Although Liu Bei won a small victory, he was burned hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, which was not worth the loss!

This loss of food and grass will not hurt the muscles, but the existing grain reserves of the army will definitely not support the next time the food and grass arrives.

Liu Bei had a headache about how to solve the problem of eating in the army.

Because although the area he occupied is quite large, most of it is forested, it is actually just a county in Yidu, and the food he can collect is very limited.

Although those aristocratic families have some stocks, it is not ordinary difficult to get them to take them out. Even if they borrow, they will use various excuses to rude them.

Of course, the most important thing is to find out the route and method of Sun Quan’s army robbing food, and to take good precautions.

Liu Bei sent a special investigation team and quickly found out the truth.

This time, Lu Xun sacrificed Chunyu Dan's army to exchange for the opportunity to rob grain, and the method was not difficult.

The investigation team conducted a very careful investigation, and even the three families of the military were verified by them and reported to Liu Bei.

These three aristocratic families are the Chen family, the Zhan family and the Guo family.

Although their strength in Yidu County is not as good as that of the Wen family and the Deng family, the two top families, he is the only one who exists in Yidu. He has a great say in Yidu.

When Liu Bei was governing Jingzhou, the three families took the initiative to surrender and obtained several good positions in the army and local areas.

After Guan Yu was defeated in Fancheng, Lu Meng attacked Jiangling, and Lu Xun marched into Yidu, trying to cut off Guan Yu's retreat.

Chen Feng of the Chen family, Zhan Yan of the Zhan family, and Guo Mu of the Guo family all actively resisted Lu Xun at that time.

Although it failed in the end, it was also considered a meritorious minister of Liu Bei.

During Lu Xun's occupation of Yidu, they were suppressed and the family suffered great losses.

Therefore, after Liu Bei recovered Yidu, he was good at these companies and gave a lot of rewards. He also selected several young heroes from several companies to serve in the army.

They were also very powerful. When Liu Bei attacked Yidu and Zigui, they used their connections and influence to contribute a lot, which was valued by Liu Bei.

This time, the three families accidentally sent people to send Han Dangzhou Tai to the carnivorous labor army, but they were caught in the attack.

Seeing these families being valued by Liu Bei, the local families who were not in the same way as them were certainly unhappy. This time they seized the handle and jointly sued the three families for their enemies.

This crime was a mistake they had made, but they could not clear it up.

Because it is undeniable that meat was sent to the enemy in public.

During wartime, the crime of supporting the enemy and colluding with the enemy is quite a big deal. It is the same as the crime of treason, and it can destroy the nine clans!

Of course, the heads of these families were afraid and took the initiative to come to see Liu Bei, explain the situation and apologize.

Liu Bei knew these families very well. Now their family still has people serving in the army, and it is impossible to make a breakthrough.

Liu Bei knew the nature of these aristocratic families. When he had the absolute advantage, they would not help each other at most, and would never be able to support the enemy or collude with the enemy.

At this critical moment, Liu Bei did not want to disrupt the morale of the army and the people because of punishing them. He originally wanted to speak out and relieve the crimes of several families.

But then I thought about it that before the next time my army arrived, there was still a gap of more than 100,000 stones of food, and I was worried that I could not solve it.

Now these families are coming to their doors on their own initiative, it is better to blame them first and then exempt them from being charged with the crime. This will kill two birds with one stone.

So, Liu Bei said to several heads of the family:

"You are highly respected, and there are still many people in the family who serve in the army. If you want to say that you are investing in the enemy and colluding with the enemy, I don't believe it either! But the facts are all there, the loss caused by our army's food and grass is robbed, and I can't pretend that I don't know. What should you do?"

The heads of several families were old foxes. Before they came to meet Liu Bei, they had already discussed various countermeasures, which was nothing more than to lose money and avoid disaster. After hearing Liu Bei's words, they did not defend themselves. Instead, they knelt down together and said:

"Your Majesty clearly understands that we are all unintentional mistakes. We are willing to donate 10,000 stones of military ration to atone for ourselves!"

When Liu Bei saw that they were so well-educated, he grasped the key to the problem so quickly. He pretended to think about it and said very generously:

"Since it is an unintentional mistake, I believe in you, and I am not going to cure your sins. I think it is better to avoid the donation of military rations and atonement!"

After hearing Liu Bei's words, the three heads of the family were overjoyed.

In these chaotic days, food is the hard currency!

This time they paid 10,000 stones of grain, almost emptying the family's assets. It was already a damaging thing. It was naturally a good thing to be able to avoid it. The three of them knelt down together, went down the donkey, and thanked them sincerely:

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Liu Bei was covered in spring breeze and continued:

"You guys get up and talk. I really have something to do to ask you for help!"

After these people stood up, Liu Bei said:

"This time, hundreds of thousands of stones of military ration were burned by Sun Quan. The next batch of food will not arrive in a month. Now the army has a gap of 100,000 stones of food. I won't ask for your food for vain, but you need to come forward and borrow 100,000 stones of food for me. When the military ration arrives next month, it will be returned immediately!"

Jingzhou has been in turmoil since Liu Biao's death.

It was only after Liu Bei seized Jingzhou that the people began to live and work in peace.

But the good times did not last long. Guan Yu guarded Jingzhou and changed his lord three times within a few years. He continued to fight and did not store much food among the people.

This time, in order to win the hearts of the people, Liu Bei did not collect grain on the spot, but only collected taxes according to normal standards, which gave these large families some surplus grain.

But it is impossible to get the three families to take out 100,000 stones of grain!

Fortunately, Liu Bei proposed to borrow grain, and it could be returned in one month, so there is still room for operation.

Since Liu Bei had opened his mouth, he naturally could not tolerate them not agree.

Liu Bei has a good reputation among the people, so they are not afraid that the lent food will be wasted, so they have to receive an order and go back to prepare to raise food with other families.

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Although Ma Su did not ask Liu Bei to set up a camp, after Ma Liang drew the picture, he took him to see Zhuge Liang and sent someone to chase Ma Su and also sent him a picture book.

Because Ma Su did not stop all the way, the sender sent by Ma Liang caught up with him in Luocheng.

After Ma Su obtained the picture book of Liu Bei's camp, he carefully studied it and immediately discovered the mystery.

Liu Bei's camp seems to be irregular, but in fact, each three camps form a regular triangle.

No matter which camp Lu Xun attacked, the other two camps of Liu Bei's army could be surrounded and asked for help.

Moreover, the pathway between these three camps is very good, they are all in open areas, and it is impossible to ambush the army and horses in the middle. It is difficult to make a siege and attack support.
Chapter completed!