Lu Bu's strongest strategy

Chapter 114 Decision
And these stragglers have a greater advantage, that is, once the army lacks manpower, they can be recruited immediately, and with a little training, they can go into battle to kill the enemy, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Lu Bu thought of this and began to explain it to everyone.

Following the brigade's explanation, the worries in everyone's eyes immediately dissipated, and they all nodded in agreement.

Wang Kai hastily stepped forward and cupped his hands, "What Wen Hou said is true, I will go back and deal with it right now. I believe it will not take long before we can achieve what Wen Hou said is that all the people will be soldiers."

Xu Si is now in the role of housekeeper. Hearing that scattered soldiers don't need to consume more food, there is no reason to be dissatisfied, so he nodded immediately.

"Great, as long as you use this method, you don't need to consume too much food, and you can also get a lot of soldiers. It is indeed the best of both worlds."

……

With a rough resettlement direction for the people inside the city and the refugees outside the city, things went much smoother.

Officials at all levels under Lu Bu began to get busy frantically, fulfilling their duties, and perfecting the plan step by step.

While everyone was busy, Lu Bu relaxed.

Every day, with a group of guards and some food, I started to condolences everywhere to get more support points.

Lu Bu has already obtained the support value of Puyang City. Although this time the value is not too much, it continues to increase every day.

The even better news is that after hearing the news, the refugees in the surrounding area rushed towards Puyang City with their last bit of strength.

Now, Puyang City, Lu Bu's territory, has become the last hope of the refugees and the most sacred place in their hearts.

Everyone knew, and even firmly believed in their hearts, that as long as they walked to Puyang, they would never go hungry again, because Marquis Wen was there!
After countless refugees came to Puyang City, when he picked up the porridge, they all shed tears.

Of course, the tears at this time are not tears of despair, but tears of hope.

As more and more refugees came, Lu Bu's support points also increased faster and faster.

In just three days, Lu Bu's support point has directly increased from 22600 points to 29800 points.

If it were other princes, seeing so many refugees coming, they would immediately ask their subordinates to drive them away, so as not to consume their own food.

But Lu Bu was not surprised, but immediately ordered everyone to cook porridge to rescue the refugees.

Although the refugees will consume some food, they will bring more benefits to Lu Bu.

According to the news from the spies, Cao Jun went further and further away, and it was impossible to come back in a short time.

Hearing the news, Lu Bu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He stayed here secretly worried that Cao Mengde would come back suddenly.

Now that Cao Mengde has really left and things are basically stable here, Lu Bu decided to take him to Dong'e within three or two days.

But at this time, a bad news came.

Locusts are coming!

After a severe drought, there will be a locust plague.

Most of the teams that Lu Bu sent to buy food from various places returned empty.

In the Kanto area, a hu grain has already reached 50 guan.

People who have no money to buy food, or those who can no longer afford food, have become refugees one after another, and what's more, they have eaten each other...

……

And at this time, Xuzhou Mu Taoqian had exhausted his efforts when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou. At this moment, he relaxed, couldn't hold on, and died of illness.

Liu Bei Liu Xuande, the patriarch of the Han Dynasty, was recommended by Tao Qian and supported by the local gentry, and took over the post of Xuzhou Mu.

Liu Bei has great ambitions, and his subordinates even have strong generals such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. After taking over the post of Xuzhou Mu, he began to recruit troops and accumulate strength.

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When Lu Bu heard the news about the locusts, he didn't want to go out anymore, so he immediately called Xu Si and Chen Gong to discuss the matter.

Xu Si is in charge of food and property, and knows the things in the city best.

"Wen Hou, our army has stored some grain in Puyang before, plus a series of purchases, if we save it, we should be able to persist."

Hearing this news, Lu Bu was overjoyed immediately, and was about to speak when Xu Si said again.

"Marquis Wen, what I'm talking about is that if the number of refugees does not increase any more, I'm afraid there will be a shortage of food."

Chen Gong looked worried, and said tentatively, "Marquis Wen, now our army is too busy to take care of themselves, why don't we let the refugees come?"

When saying this, Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu very carefully, even his tone was very light.

Lu Bu was undoubtedly correct about the refugees. This point can be understood through these few battles.

However, there is not enough food for everyone now. If refugees continue to be recruited, no matter how much food they have, there will be a day when they will run out.

That's why Chen Gong came up with such a suggestion.

The facts were as expected by Chen Gong. Sure enough, after hearing these words, Lu Bu frowned, his face was full of displeasure.

"Dexian, is there so much food shortage?"

Xu Si nodded with a wry smile, "Marquis Wen, maintaining the current number of refugees is barely enough. If there are more, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Xu Si was cautious and thoughtful in his calculations. He almost calculated a grain, but no matter how he calculated, the final result was not enough.

Most importantly, if refugees continue to be recruited, not only will the original stability be broken, but the whole situation may collapse due to the lack of food.

At that time, not to mention the newly recruited refugees, even the original refugees, I am afraid that there will be no food available.

If it really comes to that situation, all the efforts will be in vain.

All the refugees can only embark on the road of begging again because there is no food available, and Puyang will also fall into a collapsed situation because there is no food available.

If it was before, Xu Si still had an optimistic attitude, but since he knew the price of food outside, he no longer dared to be optimistic.

50 guan for a hu grain, this is sky-high price, almost no one can afford it!

In this way, the source of food outside is also cut off.

Hearing what the two said, Lu Bu knew the seriousness of the problem, so he couldn't help but frowned, "Is it really unthinkable?"

Chen Gong nodded, "Marquis Wen, we have done our best to save so many refugees, if there are more refugees, we will be powerless!"

Xu Bang sighed and said with a wry smile, "Marquis Wen, although those refugees are very pitiful, you must do what you can and don't bring yourself down too!"

Lu Bu looked at the woebegone faces of the two, knowing that they had nothing to do, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart.

Could it be that the last full warehouse was used like this?
Lu Bu was very reluctant to part with this heaven-defying skill!
With this skill, whether it is marching and fighting, or rescuing refugees, although it is not necessary, it has confidence in its heart.

Lu Bu knew very well that once this opportunity was used up, there would be nothing he could do if he encountered such a thing in the future.

(End of this chapter)