After accepting Taishou Lin Fang as a dead soldier, the first thing Liu An did was to ask him to submit a table and ask the imperial court to reduce the field tax of Wuyuan County this year.

The reason is that it has been invaded by Xianbei for many years, and the grain in the people's homes has been looted, and they live by borrowing grain all day long.

Liu An can probably imagine the result, according to Liu Hong's greedy temperament, and those eunuchs who don't know the suffering of the people come from the side, it is probably impossible to reduce the land endowment of Wuyuan.

Even so, Liu An still has to perform.

When collecting taxes after the autumn harvest, Liu An told the people about the imperial court's edict, and then paid for the people in his own name, and the people of Wuyuan will definitely return to their hearts.

Liu An even thought about the source of the endowment.

At that time, Liu An on the one hand let Haoqiang exempt his tenants from the rent, and on the other hand, let them take grain to pay for the people of Wuyuan.

Anyway, these heroes are not a good thing, most of their family property is to loot the people's fat and ointment, Liu An's move is just to let them grab it from where and return it.

went back and forth to Luoyang for at least a month, and after Liu An arranged for someone to go to Luoyang, he put the matter aside.

Next, Liu An, in the name of Lin Fang, once again sent people to the major families to invite the patriarchs to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss filial piety.

A few days passed in a hurry, and soon came to the evening of the fifth day.

Like last time, Liu An asked Liu Bei to count the number of patriarchs who came, and in the middle of the night, Liu Bei came to report, except for the family that sent henchmen to come last time but were killed, the rest of the patriarchs came.

"Humph!" Liu An snorted coldly, this time those clans did not send a single person, it seems that they have already discussed with the Zhang family to completely resist.

In the last battle outside the hall, the few henchmen sent by each family all died in the melee, and the rest were either taken down or died in the melee.

However, the news was not leaked here, and Liu An asked the patriarch who had previously returned to Shun to give him a gag order, strictly prohibiting the spread of the matter.

Therefore, the patriarchs of those clans did not know that Liu An was the person in charge here, and there was no evidence that Liu An had killed their henchmen.

And the patriarch who has become a dead soldier has a lot of words, and he has publicized Lin Fang's Taishou and goodness, and he has never embarrassed them at all.

It can be seen from this that those families who sent their henchmen last time actually had plans to be enemies with Lin Fang from the beginning, but they first sent their henchmen to inquire about the news, and since the henchmen died, they blamed Lin Fang for their deaths, and never thought about the possibility that other people were also targeting them.

However, Liu An happened to use these people to deter those small families who were not large, and at the same time, he could also use them to draw another wartime lottery plate.

After that, Liu An came to the outside of the hall and concocted the last forced landing operation as the method.

This time, with more than half of the patriarchs doing the internal response, Liu An asked all the patriarchs to sign the cloth more smoothly.

In this way, Liu An has already accepted 43 patriarchs as dead soldiers.

On the second day, Liu An sent off the patriarchs of the various tribes and told them to go home and wait for the next instructions.

As soon as the patriarchs of the various clans were sent away, they received a report from their subordinates that there was a suspected Xianbei army ten miles outside the city, and they were coming to Jiuyuan City.

The reason why it is suspicious is because although those people are dressed as Xianbei people, most of them are foot soldiers.

Everybody knows, Thomas.

When they invaded the border of the Han Dynasty, basically everyone rode horses, coming and going like the wind, in addition to the strong combat effectiveness, the mobility of the Xianbei people was also one of the reasons for the unrestful Han Dynasty.

"Huh!" Liu An sneered, such a clumsy plan obviously didn't take the imperial court officials in his eyes at all, but just a little disguise to deceive the court after killing Lin Fang.

Will Xianbei invade the border at this time of scarcity? Come and see the scenery?

Liu An didn't need to think about it, he knew that it must be those families who didn't come last night.

A total of thirteen patriarchs did not come last night, including seven small clan patriarchs, five middle family patriarchs, and the patriarch of the Zhang family, the largest local powerhouse.

They should have come to Wuyuan Taishou Lin Fang, and the news that Liu An was presiding over the affairs here has not been spread, so it is impossible for Liu An.

However, whether he wanted to kill Lin Fang in one fell swoop, or just warn and let Lin Fang be honest, he could only wait to see someone to be sure.

Liu An immediately arranged for someone to call back all the patriarchs who had just left, so as not to be affected by the war.

These patriarchs are all Liu An's diehards who used the dead Shika, and dying one of them is a huge loss.

When the messenger saw the enemy, the enemy army was ten miles away from Jiuyuan, and on the way back, the enemy army would definitely not stop in place to rest, and it should be very close to Jiuyuan at this time.

If the patriarchs go out now, they will most likely encounter enemies.

Then Liu An immediately called Liu Bei and others and asked him to gather his soldiers and prepare to meet the enemy.

