Ma Liang, with Zhang Yu, Deng Ai, and the generals, and the families of the great officials arrived in Hanzhong, first landed in Hucheng, and then went to Nanzheng.

Ma Liang has never been to Hanzhong, but he has also heard of Zhang Lu's governance of Hanzhong with the Five Buckets of Rice Sect, and what he saw along the way was breathtaking.

The battle between Guan Ping and Zhang Lu was fierce, but fortunately it took a very short time and there were limited casualties. If the two sides fight for a few years, the people of Hanzhong will probably wither more than half.

And now, although tens of thousands of soldiers have died in Hanzhong, almost every household has a linen and filial piety. But most of the population was preserved.

Ma Liang went all the way to the west, and most of the people were crying in front of the road, wearing linen and filial piety, and asking to worship ghosts and gods. However, the righteous house that I said has been changed, and it has been changed to a serious post station of 800.

Each county rules the county seat with a county order, and the Cao officials rule the county seat. The head of the Wudou Rice Sect has withdrawn from the Hanzhong stage, but it can be seen everywhere, and there are traces of the Five Dou Rice Sect everywhere.

When Ma Liang first entered Hanzhong, combined with past intelligence, he knew that Guan Ping's biggest enemy was the people's heart.

Zhang Lu is now only a half-level prisoner, although he is rich, he is under house arrest, so there is nothing to worry about. Bashu Liu Zhang has always been slow, Guan Ping has the help of the general Zhang Fei, and it is not a problem to garrison Hanzhong.

The only enemy is the people's heart, or the ghosts and gods in the people's hearts, the Five Doumi Sect.

This trouble is not removed, like a man's back, terrifying.

At noon that day, Ma Liang led the team to the east of Nanzheng City. Guan Ping led Zhou Xiong and hundreds of personal soldiers to meet Ma Liang.

With Ma Liang's merits in Fangling, and now Yang Wu's status in the long history, Guan Ping brought all the officials to greet Ma Liang, and no one can disagree.

It's just that at present, Xinping in Hanzhong, there are many things, and all the officials are inseparable, so Guan Ping took Zhou Xiong to meet Ma Liang.

Both sides had seen each other outside the city gates, and they were both smiling. Then Guan Ping asked Ma Liang to take a car with him and entered the city to go to Taishou Mansion.

As for the entourage, including Zhang Yu and Deng Ai. Their own officials will guide them and place them separately. Since Guan Ping entered Nanzheng, he vacated many mansions and gave them to his military generals.

Now the family members have entered Nanzheng and do not worry about settling down.

After the two came to the Taishou Mansion, they came to the study and sat down. Guan Ping first asked Ma Liangdao: "Ji Chang, how is the spring plowing in Fangling?" ”

"Very well organized. Before the spring ploughing, some mountain people who could not survive on the mountain went down the mountain to defect, and the population of Fangling was still rising. Ma Liang replied with a smile.

As a left-behind historian, Ma Liang is very clear about the changes in Fangling during this time.

"That's good. Although Hanzhong is an enterprising place, the land of the Hanzhong Plain is fertile, and it is much better than Fangling. But after all, I have been in Fangling for many years, and people's hearts are towards me. The mountain people are fierce, if there are not enough people and horses on the front line, they can also draw strong men from Fangling to form a new army. ”

Guan Ping was relieved and said with a smile.

As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and the poorer the place, the more fierce the people's customs. Therefore, in this world, the easiest to produce elite soldiers is precisely Youzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou, which are bitter cold places.

Moreover, Fangling's grain production has always been good.

All in all, the former base area should not be abandoned.

Immediately, Guan Ping talked with Ma Liang about the military reforms he had implemented during this period and the defense line arranged to deal with the Bashu army.

Ma Liang didn't put forward any opinions when he heard this, integrating soldiers and horses, arranging defenses, and now Guan Ping's arrangement, it is quite okay.

The difference is time, as long as time passes, Guan Ping's Hanzhong Taishou will be able to sit firmly.

