Xu Wei looked at Duan Peng and said: "This battle is the time for your armored heavy cavalry to become famous all over the world. You must fight hard!"
Duan Peng, who was only twenty years old this year, was at his most energetic. When he heard Xu Wei motivating him like this, he immediately said: "My subordinates will definitely not let Qu Shuai down, and they will definitely behead the Xiongnu Chanyu."
Make him handsome!"
Xu Wei laughed loudly when he heard this and said: "I didn't expect you to have such great ambitions. Not satisfied with beheading the Xianbei Khan, you also want to behead the Xiongnu Chanyu. Well, I'll wait for you to realize this."
promise!"
Others also laughed, but they didn't take it to heart. They were extremely lucky to be able to cut off He Lian's head. Such an opportunity was rare. They didn't think Duan Peng would have such a good opportunity.
Chance!"
Xu Wei continued to ask: "Wang Ge, how many troops do you think we need to prepare for this battle?"
Wang Ge thought for a while and said: "It is enough to recruit 100,000 people, of which 50,000 cavalry are recruited from herdsmen from all over the country, and 50,000 infantry are recruited from farmers in Mayi. In addition, our 40,000 standing army is enough to deal with the coalition forces of Xianbei and Huns. No more.
If there are too many, even if we have rail carriages to transport grain and grass in Mayi, the logistics will not be able to keep up!"
There is no guarantee that Wang Ge will hit anywhere this time. It is okay within the scope of the Tengjia Army. There is a rail track in Mayi, which can save a lot of manpower in transporting grain and grass. However, if he enters the territory of the Huns or goes 2,000 miles to Shuofang
, the logistics to maintain this army may exceed 300,000 people, which is almost the limit of Mayi's manpower.
"The army can be divided into two routes. One route will go from Mayi to Wuzhou, and then support Luo County. The other route will go to Dingxiang County, and then support Jiling. With our strength in Mayi, as long as we push across, the Huns will be defeated.
There is no doubt that the people will be defeated, and the Huns even risked their own death and came to the north bank of the Yellow River. As long as we cut off the Huns' escape route with water divisions, they will not even have a place to escape!"
No wonder Wang Ke was so confident. The attack had been developing for more than a year, and Mayi had made great progress in all aspects. Not to mention, there were 50,000 pieces of armor alone. If these soldiers stood and were cut by the Huns, they might not be able to move.
Although the remaining soldiers do not have iron armor, they are all equipped with ceramic armor. The defensive power of such armor is two or three times higher than that of leather armor, and the weapons of these soldiers are all steel knives that have been refined for more than a hundred times. If the weapons have levels,
The weapons of the soldiers in Mayi were all of the highest grade, but the Huns were not even 100% satisfied with leather armor, and the sabers in their hands were only broken iron swords. Wang Ge really couldn't think of the possibility of the Tengjia Army failing!
Not to mention the advantages of weapons and equipment. It can be said that there is a generation gap between the weapons and equipment of Mayi and the Huns. Mayi no longer talks about one Han fighting against Wu Hu, but I want to fight ten!
Xu Wei also felt that he was not a big success in farming, but he was still a small success. He should let these Huns see the power of his farming style!
Xu Wei said to Zhang Baiqi, Wang Laohan and other senior officials in Mayi: "Mayi will enter a wartime state starting today. All affairs will focus on the war against the Huns. I will leave the logistics of the Tengjia Army to you!"
"Subordinates and others will definitely not hold back the Tengjia Army!" Ma Yi has entered wartime more than once, and Zhang Baiqi and the others are very familiar with it.
Then Xu Wei said to Wang Yong and others: "The army is divided into two groups, the left and right. They will be assembled in Mayi. I will be the commander to deal with the Huns in Luo County. They will be assembled in Shanwu City. Wang Yong will be the commander of the army to deal with Ji.
The Huns in Ling County.”
Wang Yong said in surprise: "My subordinates will definitely not disappoint Qu Shuai!"
