Deng Ai's desperate spirit inspired the bloody nature of the Wei army to fight to the death. Forty-five thousand troops, all of them frantically rushed down the Sky Ridge.

Although more than 200 people were still killed and more than 1,000 were seriously injured, in the end, the main force of the army successfully passed through the last trench in front of the Wei army.

Next, there are no more unattainable mountains, the terrain is obviously flattening, although the army under the command of Deng Ai and Cao Zhi has run out of food, but they all know that this smuggling of Yinping, the biggest pass, has been crossed.

Not far further from Motianling, there is Jiangyou City, which is not an important city, so it is not stationed in the army.

Three days later, when more than 40,000 Wei troops appeared outside Jiangyou City, Ma Miao, the Taishou of Jiangyou City, was suddenly frightened. There were only a few hundred defenders in the entire Jiangyou City. No matter what, he can't resist the army in front of him, which is dozens of times his own.

Ma Miao exclaimed in his heart: "This ...... How is this possible? Unless the Wei army is a divine soldier descending from heaven? Otherwise, how could it appear outside Jiangyou City? ”

Countless questions surfaced in Ma Miao's mind, and a sense of hopelessness that he had never felt before made Ma Miao unable to extricate himself.

Ma Miao didn't know that the army of Deng Ai and Cao Zhi who appeared in front of him at this moment was already at the end of the crossbow, and they had been out of food for many days. Maybe he asked for help from Chengdu on the one hand, and held on to the city on the other, or maybe he had a chance to fight with the Wei army.

However, at this time, Ma Miao had already been completely frightened, he only knew that the Wei army in front of him was numerous, and all of them were fierce and vicious, like 40,000 hungry wolves, looking at Jiangyou's fat with fierce eyes.

Deng Ai shot a letter of persuasion into the city, and the content of the letter was very simple:

"Order Ma Miao to open the city and surrender within one hour, otherwise after the army breaks through the city, all living creatures will be slaughtered!"

After Ma Miao received the letter of persuasion to surrender, he was already frightened to the point that he did not do much psychological struggle, and decisively chose to surrender in Kaesong.

After Deng Ai and Cao Zhi led 40,000 troops to capture Jiangyou City without blood, they quickly controlled all the key points in the city, and then buried the pot for the first time, which was a group of hungry and crazy Wei troops.

Although there are not too many garrisons in Jiangyou City, there are 50,000 stone of military rations in the treasury.

The hungry Wei army was resupplied and rested in Jiangyou, and quickly changed from a tired army back to the tiger and wolf army that had fought Jiang Wei back and forth.

After seizing Jiangyou City, Deng Ai and Cao Zhi were full of ambition, Jiangyou is three hundred miles south, almost a horse Pingchuan can reach Chengdu, at this moment the two are full of pride, they know that all the troops near Chengdu are gathered, and at best they are on par with the troops under their command, but the most capable generals of Shu Han have already gone to Yongzhou.

They have elite soldiers and have been on the battlefield for a long time, they seem to have the determination to win, they can decide Chengdu in a battle, as long as Shu Han is destroyed, then Jiang Wei will instantly become a rootless tree and a sourceless water, and defeat will become inevitable.

Shuhan, Chengdu.

Liu Chan has been in an extremely happy mood recently, because he has received good news from Jiang Wei that Chang'an has recovered.

Chang'an is the former capital of the Han Dynasty, and now it is back in the hands of the Han Dynasty, which makes Liu Chan feel that he seems to have seen the light of day in the Han Dynasty.

He found Jiang Wan and Fei Yi to discuss how to reward the soldiers of the Northern Expedition.

