In the second year of Han Jianxing (226), summer and April.

Since Guan Ping, the general of Nanzhong, led the people to pacify the land east of the Yangtze River, and the Han Dynasty was able to occupy the land south of the Yangtze River, the cohesion of the Han army suddenly doubled, and the morale of the army entered an unprecedented heyday.

Liu Chan, the son of heaven, for the meritorious service, enshrined Guan Ping, the greatest hero of this campaign, as the general, held the false Jieyue Governor Jing, Yangerzhou military and political affairs, and gave Nanhou (the meaning of the county marquis), with Yiyang, Xinyang, Xiangxiang, and Liandao four counties formed as Hengyang County as its food town, hereditary replacement.

An edict was issued, and all the courtiers couldn't help but feel the weight of the edict stamped with a "self-engraved" jade seal on the piece of paper, and they couldn't help but sigh in private: "Your Majesty is too strong for General Guan." ”

The general is the highest military position in the world, and enjoys his own shogunate, and can recruit subordinate officials into the government at his own expense to serve as staff staff and military, plus the fake festival Yue who enjoys the right to make decisions on the spot, first cut and then play, Guan Ping at this moment is already under one person, above ten thousand.

Not only that, since the first emperor Liu Bei Jianhan, the first general was Guan Yu, and now Guan Ping has succeeded his father, what does this mean?

It shows that today's son has believed that Guan Ping has the ability to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty in the Northern Expedition, and it also reflects Guan Ping's majestic status in the mind of Liu Chan, the son of heaven.

Immediately afterwards, at the request of Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan, the son of heaven, issued edicts one after another, canonizing Jingzhou Prefecture to engage in Ma Liang as the history of Jingzhou Thorn, Nanjun Taishou Yin Guan was promoted to Jiaozhou Thorn History, and Xiangzhou, which had been divided, was re-incorporated into Jingzhou, and Huangquan was the history of Yangzhou Thorn.

In an instant, Ma Liang, Yin Guan, and Huang Quan also received extremely broad promotions due to the reason that the Han Dynasty opened up the territory.

Next, the edict continued to be issued, Xiangyang was too guarded by Kou to seal the garrison of Xiangyang for several years, and he had several military exploits in defending the Jingbei region, and was promoted to the general of Anbei. Continue to garrison troops to guard the safety of Jingbei? Defend against the attack of the Wei army.

Shangyong Taishou Deng Ai went north several times with weak soldiers to confront Xiahou Shang, the main general of the Wei army, and had both offense and defense? Quite meritorious? Later, under the protection of the general Guan Ping, Liu Chan, the son of heaven, also promoted Deng Ai to the governor of Jingbei? Set up Xiangyang, Shangyong, and Jiangxia as the Jingbei Theater? Full authority belongs to Deng Ai to command and deploy all military forces.

Subsequently? It seems that Liao Hua, Fu Wei, Chen Shi and other generals who participated in the war were promoted to one level and gave Shu brocade 100 horses as encouragement.

A reward? A sound of joy sounded on the side again in the Han territory? The morale of the Han army was once again high and condensed.

Summer May.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang collected more than 30,000 elites in Shuzhong, bid farewell to Liu Chan, the son of heaven, and marched to the south with the intention of quelling the rebellion in Nanzhong.

After going deep into the hinterland of Nanzhong, Zhuge Liang commanded the generals of Shu to fight continuously and with the help of Li Hui, Lu Kai and others, the natives of Nanzhong, he continuously broke the more than 100,000 troops gathered by the heroes and barbarians in Nanzhong? Every battle is overcome, and there are five battles and five victories in ten days.

In desperation? The Southern Barbarian Coalition had no choice but to retreat to Pingyi City (present-day Bijie, Guizhou) west of Qiqi to hold on.

Due to the strong combat power of the Han soldiers, the tribal patriarchs gathered by the various tribes of the Southern Barbarians have a look of fear? The morale of the army gradually began to slacken, even though the barbarian king Meng was trying his best to suppress it? But it obviously didn't work well.

Meantime? Ma Yan, who joined the army, said to Prime Minister Zhuge Liang: "Nanzhong is far away? If you don't accept it for a long time, although it is broken today, it will be reversed tomorrow. Today, the public side poured the country into the northern expedition to make a strong thief. He knew that the official was weak, and his rebellion was fast. If you kill all the relics to get rid of future troubles, it is not the love of the benevolent, and you should not rush it. ”

"I don't know what you can do to quickly pacify Nanzhong, and let the barbarians and razors not return?"