The next day, when the Mayi tribe started a new day, everyone was surprised to find that there were many soldiers on the streets.
At the gate of the Mayi arsenal, groups of soldiers took out the weapons, armor, crossbows and long arrows inside, and then piled them all on carriages and sent them to various military camps in Mayi! The carriages transporting weapons were lined up on the streets of Mayi.
The long queue marched towards becoming a military camp.
After reading the notice, the tribesmen in Mayi learned that the Huns and Xianbei alliance had come to attack their Tengjia Army. The tribesmen who knew the news were furious: "Kill these Huns!"
"Hey! I didn't remember that you were a Huns!" A member of the tribe laughed.
"I am an upright Han Chinese. If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you!"
"You still have time to quarrel, so hurry up and join the army now. If it's too late, you won't be able to choose!"
At this time, the onlookers rushed to the military camps in various places!
To say that the job in Mayi is the most enviable, it must be the soldiers in Mayi. They have high income and good food. They are the only group in Mayi that can eat meat every day. This alone has made the entire country
Everyone in the city was envious because his wartime income could be doubled, and he also had abundant spoils of war.
In the last battle with the Xianbei people, all the soldiers who participated were given one horse and two oxen, and even the transporters were given a few sheep. In recent years, Mayi's foreign wars have been victorious, and even
Even the casualties were not large, which naturally aroused everyone's enthusiasm for joining the army. People in this era are used to seeing death, but they don't care about death. One gamble can earn them more than ten years of income. In this era, the attraction is huge!
However, most of the tribesmen in Mayi City will be disappointed when they go to the military camp, because during the war, it is even more important to ensure the production of Mayi's military industry, so it is naturally impossible to recruit these workers!
Mayi's political decrees were distributed to every village in Mayi!
Mayi, Beixiang, Team A!
Captain Wang Wu summoned all the people in Team A and said: "The damn Xianbei and Huns don't want us to live a good life, and they want to rob us of Mayi's wealth. Now Commander Qu has recruited everyone to join the army. We have 200 people in Team A."
If you are willing to register for a quota, come and register with me!"
Zhu Min shouted: "How can 200 be enough? We have more than 3,000 people in Team A, and there are more than 500 young and strong people alone. Captain, you didn't help us get more places for Team A!"
Wang Wu said angrily: "Zhu Min, why are you everywhere? Now we are going to fight. You think you are going to have fun, but people will die!"
Zhu Mindao said: "Our Tengjia army has won every battle. The Huns and Xianbei people don't care. I will definitely grab a few cattle and sheep from this expedition."
Wang Wu was furious and said: "Everything captured by the Tengjia Army must be attributed. If you behave like this on the battlefield, you will be beheaded. You should not go, so as not to embarrass our Team A!"
Zhu Min immediately wailed: "Captain, let me just say this. I am also an old member of the Tengjia Army. I don't know that everything captured will be returned to the public. What I just meant was the loot given to us by the Tengjia Army!"
Others laughed and said: "Captain, this Zhu Min has always been intolerant of hardship and loves to work. In order to prevent him from losing face to our team A, let's just let him stay in the team!"
Zhu Min said angrily: "How can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air!"
Seeing this noisy scene, Wang Wu shouted, "Don't make any noise, everyone will draw lots to decide. Those who win will go, and those who don't win will stay in the team to manage the fields!"
So more than 500 young and middle-aged men from Team A went up to draw lots. Those who were drawn were overjoyed, but Zhu Min was among them. Those who were not drawn were dejected. After all, they had lost a plan to make a fortune.
Wang Wu shook his head helplessly when he saw everyone. He had also experienced several fierce battles and knew that the battlefield was not as beautiful as they imagined.
But it is human nature to be indolent and indolent. These people of his are willing to risk their lives to fight a war, rather than work sincerely and hard for 10 years to accumulate wealth.
On the second day.
The wives of the entire team A began to silently prepare their husbands for the hard work of going out. The parents at home also helped their sons, prepared dry food, gave them some money, and told them to be careful on the battlefield and not to lose their lives.
