I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 351, persistent Li Ru

In the middle of April in the fourth year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 193) Ji County!

After more than two months of selection, 10 representatives were elected from each county on the territory of the Fujika Army, and more than 300 representatives began to rush to Ji County!

At the same time, a large number of high-level members of the Rattan Armor Army also began to gather in Ji County!For a time, the entire Ji County began to become the power center of the Tengjia Army, which was very lively!

Niu Gui also came to Ji County at this time!
Xu Wei teased: "I let you become the prime minister, you are so procrastinating, it seems that you don't want to be promoted!"

In the Tengjia Army, the power of Shang Shuling is comparable to that of the prime minister of a big man, and people in this world are not used to the title of Shang Shuling. In addition, the scope of rights of the two parties is very similar, and the title of Shang Shuling soon became the prime minister. 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 the Tengjia Army, but Niu Gui was worried about the affairs of Yunzhong County and delayed coming to Ji County until now. The government affairs of the army are all in charge of the old man Wang.

Niu Gui excitedly smiled and said: "I don't worry about the spring plowing in Yunzhong County, and I don't worry about coming back if I don't see the wheat planting! After all, this is the ration of millions of people. If the desert is in chaos, our Tengjia Army will not be at ease. Deal with the big man!"

Before Niu Gui came, Yunzhong County was just a remote border county with a population of only tens of thousands. It can be said that it was very ordinary and extremely poor in a county like Dahan!

However, 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 factories and textile factories have been established. The center has also made Yunzhong County a trading center for millions of barbarians in Mobei. It can be said that with Niu Gui's efforts, industry and agriculture in Yunzhong County have exploded, and it has become a rich county that is not inferior to Mayi. up.

So when Niu Gui was about to leave, the millions of people in Yunzhong County were reluctant to let him go, and Niu Gui himself was also reluctant to leave, and he kept delaying seeing Yunzhong County plowing again before he finally made his way to Ji County!
Seeing the obviously old Niu Gui, Xu Wei said, "It's been hard for you these few years!"

Niu Guiman said indifferently: "What kind of hard work is this? If you say it's hard work, Qu Shuai and you and the Han army are fighting to the death. Wang Lei tried to force the desert back, which is really hard work. Yunzhong County is colder at most, but Wang Lei There are deserts everywhere in Shuofang County. It is hard work for Wang Lei to lead the people to control the desert these years. It is said that the square grassland that Qu Shuai came up with has already spread millions of acres, and planted windbreak forests with millions of trees. , now the yellow sand is finally no longer approaching Shuofang!"

Xu Wei said with relief: "Wang Lei finally stopped being frizzy, and his achievements will be famous in history!"

Wang Lei can also be regarded as the first person to control the desert, and this alone is enough for him to be famous in history!
Then Niu Gui told Xu Wei about the agriculture and industry in Yunzhong County, as well as the situation of the surrounding barbarians!

Especially the situation in the desert focused on Xu Wei: "Shuai Qu, now we have established a Wubao in the desert, so that the herdsmen can settle down, especially with the green storage fodder, the life of the herdsmen has been greatly improved compared to before, but because Our Tengjia Army does not restrict the flow of population. A large number of herdsmen from the north go south. The herdsmen in the desert used to spend the winter in the four counties of Bingzhou and return to their pastures when the spring is warm and the flowers bloom. But now many herdsmen come. Go back. The further north you go, the fewer herdsmen will go back!"

"So the Dingling people in the north occupied the pastures of our Tengjia army in large numbers. Now the surrounding area of ​​Beihai has become the territory of the Dingling people. If we want to give up the northern land like this, I am afraid that the Dingling people will replace the Xianbei people as our Tengjia army in the future." My heart is seriously troubled!"

"Beihai!" It's really a far away place. Even now, the Tengjia Army only has a simple map to record this place, and it is about 4000-5000 miles from Jixian to Beihai. This is basically the sky for the big man. up!The distance is so far that the top and bottom of the Tengjia Army don't pay much attention to these sites!

