At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 278, Good news and enfeoffment of the desert
June 20th, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty.

Because Mayi knew that the Huns army was about to attack, Li Shang mobilized all men, women, and children in Mayi to prepare for war.

Trees within a ten-mile radius of Mayi were cut down to prevent them from being used by the Huns to build siege ladders.

The felled trees were pulled into the Mayi city. They were either cut into fortress trees weighing dozens of kilograms for defense, or they were cut into small pieces and processed into long arrows to serve as weapons for attacking the Huns. Man's weapon.

Stones within a ten-mile radius of Mayi were also collected by the people of Mayi and brought into the city. They would be used as weapons to defend the city and be thrown at the Huns.

Every common person in Mayi was mobilized by Li Shang, and they were busy building all the necessary weapons and defensive equipment for the soldiers.

But when the people of Mayi were busy, they always looked to the north of Mayi. They knew that tens of thousands of Han soldiers took the initiative to attack the Huns. They knew nothing about whether the war would be won or lost. They were extremely worried about the Han soldiers. The army was defeated and the safety of his relatives was in danger.

Mayi, Baimali.

There are 24 villages in Mayi, and now they have become small military industrial units. Every manpower in Mayi is used by Cao Shen. At this time, he is inspecting Baimali, which is a small long arrow manufacturing factory.

The simple assembly line works in this small village. The young men split the wood, the older people polish the arrow shafts, the blacksmiths make the arrowheads, and the women, children and children stick the poultry feathers to the arrow shafts. At this point, a qualified long arrow is Created.

After inspecting Baimali, Li Shang came to the city tower in Mayi and watched the civilians reinforce the city tower and install arrow towers and other defensive facilities on the city wall.

In order to prepare for this battle, Xu Fan retreated to Yanmen Pass and was not idle. He organized civilians to continuously transport military supplies such as grain, grass, weapons and equipment and iron ingots to Mayi.

Then these cavalrymen kept shouting to the crowd, and soon the sound spread throughout Mayi City, causing a sensation throughout the city.

Li Shang thought for a while and said: "I will ask the rear to transport more iron materials to solve the arrow problem. As for the arrow feathers~~~"

Baimali Supervisor said: "If the raw materials are sufficient, thousands of long arrows can be made every day. However, there is insufficient iron material to make enough arrows, there are not enough arrow feathers, and all the poultry in Mayi have been slaughtered. These have affected the long arrows." Quantity of arrows made.”

The world has experienced hundreds of years of war. Although this has brought difficulties to the people of the world, it has also made the world full of various military skills, from military systems that can command hundreds of thousands of people to military systems that can These hundreds of thousands of troops provide the logistics military industry system, logistics transportation system, as well as the city defense system and various fortifications that are the pillars of the small country's survival.

According to his understanding of the Emperor, Fan Kuai could at least be promoted to the rank of Marquis during this battle. If he can still make contributions later, it is not impossible to become the Duke of the country.

When the people in Mayi heard the sound of the victory, they went out one after another and asked the soldiers who delivered the victory: "Are we victorious?"

The speed of this cavalry team was getting faster and faster, and soon Li Shang could see the faces of soldiers with flags symbolizing emergency military conditions.

"promise."

The young soldier couldn't hide the smile on his face, which made Li Shang excited. It seemed that Fan Kuai won the first battle.

The soldier proudly said: "A great victory. The Huns were vulnerable. Our army defeated 4 Huns cavalry in one battle. Now we have returned with the Huns prisoners."

After the cavalry arrived at Mayi City, they shouted in unison: "Our army has achieved a great victory. General Fan Kuai defeated the 4 Huns vanguard and captured King Aries, King Donghu, and more than 2 Huns soldiers."

While Li Shang was inspecting the city tower, he suddenly saw a small line of smoke not far away, and soon he saw that it was a cavalry team of dozens of people attacking Mayi.

Li Shang thought for a moment and said, "Let the blacksmith make some iron arrow feathers to replace them temporarily. Although this may affect the shooting accuracy of the long arrow, it is better than nothing."

He nodded with satisfaction, then took out an arrow stem and compared it and said, "It's very straight. It's a good material for making long arrows. You must make good use of this Mo family's machine tool. With each additional long arrow, maybe We in Mayi can save one person from death, how many long arrows can you make in Baima now?"

