One of the most difficult to gnaw is Yanmen County, where the county guard Zhang Quan colluded with the Xiongnu, and its power should not be underestimated. Zhang Chao was determined to attack him at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, and before doing so, Xinxing and Dongping became the main targets of conquest.

Huang Zhong became the general of the two counties of Pingdang, with Guo Jia as the military advisor of the army, and the problem should be solved in three months. Zhang Chao himself did begin to prepare for the construction of Zhangjiajun Academy.

Different from the academy dominated by Cai Yong, the school built by Zhang Chao was dedicated to training military cadres, that is, the cradle of training future generals. He became the dean himself, integrating all the modern main tactics he knew into his teaching, and he needed not only generals who could win battles, but also loyal people, which was a bit like Whampoa back then.

And the state, everything is developing in a well-organized plan. After the first battle of Wenxi, Zhang Chao seemed to fall into silence again, and gradually began to fade out of people's field of vision.

Compared with Zhang Chao's sudden silence, the entire Han world is indeed falling into the chaos of war.

After Cao Cao received Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Chenliu and was named the pastor of Gunzhou, all localities became autonomous. From west to east, Ma Teng of Liangzhou led Liangzhou pastor; Dong Zhuo of Yongzhou led the Yongzhou pastor; Liu Yan led Yizhou pastor; Liu Biao led Jingzhou pastor; Tao Qian led Xuzhou pastor; Shi Xie led the state pastor; Sun Jian led Yangzhou pastor; Cao Cao led the state pastor; Yuan Shao led the pastor of Jizhou; Liu Yu led Youzhou Mu; Zhang Chao led and merged with the state pastor; Kong Ling led the pastor of Yuzhou; Tian Kai led Qingzhou herd.

At this point, the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty all have their own masters, except for the division of the subordinates, no one has completely occupied them, and the other states have a herdsor or assassin history, and the warlords have divided the situation.

December 192.

The weather in Bingzhou is already very cold, and you need to wear winter clothes to survive. Except for those who have to go out on the street, most of them hide at home.

Relatively speaking, the pastoral mansion is indeed lively. In the meeting hall where things were discussed, braziers were one after another, so that those who entered it had to take off their coats in order to stay.

Zhang Chao gave the development time of each department. These people rushed back from all over the country to report the results of the battle, and at the same time, they also received new tasks.

In addition to Li Ru and Xu Rong, he guarded Hedong; Except for Xu Shu and Xu Huang guarding Huguan, the other major generals and senior strategists rushed back.

Looking at his strategists and generals, Zhang Chao felt a trace of pride and excitement in his heart. When I first arrived in Bingzhou, God took care of it, and the grain was harvested. Since most of the land is newly cultivated, the land is very fertile, the yield is also very good, and there is enough grain, what Zhang Chao thinks about is to completely stabilize the position of the state pastor.

At the beginning of the meeting, Lu Su, who was in charge of internal affairs, first reported on the situation and the state treasury.

Lu Su also had an excited expression and announced this year's bumper harvest in agriculture. According to him, in addition to keeping it for their own use, the people handed over as much as 300,000 stone of grain.

According to an adult's daily consumption of one pound of food, as a soldier because of the intensity of training, more than them, a month according to one stone (50 catties), a year is 12 stone.

10,000 soldiers is 12,000 stone a year. 300,000 stone of grain is enough to feed 250,000 soldiers for a year.

Of course, not all of this food can be used for the army, but also for brewing hero drunk and other needs, but even after deducting miscellaneous items, the remaining 200,000 soldiers are still sufficient.

When Lu Su reported the number to Zhang Chao in the first day, he was also happy for a while. I think that when I was in Chenliu, I would encourage the people to farm every year, but because there were few fields and many people, the grain that the county guard could collect in a year was only 20,000 stones, which was not enough to feed the soldiers. However, in the annexed state, this number has indeed increased fifteen times in a row, so that the biggest problem of survival, food, is solved, and in this way, whether it is a foreign war or an internal defense, it is enough.

Lu Su's face was happy, and he reported some other situations. For example, the medical school headed by Hua Tuo has graduated 300 military doctors within half a year, and these people have been assigned to various armies, and will play a positive role in reducing casualties on the battlefield when the war is launched in the future; In the past six months, there have been more than 3,000 pregnant women in Jinyang City alone, that is to say, in the coming year, more than 3,000 children will be born in Yu Shao, and after more than ten years, this will be a very powerful force on the battlefield.

As I said before, the population of the country was 60 million at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but by the end of the Three Kingdoms, the population of the country was 5.6 million, and this huge gap can explain many problems. Although there is a cause of the plague, it is more because of the war, which leads to the people's misery, the smell of wine and meat in Zhumen, and the freezing of bones on the road from time to time.

When they can't even support themselves, who has the leisure to have children and think about other problems?

