Chapter 421: Return to Taiyuan

The two sides chased me and fled, so they rushed all the way forward, and after reaching the valley where Huang Zhong and the others were ambushed, Xu Huang and Wei Xu and the others finally slowed down.

"Fuck! Run again! "When the Hun leader saw the valley in front of him, he couldn't help laughing, you really ran to such a Jedi in a panic......

"Give it to me! Kill them all! The Hun leader excitedly gave the order. He clearly saw that the Han people had almost no weapons in their hands, and they were blocked by themselves in this small valley, and they were completely waiting for the slaughter!

"Dismount, go up the mountain!" Xu Huang and Wei Xu gave orders at the same time.

However, the speed of the Huns' reunion was very fast, and the soldiers of the state had not run far, and the Huns had already chased within a hundred meters.

"Haha, sons, you're ready to make meritorious service!" The leader of the Huns shouted and sped up his horse!

But before he could be happy for too long, something suddenly changed!

Just as the last Hun cavalry rushed into the valley, countless boulders fell with a bang, completely sealing the valley mouth!

Immediately, the boulders rolled down from the surrounding mountains like rain, and then the arrows that covered the sky and the sun were also shot in the air.

"Ah......" A scream spread among the Huns, and countless Hun cavalry were either killed by sharp arrows or stoned to death.

"Retreat, evacuate, wow........." At this moment, the Hun leader knew that he had been tricked!

In a panic, he hurriedly wanted to evacuate with people, but before he finished speaking, he was hit by a boulder and directly smashed people and horses into meat sauce!

The ambush went extremely smoothly, and none of the 5,000 or so Huns ran away, except for more than 3,000 people who died in battle, and the remaining nearly 2,000 soldiers became prisoners.

"General Huang, now that the Huns have been completely annihilated, shouldn't we make a move on the Hun camp?" Wei Xu, who had just deceived and lured the enemy, saw that the victory was decided, and spoke.

"It's time! Xu Huang and Wei Xu obeyed the order! You go quickly to collect the Huns' clothes and horses, and an hour later, you two will lead two thousand cavalry disguised as Huns to deceive the Huns' camp! Huang Zhong looked at the battlefield and stroked his beard with satisfaction, being the first time as a coach, he could achieve a big victory, which could be regarded as worthy of Lu Bu's kindness!

"The others, bury the pot and cook rice on the spot in the valley, wait for Xu Huang and Wei Xu to leave, we will follow closely, and order someone to notify Gao Shun who stayed in the camp, and order him to pay attention to our movements, and kill them by himself when we are fighting with the Huns!"

After a few orders were issued, Huang Zhong calmed down, these Hun dog thieves were about to die with this battle!

"Report! reported to the lord that General Huang Zhong had defeated the Huns who confronted him, but he ......." Lu Bu was saying goodbye to Cui Jun, but suddenly a soldier came to report the military situation.

"Just what, say it!"

"It's just that nearly 20,000 Huns escaped, and our army couldn't catch up...... I'm afraid they will still wreak havoc in Xihe, and now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow in Xihe, General Huang wants to ask the lord what will happen next......"

"Congratulations to the lord......" After Cui Jun heard this, he immediately congratulated Lu Bu.

"There are still so many Xiongnu desires in Xihe who have not yet withdrawn, what is there to congratulate?" Lu Bu waved his hand, although there was a smile on his face, but his tone was still mixed with some worry.

"At present, the Huns and the Qiang people who are in rebellion have been defeated by us a total of 80,000, and the remaining are only 30,000, what else is there to worry about? The lord can go back to Taiyuan, and the rest of the Jun can be calmed! Cui Jun said confidently.

"If the lord is not at ease, he can ask General Huang to help, now that the weather is cold, the Huns see that the general trend has gone, and it is estimated that there will be no more big moves. As long as the Xihe counties are recovered, this battle can be over, and the rest of the things will be talked about in the next year! Xi Zhicai said.

Lu Bu suddenly looked up at the white sky.

"Huns...... When the state is relieved, the Huns will die! Lu Bu clenched his fists suddenly.

"By the way, Zhicai, after the heavy snowfall, can the grain and grass from Hansheng still arrive in time? I am afraid that the occupied counties of Xihe will be emptied by the Huns, and a large number of civilians will also need relief! Lu Bu turned his head to look at Xi Zhicai, and asked, it has always been Xi Zhicai who is in contact with Xun Yu, who is sitting in Taiyuan.

"This lord can rest assured, there have been tens of thousands of people there to transport grain, and there are thousands of soldiers and horses escorting along the way, there will be no delay, when transporting grain to the West River, only General Huang needs to send someone to take care of it, and it will be fine!" Xi Zhicai said truthfully.

With Xun Yu in charge of grain and grass, there is no need for others to worry about it anymore.

"I'm relieved." After Lu Bu saw that there was no loophole, he couldn't help but feel relieved.

"Order Huang Zhong to return to the army after recovering the counties of Xihe! Zhou Ping, Xihe has worked hard for you! Lu Bu said and patted Cui Jun on the shoulder.

So, Lu Bu and his entourage finally embarked on the way home under the eyes of Cui Jun and others!

However, after four days, Lu Bu and the others returned to Jinyang City.

