Lu Bu also knew that the two of them would not believe this set of rhetoric, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Ma Chao, how did those prisoners deal with them?" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly replied: "Those young men are temporarily detained, and as for the women and children, there is no restriction on their freedom except that they cannot leave this camp. ”

Lu Bu nodded, and was very satisfied with this arrangement: "Very good, very good, the first evil has been eliminated, and the remaining ordinary people should not be embarrassed anymore, whether it is the Han people, or the Xianbei people, the Qiang people, or other Hu people, the ordinary people are innocent, our conquest has brought them the pain of their wives and families being separated, and they must not do that thing that hurt them again." ”

When the two heard this, they hurriedly bowed their heads and said yes, this is what distinguishes Lu Bu from other princes, he not only talks about taking care of the people and not seeking the well-being of the people, but also works hard to do these things, so that the people naturally support him, and what follows is that the soldiers under his command are also united with their lives, which is also the result of Lu Bu's education in later generations. He deeply understands that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, especially in these troubled times.

That Liu Bei is not a very good example, he had no background and no resources in the early days, and he completely relied on his good reputation to gradually grow from a down-and-out villager to Uncle Liu Huang, who is the side of the world. His greatest reliance is his reputation for generosity and benevolence, and whether later generations evaluate him as hypocritical or genuine, they have to admit that this is one of the most important factors in his success.

Therefore, Lu Bu always cares about the suffering of the people whenever and wherever he is, and uses his sincerity and dedication to make all the people around him feel his deep concern for the ordinary people. Therefore, this point especially makes those civil and military generals from poor families and good families happy and convinced, and also in exchange for their absolute loyalty, after all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and a benevolent and loving leader will inevitably not treat his subordinates badly, and will naturally be able to exchange for the loyalty of his subordinates.

After thinking about it, Ma Chao spoke again: "His lord, there is one more thing." ”

"Oh? What is it? Lu Bu frowned and asked.

"In the past few days, it has snowed heavily, and the mountains and forests are already covered by heavy snow at the moment, and we can't go out, and people from outside can't get in, so we have lost contact with the outside world. At the same time, many of the captives contracted severe wind chills due to their lack of warm clothing. ”

"In that case, then hurry up and heal it." Saying this, Lu Bu was suddenly stunned, and he remembered something.

Deng Xun is the captain of the Qiang Guard, and all the Hu are happy. Qiang customs, shame and death, every time he is sick, he stabs himself with a knife. Hearing that there are those who are sick and sick, they are bound and restrained, not with the blade, so that medicine can heal, and the healer is not one, and the small and big are not happy. Train the sick and die, the people and Qiang Hu cherish, thousands of people come at night, or cut themselves with knives, and stab dogs, horses, cattle and sheep, saying: "Deng Yuanjun is dead, and my Cao is dead." "The former Wuhuan officials all ran the road to the empty city.

This is an article from "Eastern Han Dynasty Guanji Deng Xun", in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Deng Xun once served as a captain to protect the Qiang, and the Qiang people have a custom to be ashamed of dying of illness, and to commit suicide if they are seriously ill. When Deng Xun heard that some Qiang people were sick, he sent someone to arrest the sick and feed him with decoction, and slowly, the Qiang people loved him very much, and even after his death, many people expressed their grief for Deng Xun by self-mutilation or slaughtering cattle and sheep.

Thinking of this, Lu Bu opened his mouth and asked, "How many sick people are among the Qiang people?" ”

"There were dozens of them." Ma Chao replied without thinking, he grew up in the land of Yongliang since he was a child, and he also has Qiang blood, and he has a deep affection for the Qiang people, although he has a deep grudge against him, but after all, the rest are now some captives and women and children, so he can't bear to see these people suffer.

Lu Bu then asked, "At this moment, do the Qiang people still have the custom of being ashamed of dying of illness?" ”

Ma Chao didn't know what Lu Bu meant, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, but he still nodded and answered Lu Bu's question.

Lu Bu pondered for a while and then said: "Ghosts, you go and gather the sick Qiang people in one place first, don't infect others, and divide some of the medicine we bring with us to heal these patients." ”

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Ma Chaochang let out a long breath, Lu Bu's decision at least showed that he was willing to treat these patients, but the ghost god said in a deep voice: "Lord, the medicine we brought out this time is not much. ”

Lu Bu frowned slightly, because the wolf warrior special forces have to deal with all emergencies, it has become a practice to carry some medicines with them, and because Lu Bu attaches great importance to medical security, all the wolf warrior special forces also have a lot of experience in ordinary medical treatment. But after all, the wolf warrior special forces are in the battle sequence, and they will not carry too many medicines, especially drugs for diseases such as wind and cold, so Lu Bu will understand if he says a word.

"Save people first!" Lu Bu said in a deep voice.

