Lü Bu originally wanted Cheng Lian to lead 3,000 cavalry to support Li Su, and after occupying Shuofang City, Li Su would return with the 2,000 cavalry under his jurisdiction, but he was opposed by Wei Xu, if this was the case, only 1,000 wolf cavalry guards and 1,000 infantry would be left in Heyin City.

Now that the 1,000 infantry guarding nearly 20,000 Huns is very difficult, and they are unable to undertake the task of defending the city, then Heyin City will be very dangerous.

In desperation, Lü Bu had no choice but to let Cheng Lian lead 2,000 cavalry to support Li Su, and after arriving at Shuofang City, he could expand the number of cavalry to 3,000 and 2,000 infantry; and ordered Wei to expand his army.

A total of 800 cavalry and 1,500 infantry were selected from among the rescued Han slaves, and 400 cavalry and 500 infantry were selected from those who participated in the siege of the city, and mixed with the existing troops, adding three divisions of cavalry, 1,200 and five divisions of infantry, 2,000 men.

Lü Bu still felt that the number of soldiers was still too small, and it was very unsafe to defend the three cities, and if the Xiongnu army attacked, he would not be able to protect himself, so he had to let Wei Xu and Zhang Yang expand the army again.

It is easy to expand the army, but money and food are the biggest difficulty Lu Bu faces, he is not as rich as Gao Shun.

Lu Bu was not a good person either, so he immediately sent people to contact those merchants in Linhe City to sell the looted cattle and sheep as soon as possible in exchange for money and grain; At the same time, the price of selling the Huns into slavery was consulted.

Ewes and cows are left to breed, and young animals are raised before being sold, and a certain number of breeding sheep and cattle are left, and the remaining cattle and sheep are all sold.

The captured Huns were old and weak except for women and children, and the old and weak were arranged to graze; The beautiful girls were chosen and ready to be sold at a high price.

The news quickly reacted, the cattle and sheep were very sold, and they could all be exchanged for money and grain, and as for those beautiful girls, the price exceeded that of the bullocks, and each person could sell them for 5,000 to 10,000 yuan, which made Lu Bu very happy, so that his predicament could be temporarily alleviated.

As the news spread, a large number of merchants poured into Linhe City, bringing a large amount of money and grain, and driving away a large number of cattle and sheep.

Those Hun girls are also the target of various caravans competing to buy.

Xiongnu women have great advantages compared with women of other ethnic groups, that is, they can understand and speak Chinese, and they are most influenced by the Han people, which reduces the difficulty of training, and the price is much higher than that of Xianbei women and Wuhuan women.

Lu Bu immediately sent someone to pass the news to Cheng Lian and asked him to loot the Hun girl.

It is said that Li Su led the disguised cavalry, with those Han slaves as the vanguard, and they knew the habits of the Huns very well, so that the troops could enter Shuofang City smoothly all the way.

Through bloody killings, the Huns here were completely conquered, a large number of slaves were rescued, and they were reorganized into an army.

After Cheng Lian took over, he expanded the cavalry to reach the standard of 3,000 set by Lu Bu, and the remaining 1,000 people were infantry; After a little run-in training, Cheng Lian began to clear the Xiongnu towns around Shuofang City.

Li Su led the 2,000 cavalry under his command to rush back, and while hurrying, he cleared the Xiongnu towns along the way.

Having learned the lessons of the past, he still required the cavalry to wear Hun clothing, but hung a red cloth around their necks to distinguish them from the Huns.

Such measures made the resistance encountered in the settlement of the Xiongnu towns particularly small, and the road was very smooth, but the seizures were very rich, and the battle losses were particularly low.

The rescued Han slaves were reorganized into an army by Li Su, responsible for taking care of prisoners, cattle and sheep, and responsible for the transportation of materials.

If there were any prominent Han slaves, he would be incorporated into his guard and take them away when he was leaving, but because there were not many of them, it was believed that Lu Bu would not be counted.

When Li Su returned to Heyin County, the team was already very large, and Lu Bu was very happy and personally went out of the West City Gate to greet him.

Lu Bu is now very worried about what is going on.

If the surplus women are given to the soldiers to start families, and they don't have so much money to pay their salaries, how can they feed their families if they don't have enough salaries?

Regarding this matter, Lu Bu was ready to consult Li Su, after all, Champion Hou must have encountered similar problems when dealing with Wuhuan and Xianbei people.

After Li Su came back, Lu Bu immediately asked people to arrange a banquet and thank Li Su well.

