In order to expel the barbarians who invaded the area of the county, Wang Xun is now the time to employ people, and the arrival of Liu Xuan and others just alleviated his lack of manpower, how could he let Liu Xuan leave?

After listening to the introduction of the county commander Wang Xiang, Liu Xiu asked curiously: "Lord Wang, have there been a lot of barbarians around the county town?" ”

Wang Xiang nodded, shook his head again, and said with a wry smile: "The number of barbarian soldiers is not much, but they are elusive, and they come out from time to time to attack the people. ”

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Lord Wang, we will stay in Xunyang tonight, and we will go to the county town early tomorrow morning, and I hope that Lord Wang will help us arrange a post station." ”

When the rebels entered Yizhou, they came to help them fight the barbarians, so Wang Xiang naturally would not be embarrassed by Liu Xiu, and immediately sent someone to take Liu Xiu and others to the post station.

There was no word all night, and the wind and waves were calm. After resting for the night, Liu Xiu felt much more comfortable, not as weak as yesterday. However, what worried him was that Long Yuan didn't arrive in Xunyang overnight.

Just as Liu Xiu's heart was going up and down, Li Tongxing ran into his room and said loudly: "Uncle Wen, Uncle Zhong is back!" ”

Liu Xiu immediately stood up and walked out quickly. Seeing Long Yuan, Liu Xiu fixed his eyes, as if he saw a native man.

Long Yuan's head and body were covered with dust, and his cheeks were washed out of white marks by sweat. He stepped forward and asked, "Uncle Zhong, what happened on the way?" ”

Taking the water bladder handed over by Li Tong, Long Yuan first took a big sip of water, and then said: "Uncle Wen, there was no accident on the road, I have found the hiding place of the barbarian." ”

As he spoke, he poured another big mouthful of water and continued: "Those barbarians have fled to Qianyou Mountain, and there are more barbarians hidden in the mountains, I estimate that there should be no less than five hundred. ”

Hearing this, everyone present was shocked. No less than five hundred? With so many barbarian troops, what are they doing hiding in Qianyou Mountain?

Qianyou Mountain is located 60 miles northwest of Xunyang, and the distance from Qianyou Mountain to Xunyang and to the county seat is about the same.

Li Tong's eyes rolled, his mind moved, and he said: "Didn't Lord Wang say that there are often barbarian troops near the county town, could it be this group of barbarian troops hidden in Qianyou Mountain?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded thoughtfully, there is such a possibility!

He asked, "Uncle Zhong, are you sure that the barbarian army in Qianyou Mountain is 500 people?" "If it is 500 people, with the 1,000 people of the eldest brother's department, plus the local army in the county town, it is capable of exterminating this barbarian army in one fell swoop.

Long Yuan shook his head solemnly and said, "The place where the barbarian army is hiding is heavily guarded, I was discovered when I was sneaking into the depths, and in desperation, I could only escape first." Conservative estimates put the number of barbarians above five hundred, which may actually be more. ”

To put it bluntly, Long Yuan couldn't judge the exact number of the barbarian army, in short, the number of the other party would not be less than five hundred.

Liu Xiu frowned slightly, tapped his forehead lightly, and was silent in thought.

Li Tong muttered: "Qianyou Mountain is not a strategic place, and there is no transportation artery passing there, so there is no reason for the barbarian army to ambush under such a barren countryside!" ”

Liu Xiu said quietly: "Maybe it's because Qianyou Mountain is located in a remote place and is easy to hide, so the barbarian army chose to be stationed there!" ”

Li Tong frowned and asked, "Uncle Wen, what do you want to do when the barbarian army hides soldiers in Qianyou Mountain?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "The devil knows." He took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry about this matter for now, everyone prepare, and set off immediately to the county town." ”

After breakfast, Liu Xiu and his entourage left Xunyang and went to the county seat.

Hanzhong City is the county seat of Hanzhong County, and it is also the largest and most prosperous city in the county.

At noon, Liu Xiu and his entourage finally arrived in Hanzhong City, and after asking the local people, Liu Xiu and others easily found the location of the rebel army.

At present, there is not one, but several rebel armies stationed in the county town, and Liu Xuan's first army is one of them, stationed outside the northern city of the county town.

Liu Xiu and the others went directly to Beicheng to find Liu Xiu to meet.

The area of the camp in the north of the city is not small, but the camp is chaotic inside and outside, several rebel armies are mixed together, and the whole camp looks disorganized.

The rebels have no uniforms, they are dressed like ordinary people, so many people are stationed here, they have to eat and drink every day, the local people also see the business opportunities, often take some food and drink to sell, everyone goes in and out, and no one checks, where is it still like a military camp, more like a large vegetable market.

Liu Xiu asked Wang Ping to enter the camp first and find the eldest brother to report the news.

They waited outside the camp for half an hour, and Liu Xuan, Zhu Yun and others hurried out of the camp.

Seeing Liu Xiu and his party, Liu Xiu stepped forward quickly, pulled Liu Xiu, first looked at him, and asked, "Ah Xiu, I heard that you were attacked by barbarians on the way to the county town, and you were still injured?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled at Liu Xiu and said, "Big brother, I'm fine, I'm much better now." As he spoke, he patted his chest and said that he was fine.

