Wei Yan got three thousand war horses at once, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his big mouth, so he thanked him repeatedly, and then led his troops to set off quickly and continued to pursue the fleeing enemy.

Ge Liang watched Wei Yan and his entourage go away, and then led the army into Puban City with Ma Chao, Xu Shu and others, and settled the prisoners.

When order in the city settled down, Ge Liang said to Ma Chao, Chen Yin, and Hou Xuan: "Okay, now that the war in Guanzhong has subsided, the remaining former Cao Wei officials who are still hesitant will trouble a few generals to persuade and persuade them." ”

Chen Yin and Hou Xuan were arranged to go to Beidi County and Xinping County to garrison, and Ma Chao decided to go to Anding to meet Yang Qiu, and if everything went well, he was ready to go all the way west to Jincheng, Zhangye and other places. After all, Liu Bei named him the pastor of Liangzhou, and he wanted to go and count his territory earlier.

"I wonder what His Majesty the Emperor will arrange?" After all, Ma Chao's temperament has been restrained a lot, thinking that he wants to lead so many troops to the west alone, such a major event still needs to be recognized by Liu Bei.

"This ......" Ge Liang didn't dare to say big words, "General, please go to Anding first, don't stay too far away for the time being." Together, we will now present our proceedings to His Majesty the Emperor. The emperor should arrange it soon. Besides, now that Guanlong has changed hands, officials in many places need to be reappointed. Perhaps, the emperor will come to Guanzhong in person? ”

"My Ma Dai has been going to Nanyang for some time, and I heard that the war over there is also going well?" Ma Chao's mood was a little complicated, "If the emperor and Da Sima have different ideas, they want us to attack in two ways and quickly take Luoyang." Isn't it a big deal for me to leave? ”

Ge Liang was actually worried about this, and he was a little uneasy in his heart, so he could only remind Ma Chao carefully: "So, don't rush to lead the army out of Guanzhong first, wait for the emperor's will." You see, when I asked Wei Yan to go out of Hedong, I didn't dare to casually promise to send him as many rear army support. ”

"That's what Da Sima said." Ma Chao could only wait for a while, but he muttered unwillingly, "It's just that we've been away from Longyou for a few days, what's the situation over there?" ”

"General, don't worry, didn't we still leave Mencius to lead the army to garrison there?" Ge Liang asked Ma Chao to calm down first, but he was about to scold Meng Da in his heart, this guy, he hasn't sent a message for many days, and he is happy in Longyou alone?

After Ma Chao left, Ge Liang asked Jiang Wei to lead 3,000 soldiers back to Hexi to occupy Linjin first, and at the same time escort some prisoners to go there for reform training.

Then he said to Gao Xiang: "You first garrison in this Pusaka, wait for the emperor's decree to come down, or Wei Yan's side will capture the north bank of Shaanxi and Tianjin smoothly, and then you will bring people over to take over the defense, so that General Wei Yan can withdraw and continue to advance north and east." ”

After arranging everyone else, he pulled Xu Shu aside and said softly: "Everyone else really has to rest for a while, but you can't yet." ”

"If you have something to say, just say it." Xu Shu knew that he wouldn't really be idle.

Ge Liang smiled lightly, and was even a little embarrassed: "No way, you can't blame me." Then Wei Yan is still hurrying forward, I deliberately didn't promise to send him more reinforcements, but it is impossible to really let him be alone in danger, right? So I'm going to have to trouble you to go along. ”

"Why?" Xu Shu's eyes widened, but he wanted to hear what Ge Liang had to say.

Ge Liang shook his head: "That guy can fight and cause trouble. If he sent ordinary people to follow him, he would definitely find a way to bring all the people behind him. You see, even Deng Zhi was robbed and deceived by him in Huaili and Tongguan and dragged people away, didn't he? If he causes trouble, he is afraid that the disaster will not be small, and ordinary people may not be able to save it. Let those who are sent to support him be able to help him and contain him. Thinking about it, only you, Xu Yuanzhi, are smart, have deep qualifications, and have an unusual relationship with me, so Wei Yan is afraid that he will not dare to attack you easily. If something goes wrong, you should be able to stop or help him. ”

Xu Shu also shook his head: "That guy, even the hussar general dares to coax." Let me look at him, for fear of exhausting me. Since he doesn't dare to refute you, you might as well go by yourself. ”

Then he smiled again, Ge Liang was right, since even the hussar general couldn't control him, it seemed that he could only rely on himself to control him through the face of the emperor and Da Sima.

Ge Liang also deliberately shook his head again: "I'm not going." I'm going to Chang'an City for a good night's sleep. ”

Xu Shu glanced at Ge Liang and asked with Zhengse, "How long do you think you should wait for the best time to launch an attack on Luoyang?" ”

Ge Liang still shook his head: "I really don't know about this, it depends on how much Cao Pi attaches importance to Luoyang." It is definitely impossible for him to give up Luoyang all at once, and he is afraid that he will not know how many places to transfer troops to defend at this time. If he transfers too many troops and the rest of the place is empty, we might as well take advantage of the emptiness and pacify the rest of the place. Besides, if the enemy's main forces are really basically concentrated in Luoyang, it will be really possible for us to settle the world in one battle. If he sees that we are not in a hurry to attack Luoyang, but to fight other places, and are busy scattering our troops to meet the battles in various places, then we will go down the river and take Luoyang as soon as possible. ”

Xu Shu nodded: "Don't worry, I will remind Wei Yan that guy, don't go too far, otherwise you will really hit Luoyang, and you won't be able to catch up." ”

"I'm afraid he won't go too far." Ge Liang is relieved of this.

