Just after Liu He finished signing and receiving the grain, suddenly there was a commotion outside: "Lord, lord!" ”

It was Xu Rong's voice.

"What's so noisy?" Liu He's heart sank, Huo Di stood up, Xu Rong asked him to send him to follow Guan Yu to hunt, why did he come back, there was still some urgency in his tone?

Liu Bei also came back to his senses, the two glanced at each other, and before they had time to speak, Xu Rong had already rushed in.

"Lord, Yun Chang's first army was attacked by bandits in the mountains, and more than a dozen people were killed and wounded! Yun Chang said, it seems that he was with the Xianbei thieves a few days ago? Xu Rong said.

Liu He's face was as heavy as the bottom of a pot, it was really raining with a leak in the house, and the boat was in the head wind, I didn't come to trouble you, you still came to the door.

"What about the casualties?" Liu He asked.

"The team of sergeants before the encounter was caught off guard, three died, more than a dozen people were injured, and the rest were defeated, and when Yun Chang led people to arrive, this group of bandits fledged after plundering the sergeant's armor, Yun Chang has led people to chase down, I will come back first to tell the lord." Xu Rongdao.

"Xuande, there are a lot of bandits and bandits in the territory?" Liu He asked Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's face was also a little ugly, he asked the remnants before, sorted out the files of Bai Tan and found out, if it weren't for the matter of food, he would have reported it a long time ago: "My lord, Bai Tan is mountainous and poor, there are a lot of bandits and bandits who occupy the mountains as the king, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it is not easy to exterminate, there are fewer people, they are often taken advantage of by bandits and bandits, there are more people, they drill into the forest, and the officers and soldiers are helpless, it is because for so many years, the bandits of Bai Tan have never been extinguished." The remnants said that since the Han army withdrew, bandits have become more rampant. ”

Liu He sighed, it seems that he can only know the general situation after Guan Yu comes back, there are hundreds of elite soldiers in the team that Guan Yu brought out to hunt, plus thousands of young people, it is not difficult to clean up a few bandits. The tent was cold for a while, everyone's faces were ugly, and the joy of having just received a thousand stones of grain and stone was also washed away by this bad news.

At dusk, Guan Yu came back, his face was ugly, and there were twenty men in the team who were tied up by ropes, and they were expected to be those robbing bandits, but Liu He saw the wounded soldiers and dead people carried on stretchers, and his mood was extremely bad all of a sudden, and he actually lost fifty people, more than ten people died on the spot, and the rest were seriously injured.

"The wounded soldiers are sent to the wounded barracks, and the dead are put in a coffin and buried properly." After Liu He finished giving the order with a calm face, he turned around and entered the tent and convened the generals to discuss.

"Yun Chang tell me about the situation?"

"Lord, when the bandits attacked, the target was obvious, first hit the sergeants of this team, caught off guard, three died, wounded more than a dozen people, the rest of the young and strong were frightened, and scattered with a bang, this gang of bandits stripped off the soldiers' armor, snatched the weapons, the soldiers fled, I had to report, gathered the soldiers to chase, but the bandits were very slippery, has not been able to surround them, but in the forest let him hurt many people, and finally finally caught a few alive, asked their nest, I waved my troops to capture their lair, arrested these dozens of people, but the bandit leader saw the opportunity early and slipped away. Guan Yu knelt on the ground, with a look of shame, there were more than 300 elite soldiers and thousands of people under his command, encircling and suppressing dozens of bandits, there were such high casualties, not to mention that he was ashamed, even Liu He felt very incredible, and his face was angry.

"The few generals I rely on now, although their personal strength is not weak, they are not ordinary sergeants before, at most they are only a county lieutenant, and there are only a few hundred soldiers led by soldiers, and they have not received any systematic education. When Liu He thought of this, he couldn't help but look worried, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that he was also looking at him, and the look in his eyes obviously thought of this problem.

