Chapter 637 Recovering the Central Plains

Chapter 637 Recovering the Central Plains

At the same time that Sima Yi was defrauding Qingzhou's military power in Linzi and Ma Di was confronting Sima Division in Langya, the entire Central Plains was in chaos.

At the beginning, Sima Shi and others wanted to hide the news from Ma Di and prevent them from discovering that they were about to withdraw, so many states and counties did not notify them at all. It wasn't until Ma Su was fighting with the Huainan army in Langya that the entire Henan and Xuzhous reacted.

They have been abandoned by Cao Wei!

This result is unimaginable and unacceptable to everyone.

You know, Yuzhou and Xuzhou, as the Central Plains in a broad sense, are not ordinary rich. Even though these two places experienced twenty years of melee during Cao Cao's era, the remaining population was larger than that in the south.

In addition, the core area of ​​the farming system, which was the basis of Cao Wei's founding of the country, was here, and every year this place provided massive taxes to the Cao Wei court. No one would have thought that the imperial court would give up such a large territory in order to provide insurance for Hebei!

For a time, Yuzhou and Xuzhou were in chaos, and officials of all sizes abandoned their posts and fled. The entire Central Plains fell into chaos, and the scene of vigorous vitality and all things competing was still before our eyes.

However, these officials are still only a minority. The ones in the Central Plains who are really panicked are those powerful and powerful families. After hearing that their only hope, the Cao Wei court, had given up on them, fear quickly enveloped their hearts!

Previously, this group of heroes had declared that they would live or die with the city because of Ma Di's inclination. The Central Plains families who were originally half-hearted turned into loyal ministers of Cao Wei in an instant.

In a sense, the Heyin Revolution helped Cao Wei, allowing them to firmly rule the Central Plains for more than half a year.

However, their courage was based on the premise that the Cao Wei court was still willing to divide its forces to defend the Central Plains, and that there was still hope for them to resist.

As Ma Su stopped Sima Division at Langya, the Han army defeated the Wei army at Yanzhou, and the fall of the Central Plains became an established fact. At this time, this group of heroes panicked instantly. They were all confused and had no idea who to turn to.

At the same time, Soochow also received news that the main force of the Wei army had taken the initiative to retreat to Hebei. Huaisi, which they couldn't chew down with all their efforts, is now like garbage thrown on the roadside.

This made Sun Quan so excited that he almost kicked the table over, and immediately issued an edict ordering Lu Kang to lead his troops north to take over the entire Huainan.

According to Sun Quan's idea, the main forces on Cao Wei's side have withdrawn, and there is basically no resistance in Huainan. As long as Lu Kang goes north, the whole of Huainan will be defeated.

In fact, Sun Quan's guess was not wrong. When the Wu army just moved north, a large number of counties and counties in Huaisi took the initiative to surrender to Soochow as if they had grasped a life-saving straw.

After all, although defecting to Soochow might lead to being pressured by the Yangzhou gentry, it was still better than Ma Di killing his whole family over a disagreement.

For a moment, it seemed as if the Soochow Northern Expedition was successful and the navy's entry into Huaihe was just around the corner. As long as they open the road to Shouchun, Soochow's proud navy can enter the Central Plains water system.

However, when Soochow's 50,000-strong army arrived at their fateful place - Hefei, they were rejected.

Zhuge Dan led three thousand Wei troops to defend the city and refused to surrender to Soochow.

Lu Kangyu's deputy general Zhuge Ke and his two men immediately sent their troops to attack the city, intending to make a final attack. As a result, the offensive was frustrated and many people died...

Facts have proved that every cause must have its effect, and Soochow’s retribution is Hefei.

At this time, the combat power of Soochow's kidney deficiency was once again visible throughout the Central Plains. Since then, all forces in the Central Plains have completely given up their struggle.

TMD surrendered to Soochow and will be liquidated after being captured in the future. Calculating this, it is better to surrender to Ji Han directly. At least the other party can show mercy for the sake of his own surrender...

Therefore, when Liu Yin and Jiang Wei finally defeated the enemies of Jiyin, Shanyang, and were able to divide their forces to gather Yuzhou, they were completely indifferent along the way. No matter how many Han troops go wherever they go and how many enemies they face, there will never be any conflict.

There were even cases where dozens of Han soldiers were surrounded by thousands of soldiers, forcing the Han army to accept their surrender.

In just half a month, the entire Yuzhou surrendered and was re-integrated into Ji Han's territory.

Thirty years ago, Cao Cao risked his life for this place. In the Central Plains, which was conquered after ten years of desperate fighting, Ji Han rejoined Ji Han in just half a month.

This may be astonishing, but even more astonishing is yet to come. As the Han army entered Xuzhou, the momentum of surrender became more intense.

For example, when Jiang Wei led his troops to Langya to support Ma Su, he was stopped by a group of old men and kowtowed while passing by Pei State, asking if Duke Xuande was still there.

It's a pity that Jiang Wei couldn't reply to them. After all, this former county official in Longyou had never met Liu Bei at all.

Perhaps the Prime Minister should answer this question...

All in all, as Cao Wei took the initiative to abandon the entire Central Plains. Ji Han's territory expanded by one-fifth in a very short period of time, swallowing up two large states in the Central Plains in one go.

In the vast Central Plains, the Han army encountered almost no resistance.

While Liu Yin and others were dividing their forces to take over the Central Plains states, Ma Di was still confronting Sima Division in Langya. Although the strength of the two sides is very different, they still maintain an extremely strange balance with each other.

Sima Division led 60,000 Huainan troops to station in Kaiyang, the administrative center of Langya State, and defended the city. Ma Su, on the other hand, led thousands of Han troops to station in a mountainous area north of Kaiyang, also defending against danger.

In this way, the two sides avoided conflict and faced off in Langya Kingdom for two whole months. During this period, reinforcements from both sides continued to come here.

Among them, as for the Wei army, after the Qingzhou army was launched into the water by Sima Yila, the total strength reached 100,000 again. For this reason, Sima Yi specially transferred Guanqiu Jian, Guo Huai, Yang Hu and others.

On Ma Su's side, he was also constantly deploying troops and generals. Not only were they mobilized from the Yanzhou front line, but they also continued to mobilize troops and generals from Luoyang for reinforcements.

This is also an inevitable situation. It is impossible for Ma Di to let 60,000 Wei troops flee to Hebei. And it was impossible for Sima Yi to give up these iron ticket warehouses in Huainan.

As a result, both sides inevitably continued to provide reinforcements, and a decisive battle in Langya became inevitable.

So, after who knows how many years, the Wei army finally had to fight the Han army again in a decisive battle.

However, judging from Wei Jun's reaction, it seems that he does not intend to start a decisive battle immediately. Although he didn't know the reason, Ma Di couldn't take the initiative to force a fight because the opponent had Qinan's natural danger.

At the same time, Ma Su has also been wondering about a key issue. That is why Luoyang is still calm when he has emptied all his forces in Luoyang.

Could it be that these Luoyang rich people are really masochists? Everyone becomes more honest after being slaughtered?