.Of course, only seven thousand people could not defend a city as big as Hanzhong, so the next day when the situation was stable, the first thing Zhang Chi had to do was to replenish troops and recruit soldiers.

The biggest limit for recruitment is supply. If the supply cannot keep up, no matter how many people are recruited, it will be in vain. Without armor and weapons, you will die if you go to the battlefield. Without food and grass, more soldiers will become a disaster.

Because the Hu army was originally stationed in Hanzhong City and had all the food, grass and utensils, there was no worries about recruiting troops.

The people enthusiastically joined the army. Who would have been willing to be enslaved by foreign races? Especially now that the Jin family is controlled by the gentry, these gentry have their own selfish intentions. Those who really want to save the country and kill the enemy and hate the Hu people to the core are mostly the people.

The specific affairs of the recruitment were handled by Shi Ke'an, and a lot of soldiers gathered in just one day.

At this time, Du Ximing had already rushed back to Shanyin.

What he had to do was to infiltrate the surrendered troops in Shanyin City into the army, and then he would threaten Jianmen Pass.

The only smooth road to retreat from Hanzhong to the south of Bashan is to pass through Pingwu to reach the plains of Shuzhong, so Jianmen Pass must be captured, otherwise when the Hu army comes again, there will be no way out.

The south is located in Jianmen and the north is guarding the Qinling Mountains. These are two indispensable links in Zhang Chi's entire strategy.

Fortunately, there is no need to worry that the Hu army will come immediately. Yao Shuode was defeated by Zhang Chi in the previous period, and 300,000 soldiers were defeated and lost. He fled back to Qinzhou. It will be difficult to recover his vitality in a short time. In the entire Beiliangzhou, Hanzhong has the largest number of troops stationed. Now Hanzhong has been captured. Although it cannot be said that there is no worry at all, at least it will take a short time to complete Zhang Chi's entire strategic arrangement.

What Du Ximing wants to do is not to attack Jianmen. Jianmen Pass is as strong as iron. If he really does this, even if he catches Jianmen Pass, he will be extremely damaged, and it will not be worth the loss.

Before you have to, don’t fight easily, attack the city, and attack the city.

Jianmen Pass and Hanzhong have important strategic locations, so there are a large number of troops stationed, but other counties are not dangerous places and there are not many soldiers stationed at all.

As long as you detour the counties south of Jianmen Pass and cut off the supplies from Jianmen Pass, not to mention that when his troops and food are used up, psychological pressure alone will make his troops defeat themselves.

It will form a siege, and going south is Pingwu. If the north does not abandon the pass and escape, there will be no way out.

Moreover, what is terrible about the guardian of Jianmen Pass is that they do not know the reality of the Jin army. There is no news that Yinping was the first to fall. In their opinion, these Jin troops have already captured Hanzhong as if they were descending from the sky. There are 100,000 troops stationed in Hanzhong. How many soldiers do the Jin people need to capture Hanzhong?

Therefore, Du Ximing's actions were not too big yet. The general of Jianmen Pass had decided to abandon the pass and not defend it, and the entire army fled north.

He took Hanzhong directly and obtained several counties. Zhang Chi's Northern Expedition this time was a perfect merit.

It didn't take long before the Hu army in Beiliangzhou was defeated by Du Ximing to Qinzhou.

Speaking of Qinzhou, just in Gansu today, adjacent to Liangzhou. After Yao Shuode was defeated by Zhang Chi, he escaped Bashan and is now in Qinzhou.

Why was he not in Hanzhong but in Qinzhou? That's because Qinzhou was his base. At this time, Yao Shuode was appointed as the governor of Qinzhou and governor of the military affairs of Longyou. Hanzhong was just a city he later captured and had no foundation, and Qinzhou was his nest.

Du Ximing cleared out the remaining Hu soldiers from various counties and then led his troops back to Hanzhong. This time, Zhang Chi's northern expedition was so amazing that his troops were not at all lost. Instead, he recruited the people of Hanzhong and reorganized many surrendered troops, and his troops were expanded a lot.

When he was in the Northern Expedition, his troops were only more than 30,000. During the Pingwu period, Sun Rubai led another 10,000 troops to follow Zhang Chi, and only more than 40,000 were still there. But now that he has captured Hanzhong, Zhang Chi's troops have doubled.

At this time, many generals under Zhang Chi had already followed Du Ximing to Hanzhong. This Northern Expedition was extremely beautiful, and now everyone gathered in Hanzhong, and they were very happy.

"Young Master," said Du Ximing: "This time we have gained a lot. There are a lot of food, grass and supplies in Hanzhong and many nearby counties, which can handle the needs of recruitment. In my opinion, we can expand the scope of recruitment. Not only in Hanzhong, there are many refugees in nearby counties. In this way, our troops will increase and rely on the natural danger of the Qinling Mountains, and there is no problem in defense."

Zhang Chi nodded, but what he thought was more than that.

Yao Shuode's entire army was newly defeated, so why not take this opportunity to directly capture Qinzhou? But this is just a thought of Zhang Chi. In particular, it is necessary to first place the territory that he has obtained before discussing it. The so-called greed cannot be eaten.

"Brother Zhang, although this Northern Expedition was beautiful, it's a pity that my cavalry did not use. They were all satisfied with fighting, but I did nothing, which was really boring." It was Santong who spoke.

Zhang Chi smiled and comforted him, saying, "Good steel should be used on the blade. Your cavalry is of great use, but it is not time to perform."

Santong smiled and said, "But I have an idea. This time I have captured the territory of such a big Hu people. There are many Hu people's war horses left in Hanzhong City. Why don't we take these war horses for ourselves and train cavalry? In this way, my cavalry team will continue to grow in the future."

