I really just want to lose my fortune

"Ha, it seems that our coach has a kind heart." Lu Bu put Fang Tian's painted halberd on his shoulder, and laughed loudly, "I'll spare you today!"

Fang Jie and Shi Bao ran away without even turning their heads, let alone making a sound.

Lu Bu felt that it was not enough, so he picked up the bow and arrow...

Whoosh...

Two long arrows shot to the ground, and the two jumped off their horses quickly, leaving the horses behind.

Lu Bu went down again with a set of continuous arrows, but he didn't kill anyone, just to play the opponent.

As a result, the two of them ran back to the camp.

Fang La looked at the scene in front of him, and heaved a sigh of relief.

The morale of the soldiers is weak, and we have to find a way to get it back.

Why did they withdraw their troops suddenly?Could it be...

Fang La instantly thought of a possibility.

Could it be that the imperial court wanted Zhao'an?Or, King Zhao wants to recruit them?

Probably!

Before the Wagang rebellion, it was the imperial court Zhao'an. At that time, many green forest heroes were recruited.

If the imperial court wants to recruit us, hehe, then you are doomed to steal chickens and lose money.

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Liu Bowen arrived just in time. He felt that if he had come a little later, Lu Bu would have finished beheading the general, and as soon as Li Jing's 15 troops lay in ambush, the opponent's [-] troops might have fled.

Don't think that 5000 people can't fight head-to-head with 15 people. If [-]% of the regular army dies and they don't retreat, they are the Iron Army. If these civilians die more than [-]%, they may run away directly.

Moreover, as long as it was the central army that entered them, Fang La's so-called regular army could not resist the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, especially the elite led by Lu Bu!

"Mr. Liu, can you give me an explanation?" Li Jing frowned.

This battle was over for Li Jing.

As long as Lu Bu wins a big victory and sends troops to fight again, Fang La and the others will definitely retreat.

At this time, hold a big banquet in the city, put on a posture of celebrating, whip a few soldiers who killed few enemies during the day, and let them tell Fang La where it is easy to fight, then it will not be difficult to lure them to the territory of King Chu .

From a strategic point of view, Li Jing can complete Pang Tong's arrangement.

"Huh, when General Lu comes, let's explain together." Liu Bowen put down the drum hammer helplessly.

Li Jing thought for a while. After all, Liu Bowen was Qin Ge's most important person, so he didn't say much.

Soon, Lu Bu went up to the city wall and found that Liu Bowen was there, so he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

"Pharmacist, Mr. Liu, why did Ming Jin withdraw his troops?" Lu Bu said, "I'm already going to kill those two rebels."

"Huh, this battle will be more effective than expected." Liu Bowen sat on the ground.

Lu Bu and Li Jing looked at each other and sat down.

"At the beginning of this war, Shi Yuan was thinking about strategic matters, which is understandable. Just now, I knew from the military order of the pharmacist that this battle will definitely complete Shi Yuan's plan." Liu Bowen said: "But, apart from this meaning of war Besides, there are other meanings."

"What do you mean?" Li Jing frowned.

"The rights of Jiaozhou, as well as the economy!" Liu Bowen said in a deep voice: "And the reputation of the prince!"

Wars are never fought just for the sake of fighting. There are actually many things that can be used behind it.

"If we make a posture of barely resisting, or even being unable to resist, what will happen to the officials in Jiaozhou? Especially after they know this information." Liu Bowen handed the latest information to the two of them.

Li Jing took a look and said: "I will try to escape, but if this happens, the lives of their nine clans may not be guaranteed."

"Then what if there is someone who can make them resign?" Liu Bowen said: "Is the prince's status enough? Can you act cheaply under the pressure of the rebels?"

"This..." Li Jing was a fighter, so he didn't know there were so many twists and turns behind him.

Not only Li Jing, but also Lu Bu...

Chapter 367 Political Factors

"If they resign, the right to hand over the state can be justified and handed over to us." Liu Bowen said: "We can also collect their life money, this is only the first benefit."

"Under the pressure of external forces, we can even carry out tax reforms. Previously, the prince wanted to implement commercial taxes on special grain products in Jizhou, but it was unfortunately destroyed by the invasion of King Yan."

