Chapter 831 The New Owner of Weiyang Palace

As Liu Zhang personally led the army back to Chang'an, the Yizhou army took advantage of the trend and completely occupied the two counties of You Fufeng and Zuo Fengyi.

Jing Zhaoyin was subdued one by one by Pang Tong in the counties around Chang'an.

The entire Guanzhong area from the west of Chang'an is completely owned by Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang stationed his troops and horses under the city of Chang'an, and was not in a hurry to expand the territory again.

After occupying Chang'an, Liu Zhang's ultimate goal of leaving Hanzhong in the north has been achieved.

All subsequent military operations will be dominated by the defense of Guanzhong.

There are only two roads in the Guanzhong and Kanto regions, one is to go to Nanyang via Lantian and Shangluo, and the other is to go to Luoyang via Hongnong County.

Because they are all roads in the mountains, each road is guarded by Xiongguan, which can be said to be easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Among them, the road in the direction of Nanyang mainly deals with the Jingzhou army.

This road has a checkpoint at the most dangerous pass, which is Wuguan, one of the four fortresses in Guanzhong.

Wuguan is built on the basis of the mountain, and it is a natural danger.

As long as Wuguan is occupied, even if the Jingzhou army has millions, it will be difficult to deter Guanzhong.

However, at this time Wuguan was still in the hands of Liu Biao, and due to the alliance with the Jingzhou Army, Liu Zhang could not forcefully send troops to attack.

Moreover, Wuguan is located in a dangerous pass, so it is extremely difficult to take it by force.

The other road can go to Luoyang via Hongnong, and Hangu Pass was originally used as a barrier.

It's a pity that the Yellow River was diverted, and the natural danger of Hangu Pass disappeared due to excessive logging.

Both Hangu Pass in Qin Dynasty and Hangu Pass in Han Dynasty have been abandoned.

But now these are no longer a problem, there has been a new pass to replace Hangu Pass.

Five years ago, Cao Cao re-established a pass at the end of the Weihan Ancient Road, near Huayin, named Tongguan.

Tongguan occupies a favorable terrain and completely blocks the two ends of the Weihan Ancient Road.

Fortunately, Tongguan was not fully built at this time, otherwise Cao Cao would send people to occupy it, which would be enough to cause great trouble to Liu Zhang.

In fact, when the Guandong attacked the Guanzhong area, it could also forcefully cross the Yellow River by means of a ferry.

Sending troops from Hedong County can go directly to Tongguan through Fengling Ferry, and Jinpu Ferry and Longmen Ferry can reach the hinterland of Guanzhong.

But these crossings only need to send troops to garrison, and all the enemies can be stopped on the Yellow River.

Liu Zhang has long been familiar with the method of guarding the pass, and he only needs to wait for everything to stabilize and deploy them one by one.

Jing Zhaoyin, Chang'an City.

The once glorious imperial palace, after being destroyed many times, is no longer as grand as it used to be.

Especially after successive destructions by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Si, Fu Luo Han, Ke Bineng, Bu Dugen and others, this palace that has stood for hundreds of years is slightly dilapidated.

However, after all, it is the capital of the Han Dynasty for two hundred years, and its scale and layout are not comparable to Chengdu.

After Liu Zhang entered Chang'an, the former imperial palace naturally became Liu Zhang's residence.

Soon after, Liu Zhang proclaimed himself the Duke and founded the country, and the capital will also be established in Chang'an.

But now there is a very serious problem in front of Liu Zhang.

The entire Guanzhong has ten rooms and nine empty spaces!

To be the capital, Chang'an must become the most prosperous city under Liu Zhang's command.

However, the entire Guanzhong is in a state of sparsely populated land, not to mention prosperity, and even self-sufficiency is difficult to sustain.

If the status quo is not changed, even the most basic military rations cannot be guaranteed.

The current situation of the Yizhou Army is simply unable to sustain large-scale population migration.

If Pang Tong hadn't intercepted Cao Cao's 200,000 shi of grain and grass, there would have been a grain crisis in the army.

This is also the main reason why Liu Zhang did not take further steps.

As the main palace of the entire imperial palace, Weiyang Palace is now used by Liu Zhang to discuss military affairs.

Due to various problems, Liu Zhang just had people do a simple cleaning, and the whole Weiyang Palace looked extremely dilapidated.

The seats once set up by Ke Bineng and Fu Luohan were dismantled long ago, and the furnishings were replaced with the original layout.

Liu Zhang sat on the main seat, quietly appreciating the beauty of this position.

This position used to be the position where Liu Zhang's ancestor, Han Gaozu Liu Bang sat when he ascended the throne!

It is the seat where the emperors of the Han Dynasty sat!

If in peacetime, Liu Zhang could be sentenced to death just by sitting in this posture.

But today, he was able to sit on the main seat majestically.

"call…"

Liu Zhang took several deep breaths, but still couldn't calm down his excitement.

After nearly 20 years since the rise of the army, the original goal was finally achieved.

Become the trend of pre-Qin, follow the example of Han Gaozu, and gradually calm down the world!

From this moment on, it can be said that he has taken the first step to dominate the world and revive the Han Dynasty!

It is also the most solid step!

"My lord!"

Liu Zhang opened his eyes lightly, and Xun You came in from the outside at some unknown time.

"Gongda, sit down!"

Xun You was taken aback for a moment, then smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Thank you, my lord!"

"Suddenly coming to this Weiyang Palace, I still feel a little uncomfortable..."

Before Liu Zhang worked in the mansion, no matter how big the house was, it could not compare with the Weiyang Palace.

"Haha, to tell you the truth, I felt like I was dreaming for a while!"

"In the past, you, me, and Wenhe talked about the world in Luoyang's General's Mansion. After seventeen years, we finally sat here!"

Xun You's eyes were full of excitement, and the image of the three of them talking about a major event for the first time appeared in his mind.

It was Liu Zhang's impassionedness and proper planning that successfully attracted Jia Xu and himself.

"Yeah! It's been seventeen years in a flash..."

Time flies, time goes by, Xun You can only be thankful that they didn't waste time.

Maybe in another seventeen years, the world will be unified again...

Xun You kept looking forward to it.

"Gongda, is there something wrong?"

Hearing Liu Zhang's question, Xun You immediately brought his thoughts back to reality.

"My lord, the population statistics of the three counties of Jing Zhaoyin, You Fufeng, and Zuo Fengyi are available."

Liu Zhang's eyes lit up, he had been waiting for this result.

"how many people?"

Seeing Liu Zhang's look of anticipation, Xun You felt a little embarrassed.

"My lord, I'm not very optimistic..."

"Except for the Jingzhaoyin counties that we haven't occupied yet, the total population of the three counties...is less than 10,000!"

Liu Zhang's eyes were wide open, and he looked at Xun You with some doubts.

This is not optimistic, it is simply a disaster.

"Hey! I really don't know whether to thank Wei Ke or blame Wei Ke..."

How happy Wei Ke was to help back then, how much I hate him now.

There are only 10,000 people in the entire Guanzhong area!

Xun You nodded helplessly, it really was this moment and that moment!

"My lord, there is no population in Guanzhong, so I can't give full play to his advantages!"

"At present, we can only forcefully recall the people in Guanzhong, and then relocate the people, so that Guanzhong can become the land of dragon prosperity again!"

(end of this chapter)