Liu An himself took the escort and the Taishou Lin Fang, climbed the city wall, and waited for the arrival of the enemy army.

From the person who just came to report the news, Liu An has already learned that the enemy army is only a thousand people, and with his current strength, there is no need to be afraid of this person.

However, acting cautiously, Liu An still asked people to continue to inquire about the news and report it to him at any time.

Half an hour later, Liu Bei and others finished assembling and came to report to Liu An to wait for the next instructions.

Liu An ordered Liu Bei to play freely as a conductor.

So Liu Bei divided the team into three teams, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, waited for the enemy in front of the city gate, waited for the enemy army to approach, did not give the enemy time to breathe, and directly led the army to rush and kill.

He and Gao Shun each led 700 people to ambush on both sides, seeing the opportunity to defeat the other party in one fell swoop.

At this time, the enemy army had marched three miles away from Jiuyuan City.

After a while, when the enemy army had reached two miles outside the city, the two sides were able to see each other's disposition.

The patriarch of the Zhang family, who was at the forefront of the army on horseback, saw that the enemy's strength was superior to his own, and he couldn't help but retreat.

It is impossible for the Taishou Forest side to have so many troops, this must be the soldiers under Du Wei Cheng Ze.

He never imagined that Cheng Ze would betray the Jiuyuan Hao clan and take refuge in Lin Fang.

If it was just a filial piety quota and let Cheng Ze help Lin Fang, he would never believe it, and Lin Fang would definitely give Cheng Ze other benefits.

Abominable traitor!

Patriarch Zhang scolded secretly, slowly stopped the horse, and said to the other patriarchs who were also riding horses on the left and right:

"I don't want the head of the Cheng family to have taken refuge in the imperial court, so our plan to intimidate Lin Taishou is self-defeating, and now the enemy is overwhelming, what do you think?"

When a person next to him heard this, he responded: "The matter has come to this point, and the only way to fight to the death is to fight!" If you succeed, we will take advantage of the situation to control the entire Wuyuan, and if we fail, we will die without a place to be buried, that's all! ”

Another person said: "Looking down, it's better to retreat for the time being, and then try a good plan." ”

As soon as this man's voice fell, seven or eight people seconded the proposal.

Seeing this, the man who had just fought disdainfully said, "Do you think we can evacuate safely?" The enemy is strong, once we turn our horses around and prepare to evacuate, the other party rushes to kill us with all their might, and then life and death can not be up to you and me! ”

After he finished speaking, three or four people seconded the proposal, but there were still more people who opposed it.

The patriarchs disagreed, and the patriarch of the Zhang family was also undecided, feeling that what both sides said was reasonable.

But he also knew that it was not a way to stop here all the time, this place was too close to the enemy, and the other party could rush at any time, so he decided to retreat ten miles for the time being and discuss again.

On the other side, Liu Bei, who was ambushed on the side of Jiuyuan City by relying on the city wall, saw from a distance that the other party had stopped outside Jiuyuan City and stopped moving.

After a little reflection based on the strength of the two sides, he understood that the other side might be afraid, and the scouts he sent out also reported that the other side had no support except for this enemy army.

So he no longer hesitated, and while sending people to inform Zhang Fei and Lu Bu quickly, he acted immediately, and at the same time rushed towards the enemy's flank with his corporaries.

Just as Patriarch Zhang had just given the order to retreat, he saw dust in the distance, and an army rushed towards him.

The patriarchs were shocked, and Patriarch Zhang even raised his horsewhip and slapped it on the horse's buttocks, ignoring his subordinates and other patriarchs, and fled first.

In front of the city gate, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei, who had noticed Liu Bei's movements, did not wait for the people sent by Liu Bei to inform them of their actions, but they saw that the enemy army stopped two miles away suddenly moved, as if they had the intention of retreating.

So the two glanced at each other, and both saw the strong battle intent in each other's eyes, and then they each snorted coldly, waved their horses' whips, and led their corporal soldiers to rush towards the enemy.

Since the beginning of military training, Liu Bei and the other four no longer stay in the county government every day, but train soldiers in the barracks.

Zhang Fei had long wanted to try it with Lu Bu, but Liu An was afraid that Zhang Fei would be abused too badly by Lu Bu, so he stopped the two and didn't let them fight.

After Lu Bu became a dead soldier, his force was worth 105, while Zhang Fei's force was currently only 74, and the gap between the two was too great.

When he was training, he was out of Liu An's sight, Zhang Fei found Lu Bu again and asked for a competition, Lu Bu remembered Liu An's words, and at first he didn't want to fight Zhang Fei.

Who knew that this guy was too rampant, and his speech was ugly, and in the end, Lu Bu was furious, so he taught Zhang Fei a lesson.

Since then, the two have looked at each other unpleasantly.

