The west wind rolled through the bamboo forest, the bamboo waves rose and fell, and a young general stood on the bluestone, holding a sheepskin roll, his eyes full of melancholy.

Nalan Xin took his male Jia Hu from the army and came to this mountainous area, where the main peak is called Huangpao Mountain, and there are three peaks nearby, which are called Dazhu Peak, Zhongzhu Peak and Xiaozhu Peak.

Five thousand bandits were stationed in these four peaks, and they had already formed a scale and even started to cultivate grain fields and live a self-sufficient life. What is even more strange is that they do not seem to be short of money, and they never rob the people, which is the most incredible.

Nalan Xin was puzzled, this army was already on such a large scale, why did Cao Dingbang, as the governor of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses, do nothing?

He was thinking about it in his head, when suddenly Nahetutu pointed to the distance and said, "There are people there." ”

"Let's see if there are many people, if there are not many, they will be captured and interrogated."

There are actually not many people, at least a dozen people, but Nahetutu still rushed over with thirty people, that is, a charge, and then in less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, the enemy was defeated, in fact, the other party is from a military background, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, but their will to fight is very poor, which is the key to defeat.

"Report to General Nalan, a total of seventeen people, three were left alive, and seven ran away."

"Enough."

Nalan Xin came back to see Tang Yuan with three living mouths, Tang Yuan was very happy and began to interrogate the three bandits.

"Whose subordinates did you belong to?" Tang Yuan asked.

"At first, we were Meng Du's soldiers, and later followed Zhonglang to surrender Huang Tu to Meng Zong." A man named Kuai Fucheng said.

"Later, Zhang Zhikui led his troops to join the imperial court, why didn't you follow the imperial court?" Tang Yuan asked.

Kuai Fucheng said: "We are worried that after we defect to the imperial court, the imperial court will not trust us, and when we disarm, they will kill us." So the group of us ran away. ”

"Then the court didn't kill it later, why didn't you come out yet?" Tang Yuan asked.

Kuai Fucheng said: "We don't dare. Because some of them have become bandits, the reputation of our group is no longer good. In addition, later, General Min Yue eliminated a group of unqualified soldiers, and those guys were much more fierce than us. They were not of good stature, but they were united, and under the leadership of a man named Qiu Gan, they gathered more and more, and when they had survived the first year, they began to reclaim the wasteland, and now they had taken over the mountain, and had built stone walls on the mountain, and hoarded a large number of ordnance, ready to rebel at any time. ”

"Heh, I can't help myself." Tang Yuan smiled bitterly: "Looking for Cao Dingbang to rebel under his nose, he is simply wishful thinking. ”

"The general's words are wrong."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"According to our understanding, the relationship between Qiu Qian and Cao Dingbang is not ordinary."

"Oh?" Tang Yuan's spirit was shocked: "How can you say this?" ”

"I've heard that they are actually secretly colluding. The reason why Qiu Qian can have today is that Cao Dingbang deliberately raised such a large force, otherwise it would be unreasonable for him to occupy a few mountains and hold out for so long. In addition, some people speculate that this matter may be related to the Empress Dowager Cao, and now there is only one Tang family left in the court, and they agreed between them that the court has 300,000 troops and the Tang family has 200,000, but in fact, the Empress Dowager Cao is not willing to accept the number of 300,000 at all, so she let Cao Dingbang secretly cultivate bandits, but they are actually soldiers. ”

"What was your original position?"

"Flying Tiger Sixth Army, Adjutant General of the Cavalry Brigade."

"No wonder you know so much. What hill are you on and how many men do you have? ”

"I escaped. There were only seventeen people running with me, and they were suddenly stopped by General Nalan on the way, and we thought we had been discovered by Qiu Gan. ”

"Oh, I see." Tang Yuan smiled and said, "Are you still willing to be a soldier?" Stay and do it with me? ”

"Thanks to the general's refusal to give up, I am willing to be with the general."

"Okay, from now on, you can listen to Nalan Xin's command."

"General Xie."

After Kuai Fucheng left, Nalan Xin whispered to Tang Yuan: "When this person speaks, his eyes flicker, I'm afraid he is insincere, and this kind of person is often not loyal enough, I don't want him." ”

Tang Yuan said: "That's why I handed him over to you, staring at this person carefully." ”

"Got it."

Nalan Xin stepped back.

"Since you think this person's words are not credible, just torture to extract a confession, why bother mother-in-law?" Tang Hu said sullenly, unable to keep his spirits up.

There may be some reminder in his words. Tang Yuan put his hands behind his back and looked out the window: "If he says this, I can't kill him." ”

"Aren't we just fooled?" Chen Bao said.

"I'd rather believe it to be true, than offend Cao Dingbang, let alone let Cao Dingbang know that we are doubting him." Tang Yuan rubbed his wrist, "I have to go to see him immediately, and put forward the idea of suppressing the bandits, if he refuses to go, I won't go." ”

In the afternoon, I went to see Cao Dingbang, who was inspecting the troops outside.

He was a diligent general, and he had to go to the next barracks in a few days, inspect the various units, pay close attention to training, and not allow the slightest slackness. Every division under his command was well-trained.

"Let General Tang wait for a long time." Cao Dingbang is still so polite.

In terms of military rank and age, Cao Dingbang didn't need to be so polite, but he never acted in front of Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan saluted respectfully and said, "I came to General Cao today to discuss a major matter. I heard that there were bandits in the vicinity of Huangpao Mountain, and the last general intended to suppress the bandits, on the one hand, for the sake of the people, and on the other hand, to replenish the equipment of the troops. Now there are too few weapons in the troops, less than half of them are equipped, and the armor is even more pitiful, not even a thousand standard armor. ”

"Oops, I didn't expect your troops to have such a hard time." Cao Dingbang said: "I can't even afford a weapon, this is really a bit unspeakable." If the Southern Jin Dynasty comes at this time, your troops will become a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and that will not work. As the governor of Jingzhou, I don't know enough about your situation, and I am responsible. Don't worry, as soon as the first lunar month passes tomorrow, I will prepare equipment for you, I don't care about the armor, but the weapon will be fought for you. ”

Cao Dingbang didn't say a word about the suppression of bandits, and Tang Yuan didn't ask, but said, "Then thank you so much, General." ”

Cao Dingbang began to fiddle with his tea set again, and said casually: "What did you tell me just now?" Bandits? Heh, it's just a few hundred thieves, you don't have to think about them, I'll let the first division deal with this matter. ”。

"Since General Cao is willing to come out, then the last general will thank the general for the people of Jingzhou."

"Hahaha, this is what I should have done, how can I thank you. Moreover, you can't represent the people of Jingzhou. The people of Jingzhou are mine. ”