The domain of a Kushan noble.

This area is some distance from Yangon, but it is not too far, and the Kushan nobles who own this territory are one of the nobles who participated in the attack on Yangon before, so they have been included in Lu Ren's "blacklist". However, this guy will be the first target of Lu Ren after arriving in Yangon, but there are other reasons.

In fact, this guy's strength is not strong, he can only be regarded as a mediocre middle noble, and under normal circumstances, this guy's standing army is only at the level of more than a thousand people. If you want to put it in the Huaxia region at that time, this guy's territory is roughly the level of a medium-sized county-level unit, so it is not bad to have a standing army of more than 1,000 people, and if there is really any war, it must be to recruit militia in the territory...... This kind of thing is actually similar in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.

Under normal circumstances, there is only a standing army of more than 1,000 people, and its strength is not much stronger, not to mention that the previous defeat in the Battle of Rangoon was still damaged, and it could not be made up for a while, and the limited strength was damaged a little. So when Ma Chao led five thousand elite horsemen to suddenly attack here, it almost didn't take much effort to break through the gate of the town, and then surrounded this nobleman in his castle...... Well, let's call it a castle.

For such a noble lord who was not very strong, Ma Chao casually increased his strength after surrounding the other party. With the killing of this noble lord, the battle was naturally over. The next thing is to clean up the battlefield and clean up the results. And for some troops, it is also the time when they can loot the people, burn and loot......

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"Hey, what are you doing!?"

In the midst of the angry shouts, Ma Chao rushed to the front of a certain house with a team of guards, but what caught his eye was that there were so many cavalrymen looting the people's property. And when these cavalrymen saw Ma Chao coming, they were naturally busy throwing down the things in their hands and saluting Ma Chao.

Ma Chao looked at the things that were thrown on the ground by the cavalry, and the Kushan civilians who were shivering in the corner of the wall...... In fact, how could Ma Chao not understand what was going on? If it was before, Ma Chao was too lazy to care about this kind of thing, but now the situation is different, what Lu Ren said to him before, Ma Chao is still in his ears.

"Give it back to the people!"

The cavalrymen looked at each other, and they had the audacity to say something to Ma Chao, but Ma Chao whipped him to the ground: "Don't let me say it a second time!" ”

The cavalry had no choice but to return what they had just looted to the people. When they returned, Ma Chao ordered the guards to take down the cavalry and press them to the ground, followed by several whips on them.

Due to the linguistic relationship, Ma Chao brought a translator. At this moment, Ma Chao's interpreter came to those people, first apologized to those people on behalf of Ma Chao, and then explained to them that the cavalry who robbed the people were being punished because they had violated military discipline. In the end, it is said that the Han army only seeks trouble with those hateful Kushan nobles, but will not disturb the common people......

Well, to put it bluntly, this matter is actually a strict military discipline and no offense in autumn for the people of Guishan, so as to leave a good image for the people of Guishan. Although the Qiang family led by Ma Chao has some vices like bandits, after strict rectification, the military appearance and military discipline have been much stricter. Although it is said that because the time is still short, there are still a few thorns, but one is that Ma Chao has sent a "picket team", and Ma Chao himself has personally "picketed", and the other is ...... These thorns that have come out can also become "extras" to show some things. It can even be said that if necessary, Ma Chao doesn't mind letting these "extras" go directly to get the "bento".

In that era, or from ancient times to the present, after a region was conquered militarily, it would basically be followed by the looting, burning, killing and looting of the loser by the victors, which can be said to be common sense that everyone knows, so the Kushan people in this area are ready to accept abuse. But it is precisely because of this that they were all greatly surprised by the strict military discipline and the lack of offense shown by the Han army at this time...... Or it can be said to be rare and strange. But in any case, their personal safety and property have not been harmed, which is enough to make them happy.

Ma Chaoyou led the "translation propaganda team", and at this time they were also busy posting the list and spreading the information to the local people. Not to mention the fact that they would not harm the common people, but it is worth mentioning that they told the local people that they would go to the castle tomorrow morning to collect their money and food. According to the "propaganda team", this aristocrat has always been excessively exploiting and enslaving the local people, and now that the Han army has eliminated such a villain in the village, it is necessary to distribute the people's fat and ointment that this nobleman has scavenged from the local people to the local people.

Doesn't this look familiar? That's right, Lu Ren learned from his revolutionary predecessors and moved some tricks. And if you want to get the favor of the poor people, what can be more powerful than "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land"?

Far from it, when the local people received the news, the vast majority of them still held a rather hesitant wait-and-see attitude, and did not dare to go to the castle to receive the money and food. It's Ma Chao...... No, it should be said that Lu Ren had expected this kind of thing, so Ma Chao followed Lu Ren's instructions and commanded the men and horses to put bags of grain at the door of some people's homes.

Then again, this Guishan nobleman who was destroyed by Ma Chao is really quite capable of scraping, and Ma Chao was also shocked when he collected and counted his property. As mentioned earlier, this is a territory equivalent to the middle county governance in Huaxia, and the population should not be compared with Huaxia, but how to say that there are more than 10,000 people and more than 3,000 residents, but the property of this Kushan nobleman is enough for the people of this county to eat at a well-off level for about a year, so how much land does this have to scrape?

The problem is that the living standards of the ordinary people in this county are not very good. The money has been scraped away by this nobleman, and the standard of living can be better? So now let's talk about it, Lu Ren will pick this guy in the first battle after arriving in Yangon, and he actually takes a fancy to this.

Well, after Ma Chao distributed some money and food, the hesitation in the hearts of the local people dissipated, and then he took the initiative to come to the castle to receive money and food. At this time, Ma Chao did some things such as returning the title deed and freeing the slaves, which was naturally praised by the local people.

