Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, Only Seek Death

Kebineng's troops were defeated by Ma Su. They were all scattered and many died. Ma Di packed up all the prisoners and captured horses and transported them back to Table Mountain.

Kebineng is a powerful force in the north, and its tribal strength is very large in the north. As a result, he took 20,000 cavalry and rode south to Beidi County, but was beaten down before he even got there. This news was extremely shocking.

In particular, there were several Qiang and Hu warlords in the north who wanted to go south to rescue Beidi County, but they all lost their minds after hearing about Ke Bineng's deeds.

Even the Northern Qiang King was beaten to death. There is a high probability that they will end up with the same fate, right?

The entire northern barbarians gave up rescuing Beidi County, leaving the North King over there to fend for himself.

At the same time, Ma Di returned to the Zhuzi Mountain camp and met with the famous general Deng Fan.

To be honest, Ma Su didn't like Deng Fan very much. He was capable but seemed to have no integrity. Historically, after the Shu Kingdom was overthrown, he even used the heads of the war dead to build a temple in Beijing, including the heads of his own soldiers.

This made Ma Su a little bit dissatisfied. After all, it was too immoral to do this. But considering that Deng Ai has not changed his name and has not done anything outrageous, Ma Di still plans to meet him.

Little Deng Fan, who had not yet changed his name to Deng Ai, quickly arrived at Ma Su's military tent under the guidance of the guards. After seeing Ma Su, Deng Fan saluted and greeted Ma Su with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Sit down. Since Zhang Yi recommended you, I naturally want to meet you." Ma Su nodded slightly and said to the cautious Deng Fan.

"But I don't like etiquette. I only appoint talented people based on their ability. If your ability is genuine, I will naturally use it outside the rules, but if your ability is not good, I can't reuse you no matter what!"

Ma Di has always dealt with the situation rather than the person. As long as he has the ability, it will be okay even if he has a grudge against him. If you don't have much ability, no matter how good your relationship is, Ma Su will never recommend him.

This is also the reason why Ma Su has never recommended anyone from his own clan since he traveled through time.

Deng Fan was already prepared for Ma Su's request. He immediately took out a plate of paper from his arms and presented it to Ma Su respectfully.

Ma Su took it and took a look, suddenly a little surprised.

What Deng Fan recorded was the topographic map of the entire area of ​​Cao Wei from Huainan to Nanyang. Including the Nanyang Basin, the landforms north and south of the Huai River, and even where suitable for garrisoning troops are clearly recorded.

I didn’t realize it, but Deng Fan is an expert in drawing!

Ma Di was a little surprised by Deng Fan's drawing ability and his understanding of the terrain. However, the meeting gift prepared by Deng Fan was not finished yet. After Ma Su read the map, Deng Fan submitted another analysis of the northwest farmland.

Although in history Deng Fan liked to squeeze the people in the fields to the fullest, he also knew the fields relatively well. After only a few months of working in the northwest, I already have an overview of the specific situation in the northwest.

So Deng Fan borrowed paper from Zhang Yi with great confidence and wrote down all his opinions.

Ma Di did not comment on this, but calmly read the conclusion given by Deng Fan, and asked lightly,

"What do you mean, the northwest is not suitable for large-scale farming?"

Deng Fan nodded. He had never dared to speak because of his stutter, for fear of arousing the boss's resentment. Fortunately, I asked Zhang Yi for a lot of paper before I came in, so I had a chance to record the exchange.

I felt sorry for Zhang Ni, because Deng Fan took away all the paper in his hand. Zhang Ni felt so distressed that he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

Deng Fan spread out the paper and explained his theory to Ma Su bit by bit.

"General Zhengbei has learned clearly that all the theories of a certain person are well-founded."

"The northwest is dry and rainless, and water resources are scarce. There are very few places that are truly suitable for farming. Moreover, the people in the northwest are mostly Qiang and Hu people. They are not good at farming, and it costs a lot to educate them."

"If the general wants to civilize them, it is best to wait until Guanzhong is conquered. Guanzhong is a large area with a large number of people, and then civilize a few Qiang people. In places like the northwest and north, most of the people are people who do not know how to farm. Such barbarians The people are not suitable for farming!"

"So? Is there any specific solution?" Ma Di raised his eyebrows and asked.

Ma Su also knew that it was very difficult for the Qiang and Hu people to come to farm. Otherwise, Ma Su would not have come up with so many complicated plans to weaken national conflicts.

But in essence, this is not efficient and is a hopeless method. If Deng Fan could propose a suitable policy, Ma Di wouldn't mind adopting Deng Fan's opinions privately.

Hearing Ma Su's words, Deng Fan's eyes suddenly lit up. He had been waiting for Ma Su's words. So he immediately took out the last piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Ma Su.

"Military Town and Tunmu!"

"Although the northwest is dry and rainless, most places are suitable for grazing and working. The Qiang people and Hu people have many years of experience in grazing, which is enough to implement the strategy of military towns and grazing!"

The so-called military town and grazing policy, Deng Fan's idea was to set up several military towns in the Hetao Plain, where the soldiers and civilians would make a living by farming. The imperial court dispatched high-ranking officials to guard the place and granted some preferential treatment to ensure the loyalty of the military town.

The role of the military town is to monitor and guard the herdsmen!

Most of the people in the northwest are Qiang and Hu people, who are not good at farming but good at herding. After taking prisoners, the Han army could allocate them grassland and let them graze on a semi-settled basis, and regularly collect cattle, sheep and horses from the herdsmen.

The military town set up is responsible for guarding them!

In this way, the court only needed to maintain the existence of a few military towns and could easily watch over these herdsmen. As long as the military towns in key areas remained unchanged and remained loyal to the imperial court, the herdsmen who lacked weapons and were unable to rebel could only pay taxes and blood transfusions for the imperial court.

In this way, the vast grasslands in the north can be utilized, and costs can be significantly reduced. The most important thing is that as long as the imperial court's control remains normal, the northern border will continue to provide cattle, sheep and horses to the Han Dynasty, and the prices of these livestock will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, the existence of the military town also has a defensive function, warning the grassland regime in Mobei from moving south.

This set of military towns and grazing methods is the best way to deal with it that Deng Fan came up with. This was more reasonable and easier than forcing Qiang and Hu people to settle the fields. The only problem was that the establishment of military towns required court approval, but for Ma Su's status, this was not a problem.

Deng Fan's suggestion opened up a new way of thinking for Ma Su, and Ma Su was a little surprised for a while.

After all, Ma Di didn't know much about the grassroots. This was the first time he heard about military towns supervising herdsmen's settled grazing. However, the whole process seems reasonable, at least there are no major problems.

"I have to say, this new wilder Deng Fan is indeed capable..." Ma Su nodded slightly, looked up at Deng Fan, and saw the blazing light for promotion in Deng Fan's eyes.

Although there is some official fanaticism, it seems to be bearable.

Finally, Ma Su nodded slightly and said calmly,

"The strategy is very good! I recognize your ability!"

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