Chapter 152, the Xianbei people who detonated the contradiction
The soldiers brought by Luri Deduction began to waver after hearing these words. The common people who were still oppressed by the wealth of the Han Dynasty wanted to rebel. The oppression in the cold grassland was even stronger. The tribal leaders had everything, but the Xianbei herdsmen at the bottom really had nothing. On the grassland,
They are the first to die when any disaster occurs, and their sense of crisis is also the strongest! According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, the grasslands have long been full of rebellious herdsmen.
But the reality is not, because the tribal leader of the Xianbei people has a very simple and effective way to solve the food crisis, which is to rob the big man. If he robs the tribe, he will have enough material to survive the winter. If he does not rob, the population will be consumed.
Crisis can be overcome.
Moreover, the political ecology of the grassland is like the enfeoffment system in the Western Middle Ages. Each small tribe is a small knighthood, and the larger tribes are counts and duchies. Such fragmented territories make it difficult for a large number of rebellious herdsmen to emerge.
In addition, conflicts between tribes will also consume the population, so no herdsmen rebellion has been heard of in the grasslands for thousands of years.
Of course, the biggest flaw of this system is that with constant wars, it is difficult to increase the population. The population of this grassland has not increased much for thousands of years.
But now Xu Wei used the method of dividing cattle and sheep to ignite the upper-lower conflicts among the Xianbei people, and they could not seize enough by robbing Mayi. Xu Wei led the army to support the lower-level herdsmen, which completely broke the balance on the grassland.
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The Xianbei people hesitated as soon as they listened to Xu Wei's propaganda, because what Xu Wei propagandized was all facts, and it was what these people had personally experienced.
Since if they defeat the enemy, they can only survive at best, but if they are defeated by the enemy, they can be allocated cattle and sheep, pastures, and wives. Anyone with a normal IQ will know how to choose!
Not only do these Xianbei soldiers not want to fight with Xu Wei, but they are also eager to attack their leader. After all, due to the cruel oppression of the desert, many people here have hatred against their leader. But in the past, the leader was more powerful, so they could only
Suppress this hatred, and now that someone is helping, this hatred can no longer be suppressed.
Luri discovered that his warriors were undercurrent, and shouted loudly: "Don't listen to the nonsense of the Han people. This is all their tricks. The Han people just want to kill all us Xianbei people and occupy our grasslands!"
But Xu Wei came out and laughed and said: "What we are saying is the truth. The richest land in your grassland is not as good as the poorest county in the Han Dynasty. I have nothing to eat and occupy your grassland, and kill all you Xianbei people. What you are saying is
lie!"
Then he shouted to the Xianbei troops: "Xianbei warriors, you raise the cattle and sheep on the grassland. Who has ever seen that tribal leader grazing, but they occupied all the cattle and sheep and raised
You who have cattle and sheep, but you don’t have any cattle and sheep of your own, don’t you want to get back your cattle and sheep, your own wealth! What are you waiting for? Kill these leaders, and you can take back your own cattle and sheep.”
The Xianbei soldiers thought about it and looked at their companions. Apparently they wanted to join Xu Wei, but they did not dare to take the lead after being oppressed for a long time!
At this time, the Xianbei people who were arranged by Xu Wei to come over to speak told their own situation to the soldiers on the opposite side. They had thousands of acres of small pasture, more than a dozen cattle and sheep, their own wooden houses, and even
With his own wife, he will go to Mayi to work when he is free. These are propagandists specially arranged by Xu Wei. They are all veteran members who have lived in Mayi for more than two years. Their living standards are completely
The small landowners who are comparable to the big Han people have a standard of living that only the leaders can achieve on the grasslands.
It is these daily trivial matters that increase the credibility of these words. They found that life was so happy after dividing cattle and sheep, and the Xianbei warriors showed envy.
Wang Ge, who was on the side, looked at Xu Wei's plan and sighed: "Qu Shuai's plan is so clever. The Xianbei people opposite have no intention of fighting anymore."