Star forts were very popular in later generations, among which there were already variants in the world at this time. The horse-faced walls and arrow towers on the city walls were variants of star forts. They allowed attacking enemies to be attacked from three sides, forming a complete city defense system. Became nearly invincible. In this era, defense is greater than offense, so the Qin army had no choice but to use hard methods such as siege and water attack to defeat the Six Kingdoms when encountering such a fortified city.

Li Shang looked at a small, boxy piece of wood. Driven by a horse-drawn machine tool, the wood chips flew everywhere, and soon a long, round arrow was made.

Li Shang on the city wall heard the good news and said happily: "Fan Kuai has made a profit. Capturing two kings in one battle, even the little king of the Xiongnu, is a great achievement. I didn't expect that we and other heroes of Peixian County, except for the lucky Liu Bang, will now Even Fan Kuai came forward."

"Cai, General Fan Kuai is really a powerful general who can be defeated by ten thousand people." The people who heard the news cheered.

There was an endless stream of civilian transport teams on the road from Yanmen Pass to Mayi. They transported truckloads of supplies to Mayi City, because Xu Fan understood that the more supplies there were, the stronger the combat effectiveness of the Mayi defenders would be, and they would be able to defend the city. the longer. Therefore, there is really no shortage of various supplies here in Mayi, especially iron ingots.

The tense atmosphere in Mayi City was swept away. I thought that the Huns' invasion was a crisis, but I didn't expect that the Huns were weak. According to Fan Kuai's style of fighting, if they fight two more times at most, the Huns will be They killed them all.

After receiving the battle report, Li Shang immediately sent the battle report to Yanmen Pass in the rear.

The 21st day of June in the fourth year of the Han Dynasty.

The battle report of Fan Kuai's victory was in the hands of Xu Fan.

Zhang Cang, who joined the army, took the battle report and read to Xu Fan: "In this battle, our army killed more than 10 Huns, including prisoners. We captured King Aries and King Donghu, and captured horses and cattle and sheep. Our army's Tunqi camp suffered over a thousand casualties, the Xiaoqi camp suffered more than two hundred casualties, and one of the Huns' arms was broken."

Zhang Cang had just finished reading the battle report when the surrounding captains shouted: "Cai!"

Wu Sheng, the general who joined the army, laughed and said: "This Fan Kuai is so good at fighting, he won't scare the Huns so much that they dare not come to Mayi."

Although Wu Sheng was happy about Fan Kuai's record, he didn't think it was too remarkable. Such records were too common in the Qin-Han War. Han Xin even achieved an exaggerated record of 3,000 annihilated by 30,000. According to the fact that the Han army is stronger than the Qin army, and the Qin army is stronger than the Huns, the Huns are just a third-rate army, so it is not surprising to have such a victory.

Deng, the governor of Taiyuan County, said jokingly: "If we run away in fear, we will fight to the grassland and break through the Huns' royal court to see if these Huns still dare to invade my territory."

After thinking about it, Xu Fan took out two telescopes and said: "Remember the contributions of Fan Kuai and Li Shang first, and give these two telescopes to them as rewards for the time being."

After Xu Fan asked Zhao Gao to manage the glass factory, he asked Zhao Gao to produce mirrors, magnifying glasses, glasses, telescopes, microscopes and other products. Of course, there were many impurities in the glass at this time, and such high-end products could not be produced, but the big man had natural crystals. It can be used as raw materials, and with the high-level technicians accumulated by Da Qin Shaofu over the past hundred years, they can already grind out the products Xu Fan needs.

Using crystal as raw material, this product has become the top luxury product in Han Dynasty. The price of each product is more than 10 yuan, and among them, mirror has become a crazy thing for every noble lady in Chang'an City. Just this one This transaction alone earned Xu Fan hundreds of millions of dollars. Telescopes are also one of the luxuries. The price is as high as yuan, and the quantity is extremely rare. It is difficult to popularize them in the military. This time Zhao Gao brought Xu Fan five pairs of telescopes with four-fold mirrors.

But even this is already a powerful weapon in the army. Ordinary people can only see about 4 miles, and the dusty battlefield is so dusty that it is amazing to be able to see the battlefield clearly within two miles. And with this telescope, the general can observe a radius of Ten-mile battle situation, this is extremely helpful to the general's command on the front line. Xu Fan simply took out two pairs and gave them to Fan Kuai and Cao Shen who were on the front line.

Wu Sheng continued to ask: "What should we do with the Huns captured by Fan Kuai?"

Xu Fan asked: "What do you think?"