Liu Chan met the two in the side hall of the palace, and said with a warm face: "Two Aiqing, very happy, very happy!" Chang'an is restored, and my Han will return to Chang'an in a few days! ”

Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were also excited, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, now that Chang'an has been recovered, everyone in Chengdu is beaming, and on the way to the palace today, I saw that everyone was talking about it, and everyone's face was filled with the joy of victory, a scene of the Han Dynasty!" ”

Fei Yi also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is blessed with great fortune, and the soldiers in front of me have sacrificed their lives and forgotten to die, so my Han has this atmosphere today, and this matter is indeed gratifying." ”

Liu Chan said: "The soldiers of the Northern Expedition really deserve to be rewarded, among which Jiang Boyue, with his full merit of Yongliang Erzhou, willingly entered him as a general, recorded Shangshu with Jiang Wan, and wanted to enter Jiang Wei as a duke. What do the two lovers think? ”

Jiang Wan and Fei Yi listened to the first half, and they were still smiling, feeling that Jiang Wei's full Yongliang, recovering Chang'an's merits, and becoming generals were indeed well deserved.

But when he heard that in the second half, Emperor Liu Chan wanted to crown Jiang Wei as a duke, his face suddenly became solemn.

After the two were silent for a while, Jiang Wan took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is very good to enter Jiang Boyu as a general and record Shangshushi." But the title of Jiang Wei as a duke, this move is inappropriate, there are thirteen states in the Han Dynasty, and now our country has been around us, but there is still a land of Kyushu that has not been taken, just let Jiang Boyo continue to work hard. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, if you make Jiang Boyo a duke now, then there will be Kyushu to be recovered in the future, and he will be crowned a duke so soon, so will he have to be crowned a king in the future? Wouldn't it be impossible to seal it one day, but instead roast Jiang Boyo on the fire? Fei Yi also added.

When Liu Chan heard Jiang Wan and Fei Yi say this, he immediately hesitated.

"What do the two Aiqing think?"

Jiang Wan said: "Your Majesty, you can increase the number of food towns on Jiang Boyu's existing title, and now Jiang Wei's food town is a thousand households, and it can be increased by 3,000 households, and this method can be increased to 10,000 households." ”

"Not bad!" Fei Yi also added, "Back then, Wei Qing and Huo Quai, attacked the Xiongnu in the north, and made immortal feats, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sealed ten thousand households as a reward, and this reward is very appropriate." ”

Liu Chan listened to what the two of them said, so he nodded, "Okay, then according to what the two Aiqing said, let's do it!" For the rewards of the rest of the generals, Lao Jiang Aiqing drafted a charter and reported it to Gu Yulan. ”

Then he asked: "Now that Chang'an has been recovered, my Han can return the capital to Chang'an as soon as possible, and I am determined to return the capital to Chang'an within this year, and this matter will require the two Aiqing to work hard." ”

Jiang Wan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, it is a big deal to return the capital to Chang'an, but this matter can only be implemented after Jiang Boyao leads the army to resist Cao Wei's crazy counterattack, otherwise Chang'an is in the land of four wars, and returning the capital to Chang'an too soon will shake the country's foundation." ”

Liu Chan said with a smile: "This matter is understood in my heart, so I didn't say that I would return to Chang'an immediately, I hope that Jiang Boyu will make persistent efforts to break through Tongguan and Wuguan in one fell swoop, at least in this case, there will be a barrier to the east of Chang'an, and Lone can go to Chang'an with peace of mind." Cao Wei's emperor Cao Rong wants to drive the expedition in person, and Gu will not go to Chang'an now to cause chaos for Jiang Boyo! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Jiang Wan and Fei Yi bowed at the same time.

Liu Chan was still very self-aware, knowing that he was not the material for marching and fighting, and suddenly remembered something again, so he asked again:

"In addition, Jiang Boyo sent a letter back to transfer Guan Suo to lead 10,000 elites from Nanzhong to Chang'an to participate in the battle, and the opinion of this matter at that time was that 10,000 was not enough, and there was no war in Nanzhong, so he simply doubled his troops and ordered him to take 20,000 elites from Nanzhong to the north, I don't know how this matter was done?"

Jiang Wan replied: "Your Majesty, this matter has already been ordered to Guan Suo, counting the days, Guan Suo should have received the official letter and started to lead the army north, presumably within half a month, he will arrive in Chengdu." ”