Xu Wei is not a novice who has just come to this world. He thought that the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang were the most powerful. But now he knows that the most powerful general of the Han Dynasty in this era is Huangfu Song.
He has never been defeated since his debut. He is a genius general! The combat effectiveness of his 100,000 troops is completely different from that of Liu Bei's 100,000 troops.
To give the simplest example, Liu Bei has fought all his life, but apart from having a slight chance of winning against the Yellow Turban Army, he has never won any battle in half his life!
Failure is the mother of success, which is perfectly reflected in Liu Bei. It is these defeats that have tempered Liu Bei's military talents. Liu Bei became a late bloomer after coming to Jingzhou, and then transformed into a famous general who won more than lost.
, and finally defeated Cao Cao, his strongest enemy, in the Battle of Hanzhong. This was considered Liu Bei's most glorious culmination.
Cao Cao also suffered a lot of defeats when he first started his army. However, relying on his abundant capital, he exhausted all the troops and recruited more, and continued to accumulate combat experience. Then he became stronger with more wars, winning more and losing less, and became the number one prince in the late Han Dynasty. But pay attention to Cao Cao
They still fought a lot of defeats, and these two are the normal path to the rise of famous generals.
Although Huangfu Song is not well-known in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he has never lost a battle, not even a single one. It can be said that he is a talented general who was delayed by the Ling Emperor!
Xu Wei said solemnly: "If Huangfu Song comes to Jizhou, then we will have to make long-term plans!"
Old Man Wang also said with a fearful expression: "Why fight? We now only have 40 million dan of food, but we have to feed more than 10 million tribesmen. This food is only enough for less than 5 months. As long as there is a natural disaster in Bingzhou,
We are all going to be hungry, so why fight at this time!"
Obviously, Old Man Wang still has a fear of Huangfu Song. They were defeated so miserably under the leadership of the great virtuous master!
"The one we fought was Huangfu Song, the most famous general of the Han Dynasty. We are not willing to fight ordinary generals!" Relatively speaking, Wang Yong and the others have won every battle over the years, and their defeat in the past is no longer so unforgettable. They even want to fight again in the Han Dynasty.
Huangfu Song washed away this stain.
Old Man Niu also followed up and said: "You young people only know how to fight and kill, and don't care about anything else. This time we have occupied thousands of miles of territory in the desert. Is it just empty there? Don't we arrange our troops now?"
If they are occupied by the masses, other barbarians will occupy these places, so it is meaningful for us to fight this battle. According to the old man's opinion, it is better for us to fight the Xianbei people and completely occupy the desert.
It just so happens that the victims of the disaster can also move to the grassland. There is not much difference between our pasture and farming. The only difference is that one is growing food and the other is growing pasture. We just use cattle and sheep as food. If you are not used to it, you can take it.
Cattle and sheep come to Bingzhou in exchange for food. We also lack cattle and sheep here, and they are not truly nomadic. The territory of Xianbei in the west is more than twice as large as the entire Bingzhou, and 2 million people are not that many!"
"Moreover, these victims were resettled on the grassland, and we helped them build forts. Only with these forts as strongholds to resist the barbarians can we truly occupy the desert!
The most important thing is to stop the desert, we have enough raw materials for wool, and we no longer need to rely on those barbarians in the desert!"
For Old Man Niu, the Xianbei people are much easier to fight than the big men. They have not shown much strength in Mayi in recent years, and the entire Xianbei people have been maimed by them. He feels that it is better to fight the tough big men head-on.
It's a soft persimmon, but the Xianbei people seem to be very good at it.
In fact, Old Man Niu also found it strange. It has been rumored that the desert is poor, and even the poorest county in the Han Dynasty is richer than the richest pasture in the desert. But when Old Man Niu came to Mayi, he found that this statement did not seem to be true.
In Mayi, tribesmen who only need to raise a few dozen cattle and sheep can live a very good life. If they raise hundreds of cattle and sheep, they can immediately become the richest group of people in Mayi. There are many poor people here.
, there are countless people with more than a hundred cattle and sheep in the desert, how could they be so poor?
