Chapter Thirty-Nine: Blessed

"Your Majesty."

Zhang Liao strode forward, cupped his fists and saluted: "The general will search the whole village and get two hundred shi of food."

"Two hundred stones?!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said, "How long can I eat?"

"Two days at most." Zhang Liao said.

"not enough!"

Lu Bu said cruelly: "I want food and grass, all the food and grass!"

He pointed a big halberd in his hand at the village elder who was kneeling in front of the horse, and shouted sternly: "There are hundreds of people in your village, and there are definitely more than 200 stones of food. Where is it hidden? Hand over the food and grass quickly, otherwise, all the people will be killed." No one, old or young, in the village will be left alive!”

The village elder trembled, his nose pointed at the sharp tip of the halberd, his face was gray and gloomy, and he begged in a hissing voice: "General, please allow me to argue. Although my Hanjia Village has hundreds of people, the harvest is not good this year. The villagers are already struggling with hunger, but the general has a benevolent heart and please let me, Han Family Village, have a way out!"

"snort!"

Lu Bu gnashed his teeth and said bitterly: "I will let you live, but who will let me, Lu Bu, live!"

"Wenyuan, bring Qingzhuang forward!"

He added: "I will kill the young men first. If you, old man, don't pay me the food, I will kill the women and children! I, Lu Bu, am at the end of my rope and don't care about anything!"

Hearing this, Zhang Liao paused and said hesitantly: "Junhou, this is just a small village in the mountains. It is not easy to have two hundred stones. Why not take these two hundred stones of food and go directly to the big city to ask for it?"

"Easy for you to say!"

A general behind Lu Bu shouted: "There are troops guarding the big city, where can we ask for it? We have been running for half a month, and we are already exhausted. Even if we want to attack the city, we still need to eat and drink the soldiers, right?!"

"What's more..." Another general looked at the ugly look on Lu Bu's face and said, "How do you know where the pursuers of dog thieves like Li Jue and Guo Si have gone?"

"No need to say any more!"

Lu Bu waved his hand: "Old man, hand over the food and grass quickly!"

"Junhou!"

Zhang Liao said urgently: "No!"

At this time, a silent man in the distance also spoke: "Your Majesty, it is unjust to seize the people's food and grass!"

"We are all at the end of our rope. There is no such thing as justice." The general who spoke first sneered: "Your Majesty, mosquitoes are still meat no matter how small they are. Only by collecting food from every village can we stabilize the morale of the army."

Lu Bu's expression changed, and he suddenly shook the halberd in his palm. The blade of the halberd flashed, and he was about to cut off the village old man's head, but suddenly he felt a huge force stopping him. The halberd blade was close to the village elder's neck, but it couldn't fall!

"Wait a minute."

The clear voice came from far away, and before it fell, the last note was already in front of me!

Lu Bu's eyes seemed to flash, and when he looked again, he saw a young man who looked like a scribe standing in front of him.

Zhao Yu stretched out his hand, moved the blade of Lu Bu's halberd, and then helped the village elder up, saying, "Village elder, please take the villagers back to the village. I am here."

The village elder looked at Zhao Yu and suddenly realized: "Sir, he is from the mountain..."

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded: "That's right. Village elder, please go back to the village. Don't worry."

"But..." How could the village elder not be worried: "But..."

Zhao Yu shook his head, holding the blade of Lu Bu's halberd with one hand, and turned around to look at the hundreds of villagers who were being held aside by the soldiers. His sleeves were rolled up, and the undercurrent was flowing. The soldiers who were holding the villagers were suddenly involuntarily swept away. aside.

"Come, help the village elder back."

The young men looked at me and I looked at you, but they walked out, helped the village elder from Zhao Yu's hand, turned back step by step, and walked towards the village. Seeing this, the remaining villagers swarmed to follow.

At this time, the surrounding generals and soldiers were all silent.

Lu Bu's face was red, and the veins on his forehead were exposed. It was clear that he had used all his strength, but he could not move the big halberd.

"You..." He muttered a few words between his teeth: "Who are you!"

Only then did Zhao Yu let go of the halberd blade, but Lu Bu couldn't control the strength and staggered both his men and his horse.

Zhao Yu said calmly: "I am Zhao Yu. Are you Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian?"

"It is this prince!"

Lu Bu already knew that this man was not an ordinary person, but he did not want to lose any dignity in his mouth and shouted: "How dare you stop my army?!"

Zhao Yu shook his head and laughed, looking at the more than ten thousand cavalry stationed outside the village, Yun Danfeng said lightly: "To you, you are a cavalry of a large army, able to dominate the world. To me, you are a chicken and a dog, which is nothing. I heard that you used to be in In Bingzhou, I thought I was a hero when I fought against the barbarians from the North, but here I didn't expect that I would actually seize the people's food and grass. How are they any different from thieves?"

"..."

Lu Bu's face turned red after being told that, and he did not dare to look at Zhao Yu.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others who still had a sense of shame lowered their heads.

However, there were a few people who had long been shameless, but after all, they felt that the person in front of them was mysterious and did not dare to answer the question.

"A few years ago, if I had seen someone like you who was like a bandit, I would have killed him ruthlessly. However, these days I have been cultivating my health and I am not willing to kill. If you get rid of Dong Zhuo, you will be considered virtuous in the world. , I will let you go, but you must answer me for one thing."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said, "I have an army in hand, how dare you bully me!"

"I won't cry until I see the coffin." Zhao Yu's expression paused. With a flick of his sleeves, a strong wind swept up from the ground, and smoke billowed. In an instant, more than 10,000 cavalrymen who had gathered at the entrance of the village within a radius of one mile were enveloped in it!

