West of Xu County, grain camp.

Lu Bu frowned, sat on his crotch and walked on the waste.

His eagle eyes swept across the ashes, his heroic face gloomy, his fists clenched, and his eyes burning with anger.

"Hateful, hateful~~" Lu Bu gritted his teeth and scolded secretly.

What he stepped on under his feet was the ashes of 300,000 hubars of grain and grass that had been burned.

These grains and grasses, but the grains and grasses squeezed out of the teeth of the big clans who supported him and Cao Cao Kaizhan were burned clean by Su Zhe in this way.

This means that if he wants to attack Jingzhou again, he must bow his head again and ask those powerful people of the world to give food.

Otherwise, he would have no choice but to forcibly levy grain from the people of Yanzhou.

It's just that last year he was in the war with Cao Cao, in order to grab grain, the two sides wantonly scavenged grain and grass from the people, and the common people have been forced to the brink of starvation.

Su Zhe's fire forced Lu Bu into a dilemma.

Lu Bu's heart was furious, burning like a volcano, eager to peel Su Zhe's skin and eat his bones.

"General, since our grain and grass have been burned by the enemy, it seems that we can only give up the conquest of Jingzhou for the time being, and wait for the autumn grain to come down, and then make plans before it is too late." Chen Gong behind him took advantage of the situation to speak.

Chen Gong itself was not in favor of the conquest of Jingzhou.

I think that when they supported Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou, it was because the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans entered Yanzhou and threatened their interests, and looking at Yanzhou, only Cao Cao could fight, so they sought Cao Cao's protection, helped them subdue millions of Yellow Turbans, and restored the peace of Yanzhou.

After that, Cao Cao, in order to avenge his father, conquered Xuzhou several times, and their Yanzhou people naturally had to send people and food, which seriously hurt the interests of Chen Gong and other Yanzhou clans.

Therefore, as soon as they combined, they supported Lu Bu again and drove Cao Cao away.

They thought that Lu Bu had no ambitions, and would be content to hold on to one acre and three points of land in Yanzhou, who would have wanted Lu Bu to drive away Cao Cao, and he would immediately send troops to conquer Jingzhou, find Su Zhe to take revenge, and take back the Son of Heaven.

Chen Gong and the others were naturally dumbfounded, so they had to persuade each other with various excuses, but Lu Bu didn't listen at all and had to send troops.

They have no choice now, they can't drive Lu Bu away anymore and welcome back Cao Cao.

So, in desperation, Chen Gong could only persuade the Yanzhou scholars behind him to reluctantly support Lu Bu's plan to capture Jingzhou, hoping that Lu Bu could rely on his strong strength to take Jingzhou with the fastest speed and the smallest loss.

In this way, the damage to the interests of their Yanzhou clan will not only be minimized, but they will also be able to seek benefits from the newly acquired Jingzhou.

All the wishful thinking of Chen Gong was burned clean by Su Zhe's fire.

If Lu Bu still wants to conquer Jingzhou, he is bound to let them bleed the Yanzhou clan, of course Chen Gong will not agree, so he can only take advantage of the situation to persuade Lu Bu to rest his troops.

He thought that Lu Bu would make a wise choice to rest the army.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu glared at him, and said sharply: "I will not kill Su Zhe, I will never give up, I will send an order to go down, tell the soldiers to rest on the spot, and go south to Jingzhou again in the near future." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Gong's face immediately changed, and he hurriedly said: "General, now that the grain and grass have been burned, and the soldiers have no grain and grass, how can they support the southern expedition?" ”

"Isn't it just grain and grass, I know that your Yanzhou family is strong, and the grain and grass at home are piled up, so each family can donate tens of thousands of hundreds." Lu Bu said disapprovingly.

Chen Gong frowned, and said with a bitter face: "I really don't hide it from the general, in order to support the general's confrontation with Cao Cao before, the major families in Yanzhou have done their best, and now almost every family's grain depot is empty, and there is really no food." ”

Lu Bu's face changed, and he immediately showed dissatisfaction, and glanced at Zhang Liao on the side.

Zhang Liao understood, and said: "Mr. Gongtai, don't be joking, tens of thousands of grains and grass are not a drop in the bucket for you big families." What's more, my general will not let you go out in vain, and after you capture Jingzhou in the future, how many vacant official positions are waiting for you Yanzhou scholars to take office. ”

Zhang Liao is tempting each other with profit.