So is Ma Chao really just here to "fight local tyrants and divide the land"? Not really. In fact, after destroying this nobleman, Ma Chao only took half of the confiscated property and distributed it to the local people, and the other half was still distributed to his subordinates who participated in the war as war trophies.

It is said that when Ma Chao and Lu Ren met that day, Lu Ren explained a way to Ma Chao, and Ma Chao's response was that he actually understood these truths, but the Qiang Di cavalry led by Ma Chao ...... Alas! There are always some bandits, if they don't make a fortune after the battle, Ma Chao is worried that they will refuse to use their lives on the battlefield.

However, Lu Ren had been prepared for this kind of thing, so Lu Ren passed on this to Ma Chao: How much money can you have to rob ordinary people? If you want to rob, go and rob those Kushan nobles who are fat and oily by looting the people. And after destroying these Kushan nobles, you Ma Chao kept half of it for himself, and the other half was taken out and distributed to the local people, so that you could not only get rich, but also get the favor of the local people, why not? In the long run, you Ma Chao can't build your troops into a bandit army that can fight hard battles, but only knows how to burn, kill and loot.

Ma Chao is still very clear about some things, so now he is also implementing Lu Ren's thoughts. And after taking what should be taken and scattering what should be dispersed, Ma Chao did not occupy this land, but led the five thousand elite horsemen back to Yangon.

At this point, some people may say that this piece of land has been taken down, and it has won the favor of the local people by being a "wealth boy", so why not occupy this land, but give it up so easily?

In fact, in many cases, the land is not as simple as taking it down, and the art of war also has a cloud: "Those who become great entrepreneurs do not care about the gains and losses of one city and one place." Lu Ren has a lot of chess to play, how can he care if these two small places with no strategic significance are in his own hands? What's more, Lu Ren deliberately gave up such an area, and he had more insidious intentions.

And what happened next was just like Lu Ren's insidious assumption. In such a piece of land, its original noble lords were destroyed by Ma Chao, and Ma Chao withdrew his troops later, then this piece of land became a borderless land, which would immediately arouse the covetousness of other noble lords.

So, a few days after the withdrawal of the army, Emmachao ...... In fact, Ma Chao stayed there for several days at that time, and some nobles in the vicinity received a distress letter from the nobleman who was destroyed, but one Ma Chao's battle was fought too quickly and too suddenly, and the other was that in the battle of Yangon, these nobles themselves had more or less losses, and they were all busy licking their wounds at home, and they were also a little afraid of being beaten by the Han army psychologically, so they all chose a wait-and-see attitude. In other words, everyone sweeps the snow in front of their doors, regardless of the frost on the tiles of others. Besides, who may be the next target of the Han army's retaliation, so who dares to send out the soldiers on hand to help others fight at this stall?

And after Ma Chao withdrew his troops, several nearby noble lords received the news one after another. Although Guishan at this time was not a pattern of warlord melee, these noble lords under the aristocratic lord system were really not much better. At this moment, seeing that there is such a piece of borderland to occupy, everyone's minds are activated, and those who move quickly directly send troops over to prepare to receive this borderland.

Whether it will be first-come, first-served, no one can say for sure, but it is certain that this bone deliberately thrown by Lu Ren will play a role in dividing and dividing a few Guishan lords.

That's not all, Lu Ren's real insidious thing is that he deliberately left a lot of money and food for the local Kushan people, and the few Kushan lords who rushed to occupy the territory didn't realize Lu Ren's insidiousness, they only saw that the local people still had so much money and food after the war, so there was no reason not to loot it, and the slogan was "I am your new lord, to provide you with military protection, of course you untouchables have to pay taxes!" ”

Yes, it's to pay taxes. This tax and that tax, reasonable and unreasonable, must be paid. If it was just like this, the Kushan people who were still in slavery or semi-slavery under the aristocratic lord system would have been accustomed to it, and paying so many taxes would have the right to buy peace by destroying their wealth and eliminating disasters. But the problem is that this land is now an area with a dispute over its ownership, and the few noble lords who rushed here are the ones who collect taxes from you, and I will also collect them, and the local people will become tax collectors who have to deal with this noble lord today, and tax collectors who have to deal with that noble lord tomorrow...... Do you think the local people can afford this situation?

Several noble lords are still arguing over the ownership of this borderless land, and they almost have no soldiers to meet each other, while the local people are already miserable. At this time, the fine workers left by Ma Chao began to move. There is no need to make any big moves, just a little guidance in the remarks of the people, and the local people will have the idea that "the army of the Han Dynasty treats us civilians well".

Well, it can be summed up here, Lu Ren deliberately threw away such an area, not only to sow discord between the nobles and lords of the Kushan, but also to fiercely intensify the relationship between the nobles and the commoners.

You must know that under the strong appearance of Guishan in this period, the class contradiction between the aristocratic class and the commoner class has become increasingly acute, and Lu Ren has not looked at historical materials to recharge himself, and he is very clear about many things, so he can be described as insidious and fast and ruthless in terms of moves. Although what he did this time could only be regarded as a small test of the knife, the tip of the knife was fiercely teased on the itchy flesh of both sides on Guishuang's side.

Of course, Lu Ren didn't expect any peasant uprising or anything like that from the local Kushan people, at least for now, it was not realistic, and the local people didn't have that consciousness yet. To put it mildly, the local civilians are just that small, and which of those Kushan lords who rushed there to grab the land would be stupid enough not to bring some soldiers with them? Even if the local people want to rise up, they can't make trouble, okay?

Therefore, Lu Ren's final order to the fine workers was to encourage the local Kushan people to flee to Yangon. And Lu Ren knew in his heart that his work in Central Asia had just begun, and the most important thing to do at the moment was to bring the people of Guishan to him little by little. There are a lot of things that must not be rushed......