After dealing with the spoils, the group set off again.

They had to travel 500 miles within two days before they could reach Yecheng. Fortunately, they had one man and two horses, so they could persist.

Shortly after he set out on the road, Liu Bei seemed more worried than yesterday.

After a few days of getting along, Li Su and Liu Bei became familiar with each other. They could occasionally make jokes, and then joked: "Lord, may you worry about the future of the future? Didn't the lord say that the black bandits are not afraid of?"

Liu Bei couldn't help but laugh and scold: "At this time, and at that time, with Yun Changyi's virtue and martial arts, small groups of black bandits are indeed no problem. But at that time, how did I know that Jia Cong would withdraw Changshan, Zhao County's sentry horses, and black bandits would be as active as in previous years?"

In Liu Bei's original estimate, he had been traveling for three days and encountered one or two waves of small bandits, which was considered very unlucky.

But he slept in the village all night last night and was attacked, which forced him to increase his assessment of the probability of encountering the enemy.

Li Su smiled: "It turns out that the lord is also afraid."

Liu Bei was stunned and slapped Li Su on the shoulder hard, almost slapping Li Su, who had poor riding skills. Fortunately, Liu Bei was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and then held the other party: "Did you think of some trick to avoid the enemy? Why don't you tell me quickly!"

Li Su hugged the horse's neck and stood up again, then rubbed her shoulders and replied: "It's not a plan, I just follow the trend - the route we originally planned was to continue westward, pass through Jingxing County, and then go south along the wilderness west of Jingxing, Shiyi, House, and Xiangguo counties, almost close to Taihang Mountain.

Judging from the recent situation of increasingly rampant black bandits, the danger of encountering the Black Bandit army on this road has increased significantly. I think it is better to turn south in advance and pass through the eastern suburbs of the above-mentioned counties. On the one hand, you can save some of the retracement journeys and walk at least fifty miles less, and on the other hand, you can also avoid the thief army."

"But if you go to Jingxing, east of the house, if you encounter an official patrol and check the talisman..." Liu Bei subconsciously retorted. Halfway through his words, he himself woke up. The problem he had originally worried about no longer exists.

Liu Bei suddenly slapped his thigh: "A clever plan! We were negligent for a moment, why didn't we expect it! Just Iberia, let's immediately turn to the south! Avoid the large thief army!"

I didn't dare to go the east route because I was afraid of the inspection of the government troops. Now that I have been withdrawn by the governor Jia Cong, what else can I be afraid of?

At the same time, after Liu Bei contracted his route eastward, the large troops of the Black Mountain Army generally did not dare to come. The Black Mountain Army bypassed the county towns controlled by the government, with the purpose of plundering and not requiring too much military force.

If a large army is sent to the county town without removing the nails of the government army, he will rashly go deep into the enemy's back. If the road to return is blocked by a strong wall and the road to return is blocked, wouldn't he cause trouble for himself?

When the large army goes deeper, logistics and military rations must be considered.

Only small plundering scouts do not need to consider logistics. They can be self-sufficient due to food and can easily escape by escaping their backs.

But now, Liu Bei can just use the "virtual" that Jia Cong showed to the Black Mountain bandits to go against the "reality". There is a high probability that he can make sure that he is on the edge of the actual control area of ​​the official army and the actual control area of ​​the Black Mountain bandits, and be at ease.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were unclear at first, but after listening to Liu Bei's analysis, he also agreed and strictly followed the order and changed the route.

Even Zhang Fei, the famous scholar, was truly impressed by Li Su: "Mr. Li, you can learn real skills without studying a famous teacher. I, Old Zhang, have never been convinced in my life. Second brother is the first, you are the second one. Where did you learn these military tactics? Then the supervisor doesn't control the troops."

Li Su smiled slightly: "Some people are naturally good at learning from one example and the ancestors who wrote "The Book of Gongyang" and "The Book of Guliang" were not allowed to read Confucius' "Spring and Autumn" in just 18,000 words, and could annotate a biography of more than 100,000 words. Those who are good at reading books can read the book thicker and thinner the more they read it."

Zhang Fei was speechless for a moment, thinking that Li Boya was very loud enough.

However, the subsequent itinerary quickly proved Li Su's judgment.

On the first morning, everyone was very safe and didn't encounter any thieves at all. They only met the first thief in the evening.

Only a few dozen people were killed by Liu Bei and his party according to the template in the morning, and nearly twenty of the heads were captured.

Because he was an enemy in the wild, there was no need to worry about "leaving a living person would lead to Black Mountain bandits retaliating against the local villagers". Just kill those guys and there was no need to ensure that they were wiped out.

In the evening of that day, the group passed through the entire Zhao County and arrived east of Xiangguo County, the northern border of Guangping County, and found a village to camp as usual.

In the middle of the night, I encountered another Black Mountain bandit. The same number was very small, and it was a small scout army that came to plunder. However, the night patrol soldiers arranged by Liu Bei were very alert and warned in advance to kill the other party.

The next day, it was not long after traveling. As usual, I found a village to sell the trophy at a discount, leave it to the city, and then set off on the road to continue to replicate the glory of the previous day.

Although Liu Guanzhang and his subordinate Wuhuan cavalry killed the enemy Kokang, everyone knew in their hearts that the greatest contribution to being able to arrive in Yecheng this time was Li Boya's decision-making achievements.