Chen Gong's eyes rolled a few times, but his face was even more bitter, and he said helplessly: "If you really think that the general will contribute, whether there is an official position, we Yanzhou scholars will also go all out, we are really powerless." ”

Lu Bu's face was even more gloomy, and his eyes burst out with gloom.

Zhang Liao saw Lu Bu's expression, then his face sank, and he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Gongtai, it's not embarrassing for you to say that, you forced me to personally lead the troops to search the grain depots of the major families, what if you find out that you have surplus grain in the secret warehouse but refuse to contribute?" ”

Threat!

Chen Gong's face changed, his face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "If you really dare to do this, it is to openly humiliate our Yanzhou scholars, as the so-called soldiers can be killed but not humiliated, if my fellow villagers are forced to do something out of the ordinary, Chen will not be able to persuade them at that time, and no one can predict what the consequences will be." ”

Chen Gong was not to be outdone, and also threatened with threats.

The implication of his words is already clear, even if there is still food hidden in our Yanzhou family Haoqiang's family, we just don't plan to give it up, if you really dare to send troops to the door to rob it, if you are in a hurry, don't blame us for uniting against you!

Since they can betray Cao Cao and support you Lu Bu, they can naturally betray you Lu Bu and support other new masters.

Zhang Liao was immediately enraged, pointed at him and said, "Chen Gong, what do you mean by this?" ”

"What do you mean, with Wen Hou's wisdom, he can naturally understand that his subordinates are sincerely thinking for Wen Hou, and please think twice about Wen Hou." Chen Gong gave Lu Bu a deep look.

Zhang Liao didn't dare to speak anymore, after all, when it came to this, it involved whether to turn his face or not, and Lu Bu had to express his position.

Lu Bu stared at Chen Gong with eagle eyes, his expression was as cold as iron, and for a moment, a trace of murderous intent flashed through his heart.

In the next second, he let out a long breath, his face turned from gloomy to clear, and sneered: "Why should Gongtai be like this, Ben Hou is supported by you Yanzhou scholars to fight against Cao Cao, in order to protect you, how can I not believe you." ”

After that, Lu Bu glared at Zhang Liao again, and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, why do you send troops to search for food at other people's homes, how did Ben Hou do this, Ben Hou doesn't know what he is like!" ”

Zhang Liao carried the black cauldron, and his stomach was bent, but he had no choice but to give in and be reprimanded.

Chen Gong also breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hand to Lu Bu, and said generously: "The general treats me like this, I, a Yanzhou scholar, naturally fully support the general, share honor and disgrace with the general, and share the fate." ”

"Good, good, good." Lu Bu nodded in praise, a rare smile on his face.

After the ministers expressed their inner drama, Chen Gongfang said: "Since this is the case, what we need to do most now is to let the soldiers practice hard, and after the autumn grain is down, we will consider whether to conquer Jingzhou." ”

"Who said that Ben Hou was going to give up the crusade against Su Zhe." Lu Bu's tone suddenly regained his determination.

Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, looked up at Lu Bu blankly, and couldn't understand what he meant.

Lu Bu waved his hand and said coldly: "Pass the order, order the county Taishou, and immediately add a piece of grain to the subordinate households, and within half a month, 300,000 grains and grass must be levied, otherwise the marquis will be held accountable." ”

Chen Gong's body was shocked, and he realized that Lu Bu did not dare to impose a levy on food with them, so he could only do it to those ordinary people.

Of course, Chen Gong also knew that the ordinary people in Yanzhou were already in misery, and most of them were struggling on the verge of starvation, and if they were forced to collect their rations at this time, it would be tantamount to pushing them to death.

Thinking of this, Chen Gong immediately wanted to speak against it, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

"I don't hesitate to threaten and persuade him not to levy food from the major families, which is already annoying him, if he opposes it again, it will really annoy him, and it will not end well, after all, he is just a martial artist, and he may not understand it so much......"

After rolling his eyes a few times, Chen Gong immediately weighed the pros and cons, closed his mouth, and only sighed secretly.

Chen Gong did not object, it was just acquiescence.

Lu Bu nodded with satisfaction, Fang Tian pointed to the south, and said proudly: "Su Zhe, Benhou will tell you to live a few more days, and when Benhou gathers all the grain and grass, he will cut down Jingzhou again, so that you will die without a place to be buried!" ”