Zhang Mo's IQ is not much higher than Lu Bu's, but her way of thinking is particularly flexible. What she is best at is going the opposite way. When she was fighting against thieves in Runan, everyone was thinking about how to hold on to the last isolated city. She

What he wanted to do was to do the opposite and pretend to be a villain to defraud the city.

With her quick mind and profound knowledge, as long as she suspected that the Huns had impure motives, she would be able to understand what they were up to after just a moment's thought.

Zhang Mo said, "If I were King Xiutu, since I can't take away the things here, I would go to other places to get them. I can't let myself lose everything."

Lu Bu's eyes turned cold, "You mean, they want to attack Taiyuan County?"

After being reminded by Zhang Mo, Lu Bu immediately understood. Regardless of whether the bribery could be successful, if it were him, he would definitely not be willing to lose more than 10,000 troops and get nothing, so he would do whatever it takes.

Go back with some benefits, and there is no place in Bingzhou that is more prosperous than Jinyang.

Zhang Mo's face turned gloomy, "It should be like this. In the past few days, we have just watched whether he left his things and left, or took his things with him to withdraw. If he took his things with him, he wanted to make a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain and rush to attack Jinyang. And Luliang

The mountain road is difficult to navigate, so he only needs to leave a thousand men and horses to guard the narrow place, and it will be difficult for our army to pursue him."

Lu Bu sneered, "He wants to lure the tiger away from the mountain, but I will let him go and never come back."

"Well, let's use our plan to ambush them on the mountain road first and catch them all in one fell swoop."

Lu Bu nodded, "The mouth of the valley more than ten miles upstream of Wangfeng Valley is the most suitable place. I only need to ambush five hundred people. After I intercept his belongings and then turn around to stop the attack, I will let these people bury their bones in Luliang Mountain."

He said, picking up Zhang Mo and sitting on his lap, "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise I will fight this battle in vain."

Zhang Mo leaned on him and said, "You are not stupid, but you were a little complacent after being praised by others today. Please remember in the future. Don't forget about others after saying a few good words. The road you want to take in the future may be lost at any time."

Your head, your brain must be kept awake at all times.”

Lu Bu said seriously, "Madam is right, I remember it."

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Three days later, King Xiutu consolidated hundreds of carts of supplies and prepared to withdraw to the Hetao area. Lu Bu personally led his army to intercept and kill him. King Xiutu saw that almost all Lu Bu's troops and horses were dispatched. He was secretly happy and asked the soldiers carrying the supplies to make a scene.

Protect with all your strength

He held up Lu Bu's troops and horses as if trying to break out, and he led eight thousand cavalry to attack Lu Bu's camp. The small number of Han troops left behind in the camp pretended to resist for a while and were dispersed. However, after King Xiutu entered the mountain road, he again

Integrate quickly.

King Xiutu ran non-stop from Luliang Mountain Road to Taiyuan County, but he was ambushed halfway. Most of the eight thousand people were killed or injured. King Xiutu was frightened and frightened. He realized that his purpose had been discovered long ago and that he had fallen into a trap. He could not

Knowing that there were many ambushes on the road ahead, he did not dare to enter Taiyuan County again. He led a group of remaining soldiers back to Xihe County, but was besieged by the Han army at the mountain pass. In the end, all 8,000 men and horses were sacrificed, and even King Xiutu was killed by Xu Chu.

Beheaded.

Those who were transporting supplies were almost completely killed or injured by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao. In the end, only two to three thousand people fled back to Hetao. The Southern Huns were seriously injured after this battle, and Lu Bu's name became a nightmare for the Southern Huns.

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The battle is over and the enemy has been eliminated. Theoretically speaking, Lu Bu's duty as a captain has been completed. He can completely pat his butt and lead his troops away.

Lu Bu originally thought so too, but after Zhang Mo's persuasion, he still stayed in Xihe County at this time.

The reason is very simple. He worked so hard to drive away the Huns who invaded the Han Dynasty and snatched so many supplies. He couldn't just leave a reputation for ferocious wars in Xihe County, but he also wanted to take this opportunity to gain a reputation among the people.

To build up his reputation, if he wants to conquer the world and use Bingzhou as his base, a good reputation is very important to him.

Therefore, he must stay and complete the aftermath of the war.

Fighting the war is not difficult for Lu Bu. At this time, there is no problem at all for him to lead troops to Dang Pingbaibo and Yuvrou. However, the complicated aftermath work is completely beyond his ability.

At the Lishi County Government Office in Xihe County, when Lu Bu saw the pile of account books in front of him like a mountain, he felt that one was as big as two.

He looked at Zhang Mo and then at the others, his face full of melancholy, "How should we deal with so many things?"

These account books were compiled by the grain transport officer after several days and nights. They are all materials intercepted from the Xiongnu this time, including gold and silver jewelry, brocade clothes, silks, antique jades, etc., and of course countless other items.

forage.

It would be easier to deal with if this was just something from Lishi County. The key point is that the Huns robbed it from four counties. The four counties have a population of more than 100,000, including officials, wealthy households, and civilians. Lu Bu really doesn't know how to return it.

Lu Bu's original plan was to withhold part of the money to reward the army lieutenants, and return the rest to the county magistrates for them to handle it themselves, but Amo said that most of the money would go into the pockets of the county officials, and Xihe

The common people may not even be able to plant seeds this spring. These 100,000 people will either become tenant farmers or refugees in the near future. So what is the meaning of this war? Is it just to concentrate wealth for the wealthy gentry to absorb more land people?

War is a continuation of politics, and politics is the basis of people's livelihood. Regardless of people's livelihood, it is better not to fight this war. It does not make much difference whether the people of Xihe are slaves to the Huns or to the Han people.

After being awakened by Zhang Mo, Lu Bu remembered that in his dream he was occupying Yanzhou. This was the case after Xuzhou. He only fought to occupy the territory. When he ran out of money and food, he reached out to the people to ask for them. If they didn't come, he would rob them. He never cared about their life and death.

We must manage the people's livelihood economy well, and this time it can be regarded as learning how to do these things in advance for conquering the world in the future.

Lu Bu is now surrounded by military generals, and there is no civil servant who can govern the place. Among these military generals, Zhang Liao is considered to have the highest level of education. However, he is only a nineteen-year-old boy at this time. How can he understand this? He just gave a general suggestion, "Put the food in

Distribute it equally to the people, quickly arrange for spring planting, and return the valuables to the rich households."

Lu Bu nodded. He felt the same way, but then asked, "How should we divide the resources and population equally?"

Han Lai said, "That's almost enough. How can every family get the same share?"

Lu Bu subconsciously looked at Zhang Mo and asked with his eyes whether this was possible.

Zhang Mo shook his head, of course it's not feasible!

After the war, a lot of people in various counties fled, and a lot of people resisted and were killed by the barbarians. Now it is not clear how many people there are. How many of the remaining people are good people and how many belong to wealthy families?

Buqu servants, now every household has been looted by the barbarians. No matter whether they are rich or poor, they are all about to starve to death. Also, is food divided according to households or people?

After these statistics are calculated, it is estimated that it will be the autumn harvest, and the corpses of the people who have been robbed will all rot into skeletons.

Also, a lot of land outside the city has been trampled firmly by war horses. Ordinary people lack cattle farming tools and rely on stone hoes to loosen the soil. They have to loosen the soil until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse? Who will cultivate those ownerless lands?

Xihe has been severely damaged this time, and there are many wastes waiting to be revitalized. No land can be left abandoned.

Moreover, there is also a gap between the rich and the poor among rich households. No matter how you divide it, you cannot satisfy everyone.
Chapter completed!