Yang Tong's garrison was on the Ba Shang, and Acheng, where Li Jing was stationed, formed an east-west attack on Chang'an. The barracks were very lively, with people coming and going, shouting and shouting.

In addition to the 100,000 main forces, there are more than 45,000 Tang army soldiers, after a period of rectification, all the troops were broken up and detached, and the barracks above the brigade commander were all promoted from the Xiaoguo army, and the team carried out the most basic parade training on the flat ground outside the barracks.

Niu Jinda and Wei Chi Gong each led a unit, and the two of them can be regarded as daughters-in-law, and the Xiaoguo Army they commanded before was handed over to Xue Wanche to be in charge, and Xie Yingdeng was the deputy general. This can be regarded as an accumulation of qualifications, all the main generals who went out from the Xiaoguo Army were the main generals of the Maoshou side, such as Qin Qiong, Pei Xingyan, Su Dingfang, and Xue Wanjun who had stayed in the Xiaoguo Army for a period of time, and now, Niu Jinda and Wei Chigong also went out, and Xue Wanche and Xie Yingdeng entered the Xiaoguo Army, which means that the three of them are generals trained by Yang Tong, and they have a good future, which makes Cheng Yanjin, who is full of poisons, extremely envious.

This is not bad for Yang Tong not to give Cheng a chance to bite the gold, it is really his own incompetence!

How to play in leisure time, Yang Tong doesn't care, but in the barracks, you must have the appearance of a soldier, Xiaoguo Army is the soul of the Sui Army, and this mouse feces must not be introduced. If Cheng Yanjin can't change that series of bad problems, then he will never have the opportunity to take charge of the first army in his life. Although Cheng Yanjin is a lucky general in the romance, but the meritorious work of the lucky general is too accidental, people, it is impossible to be so lucky forever, and it is not wise to hand over tens of thousands of lives to a person who has no military literacy, but is not responsible for the soldiers and soldiers, and also irresponsible for the Great Sui. It's not that he didn't have a chance, for example, it's okay to take a group of soldiers to recover some county seats.

The Chinese army is located in the middle of the group tent, and in the big tent at this time, Yang Tong is standing in front of a map, and Du Ruhui joins the army in the hutchison room, studying the topography of Yongzhou and Bashu.

Li Tang's main forces in Guanzhong have basically been cleared, and the armies of Yang Tong and Li Jing have formed a joint encirclement of Chang'an, and everyone knows that Chang'an can fight in a war, and they are not very interested.

Now that Li Tang's main force has been abolished, he is interested in some strategic points that will be used to attack Bashu and defend the Guanzhong, and these places must be controlled while Li Tang is weak.

And Hanzhong is undoubtedly the place where it is necessary to control.

Hanzhong is the throat of Qin and Shu, is the natural gateway and buffer zone shared by Guanzhong and Bashu, so it is also an important connection zone between the north and the south regime, and the gains and losses of Hanzhong have a great impact on the division and integration of the north and the south.

In Hanzhong, the north and the south are integrated; In the middle of the Han Dynasty, the north and the south will face each other. Generally speaking, when Hanzhong was controlled by the southern regime, the two sides often used the Qinling Mountains as a natural danger for attack and defense; When Hanzhong was controlled by the northern regime, the southern regime could only rely on Bashan for defense.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, Hanzhong belonged to the Bao Kingdom and the ancient Shu Kingdom, and there was a record of 'Felling (Bao) and Shu in Yin Bu's words. At that time, Hanzhong was not only the northern military center of Shu, but also the strategic frontier of Yin Shang's expansion to the southwest, and the two countries fought many wars here.

In the early period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Bao Kingdom died in Yong, and the land in Hanzhong returned to the Yong Kingdom. During the reign of King Kuang of Zhou, Qin, Chu, and Ba united to destroy Yong, so the northern part of Hanzhong belonged to Qin, and the southern part belonged to Ba. Before the destruction of the country, the Bao Kingdom contributed beautiful women to the King of Zhou You, thus deriving the historical story of "Beacon Opera Princes".

Subsequently, Qin and Bashu also had many conflicts and tug-of-wars in Hanzhong.

Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in order to connect Guanzhong and Bashu, the north and south sides have respectively chiseled stones and trees in the valleys across the Qinling Mountains and Bashan, and built plank roads, which have become the passage of the north and south.

They are strategic natural hazards, with the trend of "one husband is the key, and ten thousand people are not open". The successive dynasties have attached great importance to it, and it has been repaired frequently.

