"Gao Yan, I will now make you the captain of the Guanghan vassal state. You will immediately go to the Guanghan vassal state to take over Lei Tie's duties and the soldiers in your hands. Let Lei Tie quickly go to Mianzhu to resume his duties!"
Gao Yan had no objections to the external release and immediately accepted the order.
"The general will obey your orders!"
After careful consideration, Liu Zhang decided to let Lei Tie stay with him, so that the Lei family in the Guanghan vassal state would be more stable.
If Lei Tie is allowed to garrison the Guanghan vassal state, something will inevitably happen over time.
The arrangements for the generals around him have almost been completed. Liu Zhang still needs to arrange the defense of Hanzhong. Currently, only Yang Lin's 6,000 county soldiers and 1,000 cavalry battalions are stationed in Hanzhong.
However, there would be no fighting in Hanzhong in a short period of time, and Liu Zhang was not too anxious.
"Gongda sent an order to Guoyuan and asked Xiahoulan to recruit five thousand soldiers in Hanzhong to deal with emergencies."
"As you command!"
At present, the troops and horses, and the defense of the three counties were all well arranged, and Liu Zhang suddenly felt confident.
"Generals, you must seize the time to train your troops! In half a year, we will raise troops to attack Bajun!"
Hearing this news, the generals' eyes clearly flashed with excitement. Only war can face the meaning and value of their existence!
However, upon hearing the news that Liu Zhang was preparing to attack Bajun, some civil servants clearly had doubts in their eyes.
Bajun is mountainous. If Liu Zhang wanted to attack Bajun, he could only attack Bazhong via Micang Road from Hanzhong, or attack Langzhong along the Jialing River from Jiameng Pass.
This is obviously a thankless act. It is far less satisfying than directly attacking Luocheng and then heading straight into Shu County!
However, no one was willing to stand up and cause trouble for Liu Zhang. After all, there was no need for them to worry about the conquest.
"Everyone, the New Year is approaching soon, so I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year in advance!"
All the civil and military officials were slightly startled. This was the first time they heard the words Happy New Year!
But it didn't matter, they knew it was a good word just from the literal meaning, and they all held up their hands to express their gratitude to Liu Zhang.
"Thank you, lord!"
"Okay! Don't go. General Military Advisor, Chief Qin, Wang Changshi will stay for a while, and by the way, Zhang Ren will also stay for a while. The others can disperse."
Liu Zhang dissolved the parliament, and other civil and military officials did not stay for no reason and left one after another.
Soon Liu Zhang and a few others were left in the room.
"Zhang Ren, do you know what I mean by asking you to go to the Wuwei Camp?"
When all the civil and military ministers were present, there were many things that Liu Zhang could not say. He had to try his best to make a bowl of water even.
In fact, it is difficult to balance a bowl of water, and it is equally difficult for Liu Zhang to do it. He will definitely favor some people, such as Zhang Ren!
"I don't know the end of the situation, please let me know clearly, my lord!"
Liu Zhang smiled and did not blame Zhang Ren, but rather appreciated his straightforwardness.
"Dian Wei, you should know that he is my personal guard. The original intention of establishing the Wuwei Battalion was also on the basis of personal guards. However, due to the needs of combat, the Wuwei Battalion slowly turned into an elite infantry. Therefore, I am reluctant to let this person
A group of elite soldiers have been serving as personal guards around me."
"The expansion of the Wuwei Battalion this time is actually to accelerate the transformation of the nature of the Wuwei Battalion, turning the Wuwei Battalion into an elite infantry regiment for future wars against the enemy."
Zhang Ren was confused and didn't understand what Liu Zhang meant at all, but he still nodded with some understanding.
"My lord wants to..."
"Okay, don't make any guesses. Dian Wei will definitely stay with me all the time. All matters concerning the Wuwei camp must be left in your hands! So, do you understand?"
Zhang Ren's eyes widened and he was so surprised that he was speechless!
He was not a fool, so how could he not understand what Liu Zhang meant! This was leaving the Wuwei camp to Zhang Ren!
"Lord, I..."
Zhang Rang wanted to say something, but after much thought, he could not repay Liu Zhang's kindness with words!
"Okay, I know you're not good at words, and I don't need a boaster! As for what I want, do you know?"
Zhang Ren nodded heavily and knelt down directly on the ground.
"My lord is so kind, Zhang Renwan is not guaranteed to die! We can only do our best to live up to my lord's trust!"
Liu Zhang gently helped Zhang Ren up. He firmly believed that in the hands of Zhang Ren, the Wuwei camp would definitely shine to the world!
"Go ahead."
There was no point in saying more, Liu Zhang could already see the determination in Zhang Ren's eyes.
After Zhang Ren left, Wang Shang couldn't help but sigh.
"Zhang Ren is really lucky to meet a wise master like my lord!"
Liu Zhang didn't say anything to this, but nodded slightly.
"Haha, Zhang Ren is a thousand-mile horse, and I am the Bole who discovered the thousand-mile horse!"
The four of them, Jia Xu, bowed down together and praised Liu Zhang in unison.
"My lord is wise!"
"Okay, there's no need to say flattery. I'm leaving you here to discuss a few things with you."
Liu Zhang also liked to hear compliments, but he was not so bored that he would leave a few people here to praise him.
"Please let me know, Lord."
"Sit down first and we'll talk slowly."
Liu Zhang took the lead in sitting on the main seat, waved his hand casually, and arranged for the four people to sit down.
"Wen He, let's first talk about our current situation, population, land, and food situation."
As Jia Xu was a special agent in Yizhou, he had to know everything about Yizhou. Liu Zhang would give him priority in asking questions about Yizhou in the future.
"Lord, we currently control three counties and nineteen cities in Yizhou. Among them, Hanzhong County has a population of 650,000, Guanghan County has a population of 160,000, and Guanghan County has a population of 370,000."
"Due to Zhang Lu's hasty escape, the grain, grass and equipment did not have time to be transferred, so all these materials were used by us!"
"This time we occupied Fujian and Mianzhu, and obtained countless supplies of food and grass, and more than one million dan of grain!"
During this period of time, Liu Zhang had been busy with the situation in various counties in Guanghan County. Liu Zhang had no worries at all. Now when he heard Jia Xu's report, he was still a little shocked, especially about the food reserves.
Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Guanghan County had a population of just over 500,000. After several years of war, the population has dropped sharply to 370,000! How could it have such a large grain production capacity?
"Wen Biao, does Guanghan County have such a large grain production capacity? How can there be so much grain?"
Regarding the situation in Guanghan County, Liu Zhang asked Wang Shang, who had been staying in Mianzhu.
"My lord, as far as I know, Zhang Lu just borrowed 500,000 stones from Shu County in order to attack my lord. As for the other grain and grass, they should have been brought by Jia Long and his friends last time."
Wang Shang is not a core member of Zhang Lu, and he only knows a rough idea of these things.
Liu Zhang nodded. If it was sent by Jia Long, there would be nothing strange about it.
As the county with the largest population and plain area in Yizhou, Shu County has been known as the land of abundance since ancient times. It is really nothing for Shu County to spend millions of stones of food.
"Now we have more and more cities, and our territory is getting bigger and bigger. Whether it is the Prefectural Mufu or the General Wei's Mansion, we need more talents. Lord Qin Bo and Wang Changshi, both of you are from Yizhou.
Someone from a wealthy family, can you recommend some talents to me?"