Even Xu Wei didn't want to get entangled with the Dingling people in the desert. You must know that the desert is already the poorest place for the Tengjia Army, and the territory of the Dingling people is even poorer than the desert and has a wider area. No one can say how many primitive people there are here I don't know!

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 this energy to occupy Nanyang. Not only is it rich, but the local aborigines are weak, easy to be assimilated, and have more wealth. Such rotten land, with tens of degrees below zero in winter, is simply not suitable for human survival, otherwise the herdsmen would not want to go back to their pastures.

A place like the desert cannot be developed at all if it is less than the level of the three technological revolutions.And the distance is still far away, from Beihai to Jixian, there are 8000 miles if not [-] miles, such a long distance is really difficult to rule!There will be no shortage of barbarians. Even if Xu Wei goes to the Arctic Ocean, he will still meet Eskimos!

Xu Wei looked at Niu Gui and asked: "Now we are mainly focusing on dealing with big men, and we really don't have much energy to deal with small men! Do you have any good ways to deal with them?"

The Ding Ling people can really be regarded as primitive people, and their civilization level is lower than that of the Xianbei people. At the beginning, they even robbed the Xianbei people and provoked Tan Shihuai to punish them. But these Ding Ling people have a low level of physical civilization, but their combat effectiveness But not low, although they lost to the Xianbei people, they beat Tan Shihuai seriously and made him die of illness not long after. To some extent, Ding Lingren is the benefactor of the big man!
Niu Guidao: "Our Tengjia Army will set up 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, the population is not large, probably only a million. As long as we are in a country where the Ding Ling people are conquered, we will mainly plunder and kill the population. If there are not a few battles, the Ding Ling people will definitely perish! Although the scourge of the Ding Ling people cannot be eradicated, it can make the desert quiet for decades. We have time to deal with big men!"

Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "Then appoint Wang Lei as the governor of Mobei Protectorate, and order him to lead 2 cavalry to station in the Surrendered City!"

Then Xu Wei introduced the current situation of the Tengjia Army to Niu Gui. After all, he was going to become the prime minister of the Tengjia Army. He 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: "Shuai Qu, why didn't we take the opportunity to capture the Central Plains, but expend energy to develop Liaodong, isn't it a little bit worth the candle?"

Xu Wei said: "It's not worth the loss. The food crisis of our Tengjia Army has not been resolved, and if we continue to attack, we will only destroy the Central Plains and not get much food. At that time, the number of people who will starve to death may exceed the number of people who died in battle." , so I plan to spend these three years farming with peace of mind and accumulate more than three years of rations! Then go south to the Central Plains!"

Of course, Xu Wei didn’t say anything else. He remembered that the natural disasters in Dahan were particularly serious during this period. If Xu Wei hadn’t messed up, Cao Cao and Lu Bu would have fought for Yanzhou during this period of time, but because of the drought, both sides had to stop the war. The price of food has reached hundreds of thousands, and the whole world is eating each other. It seems that there will be plagues, floods, earthquakes, etc. in the future. Anyway, the scene of the end of a dynasty will hit and explode in the past few years, and people will die. Tens of millions of people make the Central Plains thousands of miles uninhabited!

With so many disasters in the coming days, 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 is not warlike. Compared with fighting, their Qu Shuai prefers farming and making all kinds of weird things!

Then Niu Gui said: "Qu Shuai, I brought an old friend this time, do you want to meet?"

Xu Wei asked strangely, "Who?"

Niu Gui said, "Li Ru!"

"Since the Xiliang army failed to avenge Dong Zhuo, the entire Xiliang army has been torn apart. 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 is attacking Chang'an City!"

"But Wang Lei didn't have any food to attack Guanzhong, so he sent Li Ru to me. After he knew that I was going to take over as the prime minister of the Tengjia Army, he always wanted me to persuade Qu Shuai to attack Guanzhong. It's up to me, so I rejected him, but he still followed me to Ji County, and wanted to see him handsome?"

Xu Wei thought for a while and said, "Let's meet again, we are old friends after all!"