So far, Hanzhong still has the Bao Slope Road, Fu Luo Road, Meridian Road, the Ancient Road (Chen Cang Road) and the world's earliest artificially dug mountain tunnel - Shimen, etc., which is comparable to the magic of the axe and has become the hometown of the ancient plank road.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, a group of heroes rose. Later, Liu Bang was named the king of Han by Xiang Yu, "Wang Ba, Shu, Hanzhong, and Nanzheng". Liu Bang was in Hanzhong, "Ming repaired the plank road, dark Chen Cang", attacked Guanzhong, defeated Xiang Yu, and finally unified the world.

As a result, there is a saying that "those who win the Han will win the world".

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the county of Hanzhong was moved from Xicheng to Nanzheng, so that the county of Hanzhong moved into the local area, and finally lived up to its name.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu guarded Hanzhong and ruled with five buckets of rice and created a rare "****" regime in history. In order to obtain this strategic zone, Cao Cao took advantage of Liu Bei's unstable foothold in Bashu, so he struck first and personally led a large army to conquer Zhang Lu and Hanzhong.

After Liu Bei learned about it, "There are dozens of police officers in Shuzhong a day, and although they are prepared, they can't be safe." ”

Huang Quan, the general of the chariot cavalry, said to Liu Bei at that time: "If you lose Hanzhong, then the three bars will be sluggish, and this will cut the arms of the Shu people." Yang Hong, the Taishou of Shu County, said to Zhuge Liang: "Hanzhong, the throat of Shu, the opportunity to survive, if there is no Hanzhong, there is no Shu." ’

Later, Liu Bei seized Hanzhong with the strength of a country, and in order to keep this strategic place, he placed the prime minister, the great Sima, and the great general in Hanzhong. During the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, Hanzhong was the main battlefield of Wei and Shu, which also reflected the strategic position of Hanzhong.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yuwentai took advantage of the shortcomings of Liang and sent Xi Wu into Nanzheng to seize the land of Hanzhong in the Southern Dynasties; Later, taking advantage of the civil strife in Xiao Ji, he sent Wei Chi into Sichuan to seize the land of Yizhou in the Southern Dynasty. This series of layouts made the Western Wei Dynasty (Northern Zhou) the most unified and powerful regime at that time.

The eastern part of the Han River is connected to Jingzhou by the Han River, which can be connected to the Yangtze River Basin. To the west, the terrain of Longxi is higher than that of Guanzhong and Bashu, and it is easier to attack these two places. So there is a saying of "Delong Wangshu".

From a geostrategic point of view, Hanzhong has a special geography, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and temporary gains and losses will have a decisive impact on the situation; Moreover, the local agricultural resources are abundant, and the army can be self-sufficient, which is conducive to entrenchment.

Of course, the pros and cons of things are relative and contradictory. There are two huge barriers in the north and south of Hanzhong, Qinling Mountains and Bashan, which have become obstacles to the domination of the world, but their own development space is limited, and it is difficult to achieve the effect of opening and closing and driving straight into the world. This also determines that Hanzhong has limited room for maneuver and a narrow capacity for accommodation.

However, as a strategic buffer for the confrontation between the north and the south, Hanzhong is a major place that must not be lost, whether it is for Yang Tong, who has just won the guanzhong, or for Li Yuan, who is about to go south. In the future, whether Yang Tong goes south or Li Yuan goes north, this will be an important place of contention.

"With Hanzhong, Yongzhou is a Yongzhou with both offense and defense. With Hanzhong, Li Yuan was still suppressed by our army. Hanzhong includes the two counties of Hanchuan and Shunzheng, and the county guards are Dou Rail and Xiao Rui respectively. Hanchuan County guards Dou Rail is a disciple of the Dou family, and General Su Dingfang can attack it; Xiao Rui, the commander of Shunzheng County, was Xiao Yu's eldest son and Li Yuan's eldest son-in-law, and he could make General Xue Wanjun attack from Hechi. ”

In the big tent, Du Ruhui saw Yang Tong staring at Hanzhong on the map, and immediately suggested: "Now that Li Tang's troops are lost, everyone is in danger, it is a God-given opportunity to capture Hanzhong. ”

"I think Su Dingfang is more suitable." Yang Tong said with a smile.

"Your Highness is wise!"

"Let Su Dingfang and Xue Wanjun lay down Shunzheng and Hanchuan."

"Whoa!"

"By the way, where are the officials from Yecheng?" Including the two counties of Hanzhong that were about to be attacked, the territory that the Sui Dynasty started this time had sixteen counties and ninety-nine counties, and officials of all sizes needed thousands of people.

If it weren't for Yang Tong's constant engagement in the imperial examination, there would be no officials available at all. And this is also the dilemma faced by successive dynasties.

In the era before the flood of paper books, the number of books in the collection was a measure of the strength of the family, and the children of the family had thousands of books to read from generation to generation, and the superior living conditions also allowed them to study without worrying about food and clothing; And the Hanshi can't buy expensive paper, let alone the sky-high price of books, while studying, but also to support the family, for life, such learning conditions, how can the Hanshi's level of knowledge compare with the scholars?

