As the war begins on the eastern and central fronts.

The front line of the Qinling Mountains, which was supposed to be the most intense battle, seemed to have fallen into silence at this moment.

Both Cao and Liu tacitly agreed to focus on recuperation.

War did not break out easily.

Cao's national policy is actually very easy to discern.

When Cao Cao's army returned to the court, he specially sent Du Ji, the governor of Hedong County, to governor the areas in Guanzhong.

Its original intention is to restore production, improve people's livelihood, and develop the current situation that Guanzhong has suffered from the wars in recent years that has led to the decline of people's livelihood.

If you make up your mind to completely turn Guanlong and other places into fortresses, you will start a tug-of-war with the Liu family who occupies the central Sichuan area.

That would not be to send Du Ji, who was proficient in political affairs, but to send generals such as Zhang He and Cao Ren who were good at uniting armies in battle.

On the other hand, Liu also adopted a relatively static strategy of seeking stability.

After sending out a large number of troops to regain Hanzhong County.

Liu Bei also followed the development strategy proposed by Zhuge Liang.

Except for the garrisons that should be in and around Hanzhong.

The rest of the main force was all out of action.

They also engaged in farming and grain cultivation within the territory, and closed the door to the people.

Vigorously develop people's livelihood and focus on restoring farming and production.

However, because the counties and counties in Yizhou are densely covered with mountains and rivers, the roads are often blocked, making transportation inconvenient.

After careful consideration, Liu Bei made full preparations for the Northern Expedition in the future. He also recruited the surrounding people to do corvee service during the off-season.

It was stipulated that in an area of ​​four to five hundred miles from Chengdu to Baishui Pass, large buildings and roads should be built.

After the First World War in Hanzhong, the war in Yizhou also ceased, and it turned to vigorous infrastructure construction.

However, the scholars and people within the territory did not complain at all.

On the contrary, it is a prosperous scene, and I am happy to accept it.

Doing it passionately.

This is probably because the time for corvee service was during the slack season, which did not delay their farming.

In addition, the purpose of extensive infrastructure construction, road construction, and post station construction was to facilitate the army's departure from Sichuan for the Northern Expedition, and to ensure smooth transportation of grain roads.

It also facilitates the well-known Shu Brocade and other items within the territory to facilitate contact and trade with the outside world.

But once the road is built, the scholars and the people will also enjoy certain benefits.

Mixed with various factors.

Most of the people in Shu who were conscripted into military service supported the idea.

Yizhou and Guanlong are all developing with great concentration.

The border between the two sides has naturally returned to calm at this moment, with few fighting occurring.

And he was stationed in the northwest of Wudu, under the command of Zhao Tong of Qiang Dao.

At this time, the general Zhao Tong also took advantage of the spring plowing to call on the army and the people to select the surrounding fields that were suitable for farming and farm them.

It's just that the local climate is dry and not suitable for farming.

The yields of soybeans and wheat grown can only be minimal.

It is far from reaching the standard of self-sufficiency in military food.

But Zhao Tong made some rough calculations and found that at least the output of these grains was enough to brew distilled alcohol.

The follow-up process will be after Mi Zhu's side has paved the trade road and opened up the market in Cao and Sun's territory.

Once the market is firmly saturated, the barter trading method of exchanging finances and food for wine can no longer support money and treasures.

In this way, grain and fodder can continuously flow into one's side.

Are you still worried about insufficient military rations for future expeditions?

Even if Cao and Sun reacted, it would be meaningless to ban the sales of "Juxian Brewing" within the country.

Probably because of human psychology: "It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."

When the common people and high-ranking nobles are accustomed to drinking "Juxian Brewing", will they abandon this drink and welcome the embrace of old wine again?

If the ruler insists on issuing a decree, he is not allowed to exchange grain for Juxian Brewing.

Then internal chaos will naturally gradually arise.

In Zhao Tong's view, as long as the trade route can be successfully laid, no matter what happens in the future, his side will only be in a situation where he will make a steady profit without losing any money.

He doesn't need to worry too much at all.

While he was busy with farming affairs during this period, as for military matters, he was left to the generals such as Ma Liang and Ma Zhong who joined the army.

This actually also focuses on cultivating the generals' ability to act independently.

If you are not given the opportunity to try to run an army, and when it comes time to conquer one side, the losses will be huge.

Just like Ma Su in original history.

Zhuge Liang spent a lot of time polishing and cultivating this good piece of jade.

Over time, Ma Su's own intelligence and Zhuge Liang's teachings gave him an extremely solid foundation of theoretical knowledge.

But why did it encounter such a big defeat as Jieting?

This is nothing more than a shortcoming in actual combat.

But this is also closely related to the division of labor among the Shu Han people after the pacification of Yizhou.

A group of people, led by the lord Liu Bei and his advisor Fa Zheng, went out to expand the territory.

Zhuge Liang was responsible for staying in the rear, stabilizing the people's livelihood, and making arrangements from the center. While delivering military supplies to the front line, he also ensured that there would be no chaos in the rear.

Even Zhuge himself rarely had the opportunity to command his soldiers, and his subordinate Ma Su naturally had less opportunities to contact the military.

Later, during the Northern Expedition, he asked for orders to lead his troops to defend the street pavilion.

Even if he has solid theoretical knowledge, if he directly commands an army of more than 10,000 people, there is no guarantee that he will become a laughingstock like "talking on paper".

What's more, when he was coordinating an army for the first time, he was faced with Zhang He, a veteran who had experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and was destined to be unable to confront him.

It was precisely because of his foresight and the many insights of later generations that Zhao Tong realized that cultivating talents must start from early on, and should not be limited to demonstrations or subordinate generals.

More importantly, we need to let go more appropriately and let the generals experience it for themselves.

Only with personal experience can you grow fast enough.

Now that Tong Zhao had relieved himself of the burden of military affairs and shared them with the generals in the army, he also took off his shirt and put on a pair of peasant clothes.

Work in the fields with the farmers, eat and live together.

This undoubtedly once again inspired the people's desire to work.

The progress of farming has also been accelerated subtly.

Moreover, many people originally lived scattered around the Qiang Road.

However, due to the dry climate here, it is not suitable for farming.

In addition, it was too close to the territory of the Qiang people and too sparsely populated.

Since the great chaos in the world, countless horse bandits have appeared in Liangzhou and are active on the land. They are robbing homes and looting property.

The soldiers and people around them are not tired of it.

The Qiang Dao area is already a junction, and it belongs to the Sangui zone, and it is close to the territory of the Qiang people.

Even in the prosperous times, he was not protected by the imperial court.

What's more, nowadays there are still military disasters.

The officers and soldiers have no time to care!

As a result, the horse bandits were active in the surrounding area unscrupulously.

It can be said that it is undoubtedly a miracle that the scholars and people around the Qiang Road survived.

Now, in order to facilitate management, Tong Zhao ordered the surrounding people to gather and live in the boundaries around the Qiang Dao camp.

The surrounding fields that are suitable for farming were also specially surveyed and distributed to each household for farming.

And under the protection of soldiers.

Moreover, because of Zhao Tong's illustrious reputation in the battles since he garrisoned here, the horse bandits and other major forces in the surrounding area fled far away, and they did not dare to attack the soldiers and the people at all.

All the people saw this scene and remembered it in their hearts.

They knew very well that the current stable life was inevitably linked to the instructions implemented by the young general Zhao Tong.

So much so that they all admired and supported Zhao Tong.
To be continued...