"For martial artists, the highest attainment of martial arts is not to improve their martial arts, but that one person can be a million teachers, use his strengths to break the enemy's shortcomings, gallop on the battlefield and kill the enemy bravely! The old canon is like this, Gan Ning is like this, and you must be like this in the future. ”

Meng Wen raised his head slightly, with doubts in his eyes.

Cheng Liu smiled, he didn't need to answer these words, he just understood in his heart.

Fortunately, he ate some food at noon, so even if the march was hasty, Cheng Liu did not feel tired.

When they arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the mountain bandits who had already received the news had already gathered together, and even put up a formation in a hurry.

If he wasn't familiar with history, Cheng Liu would even think that the other party was a yellow turban thief......

"May I ask who is the big boss?"

Cheng Liu shouted directly in front of the formation.

A horse slowly came out of it, and the people on the seat had thick eyebrows and big eyes, holding a giant axe in both hands, and wine on their beards, and it seemed that they liked to drink before the battle.

Cheng Liu directly patted the horse's buttocks, grabbed a spear from the team and rushed out.

By the time Gu Guan reacted, Cheng Liu had already pressed their big boss on the back of a horse and brought it back.

"Chungu specially allocated military pay for training, and you are all considered soldiers of Chungu, so from now on, you will build the cottage into a fortress as a military territory, and you can still train on the mountain, but you must obey the orders of Chungu County."

None of these mountain bandits dared to say anything, and at this time, the defenders in the city left some of them to build a fortress, and the rest of them went back with Cheng Liu.

At this time, the problem of the bandits was solved, but there was a more important problem.

That's who should be asked to do the prefectural order in Spring Valley?

Cheng Liu sat in the county mansion, looking at the official documents boringly, all of them were trivial things, but they were very complicated when they were mixed together.

At this time, there is no county order, these things are waiting for people to deal with, Cheng Liu thought about it, the location of Spring Valley is not ordinary, and he can only choose from the city.

The barracks in the city are on the east side of the gate, Cheng Liu thought about it, and could only go inside to find someone to do this position.

But before he went out, he saw a soldier rushing in and said in a panic: "Big official, there are people outside asking to see you!" ”

Cheng Liu suddenly rolled his eyes, if he could see it if he wanted to, wouldn't the threshold of this county order be broken?

But the soldier added: "Outside, the water was already surrounded by the people, and the man had a knife against his neck, saying that if the officials did not see him, he would cut his throat on the spot!" ”

Cheng Liu was slightly surprised, is it popular to die in this era?

"Take me to him."

……

There was a lot of excitement outside the county governor's mansion, and there was a person in the crowd holding a long sword high, the blade of the sword was directly against his throat, no matter how much the onlookers persuaded him, he was unwilling to put the sword down.

It wasn't until Cheng Liu came out that he glanced sideways slightly, but the sword in his hand was held tighter.

Cheng Liu walked over, and some guards suddenly dispersed the crowd a little.

"What are you doing here?"

Cheng Liu asked patiently.

No matter how you look at the person in front of you, he is a down-and-out scholar who has no power to restrain his hands, with a delicate appearance and a thin body, I am afraid that he will fall down if a gust of wind blows.

But there was a kind of firmness in his eyes, as if there was a kind of momentum that had broken the boat......

The man's face flushed, and he said: "Great official, the mountain bandits are fighting for the tiger, but not only did you not punish them, but even incorporated them into the army, you know, because of these people, how many people in the city starved to death after the autumn of this year?" And how many homeless people haven't even eaten for days! ”

The man said loudly, and the crowd of onlookers who were originally noisy suddenly quieted down.

It turned out that because of this, Cheng Liu couldn't help laughing.

"You get up first, do you just want me to give you an explanation? Then I'll explain it to you. ”

The man was unmoved, so Cheng Liu had to continue.

"Although the mountain bandits are arrogant, they can still play a role in wartime, there are many people in the city, and there are more than 23,000 people in the household registration that Chungu has just revised, which is considered a large county. Of course, this must also include businessmen who are often traveling, so if you calculate it, there are more than 10,000 people, right? ”

"But among these people, 30 percent are powerless people like you, 30 percent are old and young, women and children are 30 percent, hungry and poor people also account for 10 percent, and 10 percent are merchants or big landlords, or slaves and servants."

"Do your own calculations, how many strong men are really available for battle? In fact, it is not even one percent. ”

The onlookers gasped, it is no wonder that when the mountain bandits were in turmoil, Lu Shu led the soldiers to suppress the bandits three times in a row and did not defeat them, precisely because of the lack of troops.

Seeing that he didn't reply, Cheng Liu continued: "What if there is still war? And the mountain bandits set up their own mountains? Are you going to suppress bandits? Or do you want to let those businessmen who only earn copper plates and smell of copper on the market? Or maybe temporary forced conscription? ”

"I know what you think, they deserve to be punished, but the cruelest thing is not life and death, but the denial of a person. They used to steal for a living, fish and flesh the people, and even run rampant and arrogant, without the law, they have many shortcomings, but now is the time for them to atone for their sins. ”

"Isn't their bleeding and wounded on the front lines in exchange for your peaceful years enough to make up for their previous mistakes?"

After saying so many words at once, Cheng Liu suddenly felt a little thirsty, waved his hand, was too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly took the man's sword off his neck, and then commanded.

"You go back first, this official has always thought twice about doing things, and he will not make rash decisions."

Unexpectedly, after the man was stunned for a long time, he suddenly kowtowed heavily.

"Please take it in! The villain has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and his memory is outstanding, but as long as he has seen things, he can firmly remember them in his mind, and if he joins the army, he will definitely volatilize his strengths! ”

Cheng Liu frowned slightly, and turned to say in a deep voice: "You come in with me." ”

The man followed, perhaps from nervousness, his face still flushed, and even his legs trembled.

"Do you know what it means to enlist? It's the tip of the knife licking the blood, it's the line of life and death, then you can't even stand on your legs, even if you join the army, what can you do? ”

Cheng Liu knew that this person's good memory might be a specialty, but there was only one great advantage and a character that was not very suitable, and it was destined to be unable to combine with each other.

For example, when marching and fighting, he can directly go behind enemy lines as a scout, and then write down all the soldiers, horses, food, grass and terrain, and write them down after returning, which may be of the greatest use.

But he is as timid as a mouse, and he may not be able to move his legs when he really goes to the battlefield......