In the middle of April in the fourth year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 193), Jixian County!
After more than two months of selection, 10 representatives were selected from each county in the Tengjia Army's territory, and more than 300 representatives began to arrive in Jixian County!
At the same time, a large number of senior officials of the Tengjia Army began to gather in Jixian! For a time, the entire Jixian County began to become the center of power of the Tengjia Army and was very lively!
Niu Gui also came to Jixian at this time!
Xu Wei joked: "I asked you to be the prime minister, but you are procrastinating like this. It seems that you don't want to be promoted!"
The power of Shangshu Ling in the Tengjia Army is comparable to that of the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but people in this world are not used to the title Shangshu Ling, and the scope of rights of both parties is very similar. Soon the title of Shangshu Ling became Prime Minister, and Zhang
After Bai Qi became Jizhou Mu, he no longer had time to take charge of the government affairs of the Tengjia Army, so he resigned from the post of prime minister!
Xu Wei thought of Niu Gui in Yunzhong County, so he appointed Niu Gui as the prime minister of Tengjia Army. However, Niu Gui was worried about the affairs of Yunzhong County and delayed his arrival in Jixian County until now. In a few months, Tengjia
Old man Wang was in charge of all government affairs of the army.
Niu Gui smiled excitedly and said: "I can't worry about the spring plowing in Yunzhong County. If I don't see the wheat being planted, I won't worry about coming back! After all, this is food for millions of people. If the desert is in chaos, our Tengjia Army will not be able to feel at ease."
It’s time to deal with the big guy!”
Before Niu Gui came, Yunzhong County was just a remote border county of the Han Dynasty, with a population of only tens of thousands. It can be said that it was very ordinary and extremely poor in a county like the Han Dynasty!
But thanks to Niu Gui's efforts, the population of Yunzhong County now exceeds one million, the land area has more than doubled, and the fields have increased dozens of times. Water canals are spread throughout Yunzhong County, and industries such as steel plants and textile factories have been established.
The center has also made Yunzhong County the center of trade for millions of barbarians in Mobei. It can be said that with Niu Gui's efforts, Yunzhong County's industry and agriculture have exploded, and it has become a rich county that is not inferior to Mayi.
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So when Niu Gui was about to leave, millions of people in Yunzhong County were reluctant to leave, and Niu Gui himself was also reluctant to leave. He kept delaying his journey to Jixian until Yunzhong County started plowing again!
Xu Wei saw the obviously old Niu Gui and said: "You have suffered a lot in the past few years!"
Niu Guiman said indifferently: "What kind of hard work is this? To say that hard work is hard work, Qu Shuai, you and the Han army fought to the death. Wang Lei found a way to force the desert back, which is really hard work. Yunzhong County is only a little colder at most, but Wang Lei
There are deserts everywhere in Shuofang County. It has been hard work for Wang Lei and his men to continuously control the desert in recent years. It is said that the square grassland that Qu Shuai came up with has been spread out over millions of acres, and windbreaks with millions of trees have been planted.
, now the yellow sand is finally no longer approaching Shuofang!"
Xu Wei said happily: "Wang Lei finally stopped being impatient. His achievements will go down in history!"
Wang Lei can be regarded as the first person to control the desert. This alone is enough for him to leave his name in history!
Then Niu Gui told Xu Wei about the agriculture, industry, and the surrounding barbarians in Yunzhong County!
Especially the situation in the desert focused on Xu Wei and said: "Qushuai, now we have established Wubao in the desert to allow the herdsmen to settle down. Especially with the silage feed, the herdsmen's lives have been greatly improved than before, but because of
Our Tengjia Army does not restrict the flow of the population. A large number of herdsmen from the north move south. The herdsmen in the desert used to only spend the winter in the four counties of Bingzhou and return to their own pastures when the spring warms and the flowers bloom. But now many herdsmen have come, and they will not be able to return to their pastures at all.
Go back. The farther north you go, the fewer herdsmen will go back!"
"So the Dingling people from the north occupied the grassland of our Tengjia Army in large numbers. Now the area around Beihai has become the territory of the Dingling people. If we continue to give up the land in the north, I am afraid that the Dingling people will replace the Xianbei people and become our Tengjia Army in the future.
A serious problem in my heart!"
"Beihai!" is such a far away place. Even now, the Tengjia Army only has a simple map recording this place, and the distance from Jixian to Beihai is about 4,000-5,000 miles, which is basically the horizon for a big man.
It's such a long distance that the Tengjia Army doesn't pay much attention to these territories!
Even Xu Wei doesn't want to get entangled with the Ding Ling people in the desert. You must know that the desert is already the poorest place for the Tengjia Army, and the Ding Ling people's territory is even poorer and wider than the desert. No one can say how many primitive people there are.
