At The Beginning of The Game, The Five Tiger Generals Were Intercepted

Chuping four years, AD 193, July.

After the efforts of the prefects of the three counties and Jia Xu and the staff and half a year of recuperation, Liu Zhang basically digested the land of the three counties recovered last year.

In half a year, the officials of the three counties have undergone earth-shaking changes.

Liu Zhang strictly governed his subordinates, and all corrupt officials were spared.

In the thirty-four counties in the three counties, the officials have changed almost all over.

Of course not all corrupt officials, but Liu Zhang rotated them.

If the rich people in each county govern the counties, there will inevitably be corruption and cover-up, so Liu Zhang selects talents from all counties, gives full play to their talents, and hires them according to their ability.

Although it caused a little turmoil, it laid a good foundation for Yizhou officialdom.

With the efforts of Wang Shang, Qin Xun, and Xun You, the situation of the personnel in Shu County, Qianwei County and Ba County has been fully figured out, and Liu Zhang also knows the size of his subordinates.

After the Maxiang Rebellion and Jia Long's persecution over the years, the population of Shu County has dropped from more than 1.3 million to 750,000. This is the number after Liu Zhang repatriated all of Jia Long's soldiers.

Qianwei County itself has a small population, only more than 400,000 during the period of Emperor Ling. After Liu Zhang repatriated the soldiers under the command of Ren Qi, who was originally captured, the population totaled 330,000.

Compared with the loss of nearly half of Shu County, this is good news.

Although Berkshire was not affected by the chaos of Maxiang, its population also suffered a corresponding loss. The original population of more than 1.1 million was finally reported by Xun You, and only 800,000 remained.

The place of loss is probably the previous three-party battle between Zhao Wei, Huang Yin, and Yan Yan.

Compared with Shu County, it only lost more than 20% of its population, which is considered a blessing in misfortune.

Including the more than 1.2 million people in Liu Zhang's Hanzhong County, Guanghan County, and Guanghan Dependent Kingdom, the total population reached 3.1 million!

Don't underestimate the population of 3.1 million! Cao Cao, who captured millions of Yellow Turbans, does not have so many people under his current rule!

When Yanzhou was at its strongest, there were only four million people. After years of wars, disasters and other reasons, there were only less than two million people left.

Jizhou, controlled by Yuan Shao, can now compete for the qualification of being one of the largest states in the world, with a population of just over four million.

The strength of Yizhou is far more than that. Liu Zhang controls the six counties of Yizhou, only half of the land, and the land of the six counties is still autonomous.

When all the 12 counties and 118 counties in Yizhou are subordinated, the strength will surely increase again.

Although the population is growing rapidly, Liu Zhang is not in a hurry to recruit troops. Except for the newly surrendered Yan Yan and the 10,000 troops under his command, there is no increase in his organizational system.

Among them, there are Huang Zhong, Tai Shici, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang Ren, Yan Yan, and Yang Lin with a system of ten thousand people. A total of 90,000 soldiers and horses.

There are Gao Shun, Xia Houlan, Lei Tie, Wu Yi, Wu Lan, and Pan Feng with a total of 30,000 people.

The rest like Gao Yan, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, etc., and the soldiers from all counties and counties add up to nearly 50,000 to 60,000 people.

If Gan Ning can lead Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai to return, the number of soldiers and horses will exceed 200,000 in no time!

Such a huge military burden made Liu Zhang completely understand what it means to be miserable. The huge consumption of food and grass alone is enough to give him a headache.

Fortunately, the method of farming is very mature, and the counties have already begun to implement it. After half a year of recuperation, the state and pastoral mansion has gradually become richer.

The half-year period proposed by Jia Xu has come, and Liu Zhang immediately summoned his men and soldiers to discuss the matter of going south.

"Everyone, since Dong Zhuo's death, the princes of all states in the world have stood up one after another, ignored the court's laws, and wantonly attacked and annexed states and counties. Their rebellious intentions have been clearly revealed. As the clan of the Han Dynasty, the general of the Han Dynasty, naturally cannot sit idly by. ignore!"

