"Hehe, Milord, this Liu Bei seems to know you quite well!" Zhang Liao said to Lü Bu with a strange expression on his face.
Lü Bu didn't answer immediately. He looked back at the territory of Yuzhou and couldn't help but coldly snort twice. "Charge!" The warhorse under him flapped its wings and galloped.
Zhang Liao also looked at his Lord in front of him and couldn't help but smile and shake his head. Liu Bei was really familiar with his Lord. He knew Lü Bu's temper. He was a person who didn't care about the consequences. As long as he was comfortable, he wouldn't care about other people's thoughts. Although Lü Bu's character was disdained by these ambitious and ruthless traitors, it was because a lack of forbearance in small matters would spoil great plans. After all, only by enduring what ordinary people couldn't endure could one achieve what ordinary people couldn't.
However, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were really afraid of Lü Bu. If they provoked Lü Bu, they would suffer. This was the so-called "the strong are afraid of the tyrannical, and the tyrannical are afraid of those who don't care about their lives".
Lü Bu's letter really made Liu Bei obedient. If he really provoked Lü Bu, his Runan City would be destroyed. Therefore, Liu Bei was afraid and had a guilty conscience. In order to make Uncle Lü Bu happy and Uncle Liu Bei feel relieved, he opened the city gate of Runan City. This was to tell Lü Bu that he didn't have any intention of stopping him. If he wanted to leave, he could leave.
To be robbed like this and still let the other party leave, this was also a kind of weirdo. However, what could Liu Bei do? He didn't have any other choice. He could only passively take the beating and smile.
"If Liu Bei knew that Milord has changed, would he cry?" All of Lü Bu's civil and military officials wanted to know what would Liu Bei think if he knew that Lü Bu was no longer the reckless person who didn't care about anything. He also had scruples now. The letter he sent to Liu Bei was mostly a threat. If Liu Bei really sent troops to intercept, then Lü Bu would definitely leave the people of Yuzhou behind.
Inside the Governor's Mansion of Runan City, Yuzhou.
Liu Bei had already brought his family back because he knew that Runan City was no longer in danger. At least, it was temporarily safe.
Liu Bei's Mansion was pacing back and forth. Mrs. Gan to his side. She didn't know how to comfort her husband's face's face.
Finally, there was some noise outside the mansion. It turned out to be Guan Yu. Guan Yu dismounted from his warhorse and handed it to the guard who was leading it. After that, he walked into the mansion enthusiastically.
"Big brother!" When Guan Yu saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei also went to greet him.
"Big brother, this Yangzhou army is too much!" Guan Yu's face was very ugly. This made Liu Bei surprised.
"Second brother, speak slowly!" “
"Big brother, you don't know. Within a radius of a few hundred li, nine out of ten houses are basically empty. The entire Yuzhou is afraid, afraid." Guan Yu wanted to say something but hesitated. He rode alone. Along the way, Yangzhou was very thorough. Nine out of ten houses were empty. Basically, all the people were evacuated by him. Only those who couldn't run were left with some provisions. Guan Yu was a little hesitant.
Now, the only people who could stay in Runan City were the people of Runan City. The rest of the people were taken away by the Yangzhou army.
"I know!" Liu Bei knew that things were not good. However, he didn't think that things would be this bad. This was a complete wipeout. How many people were there in Runan City? At most, there were only 80,000 people.
"The people of the surrounding four provinces seem to have been bewitched by this Yangzhou army. They only care about the benefits in front of them. They don't know that big brother has suffered a lot for them." Guan Yu was a little angry. Especially the people of Runan City. More than half of them came from Xu Province. Liu Bei took pity on them and saved them from Cao Cao's evil clutches. Now, they actually abandoned their big brother.
"Second brother, don't say anymore!" Liu Bei waved his hand and shook his head. At that time, he brought the people from Xu Province only to prevent Cao Cao's Ferocious Cavalry from chasing after them. Do you really think that Liu Bei is so kind? With these people, Liu Bei could escape with the White Eared Heavy Armor. Otherwise, Cao Cao would have caught up with him and killed him. Only by hiding among the people could he make Cao Cao have some scruples and not dare to kill.
"Reporting, reporting to Milord!" When Liu Bei was distressed, a messenger came and knelt down in front of Liu Bei.
"What's the matter?" Liu Bei frowned and asked.
"Reporting to Milord, there are thousands of people outside the city. They want to ask Milord to take them in." The messenger said to Liu Bei.
"Thousands of people?" Liu Bei and Guan Yu were both stunned. Guan Yu on the side laughed. "Hmph, those people have some conscience. They know that Big Brother is the one who saved them. What future do they have if they leave with that Slave of Three Surnames? They will definitely become starving people."
"Big Brother, is there a trap?" Guan Yu was a little confused. Would the Lvbu's Army be so kind to let these thousands of people stay, or did they come from other places?
