Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 65 Spying on the Military Situation
There are only a few pedestrians on the official road outside Donghai City.

The popularity of Donghai City, which was extremely prosperous in commerce, plummeted after Yuan Shu came.

The family mainly engaged in business wanted to fly away with their wings, but it was a pity that the gates of the city were controlled by Yuan Shu's army. Even if they could leave, they would not be able to take their family business with them.

In Donghai City, according to Yuan Shu's requirements, farmers are taxed three times out of ten, and merchants are taxed five times out of ten. This is the highest tax policy in decades.

The key point is that the soldiers under his command are no different from bandits. They have already calculated the tax collection under a clever name. It shows that after collecting the taxes last month, there are not a few bandits who will come again next month.

They enriched their own pockets while helping Yuan Shu collect taxes, all of which made a lot of money, and it was the innocent people who suffered.

Xu Sheng disguised himself and followed three villagers pushing a broken car into the city.

They entered Donghai City to inquire about news on the pretext of sending clothes and quilts to brothers who were pretended to be strong men in the village.

These three villagers have been persuaded by Ye Xiao, or the village that was forced into a desperate situation by the grain requisition officer has surrendered to Xiapi.

Xu Sheng knew them well, and after learning about the tragic situation in the village, Xu Sheng just spent a little bit of saliva to persuade the village, and then proposed a plan to enter the city in disguise.

This time the plan was approved by Ye Xiao.

First, Xu Sheng went to the city just to inquire about news, and second, the relationship between Xu Sheng and the villagers was a natural and perfect cover.

Xu Sheng was a little excited after getting the approval. He took the clothes and quilts sent by the three families, disguised himself as a villager and pushed the broken cart to Donghai City with three other farmers.

However, Xu Sheng's disguise was not necessary at all. The four of them came to the city gate and handed over the identity certificates that Li Zheng had made for them. When they said that they were giving clothes to the strong men, the soldiers saw the tatters on the car and couldn't help but Urge them to go away.

There is no oil and water, and it looks like the nearby villagers. These soldiers have seen countless times in the past few days.

Xu Sheng brought the three of them into Donghai City like this.

First, he walked around Donghai City according to the map in his memory. Xu Sheng saw the deserted streets and the use of strong troops to bully the people could be seen everywhere. He kept lamenting that Yuan Shu was committing suicide.

Donghai City is extremely cold this winter.

This is the feeling of all Donghai people. The depression that Xu Sheng saw along the way made him more determined to drive away Yuan Shujun.

After collecting the information, Xu Sheng secretly wrote down Yuan Shujun's city defense layout and rough military deployment with a cloth, and handed it to his companions.

"After you go back, give these things to the lord. Just tell Wen Xiang to stay in the city and wait for the arrival of the lord's army. When the time comes, we should cooperate with the outside to overthrow the control of Yuan Shu's army!"

The villager didn't understand these principles, but he knew that this was Xu Sheng's plan to take the risk of sneaking into the young men, and wanted to persuade Xu Sheng to go back.

Although Xu Sheng knew that Ye Xiao would scold him bloody if he turned around, he had already made up his mind and led the villagers to the gathering place for young men.

The stench can be smelled from a long distance here, and a mess of strong men were herded together and gathered together in this shabby thatched hut like livestock.

The strong men were not given uniforms and bedding, and were even worse off than the conscripted civilians. They had only one meal a day. When necessary, the general would rush them to the battlefield as cannon fodder to consume the enemy's arrows.

"Master Jun! Let us go in, we are here to bring clothes to the elder brother."

When I came to the door, I found that soldiers were guarding here, not letting them in.

The soldier looked at the tattered interior of the car and smelled the same smell from afar, so he couldn't help cursing.

"Go! Go as far as you can!"

Xu Sheng lowered his head and stared at him, then put on a look of sincerity, picked up his quilt and walked forward.

"Let me go in, brother and the others just came here yesterday, in such a cold day, without clothes and quilts, they will die of cold!"

"I told you to get out! Believe it or not, I will imprison you too!"

Xu Sheng thought to himself, just in time to lock me in.

He staggered, pretending to be afraid of accidentally bumping into the soldier.

"Ah, my lord, I didn't mean to!"

Seeing Xu Sheng being so unreasonable and making trouble, the soldier couldn't bear it anymore, and he was completely disgraced by the collision.

"You stupid bastard! You like to go in, don't you, I let you in!"

The soldiers escorted Xu Sheng to the door, kicked him in hard, and then asked his companions to close the door, obviously not letting Xu Sheng out again.

"Tell my lord that there is another strong man! If you dare to escape, kill him!"

"Don't kill me! I'm here to deliver clothes."

Xu Sheng hugged the quilt and fell to the ground, pretending to be afraid, rolled up from the ground, and ran to the group of strong men, causing several soldiers to burst into laughter.

Seeing Xu Sheng sneak in, the three villagers who followed were far sad and tearful. Seeing Xu Sheng gesturing for them to leave quickly, they wiped their tears silently and left Donghai City with the information.

After Xu Sheng entered here, he found that the situation of nearly a thousand strong men was not optimistic.

Xu Sheng spent some time and finally found the three villagers who were arrested in the village yesterday.

The three villagers all knew Xu Sheng, and when they found out that he, a 16-year-old boy, had come to deliver the quilt, they couldn't help crying.

When they came in here, they knew that Xu Sheng couldn't get out, and when they heard what Xu Sheng said about the situation at home, they cried louder and attracted everyone to watch.

"You are from Xiasang Village? Why are you so confused, children who have not grown hair are sent here to deliver quilts, don't you know that if you enter here, you will be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?"

I don't know when a few men came out of the crowd, the leader was a man with a straight face, about 35 years old.

This man had a very high prestige among the strong men, everyone stepped aside when they saw him appear.

"Brother Sheng, hurry up and salute this brother Xu, he is now the leader of our group of downcast people!"

"That's right, we only have a small amount of food every day. If Brother Xu didn't stand up and distribute it, many people would starve to death."

The villagers secretly introduced Xu Sheng, pulled him and bowed to Xu Fu.

"I'm Xu Sheng and Xu Wenxiang, do you know your eldest brother's surname?"

Xu Sheng bowed to Xu Fu. Seeing the bookish look in Xu's elder brother's brows, he gave his name.

Literati often addressed each other by names. When Xu Shao saw Xu Sheng treating each other like this, his eyes lit up, and then he fell silent again.

"Chi is only a few years older. There is no need to be more polite to brother Wen Xiang. My surname is Xu and my given name is Fu. It is not convenient to tell you my cousin's name for the time being."

"It's such a pity, dear brother, that you are trapped in this situation at the age of sixteen."

Xu Sheng saw that Xu Fu didn't speak his name, so he searched Jiangbei's literati with the surname Xu in his mind, but couldn't find the corresponding person.

"Brother, you are serious. The world here is already like this. It doesn't matter where Wen Xiang falls."

Xu Fu took a deep look at Xu Sheng and sighed.

The purpose of Xu Sheng's coming here is to see if he can incite these strong men.

Xu Fu's appearance at this moment gave Xu Sheng a new goal. If he could get Xu Fu's help, his plan would be more effective.

However, when the two met for the first time, although Xu Sheng thought in his heart, he didn't dare to believe Xu Fu easily.

Seeing Xu Sheng speak like this, Xu Fu sighed even more in his heart.

"Forget it, brother, if you have any difficulties, just tell your elder brother."

Xu Sheng smiled slightly, saluted respectfully, and thanked: "Thank you, Brother Xu!"

Xu Fu nodded, and at the same time he paid more attention to Xu Sheng.

(End of this chapter)