At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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In the past few years, Zhang Fei led Karasuma and other miscellaneous cavalry to attack the grassland many times. After Guo Peng pacified Xianbei, he repeatedly attacked the Xianbei tribe who secretly went south, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured more than [-] Xianbei people , more than [-] livestock, can be called the terminator of Xianbei.

Zhang Yide's great name shocked Youzhou, and the outsiders were terrified when they heard the news, and Zhang Fei was in the limelight for a while.

Facts have proved that a person who can lead troops to fight is not useless. It mainly depends on whether he can find a suitable position and use him for the right thing.

It would be wrong to ask Zhang Fei to guard the city and do the work of reclaiming the fields. He would suffocate to death, drink and make trouble every day, and he would not change after repeated admonitions.

Putting him on the grassland to harm the Xianbei people, he is a good hand, wandering around all day, figuring out the roads on the grassland, very happy.

To deal with the Xianbei people on the grassland, he was extremely clever in his mind, his eyes and ears were clear, his intelligence was clear, and his methods were extremely cruel. As soon as he heard that there were new Xianbei people coming, he immediately led his troops to kill them, burned, killed and looted for a while, and returned with a full load.

Sometimes when no Xianbei people came, he was in a hurry, and would take the initiative to send foreign businessmen deep into the northern grassland to contact the Xianbei people, trick them into making them go south, and then set up an ambush to attack them.

Generally speaking, he can eliminate all the population of the other tribe.

The old, weak, sick and disabled were killed, and the strong men were brought back to work as coolies for Zang Hong and Tian Yu to build roads and the Great Wall in Youzhou, Bingzhou.

Or as camp prostitutes, issued to soldiers to vent.

Or after being incorporated into the Han nationality, it will be distributed to poor bachelors and fertile machos in various places, so as to increase the population and restore local production.

In recent years, the population of Hebei and the Central Plains has recovered, which is also a major contribution of Zhang Fei.

So Guo Peng promoted Zhang Fei to the county marquis of Zhuo County and added [-] households. He was like a fish in water, very happy and carefree.

So after that, Guo Peng became more cautious in the selection of personnel. He examined the abilities and specific strengths of his subordinates, and used them on his own strengths instead of letting horses do things like cattle.

The task of the prefect of Hanzhong is not to be aggressive, but to defend and restore local production.

The administrative requirements are higher than the military requirements, and the defensive requirements are higher than the aggressive requirements. Guo Peng needs a general who is cautious, good at defense and delicate in mind for this position.

The first person Guo Peng thought of was Zhao Yun, but then he vetoed the idea.

During the years when Zhao Yun was his subordinate, Guo Peng spared no effort in cultivating Zhao Yun.

Guo Peng personally taught him the art of war and the way of leading troops. He also asked Zhao Yun to be his own soldier earlier.

After Guo Peng became powerful, he also spared no effort in appointing Zhao Yun. He gave him the opportunity to lead troops to the decisive battle, exercised his ability to command troops, and tried to let him be alone. He paid great attention to everything from personal life to military affairs.

After the establishment of the Wei State, Zhao Yun was one of the four highest-ranking generals in the Wei State, two of whom were relatives of Guo Peng, Cao Ren and Xia Houyuan, and only two generals with foreign surnames, Zhao Yun and Le Jin.

And Zhao Yun has a great advantage, that is, loyalty.

Loyal and loyal, no matter what, wherever Guo Peng points, he will fight, without any hesitation, just go up and do it.

It doesn't matter who it is, as long as it is an order given by Guo Peng, it must be carried out with all its might. Without an order, no soldier will move.

Guo Peng assigned 300 soldiers as standard to the highest-ranking Wei Guo Sifang generals.

Generally speaking, the general is allowed to use up to one-third of the quota for non-official private affairs, that is, 100 people. In other words, Guo Peng actually acquiesced that these 100 people are the general's personal soldiers.

Guo Peng paid for them to support 100 private soldiers, counting it as welfare.

