Fang Xuanling hurriedly walked into the backyard of the lord's mansion and found Chu Tian, who was commenting on the construction plans of various villages and towns.

"What's the matter with the military advisor?"

Chu Tian rarely saw Fang Xuanling so anxious. Now that it's winter, the lords shouldn't want to fight.

"The water bandits ransacked Xiaoshi Village under the jurisdiction of Yunlai Town, the two hundred villagers in Xiaoshi Village, only less than eighty households survived, Yunlai Town was frightened, the town gate and village gate were closed, the materials were blocked, and the construction would be greatly affected!"

Fang Xuanling submitted an urgent report to Chu Tian.

When Chu Tian heard the news, his face turned dark.

The water bandits dared to destroy the village, this is a provocation to Xia Zhen!

If it weren't for the 80 families who fled quickly, maybe Xiaoshi Village would not have survived.

What's more, not long after Chu Tiancai became the lieutenant of Kaiyang County, he was slapped by the water bandits.

Due to the loss of a second-tier village, Xia Zhen's prosperity dropped by a few hundred points.

This is still a critical time for Xia Zhen to storm the city.

"Is it tolerable or unbearable, summon Zhou Yafu, Hua Mulan, and Liu Sandao! it! ”

Chu Tian thought he had a good temper, but this time he was completely annoyed.

Fang Xuanling did not persuade Chu Tian, because this vicious water bandit had already affected the development of Xia Town.

Two bronze-level ordinary heroes who served as pro-soldiers went to the school field to inform several generals to straighten out their soldiers and horses.

In the teaching field of Xia Town, the three most loyal troops are displayed, and the battle flag of Xia Zhen is unfurled with the north wind.

Standing at the forefront are Zhou Yafu, Hua Mulan, and Liu Sandao.

Now there are 200 light cavalry, 300 Xuzhou archers, and 500 light infantry stationed in Xiazhen, totaling 1,000 people.

Lingyan Town, Yunlai Town, and Shangbi Town each have one or two hundred professional soldiers, as well as a small water village controlled by Xia Town, and there are also a little soldiers and horses.

"The water bandits invaded our territory, burned, killed and looted, and only 80 of the 200 families in Xiaoshi Village remained! Although it is now a cold winter, you have worked hard, but if you don't exterminate this water bandit, I don't know which village will be the next to be destroyed! ”

"I have one of the most basic principles, if anyone sins against me, I will offend! Those who provoke our Xia Zhen will be punished even if they are far away! ”

Chu Tian glanced at this group of soldiers, they were not necessarily the townspeople of Xia Town before they became professional soldiers, but they could also be village warriors from the villages and towns below Xia Town.

Among them is the villager of Xiaoshi Village, who gritted his teeth at the destruction of his village.

After Chu Tian's agitation, a thousand soldiers were filled with righteous indignation, and their morale exceeded 90, and they couldn't wait to destroy this water bandit immediately!

Fang Xuanling rushed over wearing a cloak, if Chu Tian wanted to personally lead the troops to recruit the water bandits, then he would also have to follow him as a member of the army.

Chu Tian only served as the commander-in-chief and did not command the battle. He is no longer a mascot, but a tool man, and he has an aura of the whole army - the soul of the Han Army (large), which can bring a 3% bonus to all attributes to the three troops. Provided that he shows up on the battlefield.

Chu Tian followed Mulan's cavalry. Cavalry easily fled for their lives when the battle was unfavorable. The death of the lord is no joke. As long as there is territory, he can pull out another army at any time.

Chutian left a hundred archers and two hundred light infantry to defend the city. Xia Town has rammed earth city walls, and it is basically impossible for water bandits to capture the city walls guarded by 300 professional soldiers and thousands of villagers, not to mention that it is now a cold winter, and a basin of water goes down, and the city wall is comparable to solid ice.

Seven hundred soldiers of Xia Town marched towards Xiaoshi Village under the banner of Xia Town.

