There were four people standing in the big tent, all staring at the map in a daze.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Fan sighed and said, "Do you want to take a long detour?"

Si Feng looked at Pan Wu and didn't speak. Pan Wu didn't speak, he really didn't know what to say.

Zhang Fan is one of the three strategists, and he is also a soldier of a hundred battles who returned from purgatory, although he only wears a cloth robe, he can't hide his fierceness. Looking at the map, I thought again: "In my opinion, it's better to go south." ”

Pan Wu smiled bitterly: "Are we going to raise grain and grass or go to robbery?"

The pass west of the capital is called the grain pass, and there are heavy troops. The grain pass can be said to be the only defense of the thirteen passes of purgatory, grain, grass, horses, personnel, anything sent to the border pass must pass through here.

Two hundred miles west of the grain pass is the purgatory pass.

There is a small city between Liangguan and Dadu, which is the only small city, far away from the official road and very close to Liangguan.

The border pass has never been peaceful, and that city has undertaken many anti-theft tasks at the border pass.

You don't have to go through that small city to go from Dadu to Liangguan, but with the task of raising grain and grass, maybe you really have to go through it?

Pan Wu sighed: "Let's go north." ”

When Feilong said that he could ask the local government for help in raising grain and grass to offset the taxes, Pan Wu knew that it was empty words, and even Feilong, who said this, knew that it was empty words. There is really no hope that the small city will be able to raise enough food and grass.

There is no way, the north has been fighting for half a year, the Purgatory Pass has been fighting, and the south is not stable, so it can be said that there are enemies on all sides. Fortunately, the Great Qin State is rich in land and resources, and with the support of manpower and material resources from the thirteen provinces of Kyushu, the Great Qin State can hold on.

The problem is that no matter how big a country is, it can't help but toss like this, fighting a war is fighting for national strength, working for the people and money, and piling up with their lives. If Qin Guanzhong hadn't been a good emperor, the country would have collapsed long ago.

Looking at the dot on the map, Pan Wu couldn't pin his hopes on that city, so he decided to go north.

What is there to the north? Mountains, endless mountains, there is everything in the mountains, there are people and robbers.

This mountain range is called Tianjue Mountain, which is tall and steep, with all kinds of peaks, as well as valleys, rivers, and most of them trees. This vast and huge mountain range was a natural barrier between the Jiang and Qin states, and no one dared to bring a large army into it.

There are two largest mountain ranges on the continent, one is the 100,000 Great Mountain, and the other is the Beast Mountain Range. The Tianjue Mountain Range should be regarded as the third largest, and the mountain terrain is strange and strange, unless you can fly, you must prepare ropes and other things if you want to travel through it, otherwise it is easy to have no way out.

Seeing that the general said to go north, Si Feng thought for a while: "General, what we want to raise is grain and grass for hundreds of thousands of troops, and it may not be very convenient on the back." ”

Pan Wu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Do you think I am talking about the Heavenly Peerless Mountain?"

"Isn't it?" the three strategists looked down at the map, and there was only the Heavenly Absolute Mountain to the north.

Pan Wu nodded his fingers: "Here." ”

He pointed to the place north of the Purgatory Pass, which was the land of the barbarian country.

Zhang Fan exclaimed: "To rob?"

"They're not claiming to be a cow, let's go grab some and come back...... What's your expression?"

The expressions of the three strategists were a little wooden, and when they heard Pan Wu's question, Si Feng hurriedly said: "General, we are the most elite soldiers of the two battalions, but the number is too small, the barbarian soldiers have always been brave, I am afraid that we can enter the grassland and not get out." ”

Pan Wu said: "No matter whose army is fighting, there must be a place for military rations, and we don't give them hard work, grab the military rations and leave, is it difficult?"

The expressions of the three strategists became even more wooden, and Zhang Fan spoke: "General, it's not very difficult, it's very difficult." ”

"That's right. Pan Wu said: "My plan is to grab two places, leave after grabbing, and then go to Cai Guo for a turn, those guys are always messing with us every day, we should clean up." ”

The three strategists couldn't stand it anymore: "General, we have a total of more than 5,000 people, and more than half of them do not have combat strength, just with the 2,000 people in the first and second battalions, not to mention grabbing food, it is good to come back alive." ”

Pan Wu said: "You have to dare to think before you dare to do." ”

"Dare not to do it does not mean to die. ”

"Trust me once. Pan Wu asked, "Are there many craftsmen in Liangguan?"

"What is the general going to do?"

Pan Wu said: "Of course, it is armor and weapons, and there are carriages, just one requirement, strong." ”

Si Feng replied: "There are many craftsmen and refiners, but those people are all under the management of the army, and the entire grain pass is under the management of the military, only the soldiers, and then the merchants will go." ”

Pan Wu thought for a while: "Where is there a lot of materials?"

The three strategists glanced at each other, and Si Feng said, "General, now is not the time to refine tools. ”

This is a euphemism, to put it mildly: can you distinguish priorities, can you not toss around?

Pan Wu thought for a moment: "You're right, I have to get a refining workshop." ”

"What, you want to build a workshop?" Si Feng asked, "When?"

"Wait until you get back from purgatory...... Isn't it too long?" Pan Wu pondered: "How much does it usually cost to recruit refiners?"

The three strategists no longer wanted to speak, and deeply suspected that it was a mistake to follow the boss. The first few days were fine, but now why is it becoming more and more unreliable?

