I, Liu Bang, the Han Dynasty succubus

Why are you here together?

"Greetings, Taoist Ancestor." Zhang Yan was the first to salute. Liu Ji did not deny it, but just nodded. After a few days of recuperation, Zhang Yan was much rounder than before, and actually looked quite pleasing to the eye.

Zhang Ping'er didn't salute, but her eyes were cold.

Liu Ji didn't want to waste time talking to her, so he said directly, "If you want me to admit my mistake, then I'll say it first. I was wrong! Okay... Now you can get down to business."

Zhang Ping'er was so angry that her whole body was shaking. Of course she wanted Liu Ji to apologize, but not this kind of apology!

This kind of apology seemed like she was being unreasonable and could not achieve her desired goal at all.

Zhang Ping'er was the first to speak, "Liu Ji, there are only three days' worth of food left in the camp."

Zhang Yan added, "Normally we would rob some wealthy families, get the money and then buy food. But the camp has been plagued by the plague these days, so we didn't do that. Now that the disease has improved a little, I sent people out to buy food, but... Zhuojun City was besieged."

As if she was afraid that Liu Ji didn't understand, Zhang Ping'er added, "Because of the arrival of the barbarians, these thousands of people can't rob or buy food now, and I heard that the barbarians are robbing everywhere now, and they may come to us at any time."

"I'm sorry, I was stupid and didn't think about this situation." Zhang Yan looked ashamed.

Liu Ji opened the map and took a look. Sure enough... there were red dots of all sizes all around. This camp was a good stronghold as usual. Even if the government came to suppress the bandits, they would only be there to do the work and not put in any effort. It was very safe.

Once war breaks out, this place will become a must-fight place.

So... they had to retreat, and quickly.

But, there is no food left in the camp...there are only three days left, and we can’t buy any.

Rob? It's even more impossible... There are barbarians outside. If you go out, you will be robbed, not rob others.

Zhang Ping'er's face was sad, but her voice was filled with uncontrollable joy. "Liu Ji, these people you saved with great difficulty are now starving to death. If they don't starve to death, they will be killed by the barbarians."

Zhang Yan looked at her coldly, but she didn't care.

"Daozu, why don't we go attack the castle of the aristocratic family? Fifty miles south of here is the Xin family. They have few people and a small territory, so we can barely take them down."

"What then after we take it down? Will those barbarians let us stay there?" Zhang Ping'er sneered.

Liu Ji did not refute, but just asked, "Whose idea was this?"

Zhang Yan looked shy and said, "Yes...it belongs to the ten of us."

Liu Ji nodded and said, "Okay! This is a good idea... If I didn't know the details of Xinjiabao, I wouldn't have come up with this idea."

Liu Ji was very pleased. He was not pleased with this method, but with the fact that Zhang Yan had finally begun to rely on these people... This was a good sign. Unless one was far superior to ordinary people, the wisdom of an individual was always limited. If one could utilize the collective wisdom, one should do so.

This is especially true for Zhang Yan, who has barely received any education and was born into a refugee family...

This will prevent her from making serious mistakes.

"Gather all these people together."

"Liu Ji, are you really going to attack Xinjiabao? You wouldn't be that stupid, are you?" Zhang Ping'er looked horrified.

Volume 144: No Way Out

Soon, ten people arrived.

When Liu Ji looked over, he saw a group of refugees who were honest but treacherous, and had been through a lot.

"Greetings, Taoist Ancestor." These people admired Liu Ji from the bottom of their hearts.

Liu Ji said, "We only have three days' worth of food left. The barbarians have been wandering around the camp, so we have no choice but to fight them. Let's discuss where we should fight."

Several people looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to say anything.

Zhang Yan said, "It was Daozu who asked me to organize you and asked me to fully trust you. You must speak out if you have anything to say. Don't let Daozu down."

Ten people knelt down immediately.

Zhang Ping'er laughed and said, "These people have never been to school, and have no knowledge... What good ideas can they come up with?"

Everyone glanced at her sideways and pretended not to see anything.

After all, this camp had belonged to Zhang Ping'er before. She had invested a lot of effort in it, and many people had been her die-hard fans, so everyone could still tolerate just a few words.

An old man with white hair and beard said, "Master Daozu, I escaped from Xinjiabao. I am very familiar with it... As long as we get there, I can contact them and attacking the city will be a piece of cake."

Zhang Ping'er was horrified when she heard this.

The old man smiled and said, "My son is inside."

Everyone changed color at once. Creating an internal rebellion would involve great risks. When Zhang Ping'er was in control of the camp before, this old man didn't say anything... He only brought it up when Liu Ji was in control.

You have to ask the right person to let your own son take such a big risk.

Another person said, "Master Daozu, I used to burn charcoal in the south, not far from Xinjiabao. If I go there, I can also gather a few old brothers. We can't do other things, but we can burn charcoal. We can pile charcoal fire under the city and use it to attack the city. We have tried it before, and it took only a few days to burn down the city wall."

Someone else said, "Xinjiabao used to have a waterway, but it was later abandoned... But some of my brothers have repaired it before and are very familiar with it. We can attack quickly from there."

