As the people sent out returned one after another, the news brought back made Zhao Yun have a better understanding of the terrain of Wudu County and the situation of the barbarians; In particular, he was shocked to learn about the situation of Hanzhong County, Guanghan County and Guanghan vassal states, and the strength of the barbarians was far beyond his imagination.

The advantage is that the barbarians are too scattered, and neither the Qiang nor the Di people have formed a whole, which is convenient for each to be defeated; But the barbarians are all scattered in the mountains and precipitous places, divided by mountains and rivers, which hinders their union and is difficult to clear, for them, there are advantages and disadvantages.

According to the terrain, as well as the general situation and strength of the various Di tribes, Zhao Yun finally decided to send an infantry force to seize the unguarded Xianren Pass, so as to avoid the connection between the barbarians of Yizhou and Hanzhong counties and the barbarians of Liangzhou, and he could gradually stabilize the situation in the county.

Zhao Yun did what he wanted, and immediately found a few soldiers to negotiate this matter with Sima of other departments, and everyone was extremely supportive, as long as the Xianren Pass was occupied, Wudu County would not be threatened by Hanzhong County or Yizhou; Now that the army has not yet been dispatched, Zhang Lu and the barbarian patriarchs have not paid attention to them, it is a good opportunity for a sneak attack, and some people even suggested taking the opportunity to take Yangping Pass from Zhang Lu's hands, which was vetoed by Zhao Yun, he does not want to have a war with Zhang Lu now, especially in the current situation of internal instability, you must know that Zhang Lu has a very close relationship with the Di people.

Xianren Pass, the name of the ancient pass. In the southeast of Hechi County, this Guanxi is adjacent to the West Han River, the south and east are connected to Fu County, and the north is Yuguan and Tieshan Plank Road, which is the important place for the Guanzhong area to enter Hanzhong County, and is also an important throat to enter Yizhou.

Around the Xianren Pass, only along the plank road built along the West Han River can lead to the north and south, once the Xianren Pass is charged, the old road from Hechi County to Hanzhong County in the east or to Yizhou in the south will be cut off, and the military position is extremely important.

Zhao Yun arranged this matter to a military Sima and a military officer to be responsible, and ordered the military Sima to lead a division of escort infantry in front, and the army to lead a division of infantry originally stationed in Dasanguan behind, he believed that a thousand infantry would be able to defend the Xianren Pass and hold out until the arrival of reinforcements.

According to the opinions of the participating troops, this army should go out day and night, and it will definitely be able to occupy the Immortal Pass within five days.

On the fourth day of the army's dispatch, Zhao Yun estimated that they would be able to seize the Xianren Pass tomorrow, and in order to give them timely support, he ordered the commander to lead 5,000 cavalry to Hechi County quickly to control Hechi County that day.

Zhao Yun was full of confidence in the occupation of Hechi County, the county was mainly inhabited by Han people and merchants of various ethnic groups in various places, those Han people were often bullied by the barbarians, and after contacting the officials sent by Zhao Yun, they also very much hoped for the arrival of the official army; The small barbarian tribes are distributed around the county town for grazing, and the core of the Baimayi tribe is in the county seat of Xiabian.

Hechi County is located in a mountain basin, the land is fertile, there are many rivers, irrigation is convenient, the climate is mild, Zhao Yun likes it very much, if it is reclaimed, it is definitely a rare fertile land, can be placed a large number of officers and soldiers families to settle here.

The arrival of tens of thousands of troops made the Han people stranded in the area extremely happy.

There are still a large number of barbarians around Hechi County, Zhao Yun did not dare to be careless, and immediately appointed the county order, etc., issued a notice to stabilize the local situation, and at the same time, strengthened the defense of the city, renovated and strengthened the city wall, and the work of repairing and reinforcing the city wall bore the brunt.

At the same time, active recruitment of officers and soldiers is carried out, and at this time, the addition of one soldier increases the security.

Due to the preferential tax policy and the policy of exemption from forced labor, and the temptation of a generous salary, as long as the conditions are suitable, Han people signed up to join the army.

The Han people in the border counties lived in a difficult environment and had close contact with the barbarians, and they were all rough and strong under the influence of the barbarians, and they were very good soldiers.

Zhao Yun selected 800 cavalry and 600 infantry, plus the officers and soldiers recruited in Gudao City, and they were all assembled in Hechi County for unified training.

The scribes, who had been prepared for a long time, were then sent out to contact the small barbarian tribes around them, hoping to give them territory and stabilize them, and to encourage the young and strong among them to actively join the army and enjoy the same treatment; If the young and strong people of each tribe join the army, it will be convenient to manage these small tribes.

