Chapter 694 Zhang Chujun

For a long time, the economic center of Guanzhong has been on the north bank of the Weishui River.

Xianyang, Gaoling, Yueyang, Jingyang and other cities are all big cities in Guanzhong. The surrounding land is well developed, the city defense facilities are complete, and the water transportation conditions are mature. During the Warring States Period, merchants from Guanzhong passed through the Weishui River and left Puban to transport goods to the three Jin Dynasties. .

Even though the world is in chaos, Taiyuan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other counties are still under the control of the empire.

The empire's borders have actually returned to when it began to annex the world more than 20 years ago, but its fundamentals remain stable.

Compared with the north bank of the Weishui River, the south bank of the Weishui River is vast and sparsely populated, and many areas are classified as royal gardens.

Chang'an is within the scope of Shanglinyuan.

The Yulin Army and the Jincheng Cavalry, which was renamed the Huben Army, were stationed in Chang'an in the south and north.

Today's Chang'an is just a small town compared with the large cities on the north bank of the Wei River.

The garrison of the army will inevitably bring many inconveniences, so it is necessary to build more buildings and build arsenals, granaries, towers and other facilities.

Compared with the Yulin Army, the stationing conditions of the Huben Army are even more stringent. Because most of the Huben army were cavalry, they brought a large number of war horses with them when they entered the pass and needed to be fed.

There was originally a horse farm for domesticating a large number of horses in Shanglin Garden, so Zhao Shuang stationed the Huben Army here.

In the distance were soldiers' houses under construction. Zhao Shuang was walking on the river bank, inspecting the progress of the barracks construction.

Because the army has to be stationed for a long time, it is not enough to simply set up some tents for the corresponding facilities. There is a lot to consider.

Li Zuoche followed Zhao Shuang, following every step.

"Your Majesty, the wall here has been completed, and more than 200 of the 300 soldiers' houses have been built. After the construction is completed, it will be enough for 3,000 people to be stationed for a long time. The surrounding horse farms, arsenals, granaries, and schools have been built. complete."

To the west of Chang'an is Acheng, which will become the political center of the empire in the future planning of the empire.

However, now that the world is in chaos, the empire no longer has so much money and manpower, so the construction of Afang Palace has been stopped, and the project has stopped.

This garrison of the Huben Army was built next to Acheng to guard the passage between the two places.

"The Yulin Army is almost finished."

Hearing Zhao Shuang talk about the Yulin Army, Li Zuoche was a little cautious.

The forces under Zhao Shuang are divided into two parts, and their military representatives are the Yulin Army and the Huben Army.

Although Zhao Shuang moved to Nanzheng with 200,000 tribesmen, and then took some of them to the Western Regions, the two sides should have been blood relatives.

But the past thirty years have been enough to change a lot.

The power group in Nanzheng has gathered many talents from the Guandong region, especially those from South Korea, Wei, Chuqi and other places south of the river. The staff headed by Zhang Liang, Xiao He, Chen Ping, and Li Shiqi, as well as the gradually growing generals such as Li Shang, Cao Shen, Jin She, and Chai Wu, played important roles in it.

The Jincheng power group gathered the Qin clan, as well as the elite troops of the Zhao Kingdom's border army, plus Zhao Shuang's tribe. They had been guarding the western border for nearly thirty years, fighting the surrounding barbarians, and they had already mixed together. became a powerful military force.

After the Yulin Army and the Huben Army entered Guanzhong, although the two sides got along harmoniously, a clear line had been drawn between them.

When Li Zuoche heard Zhao Shuang mention the Yulin Army, he lowered his head slightly and said nothing.

Recently, the Yulin Army is expanding its army and recruiting good families from various counties in Guanzhong. Zhao Shuang wanted to expand it to about 50,000 people first.

However, the expansion of the Huben Army has been put on hold for the time being.

Before entering Guanzhong, the Huben Army was a pure cavalry army with tens of thousands of cavalry. In addition, there are many affiliated Hu Qiang troops.

The consumption of the cavalry team is far greater than that of the same number of infantry troops. The rations for the war horses alone are more than three times the rations for a tiger warrior.

At this moment, the Yulin Army needs to expand its army, and what the Huben Army needs even more is integration.

"Where are the Hu, Qiang, Xiongnu, Yueshi and other tribes?"

