After meeting his father through Tang Cai, Tang Yuan did not go to contact, but asked Nalan Xin to host this matter.

If you don't come forward, it is equivalent to leaving some room for maneuver, saving yourself from being rejected by others, even if it is a final decision.

"In order to make money, you also take great pains." Tang Hu has gained a lot of weight recently, rubbed his stomach and said, "You can't give me two money, let me go to the city for a walk." ”

"Don't worry, listen to the details of the Flying Tiger Army, the mountain bandit Qiu Qian was not eliminated, he just led people to the west." Tang Yuan was looking at the map: "We don't have any money now, but these bandits are very rich, I think it's very inappropriate." ”

"Don't beat their minds." Chen Bao reminded: "It's not that they may be the Queen Mother's people. Even if it is not the Queen Mother's, it is Cao Dingbang's. ”

"We can find some reasons to send troops, even if Cao Dingbang wants to persuade us not to fight, we must always show some sincerity. It's not so much that I'm making money from the bandits, it's better to say that it's the two money that Cao Dingbang spends on him. I'm not greedy, just get me a few thousand taels. Turning his head to look at Tang Hu: "Save people from yelling all day long and can't afford to live." ”

"Hey, Xiaofeng, I don't care how you bury me, just give me money anyway." Tang Hu didn't care.

In order to do this well, Tang Yuan asked Chen Bao to take the troops to take a walk around Huangpao Mountain.

I only found out that now Cao Dingbang stationed his first division here, and Chen Bao led a thousand people to patrol the mountains here, and there was almost a conflict.

"Which troop are you?" The captains of the three regiments of the First Flying Tiger Division glared at Chen Bao.

"We don't have a number for the time being." Chen Bao rode on a tall horse and looked at the man with contempt.

"Heh, I don't even have a number, what kind of mountain are you patrolling?" The captain smirked contemptuously.

Chen Bao tore off the Jiufeng Chaoyang knife and pointed at the man: "Do you know this knife?" ”

"What do you mean?" The lieutenant also ripped off his weapon, which was a standard horse lance.

"Have you ever been to the Hebei battlefield?"

"Haven't been."

"Heh, in that case, it's not a good soldier." Chen Bao put away his knife: "I haven't been tempered by the Hebei battlefield, so be careful when you speak in the future." I won't learn martial arts with you today, but you have to remember my name, Chen Bao! ”

"Chen Bao ......"

"You go and ask Han Dang, the general of your seventh division, if you dare to compete with me alone!"

"I'm from the first division."

"I'm ashamed, I haven't heard of the lieutenant general of the first division."

After that, Chen Bao led the people away.

He did not go back to the barracks, but continued to the west, but the task of this captain was to prevent others from rushing over, so he stopped Chen Bao again: "This place has been banned by our Flying Tiger Army, and if you want to enter, you must have an order from the general." Do you have one? ”

"When was it sealed?" Chen Bao asked.

"After the bandits, it was sealed."

"Why do you want to seal it?"

The captain paused: "I don't know about this, the order was given by the general, and the last general has a humble position, so he is not qualified to ask." ”

Chen Bao was arrogant, but he was not stupid, and he knew that he couldn't touch Cao Dingbang's bottom line, so he came back with soldiers.

Talking about the process with Tang Yuan, Tang Yuan smiled and said: "It's okay, it's not just one way into the mountain, we can take a detour and enter from the northwest of Huangpao Peak, and when others ask us what we're doing, we will say drill the team." When we arrived at Huangpao Peak, we could find a reason to clean up those guys, and Cao Dingbang would send us the money at that time. ”

With 3,000 people set out in the middle of the night, bypassing the control range of the Flying Tiger First Division, and by the afternoon of the next day, Tang Yuan's troops were stationed on the northern slope of Huangpao Peak, and some traces of bandit actions could already be seen.

"Go seal the water." Nalan Xin arranged for Nahetutu to lead 500 people to the river, "If you meet the people, you can let them go, and if you feel suspicious, you can take them directly." ”

"Yes!" Nahetutu took the command.

Qiu Qian, the leader of the mountain bandits, heard that the waterway was intercepted by the soldiers, and he was suspicious for a while, climbed high and looked into the distance, and quickly went to report it, and after Li Cheng, the lieutenant general of the first division of the Flying Tiger, got the news, he took people through the Yellow Pao Mountain to see Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan scolded Li Chengye and said: "There are so many mountain bandits behind you, why don't you suppress the bandits, can you Li Chengye take advantage of the mountain bandits?" I won't spare you about this matter, I'm going to report it to you general! ”

Li Chengye's expression was cold, his eyes were slightly dull, and he said in his heart: "What kind of big cloves of garlic?" What is your situation, don't you know in your heart? Are you going to sue me at Dashuai? ”

However, these words could not be taken forward, Li Chengye coughed lightly and said: "This matter is indeed a negligence of the lowly position, the lowly post will immediately inform the general, and after getting the general's consent, I will go into the mountains to suppress the bandits." ”

"I don't think so." Tang Yuan waved his hand and said, "I have already brought the soldiers, so I will replace the Flying Tiger Army and suppress this group of mountain bandits." I see that the woods on this mountain are dense, and it is very suitable for fire attack. Let me put a fire in the four directions of southeast, north, and west. At that time, it will be necessary to borrow the site of the First Division for fire prevention, hoping that General Li will be convenient. I have already calculated that in this battle, it will not take a few soldiers to burn all the bandits in this mountain. When the time comes, I will intercept them on the mountain road and kill none of them. In my opinion, the equipment of these mountain bandits is good, even better than the equipment of our regular army, which is exactly what I want, and is used to replenish armaments. ”

"General Tang, don't forget, Jingzhou is General Cao's territory." Li Chengye said with a cold face.

Tang Yuan's eyes widened: "This is the territory of the Great Liang Dynasty!" This general is also the general of the Great Liang Dynasty! It is the duty of the people to suppress bandits! ”

Li Chengye stood up angrily and said: "Okay, General Tang wants to pay the fee, and the last general can't take care of it, but don't worry, wait for me to ask the general if I want to make room for you." ”

"Go quickly!"

After Li Chengye left, a burst of laughter broke out in the military tent.

all joked that Tang Yuan was scheming.

In just an hour, news came that Cao Dingbang, the general of Zhennan, was hurrying to come and bring a thousand cavalry. Tang Yuan asked his subordinates to start cutting down trees, preparing to look at the things that ignited the fire.

There are many pine trees on this mountain, and the bark is stripped off to collect pine oil.

Fighting a war is fighting supplies, when there is no war in peacetime, Tang Yuan pays special attention to collecting these things that seem to be of little use, because he collects too much, sometimes the march can't be taken away, and he doesn't feel distressed, anyway, it's not for nothing. If you can take it away, you may be able to play a big role on the battlefield.

Especially this fire-inducing thing, siege and defense are all sharp weapons.

Not long after, Cao Dingbang came to Tang Yuan's military camp, looked ashamed, and said: "The last time I suppressed bandits, I was concealed by my subordinates about the military situation, which really annoyed me. This time, I still don't have to bother General Tang, I will pay the fee in person. As for the supplies obtained by the bandits, I will have them sent to your army. Just go back and wait. ”