Chapter 283 Ma Di oversees Liangzhou
In the ninth year of Jianxing, the third Northern Expedition of the Shu Han Dynasty officially came to an end.
Zhuge Liang led 60,000 troops and horsemen out of Qishan and marched north from Yongzhou to Liangzhou. After a series of battles from Jincheng to Wuwei, Sima Yi was finally driven out of Liangzhou and Yongliang was integrated.
After the war, Zhuge Liang began to discuss merit in Wuwei. After reporting from all parties, Zhuge Liang discovered that Ma Di's military exploits were far ahead from any angle.
Without Ma Su, this Northern Expedition would certainly not have been that easy. First of all, without Ma Su, the Shu Han would not have been able to capture Liangzhou so completely.
Sima Yi has been in Liangzhou for many years and has a strong foundation there. The surrounding Xiqiang, Qianghu and Western Regions were all tied to Cao Wei's chariots, with a total strength of more than 100,000.
Moreover, Sima Yi’s original plan was not to defend Liangzhou, but to destroy Liangzhou! If Ma Di had not quickly defeated Sima Zhao and made the road to Liangzhou smooth, Zhuge Liang might not have had the opportunity to attack Wuwei and fight Sima Yi quickly.
If the war drags on for another month or two, I am afraid that everything west of Wuwei will be in ruins. By then, even if the Shu Han captured Liangzhou, they would still have to spend a lot of energy to recover.
As a result, it would be difficult for Shu Han to quickly complete the integration of Yongliang and accumulate strength to deal with Guanzhong.
But because of Ma Di's existence, Sima Yi's plan failed to come true.
The Shu army marched out of Yongzhou in July and captured Jincheng in August, showing great strength. This forced Sima Yi to give up continuing to undermine Wuwei and start a decisive battle with the Shu army in advance.
Therefore, whether it is from a strategic aspect or a tactical aspect, Ma Su takes the greatest credit.
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but have mixed feelings about this ending.
"Youchang, this kid, looks like he's pretty much experienced." Zhuge Liang touched his beard and sighed as he looked at Ma Su's pile of achievements.
"Now that Youchang has been promoted again, no one in the army can gossip anymore."
In the past few years, Ma Su has been promoted rapidly in the military position. In a few years, he has been promoted from general to conquering four towns. Many military generals were jealous when they saw this scene.
Fortunately, Ma Su himself also strives for success, and his military exploits every time are enough to support his promotion. If not, Zhuge Liang would not have launched the Northern Expedition in such a hurry.
After sighing with emotion, Zhuge Liang carried out a new round of personnel appointments and removals in Yongliang.
Fei Yi, the governor of Yongzhou, returned to Chengdu and jointly governed Yizhou with Jiang Wan. Zhuge Liang himself was the shepherd of Yongzhou, in charge of the military and political affairs of Yongzhou, and began to fully operate the next Northern Expedition.
Ma Su was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, supervised the military affairs of Liangzhou, and was responsible for the military defense of the entire northwest. Li Mu, the prefect of Longxi, moved to the prefect of Jincheng, and Chen Dai was appointed the prefect of Wuwei. They were also responsible for the affairs of the farmlands in Liangzhou.
As for Wei Yan, he moved to Wudang and took over Zhao Yun's responsibilities to guard Wudang with Zhang He.
Zhuge Liang's new round of personnel appointments and dismissals also represents the attitude of the current Shu Han regime. We are inseparable from your pseudo-Wei, and we cannot wait any longer.
Zhuge Liang personally supervised Yongliang and personally managed all affairs in the northwest. Through the Prime Minister's personal execution, Yongliang's manpower and material resources were quickly provided to provide resources for the Northern Expedition.
Zhuge Liang personally supervised Yongliang for two reasons, one big reason and one small reason.
The small reason is that after Ma Su overturned the table in Shu, there is basically no resistance on the table. Zhuge Liang does not need to stay in Chengdu all the time. He can delegate power to Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and others for training.
A big reason... Cao Zhen, the great general of Cao Wei who had been hanging on for a long time, has passed away together with General Zhao. At this moment, there is no one in the northwest of Cao Wei. Zhuge Liang estimates that the next governor of Guanzhong will be Sima Yi, who was driven out of Liangzhou.
The ability of this old Yinbi is obvious to all, and he suddenly added a lot of troubles to the third Northern Expedition, which was a sure win. If he is allowed to be in charge of Guanzhong for a few years, it is uncertain how much power will be needed for the next Northern Expedition.
To put it bluntly, the reason why the Northern Expedition is so easy now is mainly because Cao Wei did not use all his strength.
Yongliang was not Cao Wei's core area of interest, so those aristocratic families were naturally unwilling to use the power of Guandong to support it. But Guanzhong is different. He is the northwest guard of Cao Wei and the western gateway of Luoyang.
Once they attack this place, they will inevitably encounter resistance from the overwhelming power of Cao Wei. Coupled with Sima Yi's ability, Zhuge Liang naturally would not just sit idly by.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang decided to personally supervise the military affairs of Yongliang and use Yongliang as the front line to quickly prepare for the next Northern Expedition.
"Prime Minister! The Crown Prince is back!" Yang Yi walked in at this time and reported to Zhuge Liang.
"You Chang is back? Let him in." Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.
Ma Su was then introduced by a scribe and saluted Zhuge Liang respectfully.
"Prime Minister, you have lived up to your command! He defeated Sima Yi's troops on the north bank of the Yellow River and defeated Chen Tai's troops who came to support him. Sima Yi is now the bare commander, and his troops will not exceed 3,000 men."
"Huh? Gained so much?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised when he heard this report.
He had thought that Ma Su's gains in this attack should be quite large. After all, Ma Su would not come back if he was not satisfied with the gains. But he didn't expect that Ma Su's gains this time would be so terrifying, and he directly plucked out the bald tiger.
Sima Yi, the bald tiger in the tomb?
"On the way back, we also encountered Qiang and Hu people. Although the losses were considerable, we also captured thousands of Hu riders and captured tens of thousands of horses." Ma Su replied with a smile. What could be better than showing off in front of his prime minister? Of?
"So you've become rich again..." Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly showed an inexplicable smile.
Ma Su's smile suddenly froze, and his face suddenly fell.
"Prime Minister, we don't bring this kind of..."
"Okay, okay, you can keep these people. The imperial cavalry is enough. You can keep them to train in Liangzhou." Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head gently, shaking his feather fan and said softly.
"But now that you are busy, you will probably be responsible for the entire Liangzhou?"
"I have already submitted a letter to declare you to be the governor of Liangzhou and to supervise the military affairs of Liangzhou. It won't be long before you go to Wuwei and take up the post."
"Ah? So fast?" Ma Su always felt a little unprepared, it was too fast.
He has only traveled through time for a few years, and it feels like he has become a frontier official in the blink of an eye...
"Is this still early? You Chang, you have successively served as Mianzhu Ling, Chengdu Ling, Longxi Prefect, Hanzhong Prefect and other important positions. Among civil servants, your qualifications have long qualified you to be the governor." Zhuge Liang smiled and said slowly.
"But don't be too proud. Being the governor of Liangzhou is not that easy."
"Although Sima Yi failed to destroy Liangzhou, it has experienced Qiang chaos for hundreds of years, and the local chaos is severe. Moreover, there are few Han people in Liangzhou, and there are many Qiang people and Hu people who are disobedient to civilization. This is not an ordinary chaos."
"Your mission is not only to suppress the dissatisfied forces of all parties, but also to use this as a basis to develop farming. In the latest three years, you must have a population of more than 100,000 in Liangzhou and recruit more than 20,000 troops to meet the requirements."