lived up to the trust, after finding out that Zhang Lu's military camp was already empty, Zhao Xin led the vanguard army to Huiyangguan non-stop, but there was no one except for the corpses of Yizhou soldiers in one place. So Zhao Xin successfully took this fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack for Yizhou without a single soldier!

Hanzhong is the place where Yizhou must fight for the north, and Huiyangguan is the gateway to Hanzhong, no matter who takes Huiyangguan, he can go straight to the hinterland of Hanzhong and threaten the entire Hanzhong! And Huiyang Pass is also extremely important for Yizhou, as long as the people of Hanzhong want to attack the land of Sichuan and Shu, it is easy to pass through Huiyang Pass, because Huiyang Pass is just a loophole in Shu Dao natural hazards, and sending troops from Huiyang Pass not only avoids most of the natural dangers, but also can go straight down to the Chengdu Plain within three or two days, which is also a great threat to Chengdu!

After Zhao Xin led the army to occupy Huiyang Pass, he did not continue to chase it, but closed the gate of Huiyang Pass, and firmly controlled this military fortress in his own hands, he knew very well that as long as he occupied Huiyang Pass, his task would be completed, and as for going south to Yizhou, it was not a problem that they could consider now.

Since it was already a victory, it was pointless to stay here, so Sun Yang and Xu Shu decided to withdraw immediately, and they had already reached their limit.

In order to prevent the counterattack of the Yizhou army, Sun Yang and Xu Shu decided to leave 10,000 people to garrison Huiyang Pass, and appointed Zhao Xin to temporarily act as the guard of Huiyang Pass.

After returning to Nanzheng, the seat of Hanzhong County, Hanzhong, which ended the flood season, soon won a bumper harvest, and this batch of grain can be regarded as solving the urgent needs of Hanzhong, and it can be regarded as stabilizing Sun Yang's rule in Hanzhong.

From the day Xu Shu closed back to Yangguan, Sun Yang knew that now Hanzhong was firmly in his hands, and after this battle was over, he dared to guarantee that at least within five years, Hanzhong would not have any more incidents, because now their biggest enemy, Liu Yan and his son, who were also the most likely to seize Hanzhong, were still busy encircling and killing Zhang Lu.

According to the news from Chengdu, after Zhang Lu did not return to Chengdu within the time limit, Liu Zhang raided Zhang Lu's home, except for one of Zhang Lu's young sons who escaped by chance, and arrested Zhang Lu's old mother, wife and concubine and children, and prepared to kill these people when he swore to kill Zhang Lu.

With the help of the Chengdu family, Liu Zhang quickly gathered an army of 70,000 without telling his father, and under the leadership of Liu Zhang's henchman Yan Yan, he began to march east into Ba County to crusade against Zhang Lu, and it is precisely because of this that Liu Zhang still can't take care of Hanzhong.

Of course, Zhang Lu is not such a good crusade person, according to the news from the spies, Zhang Lu, who returned to Ba County, soon raised a lot of troops with the support of his hometown, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lulu died It is not yet known? And in this battle, with Xu Shu's understanding of Zhang Lu, they will not be able to distinguish between victory and defeat for three or five years, or even longer.

This three-to-five-year period of peace is an opportunity for Hanzhong, as long as Hanzhong has been in good weather every year in the past few years, five years later, when Hanzhong's sons come out of the mountain, the world will probably be shocked!

Of course, before the world was shocked, Sun Yang was first shocked by Xu Shu, and Xu Shu told him very clearly that as long as Hanzhong was given five years of development time, he could definitely raise an army of no less than 80,000 people in Hanzhong! You must know that the entire Yizhou is not counted as the land of the Southern Barbarians, and the population of millions can only recruit and feed about 100,000 troops, and how can Hanzhong, with a population of only a few hundred thousand, do it?

If such a thing happened in Wu County, Sun Yang knew that it was very possible, because the land of Wu Yue was originally a land of fertile land, a land of fish and rice, as long as the population was enough and the cultivated land was enough, it would not take too long, Wu County would be able to win a population explosion, at that time, could there be fewer people who could enlist in the army?

But Hanzhong is just the opposite, as the land of Longxing of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Hanzhong has always been valued by the central government, not only immigrated many people from outside the customs to Hanzhong, but also moved the people in the mountains to live on flat land, and now the population of Hanzhong is not yet close to saturation, but the cultivated land has been developed almost completely, and the space for rise is seriously insufficient, Sun Yang is very suspicious that Xu Shu is joking with him!

If Sun Yang lays this package ticket by himself, I'm afraid he won't have a good way to do it himself.

"Yuan Zhi, you are too risky, I don't need you to have an army of 80,000 now or in five years, I just hope that you can protect Hanzhong well, and when the time comes, even if we only have 350,000 troops, we can still do some things, and after Hanzhong stabilizes, I will gradually relocate the old Qin people, let's figure out how to settle them first."

It's not that Sun Yang has lost his enterprising spirit, but although Hanzhong is a rich county in the world, it is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and when the prestige of the Han family falls, the surrounding princes will not let go of Hanzhong's fast fat, Sun Yang's meaning is to develop quietly, and the military does not seek to attack, but first to defend, when they are strong, they can attack at any time, whether it is to go south to take Yizhou, or to go north to take the land of Guanzhong, they have a lot of choices.

Hearing Sun Yang's words, Xu Shu shook his head and didn't say anything, he knew the current situation in Hanzhong better than anyone else, and he naturally had a reason to propose that he should have an army of 80,000 within five years.

"Childe, don't worry, can you listen to the story first?"

Sun Yang nodded and motioned for Xu Shu to continue, he also wanted to see what kind of good way Xu Shu had.

"Gongzi, Shu means that we can implement the tuntian system in Hanzhong, except for the necessary army, the rest are trained several times a month, and let them go to cultivate the fields and accumulate grain, so that the 80,000 army in five years is more than enough." Xu Shu explained.

After listening to Xu Shu's explanation, Sun Yang frowned instead, he was not satisfied with Xu Shu's words.

"Yuan Zhi, aren't you making up the numbers? Aside from the regular training of the army, what is the difference between those and ordinary peasant families? Isn't it useless to start a war? ”

"Childe, just like you said, it's good to have a standing army of 50,000 or 60,000 in Hanzhong, and the 80,000 army that Shu said is in addition to the standing army, and the other people only need to be responsible for guarding Hanzhong, if we fight, we don't need so many people, once we raise troops, these people who are militarily trained, it shouldn't be difficult to defend Hanzhong, right?" Xu Shu explained again.

After listening to Xu Shu's words, Sun Yang thought for a while, and suddenly reacted: "Yuan Zhi, you won't tell me that in five years, you will raise troops to fight for a certain place, right?" ”

"Hehe, that's right, whoever knows me, Childe also!" Xu Shu touched his beard and said.