After listening to Hou Quan's report, Li Xun nodded secretly, Zhao Di, the county commander of Fuyang County, although the official is small, he is also a character.

"Hou Quan, in your opinion, Fuyang County can really hold out for three days?"

Hou Quan pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "When I left, I deliberately went to the side of the city wall to take a turn, and the situation was very bad, but they heard that the reinforcements led by you were about to arrive, and their morale was very high. ”

Li Xun was silent, Hou Quan did not answer clearly, but the meaning of the words was very clear, Zhao Di said that he could still defend the city for three days, and it was possible to hold it or not.

Shan Qiu said in a low voice on the side at this time: "Li Xun, there are tens of thousands of people in the city, don't be careless, let's leave some people near Fuyang County, no matter what the situation is on your side, there will be a guard here." ”

Li Xun pondered for a moment, and finally said: "In this way, I will transfer two thousand soldiers from Yuanhe's army to you, and you will lead the troops to be thirty miles away from Fuyang County, pay close attention to the situation over there, and once Fuyang County is in trouble, you should immediately lead the army to the rescue." ”

Shan Qiu nodded and said, "Two thousand people are enough, but I'm afraid the troops on your side are a little insufficient." ”

Most of the bandits in the entire Longyou South Road have gathered in Yewang Mountain, there are more than a dozen bandit villages in the mountains, and Li Xun must leave at least 3,000 people to defend them...., in this way, Li Xun's army entering the mountain is less than 5,000, and the average offensive strength of a cottage is only a few hundred.

Li Xun smiled: "It's okay, Ouyang Li and Niu Jin should have news soon, there are so many bandits, it is impossible to be too scattered, as long as you figure out the main gathering point of the bandits, these forces in my hands are enough, as for the other small fish, it is easy to do." ”

The repair of Wu'an City has just begun, Li Xun is thinking, that is, to get money, the money given by the imperial court every year is too small, only enough to pay the officials' salaries, even the army's salary, in a year, can only be paid for three months, the rest of the arrears, whether to make up in the future, it is difficult to say.

If a place wants to develop, there are two points, one is people, the other is money, Wuzhou is not short of people, but there is a lack of money, Li Xun has no money in his hands, no matter how many ideas, it is also in vain, Niu Jin knew Li Xun's thoughts, took the initiative to give him advice, said that the best and fastest way to get money, that is to rob, as an official army, robbing the people, that is equivalent to rebellion, is to kill the head, naturally can not do, and the war between the Great Jin and the Dashi Empire and Tubo ended not long ago, everyone needs to recuperate, through the war to obtain wealth, I can't count on it in a short period of time, and in the end Niu Jin pointed out a way to Li Xun, Longyou West Road Sanzhou, there are no bandits, but there are a lot of bandits in Longyou South Road, generally speaking, bandits do business of robbing homes and houses, and there must be a lot of finance in their hands, destroy them, not only have military achievements, but also make a fortune, why not?

Although Niu Jin didn't know much about the bandit situation on the other side of Longyou South Road, he himself was born as a bandit after all, and his eldest brother Wang Qun also had a little reputation in the bandit circle, Niu Jin volunteered, and Li Xun finally agreed to his plan and asked Ouyang Li to go to Suzhou with him to find out the news.

Half a month ago, Niu Jin came to the news that he had successfully blended into one of the largest local bandit forces in Suzhou, and told a lot of information in the letter.

Shan Qiu glanced at Li Xun and said softly: "In addition to Yuan He, Yu Yanhui and Han Lin are not convinced by you, and they have different intentions, so they are afraid that they will enter Yewang Mountain when the time comes, and when the decisive battle is approaching, these two people will not contribute." ”

Li Xun sneered: "Lao Dan, don't worry, I have a way to get them to help me." ”

Shan Qiu glanced at Li Xun silently, and didn't ask more, he found that Li Xun was becoming more and more confident now.

At dusk the next day, Li Xun and others came to the designated place according to the plan.

Divide 2,000 troops to give Shan Qiu, stationed thirty miles away from Fuyang County, and closely observe the movements there.

At dusk, the tomb is broken.

Li Xun walked around in the tent, during the day, Li Xun convened Yu Yanhui and Han Lin to discuss the next military action, Li Xun's plan was to let Yu Yanhui give 1,000 soldiers to Yuan He, Yuan He with more than 2,000 people, to guard the Broken Family Tomb, Li Xun led the remaining more than 5,000 soldiers into Yewang Mountain, both of them were unwilling to enter Yewang Mountain, and were more willing to stay in the Broken Family Tomb.

"What people!"

Outside the tent, Jiang Daxiong suddenly shouted, and then a familiar voice sounded: "Daxiong, it's me." ”

A moment later, the curtain opened, and Ouyang Li strode in.

"Ouyang Li, see the lord."

Li Xun stepped forward to help Ouyang Li up, and asked urgently, "Are you alone?" ”

"The five bandits who traveled with me were sent out to patrol, and they have been eliminated by me."

"How do you know that I've arrived with my troops, but the bandits already know our whereabouts?"

Ouyang Li shook his head and said: "In the past five days, I have taken the initiative to go out of the village to inspect, the broken family tomb is the only way to enter Yewang Mountain, if the lord comes, he will definitely go here, an hour ago, our patrol team detected the movement here, and hurriedly turned back to the cottage to report the news, I solved the bandits in the same company, and then came." ”

Li Xun nodded and asked, "What's the situation over there?" ”

Ouyang Li arched his hand and said: "Lord, the bandits in Yewang Mountain are ready to move out, and they will change places early tomorrow morning, if they want to act, they can only do it tonight, once it is tomorrow, the bandits have changed places, and they want to patrol their specific locations, without ten days and half a month, I am afraid it will not be possible." ”

Li Xun walked around in the tent, his brows furrowed, if it was really what Ouyang Li said, there was indeed not much time left for him.

The reason why Li Xun spent so much effort is that he wants to get enough wealth while killing all the bandits, otherwise, he will directly lead the troops to rescue Fuyang County, even if all the tens of thousands of bandits outside the city are exterminated, the news will be exposed, the remnants of the Yewang Mountain bandit village will definitely flee with money and food, and directly attack the Yewang Mountain bandit village, while succeeding, the news may also be exposed, once it reaches Fuyang County, the bandits know that the army of the imperial court has arrived, and copy their lair, If they don't run, will they still die? If you take care of this end, you can't take care of that end, so that the bandits in Longyou South Road are still difficult to completely quell.

Li Xun pondered for a moment, looked at Ouyang Li, and asked, "How is the defense of the cottage?" ”

Ouyang Li said: "It's easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are at least 5,000 defenders in the bandit village, and even if the lord has tens of thousands of soldiers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to attack for a while, but although the lord can rest assured, Niu Jin has persuaded a big boss to be willing to act as an internal response, just wait for the lord to lead the army, and he should open the gate of the village." ”

Li Xun's spirit was shocked, Niu Jin, this kid really has some ability.

"Big Xiong, I passed on Yu Yanhui to come over, and said that I had something important to discuss with him."