Zhang Fei even used this as an excuse to frequently find Lu Bu, and he was abused by Lu Bu every time, but Zhang Fei just didn't have a long memory, of course, it was possible that he was tired of it, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't fight with Lu Bu every day.

Zhang Fei was surprised by the high level of Lu Bu's martial arts, although Lu Bu was irritable about Zhang Fei pestering himself like a dog's skin plaster every day, but he had to admit that this person was very resistant.

No matter how hard he was beaten last time, he posted it up the next day to find a beating.

Zhang Fei is also riveting in this battle, he can't fight but can't fight, and he must kill more people than he killed.

So Zhang Fei held his spear, threw off the soldiers behind him, whipped the horse's whip on the horse's buttocks, and rushed towards the enemy first.

Seeing this, Lu Bu was not far behind, and also threw off his soldiers and rode his horse to follow.

The four of them rode excellent war horses produced by the system, and their speed was much faster than that of ordinary horses.

In a matter of moments, the two caught up with the enemy's tail.

Zhang Fei lifted the gun and pierced the chest of the person in front of him, and with the help of the horse's momentum, he trampled to death the person who was blocking the road in front of him.

Lu Bu was wielding a spear in his hand, and after he rushed into the enemy's army, the spear in his hand drew an irregular circle, which just cut through the necks of all the enemy soldiers around him.

Although the enemy army has a weapon, few of them wear armor, and even fewer wear armor that can protect their necks.

The two fought in the enemy formation for a while, and in a short time they reaped dozens of lives.

At this time, Gao Shun also led his corporal to rush out and was rushing to this side.

Zhang Fei and Lu Bu killed the two for a while, and found that there were no enemy troops standing around them.

The nearby enemy soldiers were horrified by the two of them, and they had no horses, so they obviously couldn't outrun the two, so they simply gave up resistance in order to survive, dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

The two of them suddenly felt bored, threw these people to the soldiers who came later, and rushed forward again.

This time, the two of them coincidentally chose the people at the front of the team who rode tall horses, and those people knew at a glance that their identities were unusual, and they could only show their bravery by taking them down or killing them.

Liu Bei was the first to act, but because the distance was too far, he had just caught up with the tail of the enemy at this time.

As soon as he made contact with the other party, Liu Bei shouted loudly: "Those who descend will not be killed!" Those who descend will not be killed! The other leaders have fled for their lives alone, so don't you lay down your arms and surrender quickly! ”

After shouting several times in a row, someone finally put down his weapon and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

The head of their family had indeed fled for his life, and the officers and soldiers had already gone to the general situation, so there was no need to support them and lose their lives in vain.

On the other side, Lu Bu and Zhang Fei bypassed the fleeing enemy army in front of them, and directly took the several patriarchs who had already opened a mile away from them.

Taking advantage of the speed of their horses, a quarter of an hour later, the two caught up with the patriarch who had only brought a few guards on horseback.

As soon as they approached, the two of them killed five or six guards in a matter of moments, and the patriarchs heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from behind and told the guards to fend off, and while running for their lives, they turned back to pay attention to the movement behind them.

Seeing that the comer could easily kill the warrior he valued, he was immediately horrified, and hurriedly ordered everyone to go to stop him, and he fled even more desperately.

Several patriarchs only brought a dozen guards, and after a while, they were killed by Lu Bu and the others, and the two rode their horses to chase forward again.

The patriarch of the Zhang family only escaped a few hundred meters at this time, and the other party's horse speed was faster than his own, seeing that the other party was chasing closer and closer, and when there were only less than 100 meters left, he immediately made a decision, dismounted and knelt on the ground, and asked to surrender in a humble manner.

The rest of the patriarchs also knew that if they fled any longer, they would inevitably die, so like the patriarch of the Zhang family, they dismounted one after another and asked for surrender.

Lu Bu and the others rushed to the front of everyone, and when they saw that several people were kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy like turtle grandchildren, they suddenly felt extremely bored.

They had already been ordered by Liu An not to kill and surrender without permission under any circumstances, so they could only collect the weapons in the hands of a few people, and lead a few people and horses aside, guarding a few people to prevent them from escaping, while waiting for the follow-up troops to come and accept the prisoners.

After waiting in place for two quarters of an hour, Zhang Fei and the others were impatient, and they poured all their anger on several patriarchs, each of whom had at least ten scars from Zhang Fei's whip.

When did they suffer this kind of anger, but in the face of the two of them, they neither dared to be angry nor dare to speak, for fear that the two killing gods would kill themselves if they disagreed.

It wasn't until Liu Bei led people to kidnap a few patriarchs and escort them to Jiuyuan City, and Lu Bu and Zhang Fei took the lead in leaving, that the patriarchs breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Liu Bei tied them up, he did not impose any punishment, and the patriarchs who had experienced Zhang Fei's torture suddenly even felt that Liu Bei was really a benevolent and righteous person!

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