Zhou Yafu's expression was calm, and he was followed by a group of foot soldiers.

Before sunset, Xia Zhen's troops moved to Xiaoshi Village.

Xiaoshi Village is in shambles, the village gate has been destroyed, and many wooden doors have traces of being kicked open or slashed with swords.

Yunlai Town has sent a small team of soldiers to bury the corpses of the villagers of Xiaoshi Village in advance to prevent a plague from breaking out in the territory, otherwise a plague will come down and ten rooms will be empty.

"Those bandits are so ruthless, they must not have enough food to survive the winter, so they came to loot our food."

When the team from Yunlai Town saw their lord coming, they reported to Chu Tian with grief and indignation.

"They're doing too much, I'm going to wipe them out."

Chu Tian saw the dilapidated Xiaoshi Village, which was half destroyed.

The development of Xia Zhen is smooth, and when it is not so embarrassing, it seems that he wants to use this water bandit to establish his reputation in Kaiyang County.

"Send a light cavalry to track down the location of the bandits and find out the information."

The soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, not only the grain and grass, but also the reconnaissance was also very important, and it was definitely not a brainless killing.

The other party's power is not small, and if you are not careful, you may overturn.

The next day, Chutian sent Hua Mulan to lead fifty cavalry with dry food to investigate.

Before waiting for the results of the cavalry to come back, Chu Tian moved his troops to Yunlai Town to supply grain and grass.

The townspeople of Yunlai Town learned that the lord led a large group of soldiers and horses to help, and they greeted each other with pot pulp.

They pay taxes and grain to the lord's palace every year, isn't it just to get the protection of the lord's palace in troubled times?

"Fellow villagers, this time I am leading my troops to come and bring to justice the water bandits who attacked Xiaoshi Village!"

Chutian took advantage of this opportunity to unite the people, and the promised support of the townspeople of Yunlai Town for the lord's mansion was unprecedented, and the people's morale soared.

"This is the lost weapon of the water bandits we found in Xiaoshi Village, a sophisticated ring-headed knife, and the quality is very good."

The soldiers of Yunlai Town presented the weapons used by the water bandits.

Chu Tian picked up the ring head knife and weighed it, and it turned out to be a silver-level weapon. The vast majority of soldiers in the Eastern Han Dynasty were using the Han Dynasty's ring-head sword.

The soldier from Yunlai Town added: "The owner of this weapon is just an ordinary water bandit. ”

"Ordinary water bandits can use a silver-level refined ring head knife...... Strategist, what do you think of? ”

Chu Tian looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling lived up to his expectations and deduced: "This water bandit is not short of iron, and there is a good blacksmith." Or, it was a refined weapon they had captured from plundering the Mi family's fleet. ”

"Either way, by destroying this group of bandits, we can get a batch of sophisticated weapons."

Chutian was stationed in Yunlai Town, and by the way, he checked the development of Yunlai Town. The development direction of Yunlai Town is mainly farmland, and the main town is provided with food as much as possible.

At this time, Mulan followed the horseshoe prints and other traces left by the bandits and pursued all the way.

The bandits were obviously confident in themselves and did not deliberately hide their whereabouts.

Twenty kilometers away from Xiaoshi Village, on the riverbank, Mulan finally tracked down the bandits' camp.

This is a village facing the river and leaning against the mountain, the scale is huge, comparable to a first-class town, there are a large number of residential buildings, economic buildings, barracks buildings, more than a dozen wooden arrow towers, much stronger than the water bandits exterminated in the previous Xia Town.

"Other lieges' territories?"

Mulan and the cavalry she brought with her were stunned.

I have never seen such water bandits, and there are economic buildings in the camp......

"General, there is a bandit approaching from the west."

Hua Mulan looked in the direction of the west, and sure enough, there was a small group of water bandits on the way back from plundering other villages and towns, numbering about thirty people, and a group of captured village girls were also escorted behind.

There was ruthlessness in Mulan's eyes: "Capture them, catch them alive, and ask for information!" ”