This kind of mobilization spread throughout the countryside around Mayi. Each brigade sent hundreds to dozens of troops to report to the military camp in Mayi. These crowds soon gathered into a long river in the military camp outside Mayi.
The tribesmen in Mayi are not unfamiliar with this. There are such military operations almost every year. They still retain the tradition of military training in winter, not to mention that Mayi has been fighting every year in the past few years. Everyone has become accustomed to it.
They will send their husbands and fathers away, and when they return they will bring rich loot. If they are lucky, they can stay in the army and become professional soldiers.
Professional soldiers are a very honorable profession in Mayi. Not only do they have high incomes, but they can also become officials in Mayi even if they are injured and retire. Just like Wang Wu, the captain of Team A, he can manage Team A with 3,000 people.
He is already a Qiangfu and a glorious junior official. For ordinary people, this is a step to the sky.
And it would be even more incredible if you have achieved military exploits and become an officer. Just like Duan Peng from Xianbei, a poor man who was lucky enough to kill the Xianbei Khan and his company on the battlefield suddenly became a leader of Mayi.
Xiaowei became one of the few high-ranking officials in Mayi. Every tribe in Mayi followed Duan Peng as an example. Duan Peng was the representative of Mayi's dream.
Xu Wei certainly didn't know that he originally wanted to use Duan Peng as a role model for the Hu people, but Duan Peng accidentally became a role model for the entire Mayi tribe. Duan Peng's deeds are so inspiring. Although it is difficult to repeat, it is
But it is what they think they can do. No one would think that they are inferior to a poor boy from Xianbei. What they lack is just a trace of luck, so Duan Peng has a very strong sense of belonging among the ordinary tribesmen.
Although there are many ways to achieve class leaps in Mayi, such as inventing new tools to become a master craftsman, and farming well and harvesting well, you can also become a power field. This year's autumn harvest, Mayi selected 800 more power fields. After they were trained, they were also the last
A captain, but these are all technically difficult and difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
Joining the army is the easiest way to achieve it, and ordinary people in Mayi are willing to risk their lives for a bright future!
In addition to the countryside of Mayi, in the pastures around Mayi, after a herdsman learned about the recruitment order of the Tengjia Army, all the surrounding tribes became excited. Many herdsmen even jumped up when they heard the news!
They like war more than the tribesmen of Mayi!
For the accumulation of wealth, herding is far inferior to farming and working, and most of the herdsmen who took refuge in Xu Wei only knew how to herd.
Moreover, working in Mayi is not something they like. As long as they really can't make it, they would rather laze in the sun on the grassland than go to work. There is no way around it. This is the undisciplined nature of herdsmen.
It's unbearable.
The herdsmen were not as wealthy as the tribesmen of Mayi, so they naturally wanted to surpass them militarily. Not to mention that Mayi had rich trophies, and everyone who went to war had a share. From this point of view, the herdsmen were excited.
Lei Gong is more generous than any leader on the grassland.
Especially after Duan Peng became the captain of Mayi, the herdsmen became even more excited. Lei Gong was really a great hero who did not discriminate against us Hu people at all. The emperor of the Han people was not even willing to give us money, but Lei Gong could let them do it.
Sir, these herdsmen have long been waiting to gain wealth on the battlefield.
So after they saw the recruitment order of the Tengjia Army, many of them took out their treasured weapons and shouted: "The men of the grassland should gain wealth on the saber!"
These words really touched the hearts of the herdsmen, and everyone cheered!
At this time, the tribe elder came out and said: "Commander Lei Gong has issued a recruitment order. Anyone who wants to make contributions can go, but don't embarrass our tribe!"
Xu Wei managed these tribes just like in the countryside. After having silage fodder, the herdsmen who came to Mayi no longer had to nomadic. In fact, they did not like nomadic herding, and the brick houses were much warmer than their tents. After settling down,
Various daily necessities are also easily available, and they can also go to Mayi to visit, so now the herdsmen are very loyal to the commander-in-chief Lei Gong.
