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Chapter 485

In August of the fourth year of Ganlu, the autumn wind suddenly blew up, stirring thousands of miles, and the golden yellow undulating all over the mountains and plains.

Crops such as wheat, millet, and millet were all bent down by the heavy ears.

The smiles on the faces of the farmers could not be concealed.

With food, Liangzhou has a stable foundation.

Soldiers from all over the country, Yi Cong, and powerful tribes gradually gathered in Guzang.

Throughout Liangzhou, the busy farmers and marching soldiers did not disturb each other.

Occasionally, the farmer would raise his head and look enviously at the majestic soldiers.

The pawns will also take a peaceful look at the laboring farmers...

Guzang has become a large military camp and a large granary.

All kinds of war preparation materials have also been shipped in one after another.

Armor, spears, arrows, livestock, chariots...

Slightly chaotic but vibrant.

"More than 40 pro-armies have assembled, more than 460 government soldiers, and more than [-] tyrants and righteous followers have assembled more than [-] people, a total of more than [-] people! Dunhuang, Zhangye, and Jiuquan successively transported [-] shi of grain. After that, the entire Liangzhou is expected to store up to [-] million shi of grain." Pang Qing reported.

This is just the grain in the treasury, plus the livestock that will be slaughtered around October, it is more than enough to support this year's war.

Prosperous animal husbandry can reduce food consumption.

In this era, there is no such thing as stir-frying. People take a bowl of cooked wheat and millet porridge, throw in a few slices of vegetables and sprinkle some salt, and they can handle it in one meal.

There are also cooked foods such as soup cakes or steamed cakes.

Without meat and oil, a soldier would consume at least one and a half to two catties of grain a day, and in wartime, it would be two and a half to three catties...

Not counting war horses in one month, an army of [-] will eat [-] to [-] shi of grain.

With meat, food consumption is greatly reduced.

Food and livestock are Yang Zheng's confidence.

There is still a lot of food stored in the folk for the people's own use.

After so many years of focusing on farming and animal husbandry, I finally don't have to worry about food anymore.

This is also the result of the hard work of Lu Zhi, Suo Jing, Yang Ji, Yang Xiao and others in farming and grazing in the past ten years.

Another major reason is that the Liangzhou Group went into battle lightly, and was still in a positive stage internally. It did not have the plethora of gentry tyrants and food towns in the Central Plains.

People at the level of Yang Zheng, Lu Zhi, and Du Yu only have an annual salary of [-] shi.

Zhang Te, Zhou Yu and other generals are slightly higher. In addition to the annual salary, there are also battle gains and land benefits brought about by the [-]th military rank.

But overall it is within a reasonable range.

The soldiers threw their heads and sprinkled blood, bleeding and sweating, so they should take more.

When civil servants manage government affairs in the future, if they don't have to worry about their lives, they should take less.

People do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequity.

Yang Zheng personally feels that the strength of a power or a country actually depends on how the benefits are distributed.

Everyone has benefited from the dividends, so naturally they are united.

If the interests are stolen by a small group of people, there will inevitably be many contradictions. In order to protect the vested interests, they will form an interest alliance, which is impenetrable and impenetrable.

Isn't the current state of Wei like this?

How many people in the court are not from the noble family?
For now, Liangzhou is fairly healthy. Xuanyi Division and Jiu Camping are everywhere, allowing Yang Zheng to see and hear what is going on in every corner of Liangzhou.

And these people are only loyal to Yang Zheng alone, not subordinate to the government.

The territory of Liangzhou looks huge. After absorbing refugees from Chang'an, Xianbei in Mobei, and Qianghu in Henan, and after so many years of encouraging births, the registered population is only 150 million. It is not as large as a prefecture-level city in later generations. Many places are There are no deserts, Gobi, forests, snow-capped mountains, and few people, so it is not too difficult to manage.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Jiang Faye and Peng Hu came one after the other, each with two thousand riders from the Qiang and Lushuihu tribes, and Tuoba Desert Khan also got a thousand head elite, led by his second son Tuoba Yilu.

Looking at the three nominal father-in-laws, Yang Zheng sighed in his heart.

The father is unreliable, so he can only rely on his own efforts, and it is the same to get more father-in-laws.

The logic of the tribe is very simple. The son-in-law of this era is almost the same as the son-in-law, and many son-in-laws have the right to inherit.

Tuoba Liwei didn't rely on his son-in-law's status to swallow the Wuluhui department upright. With 20 people in charge, Suotou became the most powerful department in Xianbei.

The three of them took a sneak peek at each other, and there was something inexplicable in their eyes, which was noticed by Yang Zheng.

"Your Majesty has such a strong army, why should you be afraid of a mere 14 troops!" Tuoba Desert Khan had lived in Liangzhou for almost a year, and had an intuitive feeling for Liangzhou's rising momentum.

Regardless of any tribe, as long as they spend ten years learning Chinese, they can become Han people. This is a huge temptation for many small and medium-sized tribes.

Even if the generation of parents cannot be converted to Han nationality, their next generation will directly obtain the status of Han nationality.

Many middle and lower-level generals in Liangzhou are directly Qianghu.

In this era, there is no shortage of people who risk their lives, but most lack of ways to change their destiny.

"Zhong Hui is not an ordinary person." Yang Zheng waved his whip and pointed to the east, "The strength of the Central Plains is so strong that it cannot be rivaled!"

"Haha, what the lord said is true!" Tuoba Desert Khan laughed.

Tuoba Liwei has always been like this. Despite its strong strength, it has changed the strategy of Tanshihuai, Tadun, and Kebineng to invade the Central Plains. It respects Cao Wei and is friendly to the Central Plains, allowing Suotou to get valuable development opportunities. Xianbei The power is growing day by day.

"Could it be that the junhou's gathering of heavy troops this time is to attack Shu?" Peng Hu thought more deeply than others, and saw farther.

Yang Zheng laughed and said, "It depends on what Zhong Hui wants to do!"

Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei are not fuel-efficient lamps. If you want to mess with them, they will also want to mess with you.

How to play this game of chess depends on how Zhong Hui makes his first move.

Winning Hanzhong is also a great achievement for Zhonghui.

The Kingdom of Shu was already shaky, and if Hanzhong was lost, its demise would be imminent.

"Using troops to strike later is the best strategy!" Tuoba Desert Khan flattered him.

"If the clock won't move, so what?" Jiang Faye, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said.

If the clock does not move, the game of chess cannot go on.

"The Great Wei conquered the Kingdom of Shu several times, all of which were rejected by Qinling. Now that Jiang Wei has gathered his troops in the valley to get out of Qinling, Zhong Hui and Sima Zhao will never miss such a good opportunity!" Yang Zheng had discussed with Du Yu for a long time. ten times.

Taking Hanzhong, Sima Zhao proved himself politically. After all, Wei Wu, Cao Zhen, and Cao Shuang all returned in defeat. This was a political temptation and a great military achievement.

If Hanzhong is not attacked, what will Sima Zhao do to add [-] troops to Zhonghui?
"Good opinion, Your Majesty!" The three of them cupped their hands at the same time.

In short, the clock will not move, and Yang Zheng will not move no matter what.

Strategically, Liangzhou has enough advantages, defending Xiaoguan and Longshan, would Zhong Hui dare to play field battles with him on the grasslands of Henan?

Guanzhong is the battlefield of the Chinese army, and Henan is the battlefield of the Liang army.

An army of 14 is not enough to eat Liangzhou.

If Zhong Hui couldn't see this, it would be too misleading.

(End of this chapter)