Wei Xu also came to accompany him, and he also had a lot of questions to consult Li Su.

After three rounds of drinking, Lu Bu asked Li Su his questions.

Li Su is very sophisticated, and has long thought of the difference between Lu Bu and Gao Shun, Gao Shun is not bad for money and can deal with it flexibly, while Lu Bu is poor and must not be able to support many burdens.

So he suggested to Lü Bu that the officers and soldiers could be allowed to form families in batches, and the salary could be set lower, and the families of the Hun women would be rewarded to the officers as slaves, so as to reduce Lü Bu's burden and let the officers bear a part; When they got married, they were given some sheep and cattle and land, which could be grazed by these slaves for a year, after which they would have taxes and the plight would gradually be lifted.

If they could not afford to support their families, they could borrow money and food from these officers first, and let them gradually return it later.

Li Su kept the method of establishing military households, and did not tell Lu Bu that he did not want Lu Bu to develop too much, and the current state of being strong from outside and working in the middle was what he wanted to see the most.

Li Su is also ruthless, and suggested that Lu Bu can't raise waste, and those old and weak who can't work can only be killed to reduce the burden; Li Su considered the long-term, and this move also reduced the burden for the future champion Hou to occupy here.

Those women who could not be sold and no one wanted to marry could only be assigned to the barracks as military servants, working during the day and sleeping with them at night.

As for those boys, they could set up a training camp for dead soldiers, and gradually train them to become dead soldiers, and the result of being eliminated was death, which was a very common practice in the major families at that time.

Lu Bu was very satisfied with Li Su's suggestion, and decided to let the military Hou and Tun Chang start a family first, and when the money and food were abundant, it would gradually spread to Dubo, Shi Chang and Wu Chang, so as to give all the officers and soldiers a hope.

He also adopted all the proposals for the establishment of a battalion of servants and dead soldiers; As for those old and weak who are unable to work, they can only be disposed of secretly by Wei Xu.

Lü Bu, Li Su, Wei Xu and others all grew up in the frontier, and they were already accustomed to seeing life and death, full of hatred for foreign races, and did not have any psychological burden for slaughtering foreign races.

Wei continued to ask how to increase taxes and other things.

This is difficult for Li Su, he has seen too much, there are people who have taxes, and the prerequisite for attracting population is land, followed by security and stability; The riverside plains can be developed into fertile and fertile fields, and the irrigation is convenient, which can attract a large number of Han people to come to cultivate, and as long as there are good policies, it will definitely attract a large number of Han people to flock to it.

The land is good land, but Lu Bu does not dare to guarantee the security problem, he is now surrounded by enemies, the north is the Xianbei people, the west and south are the Xiongnu Right Xianwang Department, the east is the Han and the Xiongnu Shan Yu, the war breaks out at any time, the garrison is still insufficient, and it is not easy to say outside the city.

Together with Shuofang City, a total of nearly 40,000 Xiongnu were captured, accounting for one-fifth of the total population of the Xiongnu Right Xianwang, if the young Zhuang of their Yiluo learned that their family members were captured, they would definitely retaliate frantically, they had at least 4,000 cavalry, if they were outside the city and Lu Bu around, Lu Bu would be difficult to parry; If King Youxian supported some of his troops to come together, it would be even more difficult for him to parry, so he could only shrink his forces, withdraw his troops from Shuofang City, and stick to the county seat of Heyin.

Therefore, the only areas that Lu Bu can cultivate and graze are the areas around Heyin County.

At this time, it was late March, and Li Su was reluctant to get involved in Lu Bu's affairs, hoping to pick up his family and return to Taoyuan Fort as soon as possible.

Lu Bu was very generous, and the ten guards selected by Li Su could be taken away, and at the same time, he could choose another twenty Hun girls to be maids, and Li Su gladly accepted.

Li Su returned to Linhe City and had another drink with Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang was very depressed in his heart and couldn't see the future.

Li Su analyzed Lu Bu's situation to Zhang Yang, there were enemies on all sides, if there were fewer soldiers, they would be devoured by other forces, and if they raised more soldiers, they would not have enough money and food, and it was not a long-term solution to rely on plunder; and occupy so much territory, resulting in the dispersion of troops and increasing the difficulty of defense; The occupied territory cannot be fully utilized, and it cannot create value, so what is the use of keeping it? There is a lack of civil officials and strategists, and there is no potential for development; It is best to advise him to leave as soon as possible.

Li Su's suggestion made Zhang Yang even more upset, he had long seen Lu Bu's characteristics, he was brave, but he was not a qualified lord.