And now that so many days have passed, there is no news from Bashu's side, obviously Liu Zhang's reaction is very slow, and he is afraid that he will not be able to break through the defense line of Micang Road arranged by the barbarians.

Thinking of this, Ma Liang was also happy.

Although those barbarian kings are a little greedy for money, they are also a little cute. The first is that although they are greedy for money, they can also do things.

However, the two major forces in Yizhou, Liu Zhang's Bashu forces, Hanzhong was successively occupied by Zhang Lu and Guan Ping, and the barbarian kings all helped the Hanzhong forces, but they also knew that they could not let the Han people in Yizhou be unified, so as not to threaten their position.

Guan Ping still relied on the help of these barbarian kings to have a chance to sit firmly in Hanzhong.

Ma Liang's long-standing position is to be in charge of soldiers and horses. Therefore, as soon as Ma Liang arrived, Guan Ping told Ma Liang about these army reforms, reorganization, and external military relations.

But Ma Liang still took the initiative to mention it and said, "General." The influence of the Wudou Rice Sect is very great, although Zhang Lu is now under house arrest to curb its source. But if you don't get rid of it early, I'm afraid there will be trouble. ”

"I also know that this matter is important, but I have no clue, and second, I need to take it step by step. When everything is settled, it is not too late to brainstorm and deal with this matter. Guan Ping explained.

Ma Liang just mentioned it, and when he saw that Guan Ping attached great importance to this matter, he was relieved.

After that, Guan Ping let Ma Liang take office. You must know that before the long history of power, Sun Qian took care of it, but the old gentleman was busy, at this moment Ma Liang came to Hanzhong, and Ma Liang was in the prime of life, so it was natural for him to go to work.

After letting Ma Liang go to work, Guan Ping remembered his concubine Zhang Yu and Deng Ai. And at this moment, Zhang Yu and Deng Ai have come to the Taishou Mansion to settle down with the help of the little officials.

Zhang Yu and Deng Ai not only came by themselves, but also brought many domestic slaves, slaves and maids left by Guan Ping in Fangling, as well as the old soldiers of the stinky father's past, all in all, they are all proper people.

When Guan Ping first entered Hanzhong, the Wudou Mi Sect was still so powerful, and many soldiers died in the first battle of Hucheng, and the people complained. He didn't dare to use the people of Hanzhong as domestic slaves and slaves. Life and daily life are all taken care of by Zhou Xiong's personal soldiers.

And now that Zhang Yu came with the house slaves, he immediately enriched the Taishou Mansion, Guan Ping only felt that his life was comfortable again, as if he had returned to Fangling.

And Guan Ping has not had sex for a long time, and he is ready to move when he sees his concubine.

That night, it was the joy of the boudoir, which was wonderful.

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Because Guan Ping first entered Hanzhong, everything was complicated. In order to give priority to the urgency, he first ordered the exemption of Hanzhong's land tax this year in order to win the hearts of the people.

The second is to promote Xu Shu, Wang Ping, Ding Feng, and guard the Yangping Pass, Tiandang Mountain, and Dingjun Mountain, the western gateway of Hanzhong.

Then, it is the reorganization of the people in Nanzheng City.

Do it methodically. And what are Guan Ping's enemies in Yizhou, Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang's generals doing?

In sleepwalking, in infighting.

But it was said that Yang Ang, Zhang Wei led the army south, intending to capture Bazhong. Fight the weakest Padang County Shouwang Army first, Brazil is too guarded by Pang Xi, and Bajun is too guarded by Yan Yan to send people to rescue.

Pang Xi was also ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Later, Shuzhong sent generals Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Zhang Ren to come to the rescue and confront Yang Ang and Zhang Wei, and on the other side, Yang Ang and Zhang Wei sent people to attack Badong.

finally occupied a foothold in the Bazhong region, and then hastily withdrew his troops, leaving not even a single man in Badong City.

The generals of Bashu felt strange, so they sent troops to the north, intending to go to Hanzhong to have a look, but the rice cang road was cut off by the barbarian king, and the generals of Bashu could only sigh.