Not sure!
Some people may say that occupying this place will leave a piece of land for future generations, but for Xu Wei, it would be better to have the energy to occupy Nanyang. Not only is it rich, but the local indigenous people are weak, easy to assimilate, and have more wealth, so why would he need it?
Living in such rotten land, where the temperature is tens of degrees below zero in winter, is simply not suitable for human survival, otherwise the herdsmen would not want to return to their pastures.
A place like the desert cannot be developed without three scientific and technological revolutions. Moreover, the distance is still far away. From Beihai to Jixian, it is 8,000 miles instead of 10,000 miles. It is really difficult to rule such a long distance! Barbarians cannot do it.
Well, even if Xu Wei reaches the Arctic Ocean, he will still encounter Eskimos!
Xu Wei looked at Niu Gui and asked: "Now our main energy is used to deal with the big men, and we really don't have much energy to deal with the Ding Ling people! Do you have any good ways to deal with them?"
The Dingling people can really be regarded as primitive people, and their level of civilization is lower than that of the Xianbei people. Back then, they robbed the Xianbei people, which made Tan Shihuai furious and conquered them. However, these Dingling people have a low level of physical civilization, but their combat effectiveness
But it was not low. Although they were defeated by the Xianbei people, they severely injured Tan Shihuai and made him die of illness not long after. To a certain extent, the Ding Ling people were the benefactors of the Han Dynasty!
Niu Guidao: "Our Tengjia Army is going to establish the Mobei Protectorate, send a general to guard Mobei, and at the same time plunder the population of the Dingling people. Although the territory of the Dingling people is larger than that of the Han Dynasty, the population is not large, probably only a million.
As long as we go out to conquer the country of the Ding Ling people and focus on plundering and killing the population, the Ding Ling people will definitely perish within a few battles! Although we cannot eradicate the scourge of the Ding Ling people, we can make the desert quiet for decades and make the world peaceful.
We have time to deal with the big guy!"
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Then appoint Wang Lei as the governor of the Mobei Protectorate and order him to lead 20,000 cavalry to station in the surrender city!"
Xu Wei then introduced the current situation of the Tengjia Army to Niu Gui. After all, he wanted to become the prime minister of the Tengjia Army and wanted to learn about the government affairs of the Tengjia Army. Xu Wei focused on the restoration of Jizhou and the development of Liaodong!
Niu Gui hesitated and said: "Qu Shuai, why don't we take the opportunity to capture the Central Plains, but spend all our efforts to develop Liaodong? Isn't this a bit more gain than loss?"
Xu Weidao: "It's not worth the loss. The food crisis of our Tengjia Army has not been resolved yet. If we continue to attack, we will only destroy the Central Plains and not get much food. By then, the number of people who will starve to death may exceed those who died in battle."
, so I plan to farm with peace of mind in the past three years and accumulate enough food for more than three years! Then I will go south to the Central Plains!"
Of course, Xu Wei didn't say anything. He remembered that the natural disasters in the Han Dynasty were particularly serious during this period. If Xu Wei hadn't intervened, Cao Cao and Lu Bu would have fought for Yanzhou during this period. However, due to drought, both sides had to stop the war. With one stone in Guanzhong
The price of grain has reached hundreds of thousands, and the whole world is eating each other. It seems that there will be some plagues, floods, earthquakes, etc. in the future. Anyway, the end of a dynasty will explode in the next few years, and people will die.
With a population of tens of millions, the Central Plains is thousands of miles away from human habitation!
There will be so many disasters in the days to come, so of course Xu Wei must find a way to hoard more food, otherwise he will not feel safe in his heart!
Niu Gui nodded. In his opinion, Xu Wei was not warlike. Compared with fighting, their Qu Shuai preferred farming and making all kinds of weird things!
Then Niu Gui said: "Qu Shuai, I'm bringing an old friend with me this time. Do you want to meet him?"
Xu Wei asked strangely: "Who?"
Niu Guidao: "Li Ru!"
"Ever since the Xiliang Army failed to avenge Dong Zhuo, the entire Xiliang Army fell into pieces. Most of the Xiliang Army hid in their hometown in Xiliang, but Li Ru fled to Shuofang County, found Wang Lei, and wanted to provoke
Wang Lei attacks Chang'an City!"
"But where did Wang Lei have the food to attack Guanzhong, he sent Li Ru to me. And after he knew that I was going to take over as the prime minister of the Tengjia Army, he always wanted me to persuade Commander Qu to attack Guanzhong. But such a big thing is not mine.
He could make the decision, so I rejected him, but he still followed me to Jixian County and wanted to see Qu Shuai? "
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Let's meet again. After all, we are old friends!"
It didn't take long for Li Ru to be brought to Xu Wei!
