"General Hao!" The young general supported Hao Zhao and said, "The destruction of Chencang City today was definitely not the fault of the general."
"Bah!" Hao Zhao glared and yelled angrily: "Jiang Wei, traitor, the fall of Guanzhong was all because of people like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death."
Jiang Wei was not angry when he heard this. After all, from Hao Zhao's point of view, what he said was not an exaggeration.
Jiang Wei was also a general of Cao Wei. A few months ago, his thoughts would have been the same as Hao Zhao's.
He originally joined the army from Tianshui County. A few months ago, Zhuge Liang suddenly sent out troops from Qishan, Nan'an, Tianshui, and Anding counties and quickly surrendered to Zhuge Liang. He was only a soldier from Tianshui County, and he could not prevent the county guards from surrendering.
In fact, after the surrender of the three counties, Jiang Wei led his troops to Longxi County and cooperated with the Longxi prefect You Chu to guard Longxi. He thought that as long as he held on to Longxi and waited for the court reinforcements to arrive, he could defeat the Shu army.
But I never thought that the imperial court's 100,000-strong army failed to break through Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin. Moreover, the Emperor Cao Rui of the Wei Dynasty suffered a major defeat in Pubanjin and fled back to Luoyang only after losing his troops and generals.
Later, Jiang Wei also advised You Chu that even if the reinforcements were blocked, as generals of the Wei Dynasty, they should live and die with the city.
It's just a pity.
When You Chu learned that the Han army had blocked the Wei army and defeated the Wei emperor Cao Rui, You Chu did not insist on holding on, but chose to surrender in Kaicheng.
Jiang Wei originally wanted to continue fleeing to Liangzhou, but when he met the Han Dynasty Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, he was impressed by Zhuge Liang. Prime Minister Zhuge was upright and upright, and he treated his mother and the people in the city well when the city was destroyed, so he chose to surrender to Zhuge Liang. .
"Bo Dao!" Just as Hao Zhao angrily scolded Jiang Wei, Guo Huai had also arrived at the top of the city. He smiled and said to Hao Zhao: "Bo Dao, you and I were originally Han people. Now that Guanzhong has all returned to the Han Dynasty, why not take advantage of the situation and return? ?"
Both Jiang Wei and Guo Huai had just surrendered to the Han Dynasty. At this time, the sudden appearance of the two men made Hao Zhao furious. Once he knew that they had surrendered to Zhuge Liang, he was filled with hatred.
But just as he was angrily scolding Jiang Wei and Guo Huai, Wei Yan on the side suddenly ordered: "Take it down!"
Before Hao Zhao could react, dozens of Han soldiers had already rushed forward. With Jiang Wei assisting him, Hao Zhao was quickly captured by Han soldiers.
With Hao Zhao being captured, the Battle of Chencang is over.
Chencang Prefecture.
Zhuge Liang sat at the head of the table and gently shook his feather fan.
Not long after, several soldiers escorted Hao Zhao into the mansion.
"General Bo Dao!" As soon as Hao Zhao entered the room, Zhuge Liang immediately stood up and went to greet Hao Zhao. When he walked up to Hao Zhao, Zhuge Liang pretended to be angry and yelled: "How can you treat General Bo Dao like this? Please loosen your ties quickly."
"Zhuge, you don't have to be pretentious."
"If you want to kill or behead me, I'll give you my pleasure as soon as possible."
Hao Zhao still insisted that he would never do anything disloyal or unjust. He had never heard the word surrender. Even if he was captured now, he would not surrender.
He wanted to anger Zhuge Liang and wanted to die.
However, Zhuge Liang was not angry. Instead, he went to help him loosen his bonds, and said in a gentle tone: "The general is a loyal man, how could Liang be willing to harm him wantonly." As he spoke, Zhuge Liang had already removed the ropes that bound Hao Zhao.
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Then Zhuge Liang took two steps back and saluted Hao Zhao.
The two armies are at war and are each other's enemies.
The battle is over, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
However, as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang paid such a courtesy to his defeated general, which still touched Hao Zhao a little. After all, the situation was over and he could no longer control the situation in Guanzhong.
