This is the first time that Shen Ning has led troops to fight in ancient times.

However, he has experience in the army, so he quickly got along with this army.

At noon the next day, they rushed to the county seat of Changxi.

Changshu County is under the jurisdiction of Donghai County, and Shen Ning's suppression of bandits was directly ordered by the Southeast Wangfu, and Changshu County did not know about it. So Shen Ning ordered 200 people to be stationed outside the county seat, and he took Zhang Liao and several soldiers, accompanied by Li Ru, into the county seat to meet the county order.

Compared with Pengcheng, the state capital of Xuzhou, Changxi County is only a small remote county town, the city wall is low, dilapidated, according to Li Ru, the arrogant bandits have come to Changxi County to rob, and killed the county Cheng, arrogant to the extreme, so the matter to Donghai County after the transfer to the southeast of the palace, the southeast king sent troops to encircle and suppress.

In fact, the terrain here is dominated by plains, and there are no steep mountains and complex terrain, and the reason why so many bandits and bandits can be gathered is all because of the location. To the north, it enters Yanzhou, and to the west it passes through Hexiang County, which is Yuzhou. Xuzhou soldiers and horses also have to take care of the rules, and they can't drive straight into other states, and it will be bad once they make enemies.

Walking on the moss-covered stone street, calm and simple, the people are wearing gray linen shirts, walking in a hurry, not glamorous, this is the true portrayal of the people in this era.

When they came to the county yamen, the soldiers stepped forward to report their identities.

When the officials saw that they were soldiers and horses who had come to suppress the bandits, they immediately gave them a look of admiration and gratitude, but they were deeply poisoned.

"Dare to ask the general, there are thousands of soldiers and horses?" The official asked wistfully.

"Two hundred." Zhang Liao replied.

The official opened his mouth wide and couldn't help asking, "Come for a day trip?" ”

After speaking, he noticed that the soldier's face was not good, and hurriedly apologized: "My lord, forgive me, forgive me." The villain should be beaten in this mouth. Because those bandits are too cunning, although there are not many bandits in each village, they are like rabbits, they run away when they see the wind and grass, and it is difficult for thousands of people to encircle and suppress them. ”

Shen Ning didn't embarrass him, and asked, "What about the county commander?" ”

"Your Excellency is in the Drunken Immortal Building, if your adult is in a hurry, you can go there to find him." The official said truthfully.

Li Ru smiled: "This name is good, could it be a brothel in the Qinglou?" ”

The official was afraid of losing his words, so he smiled.

During the office, a county order to visit the Qinglou, it can be seen that he is not a good official. Then again, how many good officials are there in the current situation of Dajin?

The corpse has a vegetarian meal and walks around the Qinglou, which is considered a good official, but it is more of a exploitation of the people and embezzlement of the people. As for those who bully men and women, there are even more.

Shen Ning didn't have time to ask for the people's lives, so he directly sent a soldier to Zuixianglou and handed over the official document to the county order, which could be regarded as informing him of the purpose of his group of people and avoiding unnecessary trouble.

Then, Shen Ning and others left the county seat and set up camp.

In the tent, Li Ru took out the topographic map near Changshu County, pointed to the four directions on the map, and said: "Childe, before I came, I had already ordered someone to find out the bandits and bandits nearby, and there were four places that could be regarded as large. The largest is Qingfeng Village, which is 60 miles north of Changshu County, hidden on the Lotus Mountain. There were 1780 bandits inside, and it was this gang that robbed Changshu County two years ago. ”

"Then there are two bandit dens in the west of Changshu County, on the border with Hexiang County, named Zhengjiazhai and Juyitang, each with about one hundred and thirty or forty people."

"To the southwest, close to Qi County, there is also a group of water thieves in the water of Weishan Lake, more than 100 people."

"These four groups of bandits and bandits have a position of interest, so they are unscrupulous, thinking that they can be attacked and defended, so they don't put the encirclement and suppression of soldiers and horses in their eyes, our group has fewer soldiers and horses, and it is estimated that the other party will not care."

That's the advantage of having a military advisor, and everything is investigated.

"Sir, we are indeed small in number, how can we exterminate them?" Shen Ning asked.

Li Rufu replied: "Don't be in a hurry for the time being, Gongzi will practice military affairs first, although your training method is unheard of, but the effect is excellent, first polish these two hundred people and cultivate loyalty." By the way, hide it clumsily, let those bandits and bandits think that we are here to walk around, and let them take it lightly. ”

"I have already informed the family that in a few days I will let a caravan transport a batch of supplies to Yanzhou, pretending that there are valuable things inside, and then let out the news."

Li Xiaojie clapped his hands and smiled: "Father wants to lure the enemy to annihilate?" ”

Li Ru ignored his stupid son, but looked at Zhang Liao and asked, "Zhang Liao, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "The junior thinks that Mr.'s design will definitely not be so simple, and once these bandits realize that they are a trick to lure the enemy, they may abandon and flee." With their familiarity with the terrain around them, it was difficult to annihilate. ”

Li Ru looked at Shen Ning again.

Shen Ning looked at the map and immediately understood Li Ru's idea.

I only heard Shen Ning say: "Why do these bandits and bandits want to rob here? Because it is convenient here, and there are resources, traders need to go to Yuzhou and Yanzhou through here, but this is not the only way, I believe that with the bandits rampant here, there are very few traders in the past, even if they want to pass, they will be equipped with sufficient guards, so their lives are not easy. From Qingfeng Village's direct robbery of Changshu County, you can see the clues. ”

"And since ancient times, peers are enemies, not counting the water thieves of Weishan Lake, the distance is too far, just talking about the other three, they are definitely enemies of each other. If, at this time, a caravan of fat sheep passed by, they naturally wanted to take it for themselves. So instead of encircling and suppressing them, it is better to intensify their contradictions and let them kill each other. ”

"People die for money, birds die for food, and there is an eternal truth since ancient times."

After Li Ru heard this, he stroked his beard and laughed.

His own son-in-law is very strategic, and he can guess what he thinks.

"That's right! Let Qingfeng Village rob this caravan, and then rumor that the items in the caravan are priceless. At that time, Zhengjiazhai and Juyitang will inevitably hold a grudge, because the things were snatched by their opponents in the area they are responsible for, and the two will inevitably be angry. They are not as good as Qingfeng Village when they are separated, but they are united, and they absolutely dare to destroy Qingfeng Village. And Qingfeng Village is the head snake here, in the face of the opponent's suppression, he will not retreat, once he retreats, his face will be gone, so he will inevitably have to fight hard, at that time, they will create the illusion of withdrawing troops, let them relax and slack, and then sit back and reap the benefits. Li Ru laid out the whole plan.

Zhang Liao and Li Xiaojie tasted it carefully, and admired it again and again.

"But there is a small problem, that is, Zhengjiazhai and Juyitang may not be reconciled, I am afraid that they will not unite, then it will be a failure. It would be nice to send someone to make this happen, but I don't have the right one right now. Li Ru replied.

To be able to convince two bandit dens to unite, they must have something to do with them, this kind of person is really hard to find.

Just when Shen Ning was also unelected, a lord suddenly asked to see: "My lord, there is a young man outside the camp who asks to see!" ”