But when he asked Duan Peng and the others, they, the barbarians, also said that the richest place in the desert was not as good as the poorest place in the Han Dynasty, let alone Mayi! This was incompatible with his feelings, and he didn't care.
Know that is the real desert!
After thinking for a long time, he realized that it was the woolen cloth that increased the value of cattle and sheep. The grassland might not be profitable for the Han Dynasty. If the Xianbei people had not invaded the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty would not even be willing to occupy these barren territories. The territory of the Han Dynasty has shrunk over the years.
Not only is the frontier area poor, but a lot of manpower and material resources are spent to defend the Xianbei people!
But the Tengjia Army has never encountered such a situation. To Wang Lei and other governors, the desert is a place of wealth, and the pastures in the desert are places of wealth.
Especially after Xu Wei relaxed restrictions on the textile industry, businessmen like Zhen An flocked in to join the textile industry. Wang Lei, Zhao Rong, Niu Gui and others opened textile factories in Shuofang County, and the entire Tengjia Army's textile industry began to explode.
, this year’s woolen cloth production alone has doubled.
Such a big explosion in the textile industry caused a shortage of wool for the first time in Mayi. Now all the sheep farmers are smiling. The price of wool has risen to 6 yuan per catty, which is more than double the original price.
It has doubled. Now every sheep farmer can harvest enough wool in the spring and autumn seasons to pay for the original price of one sheep. Of course, when the price of wool has doubled, the price of Mayi sheep has also doubled.
The profits from raising sheep were so great that Wang Lei and other prefects continued to push their territory deeper into the desert. Most of their territory was in the desert. The Xianbei people in the west also lost most of their territory due to their continuous erosion.
Although Old Man Niu cannot know like Xu Wei that the desert has become their commodity market and source of raw materials, he can feel that attacking the desert is beneficial to the Tengjia Army, and occupying the desert is very important to the textile industry of the Tengjia Army.
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When Xu Wei heard this, he was also thinking about the feasibility of placing Han people in the desert?
What Old Man Niu said is very reasonable. If they only capture the Xianbei people and don't occupy these territories, new barbarians will soon occupy these places. They may be Qiang people, they may be Wuwan people, and they may even
Turks would have appeared hundreds of years earlier!
He was just worried about whether the Han people could herd, and whether the Han people could adapt to the grassland environment. You must know that the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was the Little Ice Age, and the weather would continue to be cold. This is why the Hu people wanted to go south, because they could not survive in the north.
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But instead of finding a way to immigrate south, he now emigrates north. Xu Wei always feels that it is not good to go against God in this way!
Zhang Baiqi agreed very much after hearing what Old Man Niu said. He is now in charge of the internal affairs of the entire Tengjia Army, so he naturally knows that the textile industry has become the largest source of revenue for the Tengjia Army, and it is also the industry that houses the largest number of refugees within the Tengjia Army.
According to his calculations, in addition to using land to resettle the refugees this time, the textile industry is the industry that has resettled the largest number of refugees. Almost 500,000 victims have entered the textile industry!
Conquering the desert is equivalent to their Tengjia Army controlling all the raw materials of the wool cloth industry. They no longer have to worry about anyone who can threaten the longevity of Mayi's textile industry!
So he said to Xu Wei: "Commander Qu, the desert is too important to our Tengjia Army. I think our strategy in the past few years should be to defend from the south and attack from the north to completely eliminate the Xianbei people who occupy the desert. In this way, not only will our Tengjia Army not have to
Being attacked from both sides, we can also consolidate the position of our textile industry in Mayi!"
Huang Long said: "We want to defend the south and attack the north, but the Han will watch us annihilate the Xianbei people. It is impossible! As long as they find out that the Xianbei people may be annexed by us like the Huns, Huangfu Song will definitely
He will lead a large army to attack Bingzhou."
"I think the Xianbei people are just suffering from scabies. As long as we build a Hollywood fort on the border, it is impossible for them to cause much damage to us with their strength. We can even use sled tactics to continuously bleed the Xianbei people!