While Hao Zhao was stunned, Zhuge Liang said sincerely: "Liang is carrying out the Northern Expedition this time, aiming to revive the foundation of the Han Dynasty. The general is also a Han. I sincerely ask the general to help Liang."
The entire Guanzhong has been returned to the Han Dynasty.
Even if Hao Zhao died in Wei, he could not change the current situation.
Looking around at the familiar faces such as Guo Huai and Zhuge Liang's sincerity, he gave up his desire to die and stepped forward to help Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister!"
When the Prime Minister was called, a burst of laughter suddenly erupted in the entire hall of the Prefect's Mansion.
Hao Zhao surrendered and Chencang was pacified.
The Northern Expedition, which lasted for half a year, was successfully concluded at this time. Zhuge Liang's nerves, which had been tense for more than half a year, were finally completely released at this moment.
Just half a year may not be that long.
But for Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he had not had a good night's sleep in the past six months.
The original plan was to take advantage of Cao Wei's unpreparedness, raid the five counties of Longyou, and then annex the territory of Liangzhou.
But just a few days after the army left Qishan, Emperor Liu Chan's surprise attack completely disrupted all his original plans, and he had to lead his troops into Guanzhong.
When he entered Bingguanzhong, he just wanted to rescue Emperor Liu Chan.
But——
Plans never change quickly. When he led tens of thousands of troops to Tongguan, he already knew that he had no retreat option.
Only by defeating Cao Wei and seizing the land of Guanzhong.
Otherwise, the Han Dynasty may suffer disaster.
Thanks to the blessing of the late emperor and the sacrifice of the Han soldiers, the Han Dynasty won the war.
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After pacifying Chencang, Zhuge Liang redeployed the Han troops in Guanzhong. In addition to Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin, he had already sent troops to guard them to prevent Cao Wei from coming back.
Now that Chencang has been pacified, the entire counties in Guanzhong and the five counties in Longyou have all surrendered to the Han Dynasty. In order to consolidate this hard-won victory, Zhuge Liang dispatched 5,000 troops to Xiaoguan, guarded by Ma Dai to prevent Liang.
The state soldiers and horses entered Guanzhong.
In the five counties of Longyou, Wu Yi led 10,000 troops to guard them.
After arranging the garrison at various passes, Zhuge Liang stationed most of the remaining nearly 30,000 Han troops in Lantian County.
Lantian County was originally a stronghold of Qin's military garrison during the Qin Dynasty to defend against Chu's attack. Now that the Han Dynasty has occupied the entire Guanzhong, Cao Wei outside the Guan has naturally become the focus of prevention.
As long as Cao Wei's troops and horses are kept out of Guanzhong, the Han Dynasty will have time to prepare troops and wait for the time to mature before marching eastward, wiping out Cao Wei in one fell swoop and unifying the world.
Now——
Now the Han Dynasty needs time in particular. After all, the Northern Expedition is very expensive for the Han Dynasty court.
Zhuge Liang needs time to adjust and recuperate.
After the military defense arrangements were in place, Zhuge Liang returned to Chang'an.
On the fourth day after Zhuge Liang defeated Chencang, Sima Yi, who was attacking Jiangxia, received an order from Cao Rui, the leader of Wei, to temporarily give up the attack on Jiangxia and retreat to Wancheng to wait for orders.
On the way to retreat, his son Sima Shi complained unwillingly: "Father! Seeing that Jiangxia is about to break the city, why did your majesty ask my father to retreat?"
"Guanzhong was defeated by the Shu army, and the Wei Dynasty lost all the land of Yongliang, and now even Jiangxia has been lost."
"If we leave it like this, sooner or later we won't even be able to save Luoyang."
"Presumptuous!" Listening to his son's complaint, Sima Yi was stunned and scolded: "Don't talk nonsense. Compared with the gains and losses of Jiangxia County, the land of Yongliang is more important."
"Father!" Master Sima was stunned when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Could it be that your Majesty has temporarily abandoned Jiangxia and intends to raise troops to attack Shu and regain the land in Guanzhong?"
Sima Yi didn't answer. He waved his whip and led the army towards Wancheng.
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This chapter has been completed!