"The Hu and Qiang cavalry have passed through Jincheng, the descendants of the Moon Wolf have left Xiaoguan, and the Yuezhi troops have arrived in Longxi. There are a total of 3,000 elite and brave cavalry from all tribes. In half a month, they will all arrive."

"After they arrive, they will be divided into three battalions, under the jurisdiction of your three captains."

"promise!"

The Huben Army left Jincheng, and the 30,000 elite heavy armored troops in the Anxi Town Army also garrisoned Ba Shang. The military strength in the Western Region was greatly reduced.

In order to balance the power in the western region, Zhao Shuang mobilized three thousand of the most elite tribesmen who had surrendered to the Hu Yi tribe to ride to Guanzhong.

"The garrisoning and resettlement of the Yulin Army and the Huben Army are almost done. I have set up a government office, and you should also join the government as a staff member! It won't be long before there will be another turmoil in the land of Kanto."

"Your Majesty, are you worried that the rebels in the Kanto region will not be satisfied after occupying the current land and will continue to advance westward?"

"Sixty-seven percent of the world's wealth is in Guanzhong. Will they let it go?"

The military strength in Guanzhong is still a bit weak now. The Yulin Army is expanding its army and it will take some time to train the new army. If there is a war, the 30,000 heavy armor and tiger troops in the Anxi town army will probably become the main force.

"What are your plans, Your Majesty?"

Li Zuoche wanted to ask Zhao Shuang how to advance, but he saw him smiling disdainfully.

"The Zhang Chu rebels who are currently occupying Western Chu, Wei, and Zhao, even if I don't fight them, they will start chaos sooner or later."

…

Tian Yan walked along the long road of the palace and faintly heard Chen Sheng's angry roar in the palace.

"What's wrong?"

Tian Yan was led by a former brother of the farm family. Faced with Xia Kui's question, he still spoke out.

"The king has encountered a lot of troubles recently. The army attacking Southern Chu was defeated by the Mohists. After Wu Chen captured Handan, he listened to Zhang Er and Chen Yu's words and proclaimed himself King of Zhao. To the east, he captured Zhou City in Wei. , the king originally wanted to make him king, but he was disobedient and insisted on making Wei Jiu of Wei king king. Envoys have come several times to ask the king to let Wei Jiu return east to Linji."

Tian Yan listened without much expression on his face.

Chen Sheng established his capital in Chendi, an important town in the Central Plains.

When Lord Changping rebelled against Qin, it was from here that he secured the Qin army's logistics channels and put Li Xin's 200,000 troops in despair.

After Chen Sheng captured this place, he sent large armies to seize the surrounding areas, but now the progress of all armies is not as he expected.

Tian Yan entered the palace. At this time, Chen Sheng had calmed down and restored the king's etiquette.

In the past, Tian Yan was the leader of heroes, and Chen Sheng was the leader of the hall under her. But now, it's different.

Tian Yan was not pretentious and bowed respectfully.

"I've met the king!"

Seeing Tian Yan like this, Chen Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing that Tian Yan wanted to see him, Chen Sheng was embarrassed for a while. After all, many generals in his army were from peasant families, and theoretically Tian Yan was their leader.

Seeing Tian Yan being so submissive now, Chen Sheng did not act like a king.

"Ayan, you're here. I'm still thinking of giving you a rich fief. Where do you want it?"

Tian Yan made his own response to Chen Sheng's words of comfort.

"There is no richer place in the world than Guanzhong. If the king wants a reward, just seal a piece of land in Guanzhong!"

Chen Sheng frowned. He wanted to seal it, but Guanzhong was not in his hands.

"Ayan, what do you mean?"

"Nowadays, various rebel armies have either been wiped out by the imperial army, or they have separated themselves into one side and established themselves as kings. Compared with the situation a few months ago, when the king raised his arms and the world responded, the situation of the rebels today is too sluggish. The king knows that, why is that?"

Chen Sheng's frown slightly relaxed after listening to Tian Yan's words.

"Ayan, tell me!"

"The king issued an order a few months ago, and the world responded because of the righteousness of the king's hand."

"Justice?"

Tian Yan bowed his hands, lowered his head, and spoke loudly and forcefully.

"The greatest justice in the world is to destroy Qin!"