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"And now the Han is our most dangerous enemy. There are more than 200,000 Han enemies stationed around Bingzhou. If we don't take the initiative to attack now, we will be surrounded and suppressed by the Han in the future."
Huang Long had a deep hatred for Huangfu Song. All his family members were killed by Huangfu Song. Now facing Huangfu Song again, he wished that the Tengjia Army would start a war with Huangfu Song immediately.
Wang Ge thought for a while and said: "Shuai Qu, Huangfu Song has arrived in Jizhou. Obviously, the Han Dynasty has regarded our Tengjia Army as the biggest enemy. It is impossible for us to keep a low profile now. Even if there is not much food and grass now, it is difficult to
We are going to war with the Han, but I still suggest that we integrate the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains and occupy the various passes between Jizhou and Bingzhou to prepare for our future war!"
Occupying the various passes in the Taihang Mountains will occupy an active position in future wars. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. Zhang Yan occupied the Taihang Mountains in the past, and they did not occupy Bingzhou, so they did not mention this.
But now there are only tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops left in the Taihang Mountains, which is no longer enough to maintain a force. They do not occupy the Taihang Mountains, and the Han Dynasty occupies the favorable terrain of the Taihang Mountains, which is too detrimental to the Tengjia Army in Bingzhou.
Xu Wei nodded, this is a pertinent opinion. In the past, there were only a few hundred thousand tribesmen, which was not enough to attract the attention of the Han Dynasty, but now the number of tribesmen in the Tengjia Army exceeds tens of millions. This is just like the Celestial Dynasty.
The economy is about to catch up with the country of hope. With such a big body, you are deceiving yourself and others no matter how much you keep a low profile. Such a huge body can no longer be hidden.
It's just a little embarrassing for Xu Wei. Now Wang Dang and the others think that he murdered Zhang Yan. He can't possibly capture Dong Zhuo and go to the Taihang Mountains to explain to Wang Dang and the others, right?
Zhang Baiqi also thought of this and said: "Shuai Qu, I am familiar with Wang Dang, Yang Feng and the others, so let me go to the Taihang Mountains to explain to Wang Dang and the others!"
Xu Qiang said: "Then please leave it to Brother Zimeng!"
After the meeting, Xu Wei was still thinking about the situation that the Tengjia Army would face. The death of Emperor Ling was certainly good news for him. The Han Dynasty had lost its backbone. In a short time, no one could unify the entire Han Dynasty.
force to deal with him.
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For Xu Wei, the best thing for the Han Dynasty is to follow the original historical trend, so that he can fish in troubled waters. The worst thing is, of course, that under his own threat, the entire Han family, nobles, eunuchs, and Kansai generals all unite to deal with him.
He did not attack the Han because he was worried about the worst outcome. As for whether the direction of history will go on its original track, Xu Wei is also very good at judging, look at Dong Zhuo!
As long as Dong Zhuo has not entered Luoyang City within this year, it means that the situation in Luoyang City has stabilized. If Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army does not want to fight with him, they can only hide in Xiliang. If they enter Luoyang City, it will be a big deal.
The good news, this means that history has returned to its original trajectory!
At this time, a pleasant voice said: "Why are you so obsessed!"
Xu Wei showed a smile and said: "I am thinking about the situation behind the big man. This year may be the most critical year for the Tengjia Army. If we grasp it well, our Tengjia Army will be trapped in the sky, and no force will stop it in the future.
Our Tengjia Army has risen!"
Zhang Ning said worriedly: "Are you worried that Huangfu Song will attack Bingzhou?"
Although he doesn't want to admit it, Huangfu Song is the nightmare of most Yellow Turban generals!
Xu Wei nodded, but later felt that this was a bit too weak, so he said: "I'm not worried about not being able to defeat Huangfu Song, I just don't want to fight him this year. Emperor Ling died, and the powerful nobles, eunuchs, and military of the Han Dynasty
No one can suppress the conflict anymore, and the three parties may fight each other. If such a thing really happens, it will be very beneficial to our Tengjia Army."
"And if we fight Huangfu Song now, under the pressure of our Tengjia Army, the noble families, eunuchs and the military in Luoyang City might unite together! So I don't want to fight the Han army this year!"