Deng said: "The Aries King doesn't matter, but this Donghu King can be used. Donghu only surrendered to the Huns last year, but this was oppressed by Maodun's force. The Donghu people must not obey the Huns in their hearts, and most of the Donghu tribe Being assigned to the Huns, the Donghu people should be angry and dare not speak out at this time.

Our army should use this Donghu King to recruit and surrender the original Donghu tribe. For the Huns, this is equivalent to cutting off one of their arms. If used well, it can even cut the Huns' power in half. Without the Donghu people as accomplices, it is just a mere one. Maodun is much easier to deal with. "

Wu Sheng also nodded and said: "Not only the Donghu people, but also our Lou Fan from Yanmen County, and even the Baiyang tribe can find ways to win over us big men. The more divided the Huns' power is, the easier it will be for us to deal with the Huns. ”

But after Wu Sheng and the others finished speaking, there was silence. Many soldiers who joined the army looked at Wu Sheng and the others unconvinced.

Although their strategy was very beneficial to the subsequent war with the Huns, it was not good for them. The Huns had surrendered. How could they make achievements? If they wanted to bribe the Hu tribe, they would definitely benefit from it. The grasslands were divided among them. The Hu people took refuge with the Han people, how could they establish their vassal states?

Many people even complained in their hearts that Wu Sheng and Deng said that you two have made great achievements, but here you are hindering our future.

At this time, Zhang Cang, who joined the army, said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Xu Fan said: "Speak."

Zhang Cang pondered for a moment and said: "Although the strategies of General Joining the Army and Governor Deng are beneficial to our Han Dynasty in defeating the Huns at this time, they are not beneficial to our Han Dynasty in the long run. The Hu people have been invading our Central Plains land for thousands of years. This is because Because the barbarians are aggressive by nature, which is also determined by the harsh environment of the desert, they will invade the Central Plains whenever they cannot survive. "

"If I, a big man, want to change this situation, I have to go deep into the grassland. I think that the leaders of the Hu tribes like King Donghu and King Aries are wild and untamable. They are desperate and have taken refuge with me at this time. As long as there is a chance in the future, They will come back to bite us big men. This year, I, the big man, have wiped out all the Huns. Tomorrow, the Donghu people will rise again. If they wipe out the Donghu people again, the Dayuezhi people will rise again. As long as I, the big man, do not control the grassland, this kind of thing will be inevitable. ”

"Your Majesty, for the sake of future generations, I, the Han Dynasty, should learn from Zong Zhou and enfeoff the heroes of the Han Dynasty to suppress the desert. In this way, after hundreds of years, the barbarians in the desert will change and disappear without a trace, and my descendants of the Han Dynasty will occupy the desert. This is How to completely eliminate the barbarians in the desert."

On Qin Bo's recommendation, Zhang Cang joined the Prime Minister's Office of the Han Dynasty and became one of the officials of the Han Dynasty and Qin Dynasty. Because he was proficient in arithmetic and published "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", he became famous throughout the Han Dynasty. He was recognized as a master of arithmetic in the world, so he Receiving great attention from Zhou Zhang, he became the most important official in the Prime Minister's Office as soon as he joined the Prime Minister's Office. Computing the economic data of the entire Han Dynasty became Zhou Zhang's right-hand man.

If you want to be reused in the Han Dynasty, you must have military merit. Otherwise, you will not be able to suppress the military bosses below, and it will be difficult to get the support of the prefecture and county magistrates who came from the Han military. Therefore, the Han-Hungarian War broke out After that, Zhou Zhang recommended Zhang Cang to join the army and join the war.

Deng said that he was still unwilling to retort: ​​"This is just a temporary measure. The Hu people are naturally not trustworthy. In the future, I, the Han Dynasty, will divide the feudal princes and suppress the desert."

Deng said he wanted to continue, but at this moment Wu Sheng pulled Deng and stopped him from talking anymore. Instead, let him look at the soldiers around him.

Only then did he realize that the faces of those who joined the army looked at him extremely ugly, and they were obviously very dissatisfied with his suggestions.

He quickly realized the problem. For the Han military, every time there was another foreign vassal in the world, their interests were lost.

The princes and kings in the Han Dynasty were allies of the Han Dynasty, and they worked with the Han Dynasty to destroy the Qin Dynasty. Many of the generals among these princes and kings were close friends of life and death with the generals of the Han Dynasty. But even so, the Han military was increasingly dissatisfied with these princes. As time goes by, voices discussing the abolition of these princes and kings have always existed.

