Originally, Li Xuan was going to return to reality after settling some things after arriving in Macheng, but when Zhao Chuan sent a map of Macheng within a hundred miles the next day, this idea was finally delayed.

Good guys, just a horse city, within a radius of 100 miles, there are more than 100 cottages of all sizes, among which there are even many large cottages that support the troops, and there are also many guerrillas from Xianbei and the Huns.

In this situation, Li Xuan really didn't feel at ease to leave like this, so many cottages and rogues were no longer something that the four of them could deal with, one was careless, and these rogues were united, although the two thousand Han troops in their hands were elite, but they couldn't withstand the toss of the ruined city wall of Macheng, if these bandits and rogues came over all of a sudden, with the current situation of the city wall of Macheng, and even the siege weapons were not used, they could bury this dilapidated Macheng.

Therefore, Li Xuan decided to stay, and on the third day, after leaving Li Shan, Li Huo and a thousand soldiers and horses to tidy up the city, he took Li Lin, Li Feng's two generals, and two hundred elite sword and shield men, two hundred elite spearmen and six hundred archers out of the city, and their goal was the largest cottage near Macheng - Dragon and Tiger Village.

According to Zhao Chuan's information, the owner of this dragon and tiger village is a pair of brothers, Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, who used to be famous hunters in Macheng, with good martial arts, and there are few opponents in the area of Macheng, and even many Hu people are afraid of the prestige of the two.

However, between Zhao Chuan's words, he highly respected these two people, although the two fell into the grass, but they did not commit any crime on the Han people who passed through here, but they shot several times, and launched a fierce attack on the Hu people who went south to fight the grass valley.

The former county commander did not want to surrender the two, but the former bad deeds, the two disdained to be together, refused to agree, and even humiliated the messenger sent by the predecessor several times, the former county commander was annoyed and angry, and even did not hesitate to collude with the Hu people, jointly attacked the Dragon and Tiger Village, but was designed to burn it clean, Macheng has also declined since then, many people in the city are full of righteous indignation, coupled with the previous bad deeds, after this war, it is even more prestige disgraced, the people in the city have left their hometowns, or thrown to other cities, or directly transferred to the Dragon and Tiger Village, There are also a small number of people who get together and follow the example of the dragon and tiger village.

In Zhao Chuan's words, although these two brothers are ashamed, they are real men.

This is also the reason why Li Xuan sent troops this time and preferred Longhu Village, in his heart, he had no ill feelings towards the two masters of Longhu Village, and even some admiration, this kind of folk hero is sometimes more admirable.

But admiration is one thing, putting such a big cottage on the side of Ma Cheng, threatening Ma Cheng at all times is absolutely intolerable to Li Xuan, on the side of the couch, how can he allow others to sleep soundly? Li Xuan can't pin the future of his foundation on other people's discipline, not to mention, from the overall situation, if Macheng wants to restore the people's livelihood, this widespread bandit is the first problem to face.

Longhu Village is far from Macheng, even if it is not in a hurry, it only takes half a day to travel, which is also another worry of Li Xuan, if the other party has malicious intentions, he will suddenly attack, and he will not even have time to prepare.

"Lord, there seems to be a battle in the direction of Dragon and Tiger Village." During the march, Li Feng Pegasus, who was in charge of listening to the news from all directions, came to Li Xuan's side and said in a deep voice.

"Oh?" A flash of surprise flashed in Li Xuan's eyes, and he asked, "Who is it?" ”

"This ...... The distance is too far to see clearly, but looking at the outfit, the attacker should be Huren. Li Feng shook his head and said.

"Probe!" Li Xuan waved his hand and said sharply: "Notify the rear troops and speed up the march!" ”

……

Longhu Mountain, is not the Taoist holy land of later generations, just a rather steep mountain outside Macheng, originally nameless, later the Zhang brothers fell into the grass here to take the name of Longhu Village, this mountain was named Longhu Village.

Dragon and Tiger Village, in the Juyi Hall, Zhang Long looked blankly at the sheepskin in his hand, which was densely written with lines of text, but although Zhang Hu was a military general, he also opened his wisdom, and he was really powerless for those characters on the sheepskin.

"Mr. Zhou, what is written on this?" After a long time, Zhang Long simply threw away the sheepskin in his hand, which was tantamount to a book of heaven to him, and looked at the old god on the side with a smile on his rough face, and the leisurely old man said with a smile.

The old man glared at Zhang Long angrily, shook his head and picked up the sheepskin from the ground, and said helplessly: "It would not hurt you to tell you too many words earlier, but now you can't even read a letter, how can you become a general in the future?" ”

"Hey." Zhang Long pursed his lips and said, "Isn't this you?" You're the most learned man in our city, sir, what do you mean? ”

"I'll see, it was sent by Zhao Chuan's monkey boy." The old man shook his head speechlessly, looked at the letter, and then his face became solemn.

"What's in there?" Looking at the old man's gradually solemn face, Zhang Long's heart was like a cat scratched, and he kept urging.