Zhang Ning thought for a while and said: "Master Xiangkai and Huangfu Song know each other. Should I ask the master to go to Huangfu Song to convey the news and agree on a half-year truce between the two parties?"
Xu Wei thought for a moment before shaking his head and said: "Huangfu Song is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. If he finds out that we don't dare to fight, he might take the initiative to attack. Let's forget it. Huangfu Song has just arrived in Jizhou. He won't be able to do it without half a year."
To straighten out the situation within the Jizhou Army, we should not add any unnecessary extravagance!"
Huangfu Song and Liu Bei were the generals of the Han Dynasty. Unlike Dong Zhuo, he had become a semi-warlord army. After they received the order from Emperor Ling, Liu Bei only took 5,000 Karasuma cavalry and his trusted generals to Xiliang
, and Huangfu Song even led only a few hundred personal guards to Jizhou, and the two sides exchanged troops.
As soon as Huangfu Song arrived in Jizhou, he took his personal guards all the way north from Wei County to observe the situation on the front line of the Taihang Mountains.
After arriving in Weijun, Huangfusong's face did not look better. He marched for more than ten miles and could not see a single village. You must know that this is the richest Weijun in the Han Dynasty. At its peak, it had a population of more than 2 million. Now there are actually several
A feeling of remoteness!
He even felt like he was back in Xiliang. Every few miles he walked, he might see corpses. There was still a sense of peace and prosperity here and there, especially the Beijing view, which made Huangfusong think it was a border county.
, but this is indeed the core and richest Wei County of the Han Dynasty!
But Huangfu Song couldn't be like Liu Bei and massacre the nobles in Wei County. He could only say: "The Yellow Turban thieves are too troubled!"
One of the generals behind Huangfu Song curled his lips, now who doesn't know that Zhang Yan didn't kill the people in Wei County at all, it was the nobles of Jizhou who did it!
This is Ju Yi. He is from Liangzhou. He comes from a famous family. After becoming a general, he has been proficient in the martial arts of the Qiang people since he was a child. He has also made many military exploits on the battlefield in Xiliang. He is just aloof and has offended too many people. His official career is not good.
It went well. Later, when I met Huangfu Song, I met Bole and became a captain and the first general in Huangfu Song's hands. But this time Huangfu Song knew that he wanted to deal with Lei Gong, so he brought him to Jizhou.
Another general next to Huangfu Song worriedly said: "Wei County is so remote and remote, which is not conducive to our defense against Thunder Lord!"
This general is called Xu Rong, who is from Xuantu. Xu Rong is both civil and military. He has outstanding commanding ability, is also modest and prudent, and can manage the relationship with superiors and subordinates very well. His official career is better than that of Ju Yi, because he has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion in Xiliang.
Became a Zhonglang General.
Needless to say, Xu Rong's commanding ability is the answer. History has already given the answer. In the war between the princes against Dong, he defeated the pursuing armies of Bao Xin, Cao Cao, Wei Zi and others, and defeated Sun Jian's troops in the Battle of Liangdong.
, the founder of the Three Kingdoms, he defeated two of them with one person. Such a record is unprecedented and unprecedented.
This is why it is said in history that the Han Dynasty died because of its strength. Even when it was about to perish, the famous generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty still carried their strength. This is unique in the 5,000-year history of China!
Huangfu Song naturally understood what Xu Rong meant. Just looking at the desolate situation of Wei County, he knew that the wealthy and noble families in Wei County, Zhao State, Zhongshan State, and Changshan County had lost the support of the people, and the people all sided with the Yellow Turban Army.
.This is very detrimental to their large army operations.
Huangfusong looked at the towering Taihang Mountains. He didn't know how many Yellow Turban thieves were hidden among them. If they were not wiped out, it would be impossible for Jizhou's rear to be stable, and it would be even less possible to deal with Bingzhou's Thunder Lord!
Huangfusong thought for a while and said: "Yuntian, I want you to train an army suitable for fighting in the mountains within a month. The Yellow Turban thieves in the Taihang Mountains can no longer be retained!"
