Time flies, and three days pass in the blink of an eye. On that morning, outside the Wugong Xicheng Gate, there were flags and drums, and nearly 30,000 Han soldiers were dressed in armor, ready to go, waiting for the military order to set off.

Yang Qing and Guan Xing accompanied Zhuge Liang on the left and right to see him off, and Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei and others followed slowly.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Mingzhi, Anguo, I will not talk about the follow-up matters anymore. With you and the two of you stayed in Guanzhong, the emperor and I should be at ease.

Although our Han, Eastern Wu, and Pseudo-Wei have been fighting continuously for a long time and are spending countless money, the Pseudo-Wei has a great family and a great national strength, and is far more prosperous than ours and the Eastern Wu. Therefore, you two should not be careless and be careful of the Wei army launching troops to invade."

"Yes, Prime Minister Don't worry, the Qing Dynasty won't let the Wei army take back the results that our army finally achieved." Yang Qing said firmly.

Guan Xing replied with a firm face, "Yes, Prime Minister, with me and my brother here, you just need to return to Hanzhong to rest with peace of mind. If Cao Zhen and the others really dare to invade, my brother and I will definitely kill them without leaving any armor."

"Haha, An Guo's words are indeed like a father!" Zhuge Liang laughed heartily.

After laughing with Yang Qing, he asked again: "By the way, Prime Minister, you said you would transfer Wudang Feijun to Guanzhong to garrison. I wonder when the order will be issued?"

In the past three days, Yang Qing and Zhuge Liang talked about the strategy of the next stage several times. They not only exchanged opinions on how to arrange the defense of Guanzhong, but also made a thorough explanation of the two states of Yongliang to work in agriculture, business development, and military expansion.

The two of them agreed that the Han army launched two Northern Expeditions this year. Although they achieved brilliant results, the national strength was not small. Therefore, unless the world situation changes significantly next year, Ji Han will not launch the third Northern Expedition. Therefore, Ji Han will focus on rest and recuperation within the next one or two years.

However, Cao Wei will definitely not let Ji Han get what he wants easily. They have lost their troops and generals during this period, and will definitely find ways to make up for it.

Because Zhuge Liang thought about it, he felt that Yang Qing had some insufficient troops and decided to transfer Wudang Feijun to Guanzhong to garrison.

The Wudang Feijun was affiliated with the Hou Army in the sequence of the Northern Expedition Army, and Yang Qing still held the position of the rear supervisor, so it was very appropriate for the Wudang Feijun to be transferred to Guanzhong to deploy defense.

"It's definitely too late this year. When the spring begins next year, let Wang Ping lead the Wudang Flying Army to the north. They are all your old subordinates. You will be very easy to use, so that the defense in Guanzhong can be more secure." Zhuge Liang said.

Yang Qing nodded. Zhuge Liang continued, "There is another intention to transfer the Wudang Flying Army to the north. There are quite a lot of troops stationed in the Han army at present. The pressure of food and grass is too great. Wudang Flying Army to go north can also relieve the pressure of Youchang. He has poured a lot of bitterness at me in the past few months."

"Prime Minister, the pressure in Youchang has been reduced, but the pressure on me has increased. Isn't this a bit unfair?" Yang Qing said jokingly.

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Who told you that your abilities are stronger than that of young people?"

As soon as this sentence was said, Yang Qing was speechless. After all, he could not hypocritically say that his ability was not as good as Ma Su.

Guan Xing next to him saw that Yang Qing was so choked by Zhuge Liang that he couldn't speak. He wanted to laugh but was afraid of annoying the other party. He turned his head and forced himself to hold it in his mouth, but did not laugh out loud.

But Yang Qing had a very good eye. He noticed his strangeness and said angrily: "If An Guo wants to laugh, just laugh, be careful to cause internal injuries."

As soon as these words were spoken, Guan Xing couldn't help but smile loudly. Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei and others behind him were puzzled when they saw him laughing so strangely, and they didn't know what he was doing.

