I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 557, Barbarian Soldiers

Of course, Wang Lei had no choice but to absorb these northern barbarians.

This has to say an extremely depressing thing. His Mobei Dudu Mansion is larger than the entire Han Dynasty, but its population is only four to five million. Tens of millions of cattle, sheep and war horses, if these are converted into wealth, there are really not many places in Dagan that are richer than the desert!

But the desert has desolation and coldness that doesn’t match its wealth. It’s okay to be like this, but Xu Wei has let go of the checkpoints for the herdsmen going south. Now the herdsmen are also members of the big cadres, and they can naturally go in and out of any country. superior.

And this has brought Wang Lei a huge trouble. In the desert, the temperature in winter can be said to be as cold as a drop of water. Few people are willing to stay in the desert. Due to the pressure of life in the past and the exclusion of the Han people, everyone has to live in the desert. Survive, but now everyone is from the same country, and the great development of animal husbandry and textile industry has brought a lot of wealth to the desert, and many tribes have become rich (at least compared to their original only one life, now the herdsmen have A flock of sheep counts as the propertied class).

Many tribal leaders in the desert lead their herdsmen south for the winter, and when they come back, they will lose one-tenth of their population, and the most terrible thing is that this one-tenth of the population is young and strong. The main labor force in the desert, these people are envious of the prosperity in the pass, and they don't want to go back to the desert at all.And at this time in Hebei, as long as there are people with hands and feet, even if they are porters or female textile workers, they can live well.But the wealth and prosperity in Guannei is not comparable to that in the desert!Elderly herdsmen may be nostalgic for their hometown, but young herdsmen want to make a splash in this prosperous pass!
As a result, the population of the desert has continued to decline, and it is still the strongest young labor force.Many small tribes simply passed away after the winter. They were not buried by the wind and snow, but they envied the prosperity of Hebei, and they didn't want to go back at all.

However, the land of Hebei has been continuously developed over the years, absorbing a large number of people to enter the factory and become workers. In addition, more than half of the population has been killed or injured in the wars of the Han Dynasty for many years. There is a lack of population everywhere. The more territory occupied by the Daqian, the population is almost insufficient. Now the population Jizhou has a population of just over 500 million, and even if each household of these people is allocated [-] mu of land, there is still plenty of land in Jizhou.

This kind of situation has appeared in all parts of Dagan, so officials in various places can only desperately absorb the population of other places for their own political achievements.Although these herdsmen in the desert have no technical skills, they can herd. At this time, the grazing industry in Hebei is on the rise.

There are too many abandoned lands in Dagan, and there are not enough people to cultivate them, but it is a pity to waste these lands like this. Coupled with the development of industrialization, a large number of citizens have increased wealth in their hands. These citizens all want to improve their lives. , Dagan’s demand for various meats began to expand, requiring less manpower, and the grazing industry with high economic value began to rise in various parts of Dagan, and many farms were established near cities.

The expansion of a large number of breeding farms even made Xu Wei and Dagan officials worry that it would affect food security, so Xu Wei and Dagan officials formulated a decree prohibiting officials from all over the country from grazing on arable land and establishing breeding field.

However, the profit of the farm is high, and it can also bring raw materials to the textile factory. In recent years, the land in Hebei has been converted to forests, and a large number of mountainous lands are not suitable for farming. In Bingzhou, Youzhou and other places, a large number of mountain pastures have been established. After these farms are built, they naturally need herdsmen who are familiar with grazing to operate them. Therefore, the herdsmen in the desert have become high-tech talents. In Bingzhou, Jizhou and Youzhou, a large number of be absorbed.

So Wang Lei could only watch helplessly as the number of herdsmen under his rule gradually decreased. For this matter, he complained to Xu Wei and quarreled with the governors of other states and counties, but it was of no use. People yearn for a better life. Yes, given the harsh conditions of the desert, population loss is unstoppable, but now the sudden appearance of barbarians has become a way for him to solve the problem of population replenishment.

Moreover, Wang Lei also found that these barbarian people are tall and powerful, with amazing strength, strong fighting ability, and even better cold resistance. In the severe cold area like the desert, they can survive on fur, The near-zero climate is already a warm place for them, and they don't even feel cold when they are naked.Of course, such a strong soldier is not without shortcomings, otherwise he would not be defeated by him and become a prisoner in the mine.
One is that these barbarians have no discipline at all, they fight in a swarm, and they don't even know how to assemble an army formation, but their appetite is amazing, one person eats more than three soldiers in Daqian.

But these shortcomings can be easily solved for Wang Lei. At first they didn't understand military formations, but after three months of ruling and training them, they would have a simple formation. He can train these barbarians for a year (in fact, Wang Lei trained these barbarians It took three years to force them to understand what military discipline is. If they were really lawless barbarians, Xu Wei would not dare to let Wang Lei bring these people to the big man!)

And eating more is an advantage for him. They are afraid of lack of food when they work hard. To Wang Lei, these barbarians are simply natural heavy infantry. Weapons and armor weighing dozens of catties cannot affect their actions at all. For Wang Lei, this is not the most suitable soldier for fighting in winter, so when he went south to fight this time, Wang Lei brought more than 3 such barbarian soldiers to fight south.

And now is the time for him to reap the rewards. When other soldiers are fighting because of their bloated clothes, these barbarian soldiers charge to the front line wearing simple woolen clothes and leather armor. Many barbarian soldiers even untie their Wearing leather armor and clothes, charging naked, their agile figures quickly climbed up the ice walls, and conquered Cao Cao's first line of defense in a very short time!
Wang Lei was overjoyed to see this scene, and just ordered the soldiers to continue to expand the results of the battle from this line of defense.

But at this time, more than a dozen artillery pieces fired!
"Boom boom boom!" More than a dozen shells hit the ice wall, killing dozens of barbarian soldiers. The casualties were nothing at all.

But for the barbarians who encountered artillery shooting for the first time, the artillery is a magical weapon, and the roaring sound is the anger of the gods. The soldiers who were so brave just now bombed the camp in an instant. Thousands of barbarian soldiers scattered and ran for their lives. This made Wang Lei, who just wanted to praise the barbarian soldiers, very angry!

(End of this chapter)