Pan Wu asked: "Refiners generally care about casting materials, as long as there are good materials, they should be able to invite people, right?"

"Hmm. Si Feng snorted and said, "I think we should go to the south to borrow grain first, but it's really not good...... Let's go to the bandits. ”

"Suppress bandits?" Pan Wu asked, "Where are the bandits?"

Si Feng said: "There are several groups of thieves hidden in the Tianjue Mountain Range, and two of them are relatively large, probably a few hundred people. ”

"Hundreds of people, who are they going to rob to survive?" Pan Wu said, "Don't say it's the army." ”

"Yes, mainly robbing merchants, everything is needed in the land of a hundred battles, there are merchants to transport things, there are thieves to rob. Zhang Fan said: "If the general can destroy the thieves in the mountains, it will definitely be a great achievement." ”

"Good. Pan Wu asked, "How much do they have in stock?"

"It's not clear. Zhang Fan said: "There are also villages in the Tianjue Mountain Range, and these thieves not only rob traders and small troops, but also take the people captive and go into the mountains to grow crops for them. ”

"Grow crops?" Pan Wu smiled: "It's a group of hard-working bandits who can endure hardships." ”

Zhang Fan said yes, explain more.

The composition of the bandits in the Tianjue Mountain Range is a little chaotic, there are Qin people, Jiang people, and even Cai people and barbarians, some are thieves who kill people and steal goods, some are death row prisoners, and there are thieves who have been looted, and there are some mountain people.

The two largest bandits are very powerful, because the two big bosses are both masters of fifth-level cultivation.

No one knows why they still have to be thieves after cultivating to the fifth level, anyway, the two of them are with a dozen or so elite subordinates, both of them are cultivators of the third and fourth levels of cultivation, and with two or three hundred minions, they can also become a force.

They not only robbed the merchants, but also went east to rob the mountain villas, villages and towns, and would also cross the jungle to rob Jiang Country. Anyway, it's like a bunch of mad dogs.

Both Jiang and Qin sent troops into the mountains to suppress thieves, but the mountain roads were difficult to travel, and on two occasions they were even cut off from the grain routes, and the grain was robbed by the bandits. I was laughed at because I came to deliver food.

The Qin State has been busy fighting wars, and he really can't spare the energy to clean up these bastards, if Pan Wu can really knock them out, the people of Qin and Jiang will thank him.

After hearing this, Pan Wu laughed: "The bandit is good, just training the soldiers!"

The three strategists didn't know what to say, anyway, it was better than robbing the barbarians' grain hoarding warehouses, so let's go into the mountains to suppress the bandits.

Set a goal, Pan Wu was relaxed for a while, food, food...... No, how much can the bandits have? It seems that you still have to make a lot of preparations.

The three strategists didn't know what Pan Wu was thinking, and began to be busy with the matter of going into the mountains to suppress the bandits.

It is necessary to make more preparations, ropes, hooks, cymbals, etc., and all kinds of wound medicine must also be prepared, and the soldiers must be trained in a focused manner.

On the fifth day, a convoy came and brought some weapons and equipment, as well as horses.

Pan Wu directly left the carriage, and then gave an order: "Have a full meal tonight and set off tomorrow." ”

It's off, it's time for a war. The soldiers of the fourth battalion were all silent.

Many people are just ordinary people, who have not cultivated, but they are sent to the battlefield, and you will do the same.

Pan Wu knew what they were worried about, but he didn't speak, and asked the captains to distribute the things. At such times, the 4th Battalion could really only be used as a convoy, and they were responsible for driving all the wagons.

After arranging the things in the camp, Pan Wu went back to his camp and first informed Li Pingzhi and the guards of those people, so that they could prepare early and set off for the west tomorrow morning.

These people all knew that they were going to go to the battlefield, and they were sent to protect the safety of the young master, and they were silently preparing for each other.

It is also silent, their silence seems very powerful, a kind of well-prepared calmness that wants to rush to the battlefield.

The silence of those in the 4th battalion is pessimistic.

Pan Wu went to Pan Yingxin again and said that he would leave tomorrow, thank you for taking care of him for the past few days. Two more bottles of elixir were delivered.

Pan Yingxin didn't want it, but he was forced to stay.

Pan Wu said words of thanks and went back to his camp.

More than five hundred big guys are becoming more and more powerful, eating good things every day, and to this day, most of them are fifth-level war pets. As long as there are another three or five seven days, five hundred and fifty-two big beasts, it is estimated that they can all be level five strength.

Not only have they become stronger, but Baili Beast and Xiaoxiaobai have all become stronger. Can you imagine that Xiao Xiaobai was fed by Pan Wu into a fifth-level war horse.

Now it can only be called a war horse, because it is not a war beast.

There are also Huang Feng, Black General, and Red Sword, although the time to follow Pan Wu is relatively short, they are also forced to be fed into fourth-level war horses.

It can be said that Pan Wu has no weak soldiers here, even the war pets and war horses, and even the little fat man Qi Dabao is much stronger than ordinary people.

Pan Wu's main combat power must be himself, as for those people with scars, although their cultivation has improved, they are still not as good as Xiao Jiu's pride of the sky, and it seems that it is only suitable for a group fight or something, mainly relying on Pan Wu and more than five hundred big beasts.