Xu Wei said with a smile: "This is called the one who wins the hearts of the people. The leader of the Xianbei people treats his compatriots as slaves, and I give them a new life and let them live like one person. As long as a normal person knows what to do,
How to choose!"
"Tuoba Gui, give back my sister's life!" At this time, a Xianbei warrior suddenly slashed at his leader with a sword. The leader did not expect that he would be hacked to death by his own tribe, so he was so surprised.
Look at him!
The other soldiers also looked at this warrior who violently killed people in shock, and they didn't know what to do for a moment!
The leader on the side discovered this and said angrily: "How dare you kill your own leader! Soldiers from the Chishui tribe will kill him for me!"
The soldier didn't just wait to die, but quickly left the queue and ran towards Xu Wei!
But their actions instantly caused a commotion among the entire Xianbei tribe!
Xu Wei discovered this God-given opportunity and shouted: "Everyone attack! Kill!"
The 30,000 soldiers around Xu Wei followed Xu Wei and shouted: "Kill!"
Luri Deyan shouted: "Everyone, please don't mess up. The enemy is coming. Line up and prepare to meet the enemy!"
But the Xianbei people were completely demoralized. When they saw Xu Wei's cavalry charging towards them, most of them just wanted to run for their lives and were not prepared to fight at all!
Therefore, the louder Luri’s deduction was, the more chaotic the Xianbei people’s military formation became!
"Kill!" Xu Wei led 30,000 cavalry into the Xianbei army formation, and crushed the Xianbei army with one charge. At this time, the Xianbei people either dropped their swords and raised their hands to surrender, or turned around and ran away, completely losing their upper hand.
The Xianbei people showed their tenacity when fighting Xu Wei for the first time. At this time, the Xianbei people were completely in disarray and had no fighting power at all.
When Luri's guards saw the Xianbei people, they collapsed at the first touch and shouted: "Commander, Marshal, everyone has escaped, let's escape too! Let's go back to the tribe and gather the warriors to fight the Thunder Lord again."
But Luri Demo said crazily: "I am the Western Master of the Xianbei people. Others can escape without fighting, but I can't. If you have the guts, just follow me and kill! I can't spare you Lei Gong, kill him!"
After saying that, he waved his sword and rushed towards Xu Wei!
This defeat was too cowardly. His army was defeated before the battle started. Luri was not convinced by the deduction and wanted to settle the score with Xu Wei!
When his personal guards saw the crazy Luri deduction, except for a few who escaped, the other personal guards followed Luri's deduction and rushed towards Xu Wei!
Wang Ge looked at Cong Xiang's Luri deduction and the others and sneered: "It's just like a mantis trying to act like a chariot, not overestimating one's own capabilities!"
Wang Yong rushed forward with thousands of cavalry!
"Ding, ding, ding!" After a hand-to-hand attack, all of Luri's bodyguards were killed. Only Luri's bodyguard rushed out, but he continued to charge towards Xu Wei!
At this time, even Xu Wei was shocked as Lu Ri deduced: "The best way to deal with such a warrior is to die on the battlefield! Kill him with a crossbow!"
Wang Ge commanded the crossbowmen to aim at Luri and perform the drill.
"put!"
"Whoosh!" Hundreds of long arrows hit Luri, and his horse instantly fell to the ground. He himself also fell down after being hit by dozens of arrows!
However, Lüri deduced that the commander died in battle, and the Xianbei people had no more resisters. More than 30,000 of the 40,000-strong army surrendered, and several thousand people escaped!
Xu Wei asked people to gather the captured Xianbei soldiers together, and then walked up to them and said: "My name is Lei Gong. I think you all know me. I always keep my word. Since I said I will take you to divide the cattle and sheep."
, divide the pasture and divide the wife, you will definitely do what you say!"
"Now, if any of you tell me where your tribe is, I will take people to do justice to you and take back all your cattle and sheep!"