"Then ......" Xu Shu thought about it, and shook his head with a smile, "Then I will be separated from you for a long time when I prepare the supplies in two days." ”

"It won't be long." Ge Liang held out two fingers, "Two years at most." ”

Two days later, Xu Shu and Gao Xiang both set off with their troops. Ge Liang left Liu Min to garrison Puban, to provide support to Deng Zhi or Wei Yan at any time, and set off to go back to Chang'an by himself, waiting for Liu Bei's will, while sending people to Longyou to urge Meng Da.

Meng Da did have a very comfortable time in Longyou. At the beginning, Ge Liang's army was stationed in Jicheng, and many officials in Longyou counties thought that Cao Pi would definitely send a large army to rescue him, but Cao Zhen and Sima Yi came, but it didn't take long for them to all withdraw.

He was outstanding in his arguments, and he wrote nearly ten letters in one breath and sent them to the border counties.

He persuaded Longxi to guard You Chu too much: The lord guards Longxi, is tolerant of government, and is diligent in serving the people, but why is he willing to be the minister of the tyrannical Cao Wei? Now that the Han Emperor is based on benevolence and faith, and wants to revive the Han family, the Lord is a Han Chen, shouldn't he return to the rule of the Han Emperor? Moreover, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen went to Longyou, and they were all defeated and fled in a blink of an eye, don't you still believe that the Han family will be revived?

You Chu naturally knew that the Wei army had no hope of returning to Longyou, and felt that he could no longer let the people suffer from the scourge of swords, so he agreed to surrender to Shu Han in Kaicheng.

Meng Da persuaded Jincheng to abide by Su Ze: the adults govern Jincheng, reward the peasants and punish the chaos, and benefit one party, but it is a pity that the people of Yongliang are not willing to be tyrannical by Cao Wei and are loyal to the Han family, but they are afraid that the people will eventually be in turmoil. I heard that adults are also concerned about the Han family, why don't you join the rule of the Han Emperor with my fellow villagers, make meritorious contributions, and benefit the people? The Han Emperor has a discerning eye for people, and he will definitely entrust the adults with important tasks.

Su Ze is indeed concerned about the Han family, but he doesn't like Ma Chao, plus he was recommended and promoted by Zhang, he is grateful, and he can't make up his mind for a while.

……

Meng Da's letters of persuasion were quickly answered. In fact, he doesn't need to be eloquent, these officials stationed in the border areas don't have many troops in their hands, once something happens, they all rely on the support of the imperial court, and now they are isolated by the Waihu and Shu Han armies, and the Wei army was defeated so quickly and so miserably, where can you still expect it, it is better to surrender as soon as possible.

Everyone's hesitation before, it was just that Cao Wei was powerful, Liu Bei's strength was inferior, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to succeed, once he surrendered, and finally Cao Wei counterattacked back, and it would be difficult to be a man at that time.

Meng Da received letters of surrender from various officials one after another, and was intoxicated with his eloquence for a while, and couldn't help but remember that his father Meng Ta back then, with his clever head and clever tricks, let others think that he had a very good relationship with Zhang Rang, a popular man in the dynasty, and sent gold, silver and jewelry, asking him to transfer it on his behalf. His father was in the middle of it, and he took these things to bribe Zhang Rang in his own name, and as a result, he got an official title of Liangzhou Assassin, which is really useless.

Hahaha, now my Meng Da is not inferior to my father, and even surpasses it, should I also be a Liangzhou assassin or Liangzhou pastor or something?

No, no, no, it's impossible, at least for the time being, Liu Bei has already named Ma Chao as the pastor of Liangzhou, and the position of Liangzhou Assassin is not his turn.

Thinking of this, Meng Da's pride was all gone, and he was even a little angry, and in his frustration, he even delayed reporting to Ge Liang, and waited for Ge Liang to send a fast horse to ask before he hurriedly sent the news over.

Ge Liang continued to receive good news in Chang'an, in addition to the successive surrender of the counties in Liangzhou, not to mention all parts of Yongzhou, those who did not want to surrender had already run away, and the remaining officials were naturally willing to sacrifice the city, maybe they could be a big official because of it.

In Hedong County, Wei Yan and Xu Shu had also taken Anyi, and were crossing Zhongtiao Mountain with Gao Xiang, preparing to seize the north bank of Shaanxi and Tianjin.

Immediately afterwards, news from Liu Bei's side also came.

No, no, no, it's not just the news, it's even people who have been sent.

It was not Liu Bei himself who came over, but Zhang Fei.

Why did you send Zhang Fei over? Ge Liang was a little surprised, but then he understood that there was a hussar general in this Guanlong land, Liu Bei himself didn't come, Guan Yu didn't come, so naturally Zhang Fei could only come.

Although Zhang Fei's official position as a cavalry general seems to be a little bit smaller than Ma Chao's hussar general, it is Zhang Fei who has the final say, and I believe that others can't believe it.

Well, Zhang Fei is coming, it seems that Liu Bei is going to ask me to go to Wancheng to meet him, right?

Haha, it's okay for Zhang Fei, I just have a gift for him.

Xiahouba, your relatives have come to see you!

(End of chapter)