Chapter 447 Hegemony Has Been Completed
In the third year of Zhangwu, Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City, and Zhuge Liang ushered in the darkest moment of his life.
The person supporting him is the new king who has just grown up, and the court is a mixed bag of different factions with different hearts and minds. And the one he wants to support is a small country that is exhausted at the bottom and has a scattered army and is about to perish.
At that time, the Shu Han regime had internal and external troubles and was under great pressure to survive. Prime Minister Zhuge, who was in power at that time, also felt depressed for a time, feeling that the future of the country was bleak.
He worked conscientiously and cautiously with the broken ship Shuhan, trying to find the last glimmer of hope in despair.
In fact, before the first Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang was relatively pessimistic about the future. All he could do was follow the original plan and try to hold the sky with one hand.
However, eight years passed in the blink of an eye, and everything appeared in front of Zhuge Liang's eyes like a fleeting glance. In the end, everything was settled in the present, with the big red flag of the big man flying above the city of Chang'an.
"Hahaha... There is hope for the big man to rise again."
So, under the stunned eyes of everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang, who had always been steady, laughed heartily regardless of his image. If Ma Su saw this scene, he would definitely find a way to find someone to draw it and pass it down to history.
The name is, Zhuge’s smile!
"Prime Minister! General Chariot and Cavalry has led his troops to capture the outer city of Chang'an. It's time for us to follow the army into the city!" Yang Yi watched Zhuge Liang laughing for a long time regardless of his image, and then reminded him cautiously.
"Let me take a closer look at this scene..." Zhuge Liang slowly stopped smiling, but there was still endless joy in his eyes. At this moment, he was reluctant to blink, for fear that this scene would dissipate like a dream.
But after closing his eyes briefly and opening them again, the scene quickly changed. Han army flags were erected on the wall of Chang'an, telling Zhuge Liang that this was not a dream.
The Han army has recaptured Chang'an.
"Okay! Let the whole army enter the city! Our work has just begun!" Zhuge Liang sat on the four-wheeled vehicle again, his expression calmed down again, and he waved gently to Yang Yi.
"Even if Chang'an is taken back, Kansai is in dilapidated condition and is waiting to be renovated. We still need to work under a lot of pressure."
"But everyone remembers that the first achievement of this Northern Expedition was the chariot and cavalry general Ma Youchang!"
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Zhuge Liang regained his composure, and with the team of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the logistics ministers, they began to prepare to enter the city in an orderly manner.
At the same time, Ma Di had led the vanguard of the Han army to confront the Wei army on the streets of Chang'an.
Although Chang'an is the old capital of the Western Han Dynasty, this old city is far from the prosperity it once was. Ma Di led the Han army officers and soldiers to follow the retreating Wei army all the way to the inner city. He saw few common people along the way.
Although because of the war, many people should have hid. But just looking at the dilapidated houses along the way, the roofs full of holes, and the streets full of pits, Ma Di estimated that the population in the city should not be very large.
Hey, it looks like the street and the roofs were just hit by something.
Ma Di followed him all the way to the inner city, and then encountered decent resistance from the Wei army. Wei general Sima Fu led thousands of Wei troops to defend the city wall in an attempt to make a final resistance.
Although it was said to be resistance, Sima Fu had been standing in front of the battle and kept shouting to the Han army that he wanted to see Zhuge Liang in person. If he could not see Zhuge Liang, he would lead the Wei army in a bloody battle to the last drop of blood.
Ma Su was not used to this at all, and personally led his soldiers to attack the city first. Then Sima Fu watched helplessly as Ma Di climbed up the city wall and defeated thousands of Wei troops in front of him.
In the end, Sima Fu couldn't bear it anymore and had no choice but to change his mind. He didn't need to meet Zhuge Liang, just anyone who could talk to him would be fine.
"I am Ma Di, the Han cavalry general! If you have any last words, please tell me quickly, I will hurry up!" Ma Di pointed the tip of his knife at Sima Fu, not even bothering to wipe the blood on his face, and said in an extremely rude manner.
"At your feet is the west... Ma Youchang, the mighty general of the Han Dynasty?" Sima Fu was slightly startled, and suddenly became speechless.
You are Ma Di. You should have told me earlier. If you had known that Ma Di was here in person, Sima Fu would have surrendered immediately and wouldn't have had to take this beating.
"I am the current head of the Sima family in Hanoi, Sima Fu, the brother of Sima Yi, the puppet Wei Taiwei! Our family has been ministers of the Han Dynasty for generations and has eaten the Han Dynasty..." Sima Fu also planned to give a long speech to increase his bargaining chips for surrender, but in the end Ma Su came up directly and put the knife on his neck.
"To make a long story short, I don't have time to listen to you babbling here! I have to chase the fleeing Sima Yi later!"
Sima Fu suddenly froze, and after holding it in for a long time, he said dryly,
"I am also a Han official, but I fell into the hands of thieves... I want to surrender to the Han!"
"There are still 20,000 Guanzhong soldiers still resisting on the front line in Chang'an. They all obey my orders! As long as the general is willing to surrender to us, I can order all the troops to put down their weapons and stop resisting!"
"The dog son Sima Wang who is still holding on outside the city, I can also make him surrender to the big man!"
"Very good! You are of sufficient value! Go and tell the Prime Minister!" Ma Di retracted the blade expressionlessly, with a strong disdain in his eyes.
He is not a fool, he can tell at a glance that this is an investment from the Sima family. Sima Yi asked his younger brother and his family to use the 20,000 Guanzhong Army that they could not take away as a bargaining chip to invest in Shuhan.
This group is not a good person, and Ma Su is very disgusted with it. However, he is no longer the hot-blooded young man who killed You Chu at any disagreement, so he cannot kill Sima Fu on the spot.
At the very least, he had to accept the surrender of Sima Fu's 20,000 Guanzhong Army before taking action...
Sima Fu surrendered, and the entire Wei army in Chang'an quickly surrendered. After entering the city, the various units of the Han army began to surrender. In just two hours, the Han army basically occupied the entire Chang'an.
At the same time, Sima Wang, who was outside the city, saw the flags of the Han army flying in Chang'an City and immediately surrendered to Chen Shibu. However, Chen Shi was very unhappy about this and kept cursing when he was surrendered.
"Why do you have to stare at me and fight! If I don't have time to enter Chang'an City, who will compensate me for my military exploits!!"
At noon, the Han army captured Chang'an City, and Zhuge Liang led the Prime Minister's Mansion team into the inner city, marking the Shu Han... Oh no, it should be called Ji Han at this moment.
Since then, Ji Han's regime has officially conquered the entire Weinan, from Sanguan to Pubanjin, from Wuguan to Xiaoguan, and the entire Guanzhong area has been officially included in Ji Han's territory!
From the first year of Zhangwu to the thirteenth year of Jianxing, the Jihan regime went through two generations of monarchs. In thirteen years, thanks to the hard work of monarch Liu Chan, prime minister Zhuge Liang, general Ma Su, Wei Yan and others, the Northern Expedition started from Hanzhong. Finally, in this year, he achieved the hegemony that the previous emperors failed to achieve!
The Ji Han regime has since ushered in a new era!