After Zhang Juntai gave the order, he turned on his horse and began to follow the army. Li Wenyuan still led the horse to follow the army, and the Jiangnan soldier rested all morning, and finally recovered some strength after lunch, so he rejected Li Wenyuan's proposal and returned to his own unit to march together.

Zhang Juntai did not want to put on the shelf of the deputy division commander, but in this era, there were no advanced communication tools, and the queue march depended on the coordination of officers.

An afternoon was spent on the march, and Li Wenyuan also inspected the front and back, and found that the queue was occasionally a little scattered, but they all recovered quickly under the command of the officer, and it could be seen that Zhang Juntai still had high requirements in order to ensure the effectiveness of the training.

Along the way, I hurried and hurried, and finally arrived at Woniu Ridge before sunset, and set up camp outside Yongdeng County under Woniu Ridge. Li Wenyuan sent the firefighters to Yongdeng County to buy a large number of cattle and sheep, and brought them to the camp to be slaughtered and distributed to the soldiers as rewards.

The camp was noisy, so Li Wenyuan didn't bother anymore, and handed it over to Zhang Juntai to deal with, and he met with the county magistrate of Yongdeng County in the camp tent.

"You said that there is a gang of bandits on Qinglong Mountain in the north of the city, and they often go down the mountain to plunder?" Li Wenyuan frowned and said.

"Yes, the leader of that gang of thieves is Zong Luohu, who claimed to be the Qinglong Nether, came to cross the world, gathered some homeless people and idle people from the surrounding villages to occupy the Chishi Mountain in the north of the city, and renamed it Qinglong Mountain. Moreover, a stockade was built on the mountain, and every three or five days they had to go down the mountain to plunder, and the people could not bear to be disturbed, but they were helpless. ”

"What about the county soldiers? Why don't you organize people to exterminate them? Li Wenyuan asked curiously.

"My lord, the few elite soldiers in the county have been sent to Liaodong and have not returned. Nowadays, there are some old and weak women and children in the county, and there is really no spare strength to suppress bandits. The county magistrate said with a sad face.

Li Wenyuan listened to the county order, and his heart was also clear, he had not returned so far, and nine times out of ten he would never come back, his heart softened, and then asked: "Let me ask you, what is the number of bandits on the mountain?" ”

The county magistrate thought for a moment and said: "In the spring of this year, a group of people who were supposed to go to Liaodong were gathered to occupy the mountain as kings, and during this period of time, the rogues from various regions were attached, and there were about seven or eight hundred people. ”

Seven or eight hundred people, that can still be used for actual combat drills, he is reluctant to use his descendants to fight the bandits. It's not that he doesn't cherish the people's livelihood, after his three thousand descendants are scattered as seeds, even if each one is promoted to the next level, it can support an army of 30,000 people, and then it will naturally be able to wipe out the entire Qinglong Mountain. But then again, if there are only seven or eight hundred people, they can still be used as whetstones to train the army in their hands.

Thinking of this, Li Wenyuan asked again: "How about the thief armor?" ”

The county commander shook his head this time: "There are less than 100 people wearing armor. ”

Li Wenyuan felt a lot more relieved, so he asked: "Is the surrounding terrain recorded in the county annals?" ”

The county order said: "Yes, except for the bandits this year, every year in accordance with the Great Sui Order, the detailed investigation is recorded in the county chronicles. ”

"Okay, you go back and close the city gate to rest in peace, tomorrow I will go to the county office to check the county records, and I will send troops to smash the bandits' lair before the day." Li Wenyuan comforted the county order.

After sending away the county order, Li Wenyuan found Zhang Juntai to discuss the suppression of bandits.

After listening to what Li Wenyuan said, Zhang Juntai also felt that this was an opportunity to train the troops, so he said: "Today I just camp, and tomorrow I will go to the county government to check on the county government and make a decision." ”

Li Wenyuan nodded: "The patrol sentries have been arranged?" ”

"It's all arranged, and I won't go on a business trip." Zhang Juntai said with a smile.

"Although the gang of thieves said by the county order is very poorly equipped, but it is also careless, and the so-called strong dragon can't suppress the ground snake, they must already know the news that we are camping here, be careful that they attack the camp at night." Li Wenyuan told again and again.

"The general just needs to rest in peace, I will personally lead the troops to patrol the camp tonight." Zhang Juntai said with a smile.

"Then it's hard for you." Li Wenyuan was also not polite to Zhang Juntai, and after sending Zhang Juntai away, he went straight to sleep with his clothes together.

Zhang Juntai had just led the team to patrol the camp, and after finishing his shift, he returned to his camp to take a break and patrol the camp again. Not far from the barracks, several pairs of eyes were looking at the entire barracks.

"Big brother, let the brothers do it?" A thin man asked the leader.

"I heard that this is the team of the new governor of the Western Regions, if the matter is revealed, we will never have good fruit to eat." The leader said with a frown.

"It's okay, it's good to find a few brothers to enter the camp and open the camp gate while it's dark."

The leader ignored this person's words, frowned and said, "I remember that this person seems to be very close to Jincheng Xue Ju?" ”

"Yes, it is said that he saved Xue Ju's life, and he also fought in Liaodong together, so he should have a good relationship."

"You take the brothers back to Qinglong Mountain first, and I will meet him." Said the leader.

"No, big brother, if Li Wenyuan arrests the eldest brother directly, how can it be good." The subordinates hurriedly persuaded.

"Just go back, don't delay my plans here." The leader was a little annoyed.

His subordinates had no choice but to take the order and retreat to Qinglong Mountain with the men who were originally preparing to attack the camp. Zong Luohu looked at the big camp not far away, his eyes lit up, and he pulled out the arrow behind him and put it on the bowstring, facing the camp gate is an arrow. Then he didn't look at it, and he just walked away.

The soldiers under the camp gate were on duty for most of the night, and they were already exhausted, when they heard the sound of breaking the air overhead, and then a feather arrow was nailed to the camp gate, and the soldier was about to sound the alarm of the enemy attack, but saw that the feather arrow was tied with a letter paper, and he did not dare to slack off at the moment, and after waking up his companions who were changing shifts, he hurriedly went to find Zhang Juntai, the officer on duty that night.

Zhang Juntai opened the letter and read it, he was taken aback, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he immediately went to Li Wenyuan's camp and asked Li Wenyuan's guards guarding the door to enter the account to wake Li Wenyuan.

After a while, the candlelight in the camp was lit, and Li Wenyuan's tired voice came out: "Let Juntai come in." ”

Zhang Juntai pushed open the camp gate and walked in, and handed the feather arrows and arrows to Li Wenyuan: "General, this is what I shot at the camp gate from nowhere, take a look." ”

Li Wenyuan took the letter and looked at it, which read:

Zong Luo Hu respected, long heard of the reputation of the public, now see the public company camp outside the loose and tight, the royal soldiers have a way, Luo Hu admired, I am equal to Qinglong Mountain Juyi, are forced by life, we are here to rob and kill the past merchants, grain merchants are especially prosperous, the gold and silver are exchanged with the villagers under the mountain for rice grain. The county ordered to make money, drove the villagers into the city, plundered all the gold and silver, and was afraid that we would retaliate, so he told the general that we were the one who was in trouble, and hoped that the general would learn from it.