Wei Yan ordered Ma Chao and Ma Dai to guard Chang'an. After a short rest, he led his elite troops and Zhuge crossbows to attack Tongguan.
Now that the garrison troops in various places had been evacuated by Cao Pi, the Tongguan garrison was frightened when he saw the Shu soldiers seemingly descending from the sky, and surrendered without a fight.
He has less than a thousand men and cannot defend himself.
Coach Wei Yan had sent a messenger to inform the emperor and prime minister before leaving.
At the same time, he asked Ma Chao to send a large number of people to spread the news of the fall of Chang'an.
When the prefects of Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding heard that Chang'an had been captured, they all rebelled against Cao Wei and responded to the Han emperor.
After the Han flag was planted in all three counties, Cao's soldiers had no choice but to flee to Wuwei County to rest and recuperate.
Zhuge Liang pacified the people and carried out the three chapters of the agreement made by the emperor of the Han Dynasty. He also included light corvee and weak taxes. Compared with Cao Pi, life was much easier. The people of Yongliang quickly accepted the rule of the Shu Han.
Some old people even said excitedly: "I don't want to see the majesty of the Han Emperor again today!"
Liu Bei said happily: "The Prime Minister and Guan Suo initiated this plan, and Wei Yan and Ma Chao implemented it. They are all my great meritorious officials!"
There are three passes from Guanzhong to the Central Plains, namely Pubandu in the north, Hangu Pass in the east, and Wuguan in the south.
Now the guards at Hangu Pass are blocked by Tongguan and cannot pass.
Wuguan had long been emptied by Cao Pi.
The garrison at Pubandu was not strong enough to protect themselves, let alone defeat Wei Yan, the general of Shu.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang led Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Chen Dao, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and other generals to sit in Chang'an and show kindness to the people, and the people turned to Liu Bei even more.
Liu Bei rewarded Wei Yan heavily and immediately made him a general!
All other generals received rewards.
After Ma Chao and Ma Dai received heavy rewards, the Han Emperor ordered them to lead their troops to attack the Wuwei enemy and avenge their bloodshed.
Ma Chao hesitated.
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Meng Qi, I leave you this good opportunity for revenge. Don't you want it?"
Ma Chao bowed down and said: "Your Majesty's grace is so great that I can't repay you for my shame. But that thief general Yang Fu is full of tricks and is not afraid of death! I stabbed him seven times, but I couldn't kill him. Instead, he was killed by him."
He killed more than 200 members of the whole clan, young and old!"
He then said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, it's not because Ma has more prestige than others, but actually, in terms of strategy, I am no match for this thief!"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "General Ma can know himself and the enemy, and is not arrogant or arrogant. This is a good thing."
Ma Dai also bowed and said, "Prime Minister, can you send us a powerful military advisor?"
He didn't dare to say directly whether he could let the prime minister serve as our military advisor.
Because that's impossible.
Nowadays, things are complicated, and there are many places where a talented person like the Prime Minister is needed to put out the fire.
For a lot of things in Chang'an, you have to rely on the prime minister.
War is not just a military war to obtain money and food, but also a political war.
Zhuge Liang pointed to a person next to him and said: "I am my new disciple Jiang Wei, named Boyue. Although this person is not well-known, he is the most powerful among Wei generals. He first saw through my plan and defeated me.
After a while! Another fifty rounds of battle with General Zhao Zilong were evenly matched!"
Ma Chao was shocked and said: "Is there anyone in the world who can see through the Prime Minister's plan?"
Ma Dai even broke out in a cold sweat: "Is there anyone who can survive thirty rounds in the hands of General Zhao Zilong?"
Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun looked at each other and said affirmatively: "Yes."
Jiang Wei saluted Ma Chao: "Junior has met General Ma."
Ma Chao returned the gift sadly, thinking to himself, this is the only person who has been qualified to be accepted as a disciple by Prime Minister Zhuge in recent years.
"Commander, thank you!" Ma Chao and Ma Dai both bowed to him with great respect.
The Ma brothers did not ask Jiang Wei why he surrendered to Shu, because it was unnecessary.
The three counties were all forced to surrender by Prime Minister Zhuge. Isn't it normal for Jiang Wei to surrender to Shu?
Zhuge Liang left Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong to guard Chang'an, Wei Yan still guarded Tongguan, and other famous generals in Shu followed Ma Chao to attack Wuwei City.
All useful baggage, ladders, siege engines, three-bow crossbows, Kongming lanterns (Zhuge Liang's invention), and catapults were all given to Ma Chao for use.
Guansuo sent people to plant new seeds in Jingzhou. Corn and sweet potatoes were both high-yielding crops. The yield per acre could be ten times more than wheat.