At this time, a Xianbei man shouted: "My tribe is less than 30 miles away from here, I can take you there!"
Xu Wei immediately asked: "How many people are there in your tribe and how many warriors are there?"
Xianbei said: "My tribe has thousands of people, but most of the tribe's warriors are here!"
Xu Wei said to him: "You summon the warriors of your tribe and I will send 500 soldiers to help you. Do you have the confidence to kill your leader and take back your own cattle and sheep?"
The Xianbei soldier said firmly: "I have confidence!"
Xu Wei continued: "Then I will send people to help you divide the pastures and divide the cattle and sheep. In the future, you can go to Mayi to sell your excess cattle and sheep to me. You can also go to Mayi to spend the winter. I swear to God, it will be fair."
Treat you!"
When the Xianbei warrior heard this, he cut his forehead with a small dagger and said excitedly: "From now on, our Baihua Tribe will definitely follow Commander Lei Gong's lead! Commander Thunder Gong is our god!"
Then this Xianbei warrior gathered the people of his tribe and also led Xu Wei's Yiqu subordinates to advance towards his tribe.
With this example, Xianbei soldiers expressed their willingness to lead the way to Xu Wei, and Xu Wei's 30,000 troops followed these Xianbei soldiers to their tribe.
First arrest the tribal leaders, and then summon all the tribes to publicly try them and tell them about their crimes. In a harsh place like the desert, killing individuals is too common. Only by publicly trying each tribal leader will he be a heinous person.
After being denounced by his tribe for a while, he was hanged by Xu Wei's people!
Xu Wei's people then divided these areas into cattle, sheep, and pasture according to Mayi's method. Basically, every herdsman could be assigned a dozen cattle and sheep and thousands of acres of grassland, and they were taught how to pile silage fodder.
Teach them how to shear sheep and tell them the price of wool in Mayi, so that they can understand the wealth involved.
And these herdsmen also received their own wealth for the first time in their lives with a smile. Many herdsmen shed tears of excitement and prayed to the Changsheng Heaven to bless Xu Wei for a long life!
Through this battle, Xu Wei discovered the paper tiger characteristics of the Xianbei people. He simply targeted the Xianbei people on the grassland. If he wanted to solve the wool problem, the Hetao Plain became a place that Xu Wei had to master, so Xu Wei
Wei decided to send troops to Hetao and completely occupy the four counties of Hetao.
By dividing cattle, sheep and pasture, Xu Wei gained the allegiance of the Xianbei people. The 30,000 cavalrymen he came to Yunzhong County beat more and more. Every time he defeated a group of Xianbei soldiers, he would take back a large number of cavalry, waiting for him
When he occupied Shuofang County, his cavalry army already numbered 80,000.
At the same time, Xu Wei also completely defeated the Xianbei tribe in the west, surrendered and captured 200,000 Xianbei people. It can be said that the entire western Xianbei tribe was severely weakened and did not dare to approach the Heshuo area again!
After Xu Wei's move of beating the chiefs and dividing their cattle and sheep, he not only occupied the four counties of Heshuo, but also thousands of miles of grassland in the surrounding areas. He also had more than 200,000 herdsmen in his hands. It is obviously difficult to apply to the situation in the desert.
It is managed by the Han system.
But this did not stump Xu Wei. The history books gave him enough guidance. The Jin people’s system of conquering men, the Mongols’ system of captains of ten thousand men, and of course the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty. These systems can all be applied.
On the grassland.
After thinking for a while, Xu Wei decided to use the decimal system of ten thousand captains. This is simple and easy to understand and suitable for today's Mayi.
A small settlement was set up for every 100 households, and a centurion was arranged to manage them in a militarized manner. They would graze and harvest wool during normal times, and follow Xu Wei to fight in times of war.