Generals of other ranks also had varying numbers of private soldiers that Guo Peng paid to support them, and they were allowed to use them for private affairs.

Even so, Zhao Yun still never used the private soldiers that Guo Peng allowed to use. He never used private soldiers to handle private affairs, and only used his own servants.

Guo Peng once asked Zhao Yun why he didn't use private soldiers to handle affairs. Zhao Yun replied righteously that soldiers of the country are soldiers of the country. There is no such thing as private soldiers. What about delaying the country's major events?

Excellent.

Guo Peng then trusted Zhao Yun even more and gave him a high status and honor.

Therefore, although Zhao Yun came from an ordinary family of small landlords, the scholars and officials from Jizhou headed by Tian Feng were willing to make friends with Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun maintained a non-active, non-refusal and irresponsible attitude towards administrative officials. He had a poker face when approaching administrative officials. Except for a few words with Tian Fenghui, he never talked to other officials and insisted on maintaining his reputation as a general. Own work.

Obviously, Zhao Yun is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very smart. He knows what Guo Peng needs and what Guo Peng fears.

Among the generals, Zhao Yun is the most cautious and humble.

So once there was something about commanding troops abroad, Guo Peng always thought of Zhao Yun habitually, but then he was excluded and he was left to command the troops by his side.

the reason is simple.

Zhao Yun is not good at being flexible and not good at handling the overall situation. When it comes to governing politics and using troops, he has no overall vision and cannot rely on his own ideas to allocate resources and manpower.

This is very similar to his strict personality.

Zhao Yun is a near-perfect executor, not a planner who issues orders.

Guo Peng's orders to him are often very detailed, and he can achieve almost perfect what Guo Peng asks, but once he breaks away from Guo Peng's orders, Zhao Yun will be shaken. Do it, and don't want to make a mistake.

Too cautious to do great things.

Zhao Yun is a qualified minion, a sharp knife in Guo Peng's hand, but that's all.

He is a qualified powerful general who can complete specific tasks and conquer cities under Guo Peng's command, not a commander in chief, let alone the ability to engage in politics.

Because of his loyalty, Guo Peng will keep him by his side as a minion, leading troops in the center, and he will perfectly complete the task. In the future, the positions of the central leader and leading general that Guo Peng will set must belong to Zhao Yun, and let Zhao Yun lead the guards in the center. Becoming the head of the Imperial Guard is a very suitable job and position for Zhao Yun.

Because of his rigidity, he can't stand on his own, and can't stay in the local area to fight against powerful enemies, let alone govern the local area and do administrative work.

Therefore, Zhao Yun can only be excluded from Guo Peng's options, and Guo Peng needs to investigate other people instead.

The remaining candidates are nothing more than two.

Zhang He, Zhu Ling.

Chapter 620 620 Nine Hanzhong County Divided into Two

Both Zhang He and Zhu Ling were defeated and captured in Guo Peng's battle to eliminate Yuan Shao and then surrendered.

Conquered by Guo Peng, he fell at his feet and became his general. He made repeated military exploits in the subsequent war against Baibo Yellow Turban, Southern Huns and Xianbei.

After the establishment of Wei State, Zhang Yun was appointed General Anbei, and Zhu Ling was promoted to General Zhenglu.

Zhang He is a good general. After Guo Peng came to Zhang He, he often inspected him, trained him, led his troops, and let him lead the army to fight. His performance was remarkable, and Guo Peng was very satisfied.

Moreover, Zhang Xi has a very good characteristic, that is, he is cautious.

Zhang He is very cautious. He is good at thinking when using troops. He is used to thinking first and acting later. He is good at tactics and has many common problems of generals-short about strategy.

But this does not hinder his usefulness. Guo Peng does not need Zhang Xi to have strategic ability. He only needs to have tactical ability, be able to lead troops to the battlefield, and be cautious, which is enough.

