Three Kingdoms: Warriors Lu Bu, You Can Become Stronger By Killing Enemies

Chapter [226] Liu Bei Was Mad With Anger

The autumn harvest is coming.

After Zhang Liao received Lu Bu's order, he led 10,000 cavalry and began to collect taxes in Jingbei.

The taxes under Lu Bu's rule were all collected by the army, so the business of tax collection was very skilled. Ten thousand cavalry were familiar with it, and it was easy to collect all the taxes in Jingbei.

After that, Zhang Liao began to recruit troops in Jingbei again.

One of the four poisonous tactics is to suggest that Lu Bu move the population of Jingbei away.

However, Jingbei has a large population, and 10,000 cavalrymen forced to relocate so many people are beyond their power.

Even if it is possible to migrate, the speed of so many people migrating will be very slow, and it will cause anger and resentment, and tarnish King Qin's reputation.

Therefore, a compromise method was used to recruit troops in Jingbei, and all the young and strong under Jingbei were conscripted, and the old, weak, women and children were left behind.

The young and the strong are undoubtedly high-quality population resources, while the old, the weak, women and children~ are a drag in troubled times.

The conditions for conscription are very generous, as long as you join the army, you will be given food and money.

The food is naturally the tax collected before, and the money is looted from the government army.

Liu Bei left in a hurry, the treasures in the treasury couldn't be taken away at all, and there were only a few people around him, and he couldn't take them away at all.

Pang De led the cavalry, and ransacked the homes of some rich and powerful households in Jingbei, and got a lot of money and goods.

Distributing food and money, such a good treatment, suddenly attracted a large number of young and strong to join the army.

By means of conscription, all the young and strong in Jingbei were taken away, and then all the wealth was distributed to the common people.

After that, Zhang Liao led the cavalry to post notices in various counties and counties in Jingbei. After finishing all this, Zhang Liao took the young men who had been recruited into the army and returned directly to Guanzhong. They did not stay in Jingbei any longer. The mission had been completed.

Shouchun.

Yuan Shu's eyes were red, staring at Liu Bei's army outside the city, his mental state was very anxious.

I thought Liu Bei had withdrawn his troops, but he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

But within a few days, Liu Bei made a comeback again and surrounded Shouchun again.

And after the autumn harvest, Yuan Shu could only stand on the city wall and watch Liu Bei's army harvest all the crops that belonged to him.

Now that Shouchun is under siege, the grain and grass in the city are being consumed day by day, and it has reached the point of desperation.

"Why hasn't Lu Bu come yet?! Where are Lu Bu's people!" Yuan Shu asked hysterically.

Yan Xiang at the side was speechless, thinking that everyone from Lu Bu had gone to Jingbei, and Liu Bei had withdrawn before, so why did he come back again? What went wrong?

At this moment, Qiao Rui was extremely rejoicing in her heart. Fortunately, she listened to Yuan Shu and Yan Xiang's advice and sent her daughter away safely, otherwise she would be besieged in the city again at this moment.

Qiao Rui's wife died early, leaving behind two daughters. Now that her daughter has left safely, Qiao Rui is the most relaxed one. She doesn't care about the enemy troops outside the city, and she will die at worst.

"boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise from below the city, and the gate of Shouchun opened wide, and countless soldiers and people rushed out of the city.

Liu Beijun surrounded the city outside the city, and deliberately vacated a city gate, which became the place where these people escaped.

Seeing the people in the city escaping, Liu Bei was unmoved, and just watched them go on a business trip.

Liu Bei didn't intend to massacre, no matter the common people or soldiers, they will all belong to Liu Bei after Yuan Shu's death, so Liu Bei will naturally not do anything.

"It's over...hahaha~" Yuan Shu laughed like crazy, as if he was insane.

Not long after, Liu Bei and Zhuge came to the city wall with Guan Zhangzhao, and saw Yuan Shu with disheveled hair.

"Yuan Shu, I have treated you well, why did you stab me in the back?" Liu Bei questioned Yuan Shu condescendingly.

"Hehehe...the winner and the loser, there is nothing to say." Yuan Shu said indifferently, knowing that a catastrophe was imminent.

"Brother, what else do you have to say to this ungrateful bird man? Let me chop him up with a knife." Zhang Fei said immediately.

Liu Bei stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Fei, and then looked at Yuan Shu, "Yuan Gonglu, you are considered a hero, you should cut yourself off."

As Liu Bei said, he threw a saber over, which was considered to be the last bit of respect for Yuan Shu, a prince.

