Successively won the five counties of Longyou, the morale of the Shu army was high, such a big victory, perhaps it has not been for many years, since the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, there is really no glorious record of winning the five counties. During Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, although he had won the victory of three counties in a row, that victory was just a flash in the pan, and the loss of the street pavilion made Zhuge Liang's actions zero again. In the following several northern expeditions, the Shu army was reduced to zero again and again, not to mention the capture of a county, and even several county towns became unattainable.

And now, Liu Yin got the five counties of Longyou in one go, except for the battle in Shangcheng, it can be regarded as a battle, but it was also an overwhelming victory, the absolute superiority of 20 to 1 forces made the defenders of Shangqi almost have little power to fight back, and they only lasted for less than two hours before they were destroyed. In addition, the Shu army took these five counties almost without firing an arrow and without injuring a single person, so it can be said that this victory came too easily.

All the generals suggested that they should take advantage of the hot iron and march eastward in one go, take Chencang, and take Chang'an. But after the winter solstice, several heavy snowfalls, thousands of miles of ice, the weather in Longyou is extremely cold, at this time the field of soldiers, is not a wise choice at all, Sima Zhao is very patient to wait for the spring warm ice to dissipate, Liu Yin can not brave the cold of minus twenty or thirty degrees to attack Chencang, especially after Liu Yin learned that Sima Wang was appointed as the governor of Yongliang and arrived in Chang'an to supervise the battle, Liu Yin decisively gave up the plan to attack Chencang.

Chencang is the strongest pass of Wei on the south bank of the Wei River, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Zhuge Liang attacked Chencang when he attacked it. Tens of thousands of troops were stunned by Hao Zhao's thousands of people and could not advance under Chencang City. In this extremely cold weather. To attack the rock-solid Chencang City is almost a joke with the lives of the soldiers.

The situation in Longyou has entered a wonderful period of stability.

Jincheng Taishou Yang Xin also handed over the letter of surrender, which is obviously also the credit of Deng Ai, Yang Xin, like Zhu Hong and Wang Qi, were Deng Ai's generals in the year, after Zhao Hong and Wang Qi surrendered, Deng Ai immediately repaired a book. Send someone to Jincheng to persuade Yang Xin to surrender.

Although Jincheng was not besieged like Tianshui Nan'an, the loss of the five counties of Longyou still brought Yang Xin a lot of pressure, and Jincheng County only had a garrison of 1,000 people. Yang Xin knew that this was the first salute of the Shu army, and if he refused to surrender, his fate would not necessarily be much better than Yang Bao's.

Yang Xin weighed it again and again and decided to follow Deng Ai's wishes. Surrender the city to the Shu army. Liu Yin's sphere of influence expanded from five counties to six counties, from Yongzhou to Liangzhou.

Compared to Yongzhou. The geographical location of Liangzhou is more remote and desolate, Jincheng County crosses the Yellow River, borders Yongzhou, and can be regarded as a rich place, the remaining Xiping County goes deep into the Qiang realm, and the four counties of Hexi: Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang are in the Hexi Corridor, except for the scattered oases, are large areas of Gobi and desert, sparsely populated. As for Xihai County, it was established after the abolition of the original Zhangye vassal state, and there was only one city in the whole county, Juyan, deep in the desert, and there was no one to live.

Expanding his power to Jincheng is equivalent to opening the door to Liangzhou, but Liu Yin has no plans to enter Liangzhou for the time being, one is that the weather is cold and inconvenient to march, and the other is that the five counties of Longshang need to be integrated There are many places, Liu Yin is also flawless to take time, after all, compared to Liangzhou, the location of the five counties of Longshang is more important.

Yang Xin sent someone to send a letter of surrender this time, in order to show his sincerity, he also sent five hundred war horses, two of which are still one in a thousand good horses, a red horse, the whole body is like a charcoal of fire, red as a glow, the name is "flame horse", although it is not as good as the red rabbit horse that Lu Bu rode back then, but it is also a rare good horse horse.

Liu Yin deliberately gave the flame horse to Liu Chen, the king of the Northland, on the grass, Liu Chen killed his war horse as a soldier's ration in order to boost morale, Liu Yin got a good horse at this time, and naturally did not forget to give Liu Chen a horse.

As for the other white horse, Liu Yin likes it very much and acts as his mount. This white horse's name is "Shine Night White", and his body is as white as snow, like white practice, and there is not even a single miscellaneous hair.

The original garrison of Longyou counties was 2,000 people in Longxi County, 3,000 people in Tianshui County, and the remaining Nan'an, Anding, Guangwei and Jincheng were only more than 1,000 garrisons.

Obviously, even if these forces can be used and can exert their corresponding combat power, they will still not be enough to resist the counterattack of the Wei army next spring.

Liu Yin's first thought is to recruit troops, although the population of Longshang is not as good as that of Guandong, but Cao Wei in order to effectively resist the attack of Shu, has been focusing on the management of Longyou, from the Guandong to a large number of people to settle in Longyou, Tuntian, the peak time, Guanlong area has 100,000 soldiers, although not to the people of Longshang to support, but most of its money and grain are still from Longshang Guanzhong.

Therefore, Liu Yin's recruitment still has a certain foundation, not to mention the confrontation between countries, regardless of the dynasties, the common people do not care about the change of dynasties, the so-called temperament, is only something that the children of scholars will hang on their lips, the survival principle of the common people is very simple, simple to the point that they only need to ask for two meals a day and a night to worry about food and clothing, it is not good to say, if you have milk, you are a mother, but this is undoubtedly the truth.

The common people don't know a few big characters, so it is very difficult for him to distinguish the Wei and Han characters on the flag, and the so-called loyalty and patriotism are even more nonsense.

Liu Yin just got the Tianshui granary, plus the grain stored in the treasury of several county governments, the food problem is no longer a problem at all, as for the money, it is even simpler, he made a windfall in Huang Hao, Liu Yin did not stay in Nanzhong, it took a lot of effort, and brought it all to Longxi, which is ready to come in handy here.

Liu Yin's recruitment method is also simple and rude enough, on the left is a stack of rice bags higher than the wall, and on the right is a large basket of shiny copper coins.

The people in the Longyou area are fierce, which is related to the local environment, often encountered the looting of Hu Yi, in order to protect themselves, many people practice martial arts and practice riding and archery, so Yongliang has many strong forces since ancient times, and it is not false at all. (To be continued.) )