The time has reached the twenty-third day of the lunar month, although the year of this era is not comparable with the liveliness of later generations, but Jinyang City is still full of joyful sheep.

However, Lu Bu, who returned to the city, did not have time to accompany Diao Xiu'er and Lu Qiling, and countless problems followed, and Lu Bu was almost always accompanied by Xun Yu to deal with various military and government affairs.

"Today's sun is shining, it's really a rare good weather in winter, if you can go shopping with Xiu'er and them......" Lu Bu couldn't help but think when he looked out the window.

"My lord?"

"My lord?"

Xun Yu shouted several times in a row.

"Huh?" Lu Bu snapped back to his senses.

"Wen Ruo, what's the matter?" Lu Bu asked blankly.

"Lord...... Other things are easy to deal with, but how to resolve the conflict between the displaced and the local people? Xun Yu glanced at the absent-minded Lu Bu helplessly.

"Does even Wen Ruo find it tricky? Let's take a closer look! Lu Bu asked in surprise. In fact, the reason why Lu Bu was a little absent-minded was that he found that in the past two days, although there have been a lot of things, Xun Yu can solve them properly, Lu Bu has almost already planned, and he will be at home tomorrow with his wife and children, as for whether Xun Yu can be busy...... Lu Bu subconsciously ignored these trivial political affairs, Lu Bu really couldn't play it. But I didn't expect that there were still problems that could be difficult to stop Xun Yu.

"Taiyuan County originally had only 70,000 civilian households, but now it has more than 200,000 households, with a population of nearly one million! Neither grain nor arable land can meet the demand, and many local residents have begun to complain about the displaced people who have come to defect at the instigation of well-intentioned people, and there have been many conflicts...... Xun Yu said bitterly.

"What? Taiyuan alone has a million people? When the Han Dynasty was at its strongest, there was only so much population in Taiyuan, right? Lu Bu was stunned.

"After the lord's policy of tuntian was decided, countless displaced people rushed in, not only Taiyuan, but even the party was a little unbearable, if it were not for the disaster of war in other counties, I am afraid that the number of personnel would also skyrocket...... Nowadays, both the land for spring ploughing and the food rations for the winter are somewhat insufficient, and our relief food is running out of food! ”

"So serious? The matter of Tuntian is easy to say, there is a lot of wasteland outside, and it is enough to go directly to reclaim it when the weather warms up, but the grain is ...... This year's harvest is abundant, and the civilians in the city should have a lot of food in their homes, right? Moreover, there are many merchants, and they should be able to buy food from them. Lu Bu couldn't help asking.

"Our army went out on the expedition, and we already bought some, but now with the increase in the number of displaced people, the food consumption is also fast, most of the grain in the hands of the merchants has been sold out, and the price of grain in the city has quadrupled!" Xun Yu took out a report and looked at it and said.

"No, no, the merchants in the city have just received our benefits not long ago, and they will definitely not take advantage of the fire to rob, by the way, the families in the city have purchased grain on a large scale?" Lu Bu's heart moved, as if he had thought of something.

"I didn't expect it...... Xun Yu After raising enough military rations a few days ago, he was busy with other things, and he didn't pay attention to it for a few days, and the price of food had already risen.

"Humph!" But it was Xi Zhi, who had been speechless beside him, that snorted coldly.

"Wen Ruo should have seen a lot of this kind of thing! Even in Yingchuan, there are not many people like Wen Ruo who will open a warehouse and release grain, right? ”

"This ...... I'll talk to them about it! Xun Yu's face was bitter, he naturally knew what Xi Zhicai meant, these big families were obviously using human lives to collect money.

"Wen Ruoxiu panicked! How much rice grain do I have left? Lu Bu asked after a moment of silence, his tone was not mixed with any emotion.

"The counties combined, I'm afraid there are only 60,000 or 70,000 stones, and if we continue to give relief, I'm afraid it will be exhausted in less than half a month!" Xun Yu calculated for a moment and said with a bitter face.

"Wen Ruo thought they would obediently sell you grain at a low price?" Lu Bu's tone suddenly became gloomy.

"The lord can't go on a killing spree!" Xun Yu was afraid that Lu Bu would be angry and go directly to the door to rob it.

"Killing? That's the best thing to do...... But it's always bad to see blood during the New Year, and I have a plan to let these unconscionable families spit out the grain, and as for them doing things so without conscience, sooner or later I will let them taste the bitterness! Lu Bu looked at Xun Yu's appearance, first said half of it, and then he, and then continued.

While Xun Yu sighed, he called Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai to his side and whispered in their ears for a while.

"What a brilliant plan!" Xun Yu looked at Lu Bu with some surprise, this lord's whimsical ideas at some time were really endless.

"Wonderful!" Xi Zhicai also praised.

"This matter still needs to be handled by Wen Ruo, an honest man......" Xi Zhicai couldn't help but laugh.

"That's as it should be!" Xun Yu was trembling with laughter by Xi Zhicai, if he doesn't do this, change someone else to smash the matter, I'm afraid that Lu Bu will directly find these stubborn families, and as soon as Lu Bu goes, I'm afraid that he will see blood.

Xun Yu didn't want to shield these short-sighted families, but felt that the state couldn't withstand a big toss......