Among the civil servants, the first person to stand up was Zhang Song, who was transferred to General Wei's mansion.

"My lord's words are true. Now that the world is in chaos, the shepherds of all states have malicious intentions, and the only loyal minister who really cares about the Han Dynasty is the lord!"

"Like Eryuan, Cao Cao, Gongsun Zan, etc. are all wolfish ambitions and have no eyes on the court. I think they will do something that angers people and hates them soon after they come here!"

Liu Zhang nodded involuntarily, with a very serious expression.

"Zi Qiao's words are true! I will receive the kindness of the first emperor, how can I sit back and watch these rebels wreak havoc on the world!"

"My lord, rest the wrath of thunder for now!"

Zhang Song's words changed, and he began to persuade Liu Zhang again.

"What does Zi Qiao mean?"

"My lord, we must secure the interior first in order to fight against the outside world! Now Yizhou is uncertain, and the foundation of the rear is unstable! What if the rear rises to resist when we are fighting the rebels?"

With the continuous increase of power, Liu Zhang's days of going his own way are gone forever. Many things don't mean that he can do whatever he wants, and he also needs to consider the opinions of his officials.

For example, when going south to conquer the six counties, some big clans did not support it very much. After all, he had only recuperated for half a year, and had just regained some vitality.

"What Ziqiao said is true, I am quite worried about this."

Zhang Song is a typical hawk, and he has always wanted to make contributions, so he has always maintained a positive attitude towards the southward crusade.

"My lord, there are currently 80,000 elite soldiers stationed in Chengdu, and they can completely pacify Yizhou in one go. Please make a decision, my lord!"

Not to mention Zhang Song, Liu Zhang couldn't wait! Even after the pacification of Berkshire, it has been planning to attack the rest of the counties.

Now that Zhang Song gave a step, Liu Zhang immediately wanted to take advantage of the situation and send troops, but before he could say anything, someone immediately stood up to oppose it.

"My lord can't!"

Zhang Yi and Wang Lei stood up together and stopped Liu Zhang from continuing.

"My lord, the three prefectures of Ba, Shu, and Qianwei have just been pacified for half a year, and the hearts of the people have just stabilized. It is really inappropriate to use troops indiscriminately."

As soon as Zhang Yi finished speaking, Wang Lei hurriedly continued to speak out.

"My lord, we have been fighting for many years, and the burden of food and grass is huge. Although there is some food in the treasury, it cannot support tens of thousands of troops. Please think again, lord."

When Liu Zhang had reached the point of his mouth, Wang Lei and Zhang Yi abruptly choked on the words, which made him really uncomfortable.

But he didn't reprimand them, because Zhang Yi and Wang Lei didn't have any selfish intentions, and they really started from the situation in Chengdu.

The six counties in the south of Yizhou are not weaker than the six counties under Liu Zhang's current control in terms of population or area. They are actually half of Yizhou.

This is equivalent to the fact that Liu Zhang is facing an enemy whose strength is almost the same as his own, and he cannot be defeated casually.

"This general also knows about this problem, but now the six counties in the south are fighting on their own, and their strength is relatively weak. Once the time goes by, they will definitely grow stronger again, which will also cause us great trouble."

It is also an indisputable fact that the armed forces of the six counties are not strong, and some counties do not even have 10,000 people. This is also where Liu Zhang has the confidence to conquer.

Seeing that Liu Zhang was stubborn and his intention to go south was very clear, Yang Hong also stood up.

"My lord, the six counties in the south are short of troops, but it is extremely difficult to take them. If you send troops, you need to overcome a series of problems such as climate, terrain, transportation, and logistics supplies. If you are not prepared enough, you will lose troops, and it will even fuel their arrogance. "

"The six counties in the south are different from Bashu and other counties. There are a large number of barbarians living in the mountains there. If the big clans of the six counties recruit the Nanman to resist us, it will definitely bring us a lot of losses."

(end of this chapter)