"Are you Hedado from the Heda tribe?"

Lu Bu put away his bow and arrows, sat on his horse, looked down at him, and asked:

"I heard that you can let me, the general, have more cattle, sheep and horses?"

"Exactly, villain...!"

‘pop’

Just when Hedado was about to explain his thoughts to the 'Flying General' in detail, a whip suddenly came over and hit him in the face.

Holding back the pain, Hedado looked towards the 'Flying General', only to see Lu Bu holding a riding whip, staring at him coldly and saying:

"The general wants cattle, sheep and horses. The whole grassland is easy to find. Who dares not to give it? I need your advice?"

"The villain made a mistake and deserved a beating. Thank you, Flying General, for the whip!"

Hedado quickly knelt down and said respectfully.

"Um!"

Lu Bu looked at Hedado kneeling on the ground with satisfaction, nodded, and said:

"That's it, get up and talk!"

"Thank you General!"

Hedado stood up from the ground.

Although Lu Bu didn't use his full strength in that whip, how strong was his arm? The force of the whip on Hedado's face was not small.

A blood-red whip mark clearly appeared on the face, diagonally downward from the left forehead to under the right jaw.

But Hedado was not dissatisfied at all, his face was full of 'honour'.

"good!"

Lu Bu praised:

"What a prairie wolf, the general admires you!"

After saying that, he jumped off the horse and walked aside.

As he walked, he said:

"The general likes prairie wolves like you. After being trained into a dog, you can help me bite people!"

"It is a great fortune for me to be a loyal lackey of the general!"

Hedado followed Lu Bu step by step and said flatteringly.

"Just tell me!"

Weighing the riding whip in his hand, Lu Bu said lightly:

"What strategies do you have, please tell me, General!"

"The general wants to order the Hu tribes to pay tribute regularly. This is a gift. However, many of the Hu tribes are unruly and there must be some who are unwilling. The villain thinks that the head of those who should be killed will serve as a warning, so that the rest of the tribes will not dare to do so.

Don’t listen!”

Hedado didn't dare to show any concern and said quickly.

"The one who kills the head?"

Lu Bu looked back at Hedado and said:

"This is a good idea, but do I need you to tell me?"

"promise!"

Hedado agreed and continued:

"There is no need for a villain to talk about such matters. However, the villain thinks that the tribute collected by the general is a little less. Although it is the kindness of the general, the barbarians are ignorant and may not be able to understand!"

"oh?"

Lu Bu stopped, looked at Hedado, and asked:

"How to say?"

Seeing Lu Bu's interest, Hedado immediately became excited, bowed and said:

"There are differences between the strong and the weak among the Hu tribes. The weak usually pay tribute to the strong every year with a number of sheep equal to the number of heads. The general only takes half, for fear that they will think that the general is easy to bully!"

"Of course, the general doesn't care about this!"

Hedado continued:

"But the Hu people are cunning and greedy. Even half of them are likely to be intercepted secretly, such as concealing the population, delaying time, and all kinds of shirks, etc."

"Therefore, we must not be merciful to the barbarians. We must at least hand over the cattle, sheep and horses according to the number of heads!"

"The villain is willing to serve as a general's dog and horse!"

Having said this, Hedado knelt down to Lu Bu and said:

"The villain is willing to watch over these barbarians for the general so that they don't dare to deceive. Every year, he will honestly pay tribute to the general according to the head count, and he will give a lot of sheep as tribute to the general!"

Lu Bu stared blankly at Hedado who was kneeling in front of him, and was speechless for a while.

The ones who are most cruel to you are always your own people!

He finally felt it personally.

However, I like it!

"Well said!"

After a while, Lu Bu laughed, hit Hedado on the head with a riding crop, and said:

"Get up!"

"Thank you General!"

Hedado stood up.

"Just listen to you!"

Lu Bu looked at Hedado with admiration and said:

"Behead the one first, and then you will be responsible for collecting cattle, sheep and horses according to the number of heads every year. Well, your Heda tribe is an exception. You can pay half as tribute in a ratio of two to one!"

"From now on, the grassland barbarians will be led by you!"

Lu Bu patted Hedado's face with his riding crop and said with a smile.

"Thank you, General, for the gift!"

Hedado was overjoyed and said quickly.

"Um!"

Lu Bu nodded and asked:

"As far as you know, among the Hu tribes around Wuyuan County, which one is the strongest?"

"It's the Kodak tribe!"

Hedado immediately said:

"The Koda tribe has more than 30,000 people. Not only does it rely on its strength to bully smaller tribes, but it also often leads troops to plunder the borders of the Han Dynasty. It deserves death!"

He launched the Kodak Tribe without hesitation.

Who asked the Kodak tribe to surrender three thousand sheep every year?

"Kodak tribe?"

Lu Bu muttered to himself, looked into the distance, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

At this moment, a horse galloped in from outside the racecourse.

Lu Bu looked over and found that it was Wei Xu who, like Zhang Liao, went to the barbarian tribe to announce orders.

He remembered that the tribe Wei Xu went to seemed to be the Koda tribe.

Looking at Wei Xu's appearance, he seemed to be in a bit of trouble.

"General!"

After galloping in front of Lu Bu, Wei Xu got off his horse, raised his hands and said:

"The Kodak tribe is using excuses to delay, but from what I can see, they have no intention of paying tribute!"

"How brave!"

Lu Bu's face darkened and he said to Wei Xu:

"Go and notify immediately, get ready to go!"

He had made preparations before, and 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 elite infantry were already ready to go. Now he only needed to give an order.

As Hedado said before, many Hu people are unruly and unruly, and there must be some who are unwilling to ask for tribute this time.
To be continued...