Gongsun Xu didn't expect that he and the merchants of Xiangping City had negotiated to form a caravan of Shang only twice in the Central Plains, and was robbed by a group of bandits near Xiangping.

After Gongsun continued to become the lord of Xiangping, he has been researching and developing the economy of Xiangping City, and he could not imagine that there would be an eyeless thief who provoked him and dared to challenge his majesty.

In Xiangping or the entire Liaodong region, he can be said to be a well-deserved overlord, but at this time, he was robbed by bandits, which made Gongsun Xu unable to let go.

After some investigation by Gongsun Xu's subordinates, it was finally determined that these thieves who robbed the goods of the merchant group were none other than the largest group of bandits in Longshou Mountain, not far from Xiangping City.

These bandits did not rob the big merchants, but specifically targeted the small ones that were not escorted by the Xiangping army.

From the beginning of Gongsun Xu's investigation to the discovery of the real culprit, there have been seven or eight caravans of large and small merchant groups that have been robbed.

And these damn thieves intercepted the goods, not to mention, but also exterminated those caravans, and some fanned the flames and spread rumors that Gongsun continued to eat black, which made the merchants who entered the Central Plains scared, and some people even decided to withdraw from the merchant group that Gongsun Xu called for.

If it weren't for the fact that one of the small caravans had a convenient merchant who escaped the catastrophe and recognized the person who intercepted and killed them as a bandit from Longshou Mountain, Gongsun Xu really couldn't be sure that it was a crime committed by a bandit on the other side of Longshou Mountain.

The bandits between Xingcheng and Xiangping were exterminated by Gongsun Xu, and the remaining small bandits surrendered after Gongsun Xu successfully recovered Xiangping.

If it was left behind, Gongsun Xu would definitely clean up all the bandits around, but Gongsun Xu had just entered Xiangping, and there were many things, so he temporarily relaxed the cleanup of the surrounding bandits.

He always thought that he was so strong that as long as the surrounding bandits were not stupid, they would never challenge his authority.

He really didn't expect that those bandits in Longshou Mountain would be so bold that they would dare to fight the idea of the caravan he formed.

Recently, Gongsun continued to integrate his troops and conducted a completely closed training for his troops, and has not allowed these troops to conduct actual combat training.

Now that these bandits in Longshou Mountain are blind, Gongsun Xu decided to teach these bandits a hard lesson and strive to catch them all.

After some investigation and understanding, Gongsun Xu finally understood why these bandits were so bold.

The bandits on the side of Longshou Mountain are not only huge, but also in a position that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In particular, there is a line of heaven on the top of Longshou Mountain.

The mountain road is very long, and there is a small stone cave entrance on it, as long as a few people are arranged in that place, even if Gongsun Xu dispatches a team of tens of thousands of people, even if Gongsun Xu has a trebuchet in his hand, it will not be able to have a huge impact on it.

Once these bandits see that the situation is not good, they will move from the cottage of Longshou Mountain to the top of Longshou Mountain, that is, the top of the first line of heaven.

They built a granary on the top of the mountain, and as long as they guarded the entrance to the cave of the first line, the soldiers outside could not attack it at all.

They can also condescendingly strike at the soldiers who surround them, this gang of bandits has been entrenched in Longshou Mountain for many years, and Xiangping City has undergone several changes without exterminating the gang of bandits in Longshou Mountain.

Gongsun continued to think about it, and did not directly send a large army to exterminate it, but called Qiu Mao, who had made the first contribution in Xiangping City, to his side.

Gongsun continued to tell Qiu Mao that there were many bandits on the side of Longshou Mountain, and if he rashly launched an attack without understanding the situation, the losses of the soldiers in Xiangping City would be great, and he was ready to let Qiu Mao blend into the cottage of the bandits in Longshou Mountain, and first find out the truth of the bandits in Longshou Mountain.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can survive a hundred battles, and Gongsun Xu doesn't want to throw the invincible reputation he has just established into such a den of thieves.

Longshou Mountain is high and densely forested, like an undeveloped deep mountain forest, and there is only a road more than two meters wide leading to the top of the mountain.

Not to mention that this mountain road more than two meters wide is rugged, and it is also ambushed by the bandits of Longshou Mountain, once an army from outside enters, they will immediately destroy the mountain road more than two meters wide, so that the army cannot enter in a big way.

The mountain road is lined with dense forests, and wild beasts appear from time to time.

Qiu Mao led more than a dozen subordinates to follow the Hou family's surrender steward, and they walked for more than half a day before they reached the halfway point of Longshou Mountain.

Halfway up Longshou Mountain is a huge cottage, the gate of which is four or five meters high and is composed of several rows of thick tree trunks.

On the gate of the cottage, there are more than ten thieves on duty, after seeing him and the Hou family steward and their group of people coming, they have already wound their bows and arrows and aimed at them, as long as the small leader speaks, they will shoot Qiu Mao and the Hou family steward into arrows.

Liu Wu, the steward of the Hou family, stopped and shouted loudly when he reached the distance where the cottage bow and arrow could attack: "I am Liu Wu of the Hou family!" You must not release arrows, this time my lord ordered me to go up the mountain and report a big deal to the lord of Liu Zhai, if you know me, squeak quickly, if you delay the big thing of the lord of the village and my lord, we will all suffer. ”

Liu Wu, the steward of the Hou family, can also be regarded as a frequent visitor to Longshou Mountain, he shouted in front of the thief's big village, and someone immediately recognized him.

On this day, guarding the gate of the cottage was Wei Qi, the nephew of the owner of the village, Liu Xing, who had received benefits from the Hou family before, and when he saw that it was Liu Wu, he immediately ordered his thieves on duty to put down the bows and arrows in their hands.

Wei Qi led several thieves on duty in the cottage to open a side door, so that the cottage above the gate of the cottage continued to prepare for emergencies, and went to Liu Wu to begin to check the bodies of Liu Wu and Qiu Mao.

The bandits of Longshou Mountain did not have such strict inspections on weekdays, and now they robbed the caravan of Xiangping City, and they were also afraid that Gongsun Xu's men and horses would attack the mountain.

After a routine inspection, Wei Qi didn't find any flaws, he knocked heavily on Liu Wu's shoulder, and asked, "Liu Wu, you came to Longshou Cottage, but you thought of me, did you bring me some good things?"

Liu Wu grinned with bared teeth, and while laughing, he took out a silver bracelet from his arms and handed it over directly.

Liu Wu said with a smile: "Brother Wei, when will Liu Wu forget you, brother!" This is a silver bracelet made by the old silversmith of Xiangping, and it will be given to your wife when the time comes, and it is guaranteed to satisfy your wife. ”