"Okay, let's send it here. It's not too early, it's time to set off." After Guan Xing stopped laughing, Zhuge Liang stopped and said.

Yang Qing said: "Yes." He turned around and shouted to Zhang Yi, Liu Yin and others: "The officials in Yongzhou obey orders and follow him to send the Prime Minister and the triumphant army."

"We respectfully send the Prime Minister and the Triumph Army!" Everyone bowed and bowed under Yang Qing's leadership.

Zhuge Liang nodded with a smile, got onto the carriage, and said to Yang Yi outside the carriage: "Duke Wei, send an order, the army will set off."

"promise."

After a while, the military orders spread throughout the army. Nearly 30,000 soldiers slowly drove west under the leadership of their respective generals and schools. They had to rush to Meicheng first, and then return to Hanzhong from Baoxie Road.

Although the news reached Chang'an, Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Guo Huai and others, they could only accept it helplessly. In addition, they actually breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

In the past two months, the Wei army has lost its troops and struggled to support it. The withdrawal of the main force of the Han army into Hanzhong may not be a good thing for them. At least they don’t have to worry every day, fearing that they will repeat the crushing defeat in the first half of the year.

Although he has lost all three martial arts, at least most of the cities in Chang'an and Guanzhong have been preserved, and Cao Zhen and others can barely give an explanation to Emperor Wei.

Three days later, Zhuge Liang's army arrived in Mei County and entered the Baoxi Road. Thirteen days later, the army successfully returned to Hanzhong with the support of the Hanzhong County troops led by Ma Su.

After returning to Mianyang Prefecture Camp, Zhuge Liang did not take any more rest, but did not delay for a moment. He wrote a memorial in detail about the process and results of the Northern Expedition, and sent a fast horse back to Chengdu to report to Emperor Liu Chan to know.

The Northern Expedition lasted for more than two months, and the Han army, a total of 40,000 troops, launched a fierce offensive from the north and south routes to Guanzhong occupied by Cao Wei.

Although there was no situation on the southern line in the early stage, after Yang Qing's continuous guerrilla tearing on the northern line, the Wei army, which had tightly deployed, was mobilized, and a gap was finally opened to the south.

During the entire second Northern Expedition, the Han army killed nearly 10,000 generals of the Wei army, including Wang Shuang, Bian Bao, and Deng En, captured more than 4,000 Wei army, and seized countless military funds such as war horses, armor, swords and other military funds.

The Guanzhong soldiers ruled by Cao Zhen, including the escape, were almost 20,000 soldiers lost, and the losses were heavy.

In addition, the Han army successfully recovered the three key passes of Wugong, Meicheng and Chencang, and established a foothold for the next Northern Expedition. With these three bridgeheads, the Han army no longer had to worry that the food and grass in the rear could not be safely transferred to the Guanzhong front line, and the logistics pressure of the Han army was greatly reduced.

Although the results of this Northern Expedition cannot be compared with the first Northern Expedition, if we include Liangzhou, which was recovered during the war in the Shiting area of ​​Wei and Wu, the Han army in this Northern Expedition can still be regarded as a brilliant result.

After all, the Han army suffered only eight or nine thousand losses, half of which were recruited by Yang Qing in Anling, Maoling and other places. The elite soldiers only suffered less than five thousand casualties, and the Han army was already considered a big profit.

The news of the main force of the Han army's victory returning to the army reached Chengdu, and the whole court was very happy. Ji Han won two great victories within a year, from the nobles to the common people, all of them were cheerful and ecstatic.

The people in Chengdu came spontaneously to the mountains outside the palace and shouted long live. Later, the people gathered more and more, with tens of thousands of people. The Yulin Army guarding the palace gate was shocked, fearing that the people would attack the palace, so they hurriedly reported it to the emperor.

After receiving the report, Liu Chan not only did not issue an edict to stop the expulsion, but instead came to the palace wall with Empress Zhang to accept the worship of the people and celebrated this hard-won victory with his subjects, which showed his style as a wise ruler.
Chapter completed!