I only heard people shouting and horses neighing, and after the strong wind passed, everything was already in ruins.

Then there was silence.

"I want you to march all the way without disturbing the people. If I hear about it, I will chase you to the ends of the earth and kill you. Go ahead." Zhao Yu waved his hand: "Don't wait for me to change my mind."

"Walk!"

The tone of Lu Bu's voice changed, as if he had seen a ghost. In the panic, a group of people swarmed away and became a mess.

Zhao Yu watched the rebel soldiers leave for a long time.

Han Shu chased down the mountain and stood next to Zhao Yu. Seeing this scene, his expression was natural.

Even a big mountain is nothing, so what's the big deal with more than 10,000 cavalry?

At this time, the village elder also came out with the villagers, so he thanked him profusely, which made Zhao Yu quite helpless.

"That's all."

Zhao Yu sighed: "It's better to choose a day than to hit it."

He looked at Han Shu and said: "I have collected a lot of jade, which is enough for the time being. I will teach you the skills and everything that needs to be taught in terms of basics. How far you can go in the future depends on your own practice. Just say goodbye here. stop."

Zhao Yu could imagine what image he would have in the minds of the villagers after experiencing this incident. I'm afraid that I will be raped and I won't be able to stay any longer. Fortunately, in the past ten days, a lot of jade has been collected, and it is time to leave.

He came and went freely and easily. Under the admiring and reluctant eyes of Xiao Hanshu and the villagers, his feet shrank to an inch, and his figure gradually disappeared into the wilderness. Only a fairy legend is left here.

Zhao Yu felt bored after leaving Dushan.

He let Lu Bu go, not because he didn't want to kill as he said. If he really wanted to kill someone, Zhao Yu would be more ruthless than anyone else.

Zhao Yu had his own considerations in not killing Lu Bu.

In the original history, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao led Lu Bu into Yanzhou and almost took away Cao Mengde's foundation. But in Zhao Yu's view, it is not all harmful.

Nowadays, Zhao Yu's understanding of the aristocratic families is becoming more and more clear, and the more he understands the obstacles that the existence of the aristocratic families has on humanity. Yanzhou is located in the Central Plains, a place where aristocratic families are extremely prosperous. Cao Mengde could ascend to the position of governor of Yanzhou, which was also the wish of the aristocratic family - they needed someone who was good at fighting to stop the rebels for them.

They suffered enough losses during the Yellow Turban uprising, and they no longer want to continue to suffer such losses.

In Zhao Yu's view, Chen Gong and Zhang Miao were able to lure Lu Bu to Yanzhou. This was actually the result of Cao Mengde's policy policy, which was contrary to the wishes of the powerful family. But it is precisely because of this that Cao Mengde was given enough reasons and excuses to purge the aristocratic families in Yanzhou.

This is what Zhao Yu wants to see.

So he let Lu Bu go, just to see Lu Bu being introduced into Yanzhou by the aristocratic families represented by Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others, so that Cao Mengde could legitimately suppress and purge the aristocratic families in Yanzhou.

In fact, Zhao Yu also knew that Cao Mengde himself was a member of the aristocratic family. However, he aspires to be king, so he is different from the aristocratic family. The imperial power is naturally exclusive and excludes all existences that can pose a threat to the imperial power, and the aristocratic family is among them.

Therefore, if the harm done to him by the aristocratic family could be eliminated, Cao Mengde would definitely not be afraid of carrying out a major purge. But he needed a reason.

Otherwise, all the noble families in the world will be blamed.

How powerful is the family's current power? Having offended aristocratic families all over the world, Cao Mengde will be unable to move forward. After all, he is still weak now. Unless Zhao Yu takes action and kills the family. But this is impossible. If all the noble families are killed, the inheritance of knowledge will be cut off. In Zhao Yu's view, the aristocratic family cannot be erased until the inheritance of knowledge to the common people is completed.

Most of the officials and generals came from aristocratic families, regardless of whether they were high-ranking or poor. Without these people, Cao Mengde would be alone. No matter how powerful Zhao Yu is, there is nothing he can do. Can one or two people sustain humanity? cannot.

Zhao Yu believes that what Cao Mengde needs is a Yanzhou who can draw pictures at will without hindrance. So waiting for Lu Bu to invade, waiting for the aristocratic families to rebel, waiting to give Cao Mengde a reason to clean Yanzhou, thus freeing up a place and laying a foundation that rarely relies on aristocratic families.

With this foundation, a single spark can start a prairie fire.

The importance of foundation is vividly reflected here.

You can use aristocratic family, but it is not necessary, this is the right thing.

Zhao Yu even felt that after returning this time, he would secretly act as a promoter and secretly encourage the family to expose more. I want Cao Mengde to have a firm reason to purge more aristocratic families after their rebellion.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu followed Lu Bu's army, left Nanyang and entered Yuzhou.

Lu Bu was driven out of Guanzhong by Li Jue and others, passed Wuguan and entered Nanyang. He was a lost dog. According to historical trends, he will go to Runan and temporarily rest his head on Yuan Shu's hands. But Yuan Shu was afraid of his ambition, and he would then find a way to go north and join Yuan Shao. But Yuan Shao was nowhere to be seen, and he was almost killed by Yuan Shao, so he fled to Hanoi and mixed with Zhang Yang. Finally, under the plan of Chen Gong and others, they marched into Yanzhou.

That will probably be the year after tomorrow.

Speaking of which, Lu Bu's escape from north to south was not much worse than Liu Bei's.