If he hadn't changed the route temporarily well and encountered a large team of Black Mountain troops that were more than ten times or even dozens of times the size, it would have been a disaster.

Of course, the credit for pinching soft persimmons is not as good as finding soft persimmons.

On the evening of the fifth day of the second month, the group finally arrived at the north bank of the Zhang River.

In three days, Liu Bei personally killed seven or eight black bandits, and Guan and Zhang killed dozens of people in total. The three groups of bandits defeated were divided into three groups of people including Zhangbawang, Zhang Baiqi and Li Damu among the black bandits.

Seeing Yecheng appearing on the horizon, the group felt quite emotional.

Liu Bei silently took a look in his mind. Unexpectedly, he could have so many seized by killing the Black Mountain bandits along the way. He earned a million yuan in total, and even thirty or forty donkeys and horses. After selling it to Yecheng, he sold it a lot.

Of course, there were also losses. Because of the continuous battle, three Wuhuan Cavalry he brought to kill, only twelve of them were left, and a few were slightly injured.

These are all elite cavalrymen who have followed Liu Bei for several years, so the pension is much heavier than ordinary soldiers. On average, Liu Bei will give his family 100,000 yuan. Those who have not married will give their brothers or parents, but they really have no family members.

In addition, Liu Bei could not swallow all the seized in the war, and he would give at least one-third of the living soldiers as a reward.

This money seems easy to make, but if Li Su had not adapted to the situation and chose the route again, it would have been a waste of time.

However, sharing the spoils and handling the spoils is a matter of later, so we have to do the main things first.

As soon as everyone arrived at the north gate of Yecheng, the gatekeepers and soldiers guarding the city were tighter than those in Zhongshan. They set off bows and arrows from a distance, and sent a team of whistle cavalry to intercept Liu Bei and his party from afar, and various inspections were conducted.

Liu Bei took out the invalid official biography, and while dealing with the inspection, he explained that he had important matters and asked to report to Governor Jia.

Even so, the soldiers guarding the city at the gate of the north gate were given hundreds of copper coins each, and they were able to enter the city, spending a total of tens of thousands of dollars.

Moreover, only Liu, Guan, Zhang and Li can enter the city directly. The other cavalry can only find a place to rest on the side of the city wall, and the soldiers guarding the city will watch, so as not to disguise themselves as black bandits and put them into the inner city to cause trouble.

For this reason, Liu Bei called on the confidant cavalry team to lead Liu Dun and ordered: "If the gatekeepers are greedy, they can share some wine and meat with them. If it is really not good, they can also take out ten pieces of cloth to share the money. Just treat it as entering the city and paying taxes, so don't let the brothers suffer difficulties."

The price difference between various places in the late Han Dynasty was so large that it was not only difficult for commercial transportation, but more importantly, the commercial tax was complex and duplicate. Every time the passes through the prefectures and counties, the tax was not light.

Even if you find a way to avoid taxes, you still have to give benefits everywhere. Otherwise, how could the horse price in Luoyang be three or four times more expensive than Youzhou?

Liu Dun thankfully promised: "Don't worry, lord."

...

After spending money to open the way, Liu Bei and his party finally met the governor Jia Cong in the evening on the excuse of asking for help.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were blocked outside the main hall of the governor's mansion, and only Liu Bei and Li Su were allowed to enter.

After giving the salute, Li Su also secretly observed Jia Cong. He was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was thin and looked righteous. He seemed to be somewhat incompatible with the previous legendary "eunuch party".

Jia Cong was the first year of Zhongping, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. In 184, he was initially appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou to persuade the civil unrest in Jiaozhi. It is said that there is a lot of official reputation.

Previously, the governor of Jiaozhou were accused of greed for wealth and plundering spices, pearls, and rhinoceros horns from Lingnan specialties, which caused resentment from local indigenous people. After Jia Cong took office, he claimed that he had not privately plundered the above-mentioned local specialties within three years, calming the chaos.

So after the incident in Jizhou, the court quickly transferred him from Jiaozhou. Because of the long journey, Jia Cong arrived more than a month after Wang Fen's death, and it has been less than ten days since he took office. (It was already a fast horse and a whip to take office alone, otherwise it would be more than a month before running from Lingnan to Hebei)

However, Jia Cong also had the complexity of a capable official in the late Han Dynasty, that is, he was a member of the eunuchs and gave many offerings to the ten eunuchs. This can be said to be impossible. At that time, many officials who wanted to make a difference had to turn a blind eye to the eunuchs and give money to the eunuchs. Even Duan Yi, the Taiwei who helped the Han Dynasty to pacify the Qiang Rebellion in Liangzhou, had to have a good relationship with the eunuchs?

Jia Cong's attribute of "Afu Eunuch" is now a blessing for him, which can make him more trusted by the court in critical moments. However, after the ten eunuchs were destroyed in history, he also came to a liquidation, and was taken away by Dong Zhuo and replaced with Han Fu, which was considered to please Qingliu.

This destined Li Su's attitude towards Jia Cong: It is okay to do business, but there is no need to bet and please, and the ship is about to sink.

At this moment, Jia Cong sat upright in the hall and asked seriously: "Liu Bei, as the county magistrate of Anxi, what should you do if you have to be sued by Yecheng? Shouldn't you appeal step by step? Let's find Zhang Chun, the prime minister of Zhongshan?"

Liu Bei took a deep breath and replied calmly: "Report to the governor, this matter is important, and it is about Zhang Chun!"
Chapter completed!