From Chang'an City to Dasanguan, there are nearly 400 miles of road, Zhao Yun led nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers, all on horseback to hurry, light car and simple follow, the speed is very fast, it only took two days to reach Chencang City.

The geographical location of Chencang City is very important, with Qinling Mountains in the south, Longshan Mountains in the west, and Guanzhong Plain in the east; The western Qianghu or rebels, whether they came along the Guanlong Avenue or along the Qin corridor on the banks of the Weishui River, Chen Cangcheng was the main point; Although the city is small, it is very strong, using Weishui as a barrier, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if there is an army of 100,000 to attack, it is difficult to be conquered in a short time.

Sima Yushan (Yu Poison) of the other department led the officers and soldiers to garrison here, and undertook the important task of providing logistical support for the garrisons of Luyi and Dasanguan in Hanyang County.

With such a strong city as the backing, Zhao Yun was a little relieved, and after a day of rest in Chencang, he took the logistics baggage and went to Dasanguan.

From Chencang to Dasanguan, along the river valley, there is only a distance of dozens of miles, which is very close.

The new Taishou took office and brought so many strong soldiers, and the general of the Dasan Pass was extremely happy.

Long before coming to take office, Zhao Yun's commanders, military officers, and others had obtained some information about Wudu County and Hanzhong County from the Military Division; At that time, there were three land routes to Hanzhong, Dabashu, Meridian Road and Bao Slope Road were all controlled or destroyed by Zhang Lu of Hanzhong County, only Chen Cang's old road could reach Yizhou, Zhao Yun was bound to win this, otherwise he and Gao Shun agreed to seek Hanzhong County The plan would fail.

Chencang Road is the road that crosses the Qinling Mountains on the west side of Guanzhong to Hanzhong County, and is named after Chencang County at the north end of the road. Because there is a loose pass on the north side of the Qinling Mountains, it is also known as the scattered pass road; And because of the way along the old road water, Qin set up the old road county, also known as the old road. This road was opened in the pre-Qin period, the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty has become the usual route to communicate Guanzhong and Bashu, Liu Xiang fought when Liu Bang "Ming repaired the plank road, secretly crossed the Chencang", that is, from this road to the north of the Guanzhong.

Luogu Road was built later, it should have been built during the Three Kingdoms period, and there was no such road at this time.

Zhao Yun was in an urgent mood, and immediately summoned the officers to come to the meeting, mainly to listen to the report of the defenders on the current situation of Wudu County.

"How are the troops deployed?" Zhao Yun asked first.

"Taishou, there are 5,000 infantry, 4,000 garrisons in Dasanguan, and 1,000 garrisons in the Ancient Dao City."

Zhao Yun asked again: "How many people are there in the Ancient Dao City?" ”

"Taishou, so Daocheng is dominated by Han people, there are 1,350 households, a total of 10,081 people, and the Han people who are unwilling to move to Sanfu stay here; Outside the city, there are four small tribes of the Qiang and the clan grazing, about 3,000 people, and since they did not participate in the rebellion, they can still live in peace. ”

Zhao Yundao: "Tell me about the situation in other counties and provinces. ”

The garrison officer said in detail, similar to the introduction of Fu Zhu, adding some more detailed content, Wudu County is dominated by the clan, followed by the Qiang people, there are about nearly 100,000 barbarians, the Baima clan and the Wudu clan are the most, the Baima clan is in Xiabian County, controlling the territory north of the Western Han River, the Wudu clan is in Wudu Dao, controlling a large area of territory south of the Western Han River, there are a large number of scattered barbarian small tribes distributed all over the place, and there are about 10,000 Han people stranded in the barbarian territory, unwilling to return.

Zhao Yun secretly sighed, this population is too small, the total population of a county is not as large as the population of a county in the east, and there is no need to move the population to Guanzhong in a short time.

Now the important thing is to occupy the whole county, and occupy the old road of Chen Cang intact, so he asked again: "What is the situation of the old road of Chen Cang?" ”

"Taishou, we took the initiative to evacuate the army and the people from Wudu County, and did not clash with the barbarians, the old road of Chen Cang became a passage connecting Hechi County to the city of the old road and the county town of Fu, a small amount of materials transported from Guanzhong and Hanzhong can relieve the pressure of the barbarians' survival, and the furs and other furs produced there are also the favorite goods of the people of Guanzhong and Kanto, so the old road of Chen Cang remains intact."