In Guo Peng's view, Zhu Ling is no less capable than Zhang Yun in all aspects.

He is cautious, has strict military discipline, is good at commanding troops, and is a good general. However, for him, the most interesting thing is not his military career, but other things.

For example, when he was under Yuan Shao, his hometown was occupied because of the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. The enemy threatened his family members. After crying bitterly, he led troops to attack the city and regained his hometown, but lost all family.

He did the same thing as Zhao Bao.

He violated the same taboo as Zhao Bao.

If you don't even love your own family, how can you love your lord?

In the era of filial piety, Zhu Ling and Zhao Bao are undoubtedly the very few people who are willing to forget their private affairs for public affairs, but this cannot be recognized by mainstream thinking.

So Zhao Bao coughed up blood and died, while Zhu Ling's experience was somewhat intriguing.

Yuan Shao did not reuse Zhu Ling, and Zhu Ling then defected to Cao Cao during Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's honeymoon period.

Yuan Cao did not participate in the frontal battlefield during the war, and then followed Cao Cao to fight in the north and south, and later, he was disgusted by Cao Cao for no reason, seized the military power, and became Yu Jin's subordinate, but in the end he was named a marquis by Cao Pi preferential treatment.

So Zhu Ling's life trajectory is a bit strange, and people don't know how to evaluate it.

But Guo Peng doesn't care about these, because everything has changed.

Zhu Ling is just a qualified general under his command who honestly leads troops to fight and do things. He has stable abilities and is not known for his bravery, but for his prudence.

So on the whole, both of them are suitable candidates. Guo Peng is hesitant to choose who to choose, and he has been unable to decide for a long time.

At this time, Zhao Yun sent the news that the Shen family, a local tyrant family in Shangyong County, had donated money, rice and livestock to Guo Pengjing for the army. Guo Peng blinked and suddenly had an idea.

Hanzhong County is too big.

During the peaceful and unified Eastern Han Dynasty, Hanzhong County was larger if it was bigger. In the troubled times that were not peacefully unified, Hanzhong County was actually a bit unsafe because of its dangerous terrain and such a large area.

It is not safe for someone Guo.

Guo was not worried about Zhang He and Zhu Ling, but he felt that it seemed a bit risky for one of Zhang He and Zhu Ling to suddenly take on the responsibility of guarding and managing such a large piece of land.

The two of them had never worked in this field, and Guo Peng didn't think they could suddenly take on such responsibilities.

Moreover, the location of Hanzhong County is indeed very special. It can be connected to Liangzhou in the west, and it is connected to Xiangyang in the Hanshui River Basin in the east.

Fangling County, the easternmost part of Hanzhong County, is only four hundred miles away from Xiangyang County, the core of Liu Biao's rule.

Guo Peng figured it out.

On April [-]th of the sixth year of Xingping, Guo Peng issued an administrative order to divide the former Hanzhong County into two.

The five counties of Nanzheng County, Chenggu County, Baozhong County, Mianyang County, and Anyang County form the new Hanzhong County. The government is still Nanzheng County, and Zhang He is the prefect of Hanzhong.

The four counties of Xicheng County, Xi County, Shangyong County and Fangling County constitute Shangyong County, Zhu Ling is the prefect of Shangyong, and the government is Shangyong County.

Zhang He guarded Hanzhong County, with Liu Zhang's Yizhou forces as the main imaginary enemy to fight against Yizhou forces, with Yangping Pass as the main front line.

Zhu Ling was guarding Shangyong County, using Liu Biao's Jingzhou forces as an imaginary enemy, and inserted Liu Biao's core hinterland—Xiangyang area like a sharp knife, so that Liu Biao could not live in peace.

The two cooperate with each other and cooperate with each other. If one party is in trouble, the other party should support it as soon as possible. Of course, the two divide and rule, which also has the effect of restraining each other.

Guo Peng stationed two armies in the new Hanzhong County and the newly established Shangyong County respectively, with 1 people. The Hanzhong theater was divided into two and handed over to two people to share the pressure.