In the face of this situation, the emperors of all dynasties certainly wanted to promote the Han scholars, but they were not as talented as the children of the family, and the official selection system was controlled by the family clans, so almost all the Han scholars who could enter the ranks were pitiful demon talents, but how many demon geniuses were there?

In the Sui Dynasty, because the learning conditions of the Han scholars were not as good as those of the children of the family, the learning of talents would naturally be affected.

The big families have clan studies and private schools to train their children, just like a school for training officials, and they are the production base of county and county talents, and four or five out of ten can become hard-working officials, but their loyalty to the country is far less than their loyalty to their own family. This is unacceptable to the emperors, but the world needs officials to govern, so the emperors of the past dynasties can only drink to quench their thirst using the children of the family, watching them form a network of political interests, walking a tightrope to play balance with the major interest groups, capable kings can barely play evenly, if you meet the lord of mediocrity, then the officialdom, it will definitely be a dominant situation, which means that the dynasty gradually lost control of the officialdom, to this point, The dynasty will begin to decline in the midst of infighting.

And the popularization of a large number of high-quality and inexpensive paper books, as well as the prevalence of compulsory education, so that everyone from poor families and ordinary people can learn, with the same learning conditions as the big family, with a huge population base, I am afraid that no one is available? As long as in terms of talents, get rid of the dependence on the family, with Yang Tong's current policies, it is difficult for the family to control the officialdom, as long as you insist on not using the children of the family for 20 years, after that, the people of the world will be on the same starting line, and when the time comes, the ban on the children of the family can be lifted.

"Your Highness, the officials have arrived in Hedong County, and they will be able to enter the customs tomorrow." Du Ruhui said.

"Hmmm! Let them speed things up. "Localities cannot be left without officials, and the sooner officials are in place, the better.

Second, and most importantly, the point.

Yang Tong was to move five million people from Guanzhong, and some of them were to be resettled in the Hehuang region, where there were no people after the scourge of Xue Ju, but it was a habitable place with fertile land and abundant water; Some of them were settled in the fertile Hetao Plain where Wuyuan, Yulin, and Diaoyin are located; Part of the resettlement to the population of the empty Lingwu County, that is Yongzhou in addition to the Hetao Plain, another fertile place, that is, the Ningxia Plain of the later generations, Lingwu River canals are numerous, abundant water sources, as early as the Western Han Dynasty began to develop this area on a large scale, the Yellow River Lingwu County section of the water surface is wide, irrigation and reclamation, the hard work of the ancestors made Lingwu County become a ditch vertical and horizontal, rice fragrant fish fat, melons and fruits fragrant, beautiful scenery 'plugged in the south of the Yangtze River'. However, since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Lingwu area has often been destroyed by the northern nomads, the people are either dead or captured, and the population is seriously insufficient.

There are only four counties in Guanzhong: Fengyi, Jingzhao, Beidi and Fufeng, but since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of Guanzhong has swelled seriously, and the grain produced in Guanzhong cannot meet daily needs. And due to over-development, the vegetation in Guanzhong has been destroyed, the soil erosion is serious, the temperature drops, the precipitation is concentrated, the drought and flood disasters are frequent, the fourteenth year of Emperor Kaihuang of Sui, the famine in Guanzhong, Emperor Wen of Sui took the civil and military officials and the people to flee to Luoyang to eat, becoming the famous "Son of Heaven".

Today's Guanzhong has a large population, and the grain is insufficient, resulting in the high price of grain in the capital, and the Cao Yun is affected by Sanmenxia, resulting in the grain ships being unable to directly transport to Chang'an, and they must bypass the Yellow River by land, and then organize the shipping, which increases the transportation cost and time.

Since Guanzhong is unable to self-sufficiency in grain, the cost of grain in the south is high, and the large population has caused damage to the environment, Yang Tong simply moved a large number of slaves of the big families out of Guanzhong, and let them go to a more suitable place to settle down and survive.

As for Guanzhong, Yang Dong only intended to preserve a population of more than two million so that the Guanzhong Plain could be restored in fallow. The plains could continue to be cultivated, but he would never allow the people to ask for land in the mountains. Because the current Loess Plateau has a beautiful environment and lush vegetation, he does not want to see the Loess Plateau become a thousand ravines, broken terrain, undulating terrain, and serious soil erosion in his lifetime.

The next focus was on the construction of two or three official roads running north and south of Yongzhou, and then the Turkic slaves were sent to the Yellow River to build embankments and dry dams to prevent soil erosion, which was a historic task for the traversers.

The life and death of the Turks? Let's talk about it.

is dead, it's a big deal to go to Tuyuhun and Tubo to arrest people.

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