"Tell me about the situation in Hechi County?" Zhao Yun wanted to set up his place of governance in Hechi.

"Hechi County is located in the mountain plain of the Qinling Mountains, with mountains in the north and south, and close to the old road of Chencang in the east, the location is very important, it is located in the center of the barbarians, Zhanglu and our side, after our evacuation, there are both small tribes of the barbarians, and there are Han workshops, which have become the trading places of several parties; However, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong had plans to plot against Hechi County after occupying Fu County, so as to strengthen the defense of Hanzhong County."

In this case, Zhao Yun decided to stabilize the barbarians and the people in the county after occupying Hechi County, befriend Hanzhong County, prevent them from destroying the plank road, and after training an army that can fight well, he will choose the opportunity to recapture Fu County and coerce Hanzhong County.

After understanding the situation, the garrison plan was adjusted, and 2,000 infantry led by Sima (senior general) of another department were left behind at Dasanguan; All the other officers and soldiers temporarily followed him into the Ancient Dao City and stationed thereafter, and then went to Hechi County to station.

From Dasanguan along the old road to the south, it is the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains.

With so many troops coming, the Han people in Gudao City were extremely welcoming and felt confident.

Fortunately, it was summer, and the army camped outside the city, and did not harass the people inside the city, making the local people feel safer.

The next day, Zhao Yun first announced the establishment of Gudao County, appointing county magistrates, county lieutenants, county officials and other officials; The county lieutenant has four tun infantry and one tun cavalry.

When the county magistrate took office, he first issued a notice exempting him from taxes and forced labor for two years; Secondly, the county lieutenant issued a notice on the recruitment of officers and soldiers, and announced the salaries and benefits of officers and soldiers; This immediately gained strong support from all Han Chinese people.

At the same time, scribes familiar with the languages of the clan and Qiang people were sent to several barbarian tribes to announce tax policies and recruitment notices, hoping that they would not panic and actively join the army.

The preferential treatment and the policy of treating everyone equally, so that several barbarians grew up excited, and they were also eager to integrate into the life of the Han people and live a stable life, but before they were excluded and suppressed by the Han people, and they were not treated as human beings at all.

Whether it is a Han Chinese or a barbarian, they all enthusiastically joined the army; The selection criteria were as strict as ever, with a total of 400 barbarian cavalry, 120 barbarian infantry, 500 Han 700, and 500 Han infantry; Zhao Yun organized these new recruits into a separate army, formed the 11th Tun cavalry and the 9th Tun infantry, and sent two military marquis to be responsible for the training, and then assigned them to five other Sima leaders after the training was qualified.

Zhao Yun also selected twenty-five scribes from among the conscripts and the existing officers and soldiers who were proficient in the clan or Qiang language and were good at reading and writing Chinese, and all of them were appointed as scribes and enjoyed a salary of 200 stones.

Four of them were sent to four barbarian tribes to teach them Chinese, Han Chinese life, etc., and to monitor their movements.

The four were left in the formed army to teach the barbarian soldiers to speak Chinese, and to teach the officers and soldiers to read and write.

The other two were first sent by Zhao Yun to Hechi County to contact the local Han people and publicize his policies, hoping to live peacefully in Hechi County, and take the opportunity to test the attitude of those stranded Han people, otherwise, he would lead a strong army to slaughter them all, since their hearts are barbarians, then he Zhao Yun will not be merciful.

The county officials were not idle, with the support of money and grain, their work was much simpler, strengthening the city, dredging the river, repairing the roads, measuring and distributing the land, because the salary was paid daily, there was no arrears, and they won greater support from the local people.

During this period, Zhao Yun also sent scouts to reconnoiter the marching route in advance, form a caravan, and go to Hechi County to secretly inquire about the news.

With the assistance of the senior civil officials, everything was carried out in an orderly manner, just waiting for the news from the scribes who went to Hechi County.