Houqiu County is hilly, and at the end of the Han Dynasty, hills were not a good scenery, it meant bandits.

Speaking of bandits, a long time ago, Zhang You once encountered a small group. Lu Chengcheng was subdued by Xu Shu at that time, and now he is wholeheartedly his personal guard.

There are many kinds of bandits, and there are even some who do not participate in the robbery. In the final analysis, it is still forced by the world, taxes must be paid for farming, conscription is required for war, the identity of good citizens is too heavy to bear, and there are many people who have grass in a whole village.

Take Zhang You's Houqiu County as an example, there were originally forty-five pavilion chiefs, but in his hands, there were only thirty-six left, where did the rest go?

You can think of it with your toes.

In the hills, he honestly cultivated a few wastelands, although it was a little hard, he didn't have to pay taxes, and no one would come to recruit soldiers. In this world, there are wars everywhere, and even the government doesn't seem to have the extra effort to take care of these details.

It's just that in this way, the bandit's hat is firmly on.

Zhang You has always said that everyone should be held responsible for their actions, but he does not think that a group of people who honestly rely on the land to support themselves with the name of bandits need to pay any price.

On this point, Xu Sheng and his position are consistent. Therefore, without Zhang You's reminder, he set the target of this battle on those real bandits.

"You mean, the bandits have chosen their own name?"

At this time, Xu Sheng, Shao He and Zhang You were sitting opposite each other.

"Yes, they call themselves Flying Tiger Village."

Shao He obviously knows a little about this Flying Tiger Village, and he is the first to say it.

"This Flying Tiger Village is named after Flying Tiger Mountain. Speaking of which, this Flying Tiger Village in the whole Houqiu County, can be regarded as a bad name, in the past, every passing trader, need to pay a certain amount of money to this Flying Tiger Village. ”

"You don't give face to the county lieutenant?"

Zhang You keenly heard some resentment from Shao He's mouth, and the two were obviously a little festive.

"Back to the lord, there is indeed a festival. Although there are many people in the county, after all, they are all peasant households, and they cannot go to the battlefield. And although he has the strength of the handle, he is always invincible with two fists and four hands. In addition, the original pedestrian was somewhat honest, and after paying the toll, he could buy peace, so even if he was angry in his heart, he could only pinch his nose and admit it. It's just that later this village has changed, tolls have to be collected, and good goods have to be grabbed when they see them, and sometimes even people don't let go. Many gentry in Houxian County have folded a lot of manpower on the Flying Tiger Mountain. ”

Zhang You's purpose in suppressing bandits is nothing more than to train troops, and it is of course the best thing to be able to eliminate harm for the people while training troops. In this way, he let Shao He's little selfishness go.

There is also a certain scientific basis for the thieves to build the cottage in the hills. First, the hilly terrain is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and secondly, the mountains extend in all directions, it is difficult to annihilate completely, once it is found that the village can not be defended, drill into the forest, it is a fish into the sea, and then it is difficult to find.

Therefore, even if it is a thousand against three hundred, Xu Sheng has done his homework.

On the edge of a tributary less than three miles away from Feihu Mountain, there is a small mountain village, which belongs to Zhang You's rule and is called Baifeng Village. Not far to the north of the village is Feihu Mountain.

The village is not big, and there are only dozens of small families, with three or four hundred people. The village is not rich, perhaps because it is poor, and there is no oil or water. Or maybe it's because the rabbit doesn't eat the grass next to the nest. The village has never been visited by the bandits of the Flying Tiger Mountain.

Baifeng Village is relatively remote, and there have been no big caravans passing by, especially after the thieves in Feihu Village do not talk about morality, it is even more deserted.

But today, a very stylish team entered the village.

Dozens of carts full of goods came in, and there were hundreds of guards around them.

The movement of the procession was so loud that it almost alarmed the entire village.

At this time, the men must still be working outside, and most of them are women and children.

Many women dragged their children out to watch, and when they saw the huge procession, the women's curious eyes were slowly replaced by awe.

Presumably, this is the convoy of some big man in the city.

More is better than less, and everyone pulled the children back to the house.

Deng is one of them, she is twenty-five this year, she can be regarded as a native of Baifeng Village, at this time, she is pulling her ten-year-old son and hurriedly entering the house.

Before she could close the door. A man in his mid-twenties broke away from the group and rode towards her.

Of course, this man is Xu Sheng.

"You, who are you?" When Guan saw Xu Xu Sheng take him in, he was terrified.

"Sister-in-law doesn't need to panic. My name is Xu Sheng, and I am the owner of the caravan outside, and I want to spend the night in the village if it is not early today. Xu Sheng politely raised his fist to Deng Shidao.

I have to say that this job let Shaohe do it, and the designation did not go so smoothly, and they all said that they did not judge people by their appearance, but people pay the most attention to the first impression.

Xu Sheng looked good and was polite, which made Deng calm down a little.

Deng said timidly: "In this way, we have to wait until the village chief comes back, and the concubine can't be the master in this matter." But this official had better leave quickly. ”

"Why?" Xu Sheng asked.

"Not far from here, there is a group of bandits, numbering more than three hundred."

Xu Sheng replied: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, although the caravan only has a hundred guards, all of them are brave, although there are many bandits, I am not a soft persimmon, they may not dare to touch me." ”

Deng originally wanted to say that the gang of bandits was strong, not to mention a hundred guards, and a caravan of the same number as them had robbed a lot. It's just that the two of them are not related, and it is already good to be able to mention something, so I couldn't help but swallow this sentence.

Xu Sheng continued to speak: "In this case, we are now camping outside the village, sister-in-law, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Yes." Since he is not camped in his own village, even the village chief can't control it.

"Thank you." Xu Sheng gave a salute with his fists and left the courtyard.

When Xu Sheng got out of the courtyard, he ordered the convoy to set up camp and unload the goods.

Everyone listened to the order and began to act in an orderly manner, and for the women around them, they naturally did not commit any crimes.

Xu Sheng, a hundred people, naturally came here by accident.

This is the first strategy that Yang Man, as the second strategist under Zhang You, came up with --- to lure the snake out of the hole.

Since the hills are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is the best way to send a piece of fat meat to lure the snake out of the hole. Baifeng Village is so close to Feihu Village, and it must be a little greasy to live in peace with it.