Hearing this, Ma Tan thought about it for a while, and then gave his hand and said: "The way of the husband and the soldier, the heart is the top, the city is the bottom, the heart is the top, and the soldier is the first."

For the sake of war, I am willing to obey his heart. ”

"I know my heart and soul when I am young!"

Zhuge Liang sighed, so he adopted his plan, and the whole army continued to lead the people to the west after three days of rest, and adopted the strategy of "attacking the heart first" along the way, and did not commit any offense against the people in the south, but every time he went to a place, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang wanted to personally convene the people to persuade them to farm, distribute farm tools, and encourage the people to cultivate more.

Along the way, the barbarian people along the way lamented the benevolence and righteousness of the Han army, and this good deed quickly spread throughout the barbarian coalition like a plague.

All of a sudden, the morale of the barbarian troops gradually collapsed, and there were those who quietly left the coalition army to join the Han army, and Zhuge Liang still treated the barbarian tribes who took the initiative to join them, and distributed farm tools to give them fertile land for cultivation.

The barbarians sighed one after another: "The prime minister is really benevolent and virtuous, and the heavenly masters of the Han Dynasty are all mighty and majestic. ”

Subsequently, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang commanded the whole army, overcoming the whole army to go deep into the barren land and the mood of not adapting to the soil and water to fight hard, Enwei and Shi, which lasted for four months, and finally in the autumn and September to the barbarian king Meng won seven captures and seven columns, Meng was then grateful for his kindness, and allegiance to the Han Dynasty in the future, never to rebel, the Han army then learned that Ping Nanzhong.

Zhuge Liang also because the barbarians were accustomed to mountain warfare, and recruited barbarians into the army, forming a barbarian army of about 5,000 people, named "Wudang Flying Army", in preparation for the subsequent Northern Expedition.

In between, Zhuge Liang invented the "barbarian head" according to the tradition of barbarian sacrifice.

Prime Minister Zhuge Liang ordered Li Hui, Lu Kai, Wang Kang and other natives of Nanzhong to govern Nanzhong as the Taishou of Qiqi, the Taishou of Jianning, and the Taishou of Yongchang, so as to alleviate the contradictions between the Han and the barbarians, and encourage the barbarians to cultivate more and integrate into the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, after careful consideration of the Nanban people, Zhuge Liang made a general measure to move the barbarians down the mountain to cultivate and live with reference to the former Wuxi Man.

For one kind deed, Nanzhong easily settled down, and the Nanren spontaneously thanked Zhuge Liang for his benevolence.

After some discussion, Nanzhong was peaceful.

In autumn and October, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang returned north and returned to Chengdu.

Next, the Han Dynasty took measures such as going on the defensive, retreating the people, and cultivating the internal civil affairs of the Gu colony.

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In the spring and March of the third year of Han Jianxing (227), the hussar general Ma Chao completely pacified the four counties of Hexi after two years, and the county returned to the heart.

In the summer of April, Ma Chao decided to lead the crowd to continue to march westward, leading the Russians and He and Shaoge to go out of Yumen to conquer the cities of the Western Regions, but before the soldiers could be assembled, Ma Chao died of illness, and the westward expedition was temporarily put on hold.

In order to show Ma Chao's merits, Liu Chan, the son of heaven, could not help but send Ma Chao's body back to Chengdu for burial, and posthumously named Weihou and his son as heirs. He also canonized his younger brother Ma Dai as the general of Pingbei and the Marquis of Chen Cang.

In the summer and July of the fourth year of the Huang Dynasty of Wei, Emperor Cao Pi of Wei died of illness in the Chongde Hall of Luoyang at the age of more than 40, and his son Cao Rui ascended the throne as the emperor under the support of Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Sima Yi and other auxiliary ministers, and was the second son of heaven of Wei.

Subsequently, Cao Rui, the son of heaven, posthumously called the first emperor Cao Pi as the emperor of Shizu Wen, hid in the suburbs of the south gate of Luoyang, and posthumously called his late biological mother Zhen as Empress Wenzhao.

In the autumn and September, the Han army and the Wei army met in a fierce battle at the Wet Whisker Dock, and the battle lasted for several days, and the victory or defeat was not distinguished, and they each withdrew.

In the spring and February of the fourth year of Han Jianxing (228), Zhang Fei, the general of the Five Tigers, died in Fushang at the age of more than 64.

In the spring of March, with the death of the eldest brother Liu Bei and the third brother Zhang Fei one after another, Guan Yu was also ill because of excessive thoughts.

Guan Ping, who was leading the war with the Wei army in Jianye, received the news that his father was in danger and hurriedly rushed to Chengdu.