As soon as Yang Yi finished speaking, a personal guard walked in with a sealed wooden box. Yang Yi took it and handed it over. Zhuge Liang quickly opened the wooden box, took out the book slip inside and looked at it.

"Oh, we're still one step late." After watching it, Zhuge Liang sighed regretfully.

Yang Yi, Liao Hua and others all looked at Zhuge Liang in confusion, thinking that the Prime Minister's words were probably bad news.

Zhuge Liang did not play the mystery, and said directly: "Wu Yi came to report that when he led his army to Shangji, Guo Huai had returned to Shangji four days ago. Now Guo Huai had gathered 3,000 Wei troops in Shangji City, and recruited thousands of strong people, waiting for the battle, and defending the city."

Previously, Zhuge Liang ordered 20,000 troops from the front army to conquer Tianshui and divided the labor for Wei Yan and Wu Yi. Wei Yan led 10,000 troops to attack Jicheng, while Wu Yi led the remaining 10,000 people to capture Shangji.

"Prime Minister, it seems that Guo Huai immediately rushed back to Shangqiu after receiving the news. He went from Luomen to Shangqiu for more than 300 miles, and from Lucheng to Shangqiu for four or five hundred miles. Guo Huai and his team rode their horses again. It was reasonable to arrive at Shangqiu first than the army." Yang Yi said.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "It must be too late to go on the journey. I had hoped that Guo Huai would not go to Shangqi. I didn't expect this person to be so decisive. He didn't care about Jicheng and headed straight for Shangqi. He was really a virtuous person."

"Prime Minister, what should General Wu and the others do next?" Liao Hua asked.

Shangqi is an important town in Longxi and has many defenders, so Zhuge Liang had ordered before that if Shangqi was not prepared or there were no good generals in the city to defend, Wu Yi could take advantage of the situation to attack the city.

But now Guo Huai is ready to defend the city when he flies back to Shangji, and it is difficult to break the city easily.

So Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and replied: "I ordered Wu Yi to set up camps on the spot, and only surround Guo Huai, and wait for me to lead the army to defeat this thief."

"No." Liao Hua quickly drafted a military order. After Zhuge Liang saw the seal, the messenger immediately sent it out.

But the commander had just left, another urgent report came, which was sent by Wei Yan.

"Haha, Wen Chang is well done. Although Shangqian has not obtained it, Jicheng belongs to me." Zhuge Liang laughed after reading the urgent report.

Yang Yi asked, "Prime Minister, was it that Jicheng was captured by our army?"

"You can see it yourself." Zhuge Liang handed the urgent report to Yang Yi.

Yang Yi took it and read it quickly, and finally understood why the Prime Minister was so happy. It turned out that two days ago, Wei Yan led a large army to the foot of Ji County. The officials and people in the city immediately opened the city to surrender without resisting. Wei Yan took Ji City without taking a single sword and a single shot.

In addition, Wei Yan also said in the letter that the officials and people in Jicheng City showed sincerity, and unanimously recommended two heroes, Jiang Wei and Shangguan Zixiu, to bring the household registration albums of the entire county of Tianshui to visit the Prime Minister.

"Wei Yan is so lucky. He has won a great achievement for nothing, which is really annoying!"

Yang Yi complained in his heart and said, "Prime Minister, it is really gratifying that Jicheng can recover without bloodshed. It seems that the officials and people in Longyou are concerned about the Han Dynasty. When the king's army arrived, the people responded one after another, which shows that the destiny of heaven still belongs to the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, Yang Yixu said: "Prime Minister, is the Jiang Wei mentioned above the one that Mingzhi mentioned before?"

"I think it must be the same person." Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Haha, why bother guessing here? Just call someone in and ask."

Soon, Jiang Wei and Shangguan Zixiu were invited into the lobby. The two of them bowed to the housekeeping album and said, "See the Prime Minister."

"You two don't have to be too polite, please get up."

The two raised their heads and looked over in the hall. They saw that they were both young men in their twenties. One on the left face looked like a jade-like man, and the elegant temperament was Shangguan Zixiu, the first scholar of Tianshui, and the other on the right was Jiang Wei, the son of Tianshui Qilin.

Speaking of why Jiang Wei is here? It turns out that Jiang Wei, Liang Xu and others were rejected before and had to live in the countryside temporarily. A few days later, Wei Yan's army arrived at the foot of Ji County. The officials in the city saw the Han army's guns and halberds, and they were full of murderous aura, so they dared not fight with him.

Seeing that the governor Guo Huai and the prefect Ma Zundu abandoned Jicheng without caring about it, the officials and people in the city invited Jiang Wei, Liang Xu, Yin Shang and other Tianshui people to recommend him as the leader to surrender. Later, Jiang Wei and Shangguan Zixiu were sent to meet Zhuge Liang as an envoy.

Zhuge Liang received the household registration album, and saw Jiang Wei and Shangguan Zixiu and the other two were very happy. He immediately asked them to sit down and talk, inquiring in detail about Tianshui's civil affairs, military affairs, customs and other situations.

