In fact, Guo Huai's departure did not worsen the situation in Longxi. On the contrary, because he easily captured Ji County, the Shu army was able to successfully take over the entire Longxi, and the situation was very good.

Ji County itself is a tough and hard bone. The Shu army has tried it before. If you want to capture Ji County, it will at least cost a considerable price and it will take a lot of time.

The situation is extremely urgent now, and time is the most critical factor. Once Ji County cannot capture it for a long time and the Wei army comes from Guanzhong, the situation will become out of control. At this point, Jiang Wei and Sima Lun both have a very clear understanding.

If Guo Huai can persuade Guo Huai to surrender, it will be the most perfect result. Not only can he take down Ji County without bloodshed, but also with the help of Guo Huai's troops, their strength can be increased a lot, and they will have more bargaining chips against Cao Liang.

However, Guo Huai was quite stubborn. Even the eight horses he believed in could not be brought back. Guo Huai refused to surrender to Shu, which was something that no one could persuade him. Even if he was forced, Guo Huai would rather fail. He might even fight to the death, but instead he would be a waste of money.

What Sima Lun feared the most was the food and grass in Ji County. Now Sima Lun’s foundation in Longxi is to obtain this batch of food and grass, and these food and grass are all in Guo Huai’s hands. If Guo Huai was determined to resist to the end, what Sima Lun got in the end would probably be a handful of ashes, a feast, and the gain would not be worth the loss.

Therefore, when Guo Huai insisted on not surrendering, Sima Lun could only settle for the second best, leave food and grass, and let Guo Huai take Sima Yan and Sima You away. Although this is not the most ideal result, it is also a result that Sima Lun is currently difficult to accept.

Guo Huai also kept his promise. After he handed over the grain warehouse to Sima Lun's people, he left Ji County. Otherwise, if no one was guarding it, the grain inventory was easily robbed by refugees.

After Simalun entered the city, he immediately went straight to the grain warehouse. How much food and grass is there in the grain warehouse? This is what Simalun is most concerned about now. In order to prevent the 100,000 troops from hungering? Simalun was worried.

The result of the inventory? It was beyond Simalun's expectations. Simalun originally thought that the grain and grass in the Ji County Treasury could last for three or four months. But he didn't expect that the warehouse in the grain warehouse could at least meet the needs of a 100,000 army for half a year? The stone in Simalun's heart finally fell into the ground.

Simalun had previously known that Ji County had the largest granary in Longxi, which was the Jin army's grain storage place, but how much grain was stored in the grain warehouse? Simalun didn't know? So to what extent could the grain warehouse in Ji County relieve Simajun's urgent needs? Simalun was actually not sure.

Now that the amount of food has been counted out? Simalun can finally breathe a sigh of relief? After solving his worries, Simalun can also devote all his efforts to prepare for the war.

After all, Sima Lun really has to thank Guo Huai? In order to leave such a generous "legacy"? Otherwise, Sima Lun would be in a mess just for food and grass? How can he still have the energy to arrange preparations for war?

Although Guo Huai's departure took away nearly 30,000 people (Guo Huai directly took away more than 10,000 people from Ji County, and the defenders of other counties were ordered to evacuate one after another), his army had nothing to do with the overall situation. Sima Lun and Jiang Wei had as many as 150,000 people, which was enough in terms of military strength.

In fact, the more soldiers, the better. The more soldiers, the greater the pressure on logistics supply. Sima Lun obtained food and grass from Ji County exceeded expectations, but it could only meet the needs of a hundred thousand troops for half a year. Then the problem arises. After half a year, what will Sima Jun do if the food and grass are eaten up?

Especially now in the war period, people fled in large numbers and became refugees, while the land was deserted and no one was farmed. This was also a headache for Simalun, but the situation of the war often changed rapidly. Who would know the situation after half a year?

According to the agreement, Sima Lun replaced the prefects of the five counties in Longxi: Tianshui, Guangwei, Anding, Nan'an, and Longxi, and handed over all the positions of these county magistrates to Jiang Wei, and he appointed officials to serve.

Sima Lun didn't care about the administrative power in Longxi, but he knew very well that Shu Kingdom attached great importance to the jurisdiction of these places. Only when Shu Kingdom sent officials to take office in the five counties of Longxi could he truly grasp this territory.

When Zhuge Liang first made an expedition in the north, Tianshui, Nan'an and Anding all surrendered to Shu. Unfortunately, Ma Ji was defeated in Jieting, which led to a tragic reversal. Zhuge Liang didn't even have the chance to go to Anding County to accept surrender, so he evacuated his troops in Hanzhong.

From then on, even if Shu Kingdom fought in Longxi again, there would be no chance to get the county town again. So Sima Lun surrendered to Shu and offered the five counties of Longxi. Jiang Wei naturally took over the administrative power of the five counties. Jiang Wei really needed to use the five counties of Longxi to prove himself, and at the same time slapped those in the court who tried their best to oppose his northern expedition.

Of course, Jiang Wei did not give private permission to the prefects himself, but instead handed over the power of appointing the great guards to the court and submitted a memorial to the court to request the emperor to appoint officials.

Jiang Wei's approach is obviously smart. Otherwise, some people with ulterior motives will jump out and accuse Jiang Wei of gaining troops and seizing Longxi and making ill plans. Jiang Wei handed over the personnel appointment and removal of Longxi to the later lord Liu Chan, which naturally blocked the crowd.

The efficiency of the court was quite high. Jiang Wei used a quick horse that was expedited by 600 miles to send the memorial back to Shuzhong. The court responded within a few days and appointed and removed five officials as prefects of the five counties in Longxi. Of course, this was just sending the list to Ji County. As for when these officials would take office, it would be at least a month later.

In order to commend Jiang Wei's contribution, Liu Chan specially appointed Jiang Wei as the general, recorded the affairs of the Secretariat, and commanded the military affairs inside and outside, and added a thousand households to the fiefdom.

As for Sima Lun, the Shu court was also generous to reward him. He specially appointed Sima Lun as the Marquis of Jingyang, with a fief of 1,300 households, and was appointed as the General of the Cavalry. His position in the army was second only to that of General Jiang Wei, and he was also rewarded with 10,000 gold, a thousand pieces of Shu brocade, etc.

At the same time, the surrendered generals such as Zhong Hui, Hu Fen, and Zhou Tai also had rewards. Zhong Hui was named General Pingxi, Hu Fen was named General Pingdong, and Zhou Tai was named General Pingnan, and the other generals also had rewards.
Chapter completed!