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In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xu took the Divine Sword Army and the Guards on the road, this time their nominal destination was Nantian Country in the Southwest Frontier, but Liu Xu's goal was to subdue the bandits and bandits in the entire Southwest Frontier Region.

To say that in this southwest frontier region, there are no mountains, but there are many hills, and these mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they are also close to the trade routes between the Great Zhou and the southwestern countries, so there are many thieves who fall into the grass here.

The Great Zhou sent an army to completely eradicate the horse bandits and bandits here, but each time it was in vain.

And the reason why the county lord Li Zhiqing asked Liu Xu to suppress the bandits was because he knew that Liu Xu could not really suppress any bandits, but he just wanted him to practice before going to the battlefield, so as not to be uncomfortable on the battlefield.

But what she didn't expect was that for horse bandits and bandits, Liu Xu was the 'Son of Heaven'! Letting Liu Xu suppress the bandits is tantamount to letting Liu Xu sit in a big force.

"The county lord gave me the official document." On the way, Liu Xu asked Xia Shisan.

"Well, otherwise so many of us won't be able to get out of Jiangmei County, this is the order that the county lord and the military department want, it says, Lord Liu, you are ordered to suppress the bandits, and you can also recruit some thieves who have turned back to the shore as subordinates, first, you can prepare for the battlefield later, and second, let Lord Liu you experience it."

Xia Shisan said, took out the official decree from his bosom, and handed it to Liu Xu.

Liu Xu took a deep breath, this is a godsend, I really don't want to sit big!

According to Pang Yuan's estimates, there are at least tens of thousands of horse bandits in the southwestern mountainous area, and if Liu Xu really has to take these people under his command, as long as he has a little training, these people may be even more powerful than the recruits recruited by Da Zhou.

Thinking that there would be tens of thousands of people under his command, Liu Xu's heart suddenly became arrogant, and there was a kind of Pang Yuan who was comparable to the god of war, Liu Xu believed that in time, there would be an invincible army in his hands.

But there are too many people and there are troubles, because this time Liu Xu recruited it himself, so Da Zhou naturally will not provide official food, and tens of thousands of people move their mouths, which is a lot of expenses.

But fortunately, the Nine Days Chamber of Commerce has made a lot of money this time, and with the previous silver, it will not be a problem for the time being.

So, a few days before they left Jiangmei County, Pang Yuan bought grain on a large scale, and almost spent the savings of the Nine Days Chamber of Commerce.

Liu Xu originally wanted to spend a million taels of silver to promote the general to another level, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and saved the money to buy food.

When Xia Shisan saw Liu Xu's grain cart that was almost lined up in a long line, the whole person was stunned.

"Lord Liu, did the county lord secretly order you to support grain and grass?"

The question is so, but Xia Shisan knows that it is impossible for the county lord to hand over the grain and grass problem to Liu Xu, who has no battlefield experience, for the soldiers, the importance of grain and grass is self-evident, and the so-called soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved.

"No, I'm thinking about preparing more, if the county lord is not enough, you can also support, food is such a thing, the more the merrier!"

Of course, soon Xia Shisan knew why Liu Xu had to prepare so much grain and grass.

After three days of marching, Liu Xu and his team had already left the scope of Jiangmei County and officially entered the southwest mountainous area, where the official road was even more dilapidated than that of Chuyang County.

"Lord Liu, this is the distribution map of the bandits' forces, you can take a look, but this was drawn by the government five years ago when the government suppressed the bandits, and I don't know if it's accurate now."

Xia Shisan suddenly remembered, took out another map from his arms and handed it to Liu Xu.

"Damn, don't take it out sooner!" Liu Xu scolded in a low voice in his heart, he was worried that he didn't know where to find the bandits and horse bandits, and Xia Shisan's map was undoubtedly a send-off.

Pang Yuan, who was parallel to Liu Xu and them, smiled slightly: "It's okay, if the government hasn't suppressed bandits over the years, then there won't be any big difference in the distribution of horse bandits." ”

Pang Yuan's words are right, most of these horse bandits were forced to fall into the grass, and there were few disputes between them, and even when the Great Zhou army came to suppress the bandits, they also formed an alliance.

Liu Xu took the map and began to look at it carefully, he found that there was a horse bandit's power point not far from their front, and it also marked in detail how big the horse bandit's power was.

"Tianya Mountain, there are more than 800 bandits and more than 100 horses, okay, let's practice this first."

Liu Xu said, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and he handed the map to Pang Yuan, after all, the specific arrangement depends on this military advisor, and this Tianya Mountain is just an appetizer.

"With more than 800 people and more than 100 horses, it's a relatively large bandit den, but it shouldn't be difficult." Xia Shisan, who was on the side, thought about it in his heart.

After all, he has a thousand personal guards under his command, plus the strange army in Liu Xu's hand, if he goes head-to-head, it is enough to crush the bandits.

"Senior brother, someone is spying on us." Yan Lin Fei stepped forward and said softly to Liu Xu.

Xia Shisan frowned: "It is estimated that it is a spies of the bandits, find out and kill them, otherwise we will be exposed before we go." ”

"It's okay, let him report, we're not going to sneak attack, the bandits in Tianya Mountain are not fools, this time, we have to exterminate them in the open!"

Liu Xu shook his head and stopped Xia Shisan, for no other reason, he didn't want to really fight the other party, and then lose the future combat power in his hands.

Soon, the spy hurried back to Tianya Mountain to report the situation to their big boss.

On Tianya Mountain, in the bandit village.

"Oh no, my lord, there is an army that has passed through the official road, and it seems that it is coming for us."

On the tiger skin chair, a one-eyed strong man glared at him and roared, "What did you say? Say it again? ”

"Back to the king...... An army is coming at us......" The spy reluctantly reported again.

"Do you see clearly? Is it someone from the government? ”

"See clearly, it's true." The spy replied firmly.

"Damn, is this Great Zhou Mansion going to start suppressing bandits again!" The one-eyed boss slammed the table and yelled angrily.

A middle-aged man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes next to him immediately leaned over and said: "Don't panic, the king, now that the Nantian Kingdom in the southwest frontier wants to create a rebellion against the Great Zhou, maybe this army is going to the frontier, but it just passed through us." ”

"Oh? Is that so? That's fine. The one-eyed master suddenly let out a long breath, as long as he didn't come to their Tianya Mountain.

"But...... The king can't relax, we still have to deploy defense, you! Say, how many people are on the other side! The middle-aged man with a bit of wisdom asked about the spy.

"Master Huijunshi, there are more than 1,000 people on the other side."