These guards trained and grew up together with Wang Ding.
Wang Ding spent more time with them than with Diao Chan.
They say they are Wang Ding's guards, but during training, everyone is like brothers.
They began to follow Wang Ding when he was still the eastern captain of Chang'an.
Over the past year or so, Wang Ding has changed their fate and the fate of their relatives.
Some people took wives and had children of their own during this year.
In this year, some people bought good farmland for their parents and settled in Chang'an City.
They followed Wang Ding's footsteps from Chang'an to Hetao, and from Chang'an to Chencang.
I have already entrusted my life to Wang Ding.
Because they believe that even if they die, Wang Ding will take good care of their families.
They have nothing to worry about.
Even if they die fighting for Wang Ding, their family's life will be better in the future.
On the way back, several people were more careful.
The bodies of the dead guards were placed on their horses, and the living people took them home.
On the way, Wang Ding was also reflecting.
Unlike Dong Zhuo, he encounters assassinations every day. Every time he travels, he must be accompanied by Lu Bu and accompanied by 500 soldiers.
Wang Ding had not encountered any assassination before this, which made him relax in this regard.
Every time I travel, I only take so many people with me, and I am not alert enough to caravans that suddenly appear.
If he senses something is wrong in advance, he can just check the carriage and deal with it in advance. At least the other guards will not be killed suddenly.
Wang Ding also thought of another person.
Sun Ce of Jiangdong was similarly assassinated and died of serious injuries.
Nowadays, Wang Ding's status is different, and there are more and more enemies.
The people in Chang'an respected him, loved him, and hoped that he would live a long life.
But there must be people in the city praying for Wang Ding to die quickly, but they have no chance and dare not act.
Outside, other princes would not have so many scruples if they wanted to kill Wang Ding.
If you want to send assassins, send assassins. If you want to send dead soldiers, send dead soldiers.
As long as they find an opportunity, they will definitely kill Wang Ding, even if they sacrifice dozens or hundreds of people.
Even if there is no chance, they will wait for opportunities and create opportunities.
Entering Chencang, Wang Ding personally cremated the bodies of Wang Ling and others.
Put their ashes into clay pots with your own hands, and hang their nameplates on the clay pots.
Han Sui, Fan Chou and others also hurried over when they heard that Wang Ding was assassinated on the road.
I felt relieved after making sure that Wang Ding was not injured.
Wang Ding did not leave him alive and did not interrogate the old man. In Chencang Road, the only people who wanted to assassinate him were Zhang Lu and Liu Yan.
Liu Yan is more likely. Zhang Lu just occupied Hanzhong. It is unlikely that he has dead soldiers who have been trained for many years.
On the contrary, Liu Yan saw that the world was going to be in chaos ten years ago, so he chose Yizhou as a peaceful place.
Moreover, in order to take sole control of Yizhou, he also specifically suggested that Emperor Ling restore the state pastoral system.
Regardless of whether it is Liu Yan or not, Wang will definitely bear this grudge on Liu Yan.
After he captures Hanzhong, his next target will be Yizhou.
A dozen clay pots are placed in Wang Ding's temporary residence in Chencang.
Thirty thousand civilians, as well as the 10,000 soldiers left behind in Chencang, were all sent out.
Not going to Wudu, but repairing Chencang Road.
Wang is determined to renovate this small road on Chencang Road.
After filling in the potholes, we need to widen the road two feet so that grain trucks can pass normally.
Whether it is for the Battle of Hanzhong or for future traffic, there is nothing wrong with widening and smoothing this road.
Forty thousand people, some dug earth, some dug rocks, and some carried earth and rocks in bamboo baskets to fill the potholes on the road.
Starting from Chencang, it goes all the way to Sanguan, which is more than a hundred miles long.
Earth and rocks were mined from the mountains on both sides. If the roads were not wide enough, they were widened and the mountains were demolished. All the ditches and ravines on the sides were filled in.
The peasants did not complain, because Wang Ding gave them an extra wage.
If you come to build roads now, you can get one hundred dollars a day.
Although the big man's money is becoming less and less valuable now, he can still buy things.
Wang Ding only has two requirements for the road: it must be smooth enough and wide enough.
It is convenient for the passage of grain trucks and the passage of large armies.
After this war is over, this road can also become a road for caravans.
There are few exchanges between Yizhou and Guanzhong. It is just that the road between the two places is too dangerous and difficult to pass.
Building roads is difficult and slow, but it can be done slowly.
Repair a hundred feet today, repair a hundred feet tomorrow, there will always be a time when you can repair it.
The power of 40,000 people is huge.
You can build more than a hundred feet in one day.
Five miles of road can be built in a day.
There are also some people who are responsible for delivering food.
They only worked five hours a day, so Wang Ding didn't squeeze them too much.
During the hottest time at noon, you rest for an hour. There are only four hours of real work.
In order to prevent anyone from being overworked, Wang Ding sent some soldiers to observe along the way. If there were any who were weak, let them rest first.
Regardless of whether you are a soldier or a civilian, you must have enough to eat every day, and you can eat a mouthful of meat at lunch.
More than 40,000 people are building roads every day, and their food and grass consumption has doubled.
Wang Ding felt more and more that there was not enough food and grass.
If you don't build roads and don't work, no matter whether you are a soldier or a civilian, you only need to drink a bowl of gruel and a bowl of pickles for every meal. Basically it is enough, and you can get through it in one day.
But if you have to work, or do physical work, it won’t work.
If you don’t eat enough, you have no energy, your efficiency is slow, and you are easily injured.
Maybe while carrying a rock, his body suddenly went weak and he hurt himself.
This is true for almost all armies. During wartime, they eat three meals a day, and they are full every meal. During non-wartime, they eat two meals a day, and they eat half full at most.
This year is a bumper harvest, and the farming system has begun this year. Wang Ding has harvested a lot of grain and grass.
Although the consumption is very high now, Wang Ding can still hold on.
Waiting until next year, the food and grass obtained will definitely be more.
There is no efficient mechanization, but it also allows Wang Ding to see the power of human beings.
Foolish Old Man moves mountains, leaving no one with hope.
However, 40,000 people worked together, and Chencang Road was visibly widened and leveled.
In some places, wooden bridges have been specially built to make it easier to pass.
Every day, Wang Ding followed the soldiers and civilians to build roads in the mountains and build bridges in the rivers.
The food he eats every day is the same as that of soldiers and civilians.
In the morning, there is a bowl of rice and a stack of pickles. At noon, there is a large bowl of rice with a piece of pork on top of the stack of pickles. In the evening, there is another bowl of rice and a stack of pickles.
If one bowl is not enough, you can have a second bowl. There is no limit to this.
Even if each person only needs one piece of pork per day, with more than 40,000 people, hundreds of pigs must be killed every day.