Chapter 601: Recapture of Luoyang

"Yanzhou surrenders?"

Ma Su was shocked by the news, and even found it unbelievable.

Yanzhou, that's where Cao started his career, the heartland of the Central Plains. Such a place, actually wants to surrender with the entire state?

You know, since the Northern Expedition of Ji Han, the highest official who was willing to surrender was just a county governor. Most of the territory was taken down bit by bit by the Han army, and then it took time to repair and operate it bit by bit.

And now, the first governor who is willing to surrender directly has appeared. Not only does he want to surrender, but he also wants to surrender with the entire state, which is like pie in the sky.

Generally, in this case, the surrender should be accepted immediately and troops should be sent to accept it immediately. However, after a while of excitement, Ma Su frowned again.

"General, there is no time to think about it. We should send troops to take over Yanzhou as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the pseudo-Wei reacts, it will not be easy to take over the entire Yanzhou smoothly." Liu Yin suggested to Ma Su, with excitement in his eyes.

"Wait a minute... I feel something is wrong. Let's put the matter of sending troops aside for now." Ma Su shook his head and pondered.

Ma Su has been here for so many years, and he has seen all kinds of storms. After being excited for a while about the surrender of a state, Ma Su quickly calmed down and began to think about the problem.

Obviously, it is indeed a bit strange to suddenly surrender the whole state at this point in time. Especially now that he heard that Yanzhou was in civil strife and the entire Central Plains defense was empty.

At this time, Ma Su felt that he could fight over it without his surrender. If he accepted Yanzhou now, even if it was not a pit, it would probably disrupt his own rhythm of the Eastern Expedition.

Therefore, Ma Su finally decided to temporarily put this matter aside and pretend not to see it. He did not express any expression of Yanzhou's surrender, but just led his troops to continue to stay in Xingyang and wait and see.

Anyway, the initial goal this time was to disrupt the deployment of the Wei army and relieve Luoyang. Now the goal has been achieved, even if you want to go further, you have to wait and see.

Xingyang has a lot of money and food, enough to reward the troops. And the location is not far from Hulao, which is very suitable for watching the Central Plains.

While Ma Su was watching, the Central Plains had already fallen into chaos.

Soon, Ma Su's guess came true. After the scouts' investigation, they found that Yanzhou was already a mine. Because the main forces were all buried in Chenggao, Yanzhou was empty inside and there were almost no soldiers to defend.

The most important thing is that Yanzhou was in civil strife at this time.

The farmers left by Cao Cao in the past could not stand the oppression and had begun to make trouble. It was okay to suppress them with troops before, but now that the state soldiers were exhausted, the civil strife swept the entire Yanzhou.

The refugee army rioted in Yanzhou, and the Yellow Turban Army revived for a time. In such a chaos, if the Han army took over this place, it would not only have to face the Wei army surrounded on three sides, but also need to send troops to suppress the local refugee army.

Obviously, this is not a good job. If you really get stuck in it, you may end up making things worse. After discovering the situation, Liu Yin secretly broke into a cold sweat and felt that Ma Su was wise.

Although it is possible to quickly take over the Central Plains now, the timing is not right. When the troops are insufficient and the logistics are not stable, it is better to stop first.

Ma Su stopped in Xingyang, but the Central Plains will probably be in chaos for a while. The troops from all sides are fighting each other, and Cao Wei may not be able to suppress them in a short time.

While Ma Su stopped in Xingyang, Jiang Ji in Luoyang was already unable to hold on.

Tens of thousands of Han troops surrounded Luoyang City in three layers, giving him no chance to play.

During the two months of being surrounded, Jiang Ji also tried to break out. He sent soldiers out of the city to fight many times, trying to find opportunities for breakthroughs.

But unfortunately, he was facing Huang Quan, who was also cunning and treacherous.

Jiang Ji and Huang Quan were people of the same era, and their levels were similar. Even Huang Quan's ability is probably slightly inferior to Jiang Ji's.

But when Huang Quan had a big advantage, Jiang Ji had no way out. In two months, the Wei army was defeated by Huang Quan four times, and suffered heavy casualties without any breakthrough.

In the end, Jiang Ji saw clearly that Luoyang was surrounded and he couldn't get out. If there were no reinforcements outside to break through the blockade of the Shu army, he would be surrounded and killed here.

However, he still had some hope at the moment. After all, Luoyang was his home ground, and Cao Wei still had 200,000 or 300,000 troops that could be mobilized. With such a big advantage, there was always a little hope.

Until Huang Quan sent that person to the city, Jiang Ji had such hope.

However, when he saw Fei Yao, the lieutenant of the Xiongnu, and Tian Yu, the general of Zhenbei, he completely collapsed.

Although they did not stand up to surrender, the appearance of these two main generals who rescued Luoyang here already meant that he had no hope.

"Luoyang is finished, Wei is finished..." Jiang Ji murmured in despair, looking at the Luoyang defenders whose morale had fallen to the bottom, and bitterness appeared on the corners of his mouth.

If I had known that the small country in the southwest was so strong, I should have attacked it with the whole country in the year when Liu Bei died.

Unexpectedly, the contempt at the beginning eventually became the wedge for the demise of Wei...

"Bring the veil, I need to cover my face and die, I have no face to see Cao Gong in the underworld." Jiang Ji finally ordered his guards.

In the end, this important official of Cao Wei covered his face with a veil and committed suicide on the top of Luoyang City. After he committed suicide, Luoyang City immediately collapsed, and the defenders had to open the city and surrender.

Since then, this capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a city with many disasters, has finally returned to the Han Dynasty again. The Sizhou he represented was also re-incorporated into the territory of Ji Han!

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Just when the situation on the front line was very good, in Chang'an, Guanzhong, a heated discussion was taking place in the court of Ji Han.

"Your Majesty! The war in Guandong is progressing smoothly. I heard that the General of the Cavalry has conquered Hulao Pass." Jiang Wan was the first to stand up and coughed twice.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, the recovery of Sizhou is a foregone conclusion. Now the top priority should be the governance of Guandong and the subsequent handling methods."

Guandong has a large population and rich territory. It can be said that Ji Han is extremely envious. But now that it is about to be taken back, how to control it has become a big problem.

Officials are not a problem. In four years, Ji Han absorbed all the Guanxi nobles. Officials are finally no longer scarce, and many people can be squeezed out to govern Guandong.

But even so, the court still has to face a more important problem, that is, how to fight next.

The road loss of grain and fodder from Chang'an to Luoyang is not small. If Chang'an is always used as the starting point for logistics, the logistics loss of the expedition to Guandong in the future will be something that Ji Han cannot afford.

This question is very critical. Even Liu Chan did not have the idea of ​​fighting crickets and personally joined the court to discuss this matter.

"My dear ministers, do you have any good ideas for this matter?"