Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Chapter 171: Mutual plans

The war in Nanyang did not reach Niyang, and Yuan Shu had already ceased his activities.

It's not that he doesn't want to fight. In fact, Yuan Shu now wants to peel off Lu Bu's skin and cramps, and stew his bones in soup. However, he has been defeated in a row, and three of the five armies have been crippled. Although he still has an advantage in strength at this moment, Yuan Shu does not dare to use all his troops. Take it out and go all out to fight Nirvana.

Looking at the world, Lu Bu's cavalry is probably the only one that can fight with Gongsun Zan. Yuan Shu, who has regained his composure, is still very clear that the current situation is actually not good for him.

Yuan Shu did not have enough cavalry to compete with him. Fighting Lu Bu on a battlefield like Nanyang was actually at a disadvantage. In fact, war horses were not difficult for Yuan Shu. He was an ally with Gongsun Zan. Now Gongsun Zan occupied Qingzhou and could pass through Xuzhou. Send the war horses to Yuan Shu's territory.

Therefore, Yuan Shu did not lack horses, but he lacked cavalry, and even less a cavalry commander.

You don't have to be a cavalry person to be able to ride a horse, nor can you be a cavalry commander if you can mount a horse and fight. There is a really big difference between the north and the south. Just like people living in the south are surrounded by rivers and rivers everywhere, and they can easily learn to swim and ferry. The skills are the same, but northerners have many more opportunities to come into contact with horse fighting than southerners.

Take Lu Bu as an example. Not to mention his experience after getting the life simulator, but before that, he lived in a place like Jiuyuan where Hu and Han people lived together and were often plundered by Xianbei people or Huns. Therefore, he was brave since he was a child and was not born with it. Yes, it was forced by the environment.

Southerners can't travel far away if they don't know how to swim or ferry. But if you live in Jiuyuan, if you don't know how to mount a horse and kill people, your survival may be a problem. Even if you are not as gifted as Lu Bu, you will still have a sense of bravery in your bones and dare to follow People fight for their lives, so places like Bingzhou are easy to produce elite soldiers and cavalry generals. It's not that the people here are talented, they are selected by the line of life and death.

This is difficult to see in the relatively comfortable south. Even if there are bandits or something, most of these bandits and grass bandits will have some bottom lines and follow some rules, and will not attack directly like the barbarians.

Of course, there are also places in the south where elite soldiers are sent out. Baiyue and sect thieves in Jiangdong are causing trouble. People close to these places usually have tough folk customs, because the people of Baiyue also don't follow the rules. They are quite fierce in their actions and have a good reputation. The elite Danyang soldiers in the world are those from the south who can compete with elite soldiers from the north like You Bingliang.

However, when it comes to cavalry, it is easier to train in the north, especially in secluded and cool places. There are many people who can fight on horseback. Yuan Shu wants to train cavalry in the existing territory. It is not ordinary difficult, especially when there is a lack of cavalry. In the case of generals.

After Lu Bu returned to Niyang, he did not expand his victory and occupy the city. Instead, he continued to send troops to Wancheng to provoke and declare war, seeking opportunities for a decisive battle with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's military advantage is still there, but it is no longer as crushing as it was at the beginning. The 150,000-strong army now only has about 80,000 left, and there are only 130,000 defenders in Nanyang.

From a God's perspective, Yuan Shu is still in a crushing position over Lu Bu in terms of military strength, but in fact, 50,000 of them are Nanyang soldiers scattered in various key passes. What Yuan Shu can actually mobilize is his 80,000 Jianghuai soldiers with low morale. military.

Although Lu Bu has few soldiers, they are all stationed in Nieyang and have gathered a large number of troops in one place. If Yuan Shu wants to fight Lu Bu at this time, he can only fight decisively!

He was full of confidence before, but now, Yuan Shu was afraid of losing, so Yuan Shu chose to lie dormant to avoid Lu Bu's sharp attack.

Having said that, Lu Bu sent people over every day to say dirty words, which made Yuan Shu very angry.

"My lord, a little impatience will ruin a big plan!" Yan Xiang knelt down next to Yuan Shu. Seeing that Yuan Shu didn't look good, he persuaded him: "Lü Bu is so powerful now that we can't compete with him. Zi Yi has gone to Guanzhong to lobby. Wait for Lu Bu's rear. When there is chaos, the formation will naturally be in disarray, and at that time, it will be the time for our army to attack Lu Bu severely!"

"Huh!" Yuan Shu sighed: "Although Lu Bu comes from a humble background, he does have some abilities. It's a pity..."

If Lu Bu can be surrendered, why worry about the instability of the world? But Yuan Shu also knew that this was unlikely. Firstly, the hatred between the two sides would be deep after this battle. Secondly, Yuan Shu was also worried that he would not be able to control a peerless warrior like Lu Bu.

You must know that when Sun Jian was under his command, Yuan Shu often felt that Sun Jian and he were not of the same mind. Now that he is replaced by Lu Bu, Yuan Shu feels that this kind of general is more difficult to control, so it is better to take the opportunity to get rid of him.

Yan Xiang smiled and said: "My lord, there is no need to be upset about this. I think that Lu Bu was not a man who had lived under others for a long time. Ding Yuan was killed by him in the past. Later, although Dong Zhuo surrendered this man, Dong Zhuo was also killed soon after, although it was not Lu Bu's fault. It’s harmful, but as I see it, this person is destined to defeat the master, so it’s better to get rid of him early!”

Yuan Shu nodded, and the feeling of pity for talent in his heart quickly dissipated.

