Lu Bu shook his head.

"It's just some property. It's a pity to lose it, but I don't care that much. It's just that these thieves probably have a lot of intentions."

Losing more than a dozen carts of gold, stone, and jade meant that Lu Bu lost some of his original capital, and it would not make Lu Bu fall into it and be unable to extricate himself.

"How do you say this? Do those thieves still dare to cause trouble in Bingzhou again?"

Zhang Liao thought about the bandit leader who was killed by him with two moves today, a group of idiot bandits, but they couldn't make any waves.

"I don't know about this, but think about it, with that much money, it is more than enough to form an army of 100,000 people. These thieves do not hesitate to use the name of the Red Eyebrow Army to do these tomb robberies. There must be a purpose. If it is just

For the sake of money, it is enough for bandits to plunder trade routes. Why do they need to do such a laborious task with thousands of people digging ancient tombs in the mountains? They went to Shangai County to rob food because there was a lack of food in the mountains to rob tombs. Don't you think this is not like ordinary bandits?

Bandit?"

Lu Bu couldn't tell Zhang Liao about the Yellow Turban Uprising. He believed that Zhang Liao was not a talkative person, but once this was leaked out, the court would definitely launch an encirclement and suppression campaign. The Yellow Turban Army would be the first to take revenge on them. The Yellow Turban Army was too powerful in Jizhou.

Almost half of Jizhou is under Zhang Jiao's influence.

"There is indeed something wrong. Since these thieves have treasure, why would they go to Shangai County to cause trouble? Bingzhou officers and soldiers are not as easy to mess with as Jizhou officers and soldiers."

Zhang Liao also nodded. The officers and soldiers of Bingzhou were famous for their strong combat power and love of fighting because they had to fight with the barbarians all year round. The bandits of the Taihang Mountain generation only dared to plunder Jizhou eastward and never dared to cause trouble in Bingzhou.

"This is all Jizhou's business and has nothing to do with us. After all, Bingzhou is so far away from Jizhou."

The Yellow Turban Army uprising mainly broke out in several states in the Central Plains, mainly in Jizhou where Zhang Jiao was located, with believers all over Jizhou, Youzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

Lu Bu thought about it carefully and realized that there was nothing wrong with Bingzhou. Bingzhou was really just like Jiaozhou. It was a forgotten place, poor and impoverished, with no oil and water, only trouble. Even Zhang Jiao didn't like it.

"That's true, the relationship between Bingzhou and Jizhou has not been very good in recent years, which is why the government and army are unwilling to join forces with the Jizhou army this time."

“Why do Bingzhou and Jizhou have a bad relationship?”

Lu Bu was a little confused when he heard Zhang Liao's words. This time in the army, he also felt that the generals in the military camp were disdainful of the Jizhou Army, but the reason was that he didn't know.

"Is there anything surprising about this? Jizhou occupies good cultivated land and has restored land in the Central Plains. There is no harassment from foreign enemies. Bingzhou is surrounded by mountains. There are people who have to fight with the barbarians all year round. The output of weapons and food is not enough. The imperial court has always wanted to

Several counties were moved from Jizhou to Bingzhou, but Jizhou was unwilling."

"The imperial court has not allocated military pay and food to Bingzhou in recent years. Now the state government deducts the taxes paid to the imperial court for the officers and soldiers in Bingzhou. Do you think that if our soldiers and civilians in Bingzhou had not defended the border fortress, the people in Jizhou and Sizhou would still be so free?

Once Yanmen Pass is broken, there will be no natural barrier in Bingzhou to stop the barbarians. Our Bingzhou guards the gate for the world, but we are treated like this. Do you think we will have a good relationship with Jizhou?"

Zhang Liao's family is in Mayi, Yanmen County, and he knows very well about the border fortress.

Naturally, Bingzhou would not have a good look on neighboring states and counties that enjoy tranquility and peace but have nothing to lose.

It's just that Lu Bu didn't know that Governor Zhang dared to withhold taxes from the imperial court to supplement military resources. Now that the imperial court didn't dare to do anything, they no longer had the energy to deal with the barbarians, so they could only acquiesce to Zhang Sima's approach and as long as they defend

A frontier fortress is fine, anyway, Bingzhou doesn't have much tax revenue. There are thirteen states in the world, and Bingzhou ranks after tenth place, not even as good as some large and wealthy counties.