But the barbarian kings were able to cut off the army, but they did not attack the pedestrians and caravans, so the news returned to the south.

The generals of Bashu learned that Fangling Taishou Guan Ping had entered Hanzhong, claiming to be General Yang Wu and Hanzhong Taishou, so they exploded.

Like Wang Ping, the generals of Bashu are no strangers to Guan Ping. Fangling is very close, and it used to belong to Hanzhong County, and naturally belonged to Yizhou.

Later, Guan Ping did a weaving business, which affected many people in the Bashu area.

But even so, this name is also a relatively distant name for the generals of Bashu. The generals never dreamed that Guan Ping would attack Hanzhong.

Guan Ping took Zhang Lu's place and became the second largest prince of Yizhou.

And as the news came, the generals of Bashu started a fierce quarrel. The identity, position, and loyalty of these people in Yizhou are complicated, and it is difficult for Liu Zhang to sit firmly in Yizhou, and only a man like Liu Bei can straighten out the civil and military personnel in Yizhou.

Yizhou is stationed in a large army and is divided into Ba generals and Shu generals. Yan Yan is the Taishou of Ba County, and Pang Xi is the Taishou of Brazil, so they belong to Ba General.

Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Zhang Ren came to the rescue from Shu County, and they belonged to Shu generals.

Politically, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Pang Xi were exiled scholars who fled to Bashu in the north, and were called Dongzhou scholars.

Yan Yan and Zhang Ren are local factions in Yizhou.

Starting from Liu Yan, the father and son reused Dongzhou scholars, and secondarily used Yizhou locals. Like Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Pang Xi, they are even related to Liu Zhang.

Wu Yi's sister is Liu Zhang's sister-in-law, and Pang Xi's daughter is Liu Zhang's eldest daughter-in-law.

But among these people, the most loyal are martial artists such as Zhang Ren and Yan Yan. As the saying goes, every time you slaughter more dogs, most of them are readers.

Wu Yi, the Wu Ban brothers are a little better, Wu Yi is a brave and warlike general, and he is also a politician with a high belly, and Wu Ban is a brave and warlike general.

The Wu brothers are by no means ordinary people.

Pang Xi is authoritarian and selfish, and even Pang Xi's dictatorship in Brazil County has aroused Liu Zhang's suspicion and almost lost his life.

So this time the changes in Hanzhong were after the news arrived in Bazhong one after another. Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Pang Xi, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and the rest of the generals had fierce infighting.

An army of 50,000 or 60,000 also stopped.

The Shu general Zhang Ren and the Ba general Yan Yan were loyal ministers, and they thought that they could take advantage of this opportunity to go north to help Zhang Lu, expel Guan Ping, and then turn around and take Zhang Lu, so as to take Hanzhong in one fell swoop.

(At this moment, Zhang Lu was still in Nanzheng before the city surrendered.) ）

And the Shu generals Wu Yi, Wu Ban, and Ba general Pang Xi, these relatives of Liu Zhang, are strongly advocating a wait-and-see for the time being, and the reasons given are also very sufficient.

First, this matter is very important, and Liu Zhang needs to be consulted before taking action.

The second is that the barbarian king broke the rice warehouse road, and the army was afraid that it would not be able to pass, but if it was forced to pass, it would be okay. But what about the subsequent grain routes?

Fifty or sixty thousand troops have passed, don't they need food supplies?

Going to Hanzhong to fight alone is tantamount to feeding a tiger with a sheep, and there is no return.

At present, the Bashu army is gathered in Bazhong, the highest official position, the most prominent position is Wu Yi, this manpower is subjective, and Yan Yan and Zhang Ren Although they are the main battle, they are not enough, and the two can only stalemate.

Wu Yi sent someone to Chengdu and asked Liu Zhang to decide the matter. But back and forth, protracted. Moreover, Liu Zhang himself is also indecisive, and it takes time to make a decision.

Everyone knew that asking for instructions would only delay the fighter.