse happily.
