The two men responded softly, then turned and left the lobby. Zhao Rui didn't hesitate too much, picked up the sword next to him, and went out directly.
Tuyuan City and Shangyuan City are strategically important places in the Tubo Kingdom, and they are located in the middle of the country's borders. Therefore, these two cities are extremely wide and quite wealthy.
It's just that wealth is relative. The homes of slave owners and some nobles are naturally filled with mountains of gold, silver and jewelry, and have all kinds of food and supplies. However, the common people and slaves underground are miserable to the extreme.
Before Le Sheng attacked Tuyuan City, he thought that the people in this city lived and worked in peace and contentment, and every family was extremely wealthy.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult to defeat such a city. After all, the people's property is all in the city. In order to protect their livelihood and wealth, they will fight to the death at any cost.
Just like the capitals of various vassal states in the Central Plains, no matter how difficult the country's monarch is and how backward the country's system is, as long as the people have property in their hands, they will defend the land under their feet at any cost.
Lesheng prepared a large number of equipment and various combat plans, and was even prepared to sacrifice tens of thousands of troops.
But when he actually launched the attack, he found that the city in front of him was like earth-colored rubble, and he easily captured a city gate.
Moreover, the people in the city and even the soldiers guarding the city were unwilling to sacrifice their lives. As soon as they captured a city gate, the other soldiers immediately surrendered.
This made Le Sheng extremely surprised. He thought it was a trick by the other party's general. He was cautious until he captured the city lord's palace. But when he saw the living conditions of the people in the city, he immediately understood.
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The so-called prosperous city turns out to be just such a method of prosperity.
He breathed a sigh of relief, put down all his vigilance, and at the same time distributed land, food and money to the people according to the method he had used in Gaochang.
In this way, the effect achieved is extremely obvious. Most of the defenders in the city chose to fight for the merchant army. The people in the city even spontaneously built city walls for them, cleared the roads in the city, and even continued to fight for them in Tuyuan City.
Several forts were built outside.
Even though there are millions of troops stationed in Shangyuan City not far away, Kelesheng does not have the slightest fear. With the military supplies he currently has in hand and the support of the people, he is sure to guard here for a year and a half.
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"My lord! His Royal Highness King Zhao is here!"
Le Sheng suddenly became excited and immediately led the guards down to the city to greet them. But when he walked to the street, he found that Zhao Rui was squatting in front of several children and handing out candies to them!
The clothes of these children are somewhat tattered, each one is as dirty as a mud monkey, and they look very thin.
The people in the city had just gotten their own property and were busy managing their own wealth, so they had no time to take care of the children at home.
During this time, children in the city are almost running around, and the people in the city are not worried at all. Once the children at home cannot be found, they only need to tell the nearby Dashan Patrol Team, and they can find them in less than a day.
Come.
If this happened in the past, they wouldn't even think about losing their child. They wouldn't even look for it. They would just enshrine a lama's Buddha statue at home and start worshiping there.
They knew that their child must have been captured as a sacrifice to the heaven and earth. No matter how uncomfortable he felt, he could only lie to himself and regard this as the highest honor.