It had been three days since the last battle, and during these three days, Liu Fan had wanted to annihilate Guo Tianxing, Cao Cao, and Lao Huihui, who were surrounding the mountain. Unexpectedly, when Liu Fan wanted to transfer troops to exterminate them, he got a report that these rogues were nowhere to be found. Liu Fan felt a little sorry for this, such a good opportunity was lost.

It's so hard to find the rogues who are trying to hide in this big mountain! Now that everyone has run away, Liu Fan doesn't bother to look for it. In fact, Liu Fan didn't want to wipe out all the rogues in one go, that would be unrealistic! And Liu Fan also has some ulterior motives. What is the biggest advantage of the traverser? It's about knowing history. Now that the Central Plains is full of rogues, there are many big and small leaders, that is, Liu Fan worked hard to destroy Zhang Xianzhong and others, and there will be more Wang Xianzhong and Li Xianzhong in the future. The main reason why the rogues ravaged the Central Plains is not how powerful the rogues are, but because of natural and man-made disasters, the people of the Central Plains can't survive!

The Xiaoice climate at the end of the Ming Dynasty will continue for more than ten years, and various natural disasters will continue to fall in these ten years. This complex climate and major disasters will be a big problem in the future generations, not to mention the end of the Ming Dynasty when corrupt officials are rampant. The current situation is that the vast majority of food and land are in the hands of a small number of landlords, who exploit the people, eat the people's fat and ointment, but do not care about the lives of the people. Even if the food at home is moldy, he refuses to give a little relief to the people. The people who have lost their way of life are forced to take risks and embark on the road of rebellion. To put it mildly, if the people rebelled with the rogues, there might be a way to survive by killing officials and stealing food, but if they didn't rebel, they could only wait for death.

If Liu Fan did his best to help the imperial court suppress the Liukou, not to mention whether he could exterminate all the Liukou, that is, if he really exterminated the imperial court, but did not have enough money and food to appease the people, would he watch millions of people die of hunger at that time? Wouldn't that be a good thing for a good person? Liu Fan doesn't want to bear the blame for other people's mistakes. Since they planted the cause themselves, they bear the consequences themselves. Before he had the ability to solve the fundamental problem of money and food, Liu Fan would not touch this big quagmire!

Liu Fan's expedition is mainly for "gilding", as long as he can achieve some achievements, let Chongzhen see his value, too many things Liu Fan doesn't want to do, and the attitude towards the rogue is also to hold that if you can exterminate it, you can't exterminate it, and you won't bother to be more serious.

For Liu Fan, the most important thing now was to deal with the problem of prisoners, and 60,000 prisoners were escorted back to Wu'an by the Broken Army. After arriving in Wu'an, Liu Fan first arranged for these prisoners to camp directly not far from the Broken Captive Army. And Liu Fan himself directly brought people to Wu'an County to meet with the county commander Li Yusong.

In the back hall of the county ya, after a few days of absence, Liu Fan saw Li Yusong again, and when he saw Liu Fan coming, Li Yusong warmly received him and said, "Brother Jimin!" Unexpectedly, after only a few days of not seeing him, Jimin has done such a big thing, and now the prestige and achievements of the Broken Army are spreading around Wu'an. Jimin decided the battle and wiped out nearly 100,000 Liukou troops, it was really Wu Mu alive! I want to bring the people of Wu'an to thank the people! With your captive army here, Wu'an is no longer afraid of robbing by the rogues! ”

Liu Fan said modestly: "Brother Yusong has won the award!" Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. As a soldier, it is his duty to contribute to the country, and he deserves such praise from Yusong! ”

Li Yusong said with a smile: "No matter how it is, helping the people is a great favor to the people of Wu'an, and I, as the parent official of Wu'an, must express my gratitude!" Brother Jimin! The gentry and people of Wu'an have prepared some rice grain for you, saying that they want to reward you! I've sent for you! Don't refuse with a little care! ”

Liu Fan arched his hand and thanked him: "Then I will take the Broken Army up and down, thank you to the people of Wu'an!" Brother Yusong! As you know, we defeated the Rogues and captured a lot of them this time. After all, we are a guest army, and it is inconvenient to take so many prisoners with us when we go out on the expedition, so let's see if the county can find a way to accommodate these prisoners! ”

Li Yusong looked embarrassed: "Brother Jimin! It's not that I don't help! You also know that the imperial court has the rules of the imperial court, and our Wu'an is only a small county town, so we have no right to accept prisoners! You'll have to go to the governor to do this! Or go directly to the bigwigs of the court! I'm just a small county magistrate, and I can't do anything about it! ”

Liu Fan nodded with some disappointment and said, "Alas! I also know that this is unreasonable, but these more than 60,000 captives and our army really don't have so much food and salary to support the food and drink of so many people! And I'm just a military general, and I don't know too much about the affairs of the imperial court, Brother Yusong, please show me the way! ”

Li Yusong was quite embarrassed, and after a long time of struggle, he sighed, "That's it!" You and I will write a letter to the Governor explaining the current situation, and ask the Governor to come forward to resolve the matter. I'll collect some food from the county treasury for you! Alas! That's all I can do for you! ”

Liu Fan said gratefully: "Then I will thank Brother Yusong!" Brother Yusong! One more thing I'd like to ask you to help with! ”

Li Yusong waved his hand and said, "Thank you, you don't have to!" I don't have much to help you with my limited ability, and I don't deserve Brother Jimin's gratitude! Brother Jimin! Just say anything! I'll do my best if I can help! ”

Liu Fan said with a sad face: "Brother Yusong! To tell the truth, Liu defeated the rogues this time and seized a lot of money, but this money cannot be eaten or drunk, and there is no way to solve the current predicament. So I would like to ask you to come forward and help contact the gentry near Wu'an, and I am willing to buy some grain and cotton clothes at 20% above the market price! After all, I'm just a guest army, and I'm afraid the local gentry won't buy my face. This matter still needs you, the parent official, to come forward! ”

Li Yusong laughed: "I thought it was a big thing to be embarrassed about!" It turned out to be buying food! Brother Jimin rest assured! I can still do this little thing without other skills! Besides, the price given by Jimin is so high, such an opportunity to make money, I don't think these gentry will definitely refuse! Leave this matter to me! All you have to do is get your money ready! I will give you a satisfactory answer in two days! ”

Liu Fan thanked him again: "Brother Yusong, righteousness!" Thank you Liu Fan here! Brother Yusong helped me so much! Liu Fan really doesn't know how to thank him! It just so happened that I seized some calligraphy and paintings from the rogue! I'm just a martial artist, and I don't have much research on calligraphy and painting, so I'll borrow flowers and offer Buddha to Brother Yusong! Someone! Put things up too! Hearing Liu Fan's words, the pro-soldier team put a few large boxes into the hall, and when the boxes were opened, they were full of antique calligraphy and paintings, and Li Yusong knew that these things were worth a lot of money just by looking at them, and I am afraid that they would not be less than tens of thousands of taels. was pleasantly surprised in his heart, but he refused to say, "Brother Jimin can't be like this!" I, Li Yusong, am a villain who is greedy for money, you can take it back quickly! But his eyes were fixed on the box, and he didn't want to leave for a moment.

Liu Fan smiled and said, "It's useless for me to keep these things, and only by giving them to a literati like Brother Yusong can it reflect its value, so don't refuse!" ”

Li Yusong nodded in embarrassment and said, "Okay! Then I'll be cheeky! (To be continued.) )