It didn't take long for Li Ru to be brought in front of Xu Wei!

Seeing Xu Wei, Li Ru immediately knelt down and said, "The government is becoming more and more majestic. Ru can't help but worship after seeing it. Even the prime minister of the country can't compare with it!"

Xu Wei waved his hand and said: "Needless to say these flattering words, I see you mainly because we have a little friendship and can be regarded as friends. As for the matter that you want me to help Dong Zhuo take revenge, don't even think about it. It is impossible for time to attack a big man!"

But Li Ru immediately said: "I am here for the great cause of unification in power!"

Xu Wei shook his head, he could tell that Li Ru was unwilling to give up, and wanted to instigate himself to attack the big man, so he said: "Be a friend, then I will introduce you to Mayi Primary School to become a teacher, so you can go back to seclusion with peace of mind, just rely on what you and Dong Zhuo made. Sin, retiring to 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 court can kill each other to give the ruling opportunity, there is also Qu Shuai's strong cavalry, which can easily defeat Qu Shuai in field battles!"

There is nothing wrong with Xu Wei's point. If the Jizhou Army did not dare to fight in the field, he would not be so easy to divide and surround the Jizhou Army. Of course, in the field battle, the artillery in Xu Wei's hands is easier to exert its power. Maybe the Battle of Jizhou will end sooner. , the only flaw is that the casualties are higher!
After seeing Xu Wei's approval of his words, Li Ru 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 rapidly. Hurry up, there are already tens of thousands of cavalry battalions!"

Xu Wei didn't take it seriously and said: "Our Tengjia Army can recruit more than 20 cavalry in the desert. I don't pay attention to Liu Bei and Yuan Shao who have [-] cavalry!"

Li Ru said anxiously: "But they will still bring trouble to the ruling party after all, and if the ruling party does not rush to attack the Central Plains, I am afraid that Liu Bei and others will have more and more cavalry, and the ruling party will have to face 5 or even 10 cavalry. Cavalry, don’t these cavalry take power seriously?”

Xu Wei finally became serious. If Yuan Shao and the others had 10 cavalry, they might really cause him big trouble, but he controlled the entire desert, fighting for cavalry. But it's just a little trouble for myself. After the artillery appeared, the days when the cavalry became the protagonist on the historical stage are numbered!
Xu Wei said: "Is there any way you can stop them from forming cavalry?"

Li Rudao: "The Dahan has three major horse breeding lands, namely Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou. But now Bingzhou and Youzhou have been occupied by the ruling party. As long as the ruling party conquers Liangzhou again, the entire Dahan's horse breeding land will be captured by the ruling party. They don’t even have horses, how can Yuan Shao, Liu Bei and the others form cavalry, without cavalry, Yuan Shao and the others can’t possibly be opponents in power, so in a few years, the world will definitely be unified by the power!”

"Take Liangzhou?" It is another poor and vast frontier. Liangzhou is not only large in size, but also very narrow and long. The length from east to west can be four to five thousand miles. Thousands of miles away, then your own territory really becomes a 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 for more than ten years. Ru is willing to help the ruling party capture the entire Liangzhou with a small number of elites!"

Xu Wei thought for a while but shook his head and said: "Liangzhou now has nearly 10 soldiers and horses. Although Ma Teng, Han Sui, Niu Fu and others are all mobs, they want to defend their home and country, so they cannot surrender easily. To annihilate this 10 army and capture the entire Liangzhou, it is impossible without an army of more than 20, and our Tengjia Army is still digesting the results of the war in Youzhou and Jizhou, so we can no longer send out such a large army to fight!"

Li Ru thought for a while and said: "Since the ruling party is unwilling to gobble up whales, then I will help the ruling party to eat away at Liangzhou. Liangzhou is remote and has a population of less than a million. How can it be possible to support an army of 10? 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 provoke the relationship between Niu Fu, Han Sui, and Ma Teng, and when they are exhausted from fighting, it only takes a small price to govern You can take the entire Liangzhou!"

When Li Ru said this, Xu Wei was really moved!

(End of this chapter)