One of Xu Wei's most important reforms to the herdsmen was the abolition of slavery and the tribal chief system. Now the tribes in Mayi are managed by clan elders, similar to the three elders of the Han Dynasty.
Xu Wei only paid a little food every month, but the cloth gained the loyalty of these clan elders. He was grateful to Xu Wei for giving them their current status and life. You must know that on the grassland, old people like them could hardly survive 40 years.
Years old, the first people to die in a natural disaster are the elderly, so they can save food. Those who have the habit of respecting and caring for the elderly are only big men in this beautiful blue star so far!
"Don't worry, clan elder, we will definitely kill all the enemies of Commander Lei Gong and protect our wealth!"
Now these herdsmen naturally regard Mayi as their own city, and the wealth of Mayi is also their wealth!
The clan elder said happily: "Go to Mayi and protect Commander Lei Gong. You must also establish military exploits so that our Baihua Tribe can produce a captain like Duan Peng. Commander Lei Gong is a rare hero in the world. As long as you
If you can establish meritorious deeds, he will promote you. You must follow Duan Peng as an example, and you must also become a high-level leader in Mayi and go to the meeting hall in Mayi!"
"We will definitely do it!" Then the herdsmen, armed with sabers, rode their horses all the way to Pingcheng and Qiangyin counties to gather. Then, under the leadership of Pingcheng and Qiangyin captains, these cavalrymen gathered in Shanwucheng in a mighty manner.
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At the same time, the whole of Mayi was mobilizing, but one group was silently observing Mayi's actions. They were the Han merchant groups in Mayi.
Mayi is a commercial city with the largest number of merchants and caravans in the entire northern Xinjiang.
On the top floor of a hot pot restaurant, all the big businessmen in Mayi gathered here to observe the military operations in Mayi!
Zhen An looked at the rigorous teams and sighed: "The strength of the Tengjia Army is really getting stronger and stronger. Just one Mayi can recruit an army of 100,000, and half of it can be covered with iron armor. Even the imperial court
None of them have such wealth!"
Zhen An was not only the first merchant to come from Mayi, but also the merchant who had the best friendship with Xu Wei. He naturally became the leader of the Hu Han merchants in Mayi. Everyone was willing to come to Zhen An to find out the news.
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"Who let Lei Gong have a lot of valuable goods in his hands, and an industrial area with tens of thousands of people? A single piece of woolen cloth is enough to feed such an army. They say that the emperor is rich all over the world, but look at how poor the imperial court has become in these years.
The Marquis of Guan Nei has all been taken out and sold, which shows how poor the emperor is. In my opinion, this Lei Gong should be the richest man in the world!" Tian Zhong said with a smile.
He is the commercial manager of the Tian family in Youzhou. Youzhou and Mayi drink the water of the Sanggan River together. After confirming that Lei Gong does not want to rob and kill people like other mountain kings, noble families from all over Youzhou send caravans to the entrance of Mayi.
Goods, and various livestock, timber, and even struvite from Youzhou are all needed by Mayi. It can be said that the connection between Mayi and Youzhou is now stronger than that of Bingzhou. After all, there is a Sanggan River waterway connecting the two places.
, which is much larger than the transportation volume by land!
After Zhang Chun launched the rebellion, a large number of refugees flocked to Mayi. After several years of contact, some aristocrats even felt reassured about Xu Wei's character and actually led their families to come to Mayi to escape the war. Therefore,
As Youzhou becomes more chaotic, Mayi becomes more prosperous.
"It's a pity that this war will cost us a lot of money! I don't know what's going on now. The entire northern Han Dynasty is on fire, and wars are happening everywhere. Our business can no longer be done!" Gongsun Fu said with a bitter smile.
He is the business manager of the Gongsun family, and the Gongsun family happens to be at the center of this war. Now in the entire Youzhou, the Han army, Zhang Chun's rebels, and the Wuwan people are fighting, and the family's wealth can be said to be very low. As long as
They only retained some after fleeing to Mayi. For these merchants, they still liked peace, but now when Mayi is at war, they can't even do business on the grasslands.