But now the Donghu people, the Aries tribe, and the Loufan tribe don't matter, they are worthy of becoming princes with him.

The Han military already regarded these barbarians as their military merits, and naturally they were not willing to let them become part of the Han princes.

Xu Fan said with a smile: "Zhang Canjun's suggestion is reasonable. The barbarians on the grassland still need to be dealt with, otherwise they will become a hidden danger for our descendants. Fan Kuai is so good at fighting, I will entrust him to the Hetao area and let him Such a fierce general will suppress the desert, and at the same time, he will entrust a group of heroes to suppress the vast grassland. I still believe in my own people more than those barbarians. "

Xu Fan would definitely not imitate later kings and give preferential treatment to these barbarian leaders and let them manage the tribe. This is to create hidden dangers for himself. Later generations of the Five Husies will cause chaos in China. Many of them are caused by this policy of the Han Dynasty, which has left the barbarians for hundreds of years. Neither can blend in with the big man. And the Xianbei people in the desert took away the Han's victory.

Although Emperor Wu demonstrated the prestige of the Han people, he did not formulate a good grassland system, nor did he solve the eternal enemy of the grassland people.

But Xu Fan's idea is much simpler. The desert is too vast. With the current administrative capabilities of the Han Dynasty, it is definitely impossible to control the desert. Then simply entrust the heroes to suppress the desert and let the meat rot in the pot.

Spend the grassland into several large pieces, independent of each other. At the same time, in conjunction with the settlement system, the Hu people from the desert were regularly recruited to open up territory for the Han Dynasty and control the population of the desert. For other emperors, the land in the world was limited and could not accommodate too many Hu people. But for Xu Fan, the world had no owner. There is too much land. If you want to graze, I will let you go to Nanzhou. If Nanzhou is not enough, you can also go to Dongzhou. With these two continents, there will be no need for involution for hundreds of years.

At the same time, we need to clear the stock of fodder, change nomadic habits, raise the wool industry chain, use economic control to control the desert, and try our best to assimilate the desert into a part of the Han civilization. Even if the Han Dynasty declines and the world starts fighting, it will only be internal. The princes compete for hegemony. Even if a lucky man enters the industrial age, the grassland people will take the initiative to use the skills of being able to sing and dance.

(Although that dynasty is looked down upon, it has to be said that it really solved the grassland problem. Of course, this also caused other problems. The Mongols declined, and mz came over again. Is this considered solved or not? , It’s really hard to tell clearly whether it’s merit or calculation.)
Hearing Xu Fan's words, the surrounding commanders and captains were all excited. The desert is larger than Liaodong, Hexi, Nanjiang, and Nanzhong combined. How many heroes must be sent to suppress the desert, and how many princes can be enfeoffed. , which simply made him unimaginable, but they knew that as long as they performed well in this battle, they would definitely be on the list when the princes were divided again.

At this time, they even looked forward to the Huns continuing to move south. Without the heads of the Huns, there would be no military merit for them.

"Huns, please go south quickly." Many soldiers who joined the army hoped in their hearts.

Naturally, Xu Fan didn't know the inner thoughts of those who joined the army. He said calmly: "The main force of the Huns has not been repulsed, so we will not celebrate yet. When all the Huns are annihilated, we will have a drink and have fun, and everyone will continue to focus on the war." , sent the good news to the mainland of the Han Dynasty, and ordered the governors everywhere to speed up the march and not let the Huns escape. "

"No!" said the surrounding staff.

For Xu Fan, it is best to deal with the Huns in Mayi, which can reduce the consumption of the Han Dynasty ten times.

But even if Maodun escaped, he was not prepared to let go of the Huns. Instead, he planned to use hundreds of thousands of infantry to guard his food routes. The remaining 5 cavalry would go deep into the desert thousands of miles to the royal court of the Huns to eliminate or destroy them. The Huns were severely damaged and the grassland empire in history completely disappeared without a trace.

Otherwise, if Maodun really develops, he may have to be like Emperor Wu, guarding the border with 60 infantry, and sending hundreds of thousands of cavalry to the desert and even Mobei.

Such a war was difficult for the big man to bear at this time, and it was not a war in which the winner could be decided in a short time.

He doesn't want to fight such a war. His time is precious and he wants to push the world towards industrialization. He doesn't have time to play these dynasty hegemony games.

(End of this chapter)