After walking along Chidao for a short time, we arrived at Jingxing County.

Jingxing County is larger than Shangai County. Jingxing County is on the main road between Bingzhou and Jizhou, backed by Jingxing Pass, and is an important strategic location in Jizhou.

The name Jingxing has been around since the Warring States Period. It is named Jing because it is surrounded by mountains and has a low-lying well-like shape in the middle. Xing is the name of the break in the middle of the mountains by the people of Yan and Zhao, and this break is Jingxing Pass.

"This Jingxing County is really amazing. Even a small county town has such high walls."

Zhang Liao looked at the four-foot-high city wall in Jingxing County. It was much more majestic than the one in Shangai County.

"After all, this is a large county and an important military location. It doesn't matter if the city wall is raised higher."

Lu Bu was not surprised when he arrived. This kind of military important city was built very solidly, just like the first time he went to Wuyuan County. As an important military town in the north, the city walls in Wuyuan County were as high as here.

As soon as Lu Bu entered the city, he saw a wooden sign erected on the side of the city wall.

"Recently, our Jizhou Army has wiped out the Red Eyebrow Army that was causing trouble. The nest of thieves has been completely wiped out, but there are still thieves who have fled to the mountains. If the people in Jingxing County find anything, please report it to the Jingxing County Government as soon as possible."

Lu Bu looked at the words on the wooden sign. Judging from the time of signing, it was released today.

"The work efficiency of Jingxing County Government is too low. We have been exterminating thieves for several days. Why did they just issue a notice today? Moreover, this thieves' nest was clearly exterminated by our Bingzhou Army!"

Zhang Liao also looked at the notice. It was too "timely" to send out the notice. I am afraid that the government would not know until all the thieves escaped, and they would shamelessly take the credit for annexing the state.

"I'm afraid this is later than you think. What is written here is that the Jizhou army defeated the traitor camp, not the Bingzhou army, so it may be the first day of the battle."

Lu Bu saw the meaning of the notice, which was to boast about the military exploits of Jizhou Army.

"These people are so shameless. Even on the first day, we killed those thieves. Why did they become members of the Jizhou Army? Those guys let thousands of thieves escape!"

Zhang Liao looked at the wooden sign with an angry face and almost smashed the wooden sign with a spear.

"Forget it, how can you stop the mouths of others when they are talking to others? Those thieves have fled into Shiyi County, and they have enough work for these Jizhou troops."

Lu Bu fell in love with Zhang Liao and caused trouble when he first came to Jingxing County. This was not good. They were just passing by, so it was better not to cause unnecessary trouble.

They found the largest guest house in Jingxing County, and Lu Bu and his party moved in directly. The guest house was very large, several times larger than the one Lu Bu had lived in before.

The residence was full of people, and there was even an old man telling a story in the hall. He was talking about the heroic battle of the Jizhou Army in suppressing bandits.

After Zhang Liao heard a few words, he wanted to go up and beat him.

"This guy is talking nonsense. They killed the bandit leader there. You obviously killed the bandit leader, but he still fought with the bandit leader for 300 rounds. The sky was dark and the ground was dark. It was a cloudless and beautiful day. How can that red-bearded loser still fight for 300 rounds?

"

"This storyteller is really capable. He obviously doesn't know anything, but his words are as true as the truth. He doesn't even know what the bandit leader looks like, and he can fight for three hundred rounds."

Lu Bu wasn't angry at all. He was just telling stories for fun and for entertainment. It would be boring if he took it too seriously.

After listening for a while, Lu Bu went back to his room to rest. He hadn't had a good rest during this period. He could take a good rest today.

This residence is very large. Just now Lu Bu took a look at the people who heard about the book. They were all well-dressed and they seemed to be merchants. Because the army was suppressing thieves, they stayed here. It seems that the news that the Bingzhou army completely wiped out the Red Eyebrow Army has not yet spread.

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Chapter completed!