Chapter 257 Migrating People?

One month later, Hanzhong County, Nanzheng City, the Council Hall of the Sheriff's Mansion.

Just when Liu Zhang thought that everything was on the right track and Hanzhong was developing steadily, news from Liangzhou also came in.

"My lord, the latest news from Liangzhou, Han Sui beheaded Bianzhang, Beigong Boyu, and annexed their soldiers and horses. Now they have occupied the three counties of Jincheng, Tianshui, and Anding in Liangzhou. All the generals, even Sima Gengbi, the governor of Liangzhou, and Ma Teng, the Fufeng man, rebelled in Wuwei County, and the entire 12 counties of Liangzhou have officially left the court!"

Jia Xu reported the situation in Liangzhou to Liu Zhang in a heavy voice, his mood was more sad than his voice. Wuwei, Liangzhou is Jia Xu's hometown, and his wife and family are still in Wuwei County. God knows if Ma Teng's rebellion will embarrass them!

"Wenhe, send a few smart soldiers to pretend to be merchants, go to Wuwei and bring your family to Hanzhong."

Liu Zhang understood Jia Xu's mood very well, and it would be difficult for him to settle down. At the same time, Liu Zhang also blamed himself a little. He thought that Han Sui would not rebel so soon, but he didn't expect that everything was far beyond his expectation!

"Thank you, my lord..."

Jia Xu didn't say anything, and walked away directly, but from his restless face, Liu Zhang could clearly understand his inner anxiety.

"Gongda, how is the recruitment of soldiers from various ministries going?"

Only Xun You was left in the house, and Liu Zhang could only discuss these countermeasures with him.

"According to my lord's order, the soldiers have been recruited. Now there are 8,000 cavalry in the Wufeng Battalion, 5,000 archers in the Wushe Battalion, and 6,000 people in the Wuwei Battalion. However, Zilong's Wucai Battalion is not ideal. We have recruited 500 people, and now we can barely make up 1,000!"

After Xun You introduced the situation, Liu Zhang couldn't help but sum it up in his heart.

Eight thousand, five thousand, six thousand, one thousand, plus Yang Lin's six thousand, now a total of twenty-six thousand soldiers!

"Gongda, together with Yanglin's 6,000 soldiers, we now have 26,000 soldiers. Do you think Hanzhong County can afford more soldiers?"

Xun You frowned, and began to think about the current situation in his mind.

"My lord, the population of Hanzhong County is less than 300,000. If it is counted according to the situation of ten expropriations, it is already a war! It will definitely affect the productivity of Hanzhong County."

Liu Zhang also knows this concept, but the current situation cannot allow him to take his time. There are more and more troops in hand, but the sense of crisis is getting stronger and stronger!

"I plan to fill up the Wufeng camp to ten thousand people, and equip them all with iron armor!"

10,000 people, that is, another 2,000 more troops, Xun You summed it up in his heart, and felt that the problem was not too big.

"My lord, there shouldn't be any problem with 2,000 people. After all, we have 20,000 bandits stationed in the fields, so we shouldn't have any problems with food in the next two years."

Liu Zhang nodded, and couldn't help but thank Panzhou in his heart. If there was no him, where would the unexpected money come from? Where will there be a labor force of 20,000!

"Where's Gongming? How's he training with Elai?"

When Xu Huang was mentioned, Xun You's eyes lit up, and he admired Liu Zhang's accuracy in judging people even more.

"My lord, Xu Huang is really a great talent! I thought he was brave at best, but I didn't expect him to be so talented in leading the army! Since he joined, he has been asking Han Sheng and the others for advice every day, and he has read military books before. , and now he has begun to take on the appearance of a general!"

Liu Zhang couldn't help laughing in his heart, which of the ones he tried so hard to recruit didn't have extraordinary talent?

"Well, now that the matter is urgent, don't let Xu Huang be idle, dismantle the Wuwei camp, and let Xu Huang recruit 2,000 soldiers from the three eastern counties, expand to 5,000, and give it the name Wubu Camp. Added the title of Xu Huang as Wubu Colonel."

"My lord, you don't seem to care much about the affairs of Dongsan County?"

Xun You couldn't help but have some doubts. Since Liu Zhang took over as the prefect of Hanzhong, he almost didn't care much about the three eastern counties.

Xun You did get to the point, and Liu Zhang had no intention of occupying the three eastern counties for a long time.

"Gongda, we will give up the East Three Counties in the future. When the time is right, I will move all the people in the East Three Counties to Hanzhong."

Migrate people! Xun You's heart skipped a beat, this is a big project!

"My lord, are you worried that the three eastern counties are not easy to defend?"

Liu Zhang answered Xun You in the affirmative,

"That's right, the three eastern counties are connected to Jingzhou's Nanjun Xiangyang and Nanyang counties, but they are separated from Hanzhong by mountains! If we want to defend the three eastern counties, we will need a huge force, which is too embarrassing for us."

"Instead of this, it is better to garrison Chenggu County. If the enemy wants to attack Hanzhong from the three eastern counties, they must go upstream, and only a small amount of troops are needed to defend the banks of the Mian River." "In the next ten to twenty years, our main goals are all It will not be an area radiated by the three eastern counties. Therefore, it is necessary to relocate people!"

Xun You didn't say anything, just nodded slightly. He understood all these principles, but he couldn't accept them in his heart.

"By the way, Gongda, distribute the iron armor, let Xu Huang and Dian Wei each receive the armor of the soldiers under their command, and let them build me an iron armored army!"

Xun You took the order and walked away, leaving only Liu Zhang in the house. A sense of urgency could not help but sweep through the whole body.

I thought it would take at least one to two years for development, but now it has been squeezed down abruptly. Although Liu Zhang urged his subordinates to train and form an army as soon as possible, in fact Liu Zhang knew that if the new army wanted to have a certain combat effectiveness, it would take at least half a year of training.

Will Han Sui give him half a year? Will he still attack Chencang like in history?

Liu Zhang, who was used to following logic, suddenly felt very uncomfortable, feeling that everything was gradually getting out of his control, and the future became unpredictable!

History has indeed undergone serious changes, and the same is true in Liangzhou.

Jincheng County, Jincheng.

Since Han Sui killed Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, most of Beigong Boyu's generals surrendered to Han Sui, and even all the cities that Beigong Boyu conquered also surrendered to him.

Han Sui's forces collided rapidly. Although Liangzhou had twelve counties, they were sparsely populated. Most of the Han people were concentrated in Jincheng, Longxi, Anding and Tianshui. Now, three of the four counties belonged to Han Sui!

Strength is often directly proportional to ambition. Han Sui not only increased his land and soldiers, but also increased his ambition!

Of the twelve counties in Liangzhou, all the counties are rebelling, Han Sui only occupies three counties, but he has become the biggest force!

Han Sui was originally a resourceful man, known as the Nine Songs of the Yellow River. He was very strong in mind, commanding people and commanding troops in battle. He was no longer satisfied with the status quo with a strong soldier in his hand.

"Generals, why did Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, etc. fail so frequently before? It's all because their vision is too narrow! They only know how to invade Guanzhong but don't know how to stabilize Liangzhou."

Most of the generals under his command are from Beigong Boyu's former army, but Han Sui has no scruples, and continues to belittle Beigong Boyu.

Just because there is a person standing beside him, Yan Xing!

(end of this chapter)