"This problem has to be solved." Liu He thought that it was obviously unrealistic for him to have experienced generals now, and he could only tap the potential of his existing subordinates, but fortunately, there would be no battles in the near future, but there would be time to hone them.

"Who is the attacker, and the leader of the thieves knows?"

Without Liu He to speak, Guan Yu didn't dare to get up, but still knelt there and said: "I asked out, the Daqu rate is called Han Meng, and the Erqu rate is called Pan Feng!" ”

"Han Meng? Pan Feng? Liu Bei on the side exclaimed: "Wenjun, come and talk about it." ”

At this time, a scribe dressed up and stood up behind Liu Bei: "Han has seen the lord!" This is the remnant of white sandalwood, and it is not abandoned by the lord, and it is a tour payment. ”

You confiscated, in charge of patrolling and arresting, which is equivalent to the director of the township police station in later generations.

"What? Are these two famous? Liu He turned his head away.

Wen Han nodded: "They have been entrenched in Baitan for many years, not that they are the most ferocious, sometimes they also rob the Xianbei people, the Xianbei people encircle and suppress them, often as soon as the soldiers arrive at them, they disappear, but before Xianbei has gone far, they will appear again, and often rob the rear team of the small Xianbei tribe, so that they are very prestigious among the Baitan bandits." ”

Liu He nodded, whether you have prestige or not, if you provoke me, you will have trouble in your bedroom.

"And where did they flee to?"

Guan Yu said: "We chased all the way, they went all the way to the west, fled to a swamp, we followed, accidentally fell into several people, if it wasn't for the rescue in time, these people would have died." ”

"They fled to White Grass?" Wen Han said in surprise, "It's a dead land, no one can enter that swamp and come out alive, they are old bandits, how can they run there?" ”

"What's going on with Bai Caozawa?" Liu He asked puzzled.

"Lord, Baicaozawa is the junction of the remaining veins of Yanshan, Baicaowa pasture and grassland barbarians, dozens of miles in length and width, Ze is full of pits, not to mention people, even if the livestock go in, they will also fall into the pit, I Baitan said that it is not bordering the barbarians, in fact, it is thanks to the gift of this swamp, and the other end of it is the territory of Xianbei, but because of this Ze, Xianbei can not attack our Baitan from here, and other places are steep and steep, steep and abnormal, difficult for people to pass, not to mention, it is because Baitan has never suffered from the disaster, If it weren't for decades ago... The Han army withdrew...."Wen Han pressed the conversation.

"Then why did this thief flee here?" Liu He was puzzled.

"I think I was chased by the county lieutenant Guan! Panic. "Wen Han Dao.

Guan Yu, who was on the ground, raised his head: "That's not right! There is a road in Ze. ”

Liu He, Fu Zhu, Xu Rong, Wen Han and others were all shocked.

"How is this possible, even the people who have lived in Baitan for several generations also know that Ze Nei can't walk at all." Wen Han exclaimed.

But Liu He and his frustration are another matter, if Bai Caoze really has a way, then Xianbei can attack Bai Tan at any time? Both of them turned their eyes to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, why do you say that?" This is a big deal, and it can't be a joke. ”

Guan Yu said: "Lord, the last general knows, but when the last general chased Han Meng to Baicaoze, those people went in without hesitation, all the way away, after the last general's people were trapped, these bandits were still scolding from afar, obviously they are familiar with the way." It seems that they come and go a lot, and there must be a road in there that we don't know about. ”

Liu He and Fu Zhu both changed color: "The clouds will grow!" ”

"Thank you, Lord."

"What is discussed in the account today is a top secret, and no one is to divulge it." Liu and Zhengsedao.

"Subordinates can save it!" Everyone said in unison.

"Boyu, you lead your troops to set up a net outside Baicaoze to guard it, whether it is ten days and a half months, or longer, you must capture this Han Meng and Pan Feng alive." Liu He commanded.

"The last will understand." Xu Rong clenched his fists and took his life.