Someone else said, "The strategist in Xinjiabao has an only child who is being taken care of by one of my relatives. As long as I can get in... I can bring the child out."

Zhang Ping'er was sweating profusely after hearing these words. It's not like she had never been in control of a camp before, but... she had always treated these people as puppets waiting to be rescued and had never thought of relying on them.

Zhang Ping'er never dreamed that the castle, which seemed extremely solid to her, was so easily within reach for these people.

It would be effortless to take it down, maybe we can actually hold it.

Everyone looked at Liu Ji, waiting for his final decision.

Liu Ji used stones to set up a crude sand table and said, "Do you know how many barbarians came?"

Everyone shook their heads...

The barbarians are new here, it's normal that they don't know.

"They came with a total of 90,000 people, all of them are elite troops, and there are 400,000 of them in Xihe County... That means there are a total of 500,000 barbarians. Xihe County and Zhuo County together can barely support so many people, but the price is... All the Han people in the two counties will die."

Everyone was horrified.

They certainly knew that the barbarians were not good people, but no one knew what the barbarians were going to do. Liu Ji did not analyze the barbarians' movements or strategies, but only looked at the numbers...

There are so many of them, and they need to eat... It takes two counties to feed them, what do you think they will do? This is obvious.

Liu Ji added, "Now these 90,000 barbarians who are attacking the city don't even care about their retreat. When they passed by Sima Fort, they didn't even attack the city. They directly abandoned the logistics line. What do you think they are going to do?"

Grab food...

It's obvious.

"I just got the news that the barbarians sent more than 10,000 people to the Jing family."

Everyone was horrified.

The barbarian's strategy became clear in an instant. They would first use a large army to directly besiege the city, and then split up to rob food. Of course, the first stop for robbing food would be the aristocratic families.

In the past, these people were confused and didn't know what the barbarians were going to do. But after Liu Ji's analysis, they understood everything.

So, the answer came out.

"We can't go to Xinjiabao...going there would be tantamount to suicide." Zhang Yan concluded.

Others nodded.

Zhang Ping'er was extremely intelligent. She had known this conclusion a long time ago, but she couldn't express it so clearly.

What's more, she was unwilling to share her things with these serfs.

But Liu Ji was willing, and everyone could understand what Liu Ji could say.

Zhang Ping'er and Liu Ji are completely different people.

The situation was explained clearly, and then the problem arose.

If we can’t go to Xinjiabao, where can we go?

"Is Nizang Mountain okay? That place is very hidden. If you hide in it, not to mention 90,000 people, even 900,000 people can't find you."

Someone immediately retorted, "It's easy to hide in there, but what are you going to eat?"

"How is Caojiaji? It's very wealthy here."

"But it can't be defended. The barbarians will definitely attack this place first."

Everyone spoke one after another, analyzing all the possibilities.

I couldn't find a suitable place after all.

Liu Ji smiled and asked Zhang Ping'er, "The Heavenly Master is very smart, do you have any ideas?"

Zhang Ping'er snorted, looking mysterious.

Seeing that she had a solution, everyone immediately called out "Tianshi..."

"It was us who were wrong before, Tianshi."

"We shouldn't have treated you like that. Tianshi has also made contributions to the camp."

These people are all born as refugees and they don’t care much about self-esteem... As long as they can survive, what does self-esteem matter?

Seeing that everyone was speaking soft words, Zhang Ping'er stopped pretending. She pointed to a spot on the sand table and said, "Attack here. There is money and food here, and the barbarians will definitely not attack."

Everyone looked over and saw that Zhang Ping'er was pointing at Sima Fort.

Phew, Liu Ji held back.

Seeing everyone's puzzled faces, Zhang Ping'er explained, "The barbarians just passed by there. If Sima Fort was easy to attack, they would have taken it long ago. That place must be difficult to attack, so they didn't take action. After the barbarians left, the people in Sima Fort must have relaxed... We attack now to catch them by surprise."

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up.

Liu Ji didn't want to waste their feelings, so he didn't stop them.

But at this moment, Li Sisi got up. She had just been studying carrier pigeons. In order to give her evidence, Liu Ji showed her all the letters exchanged by carrier pigeons.

Seeing that everyone was discussing heatedly, she rushed over and said with a sneer, "Sima Fort? You are so brave. I am not afraid to tell you that Sima Fort was taken down by your Taoist generals a long time ago. She only had 2,000 people to resist 90,000 people. If you go there now... you will die!"

Everyone was horrified.

Volume 145: How can I compare with him?

"The people guarding that place are the generals under your Daozu. She only has 2,000 people to fight against 90,000 people. If you go there... you will die!"

Sisi had just read those letters when she heard these people talking about Sima Bao.

The woman immediately stood up. She didn't bother to care about these people's face. Seeing that everyone's faces were pale, she said without thinking, "Don't you think about it, why didn't the barbarians attack Sima Fort? If they could take it down, would they hold back? That's because they can't take it down at all. Who came up with this bad idea?"

Zhang Ping'er's entire face turned waxy, and she wished she could dig a hole and crawl into it.

Liu Ji smiled and said, "I paid for it!"