The people in the two households were silent, and after the battle, Tai Shici said in the well! "Ci led the troops to break eight". Lack of experience, this Chang'an guard general Ci recommended General Huang. ”

But Xu Huang said: "Huang's martial arts are not as good as the enemy generals Ma and Pang De, and the ability to guard Chang'an Huang is not enough in martial arts, so Huang recommends General Zhao." The two of them were silent, obviously wanting to compete for the position of Chang'an guard.

Among them, there are indeed only four people who are qualified to become Chang'an guards. In terms of loyalty, Zhao Yunnai is Zhang Xiu's junior brother, so he can rest assured; Zhang Xiu has the grace of knowing Huang Zhong and saving his son, Huang Zhong is a loyal and righteous person, and he will not betray Zhang Xiu; Xu Huang was the first of the four to follow Zhang Xiu, and his loyalty was naturally no problem; Tai Shi Ci is the brother-in-law of Zhang Xiu's beloved wife Chen Yao, and he has no problem in loyalty.

In terms of qualifications and prestige in the army, there are some differences, Xu Huang followed Zhang Xiu at the earliest, and he has the most qualifications. The prestige in the army has long been erected, and he has been fighting with Zhang Xiu for a long time, and he led the bloody blade battalion alone to attack Chang'an without losing a penny, and his combat record, qualifications, and prestige are not bad. Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong followed Zhang Xiu about the same time, but Huang Zhong commanded more battles than Zhao Yun, fought bloody Sword Pavilion and broke horses, and among the generals under him, Huang Zhong's record of leading the troops alone was the best; However, Zhao Yun also had the experience of guarding Nanyang when Zhang Xiu marched into Hanzhong, and the two were evenly divided at this point, and the prestige of the army was said to be the strongest martial arts under Zhang Xiu's command, and the soldiers were convinced. It's too Shi Ci. Following Zhang Xiu at the latest, the record is less than the previous three, although the martial arts rank third under Zhang Xiu, but the prestige in the army is not as good as the first three.

And Xu Huang is also as he himself said, martial arts are not as good as horses, Pang De, if the enemy army to name and name to challenge, if not out, it will damage morale, out of the enemy, so Xu Huang to guard Chang'an, in the martial arts is slightly insufficient.

Of course, it is not the main general's martial arts that fight, if there are no other three people here, Xu Huang is also a good candidate, but the stronger the ability of course is better.

Although the above is important, the Chang'an garrison also needs both civil and military qualifications, a calm personality, and experience in commanding different arms of the army, Zhao Yun, who has only commanded cavalry operations, has lost, but Huang Zhong is the most suitable in comparison.

Of course, these are just Zhang Xiu's thoughts. I saw Zhang Xiu looking at Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, both of them shook their heads and remained silent, the meaning is obvious, that is, both of them can take on this big responsibility, and Zhang Xiu can decide.

Zhang Xiu rubbed her temples, then opened her eyes, glanced at the two of them, and said: "The post of Chang'an guard general will be assumed by Han Sheng, and the general will leave 40,000 foot soldiers and 30,000 cavalry here." In addition, Ben will invite the imperial court, and the promotion of the Zheng Fang is Jing Zhaoyin, and the Zheng Fang can be Wen Nengwu, which happens to be the deputy of Han Sheng. Also, Komeito. This general ordered you to recruit in Chang'an and practice 60,000 foot soldiers, and all grain and grass were provided by Nanyang. If the Xiliang army comes to attack Chang'an. Hansheng can ask Komeito to help in the battle. ”

Zhang Xiu's arrangement is also painstaking. Huang Zhong is not inappropriate as a guard, 40,000 foot soldiers and 30,000 cavalry are enough to hold Chang'an, and with the assistance of Li Yan, a military and political expert, it is more than enough to hold Chang'an. However, Zhang Xiu's goal is not only to stick to Chang'an, but to capture Yongliang is the big goal, so the army of Chang'an is not enough in such a year, sometimes the soldiers are noble, and it is too late to transfer troops from Wancheng, so let Xu Huang train 60,000 troops in Chang'an, thinking that it is convenient to dispatch, and then Xu Huang is alone in Chang'an, and he and Huang Zhong are enough to deal with Ma and Pang De. But Xu Huang's qualifications and official position are higher than Huang Zhong's, and it would be inappropriate to be transferred to Huang Zhong's deputy, so he made such a move, letting Xu Huang stay in Chang'an, but not under Huang Zhong's control.

Both of them are understandable people, how they don't know the intention of Zhang Xiu's arrangement, and the cooperation between the two is also very pleasant when they break the horse, so after the two of them glanced at each other, they came out together and said: "No,"

After a pause, Huang Zhong said: "Lord, sacrifice Zhang Xian and Lei Xu

Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "This is a trivial matter, Ben will build a martyr's cemetery, and the generals who have contributed to Ben will be able to stand in the cemetery for future generations to admire after his death." Now the cemetery is under construction. Han Sheng didn't wait for the cemetery to be built, how about Zhang Xian and Lei Xu move their graves to the cemetery and kill Zhang Heng to sacrifice the two? ”

Huang Zhong nodded when he heard this, and suddenly thought that Zhang Xiu had not yet arranged a deputy, and said suspiciously: "Lord." This deputy"

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Zhang Xiu smiled and said: "Jianhong's outstanding performance in this battle will stay in Chang'an as Hansheng's deputy." Back in Wancheng, Ben will transfer Wu Ban again. This son has been praised many times, but it is not bad. In addition, Zi promoted this battle also made a lot of achievements, Pei Yuanshao was worried about going to Hanzhong, the post of Fancheng guard is still vacant, now although our army is good friends with Liu Biao, but the heart of defense is indispensable, Zi Zhi will go to Fancheng immediately after returning to Wancheng, where is the gateway to Xiangyang into Nanyang, there are many merchants, Zi Zhi is proficient in martial arts, but how can he be a reckless man, to Fancheng can participate in civil and political affairs, and in the future can be as good as the general civil and military. ”

Huang Xu heard it and excitedly said, "Xuduo."