These barbarians, seeing that the new Taishou adopts a policy of recuperation and recuperation, does not oppress them, and can enjoy the same treatment after joining the army, this is what they dream of, even if they rebel, it is just the pursuit of food, and now that the Taishou has taken the initiative to promise them so many benefits, how can they not vigorously support it?

And with the arrival of the Han army and the Han government, trade will be smoother in the future, and they will be able to get more benefits from it.

After half a month of hard work, Zhao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The city wall of Hechi County was also repaired, and more than 1,000 Di cavalry and nearly 1,000 Di infantry were recruited, and the defensive force was greatly strengthened.

Grazing areas were also demarcated for the small tribes of the Di people, which were under the management of the government to avoid disputes between them and conflicts with the Han people over land. The Han people were also allocated land around the county, and as long as it was reclaimed, it was fertile and fertile land.

After stabilizing the interior, Zhao Yun immediately sent scribes to recruit several large Di tribes, such as Wudu Di, Baima Di, Qingshui Di, Fushui Di and other thirteen large Di tribes; Even Qiang Dao sent people to him.

Each department of the Di people has "its own king", there are many branches, each with its own title, as the representative figures of the ruling class "king" and "marquis" have been formed, under which there are handsome or small marshal.

The Di people have their own language, but they do not have their own writing; Due to the coexistence with the Han people and other mixed people, he also understands Chinese; Costumes, marriages, and many other customs are very different from those of the Han Chinese.

Zhao Yun discussed with the participating army that he should actively disintegrate the organizational situation of the Di people and gradually integrate them into the Han people.

Many forms of integration were established, such as intermarriage, recruitment, change of clothing, establishment of names, and changes in the form of marriage, as well as the teaching of writing and farming by the Han people, so as to reduce their dependence on the king of Di.

In order to win over the people of Di and dismantle the rule of the king, Zhao Yun discussed with the army, Juncheng, Zhu Bo and others, and was also prepared to adopt different tax policies, and those who accepted the jurisdiction of the government enjoyed the same taxes as the Han people, and those who accepted the jurisdiction of the Di king had to bear half the tax higher than that of the Han people.

Within a month, the scribes sent returned one after another, and as long as the previous Han tax policy was implemented, most of the barbarians were willing to accept the rule of Taishou.

Part of the county was under Zhang Lu's control and could not be contacted.

The only king who could be contacted was the king of Wudu, who was unwilling to accept the jurisdiction and expelled the scribes; This was a rebellion, Zhao Yun was furious, but he did not immediately send troops to encircle and suppress, but first stabilized the interior.

First of all, administrative officials and teachers were dispatched to Xiabi County and other counties that were willing to accept jurisdiction, so as to strengthen the management of the localities.

In the south of Xianren Pass, on the territory of the original Jialing Road and Luoyang Road, Luoyang County was established, and after these two places were withdrawn, they were placed under the jurisdiction of Fu County, but the distance from Fu County was too far, and Xianren Pass was occupied, and Zhang Lu could not control it, so Zhao Yun set up a new county to manage a large area of land on the east and west banks of the Western Han River.

After the county commanders and county lieutenants arrived in the local area to take up their posts, while maintaining good relations with the kings of Di, they actively divided the contradictions between the kings and the people, and used preferential policies such as joining the army and taxation to attract scattered Qiang people and Di people to take over the jurisdiction of the government, and gradually built up a loyal army.

After repairing the city and strengthening the defenses, local officials actively promoted the integration plan formulated by Zhao Yun and others, the first of which was education, followed by intermarriage, and trade and other means.

The fact that the Di people, who were under government jurisdiction and who intermarried with the Han Chinese, gradually lived a good life, which was the best propaganda and made those who still hesitated to envy it.

Zhao Yun is very satisfied with the progress.

However, he did not dare to relax, always guarding against the rebellion of the king of Di, as well as their alliance with the king of Wudu, according to Zhao Yun's measures, the surrounding counties stopped trade with the king of Wudu, actively accepted the Di people, and sent people to secretly lobby the Hou and Shuai of the Wudu tribe.

According to the plan formulated by Zhao Yun and the others, it will be stable for at least one year, and after the army is mature, then launch an attack on Wududi, in order to play the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, when the time comes, those who have not surrendered will be killed, all the women will be married to the soldiers as wives, the girls will be sold as slaves, and the men will all be sold as slaves, and the old and weak can only be sold into combat exploits.

While the internal stability was at the same time, Zhao Yun sent an envoy to Hanzhong County to claim Fu County.

The Liangzhou army was approaching the door, Zhang Lu was very shocked, but he did not dare to take the initiative to offend Liangzhou, and he was unwilling to throw himself into Liangzhou, and he was very conflicted in his heart; After hesitating for half a year, he finally agreed to return Fu County to Wudu County, and as for the consequences, he could only resign himself to fate.