On the other side, although Lu Bu did not capture the city, the household registrations of nearby counties such as Yuyang, Anzhong, Rangxian, Champion, Shunyang, and Nanxiang had already fallen into Lu Bu's hands.

"Lord, Han Hao has set aside 370,000 acres of thin farmland from Shang County, Shangluo to Duling. Calculated as a household with 15 acres, it should be able to accommodate more than 25,000 households." General Zhao Ang He handed the bamboo slip to Lu Bu and bowed.

Shangxian County and Shangluo County are both located in the corners of the Qinling Mountains. The cultivated land area is not large and the number of people that can be accommodated is limited. These thin fields are mainly concentrated in the south of Duling. It is close to the Qinling Mountains and the fields are smaller than those in Duling. The fertile soil in Guanzhong in the north is worse.

"Three hundred and seventy thousand acres?" Lu Bu frowned and looked at the bamboo slips and said, "Not to mention the barren lands such as Shangluo and Shang counties, the Duling area alone has nearly 800,000 acres of fields, and only 370,000 acres. Can the people be resettled?"

Guanzhong Fields After Lu Bu took office, Lu Bu sent more than a dozen teams to measure the cultivated land in various places. Lu Bu probably knew more about how much land there was in various places in Guanzhong than the officials in charge of household registration.

Because Duling is close to the Qinling Mountains and the terrain is not good, the cultivated land here has not yet been allocated. Adding the cultivated land in Shangluo and Shang counties, it must be more than 800,000 acres at least.

"Back to my lord, although there are many fields, the population of Nanyang should not live in one place, so he plans to arrange a large number of free fields between Duling, Huxian, Kunmingchi and Huaili to relocate the population. This will also enrich Jingzhao. Population." Zhao Ang bowed.

"Even so, twenty-five thousand households is a little less than that. There are more than this number of people in Yuyang and Niyang counties alone!" Lu Bu put down the bamboo slips and frowned.

Nanyang is a large county, with nearly 530,000 households registered in Ce Ce alone. In order to move these people there, Lu Bu exchanged two acres of land for three acres in exchange for the land of the land-owning people, and at the same time promised to give land to the landless people. Farming with low rents and taxes attracted a large number of people to migrate to Guanzhong.

If it is just a part and something goes wrong, that will not work. Moreover, the relocation must be completed before spring plowing. Judging from the current relocation speed of only 10,000 households a month, it will not be possible to move to a place that is large enough to threaten the Nanyang gentry, How long does it take to become a sect thief?

This progress obviously did not satisfy Lu Bu.

"Lord, Han Hao claims to have no power in his hands, and there are many places where he can't do anything!" Zhao Ang bowed.

"Then let him find a way. I just want results, otherwise, what's the use of him?" Lu Bu snorted coldly. He naturally knew what Han Hao was planning. He wanted to touch the territory of those generals, which was naturally impossible. Yes, in Guanzhong, the aristocratic families can move the earth, but the generals cannot, at least not for the time being.

Zhao Ang bowed and turned around to deliver the order.

"This Han Hao wants to test me not long after taking office!" Lu Bu just snorted dissatisfiedly after watching Zhao Ang leave.

"It's not all bad. My lord, there is no need to rush the Nanyang migration. Even if it is slower this year, we can continue to migrate after we have all the land in Nanyang next year."

"What will happen to these people without the people at the bottom persecuting them?" Lu Bu nodded and suddenly said a little funny.

If the people at the bottom of Nanyang are emptied out by Lu Bu, and these gentry and wealthy people who are usually aloof from above have no objects to exploit and bully, what will happen next? Now that all the tenant farmers are gone, will they be able to work in the fields themselves?

Now that there is no more farmland to annex and annex, can we only compete with each other? What next? A behemoth appears? Or will the family become extinct?

Before it happened, Lu Bu could only rely on guesswork to think about what this scene would be like?

"It's hard to say!" Li Ru thought for a while and found it difficult to imagine that scene. He could only shake his head: "From Ru's point of view, my lord should be more worried about whether the Guanzhong gentry will take advantage of my lord's expedition to Nanyang to cause trouble for the rear?"

"We will definitely do it." Lu Bu nodded affirmatively. When he left Chang'an, he had already guessed that the Guanzhong gentry would rebel, because Lu Bu's various policies benefited the people, but at the same time, they also killed them. Lu Bu is a cancer to the Guanzhong nobles, and these people will definitely take action if they have the chance.

When Lu Bu conquered Nanyang, he had the idea of ​​giving them a chance, because for Lu Bu, these Guanzhong nobles were also a cancer, and they were a cancer that occupied the main economy of Guanzhong. Even if Lu Bu got some, it would not be enough. They must be eliminated The Guanzhong gentry killed some more until they began to give in and surrender the land deeds to cater to Lu Bu's actions. Only then could they give up.

Li Ru nodded silently. Lu Bu always had a keen intuition about these things that was different from ordinary people. Of course, Lu Bu's method of judging the laws of things was different from most people from the beginning.

"Then what do you think we will do next, my lord?" Li Ru looked at Lu Bu and asked.

"Wait!" Lu Bu stretched his waist, and his bones suddenly made a popping sound like a string of fried beans.

"Wait?" Li Ru looked at Lu Bu curiously.

"Yes, everything is ready now, and the time and place have favored the imperial court. It is not difficult to defeat Yuan Shu, but I need to wait for an opportunity, an opportunity to severely damage Yuan Shu. After this battle, we can stand in the world. Let the princes not dare to be presumptuous!" Lu Bu stood up and said seriously!

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