On the tenth day of November, Uncle Guang and Zhao Zengjin escorted the Yang family, Chu Xue, and Xian'er, and their main forces finally arrived at Cangzhou Wharf.

In this way, with Wu Sanfu's more than 100 people, Xu Changqing's main force of soldiers available to him has exceeded 1,500 people!

Xu Changqing has not been idle in the past few days, and personally selected five hundred young auxiliaries from more than 1,000 artisan households, and asked twenty veteran soldiers to train their detachment for a few days.

Their families are under Xu Changqing's control, and their loyalty is also under control, and the time to set off has become mature.

And with a few old nights under the command of Wu Sanfu who didn't accept help, Ergou and Wang Anshan also found out more information about those bandits.

It's a pity that these bandits are quite cunning, and Ergou and they only found the news of a few of their main forces, including the approximate number of people, but they have never been able to find their hiding place.

The main thing is to dig deeper, and it is likely to startle the snake.

These bandits have a lot of horses, and if they notice and slip away, it won't be fun.

You must know that if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves!

Guarding against thieves all day long, Xu Changqing's current team can't withstand this intensity.

The most important thing is that Xu Changqing and Wu Sanfu only have more than 1,000 war horses and more than 1,500 soldiers at this time.

Even if you find the lair of these bandits, it will be difficult to really annihilate them.

The best way is to set up an ambush and lure, take the initiative to hook them out, kill their main force, and make them afraid!

After that, when you have a foothold, you will slowly settle accounts with them.

At night, inside the big tent at the dock camp.

Xu Changqing is discussing with Wu Sanfu, Zhao Zengjin, Ergou, Zhang Hu, Zhao Qiliang, Wang Anshan, Miss Xu and other core officers.

At this time, whether it was Zhao Zengjin, Ergou, Wang Anshan, Xu Changqing's bloody family slaves, or Zhang Hu and Zhao Qiliang, the Liao soldiers who joined later, after the baptism of the Songjin War, they have improved a lot in military affairs and literacy.

At this time, Xu Changqing put out the big plate and wanted to hear what they thought.

Zhao Qiliang said: "Handsome man, my father also fell grass in southern Liaoning back then, and I still remember what my father taught me when I was a child." If you want to live, it's not about how many people you can kill, but how many things you can grab.

We want the bandits to take the bait, and we have to show some flaws.

In the humble opinion, after we set off, we can let the grain cart outside, and the chicken cart of the craftsmen inside, and always maintain the position. Of course, you can spread the formation a little bit and let the bandits relax. But once they really attack, we can quickly rely on the grain trucks to defend and kill the bandits! ”

Everyone nodded.

Zhang Hu said: "If that's the case, then, what if these bandits release rockets?" There are so many of us, they are definitely going to create chaos, and it is inevitable to release rockets. ”

This guy was obviously addicted to sneak attacks when he was in Liaoxi, and he considered it from the perspective of a sneak attacker, which also made Xu Changqing's eyes shine.

Zhao Qiliang was not false, and continued: "It doesn't hurt to release rockets, at most, some people will die and some food will be burned, and it won't hurt our core." Compared to the extermination of bandits, these losses are totally worth it! ”

"I reserve my opinion!"

As soon as the two of them said a few words, the anger came up, but Xu Changqing's military law was strict, and they didn't dare to push it hard, so they could only suppress the anger first.

Zhao Zengjin said: "I also tend to Liang Ye's thinking. I can't bear the child and can't catch the wolf! Even if we pay some price, we must lure out the main force of the bandits this morning, otherwise, the price we pay will only be greater. ”

Everyone nodded.

Wang Anshan suddenly said at this time: "Handsome man, look, can you do this?"

Let's not go south, let's go to the sea in the east.

According to the day, Uncle Zhong and they should go to Zhanhua before us, as long as we can contact Uncle Zhong and them, we can take the sea route. When the time comes, whether the bandits appear or not, we will have more leeway. And if the bandits dare to chase them to the seashore, who are we afraid of in terms of formation and defense? ”

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they turned their heads and ears.

Xu Changqing also nodded.

Wang Anshan's idea coincides with him.

To be honest, if there is a choice, Xu Changqing really doesn't want to have anything to do with these bandits, even if he can win.

The main reason is that the craftsmen are already working hard to travel, and if they encounter another attack and have attrition, this kind of trauma will definitely be unfavorable to the construction of a new camp in the future.

However, Xu Changqing also understands that this is almost impossible.

With such a large amount of money, it is impossible for the bandits to let go of the team.

After letting these officers play freely for a while, Xu Changqing looked at Wu Sanfu: "Third brother, what do you think?" ”

Wu Sanfu has already participated in countless military conferences, but it is the first time he has seen such a relaxed military conference where anyone can really speak in Xu Changqing's big tent.

In particular, these officers were very thoughtful, completely different from the military discussions he had experienced before.

He actually had an idea, but after thinking about it for a while, he said cautiously: "Shuai Ye, Lao Zhao, Lao Zhang, and Lao Wang are all right." I have also suppressed bandits in Liaoxi before, and I have also suppressed those Mongolians, just like those Mongolians said, when a wild wolf sees meat, he will never stop without eating a few bites! My opinion, we must set up an ambush as soon as possible, even if we pay a big price, we must first beat the bandits, otherwise, there will be endless troubles! ”

Everyone nodded, and turned to look at Xu Changqing.