Zhang Chao didn't want the historical tragedy to happen again, so he began to pay attention to population development very early. People-oriented, encouraging production, and rewarding are the corresponding measures. Now it seems that this initiative has had a positive effect.

After Lu Su reported on the internal affairs, Guo Jia, the chief military adviser, gave a briefing on the current situation of the army and the basic situation of other forces outside.

In the past six months, the army of Zhang Chao's group has been strengthened in a few months of peace. It has grown from 27,500 first-class soldiers at the end of July to 58,000 now.

In addition to the 5,000 defenders of Huguan (2,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry) and the Hedong garrison (2,000 cavalry, 3,000 infantry), there were 48,000 mobile troops that could be used for foreign wars. They were 30,000 infantry men of the First Legion; Eight thousand iron horsemen in the vanguard; The Dragon and Tiger Army has 5,000 iron cavalry; Zhang Jiajun had 3,000 light cavalry, 2,000 heavy cavalry and 500 trapped camps.

It is worth mentioning the final trap.

Just yesterday, when the generals returned to Jinyang City, a unique military exercise was carried out on the square of the barracks. The display is the infantry of the 500 trap camp against the 3,001 legions.

Although some of the 30,000 infantry soldiers have never really been on the battlefield, Tai Shi Ci, as the leading general, has always been training according to Zhang Chao's requirements and taking actual combat as the starting point. With a ratio of six to one, there is no possibility of failure no matter how you look at it.

Everyone is armed with wooden sticks, which are used as a substitute for the weapons in their hands. Unexpectedly, in the end, the 3,000 infantry were indeed defeated by the soldiers who fell into the camp.

Six against one elite soldiers, none of them were victorious, and this was still on the premise that the soldiers in the camp did not use a full set of equipment. If it is really a real battle, then the result can be imagined, and the results of the battle should continue to expand. As a result of this battle, Gao Shun was truly respected by everyone, and the trapped camp became an elite force in the army of Zhang Chao's group.

With this, Gao Shun also participated in the high-level meeting led by Zhang Chao this time, proving that his status has been fully recognized.

After Guo Jia finished talking about the affairs of the army, his face suddenly changed, and then he said with a hint of sadness in his voice: "Five days ago, the Xiongnu sent people to send a message, saying that they knew about the grain harvest in our state, and in line with the saying that everyone is a friendly neighbor and it is good to meet and divide half of it, they need 150,000 stone of grain, and give it to us within half a month to prepare it and send it over, otherwise, they will have their own way to plunder." ”

After talking about the Xiongnu, Guo Jia said again: "Just the day before yesterday, news came from Tianyan, saying that there was something unusual in the Black Mountain Army, and it is likely that they will also take action." ”

"Bastard." Before Guo Jia's words were completely finished, Lu Bu, the general of the vanguard army, stood up with an angry face, "What bullshit Huns, what Montenegrin army, what are they to us?" Fattened lambs? Eat when you want? Wait for me Fang Tian to draw a halberd, and it is necessary to kill the dog. ”

"Sit down." When Lu Bu was still venting his dissatisfaction in his heart, a cold voice had poured down like water on his head.

Originally, Lu Bu still wanted to refute, as the first fierce general, his temper was not small. But when he saw that it was Zhang Chao who spoke, his originally open mouth immediately closed.

Lu Bu is not afraid of anyone, even when he was a general of Hedong a while ago, Li Ru also wanted to give him three points, but he was the only one who was afraid of Zhang Chao. Let's not talk about the matter between him and Minchan, but in this room now, if Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Huang Wei, and Xu Chu join forces, he is afraid that he will not be able to hold out for thirty rounds and will be captured.

Under the angry reprimand, Zhang Chao suppressed Lu Bu and sat back down, and then slowly turned his gaze to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun and said, "Wenyuan, Peping." In previous years, when you were merging states, did the Xiongnu treat Ding Yuan and Ding Qi like this? ”

After Zhang Liao surrendered to Zhang Chao, he has been responsible for cooperating with Tai Shici to train the new army, and it can be said that he has not built an inch until now. I was already flattered to be called to such a high-level meeting this time, but now that I was asked again, I immediately got up and said, "Back to my lordship, nothing like this happened in previous years. At the time of Ding Qi's tenure, most of the farmland was barren, and it was impossible to have such a bumper harvest, and because of his cowardly nature, often the Xiongnu could not speak, and they grabbed it directly. However, when Ding Yuan was the assassin, he fought several battles with the Xiongnu for food, but there was no progress, but there was more losses and fewer wins. ”

When he said these words, Zhang Liao was also full of feelings in his heart.

Since Zhang Chao came to Jinyang City, he has seen everything he has done.

In less than half a year, the city has good public order, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the people's livelihood has developed rapidly. Now even the Huns, who have always been arrogant, have to salute first and then soldier. Everything that happens can be summed up in one sentence, and it will be lifted up by such a Lord.

Gao Shun nodded approvingly, indicating that what Zhang Liao said was true.