Wang Ge continued: "But now that all the troops are concentrated in Mayi City, we have given up the surrounding geographical advantages. If the enemy occupies these places, we will be within the enemy's attack range, which can be said to be very passive.
And this war also spread the wealth of our Mayi throughout the northern Xinjiang. The enemies coming next time will not be horse bandits like Huo Shaoyun! But the Huns to the west and the Xianbei people in the north may go south.
, especially the Xianbei people, they go south to plunder almost every year, because the poor border counties of the Han Dynasty are better than the richest places on the grassland. But now they know that there is a rich Mayi city in the northern Xinjiang, and they will definitely come to plunder us.
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If we don’t make preparations now, the Xianbei people may suddenly appear in front of us like the Horse Thieves Alliance, and the Xianbei people’s cavalry will not be as easy to deal with as the Horse Thieves Alliance!"
So we must be prepared now to establish a strong stronghold in Shanwu or Pingcheng. It is best to have 5,000 elite troops stationed to replace the Han army in guarding the Great Wall in the north. We must annihilate the invading Xianbei cavalry.
Destroy them, cut off their hands and feet, and let the Xianbei people know that our Tengjia army is not easy to mess with. The large group of Xianbei cavalry will hinder their invasion of Mayi and buy us time to gather the militia.
Xu Wei was shocked by Wang Ge's point of view. He had never thought that the Xianbei people would attack Mayi, but he still agreed with Wang Ge's statement. The Xianbei people were all robbing the poor border town, so there was no reason why the Xianbei people should not be robbing Mayi.
A place of treasure!
Others also looked at Wang Ge in shock. They were still complacent about defeating the Horse Thieves Alliance, but they did not even think about this dangerous enemy! They actually forgot about the overlord of the grassland.
It can only be said that the Xianbei people were too transparent during this period, although they had become the overlords of the grasslands, the most powerful enemy of the Han Dynasty, and invaded the Han Dynasty every year.
But after the death of Tan Shihuai, the entire Xianbei people fell into pieces. The new Xianbei leader Helian was not only less talented and capable than his father, he was also greedy for money and lust, and could not convince the crowd at all. Therefore, the current Xianbei people were divided into several
The threat to the Han Dynasty was also much lower, so everyone did not think of the Xianbei people as a powerful enemy.
I actually ignored the Xianbei people, the current overlords of the grassland. This was an unforgivable mistake!
After Xu Wei was reminded by Wang Geyi, he remembered that the Xianbei people's Wangting Danhan Mountain was only a few hundred miles away from them. This distance was only two or three days' journey for the cavalry.
Xu Wei immediately whispered to Niu Gui on the side: "We need to send people to find a way to penetrate into the Xianbei tribe in the north, and always pay attention to their movements!"
Niu Guidao: "I have sent many caravans to Khantan Mountain to purchase war horses, cattle and sheep, and I have also found out some information. Helian should not have the energy to go south this year!"
Xu Wei asked: "Why?"
Niu Guidao said: "Last year, the royal court of the Xianbei people suffered from a snowstorm. Helian borrowed tens of thousands of cattle and sheep from his uncle Tuoba Feng to survive the disaster, but he did not want to return the cattle and sheep. Now the two sides are at war because of this matter.
, under such circumstances, Helian should not dare to go south!"
Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief. God had blessed him and he could spend a year safely.
Xu Weidao: "Place more spies to keep abreast of the Xianbei people's movements."
Niu Gui nodded!
Xu Wei can look down on Helian, but he cannot look down on the Xianbei people, the overlord. At this stage, the Xianbei people are the only overlord who can provide hundreds of thousands of cavalry.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for them to assemble such a huge cavalry, but now the whole northern Xinjiang is spreading rumors that Mayi has billions of dollars in treasure. With such a huge fortune, maybe the Xianbei people will disagree.
Let's deal with him together. Although the probability of this situation is very small, Xu Wei has to guard against it!
At the same time, for the first time, he felt that his choice of the territory of Mayi was a wrong choice. There were Huns on one side and Xianbei on the other. This was a hellish start. No wonder there was no overlord who founded a dynasty from the border areas in history. Innate
The flaws are really too big. If he hadn't opened the money cheat, it would be difficult to survive in this place. It seems that the city wall of Mayi will be built soon!
Xu Wei looked at Wang Ge who was talking eloquently and nodded with satisfaction. Sure enough, the world does not lack talents, it just lacks the eyes to discover talents. Isn't this the chief of staff he wants.
After the discussion, Xu Wei publicly appointed Wang Ge as the first chief of staff, and wanted the general to promote the staff system in the military. A military department of thousands of people would set up a staff officer, to be served by experienced veterans.
After Xu Wei explained what a staff officer was, Wang Lei and the others showed understanding expressions. This was not just joining the army, but they didn't pay much attention to it. After all, in Xu Wei's view, it was just a name change.
Originally, Xu Wei was worried that they would be dissatisfied with Wang Ke's sudden rise to the top. After all, the position of chief of staff can already be regarded as the second-highest figure in the army.
But the reality is that no one cares about the position of chief of staff at all! They don't realize that Wang Ge has already risen to the top, but regard him as Xu Wei's secretary. Naturally, Wang Lei and the others cannot care about such a position.
At the same time, Xu Wei also approved Wang Ge's plan to occupy surrounding counties. If he didn't occupy all the dangerous places around Mayi, how could he farm with peace of mind? He was afraid that the Huns and Xianbei would come to snatch it from him.
A handful!
Because of the need to reform the military system, after appointing Wang Ge as chief of staff, Xu Wei and them have been discussing how to occupy the entire county north of Yanmen Pass and the entire Dingxiang County and establish a complete defense system.
And this requires sending 5 large armies to occupy Qiangyin, Juyang, Pingcheng, Shanwu, Wuzhou and other dangerous places. In this way, if the enemy wants to attack Mayi, they must first occupy these 5 counties!
This gave Mayi early warning time. As long as these strongholds could resist the enemy for up to 5 days, Xu Wei could lead an army of 100,000 to support them.
It was not difficult to occupy these five county towns. Before Xu Wei came, because of the constant invasions of the Xianbei people, the Han officials had no one to manage these places.
After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Han Dynasty abandoned many counties here. When Xu Wei and others occupied Mayi, all the local officials fled, leaving only some common people who could not run away. However, the combined population of these counties was also
There are only tens of thousands of people, which can be said to be only slightly better than no man's land.
If Xu Weizhen occupied these places, the local people might even welcome him. After all, Xu Wei was a Han Chinese and would not kill them for no reason.
And the Xianbei people come to rob them every year, and even take them to the grasslands to be slaves. If someone protects everyone, even if they are rebels like Lei Gong, the Han people will naturally welcome them.