"As long as our army can stand in a stalemate with the rebels, the tax reform will surely be implemented smoothly."

"The third advantage is that we can continue to make the prince's benevolent name more resounding. If Fang La has tens of thousands of troops, what will happen to them if we take the posture of Zhao'an?"

"If I were replaced by Fang La, I would definitely not be punished." Lu Bu said thoughtfully.

Now Fang La is not alone, if he wants to be ordered to safety, then all his subordinates may rebel.

The Fang La uprising has not been long, and it is impossible for Fang La to be united. It is even more impossible for Fang La to suppress everyone's voice in this short period of time.

"However, as long as we continue to command peace, the world will see how the prince treats the people. The prince will not attack unless it is absolutely necessary." Liu Bowen said.

"But will doing so make people feel that the prince is weak?" Lu Bu frowned.

Lu Bu is a serious and serious main combat faction. Although what Liu Bowen said is very reasonable, Lu Bu still likes to defeat the enemy in a serious way.

He doesn't want to think about anything political.

"So, when we drive those officials away, if Fang La and the others still don't surrender, I'll have a hearty victory and drive them to the direction of Jingzhou." Liu Bowen said: "Of course, this is just mine. The idea still depends on whether General Li can do it."

Li Jing was silent.

Wars that serve politics always feel weird.

Li Jing is not afraid of fighting, nor is he afraid of Liu Bowen giving him problems, but he just doesn't like it.

This is the difference between literati and warriors. In the eyes of warriors, fighting is fine, winning is fine. How can there be so many twists and turns?But in the eyes of literati, war requires cost, logistics, popular sentiment, impact on the world situation, and impact on policy, all of which must be taken into consideration.

In other words, most wars themselves serve politics.

"I can do it." Li Jing raised his head and looked at Liu Bowen: "So, sir, do you want to make peace first?"

"That's right, I will send someone to be a lobbyist." Liu Bowen nodded: "Otherwise, Ming Jin is too abnormal, and Fang La will have other vigilance."

"Then why do they act like they are going to attack us and we can't resist?" Lu Bu said.

"It depends on General Li's layout. If General Li can't do it, I can arrange it." Liu Bowen said.

Like Zhuge Liang, Liu Bowen has unique insights into politics, military affairs, and the overall situation.

Liu Bowen also understands this kind of formation, but he is not specialized.

"Fake defeat and inducement." Li Jing said: "However, this will damage the morale of the army... The sudden call for gold just now has already damaged the morale of the army."

"I don't think this will bother General Li, right?" Liu Bowen stared at Li Jing.

Li Jing let out a long breath, and said helplessly, "It's hard."

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Soon, Li Jing stood on the city wall, looked at the countless guards in the city and on the city wall, exercised his internal strength, and said in a loud voice: "Before the battle, I made a bet with General Lu on how many rounds he would be able to complete the beheading. The result is obvious. General Lu had a playful mentality at first, but in the end, the family went together more, and it took a little time. When General Lu wanted to kill the general, Mr. Liu called for gold as soon as the time came."

"General Lu lost a jar of good wine to me because of his carelessness, everyone should take this as a warning."

All the soldiers looked at each other in blank dismay, this is...too childish, right?

This is a war, and you actually use this to start a gamble, and even bet on a pot of wine?

"I know what everyone is thinking, do you think I'm too childish?" Li Jing said with a smile: "Actually, what about killing a few people, and what about letting them go back?"

"Killing them is just a few more heads of the common people. If they are released, they will only be more afraid, because I don't care about their so-called generals! We are the regular army of the imperial court, and facing them is like an old man playing with a naughty boy." generally."

"Everyone, the rebels are really powerful, but as you all saw just now, they are just paper tigers."

"General Lu just fought alone, and let those rebels flee. The so-called eight heavenly kings, three against one, are not General Lu's opponents."

"To deal with these people who just pick up the sickle, the people who can be frightened by the bravery of one person and want to retreat or even run away, gentlemen, these people want to destroy our city, is it better than gambling a pot of wine in a war? Make people laugh?"

"So, in the face of these people, gentlemen, are you afraid?"

Those soldiers were a little overwhelmed, ready to say they were not afraid.

But at this moment, several of Li Jing's personal soldiers laughed inappropriately.