Zhang Xiu waved his hand and asked everyone to sit back in their seats. At this time, Jia Xu said: "My lord, there is still one matter that needs to be dealt with by my lord

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Zhang Xiuqi said: "What's the matter?"

Jia Xu said: "Descend to the pawn." Before and after the battle, a lot of soldiers were surrendered, especially after the city was broken, most of the Xiliang soldiers could not get off due to lack of winter clothes. Stay in the city and surrender to our army, and after counting, about 50,000 soldiers will be surrendered, and the lord will decide. Except for the pawns. He also collected 30,000 war horses, and asked the lord to decide

Zhang Xiu heard this and rubbed his temples. He began to gradually realize that the biggest problem after the war was this surrender, as if the remnants of Li Xu, Guo Ji, Fan Chou, and Bai Bojun had been incorporated before. These troops have just been dealt with, and now another 50,000 soldiers have arrived. It's unlikely that this time it's going to be mixed again. And after the battle of Chang'an. Zhang Xiu also calculated that there was not much money and food left in Nanyang County. After this winter and the provision of money and grain for the spring ploughing needs of the first year of Si Li, I am afraid that the money and grain saved in the past two years will be exhausted.

Zhang Xiu is now beginning to understand why he has been killing and surrendering since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and among the princes, Zhang Xiu's family background is relatively rich. Even he can barely bear it, just ask what the other princes can do if they don't kill the pawns. It seems that Cao Cao won the battle of Guandu. accepted Yuan Shao's more than 100,000 soldiers, but at this time, Cao Cao had run out of food and had no ability to support these more than 100,000 soldiers, so there was only one way to kill prisoners.

In addition to the surrender of pawns, Zhang Xiu now has a big problem, that is, war horses, after the first battle of Chang'an. Not counting the elite troops, Zhang Xiu has 30,000 cavalry in Chang'an Tun, counting the army that Zhang Xiu is about to bring back to Wancheng, Wancheng will have more than 30,000 cavalry. There are also more than 30,000 cavalry in Hanzhong, and if it is slightly adjusted, it will be 30,000 each in Chang'an and Hanzhong, and 40,000 in Wancheng. 100,000 cavalry, 100,000 horses. Zhang Xiu does not have natural grassland, and it is already the limit to raise these 100,000 war horses, and now there are 30,000 more. War horses have turned into a burden.

In addition, the guards of the counties are not counted. Only the battle army Chang'an has 100,000 infantry soldiers and Nanyang has 50,000 infantry soldiers, Sili only has a large army in Hedong and Hanoi, and the rest of the troops are only stationed in various passes, so Sili has about 20,000 troops. There were also 20,000 foot soldiers in Hanzhong. Add up all the places here, and the foot soldiers will be more than 200,000, 200,000 foot soldiers. 100,000 cavalry, if Sili is as prosperous as Nanyang and Hanzhong, these troops can be supported, but now there are only two counties of Nanyang and Hanzhong, which is the limit.

Therefore, the extra 50,000 soldiers and 30,000 war horses have become Zhang Xiu's burden.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiu said in a disorderly manner: "There should be an old guide and a lot of injured horses in the army, and select good horses from these 30,000 war horses to replace them." In addition, after the winter, the people will carry out spring ploughing. From among these horses, some inferior horses were selected to serve as ploughing horses. Sell the rest to the princes of all places. Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian are all located in the Central Plains or the south, and they can't get war horses. ”

After listening to Zhang Xiu's words, Huang Xu was puzzled: "Da Sima sold the war horse to the princes of the Central Plains, and he is not afraid that they will have cavalry to compete with our army in the future?" ”

Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, this batch of war horses is not just sold for one, just like the one that was sold to Cao Cao and sold to Lu Bu and Liu Bei, they fought in three ways." The horse was consumed in this battle, and so did the rest of the families, which could have been exchanged for a large amount of food to support the construction of the division. ”

When everyone heard this, they praised the world: "The lord is wise."

Since they are willing to sell horses, there is naturally no shortage of food. But Zhang Xiu didn't want to immediately incorporate the soldiers into the ranks. These soldiers are not like the remnants of Li Xuan and others or the Baibo army, those troops can be called an ownerless army, and it is easier to collect their hearts, but these 50,000 soldiers are all Xiliang people, and Zhang Xiu's main enemies in the future, Ma Teng and Han Sui, are their original generals. I want to use them to fight against my former robes, but I am afraid that they will rebel.

When Zhang Xiu was thinking about it and was helpless, he suddenly remembered that before the crossing, he dealt with the offenders and asked them to carry out labor reform. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiu remembered that Sili was dilapidated everywhere and needed to be built, and Hangu Pass had not been repaired for many years, and the repair of the pass seemed to cost a lot, but it had to be like this, as soon as there was a war. The role played by this pass is definitely not comparable to the cost of repair.

I saw Zhang Xiu smile slightly, and said: "Although this army has surrendered, I am afraid that it has not yet returned to its heart, and now the division is broken everywhere and needs to be built, and the passes such as Hangu Pass must also be repaired, just use these soldiers to repair the pass." Build everywhere, and after three years, if they are in their hearts, they will choose the able-bodied ones to enlist in the army. ”

When Fa Zheng heard it, he praised it first: "The lord thinks that this law is really wonderful, so that there is labor available for the construction of various parts of the division, and the pawn can be properly arranged, it is really wonderful Fa Zheng can't help but praise it again."