It is obvious that the Gurdwara army has developed a very strong sense of ownership of the Khwarezm Kingdom.
So much so that some troops specially raided the homes of powerful landlords at night, burned, killed, looted, and then ran away with large amounts of food, money, and women.
The next day during the day the local officials came to take a look, my dear, the house was burned down, everyone was burnt to a crisp, and there was no one alive.
There were also some particularly arrogant troops who burned, killed, and looted in front of other officials. They didn't care at all that the officials organized them. They beat the officials half to death and threw them into the mud. Then they laughed and continued to rob without restraint.
Because of various illegal behaviors during the march, as well as excessive burning, killing and looting, many local officials in the Khwarezm Kingdom made strong dissatisfaction and protests to the central government, hoping that the central government could restrain these lawless bandits a little.
But what can the central government do?
It was out of desperation that Arslan proposed to let the Gur Dynasty army help resist the Ming army. All the costs had been prepared, even the country and national identity were not given up, just for survival.
Now all this is the price, the price for the continued existence of the country, the price for his continued hold on power, and for this he will do whatever it takes.
So he just ordered the local people to be patient, to restrain their own people, to "measure the material resources of Khwarezm, and to please the Gur dynasty", and to do everything possible for the people and local tyrants, so as to satisfy the elders of the Gur dynasty. .
Only in this way can they stay and help them resist the incoming Ming army.
Regarding Arslan's attitude, the country of Khwarezm was obviously divided into two factions, one supported and the other opposed, with fewer supporters than those opposed.
The supporters are basically Arslan's die-hard loyalists and his cronies. After being promoted by him, they naturally follow his lead.
The opposition mainly comes from powerful and powerful families, with their own family forces scattered in the local areas. They are facing huge threats from the Gur Dynasty army, and some have even been killed.
They generally believe that the Gur Dynasty's military discipline is corrupt and unscrupulous. It has brought such a huge disaster to Khwarezm now. What will it bring in the future?
They don't even dare to think about it!
No matter whether they win or lose later, will it be of any benefit to Khwarezm?
From now on, the people of Khwarezm are second-class citizens. They will suffer more cruel exploitation and oppression, have more things taken away, and even their lives cannot be saved. And it is not just civilians, but also powerful people like them. Become a fish!
How is this acceptable?
A large group of them thought about it and suddenly felt that things could turn around.
Anyway, this battle has not started yet. If they jump back in time, lead the army of the Khwarezm Kingdom to attack the Gur Dynasty army from behind, and join forces with the Ming army to fight, will there be a better outcome?
The people of the Ming Dynasty wanted to accuse Arslan, not the entire court of Khwarezm. As officials, they might not be treated the same way, right?
Some people are worried, and some people use the example of the Western Karakhan Kingdom for comparison.
Under the coercion of Western Liao, the Kingdom of Western Kara Khan dispatched 30,000 troops to attack the Ming Army. After the first battle, the Ming Army was defeated and suffered heavy losses. However, the Ming Kingdom did not accuse the Kingdom of Western Kara Khan, but recognized Western Kara Khan. The Khan Kingdom was a vassal state.
Now the Western Karakhan Kingdom can rely on the Ming Dynasty to show off its power. Isn't this the best future?
It is said that the Kingdom of Western Karahan made the right decision and saved the situation by arresting Marshal Xiao Weili of the Liao Kingdom and presenting it to the Ming Kingdom. So now should we also follow suit?
These powerful people had long been dissatisfied with Arslan, so they acted secretly and tried their best to fight for their own interests.
On the other hand, the spies of the Skynet Army told Su Haisheng, who was marching, about the unscrupulous burning, killing, looting and looting by the Gur Dynasty army in the Khwarazm Kingdom. This gave Su Haisheng some ideas when he marched to the Hezhongfu area.
"The troops of the Guo'er Kingdom are acting in such a perverse manner. The people of the Khwarezm Kingdom should not be unresponsive, and even the powerful officials will not be unresponsive. I think they will definitely have conflicts. If we advance quickly, maybe we will I don’t see anything good like this anymore.”
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Masud was curious about Su Haisheng's thoughts.
"what do you mean?"
"How about we postpone the march and march slowly, which will give the logistics a chance to breathe. Now is the spring plowing season. I can also ask the army to help local farmers cultivate the land, seize the farming season, and reduce the impact on production."
Su Haisheng grinned: "To be honest, I feel that it is not a good thing to march quickly to fight with them. Guo Erguo's army is so rebellious, it will inevitably cause chaos in its country. Instead of going now, it is better to wait a little, what do you think? ?”
Su Haisheng asked politely, but Masud could not regard this matter as Su Haisheng asking for his opinion.
Regardless of whether Su Haisheng asks or not, as long as it is what he wants, he will definitely push forward with all his strength, and Mas'ud cannot object.
Needless to say, if the army no longer advances and stops at a certain place, the loss of food will of course be minimal. Food transportation during the march is the largest loss. Once it stops, it is really much better to have a place to directly resupply.
As for doing farm work or something like that, Mas'ud didn't have much idea, so he just thought Su Haisheng was joking. He felt that he would have to be responsible for the rations of these 30,000 people during this period. People eat horse chews, which is another big deal. Not a small expense.
He planned to suffer the loss of being dumb, but he didn't expect that Su Haisheng was really a man of his word.
He gave an order and the 30,000 Ming army was divided into two parts.
One department conducts daily military training, and the other goes into the countryside to help local people engage in agricultural production. The two parties take turns exchanging responsibilities to ensure that neither military tasks nor production tasks are left behind.
The soldiers of the Ming Army were basically farmers before joining the army. They were familiar with various agricultural production technologies and were strong. Fifteen thousand strong laborers joined agricultural production, which was of great benefit to the local people. s help.
At first, the local people were very afraid of this group of strong soldiers and didn't know what they were doing here.
Local officials and clerks claimed that these Ming soldiers were here to help everyone with farm work. The farmers found this very ridiculous, and some even found it funny.
It would be great if these arrogant, domineering and cruel soldiers didn't come to rob, bully men and dominate women, but they also came to help everyone with farm work?
How can there be such soldiers in the world?
What a joke.
So the farmers were very afraid and fled one after another. Some even planned to help the elderly and children hide in the nearby mountains. The local officials forced them not to leave, which made them burst into tears and stay in the village tremblingly, unable to go anywhere. Dare to go.
But even if the officials forced them, they did not dare to approach the Ming soldiers. They hid at home and did not dare to come out.
Men, women and children did not dare to show up, only the old, weak and disabled dared to show up, which made the local officials very angry.