"Well, this is a solution." Zhang Chi nodded and handed over this matter to Santong.

However, this is a treatment of symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to completely solve the problem, the most important thing is Ma Yuan. Only by forming a large number of cavalry will you have an advantage when you fight with the Hu people in the Central Plains in the future.

Everyone relaxed and chatted for a long time, but Shi Kean was a little surprised: "Sir, the situation in Hanzhong is now stable, why haven't the Governor arrived?"

He didn't know that Zhang Chi was the governor of the Northern Expedition. He called Zhang Chi "Mr." because he admired Zhang Chi's strategy and keen eloquence.

Moreover, when everyone came to talk to Zhang Chi today, no one called Zhang Chi the "Governor". No wonder he was surprised.

Du Ximing is called Zhang Chi "Young Master". That's because Du Ximing knew Zhang Chi a long time ago. When Zhang Chi joined Miss Wang's caravan and met Miss Wang, Miss Wang always called Zhang Chi "Young Master". Du Ximing followed this and became accustomed to it over time.

Qin Bo and Du Ximing were originally generals of the royal family, and they had been in love with each other before, so of course they followed Du Xi's name.

Since Santong met Zhang Chi, she has always called him "Brother Zhang", and Daoxuan called him "Brother Zhang". Zhang Chi felt very friendly and there was no need to let them change their words.

So Shi Kean was surprised.

Why didn't the governor come? Everyone listened to the scholar who persuaded him to surrender? What official position is he in the army?

When Shi Kean asked this, everyone burst into laughter. Zhang Chi said with a smile: "I'm Zhang Chi."

"You are the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition of the army?" Shi Kean was really surprised.

In his impression, the commander of the three armies should be a military general, but unexpectedly he was dressed as a scholar.

"Because the situation was not clear before, I dare not tell the truth. I hope Shi Gong will not be surprised."

Shi Kean quickly bowed and said, "I dare not. I didn't expect that the 'sir' I called was the governor. The governor had such a strategy and had made plans for Hanzhong. The world was already in his pocket. The talent was as good as Zhuge Kongming in the past. How could I follow the governor and die without regrets."

"Shi Gong has spoken." After that, Zhang Chi introduced to everyone, "This person is Lord Shi Ke'an Shi, who is deeply aware of the great righteousness and offering sacrifices to Hanzhong. He has a strong sense of governance. From now on, he will rely on all his brothers in military affairs, and in government affairs, he will be handed over to Shi Gong."

Shi Ke'an Lian said "I dare not".

"Now that Hanzhong has been settled, what plans do you have for your brother next?" Ding Yizhi asked.

Zhang Chi thought for a while, turned around and asked everyone, "Do you have any opinions?"

"The Hu people were defeated and should not gather large-scale troops in a short period of time, which provides time for us to deploy defense." Qin Bo said.

Zhang Chi nodded and said, "It's true, but as the saying goes, offense is the best defense. Why don't we take advantage of the victory and fight to Qinzhou and attack Huanglong?"

"Yes, I think we should fight. For so many years, Hu people have been attacking us. This time, we Jin people have to be proud."

Santong shouted, then asked again: "By the way, go straight to Huanglong, what does this word mean?"

Although Santong is both in character and appearance, she looks like a big man, but she is always studious and asks if she doesn't understand. And this question really stops Zhang Chi.

The direct attack on Huanglong was originally an allusion of Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty during the Southern Song Dynasty. Of course, people of this era did not understand. Zhang Chi could not answer, so he had to stammer: "It means to fight to the hometown of Hu people."

Du Ximing said with concern: "It's just that our current troops have more than enough defense, but the attack seems a bit insufficient. Although the Hu people were defeated in a row, the centipede insects died without being stiff. The Hu people have a strong foundation in Qinzhou, so I'm afraid they won't be as easy as Hanzhong."

Zhang Chi was also a little worried about this.

Ding Yizhi also agreed with Du Ximing and said, "In my opinion, the time to conquer Qinzhou is not yet ripe. It is better to stabilize Hanzhong first, and at the same time recruit troops and practice, waiting for an opportunity to move."

What the two said is indeed reasonable. Many of the soldiers recruited now are new recruits, and their combat power is limited on the battlefield. After thinking for a while, Zhang Chi said, "It's better to deploy General Du and General Qin in Hanzhong first to stabilize the defense. It's time for me to go back to Chengdu."

"What are you doing when you go back to Chengdu?" Santong asked.

"I, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition, was ordered by the King of Chengdu. Now that the Northern Expedition has won, I have to go back and report my life." Zhang Chi smiled and said, "In addition, this Northern Expedition has won a complete victory, but if we want to fight with the Hu people in the future, there are still some tricky things that need to be resolved in advance, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Santong couldn't figure out what was wrong and asked: "What will cause endless troubles?"

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "We are conquering Beiliangzhou now. Have you forgotten the governor of Liangzhou?"

When it comes to the governor of Liangzhou, everyone's hearts were stuttering. When the Hu soldiers first entered Shu, everyone suspected that the governor of Liangzhou was probably a supporter of Hu. If this is true, then this person would be a potential crisis.

And now that Beiliang Prefecture has been captured, how should prefectures and counties be divided? Whether the territory that Zhang Chi has worked hard to capture will be included in the Liangzhou Prefecture is a very direct question.

The battle on the battlefield ended, but this time when I returned to Chengdu, a new round of conspiracy was about to begin in the officialdom of Shuzhong. And it was no less cruel than the blood-blooded flying on the battlefield.

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