Ju Yi said proudly: "It doesn't take a month. Since we are dealing with the Yellow Turban thieves, fighting to support fighting is the best selection method. Those who are alive are elites, and those who are dead are trash.
After we eliminate the Yellow Turban thieves, an elite team will come out, and we can use them to meet the Thunder Lord in Bingzhou. The Thunder Lord has won every battle over the years, but I want to see if the Thunder Lord is as powerful as the rumors say!"
Huangfu Song thought, this is not bad, since Jizhou has 100,000 troops, there is no need to worry about the consumption of soldiers!
Xu Rong thought for a while and said: "To deal with Lei Gong, we must prepare now. The four counties in the Taihang Mountains can no longer be so remote. My subordinates suggest that the general open military camps in these four counties and arrange 20,000 troops in each county.
People, this can not only increase our military strength, but also solve our logistics problems!"
"Lei Gong is not an ordinary rebel. Regardless of his identity, he can already be regarded as a powerful prince. The war between us and him is already regarded as a war between two countries. A national war cannot decide the outcome in a short time, but must be done.
It takes several years of preparation.
In this way, grain and grass have become the most critical factor in determining victory or defeat. We have the Jizhou granary to rely on, but Lei Gong occupies the barren Bingzhou. We have an advantage over grain and grass. Our best strategy to deal with Lei Gong is to defend Dai.
Attack, rely on the favorable terrain of Bingzhou from all sides, block him in Bingzhou, and then continue to consume Lei Gong's food and grass. If this happens for at least three years, Lei Gong will definitely collapse without a fight!"
Of course, there is another point that Xu Rong did not mention. It would be a waste to leave such fertile land in Jizhou in such a remote place.
After the nobles and Liu Bei killed them all, now in these four counties, both the common people and the nobles have been killed, and there is no obstacle to farming!
Huangfu Song nodded and said: "Zi Yu's words are very suitable for me! Lei Gong's followers alone now exceed ten million. He is a first-class enemy of our Han Dynasty. We can't take him too seriously!"
Huangfu Songben was also prepared for a war of attrition. He had a more detailed understanding. He knew that Lei Gong had at least more than 7 million refugees in the past two years. Adding in the Hu people he recruited from the grasslands, the entire Bingzhou already had a population of tens of millions.
, he knew that food was Lei Gong’s most important weakness, and as a famous general, he naturally had to seize on Lei Gong’s weakness to attack him!
Of course, the only flaw of this kind of victory is that it hurts Tianhe. There is a 90% chance that the tens of millions of people in Bingzhou will starve to death, but for the sake of the stability of the Han Dynasty, Huangfu Song doesn't care about this at all!
Then when Huangfu Song came to Yecheng, the newly appointed Jizhou Mu led all the civil and military officials of Jizhou to greet Huangfu Song.
After Huangfu Song exchanged greetings with them, he said: "I came to Jizhou to deal with the Thunder Lord. From now on, your only task is to find ways to support the army to go to Bingzhou to annihilate the Thunder Lord. Anyone who dares to drag me back will be punished by me."
No matter what your background is, you will be dealt with according to military law!"
There was an uproar in Jizhou. They had also worked under Huangfu Song before, and they could barely be regarded as Huangfu Song's disciples and former officials, but their old superiors were not so tough!
Fortunately, Liu Bei had already taken away half of the officials in Jizhou, and the remaining officials were frightened and did not care to refute Huangfu Song's words!
After seeing them calm down, Huangfu Song continued: "Your task this year is to find 100,000 households of refugees for me. I want to establish military camps in Wei County, Zhao State, Changshan County, and Zhongshan State. This matter is caused by
Yang Zhoumu is responsible!"
Yang Biao smiled bitterly and said: "There are not many refugees in Jizhou now, and there is no way for me to help the general create 100,000 households of refugees!"
The refugees either went to Bingzhou or were killed. When Yang Biao came to Jizhou, he couldn't believe that Jizhou, which originally had a population of tens of millions, now has less than one million households and a population of 4 million. The densely populated Jizhou is once again sparsely populated.
Come on, tenants are very valuable now. Where do the refugees come from?