Pingzhou, like Fengzhou, is a border city, but the difference is that Pingzhou is adjacent to Yanguo, and Fengzhou is also a foreign nation.

Xiao Jingxuan led more than 2,000 cavalry day and night, and finally arrived in Pingzhou after 19 days.

Although it is a border city, there are not many battles in Pingzhou. But seeing this remote city in front of him, Xiao Jingxuan was still a little disappointed.

After arriving in Pingzhou City, Xiao Jingxuan arranged for the army to rest outside the city, and then entered Pingzhou City with the personal guard battalion.

The army has been marching day after day, and they are all cavalry, so the first thing to do when they arrive at Yingzhou is food.

Unlike Toyoshu, Pingju is also a border city, but it is also a county town.

Therefore, if the army needs food, it must go to the county guard of Pingzhou.

Although Xiao Jingxuan was demoted, he was still a general of Yunlu from the third rank, and the county guard was only a civil official of the fourth grade.

Therefore, Xiao Jingxuan had no scruples, and went straight to the county guard mansion with his personal guards.

Under the guidance of the official at the gate, Xiao Jingxuan finally met the county guard.

Xiao Jingxuan followed the leadership of the county guard's house and came to the living room, and saw the county guard sitting in the first place, Xiao Jingxuan was slightly displeased.

However, Xiao Jingxuan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and politely greeted the county guard: "This general Xiao Jingxuan has met the county guard. ”

Speaking this kind of thing as Xiao Jingxuan, it stands to reason that the county guard should stand up and reply, but he didn't know that the county guard sat in his seat and didn't get up, but just said lightly: "The general is polite, the official is polite." ”

Damn, a county guard, he actually claimed to be his official in front of Xiao Jingxuan, so bold.

"When the general first came to Pingzhou, his army was in urgent need of food and salary, so he asked the county guard to allocate it."

I have to say that the ignorant are fearless, after hearing that Xiao Jingxuan had something to ask for, the county guard said arrogantly: "Well, there is not enough food and grass in Pingzhou City, you wait a few days, and when I transfer it from the counties under my command, I will send it to your camp." ”

"I don't know the name of the adult?"

"This official Lin Shihang."

Seeing the proud name of the county guard, Xiao Jingxuan smiled and laughed.

Lin Shihang, who was laughing, was a little inexplicable, so he asked: "What, is there anything funny about the official's name?" ”

Xiao Jingxuan shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's none of the adult's business, I just thought of something funny." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Jingxuan's face changed, and he said murderously: "Does the adult know the name of this official?" Do you know why this official came to Pingzhou to take office? I suggest adults still inquire. Today, before sunset, if the food is not in place, you can do it yourself. ”

After speaking, Xiao Jingxuan left the county guard mansion without looking back. After leaving the county guard's mansion, Xiao Jingxuan said to Xu Ce, who was waiting at the door: "Where is the general's mansion?" Have you inquired? ”

"The last general has already inquired, the official mansion of the lord is not far away, and besides, the situation in the city is a little complicated, why don't you go to the mansion?"

Looking at Xu Ce in surprise, Xiao Jingxuan nodded and said, "Lead the way." ”

After arriving at the mansion, Xu Ce began to introduce the situation in Pingzhou.

Pingzhou City is a border city with five counties, Changli County, Xiangping County, Xinchang County, Wangping County and Pingzhou City.

There were 3,000 soldiers in Pingzhou, almost all of them were infantry, and since Wei Yan did not fight much, there were not many garrisons.

And the population of Binh Chau as a whole is not large. In addition, the banditry is serious. Therefore, it is not too much to say that people's livelihood is withering.

Although it is only a general news now, Xiao Jingxuan is still embarrassed.

It seems that I still have to work harder, otherwise, I guess I can only die in Pingzhou.

Xiao Jingxuan began to walk around the mansion, this general's mansion is not big, and it may have been uninhabited for a long time, so it is a little desolate.

There are no subordinates in the house, only an old gatehouse remains.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Jingxuan could only ask the guards to pay attention to it and see if he could find a few maids, cooks, and handymen first. Pick up the house first.

I walked around the street with Xu Ce, but Pingzhou City is not very big, so the street is not very prosperous.

When the two of them were strolling, a guard came over, and after seeing Xiao Jingxuan, the guard hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"General, the county guard personally sent the grain transport team to the barracks, and he also wanted to visit the general in person. However, we sent it away. ”

Xiao Jingxuan and Xu Ce looked at each other and smiled.

