Gou writes entries in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 77

Song Xian asked with some confusion: "My lord, what is the use of taxing taxes at this time?"

Lu Bu looked a little embarrassed when Song Xian asked him this question.

But at least he didn't get angry, but whispered to Song Xian,

"Of course I am useful for this. Don't ask me yet. Go and help me get it done as soon as possible. Also, don't touch the 300 million in the treasury. I will keep it for use."

Song Xian left Lu Bu's room with questions in his mind.

Although he was confused, he still did what Lu Bu wanted.
While the siege battle was going on outside, we had to go to people's homes to collect taxes.

This matter is very difficult for Song Xian.

After leading a group of soldiers out of the state capital, they happened to meet Hou Cheng who was leading troops to support the city wall.
Seeing Song Xian's uneasy state of mind, Hou Cheng asked,

"Jing Si, what are you going to do? Why do you look so worried?"

Song Xian sighed. He had a good relationship with Hou Cheng on weekdays and said casually,
"Zidu, the master gave me an errand. I was just thinking about how to do it. You are here to help me come up with an idea."

Song Xian informed Hou Cheng about Lu Bu's request for a tax of 300 million,

Hou Cheng couldn't help but look unhappy,
"My lord, what are you thinking about? Now that the army is attacking the city, there are already insufficient soldiers in the city. It is the time when we need to recruit the people to help defend the city. If we go to collect taxes now, isn't it clear that we will push the people towards Cao Cao?"

"If there is another civil strife in the city, no matter how much money the lord asks for, it will all be in vain."

Hou Cheng pulled Song Xian to his side and whispered,
"In my opinion, you can just pretend to be patrolling. When the lord asks about it, you will say that the people are not cooperating and they will not be able to collect it for a while. At this time, the lord will not anger the whole city over this matter. common people.”

Hearing this, Song Xian nodded and said,
"That's all we can do, but we can't not collect any points, just collect some to deal with it."

"Well, don't worry. When the master asks, I will intercede for you." Hou Cheng patted Song Xian's arm, "Let's go, I still have to go to the west gate to guard."

Two more days passed,
Lu Bu got up from the couch and stretched his muscles. He felt that the injury on his back was much better.

In a day or two, it shouldn't be a problem to lead the team to break out from the south gate.

The coalition forces of Cao and Liu continued to attack the city for several days, but finally felt unable to follow up and temporarily stopped the attack.

Lu Bu's trusted generals, except Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others, were still arranging the city wall for defense.

The rest of Song Xianhou Cheng Wei Xu and others returned to the government office to report the battle situation to Lu Bu.

Wei Xu was still wearing his battle armor, and he didn't even have time to clean the blood stains on it. He reported a little tiredly,

"My lord, the west gate and the north gate have been attacked by the enemy continuously for the past two days, and the brothers have suffered heavy losses."

"Especially the west gate. The enemy troops boarded the city three times. If the brothers hadn't fought tooth and nail to repel the enemy troops, I'm afraid the west gate would have missed."

"However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei seemed to have noticed that our army was lacking in strength. They stopped attacking the city today. They must be preparing to take a rest before attacking the city with all their strength."

"The general should make plans early. The general believes that if the enemy forces attack the city with all their strength next time, Xiapi will be difficult to defend."

Lu Bu nodded and said,
"Although Xiapi's city defense is strong, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ours. I am willing to listen to Gongtai's plan. Tomorrow the entire army will work together to break out, abandon Xiapi, and temporarily retreat to the south."

"Everyone, please organize your troops and horses tonight and prepare supplies. Tomorrow I will personally lead the army to break out. I will see who can stop me, Lu Bu."

After saying that, Lu Bu asked Song Xian,

"Song Xian, have you finished what I told you the day before yesterday?"

Song Xian replied hesitantly,
"Reporting to my lord, there is a fierce battle outside the city. Most of the people have gone to help defend the city, but only a part has been collected."

"How many are there?"

"Two, less than 20." "Trash!" When Lu Bu heard this, he was furious, "There are more than 1 households in the city, tens of thousands of people, and you can't even collect a mere 300 million in taxes?"

