Both Zhang He and Zhu Ling were routed and captured in Guo Peng's war to eliminate Yuan Shao, and then surrendered.

Conquered by Guo Peng, he fell at his feet and became a general under his command, and made many achievements in the subsequent war against the Baibo Yellow Turbans and the Southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei people.

After the establishment of the Wei state, Zhang He was appointed as the general of Anbei, and Zhu Ling was promoted to the general of the conquest.

Zhang He is a good general, Guo Peng's arrival in Zhang He often inspected him, trained him, led troops for him, and let him lead the army to fight, he performed remarkably, Guo Peng was very satisfied.

And Zhang He has a very excellent characteristic, that is, prudence.

Zhang He is very cautious, he is good at thinking when using soldiers, he is used to thinking first and doing things later, he is good at tactics, and there are many common problems of military generals - shorter than strategy.

But this does not hinder his use, Guo Peng does not need Zhang He to have strategic ability, he only needs to have tactical ability, be able to lead troops to the battlefield, and be cautious, it is enough.

And Zhu Ling, in Guo Peng's view, is no less than Zhang He in all aspects of ability.

He is cautious, strict in military discipline, good at commanding troops, and a good general, but for him, the most interesting thing is not his military career, but some other things.

For example, when he was under Yuan Shao, because of the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, his hometown was occupied, and the enemy threatened his family.

He did the same thing as Zhao Bao.

committed the same taboo as Zhao Bao.

If you don't even love your own family, how can you love the lord?

In the era when filial piety is greater than the sky, Zhu Ling and Zhao Bao are undoubtedly very few people who are willing to forget their private affairs for the sake of official business, but this cannot be recognized by mainstream thought.

So Zhao Bao coughed up blood and died, and Zhu Ling's experience was somewhat intriguing.

Yuan Shao did not reuse Zhu Ling, and then Zhu Ling took refuge in Cao Cao during the honeymoon period between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

Yuan Cao did not join the frontal battlefield in the war, and then with Cao Cao's southern expedition to the north, and later, he was inexplicably disgusted by Cao Cao, seized military power, and became Yu Ban's subordinate, but in the end, he was named Hou by Cao Pi and received preferential treatment.

Therefore, Zhu Ling's life trajectory is a bit strange, and people don't know how to evaluate it.

But Guo Peng doesn't care about this, because everything has changed.

Zhu Ling is just a qualified general under his command who honestly leads troops to fight and do things, with stable ability, not known for his bravery, but for his cautious foothold.

So on the whole, these two people are suitable candidates, and Guo Peng is more hesitant and can't decide on the consideration of who to choose.

At this time, the news that the Shen family, a local tyrant family in Shangyong County, had donated money, rice, and livestock to Guo Peng for the purpose of helping the army was sent over by Zhao Yun, Guo Peng blinked his eyes, and suddenly had an idea.

Hanzhong County is too big.

In the period of peaceful reunification of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hanzhong County was a little bigger, and in the troubled times when it was not peaceful reunification, Hanzhong County was so dangerous and occupied such a large area, which was actually a bit unsafe.

It's not safe for someone Guo.

Guo was not worried about Zhang He and Zhu Ling, but he felt that it seemed a bit risky to let one of Zhang He and Zhu Ling suddenly take on the responsibility of guarding and governing such a large piece of land.

The two had never worked in this area, and Guo Peng didn't think they could suddenly take on such responsibilities.

Moreover, the location of Hanzhong County is indeed very special, the westernmost can be connected to Liangzhou, and the easternmost is connected to Xiangyang in the Hanshui Basin.

Fangling County, the easternmost county of Hanzhong County, is only 400 miles away from Xiangyang County, the core of Liu Biao's rule, and it can be reached in seven or eight days when troops are mobilized.

Guo Peng figured it out.

On April 17 of the sixth year of Xingping, Guo Peng issued an administrative order to divide the former Hanzhong County into two.

The five counties of Nanzheng County, Chenggu County, Baozhong County, Chuyang County and Anyang County form the new Hanzhong County, and the administrative office is still Nanzheng County, with Zhang He as the Taishou of Hanzhong.

Shangyong County is composed of four counties: Xicheng County, Xi County, Shangyong County and Fangling County, with Zhu Ling as the Shangyong Taishou and the governance office as Shangyong County.

Zhang He guarded Hanzhong County, with Liu Zhang's Yizhou forces as the main imaginary enemy, against the Yizhou forces, and Yangpingguan as the main front line.

Zhu Ling guarded Shangyong County, took Liu Biao's Jingzhou forces as an imaginary enemy, and inserted Liu Biao's core hinterland - Xiangyang like a sharp knife, so that Liu Biao could not live in peace.

The two cooperate with each other and cooperate with each other, one side is in difficulty, and the other side must support as soon as possible.

Guo Peng stationed two armies in the new Hanzhong County and the newly established Shangyong County, with 10,000 troops, and the Hanzhong Theater was divided into two and handed over to two people, each sharing the pressure.

Among them, Zhu Ling's task is still relatively important.

He undertook a cohesive task, not only to assist the armies of Runan and Yingchuan when there was war on the Jingzhou side, but also to assist Zhang He in the war when there was a war in Hanzhong.

Therefore, Guo Peng's expectations for Zhu Ling are also relatively large, and he is equipped with more administrative team members, and together with Zhang He, under Guo Peng's nose, he will carry out household registration statistics and land measurement work, and carry out preliminary preparations for Tuntian.

Guo Peng wants to observe the ability of these two people in this regard to see if he is not a person.

Fortunately, under Guo Peng's observation, although these two people are not particularly good at governing civil affairs like Xiahoudun, which is enough to assassinate the history of a state, at least one county can still do it.

The population under Zhang Lu grew explosively during the Liangzhou clique's scourge of Guanzhong.

Before Pang Xi occupied Hanzhong, Zhang Lu directly controlled a population of more than 300,000, which was governed by Zhang Lu with the Five Doumi Sect, which can be called a happy land.

As soon as Pang Xi came, he first scourged these populations, and then the Northern Expedition to Liangzhou also harmed many people, and many died on the road.

During the war, the population dropped sharply, and many fled to the mountains of the Qinling Mountains, and the foundation left by Zhang Lu was enough to toss.

According to Guo Peng's estimates, the current population of Hanzhong is at most 2340,000, and after Hanzhong County and Shangyong County are divided, the two counties can only have a population of 1120,000 each.

As far as the development of the work in Tuntian is concerned, the number of these populations is unfavorable, but Guo Peng does not have more people who can move to Hanzhong to Tuntian, so he can only ask Zhang He and Zhu Ling to mobilize the army to carry out military cantonment, combine it with Mintun, and accumulate military materials belonging to Hanzhong and Shangyong as soon as possible.

The military supplies on the front line of the war are very important and indispensable, and how difficult it is to transport grain and grass across the Qinling and Shu Roads, Guo Peng has already experienced it, and he doesn't want to experience it a second time.

As a result, the basic policy of Hanzhong was thus determined, governance was immediately launched, and restorative construction was immediately launched, but Guo Peng was not yet at the point where he could leave.

Because he also has to meet with those well-preserved and well-preserved powerful families in the eastern part of Hanzhong according to the usual practice, talk about feelings, and win people's hearts.

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