Cao Zhang asked, "Where does Master Hou think this group of thieves should be hidden?" ”

Lu Bu replied: "Henan, there is a place called Wuhe at the junction of Xu, hidden in the mountains and lakes, difficult for cars and horses, where the terrain is flat, the water source is sufficient, and there are three tributaries that can lead to the Hongze Lake in Xuzhou. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Tong said strangely: "When I was sorting out the Yuzhou County Chronicles, I didn't find that there were five rivers and one place?" ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "That place is very remote, swamps, lakes, streams are very numerous, people who are not familiar with water and do not know the waterway are difficult to enter at all, the nearest county town from that place is called Xiaqiu, it is only half a day to take the waterway, Xiaqiu County often appears some fishermen with aquatic products to the market to sell, those fishermen's aquatic products are delicious, the asking price is also high, and everyone is armed with sharp weapons, local officials are very afraid, they claim to be Wuhe people, because they live in the Huai, Hu, Huang, Tong, Tuo five rivers confluence. ”

Li Tong nodded when he heard this: "I see, Xiaqiu is in the territory of Qian County, because the taxes are paid correctly, so I did not embarrass the local county officials, so it seems that the Xiaqiu county officials should be controlled by the local wealthy families, and Wuhe is simply a place where water thieves gather." ”

Cao Zhang said: "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the population plummeted, and the wealthy families in various places raised private soldiers for personal gain, secretly supporting the thieves. Then he said, "How does Master Hou know about this place?" ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "In the past, when Yuan Shu occupied Qian County, all over the country was attached to the strong, and sent an envoy to say that he wanted to marry Benhou, and in addition, Wuhe was sealed as the fiefdom of Benhou's daughter, ha, at that time, Benhou didn't know where Wuhe was, and Yuan Shao's envoy also specially took Benhou to see, saying that there was enough water and fertile land, and it was great to be a fiefdom, hey, at that time, in addition to the thieves, all the people who lived in it were some savages, did you want Benhou's daughter to fish with them?" ”

Cao Zhang secretly sighed that Yuan Shu was not a person who achieved great things, at that time, Lu Bu was in Xuzhou, and his power was no less than Yuan Shu, this guy actually took a broken land that did not even have a county chronicle to make a fief for him, instead of the capital Shouchun Fen fief that he wanted to stand on his own at that time, it is enough to see this person's stinginess.

Then Cao Zhang said: "If it is a place where bandits gather, I am afraid that there are more than 2,000 people, I suspect that when the bandits were cracked down on last year, many thieves hid in that place in order to avoid the limelight, and I am afraid that there are no less than 5,000 people. ”

Li Tong's tone changed when he heard this: "This must not allow them to succeed!" ”

Cao Zhang asked, "Where is Captain Man now?" ”

Li Tong replied: "We are dividing our troops to guard Anyang, another important town in Runan, which is the place where our army stores grain. ”

Originally, Cao Zhang wanted to transfer Man Chong to help, but he wanted to guard the granary, which seemed impossible, so he asked Lu Budao: "Master Hou, what should we do if we want to exterminate the thieves in the five rivers?" ”

Lu Bu said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, just a little thief, just kill it, but it's best for us to enter Xiaqiu first, control the local wealthy clans, and then disguise ourselves as their family members, use their boats to sneak in, avoid the sentry post, and then raid the lair, capture the thief leader, and the group of thieves will naturally disperse!" ”

Cao Zhang greatly agreed with Lu Bu's strategy, and originally thought that Lu Bu was just a martial artist, but this person turned to the world and had a certain amount of wisdom, not a reckless man who was so stupid that he didn't know anything.

Li Tong also added at this time: "Qian County is still the local wealthy autonomy, and it is forbidden to trade, and places like Xiaqiu are remote and will not be rigorously investigated, so we can easily blend in by disguised as a caravan, and I am afraid that the powerful in these places will not be able to guess the hiding place of their subordinates." ”

Lu Bu said: "This is reasonable, you can sneak in dozens of people, let other sergeants wait outside the county, first control the local heroes, change into their strong clothes, and sneak into Wuhe, and let some sergeants close the gate of Xiaqiu County to prevent the news from leaking." ”

Cao Zhang asked Cao Zhen: "Brother Zidan, if you want to pretend to be a strong man, you can't wear heavy armor, and the tiger and leopard rider is strong, and it is difficult to disguise it, I think it is better to use Li Taishou's command." ”

Cao Zhen said: "Everything is under the orders of the third prince. ”

Li Tong said: "There is Lao Cao Sima and the tiger and leopard riding in Runan, which is refreshing and can create the illusion that our army's attention is still in Runan. ”

Cao Zhen said: "Li Taishou's words are very true, and they are right. ”

After getting Cao Zhen's consent, Li Tong got up and said: "Then I will go and prepare, there are still 800 pieces of chain mail in the arsenal, which can be worn on the inner body, and now it is just needed, a few people can rest in the county government, if you need to find a guard outside the door." After saying that, he left in a hurry

Lu Bu said with a smile: "The rabble, after being raided, they were disrupted, and the thief head was captured, and it was even the one who jumped into the water to escape, and the eight-hundred-ring chain armor soldiers really looked down on them." ”

Cao Zhang said with a smile: "In this case, let's rest for a while and recuperate our spirits." ”

Lu Buqi said: "Third son, do you want to go too?" ”

Cao Zhang asked, "Why not?" ”

Lu Bu smiled dryly: "I am ordered by my in-laws to protect you, this kind of surprise attack is real. Be. Hey! Apparently he felt it was risky.

Cao Zhang said with a smile: "Master Hou don't worry, Zhang has also fought a few battles, and I was the first to kill the enemy army when I raided Zhenggu last year, so I should have the power to protect myself in the face of this rabble." "After a winter, he has grown a few centimeters, and now Cao Zhang's height is close to 170 centimeters, a little taller than Cao Cao, plus his strength, there is really nothing to be afraid of.

Lu Bu smiled when he heard this: "I almost forgot that the third prince could shoot a bow and a halberd at the age of nine, but the battle array is dangerous, and the third prince still should not leave Benhou five steps away." ”

Cao Zhang replied: "It should be like this. ”

Lu Bu then smiled and said: "Third Prince, we just took advantage of this battle to capture a few prisoners, my Kunyang's manor still lacks a lot of strong men, and now that the Third Prince has also opened a mansion, he naturally needs to be subordinate, just catch a few more and go back, so that they can feed the horses and sharpen the knives for the Third Prince." ”

Lu Bu had to be the Marquis of Kunyang, and he opened a manor in Kunyang to farm and livestock, so that in addition to the taxes of the Kunyang households, there was also another income, but this labor force had to find a way by himself, at that time, many generals won the battle and captured the prisoners and took out a part to fill their manors, because the personnel of the civil and military registration could not be caught indiscriminately, but the prisoners were different, and no one knew about the dozens of deductions.

Cao Zhang smiled when he heard this: "That's how it should be!" "Remembering that he is about to open a mansion, but he doesn't have any followers, isn't that a joke, you can't open the mansion and take the Cao family's guards around, right?