"Or do you think that since I was injured, I can't do anything to you and just do it perfunctorily?"

"Lord, calm down, general, general." Song Xian was thinking of an excuse and glanced sideways at Hou Cheng next to him.

When Hou Cheng saw this, he spoke out loudly,
"My Lord, now that the army is attacking the city, the top priority should be to organize soldiers and generals to defend the city. It is understandable that Song Xian did not go all out to tax and disturb the people. Besides, Xiapi cannot be defended, and there are only 300 million. What’s the point?”

"Bold Hou Cheng, you actually said that the mission I assigned you is meaningless? Whether it is meaningful or not, is it not for you, a small general, to decide?"

"I see that you and Song Xian clearly regard me as nothing."

Lu Bu was furious. The two of them usually formed cliques for selfish purposes, but they didn't dare to mess around because of their own majesty.

Now, as soon as he was injured, they all united against him. How could Lu Bu endure this?

"Here comes someone, beat Song Xianhou with a stick and beat him twenty times, and put him in a prison."

Hou Cheng didn't expect that Lu Bu would be beaten with a cane even for defending Song Xian because of millions of dollars.

He couldn't help but curse loudly,
"My dear Lu Bu, my brothers are fighting desperately outside, but you are amassing money like crazy in the city. I, Hou Cheng, am ashamed to be with you."

When Lu Bu heard this, he clenched his fists. After all, he didn't kill them immediately and put the two of them in prison.

After Lu Bu finished explaining other matters, he dismissed everyone and called Wei Xu in front of him and said,
"Song Xian is incompetent and has missed my important mission. But we have to break out tomorrow and it's too late to collect taxes. You can take some soldiers tonight and go to the houses of big families in the city. Whether you borrow or rob, you must raise 300 million for me." .”

"If you break out of the siege tomorrow, follow me. I will take you out of Xiapi."

Wei Xu saw what happened to Song Xianhou Cheng just now, so he had no choice but to agree.

After leaving the meeting hall, it was almost dark, and Wei Xu couldn't help but frown.

We have to break out of the siege tomorrow, and we have to go to a wealthy family's house to get money tonight. This job is really difficult.

The big families in the city have private soldiers, so if you go to borrow money late at night at this time, you will definitely not be able to borrow it.
Unless it's really a robbery.

Wei Xu thought for a moment, stepped back, and took advantage of the night to go to the prison alone.

In the Xiapi cell, Hou Cheng and Song Xian were still aggrieved.
The two men are in jail tonight, and Cao Jun will occupy Xiapi early tomorrow morning.
They were both clearly given up.

At this time, Wei Xu walked in alone. Hou Cheng's expression changed, and he saluted Wei Xu and said,

"A man who is about to die has troubled General Wei to come to visit him. Hou Cheng is very grateful."

Wei continued: "My lord is just angry for a moment. He has no intention of killing you. You don't need to be pessimistic."

Hou Cheng smiled bitterly, "Lu Bu will lead his troops to break out early tomorrow morning. Do you think he will take us with him?"

Song Xian also sighed: "I don't regret my death, but I didn't expect that I would die at the hands of a mere 300 million coins. In Lu Bu's eyes, we are not as important as a pile of copper coins."

When Wei Xu heard this, he also sighed, "To be honest, the task of these 300 million dollars fell into my hands. Maybe I will also come to keep you company. Where can I get so much in one night? Money?"

Seeing this, Hou Cheng grabbed the wooden pillars of the cell with both hands, lowered his voice and continued to Wei,
"A large army besieged the city. If we break through the siege, we will almost die. When Xiapi City is broken, you and I will not be able to escape death. Instead of dying for Lu Bu, it is better to exchange him for a chance of survival with Cao Cao."

Song Xian also came forward, "Brother Wei, we rebelled against him and took Lu Bu and handed it over to Cao Cao. Wouldn't we be able to capture the high-ranking official with a generous salary?"

　I would like to apologize to everyone. Chapter 2 caught fire yesterday and was blocked. It will probably take a day or two to be released.

　　But the general idea is that Liu Xuan sends troops and Lu Bu has internal strife, which should not affect the reading very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)