When Li Ru saw Xu Wei, he immediately knelt down and said, "The government is becoming more and more majestic. Ru can't help but worship him when he sees it. Even the former prime minister can't compare!"
Xu Wei waved his hand and said: "There is no need to say these flattering words. I met you mainly because we have some friendship and can be regarded as friends. As for you wanting me to help Dong Zhuo's revenge, don't think about it. Now the Tengjia army is short of food and grass.
Time cannot attack a big man!"
But Li Ru immediately said: "I am here for the great cause of unifying the government!"
Xu Wei shook his head. He could tell that Li Ru was not determined to give up and wanted to provoke him to attack the big man, so he said: "Just a friend, let me introduce you to Mayi Primary School to become a teacher, and you can live in seclusion with peace of mind. Just rely on what you and Dong Zhuo have created."
Damn it, going into seclusion is already the best ending for you!"
But Li Ru continued: "This time the ruling can easily occupy Jizhou. In addition to the fact that the imperial court is fighting among itself, which gives the ruling an opportunity, there is also the fact that Commander Qu's cavalry is powerful and can easily defeat Commander Qu in a field battle!"
Xu Wei's point is correct. If the Jizhou Army did not dare to fight in the field, he would not be able to divide and surround the Jizhou Army so easily. Of course, in the field battle, the artillery in Xu Wei's hands would be more likely to exert its power. Maybe the battle of Jizhou would end faster.
, the only flaw is that the casualties are larger!
After Li Ru saw that Xu Wei recognized his words, he continued: "Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and others have learned the lessons of the Jizhou Army and are now buying a large number of Xiliang war horses to form a powerful cavalry! It is said that their cavalry has grown very much.
Come on, there are already tens of thousands of cavalry battalions!"
But Xu Wei didn't take it seriously and said: "Our Tengjia Army can recruit more than 200,000 cavalry in the desert. I don't take Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and their ten thousand cavalry seriously!"
Li Ru said anxiously: "But they will still cause trouble to the ruling party after all. And if the ruling party is not in a hurry to attack the Central Plains, I am afraid that Liu Bei and others will have more and more cavalry. By then, the ruling party will have to face 50,000 or even 100,000 people."
Cavalry, don’t you think these cavalry are in power?”
Xu Wei finally became serious. If Yuan Shao and the others had 100,000 cavalry, they might really cause big trouble for him, but he controlled the entire desert. Xu Wei didn't believe that Yuan Shao and the others could fight against him. Even if they formed cavalry, they would only be able to fight against him.
It just brings a little trouble to myself. After all, after the emergence of artillery, the days when the cavalry will become the protagonist on the historical stage are not many!
Xu Weidao: "What can you do to stop them from forming cavalry?"
Li Rudao: "The Han Dynasty has three major horse breeding areas, namely Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou. But now Bingzhou and Youzhou have been occupied by the ruler. As long as the ruler conquers Liangzhou, the entire Han Dynasty's horse breeding areas will be occupied by the ruler.
, even the horses are gone, how can Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and the others form cavalry? Without cavalry, Yuan Shao and the others cannot be opponents of the ruling party. In this way, within a few years, the world will be unified in the hands of the ruling party!"
"Capture Liangzhou?" It is another poor and vast border area. Liangzhou is not only large in area, but also very long and narrow. The length from east to west can be four to five thousand miles. And if the Western Region Protectorate is added together, it will be
If you are thousands of miles away, your territory will really become a long loaf of bread!
Li Ru felt that Xu Wei was unwilling to capture Liangzhou, so he said: "I am from Liangzhou, and I have been friends with Niu Fu and others for more than ten years. I also have a close friendship with Ma Teng, Han Sui and others. If I believe that I will be in power,
Ru is willing to help the ruling party capture the entire Liangzhou with a small number of elites!"
Xu Wei thought for a moment before shaking his head and said: "There are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses in Liangzhou now. Although Ma Teng, Han Sui, Niu Fu and others are all a mob, they have to protect their homeland and cannot surrender easily. I think
To annihilate this 100,000 army and capture the entire Liangzhou is impossible without an army of more than 200,000, and our Tengjia Army is still digesting the results of Youzhou and Jizhou, so we can no longer send such a huge army to fight!"
Li Ru thought for a while and said: "Since the ruler is not willing to swallow up whales, then I will help the ruler to encroach on Liangzhou. Liangzhou is remote and has a population of not even one million. How can it be possible to raise an army of 100,000? Niu Fu and others went to Liangzhou
The state will definitely fight among itself because of the food problem, and then the opportunity to govern will come! Ru can sow discord between Niu Fu, Han Sui, and Ma Teng, and when they are exhausted from fighting, he will be able to govern at a small price.