Looking at these familiar faces and calm eyes, Xu Changqing also nodded secretly.

After paying so much, his bones and blood have become more and more mature.

Xu Changqing began the final summary: "Everyone's ideas are good, this is actually not a conflict, we can combine this plan!" Go east, prepare to take the sea route, but you can also control the initiative in our hands! The news of these bandits is mainly spread through their inherent forces, but in the wilderness, can their spies be sharper than our nights? ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Wu Sanfu also came back to his senses and said excitedly: "The handsome man is wise! As long as we maintain the strength of the night, we can completely seize the initiative in our hands! ”

……

November 11.

Early in the morning, Xu Changqing's huge team slowly set off from Cangzhou City and embarked on the road to the east.

It's winter, the weather is already very cold, although there is no snow, but on this vast plain, the north wind is like a knife, swishing around, can cut people's faces overnight.

Xu Changqing's sons and daughters are fully equipped, and the problem is not big, but those craftsmen are miserable, and many of them have very thin cotton clothes, or even no cotton clothes at all.

Especially many children, it is distressing to watch.

Fortunately, there are chicken buses, and there are also a lot of quilts, and the elderly and children are curled up on the chicken buses, barely able to sustain themselves.

And the coolies who pushed the grain carts were even worse, and many of them even wore single clothes.

Fortunately, they are vigorous physical work, young and strong, Xu Changqing is also good for their food, and sometimes they can rely on the back of the grain truck to hide from the wind, and they can still hold on.

But in this state, if you can walk twenty miles a day, then you can count it as burning high incense.

Yang, Li Youwei, and Wu Sanmei were in the center of the team at this time, huddled in several carriages.

At this time, the carriage was also very crowded, and Yang's carriage not only had Chu Xue, Xian'er, but also Li Youwei and Wu Sanmei.

Originally, Gu Hengbo and Kou Baimen also wanted to squeeze in a carriage with them to please the Yang family, but they really couldn't fit it, so they could only squeeze in the latter carriage with Rui'er, Ah Duo, and the daughters of a few craftsmen.

The rest of the carriages were also full of people, all old people and children.

Xu Changqing rode on his red mane, wearing a helmet, chain mail, and a bright red cloak waving in the wind, personally guarding the Yang family's carriage.

Standing from Xu Changqing's perspective, you can clearly see the big framework of the entire team.

Honestly, ordinary people, really...... It's so bitter......

Rao is Xu Changqing's city, and when he saw the migration full of sadness in front of him, he couldn't say what he felt in his heart for a while.

If you are poor, you will be good alone, and if you are good, you will help the world!

At this time, he Xu Changqing tried his best to arrest many things, but when he arrived at his territory, he would never let the people under his rule not even wear a cotton coat in the winter!

There is a long way to go!

……

No surprises.

When they camped at night, Xu Changqing and the others walked a total of more than twenty miles, and here, the outline of Cangzhou City could no longer be seen, and Xu Changqing's deliberate choice was that there was no village fort around.

The villages of this era were different from later generations, and villages without the protection of the city walls, or even villages with low city walls, could not survive at all.

Here, Tunbao, the nearest village to the surrounding area, is also seven or eight miles.

And the camping site chosen by Xu Changqing is right next to a small stream running east-west.

This small stream is not too wide, and it is very shallow, but it is also six or seven meters wide, and the key is that the middle flow is not bad, and there is an area of almost two meters that has not been frozen.

This will not only ensure the water supply, but also save the defense of one side, after all, there are only 2,000 grain trucks, and it is still very difficult to enclose the camp of more than 10,000 people.

Soon, the news came back from all walks of life at night, and the bandits' probes were very frequent, and they had already targeted them, but there was no trace of their main force for the time being.

Xu Changqing relaxed at this time, arranged the defense affairs of various ministries, and came over to have dinner with his mother, Li Youwei, and Wu Sanmei.

"Changqing, isn't it, what's wrong?"

After dinner, let the girls go to rest, but Yang pulled Xu Changqing aside and asked in a low voice.

Although Xu Changqing wanted to hide this matter from the Yang family, the Yang family was not easy to fool, and he couldn't hide it.

Xu Changqing smiled: "Mother, it's okay." There is a gang of unruly bandits who are just thinking about us, don't worry, within a day or two, the matter should be resolved. ”

"This ......"

The Yang family actually had a prediction and was a little scared, but he soon came back to his senses, this kind of thing is afraid to be used at all, not to mention, at this time, the net worth of the entire Xu family is in the team.

"Changqing, I know that you are arrogant now, and no one is afraid. However, you must be cautious, remember, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. If you don't have conflicts with people, let's try not to conflict with people. It's really not good, or else, let's spend money to buy peace? ”

Xu Changqing smiled: "Mother, you should rest early." Don't worry, the child has his own arrangements. ”

……

The night was getting deeper.

The campfire crackled in the camp, and the red was burning