One month later, Hanzhong County, Nanzheng City, the meeting hall of the County Sheriff's Mansion.
Just when Liu Zhang thought everything was on track and Hanzhong was developing steadily, news from Liangzhou also came in.
"Lord, the latest news from Liangzhou is that Han Sui killed Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, and annexed their troops. Now he has occupied the three counties of Jincheng, Tianshui, and Anding in Liangzhou. The Longxi Kingdom also declared independence and called itself a united kingdom.
The generals. Even Sima, Geng Bi, the governor of Liangzhou, and Ma Teng, a man from Fufeng, rebelled in Wuwei County. The entire 12 counties in Liangzhou have officially separated from the imperial 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. His wife and family are still in Wuwei County. Ma Teng's rebellion
God knows if it will embarrass their Jia family!
"Wen He, send a few smart soldiers to pretend to be merchants and go to Wuwei to bring your family to Hanzhong."
Liu Zhang understood Jia Xu's mood very well, and it would definitely be difficult for him to settle down. At the same time, Liu Zhang also blamed himself a little. He originally thought that Han Sui would not rebel so quickly, but he did not expect that everything turned out to be far beyond his expectation!
"Thank you, lord..."
Jia Xu didn't say anything and just handed him away, but Liu Zhang could clearly see his inner anxiety from his unsettled face.
"Gongda, how is the recruitment of soldiers in various departments?"
Only Xun You was left in the room, and Liu Zhang could only discuss these countermeasures with him.
"According to the order of the lord, the soldiers have been recruited. Now there are 8,000 cavalry in the Wufeng camp, 5,000 archers in the Wushe camp, and the Wuwei camp has also been expanded to 6,000 people. However, Zilong's cavalry camp is not ideal.
We recruited five hundred people, and now we can barely make up the number of one thousand!"
After Xun You introduced the situation, Liu Zhang couldn't help but make a calculation in his mind.
Eight thousand, five thousand, six thousand, one thousand, plus Yang Lin's six thousand, now the total is twenty-six thousand soldiers!
"Gongda, plus Yang Lin's 6,000 county 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, Hanzhong County has a population of less than 300,000. If we calculate one out of ten, it would already be a militancy! It will definitely affect the productivity of Hanzhong County."
Liu Zhang also knew this concept, but the current situation did not allow him to take his time. There were more and more troops on hand, but the sense of crisis was getting stronger!
"I plan to strengthen the Wufeng Battalion to 10,000 people, and all of them will be equipped with iron armor!"
Ten thousand people, that is, two thousand more troops, Xun You summed it up in his mind and felt that the problem was not too big.
"Lord, there shouldn't be any problem with 2,000 people. After all, we have 20,000 bandits working in the fields. As for food, there shouldn't be any problem in the next two years."
Liu Zhang nodded and couldn't help but thank Pan Zhou in his heart. Without him, where would these windfalls come from? Where would there be a labor force of 20,000 people!
"Where's Gongming? How's his military training with Elai going?"
When Xu Huang was mentioned, Xun You's eyes lit up, and he admired Liu Zhang's ability to judge people even more.
"My lord, Xu Huang is really a great talent! I thought he was brave at most, but I didn't expect him to be so talented at leading troops! Since he joined, he has consulted Han Sheng and the others every day, plus he has read military books
, now he has begun to take shape as a general!"
Liu Zhang couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Which one of the people he recruited so hard didn't have extraordinary talent?
"Well, now that the matter is urgent, don't let Xu Huang sit idle. Dismantle the Wuwei camp and divide it into two pieces. Let Xu Huang go to Dongsan County to recruit 2,000 troops, expand it to 5,000, and give it the name Wubu camp.
Xu Huang was granted the title of Military Bu Colonel."
"My lord doesn't seem to care much about the affairs of Dongsan County?"
Xun You couldn't help but have some doubts. Ever since Liu Zhang took over as the governor of Hanzhong, he almost didn't care much about the three eastern counties.
Xun You did get to the point when he asked. Liu Zhang had no intention of occupying Dongsan County for a long time.
"Gongda, we will give up the Dongsan County in the future. When the time is right, I will move all the people in the Dongsan County to Hanzhong."
Migrate the people! Xun You's heart skipped a beat, this was a big project!
"My lord, are you worried that Dongsan County will not be well defended?"
Liu Zhang answered Xun You affirmatively,
"Yes, the Three East Counties are connected to Jinzhou's Nanjun Xiangyang and Nanyang Counties, but they are separated from Hanzhong by high mountains! If we defend the Three East Counties, we will definitely need a huge amount of troops. It will be too difficult for us."
"Instead of doing this, it is better to garrison Chenggu County. If the enemy wants to attack Hanzhong from the three eastern counties, he must go upstream, and guarding both sides of the Mian River only requires a small number of troops." "In the next ten to twenty years, our main goals are
It will not be an area radiated by the three eastern counties. Therefore, it is necessary to migrate people!"
Xun You said nothing more and nodded lightly. He understood these principles, but he couldn't accept them in his heart.
"By the way, Gongda, distribute the armors and let Xu Huang and Dian Wei each receive the armors of the soldiers under their command. Make sure they build an armored army for me!"
Xun You accepted the order and walked away, leaving Liu Zhang alone in the room. A sense of urgency swept through his body.
I thought it would take at least one to two years to develop, but now it has been compressed to the present moment. Although Liu Zhang urged his subordinates to train troops as soon as possible, Liu Zhang actually knew that if the new army wanted to have a certain combat effectiveness, it would need at least half a year of training.
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Will Han Sui give him half a year? Will he attack Chencang like history?
Liu Zhang, who was used to following logic, suddenly felt very uncomfortable. He felt 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.
After Han Sui killed Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu, most of Beigong Boyu's subordinates surrendered to Han Sui, and even all the cities that Beigong Boyu conquered surrendered to him.
Han Sui's forces collided rapidly. Although Liangzhou has twelve counties, its population is sparse. Most of the Han people are concentrated in Jincheng, Longxi, Anding and Tianshui. Now, three of these four counties have 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!
All the twelve counties in Liangzhou were rebelling. Han Sui only occupied three counties, but he suddenly became the largest force!
Han Sui was a man of resourcefulness and was known as the Nine Bends of the Yellow River. He was very strong in mind, in commanding people, and in commanding troops in battle. With a powerful army in hand, he was no longer satisfied with the status quo.
"Generals, why did Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, etc. fail frequently before? It's all because they have too narrow vision! They only know how to invade Guanzhong but don't know how to stabilize Liangzhou."
Most of the generals under his command were Beigong Boyu's former subordinates, but Han Sui did not have any scruples and continued to belittle Beigong Boyu.
Just because there is a person standing next to me, Yan Xing!