"Pfft..."

In this kind of battlefield where everyone's nerves are tense, this laughter spreads quickly like a deadly poison. On this occasion, laughter is inappropriate, but it is also the most contagious.

Once passed on, the soldiers in the city were overjoyed, and slowly, the laughter shook the sky.

It seems that it is not a 10,000+ army that is attacking outside, but a group of children.

When the laughter gradually died down, Li Jing used his internal strength again: "However, even if we are facing a group of children and ordinary people, I should be serious. Let's play with them."

"We not only want to defeat them, we also want to impress the rebels all over the world!"

"Masters, this battle can be regarded as a large-scale performance."

"I'll wait, we will win!"

When Li Jing finished speaking, his personal soldiers said in unison: "We must win!"

"Definitely!"

"Definitely!"

Soon, the sound in the city shook the sky.

As long as Lu Bu wins, regardless of whether the opponent is let go or not, the morale of the army will be good.

Liu Bowen looked at Li Jing's soldiers and nodded secretly in his heart.

Although these soldiers and horses themselves are elite soldiers, most of them surrendered, left the shipyard for no reason, lost battles for no reason, and followed Qin Ge for no reason. Now Li Jing can keep them from panicking after Lu Bu was recalled for no reason. able man.

Wang Ye's ability to recognize talents with his eyesight is also unparalleled in the world.

If this Li Jing was placed in Mayi, he would really be a sheriff...

At this time, the messenger from the north gate came and whispered to several people: "Report to the general, two generals came from outside the north gate, both from Bingzhou, and they brought less than 2000 people. They said they belonged to General Lu." Part [-], come and join General Lu."

"Oh?" Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, "I'll go and have a look."

Chapter 368

Soon, Lu Bu came to the wall of the north gate.

I saw that the people under the city were all dressed in tatters and dressed like ordinary people, but seeing that their ranks were neat, and there were 800 of them with solemn faces and strict military discipline, people could tell that this was a group of soldiers just by looking at them. An elite branch.

Liu Bowen followed Lu Bu, looked at the [-] soldiers who stood out from the crowd below, and said in surprise: "Who trained this soldier?"

"My old friend." Lu Bu put his hands on his hips and said with a big laugh, "Mr. Liu, I'll tell you later."

After finishing speaking, Lu Bu jumped straight from the city wall and hugged the two leading generals: "Hahahaha...why are you here?"

"This..." One of them said with a wry smile: "Fengxian, you don't know that we have been waiting for a war, waiting for an opportunity. I thought that if the Tatars invaded and fought together, we would have a chance to succeed. I never thought that, The last assigned task is to patrol and maintain law and order. Later, I heard that King Zhao is in Jiaozhou, so I will join you soon.”

Lu Bu went to vote for King Zhao, and he had told this person before.

His name was Zhang Liao, his style name was Wenyuan, and he was Lu Bu's younger brother.

At that time, Lu Bu was the chief bookkeeper, and Zhang Liao was the guard of Mayi, Li Jing's old subordinate.

Lu Bu only said that he voted for King Zhao, but Qin Ge's itinerary was a top secret at that time, and Lu Bu did not disclose it to the outside world.

It wasn't until the time when Qin Ge seized power in Jiaozhou that most people in Bingzhou heard the news.

The soldiers and horses in the entire Jiaozhou were originally due to the start of the war. The generals of the Yang family and Wu Sangui dispatched together, and Zhang Liao's rights were almost exhausted.

In addition, Li Jing was tricked by Jia Xu, and he was dispatched to Jiaozhou with his family and his mouth. Naturally, his subordinates will not have a good time.

It can be said that in order to make money for Li Jing, Qin Ge went up the mountain... no, joined the gang, and indirectly cheated Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao thought about it, he didn't have a chance in Bingzhou anyway, so he came here to join Lu Bu.

"Why are there so many soldiers?" Lu Bu asked in surprise.

"I led the [-] camps, and the rest are scattered soldiers among the chaotic troops gathered on the road." Another person said.

This person has a solemn face, and he looks like a very decent person.

His name is Gao Shun, and he is also Lu Bu's younger brother. When Lu Bu ran rampant on the grassland, he followed Lu Bu all the time and admired Lu Bu's bravery very much.