"The new captain of the Huns has arrived, and he has taken over the position of the commander of Macheng County, and has sent troops today, and the troops are directed at my Longhu Village." The old man said with a stern face.

"Oh? That's it? Zhang Long pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "What if you come?" It's a big deal to kill him again, a group of wastes without eggs will oppress their own people, and they will only flatter Hu people when they meet them. ”

"Huh." The old man shook his head and said: "This time it is not Fan Jian's incompetent people to compare, this person was originally the general of Beizhong Lang under Lu Zhi's account, in the battle of Guangzong, he had two thousand soldiers and horses in three days under the four cities, but it is not a county town like Macheng that exists in name only, but a real big county, and a county town was captured by it, and it is a plan to reverse the time and place, so that the thief chief Zhang Jiao trapped in the lonely city, and finally the city was destroyed, only this battle, almost famous all over the world!" ”

Zhang Long was stunned as he listened, and only after a long time did he say: "How could such a character run to a place like Macheng in a poor and remote place?" ”

The old man shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid I'm implicated, it is rumored that this person has only been in the army for a few months, but he has made such a meritorious achievement, and his merit is high!" Even Lu Zhonglang's generation of Confucians are now under house arrest in Luoyang, not to mention a fledgling boy, but this person is sitting in Macheng, which is not necessarily a bad thing for my Macheng? Ah Long, with this person, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hold the Dragon and Tiger Village, and according to what Zhao Chuan said, this person is quite concerned about rectifying Macheng, and he will not be weak to abandon the village and surrender, with your reputation, maybe follow this person, and you can also do something in the future. ”

"Nope." Zhang Long shook his head and said unhappily: "Doesn't Mr. often say, isn't it false to hear?" If you want my brother to submit, you have to see what he is capable of. ”

"You despicable husband, why don't you speak so fluently on weekdays!" The old man was glared at by Zhang Long's angry blowing beard and scolded angrily.

"Dazhai master, it's not good!" At this moment, a bandit ran in like a gust of wind, and before anyone arrived, a terrible voice had already come.

"Flustered, what do you look like!?" Zhang Long glared at him and said sharply: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Go back to the lord of the village." The minion took a breath and hissed: "The master of the second village has fought with a group of Xianbei people at the foot of the mountain, and the other party is overwhelming, and the brothers guarding the mountain are almost unable to hold on." ”

"What!?" Zhang Long and the old man stood up at the same time, and Zhang Long said sharply: "I knew that the dog officials of the imperial court didn't have a good thing, but I didn't expect it to be this trick again!?" What are you waiting for? Gather all the brothers and follow me down the mountain! ”

"Don't jump to conclusions!" The old man said in a deep voice: "Then Li Xuan has just arrived, and he only arrived in Macheng yesterday, how can he have the time to collude with the Hu people, this time I am afraid that it is a coincidence, let's figure things out." ”

"I know." Zhang Long nodded and said, "Sir, rest here first, and I'll take someone down to have a look." ”

"No, this matter is related to the safety of more than 1,000 people in my village, and I must go down to take a look." The old man shook his head and said firmly.

"It's okay, then who, send me a team of men to protect Mr. well, Mr. is missing a hair, I will chop off your head!" Zhang Longtou didn't look back and ordered a bandit leader to lead the way, and then ran down the mountain with a roar.

At the foot of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, a Xianbei military general waved the mace in his hand rampantly, chasing a strong man with a disheveled head, and the body of a famous bandit fell in a pool of blood around him, and behind the Xianbei general, there was a team of Xianbei knights looking at the wolf bèi unbearable strong man, and made a mocking sound unscrupulously.

"Haha, is this the warrior of the Han people? In the words of you Han Chinese, is that just so? The Xianbei military general didn't seem to be in a hurry to kill the opponent, the mace in his hand was not in a hurry to swing out, and at the same time laughed at the opponent in broken Chinese, a ghost head knife in the strong man's hand had already broken, leaving only a piece of the handle to support it, every time the mace was swung, it could leave a deep scar on the strong man's body.

"Roar~"

The strong man in the running suddenly let out a beast-like roar, kicked his legs violently, and the burly body flew upside down like a cannonball, slamming into the opponent's war horse, and the huge force knocked the war horse out of several steps, and a series of neighing sounded from his mouth.

"Look for death!" Caught off guard, the Xianbei military general almost fell off his horse, looking at the strong man who rushed madly, a wisp of killing intent flashed in his eyes, and with a wave of his mace, he was about to smash this humble Han military general to death.

"Stop!" With an angry roar, Zhang Long roared and rode his horse forward, and a three-pavilion machete in his hand was swung out, colliding with the mace, making a piercing muffled sound, the two were separated by a touch, Zhang Long shook his numb hands, and looked at the Xianbei general in front of him in surprise, and the other party also looked at Zhang Long with the same gaze at the same time.

A large number of bandits rushed down from the mountain, dragged the wounded strong man back, and the two sides confronted each other from afar.