"En? Let's go and see! " Thousands of people, such a scale still required Liu Bei to go out personally. Liu Bei's face was also happy. This showed that he still had people's hearts. Although there were not hundreds of thousands of people, thousands of people were still meat. No matter how small the insects were, they could still be eaten.
Liu Bei went out with a smile. However, when he went out and saw the people at the city gate, his face completely turned sour.
It was not that these thousands of people were fake. These thousands of people were all honest people. However, they seemed to be a little older. They were all in their seventies or eighties. Some of them were directly injured soldiers who were forcibly discharged by Liu Bei.
"He is really a good person, a good person!" Liu Bei's face was really ashen.
This Lü Bu not only took away the people of Yuzhou, but also the old, weak, sick, and disabled people who could not leave were directly packed and sent to Liu Bei.
"Master, Master, Royal Uncle Liu, open the door, open the door, let us in!" The people outside the city knocked on the city gate. Because there were thousands of people, the gate guard was afraid that there were spies among them. Therefore, the gate guard closed the gate.
"Big brother, should we open the gate?" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei. To be honest, Guan Yu was also very angry. He could see that the thousands of people outside the city gate were not people. They were completely a burden. These old, weak, sick, and disabled people not only could not be sent to the army, but also needed food to feed them. Guan Yu knew that the gate could not be opened, but he was also reluctant to let these people go.
Open the gate? After opening the gate, these thousands of people would need to be fed by Liu Bei. He still had 30,000 soldiers and horses to feed in Runan city. How much food did he, Liu Bei, have? These people did not have the ability to work. They just opened their mouths to eat. However, if the gate was not opened, then Liu Bei's reputation of benevolence and righteousness would be finished.
These thousands of people did not have many parcels on them. At most, they would only have a few days worth of rations. If these thousands of people starved to death in front of Runan city gate, then Liu Bei's reputation would be completely ruined.
While Liu Bei was struggling, some of the people below shouted, "Lord Liu Jingzhou, open the gate and do us a favor. We were once your soldiers and did our best. Milord, please do us a favor and open the gate!" In this weather, people would freeze to death if they slept in the wilderness.
"Milord, it seems like there are some retired soldiers among them!" Some of the soldiers with sharp eyes found some of their former comrades.
Okay! Not only the old and weak, but also the sick and disabled. Those who were expelled from the army by this miser Liu Bei must be those who could no longer fight. Otherwise, they would have been taken by Liu Bei to strengthen the army.
"Open the gate!" Liu Bei thought for a while, then said this sentence while gnashing his teeth.
"Milord, if we open the gate, then these burdens, no, no, where would we put these people?" A bunch of old, weak, sick, and disabled people, you can't just let them enter the city and leave them there. In any case, you have to arrange food and housing for them. Moreover, you have to send people to take care of some of the old people. Otherwise, if this matter was magnified, then it would be Liu Bei who is not benevolent and righteous.
"Moreover, what about the provisions in the city?" The gate guard's meaning was that the provisions in the city were not much, so he might as well not open the gate.
"Didn't you hear what I said? Open the gate. "Liu Bei loudly roared.
"Yes, yes!" Seeing his Lord angry and his suggestion being treated as ill intent, he naturally did not dare to say more. With a wave of his hand, he ordered his men to open the gate and let the people enter one by one.
Liu Bei also wanted to not let these people enter the city, but he couldn't do so in public. There were so many soldiers watching, especially those who were once injured. If he went overboard, the morale of the people and the army would be destroyed.
Therefore, Liu Bei naturally had to let these people enter the city. He had to suffer this grievance, so he could only endure it.
"Where is Gongyou's envoy?" Liu Bei asked the subordinate beside him.
"According to the time, he should have passed Yuzhou and entered the Yangtze River, in the Xinye region."
"Good! Hopefully, Gongyou will gain something from this trip! " Liu Bei was now relying on Sun Qian to bid for Jing Province's envoy. If he succeeded, Liu Bei would not be lacking in provisions. Naturally, these thousands of old, weak, sick, and disabled people would not be a problem. However, if he did not, then Liu Bei could not be blamed.
Lü Bu's army retreated in an orderly manner. Although they did not manage to take down Yuzhou, Lü Bu learned his lesson this time. From Yuzhou's 700,000 people, Lü Bu brought back at least 400,000 people.
The remaining 300,000 people, other than those who were recruited by Liu Bei, were those who were destroyed in Nandun City. Cao Cao also brought a lot of them with him when he left. Now, Liu Bei only had 30,000 soldiers and 80,000 people left. The only city left was Runan, and the other places were basically in ruins.
Even if Liu Bei was militaristic, he would only have 50,000 soldiers at most. Liu Bei was no longer a threat.
He was only waiting for the crisis in Lujiang to be resolved before taking back Yuzhou.
In Shouchun, Xu Shu was very busy. There were 400,000 people. It would take a lot of time to arrange accommodation and other things. There was also the census. Fortunately, Yangzhou was not short of provisions now. Otherwise, they would not be able to support 400,000 people.
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