The matter of Yangqu is just an episode on the way back.

But the occurrence of Yangqu made everyone's hearts a little heavy! Especially after seeing Yangqu let those bandits on Taihang Mountain loot, what a miserable appearance it was!

Even if those bandits didn't kill people and set fires, they can be regarded as leaving a glimmer of life for those Yangqu people. But everyone understands that this is not the mercy of those bandits, but these bandits also know that if they really drive these people to a dead end, then it will be difficult to continue to plunder in the future! The thief chief on Taihang Mountain is not a stupid person, and naturally understands that it is not advisable to fish with all his might.

But even so, this makes everyone really angry! Can these thieves be forgiven for their looting just because they didn't kill people and set fires? The food obtained by the people who worked so hard was plundered by the bandits! How will they survive this harsh winter?

"A thief is a thief after all......"

After walking through Yangqu, Lu Bu said with a very heavy heart, "I heard that most of these bandits on Taihang Mountain are also innocent people, who can't survive because of this chaotic world, so they fell into the grass." Ben still has some sympathy, if these people can live a peaceful life, they will not go up the mountain to become thieves. But now it seems that I am still too merciful, no matter what reason these people came up to the mountains to become bandits, but this is not a reason for them to continue to plunder those innocent people! Since these people have chosen to be bandits, there is nothing to sympathize with! If they exist, it will implicate more innocent people! ”

Li Ru listened attentively to Lu Bu's account, and he knew that Lu Bu was very angry after witnessing the looting behavior of these Taihang thieves. In the past, Lu Bu mostly wanted officials from all over the country to post notices, so as to influence those people who had gone astray to change their minds, come down from Taihang Mountain, and return to their homeland to continue farming.

These measures, even though some people have been inspired, but most of them are accustomed to the habits of bandits, and have changed from tame cattle and sheep to bloodthirsty wolves, so how can they be willing to continue to go back to farming? Especially those young people are also adapted to this kind of unearned plunder, and it is impossible to let them continue to go back to hard farming. This man's heart, that's sometimes it!

Why have there been more and more bandits on Taihang Mountain over the years? Isn't it that the people who were forced to go up the mountain turned into fierce bandits, and they went to rob the people who were honest and cultivated, and then made those honest people have no way to live, and they were forced to go up the mountain to become cowards? Isn't this a bad cycle?

Those thieves don't farm, and all the supplies and food have to be plundered! Who are they plundering? And not the people who keep to themselves! Don't think that these thieves are going to plunder the mighty dock forts everywhere! Many of the dock forts are so strong that they can't be gnawed by the bandits. The people who are most likely to loot are those who have no background.

"This million bandits on Taihang Mountain have all kinds of harm but no benefit! The lord thinks that they are not worthy of sympathy, naturally he is right, no matter why these people have become thieves, but now they are still doing the work of thieves, and if they don't uproot these people, then this Yangqu matter is by no means the last case! ”

Sighing lightly, Li Ru said with emotion, "The turmoil over the years has caused most of the population of Bingzhou to hide in the Taihang Mountains. These bandits have become the climate! This Yangqu is also a strong city, and there are more than 100 soldiers in this city, but it is still vulnerable in the face of the thousands of Taihang bandits. When I saw the tens of thousands of bandits appear in front of me, I almost thought that I was facing the Yellow Turban Rebellion ten years ago again. ”

"These people are much stronger than the original Yellow Turban Thieves."

Lu Bu stroked his nose and said in a straight voice, "Most of the traitors in the Yellow Turban Rebellion are suffering people who have never seen blood, I am afraid they have never even touched a knife, and they have not carried out any military establishment, but there are just a lot of people. In the face of the counterinsurgency army of the imperial court, there was no resistance power, and it was pacified in less than a year. But these bandits on Taihang Mountain, the hands holding the knife are calloused, and they have all become a gangster! Even the officers and soldiers are helpless! ”

"But in the end, these people are just remnants of the Yellow Turban Rebellion."

Li Ru shook his head slightly, "The Yellow Turban Rebellion was settled in less than a year. But there are still rebellions in this place, and the thieves in Taihang Mountain and the Baibo Army are still under the name of the Yellow Turban. These remnants of the Yellow Turban, which have been suppressed by the government once, are indeed becoming more and more difficult to deal with. In the past, those heroes hid in the dock fort, but they were still not afraid. But now, this dock fort can't be defended! The lord of Yangqu also saw it, and many of these powerful dock forts were conquered by those bandits! The combat effectiveness of these bandits on Taihang Mountain can be seen to be extraordinary. ”

"In this way, these bandits are not easy to exterminate."

"Not necessarily!"

Li Ru twisted his beard a few times, and smiled, "It's not a bad thing that these dock forts can be conquered by those bandits!" The powerful families in this place are all putting their own interests first! On weekdays, let them pay money, food, and people to suppress bandits, but no one is willing to cooperate! Now these bandits in Taihang Mountain are so rampant, and they have captured those powerful dock forts, but I am afraid that even if the lord doesn't want to clean up the bandits, those people are asking the lord to go. If the lord goes to quell the bandits, they will just give some money and food, but if the lord does not go, the lives of their clan may not be guaranteed! Those Taihang bandits are not as easy to talk as the lord. These Taihang bandits hate those powerful clans to the core. Every time they plunder, the powerful clans of that place will suffer a catastrophe, how can they not be terrified? When the lord returns to Jinyang this time, I don't think there is any need for coercion and temptation, those people will obediently cooperate with the lord to suppress bandits. ”

"That's a time saver!"

Lu Bu smiled and said, "This is a matter related to their vital interests, but they are more active than anything else!" But it's okay, if these bandits are really swept away, it's not just their benefit! That's also the gospel for all the people in the nine counties of the entire state! ”

"Exactly!"

Li Ru also smiled faintly.

These Taihang bandits are so rampant, it's not just Lu Bu who has a headache!

The first one, thank you for the 2000 tip that touched your head!

(End of chapter)