Among them, Zhu Ling's task is quite important.

He undertook a connecting task, not only to assist the armies of Runan and Yingchuan when there was a war in Jingzhou, but also to assist Zhang He when there was a war in Hanzhong.

Therefore, Guo Peng had high expectations for Zhu Ling. He was equipped with more members of the administrative team, and together with Zhang Xi, he carried out household registration statistics and land surveying work under Guo Peng's nose, and made preliminary preparations for farming.

Guo Peng wants to observe the abilities of these two people in this area, and see if he is not entrusted to others.

Fortunately, under Guo Peng's observation, although these two people are not as good at governing civil affairs as Xiahou Dun, they are enough to be the governor of a state, at least a county can still do it.

The population under Zhang Lu's rule grew explosively during the Liangzhou Group's scourge of Guanzhong.

Before Pang Xi occupied Hanzhong, Zhang Lu directly controlled a population of more than [-] people, who were governed by Zhang Lu with the five buckets of rice religion, which can be called a paradise.

When Pang Xi came, he first harmed these people, and then the Northern Expedition to Liangzhou also harmed many people, and many died on the way.

During the war, the population dropped sharply, and many fled to the mountains of the Qinling Mountains. The foundation left by Zhang Lu was tossed enough.

According to Guo Peng's estimate, the current population of Hanzhong is at most 23 to [-]. After Hanzhong County and Shangyong County are divided into two, each of the two counties can only have a population of [-] to [-].

As far as the development of farming work is concerned, these population numbers are not good, but Guo Peng does not have more people to migrate to Hanzhong to farm, so he can only let Zhang He and Zhu Ling mobilize the army to carry out military settlements and cooperate with civilian settlements. Combine and accumulate military supplies belonging to Hanzhong and Shangyong as soon as possible.

The military supplies on the front line of the war are very important and indispensable. Guo Peng has already experienced how difficult it is to transport grain and grass across the Qinling Mountains and Shu Road, and he doesn't want to experience it again.

As a result, the basic policy of Hanzhong was determined in this way, and then the governance and restorative construction began immediately, but Guo Peng was not at the point where he could leave.

Because he still has to meet the well-preserved powerful families in the eastern part of Hanzhong according to the usual practice, and talk about his feelings in order to win people's hearts.

Chapter 621 Zhu Ling carefully kept Guo Peng's instructions in his heart

The area in the eastern part of Hanzhong close to Jingzhou is not something that Zhang Lu can directly intervene in the governance.

Zhang Lu, like all other warlords, could not win over the whole of Hanzhong with religion.

Hanzhong has a vast territory, close to Liangzhou in the west and Jingzhou in the east, and the transportation is inconvenient, which objectively limits the spread of Wu Dou Rice Religion.

Therefore, the four counties in the eastern part of Hanzhong, that is, the four counties designated by Guo Peng as Shangyong County, were hardly affected by the Five Dou Rice Sect, and were basically not controlled by Zhang Lu.

It belongs to listening to the tune but not to the announcement, accepting the title of general given by Zhang Lu, but not listening to the dispatch, in a state of autonomy.

The new Hanzhong County was tossed up and down. Zhang Lu used the Five Dou Rice Sect to break up the original political situation and directly controlled every believer. The original family was also affected by the Five Dou Rice Sect.

Zhang Lu's approach is actually quite interesting.

Later, when Pang Xi came, he destroyed the Five Dou Rice Cult, banned believers from preaching, and brought disaster to the believers, bringing them back to their state.

Afterwards, there was endless turmoil in Hanzhong, and the state was blurred during the war. When someone Guo came, he picked the peaches directly and mastered the entire population of the five counties.

Of course, Mr. Guo is also expressly prohibiting the dissemination of the Five Dou Rice Religion.

After Guo Peng occupied Hanzhong, he ordered the confiscation and burning of all books and religious artifacts related to Wudou Mijiao.