Above that, the chief of 1,000 households is equivalent to the township-level administrative unit of Dahan, and the chief of 10,000 households is the official county-level unit of Dahan. In this way, only about 100,000 household chiefs can be arranged to manage these thousands of miles of grassland.
Xu Wei implemented the settlement system on the grassland. The mobility of herdsmen is too strong. Only by allowing them to settle down can management be facilitated. Green storage fodder is the prerequisite technology for the herdsmen to settle down. With green storage fodder, the herdsmen can
No need to settle with aquatic plants!
At the same time, Xu Wei also changed his strategy. Originally, he only wanted to farm in Mayi to benefit from the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty. But now that he has defeated the chiefs on the grassland and divided the cattle and sheep, he naturally has to strike while the iron is hot.
And he also feels that this strategy is not too bad. Some time ago, the number of looms in Mayi has exceeded 60,000, and it is still increasing rapidly. It is expected that the number will reach 100,000 this year. Soon he will have
We are worried about raw materials. If we direct Mayi's attack on the grassland, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving Mayi an additional raw material origin and commodity market?
But it is easy to occupy the Hetao, but it is difficult to control the Hetao, especially since Mayi is only 2,000 miles away from Shuofang County, which is far away from the core of Xu Wei's rule.
Xu Wei took out a book and said to Wang Lei: "I appoint you as the governor of Shuofang County and leave you a battalion of cavalry! What you have to do in Shuofang is to manage the desert, reclaim the land, and deal with the conflict between Hu and Han. At the same time,
Help Mayi raise enough wool! Controlling the desert is particularly important, and I have written all the methods for controlling the desert in this book!"
What is recorded in this book are some methods of governing Shuofang County written by Xu Wei based on what he has seen in the past few days and the experience of later generations!
As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Hetao area began to open canals to divert water and develop agriculture. In the Western Han Dynasty, in the second year of Yuanshuo (127 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Wei Qing to "go from the west of Yunzhong to Longxi to attack Hu Zhiloufan, and the Aries King came to Henan
, so he took the land of Henan and occupied "Hejian", that is, Hetao.
Then the minister Zhu Fu Yan reported to Emperor Wu, "I have said that the land in Shuo Fang is fertile, and the river outside is blocked. The city of Mengtian is used to drive out the Xiongnu. The inland provinces are transferred to garrison canals, and the country is wide. This is the basis for destroying the Hu." Emperor Wu accepted this suggestion.
, that year, Shuofang County and Wuyuan County (in the west of today's Baotou) were established. Later, Xihe County was established in the fourth year of Yuanshuo (125 BC). There are also Yunzhong County, Dingxiang County, Beidi and Shangjun in the Hetao Plain.
The north also extends to the Hetao area.
Emperor Wu also established counties under the county, and the number once reached 90. At that time, people diverted the Yellow River for irrigation, and local agriculture developed rapidly and the economy prospered. In the Han Dynasty, the Hetao was Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, and Dingxiang County.
As well as Beidi, the northern part of Shangjun and the Hexi part of Xihe County, they belong to the Shuofang Governor's Department.
The current defeat is not only due to the decline of the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also to the fact that the place had to be abandoned due to the invasion of the barbarians. It is also related to excessive cultivation.
Nowadays, less than half of the entire Hetao Plain is desert. Deserts and Gobi also appear in Yunzhong County and Wuyuan County. Because of the barren land, a large number of Han people had to flee back to the interior. The decrease in the number of Han people also gave rise to the influence of the Hu people.
As it grew stronger, the Han people eventually withdrew from the area.
Therefore, if you want to occupy the Hetao area, you must find a way to control the desert. Otherwise, even if it is reclaimed again, these fields will still be swallowed up by the desert, and eventually the area will be abandoned by the Han people.
Wang Lei looked happy. He didn't expect that he could guard one side by himself. "Shuai Qu, I will definitely not betray your trust!"
As for Wuyuan County and Yunzhong County, Xu Wei later returned to Mayi and discussed with everyone before making a decision.