"Whoa!" After hearing this, the ghost turned around and went to deal with it.

Only then did Lu Bu turn his head to look at Ma Chao and said, "Meng Qi, just now you said that the heavy snow closed the mountain, what is the situation now?" Can you contact the outside of the mountain? ”

"Back to the lord, I still can't get in touch with the state at the moment." Ma Chao shook his head, and then spoke: "However, due to the special environment in the mountains and the dense jungle, you can move in the mountains. ”

"Have you contacted people from other tribes?"

"My subordinates contacted five or six Qiang tribes such as Baimaqiang and Tsing Yi Qiang, and they all lived in this vicinity......"

Lu Bu nodded and then asked, "What is the relationship between the people in these tribes and you?" ”

"The relationship is not bad, especially Baimaqiang, my mother is from Baimaqiang. My outer justice is the old Qiang king of Baimaqiang. ”

Lu Bu said happily: "This is the best, Meng Qi, I have something for you to handle." ”

"My lord, please command." Ma Chao bowed and said.

"I'll go to these tribes with you two hundred wolf warrior special forces, let them contact as many other Qiang people as possible, send all kinds of sick people here, and if there is no way to come, let the special forces go to treat them in person. However, we must explain to the Qiang people that we currently have limited manpower and insufficient herbs, so everything can only be prepared by them, and after the ice and snow melt a little, our army will bring a large number of medicinal materials to support them. ”

Ma Chao raised his head suddenly when he heard this, and his eyes were full of shock: "Lord, what do you want to ......?"

Lu Bu looked at Ma Chao, and said with deep meaning in his eyes: "Meng Qi, you should remember one sentence, those who win the hearts of the people win the world." But if I want to win the hearts and minds of the people, then I must first communicate with the people. ”

The Qiang people and the Han people have always been on the same page, although they improved in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, but the grievances are still very deep. In particular, the successive captains of the Qiang Protector were all subdued by force, so there were many rebellions in the Qianghu, especially when the warlord melee in the late Eastern Han Dynasty led to a great loss of the power of the Han people.

These hatreds have lasted for hundreds of years, and it is impossible to verify who is right and who is wrong, but Lu Bu's experience from later generations has made him understand that if he wants to avoid the situation of Wuhu Chaohua, he must start preparing from now, and at this moment, take this opportunity to buy the Qiang people This is the first step, just like the Xianbei people on the grassland, what will be achieved in the end is the great integration of nationalities. It's just that the two communities have adopted different strategies.

Lu Bu's desire in his heart has always been to be able to emulate Wei Huo, but his eyes are not only on the grassland, not only on the land of China, he even has the ambition to expand the territory to the other side of the mainland, to stand the Chinese civilization on the top of the world, to spread the prestige of the Han soldiers to the whole world, and to let the "those who offend me be strong will be punished even if they are far away!" The slogan once again resounded in the hearts of the world.

This wish has always been buried in his heart, because in the current era, only he and Diao Chan can understand how vast the world is, although Shenzhou is vast, it is only a drop in the ocean compared to the entire world map. This is a cognitive defect caused by the limitations of the times, so Lu Bu will not talk about these things now, and he does not want to be regarded as a madman or a fool, only when he truly unifies the entire Central Plains, can he have the ability and strength to say these things. Others will believe what he says.

However, this does not mean that he can't make some preparations in advance, such as subduing Budugen and stabilizing Xianbei, and in the actions of showing favor to the Qiang tribe now, for example, they are all for the sake of future planning.

"Thousands of Qiang people in the next generation thank the lord, the lord's kindness will not dare to forget, Ma Mengqi is willing to serve the lord in this life and this life!" After listening to Lu Bu's words, Ma Chao was moved in his heart, and knelt on the ground and thanked him.

Ma Chao naturally had no way of knowing Lu Bu's thoughts, but Ma Chao also used his own thoughts to think about it, and he thought that Lu Bu wanted to borrow this way to make the Qiang people truly obey Lu Bu, so as to prepare for the next step to help their Ma family take revenge and eliminate Han Sui.

Of course, he also understood that the reason why Lu Bu was willing to help their father and son was because he valued their family's martial arts and wanted to let his father and son not Lu Bu be born and die in the future, but Ma Chao didn't care about this.

The life that Ma Chao yearns for is to fight on the battlefield and become a world-famous general, so he doesn't have too strong an obsession with who to play for, but after meeting Lu Bu, he really understands that there is no vanity under the fame, and at the same time, he is also recognized and moved by some of Lu Bu's behaviors and ideas.

This strengthened his determination to die and not serve Lu Bu.

It is precisely because of this that after hearing that Lu Bu was not only willing to help these Qiang patients who were burning Dangqiang now, but also wanted to help the patients of other Qiang tribes as much as possible, Ma Chao finally decided to completely dedicate his loyalty to Lu Bu from now on.