On the third day after the solar eclipse, we were at Zengshan Pass in Shangjun.

General Wei went to his camp and officially moved his defense here.

After the Han Dynasty abolished the Taiwei officer, the generals of Wei, Generals of Chariots and Cavalry, and Generals became the highest ranks of Han military generals.

The general of Wei is awarded two thousand stones, and his authority is parallel to that of the general of chariots and cavalry, second only to the general.

But in reality, all the successive Hanwei generals were the emperor's minions.

Such as Taizong's generals Wei, Song Chang and Zhang Wu.

Historically, General Wei has been basically used to eliminate dissidents internally.

But today, General Wei went into battle for the first time and fought against foreign enemies.

It is impossible to say that I am not nervous.

However, Zhidu was born with a big heart.

In other words, he was born for big scenes.

He looked at the generals sitting around him, raised his hands slightly, and said: "According to the emperor's order, I will command all the princes and restore the original land of Jiuyuan. I hope that all the princes will cooperate with each other and work together for a great cause."

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"No!" The dozen or so captains and captains who were standing down stood up one after another, bowed their hands and said, "I only obey the general's orders!"

This time, Zhi Du took the title of General Wei and commanded the army on the North Road.

Most of these generals came from Shangjun, the garrison of Daiguo, the Jimen Army and the Bashan Army.

The sources can be said to be diverse, and they belong to different mountains.

However, in front of Zhidu, they all behaved like children and obeyed in a well-behaved manner.

It is really the name of a person and the shadow of a tree!

Who in the Han family today does not know the name of Goshawk, the emperor of Zhidu?

The cumulative number of princes and kings who have died at his hands has reached four!

The number of princes and princes can be counted as many as ten, two thousand stones, as many as an ox's hair!

Compared with Zhidu, Zhang Tang in Nanyang is like a child who has not yet learned to walk. The cruel officials who are said to be able to stop children from crying at night are pure and kind little white rabbits.

In front of him, no one dares to prick!

No one dares to jump!

Moreover, Zhidu did not just do well in officialdom.

He also has a strong influence in the army.

You know, Zhidu’s job is to be a soldier!

He started out as a military general!

This man, who was born in Yang County, Hedong Province, started as a Langguan and served as various middle and senior military officers.

He even served as a chariot general for a year, in charge of the Han Dynasty's imperial army, and after the death of the late emperor, he protected the new emperor.

Later, he was appointed to serve as the governor of Henan County in a critical situation to clear up the evils in Henan.

Then he was promoted to lieutenant (Zhi Jinwu).

As Jinwu, he dominated the Han family for more than two years and participated in the internal affairs of the Han army many times.

Strictly speaking, many of the generals in front of him now are his students.

Because, Zhidu also has another identity: Wuyuan Jijiu (senior professor).

In front of the teacher, students naturally don't dare to prick or jump around.

The majesty of the teacher is no joke!

Zhidu looked at these generals, many of whom he was familiar with.

In recent years, the Han family has implemented a system in which promotion of military officers requires training at the Wuyuan, while promotion of civil servants must go through Gantang.

While the new system strengthened centralization, it also strengthened Shantou.

However, the hills in the new era are somewhat different from the hills in the old era.

In the new era, Shantou emphasizes more that he is a member of a certain army rather than a subordinate of someone.

General officers born in the Confederate Army will always regard themselves as a member of the Confederate Army.

Moreover, he is always full of "friendship" to the "friends" of the Northern Army.

In the same way, the generals of the Thorny Gate Army and the Bashang Army also emphasize that they belong to the Thorny Gate Army or the Bashang Army.

Unlike in the early Han Dynasty, Zhou Luhou's subordinates would be regarded as Zhou Lu's younger brothers, even if they came to Han Xin's command.

This kind of Shantou weakens personal influence and emphasizes collective honor and sense of belonging.

Within the current Han army, fierce competition among the armies has been created.

So much so that in Chang'an City, there was even a situation where two neighbors could see each other when they went out, but because the children of the two families belonged to the Southern Army or the Northern Army, they never interacted with each other or knew each other when they met.

The overwhelming sense of collective honor even affects the next generation.

His father came from a Confederate army family, and his children refused to join the Northern Army even if they traveled thousands of miles away.

The situation at the lower levels naturally inevitably affects the upper levels.

In order to show his attitude, but also to strengthen his position within the mountain.

The feudal lords of the Han family began to split.

The families of princes who were born in a certain army or served in a certain army, or even the founders of a certain army, would clearly separate themselves from others.

This situation is especially obvious between two armies that have historical grievances.

These are all the influence of Wuyuan and the deliberate promotion of the emperor.

Zhidu didn't know what this situation would bring to the Han family in the future.

But now, it has undoubtedly enhanced the combat effectiveness of the Han army.

Judging from the current situation that Zhi Du has grasped, everyone under his command, the Thirteen Colonels, is gearing up to make great achievements.

Not only for yourself, but also for the collective to which you belong!

Just like the slogan shouted by Yulin Wei: Today, we are proud of Yulin, and tomorrow, Yulin will be proud of us!

"It's really exciting..." Zhidu thought in his heart.

However, it is not an easy thing to do this!

Zhidu raised his head and looked at the map.

It is different from the whole map of Hejian that I saw in Chang'an.

This is a regional map.

In the full map of Hejian displayed in Chang'an, Shangjun, where the capital of Zhi is now located, is just a dot indicating the name of Shangjun.

But in fact, Shangjun is an extremely large area.

Here, there are twenty-seven in the leading county.

There are more than hundreds of thousands of households in total, with a population of nearly half a million!

In this border area of ​​the Great Wall, it is also a county with a large population.

However, this place is the poorest area of ​​the Han family.

Han law clearly stipulates: In the previous generation, when the land was evil, it produced half of the crop.

Today, with a wave of his hand, he simply exempted Shangjun from the millet tax, and at the same time exempted all other miscellaneous taxes except land tax and oral tax. Even the corvee service was only retained: military service, transportation, etc.

Of course, Shangjun is poor, but the place is extremely huge.

It is different from the small dot that Chang'an saw.

On this map, Shangjun occupies nearly one-fifth of the area.

The remaining four-fifths are the targets of Yunzhong, Yanmen and Zhidu this time, so they are the Jiuyuan of Qin.

Hejian Land, or Henan Land as the Xiongnu called it.

It is an extremely large area.

From Yinshan Mountain to the south, to Han Shangjun, Yunzhong, and Beidi, this vast land is nearly a thousand miles long from north to south and hundreds of miles wide from east to west.

Except for the fertile land surrounded by rivers.

There are also natural areas such as swamps, deserts, mountains, canyons, etc.

Therefore, the tasks of the Han army were actually extremely heavy.

It's not that you can go straight to Gaoque after leaving the Great Wall.

In fact, from the Great Wall to Gaoque, there is still a vast area of ​​at least several hundred miles in between.
To be continued...