After a conversation, Zhuge Liang was very sure of the talents of the two, and thought in his heart: "Mingzhi said it well before. Jiang Boyue Zhong was diligent in current affairs, thought carefully, and examined all of them. Yongnan and Ji Chang were not as good as others, but Mingzhi was slightly better. He was a scholar in Liangzhou."

Zhuge Liang was very happy when he got the city and the talented people. He immediately ordered someone to set up a banquet to greet Jiang Wei, Shangguan Zixiu and the other two, and asked them to stay in Lucheng to listen to it first, and go to Jicheng with him in two days.

Anding County is north of Guangwei County and east of Longshan, leading the six counties of Linjing, Pengyang, Jingyang, Jingyin, Yinmi, Wuzhi, and the county was in Linjing. At this time, the news that tens of thousands of Han troops had already spread throughout Anding County, and the people in the counties were fluctuating and panic.

Wuzhi County is located on the east side of Longshan, adjacent to Guangwei County. Guanxing's army collected the three cities of Guangwei, and the troops were directly aimed at Wuzhi. In such a critical situation, the magistrate of Wuzhi still planned to do his duty. While closing the city gates tightly, he strictly prohibited entry and exit, and while summoning young and strong men to help defend the city.

However, the Han army's offensive was fierce and unstoppable. Not only did the people have no desire to fight, but even the soldiers had many escaped. Therefore, the Cao Wei County Magistrate's actions were not very effective.

The reason why the people of Wuzhi did not have much resistance was that in addition to the great power of the Han army, the You Wei lurking in the city also made a contribution. They secretly spread the remarks that Ji Han was the orthodox Han Dynasty was to resolve the people's rebellion and eliminate the harsh government of the pseudo-Wei Dynasty, provoke public opinion, reconcile righteous affairs, and prepare to take an opportunity to take action.

From the 16th to the 18th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, Ma Chao and Yang Qiu fought against each other and repeatedly tug-of-war in Anding. Since then, the people of Anding have experienced the greatness of the Wei army's brutal abuse of the people, and have never had any good feelings for Cao Wei.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, when Deng Yan, the left deputy captain of Youwei Mansion, came to Anding and saw that the local Youwei had gathered a considerable force, he immediately decided to launch an event to respond to the Northern Expedition Army.

"Person Deng, this is the brother Yang Tiaoyang." In the secret room, Qu Wei Banheng, the head of the Weifu Mansion in Wuzhi County, pointed to the burly man beside him and said.

Deng Yan looked up at Yang Tiao and saw that this man was about 30 years old, nine feet tall, Kong Wu was powerful, and he was a big man. He secretly called him a good word in his heart.

"I have met Captain Deng." Yang Tiao bowed and bowed.

Deng Yan smiled and said, "Brother Yang, don't be too polite, everyone sit down and talk." After the three of them sat down, they said, "I heard that Brother Yang has been anxious about justice and is dedicated to fighting injustice. He is a chivalrous man who is stable and has comforted his life at first sight today."

"People Deng are too rewarded, but they just don't like the government's tyrants oppress the good." Yang Tiaoqian said.

Deng Yan nodded and said, "The pseudo-Wei harsh government is like a tiger, and the powerful are like a leopard. The people have suffered for a long time. Now our great Han king's army is heading north to fight against rebels, and is here to save the people and implement benevolent government."

"Prime Minister Zhuge loves the people as much as his son, and is strict in science and education. He will punish all evil and show no good. He has always been heard in the north. Now the Han Dynasty went north to recover Yongliang. Although he is not talented, he is willing to work hard for the dog and horse." Yang Tiao said with his fist.

Deng Yan praised: "Brother Yang is really wise and Deng admires it." He said to Ban Heng again: "Are you ready?"

"Don't worry, the county temple and the garrison are all our people to help me. More than a hundred raiders under Brother Yang have already lie on the side of the county temple. When the garrison commands the garrison, we will immediately start the matter."

Deng Yan nodded and said, "Okay. Ban Heng, Brother Yang, after nightfall, we will wait..."

That night, under the personal command of Deng Yan, the left deputy captain of Youwei Prefecture, Youwei in Wuzhi City, together with more than a hundred righteous men including Yang Tiao, suddenly rose up and attacked the county temple in one fell swoop, captured a group of Wei officials from Wuzhi County Magistrate, and then forced them to rebel against Wei and return to Han, and successfully inserted the Han flag on the top of Wuzhi City.

Deng Yan then ordered Ban Heng to temporarily serve as the magistrate of Wuzhi County and Yang Tiao to temporarily serve as the county magistrate, to control the civil affairs and military affairs of the whole county, gather the Yi soldiers, and strictly guard the city. As for him, after his success, he went to Linjing and other counties to continue to contact the Youwei and Yishi and the righteous men in various counties.
Chapter completed!