Lu Xun occupied the entire Lujiang River, and Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu, continued to add troops and supplies to him. Lu Xun and Sima Yi, two great men of the time, fought fiercely in Jiangxia.
On the Jingzhou battlefield, Zhao Yan still could not destroy Guan Yu.
However, Cao Pi sent 25,000 more troops from Wuguan to attack the outlying towns of Chang'an.
The four generals Liu Feng, Meng Da, Shen Yi and Shen Dan patrolled the border city, drank wine and ate barbecue, and did not take Wei Jun seriously. As a result, they were caught off guard and were made dumplings by Wei Jun.
General Zhang Liao of Cao's army flew his horse and wielded his sword, beheading Liu Feng to the ground. General Xu Chu of Cao's army pierced Meng Da's heart and lungs with a spear.
The rest of the crowd fled in panic, but the Shen brothers were captured by Zhang Liao's men before they could resist.
Zhang Liao and Xu Chu tied them up on horseback and took them to Xuchang to be handed over to the emperor.
After Cao Pi finished his military service, he was exposed to a live broadcast by Guan Suo. He was disgraced and returned to Xuchang in despair.
General Zhang Xu led his troops forward and found that the town of Chang'an was extremely tightly guarded with no flaws. When he saw the Zhuge flag flying on top of the city, he felt deeply that the situation was over and had to go back to resume his duties.
Otherwise, a forceful attack will only result in more casualties and be in vain.
Wei Emperor Cao Pi became angry when he saw Shu generals.
The two Shen brothers were escorted to the majestic Wei Palace. They were so frightened that they did not even dare to speak.
"Divide the bodies with ten thousand knives!" Cao Pi looked at the two prisoners and was furious. There was no Ling Chi criminal law in the Three Kingdoms era, so Cao Pi himself came up with a way to vent his anger.
But this does not prevent the loss of large areas of the country.
Seven months later, Cao Pi received two pieces of news.
It's all bad news for him.
Lu Xun defeated Sima Yi, captured Jiangxia, captured 18,000 Wei soldiers, and killed them.
The state of Wu regained its former territory, but the state of Wei brought in tens of thousands of soldiers in vain.
The other news is even sadder.
Ma Chao, the general of Shu, took Jiang Wei, the surrendered general of the Wei army, as his military advisor to attack Wuwei City.
The city was destroyed, but Ma Chao and the people did not commit any crime.
But Yang Fu and other famous generals of the Wei army were all beheaded, as were the three Yi tribes.
Ma Chao is a god-level being among the Qiang people. The Qiang people took the initiative to help in the war. The Qiang King actually sent someone to say to Ma Chao: "We are willing to help General Ma take revenge and provide our own food and grass. But the Wei army's pots and pans, as well as the treasures in the treasury,
We want all these things like textiles and pottery.”
Ma Chao readily agreed.
With the help of the Qiang soldiers, Ma Chao killed the Wei soldiers more easily. With an army of 120,000, more than 50,000 people surrendered to Shu, and all others were killed.
Although the state of Wei cannot be said to have suffered a major loss of vitality, it can still be regarded as a serious injury to its muscles and bones.
In addition, because the Wei State used a large number of troops to fight for many years, the food and grass had already been emptied.
Starving people rebelled everywhere.
Even the remnants of the Yellow Turbans from back then have come out.
The food transport team has to eat every time they come back, so if they cannot lose food to the enemy, the food that one person eats on the front line in normal times will have to be used thirty times in wartime.
No matter how rich the regime is, it cannot afford such a grain-burning law.
Chen Qun, Jiang Ji and other ministers asked Emperor Wei to take the initiative to cede territory to Shu and Wu for peace.
When Cao Cao was alive, he was the only one who beat others until they begged for mercy.
He fought with Sun Quan several times, but Sun Quan gave in because he couldn't bear it anymore.
This Cao Pi is getting more and more depressed as he gets older. Such a powerful country actually took the initiative to seek peace from two small countries!
The envoy humbly begged Shu for peace. Liu Bei was about to stop his troops and rest, so he agreed.
Therefore, to the west of Tongguan, several large counties and the two large states of Yongliang were all returned to Shuhan.
Now in the territory of the Three Kingdoms, Wei is first, and Shu has surpassed Wu and become second.
When the Wei envoy arrived at Lu Xun's place, he also begged for peace in a lowly manner. Lu Xun's troops were stretched to their limit and needed to rest and recuperate.
Lu Xun was very immoral and ordered Wei Guo to pay compensation.
Of course, the Wei State could not agree, but it was threatened by the Wu State, but it did not dare to do anything to the Wu State.
Liu Bei is now in a state of contentment.
Sun Quan and Cao Pi were both extremely depressed.
Especially Sun Quan, he is extremely afraid of his situation now! He is even more afraid that the two powerful countries will unite to attack him!