"Thank you very much." Yuan Shu drew out his saber and placed it across his neck, his movements suddenly stopped.

"Birdman! It seems that you dare not do it yourself. Grandpa Ri will send you on your way." Zhang Fei said angrily.

Yuan Shu ignored the chattering Zhang Fei, instead looked at Liu Bei, and said, "I have a doubt, before I die, please ask Brother Xuande to clarify it for me."

"But it's okay to say." Liu Bei said nothing.

"What about Lu Bu? Didn't he come to save me? Why did you come back so soon after you left? Did you defeat Lu Bu?"

Regarding this matter, Yuan Shu has a deep heart, if he doesn't understand, he will die in peace.

"Lu Bu's people are here. I didn't fight Qin Jun. I don't want Jingbei, just to take Huainan." Liu Bei said succinctly.

"Hahaha~" Yuan Shu was very happy when he heard that Jingbei was abandoned by Liu Bei.

"Hey, Lu Bu is still a loyal person. He really came to save me. I didn't expect that my life could be exchanged for another Jingbei. It's worth it!" After Yuan Shu finished speaking, he stretched his arm and wiped his neck. Blood arrows spurted out. I can't afford to fall down.

"To make you happy, Jingbei will return to me in the end." Liu Bei said to Yuan Shu's body, then turned and left.

Since Huainan was originally Liu Bei's territory before, and it was far better managed than Yuan Shu, the whole Huainan quickly accepted the fact that the owner had changed.

For Yuan Shu's old department, Liu Bei did not feel embarrassed, and all of them were under his command, and Huainan quickly returned to normal.

Under Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Bei arranged for a general to guard Huainan. As for the selection of the general, it naturally fell on Guan Yu.

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In terms of trust, Guan and Zhang are naturally Liu Bei's most trusted people, and Zhao Yun has to stand aside.

Among the two generals Guan and Zhang, Guan Yu is obviously more reliable than Zhang Fei.

After the affairs of Huainan were arranged, news also came from Jingbei, and the cavalry of the Qin Army withdrew from the north.

"Let me ask you, what did the Qin army do in Jingbei?" Zhuge Liang looked at the person who came to report and asked.

Although Qin Jun left, he was likely to do some damage before leaving. Both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had psychological expectations for this.

"Conscription, the young and strong in Jingbei have gone away with the Qin army."

"What?!" Liu Bei was shocked, "Why are those young and strong willing to leave with the Qin army? Could it be that the Qin army forcibly recruited young and strong, so it shouldn't be so many."

If forced conscription, young and strong will naturally hide and run away, it is impossible to be taken away so much.

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"Because of enlisting in the army, the Qin army distributed money and food. The amount was large. Many young and strong volunteered to join the army, and then sent money and food back home."

"Damn it! The Qin army actually used sugar-coated shells!" Liu Bei couldn't help but cursed, "Lu thief is cunning! He deceived the people!"

"Where did the Qin army get so much money and food?" Zhuge Liang went straight to the core of the problem.

"The food is the autumn tax collected, and the money is taken from the treasury, and then all the rich merchants and wealthy families in Jingbei were ransacked." The messenger informed the situation.

"Bastard! It's too much to bully people! This is our money and food to buy people's hearts." Liu Bei was furious at Lu Bu's tricks.

"The Qin army has collected taxes, and we have no way to collect taxes again after we return to Jingbei, and the money in the treasury has also been spent.

"The worst thing is that all the young and strong people in Jingbei have left, leaving only some old and weak women and children. This will greatly affect and limit our development. In the future, whether it is corvee or conscription, there will be an extreme shortage of labor." Zhuge Liang said with a bright face. It's ugly, "Lu Bu is digging our foundation! It's vicious!"

"Ah~ Fortunately, Huainan has been recovered, and I can barely survive it." Liu Bei comforted himself: "This year will be a bit sad, and the next year's autumn harvest will restore tax revenue."

The messenger hesitated to speak, and Liu Bei asked, "What's the matter? What else is there?"

"Before Qin Jun left, notices were posted all over the counties and counties in Jingbei..."

"What did you say?" Liu Bei hurriedly asked, suddenly having a bad premonition in his heart.

"Exemption...exemption of Jingbei's five-year tax..." The messenger stammered, "It was exempted in the name of the lord...now the people in Jingbei are praising the virtuousness of the lord..."

The field was silent, and Zhuge Liang was even more dumbfounded.

"Ah!!! Lu thief!!!" Liu Bei raised his head to the sky and screamed for a long time. .