"Brother, you sold all your silk at a high price. You must have made a lot of money!"
As soon as these words came out, all the businessmen who came out were envious of Zhen An. He brought 100,000 pieces of silk, all of which were bought by Xu Wei and used to make silk inner armor. Moreover, Zhen An was the only silk manufacturer in Mayi.
Suppliers, and the silk that Mayi needs, as long as it is thick, doesn't matter. Every year Zhen An goes to the south to get cheap silk in exchange for Mayi's woolen cloth, and he makes a lot of money.
Zhen An smiled and said: "I don't make much money. Now the big men are fighting everywhere, so it's good to have something to eat!"
Gongsun Fu smiled bitterly and said: "Brother is still making money, but we have almost lost all our family property! It's better that brothers are so powerful that they can have a relationship with Commander Lei Gong! We can't!"
Zhen An said: "Brother Wei came here just for this matter. What do you think of the business environment here in Mayi?"
Xian Yuying said with a smile: "It's much better than the big man. The Leigong Canal is strictly managed. Officials in Mayi don't dare to take bribes. Moreover, tracks and roads are built in Mayi. As long as you enter Mayi, it will be much more convenient to transport goods. Sometimes I really
I wish Lei Gong Qushuai had taken over Youzhou. The people in Mayi have a high income. No matter what kind of goods we transport to Mayi, they can be sold out quickly. And Mayi also has an industrial zone, and the goods in Mayi are easy to transport.
You can make a lot of money. I have been in business for decades and found that there is no place in the world that is better than Mayi to make money!"
Zhen An smiled and said: "Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, it looks like the end of the dynasty, but Mayi is prospering. Haven't you ever thought of settling in Mayi?"
Tanaka was surprised and said: "Brother, how come you have such an idea? Although Lei Gong promised a lot of money, he was still able to control his subordinates. It can even be said that he did it better than the big man. But Lei Gong killed nobles and powerful men. Look at what Lei Gong did in Wei County.
As it happened, all the noble families in Wei County were killed, and Yanmen County was almost the same. As long as the noble families who did not escape were all killed by Lei Gong! Aren't you afraid that Lei Gong would kill all the Zhen family as well!"
Zhen An smiled and said: "I have been dating Lei Gong for several years. I know that Lei Gong does not kill innocent people indiscriminately. He kills noble families mainly for land. Our family is not close to Lei Gong's territory. What should we fear? We really wait for Lei Gong to lead the army.
Come to our family, with our family’s strength, trying to resist Thunder Lord’s army is nothing more than a mantis’ arm acting as a chariot, we might as well hand over the land and join Thunder Lord so that we can at least save the family!”
Everyone present was stunned. Land was their lifeblood. Although nobles and nobles in this era also engaged in business, and the profit from business was greater than that from land, and it was normal to do it twice as much, but doing business was risky after all, and they could be robbed by bandits and horse thieves.
, a natural disaster occurred and the entire caravan was wiped out, but land is an industry with no risk at all, so everyone will desperately annex the land.
Guo Yuan asked: "Isn't it the same when we do business in Mayi now?"
Guo Yuan is the steward of the Guo family in Bingzhou. Yes, don't look at the wealthy nobles in Bingzhou shouting and killing Xu Wei, but private business contacts have not been cut off. Even because they have suffered heavy losses on the land, they have to use business to make up for it.
Of course, even if they earn a lot of wealth in Mayi, this cannot change their hatred of Lei Gong!
Zhen An sighed and said: "Although we make money by helping Mayi sell goods, after all, we still don't make as much money as opening a factory in Mayi. The income is stable! All the caravans in Mayi make less than 2 billion a year.
, and the money earned by a textile factory in Mayi is probably more than 5 billion, and the daily income is probably no more than that! But all the machinery in the Mayi factory is kept secret from outsiders like us, and we have no access to it at all.
And if you want to get in touch with these machines, you must obviously become one of Lei Gong's!"