Seeing this, Liu Xiu was a lot relieved, he looked behind Liu Xiu, and saw that they had brought these kidnapped women over, Liu Xiu frowned secretly, and asked, "Ah Xiu, didn't you hand them over to the government of Tin County?" ”

Liu Xiu said in a low voice: "The Tin County government is understaffed and can't send someone to send them home, so we can only ask us to take them to the county town, and then the county town will send someone to escort them home." ”

Liu Xuan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "There are not many people on the county government's side. ”

Liu Xiu asked, "Big brother, why don't you place them in the barracks first?" ”

Liu Xuan waved his hand again and again, and said: "There are dragons and snakes in the barracks, and letting these women live in them is tantamount to harming them, so let's settle them in the county town." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and called Zhu Yun and asked Zhu Yun to take them into the city and find the officials of the county government to settle them.

Waiting for Zhu Yun to lead a group of women to the city, Liu Xuan took Liu Xiu and others into the camp.

Liu Xiu didn't know what a regular military camp was like, anyway, the current camp didn't look like a regular military camp no matter how you looked at it.

The people in the barracks were dressed in everything, and the rebels and the small traders and peddlers were mixed together, so it was impossible to tell who was who.

Seeing the situation inside the camp clearly, Liu Xiu, Li Tong and others were all disappointed.

Liu Jiu also saw the loss of Liu Xiu and others, and he said helplessly: "The local rebels in Hanzhong all live in the city, while we, the rebels from outside, can only live outside the city. This camp was also set up temporarily, and the county government only sent a batch of food, and then no one cared about it. The entire camp was arranged by several of our rebel armies together, and it was not easy to make it look like this. ”

Talking all the way, Liu Xiu led Liu Xiu and others to his tent.

Liu Xuan's tent was located in the center of the camp.

Here, there are a total of four camps of similar size, except for Liu Xuan's one, the other three camps belong to the leaders of the other three rebel armies.

The number of rebels in the entire camp was about 5,000. Among them, Liu Yi has 1,000 people, Zhao Qi and He Tu have less than 1,000 people each, and the largest number is Feng Yi's 1, with more than 2,000 people.

Feng Yi is a native of Yingchuan's father's city, and he once served in the military in Yingchuan County. The military officer of the county is only a petty official, without a specific position, he can stay at home when he has nothing to do, and he needs to work as an errand for the government when he has something.

Among these rebels, Feng Yi's rank was already the highest.

Entering the camp, Liu Xuan asked people to pour a few bowls of tea for Liu Xiu and others, and he said: "Everyone has worked hard all the way. ”

Liu Xiu picked up the tea bowl, there was no tea in it, only tea foam, with the current conditions, it was very good to be able to drink tea foam.

He took a sip of tea, then put down the bowl, and said: "Big brother, the group of barbarians we encountered on the way to the county town is not simple, after beating them away, I asked Zhongbo to follow and investigate, and found that there are more barbarian soldiers hidden in Qianyou Mountain, and the number should be more than five hundred. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xuan and the others' faces changed. They had never heard that there was a brute army of more than 500 people in Hanzhong. What they had encountered and heard of was very small even in the ranks of brutes of more than a hundred men.

Liu Xuan looked at Long Yuan and asked, "Uncle Zhong, is the information you investigating accurate?" ”

Long Yuan nodded, and Zhengse said: "The number of that barbarian army will only be above five hundred, and it will never be below five hundred. ”

The combat effectiveness of the barbarian army was already stronger than that of the righteous army, a barbarian army of more than 500 people, and their 5,000 righteous army had to be dispatched to have a chance to win.

Liu Xuan narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said, "This information is very important, I have to inform Lord Du Wei as soon as possible." ”

The Governor is also known as the Commander of the Prefecture, and is the official in charge of military affairs in the county government, and his rank is second only to that of the Commander of the Prefecture.

Liu Xiu nodded, the stakes are very high, and the county government should indeed be let know as soon as possible so that measures can be taken.

Liu Xuan looked around at everyone present and said, "This time, everyone's task has been completed very well, let's go back and rest first." As he spoke, he asked people to arrange camps for Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, Li Tong, Li Yi and others.

Li Tong, Li Yi and others got up one after another and bid farewell to Liu Xuan. Liu Xiu and Wang Ping sat in place and did not move. Liu Xiu didn't leave, and Long Yuan naturally didn't leave.

After everyone left, Liu Xuan arranged two more henchmen to stay outside the tent.

Then he looked at Liu Xiu, and then at Long Yuannunu. Seeing Liu Xiu nodded, Liu Xiu took a deep look at Long Yuan, retracted his gaze, and asked, "Ah Xiu, how are things going?" ”

Liu Xiu said: "Big brother, according to the map provided by the barbarian soldiers, we found the gold, silver and jewelry hidden by the barbarians in a small cave, which is estimated to be worth millions of dollars. ”

A gleam flashed in Liu Xuan's eyes, and he was surprised: "There are so many!" ”

Liu Xiu said: "We have changed the position of the gold and silver jewelry and re-hid it. As he spoke, he handed Liu Xuan the sackcloth with the map drawn.

The latter took it, looked at it closely, and couldn't quite understand what the painting was, he folded the linen cloth, put it in his arms, and smiled at Liu Xiu: "Ah Xiu, well done!" Now that we have this capital, we can do a lot of things in the future! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Xuan's eyes rolled, and he said quietly: "Last time, we only annihilated more than 100 barbarian soldiers, and captured millions of money, this time we found more than 500 barbarian soldiers in Qianyou Mountain, and the money in their hands is probably far more than one million dollars, right?" ”