Xu Ce said with a smile: "The general's prestige is far and wide, it seems that this county guard knows the prestige of the adult." ”

Xiao Jingxuan also smiled and shook his head: "It's still a matter of understanding current affairs." Never mind. Xu Ce, you have to be busy these days, first, send someone to focus on the army in Pingzhou City to see what the situation is.

Second, send people to several county towns to see, not only the defenders, but also the people's livelihood in various places.

Thirdly, send out cavalry and give me a map of Pingzhou's vicinity and his own. Be careful. There's no hurry. ”

Hearing Xiao Jingxuan's order, Xu Ce immediately took the order to retire and went to arrange affairs.

Immediately afterwards, after Xiao Jingxuan returned to the mansion, he wrote a letter and said to the guards on the side: "Give this letter to Liang Guogong." ”

After the arrangement, Xiao Jingxuan began to think about the future arrangement, the military power must be grasped, and the cavalry of the left and right guards must be dispersed. Otherwise, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me to master it thoroughly.

The defenders of Pingzhou also had to be well organized, and the mountain bandits outside the city were the best opponents for their own training.

The next day, Xiao Jingxuan convened the generals in the army to discuss matters in his mansion.

The total strength of Pingzhou is 4,000 people, of which there are 2,000 defenders in the city and 500 soldiers in each county.

However, what makes people laugh and cry is that the highest of these people is nothing more than a guerrilla general. And only one person. There are also two people who are just returning to the German general.

After seeing the configuration of his subordinates, Xiao Jingxuan was a little helpless, Pingzhou was still too barren to support an army.

"In the past few days, I hope that all the departments will work hard, although there is no major war in Pingzhou, but bandits are rampant in the territory, and occasionally there are rangers from the Yan Kingdom who come to loot, which is not good."

"The last general commands."

Seeing that those generals were respectfully receiving orders, Xiao Jingxuan could only talk about his great achievements to deter them.

"Presumably you should have heard of the prestige of this general, although this general is now degraded, but once he was named a barbarian marquis, and the barbarian should still have the prestige of this general.

Also, the general wants to come and govern the army very strictly, so you have to do it yourself. ”

After the meeting, Xiao Jingxuan frequently went in and out of the military camps of various departments in the next few days, and at the same time, he also sent scouts to reconnoiter the mountain bandits near Pingzhou.

In this way, half a month later, Xiao Jingxuan took 2,000 cavalry, 2,000 infantry, and 200 personal guards to the outside of Pingzhou City.

This time, Xiao Jingxuan led the army to Changli County. After the scout's reconnaissance, there are now three bandits entrenched in Pingzhou.

One of them is entrenched in the Funiu Mountains in Changli County, and it is said that this gang of bandits, numbering about 1,000 people, often plundered passing merchants and sometimes even villages.

The defenders of Changli County only have 500 people, and the terrain of Funiu Mountain is complicated, so the government has always been helpless about Funiu Mountain.

Xiao Jingxuan concentrated 4,000 troops this time, the purpose was to train the troops, and at the same time, to select some available people to be promoted.

Xiao Jingxuan sent cavalry, ordered Xu Ce to be the vanguard, and led the cavalry to Funiu Mountain first to surround the bandits in Funiu Mountain. He followed the infantry, and then again.

After two days of rapid marching, Xiao Jingxuan finally arrived near Funiu Mountain in the afternoon of the next day.

Coming to the big tent of the Chinese army, which had been set up a long time ago, Xiao Jingxuan looked at the map and had a headache.

The terrain of Funiu Mountain is really too complicated, and of course, the leader of the mountain bandits still has some vision.

Although the cavalry surrounded Funiu Mountain, there was only one sheep intestine path in and out of Funiu Mountain. And there were fortifications along the way.

If it is attacked, the casualties will undoubtedly be huge. After staring at the map for a long time, Xiao Jingxuan was still very curious.

"How did the water source for these mountain bandits be solved, and how did the looted materials get up the mountain?"

This is, one of Zuo Xiaowei's team members saluted respectfully.

"Back to the general, the mountain behind Funiu Mountain is a cliff, and these bandits have set up a hanging basket here. As for the water source, it is estimated that there are wells in the mountains. ”

Xiao Jingxuan nodded after listening.

"Arrange for the troops to rest for the night. In addition, if the order goes down, whoever has the strategy to break the enemy will be rewarded heavily. ”

After everyone retreated, Xiao Jingxuan said to the guards: "Come a few people, accompany me to visit this Funiu Mountain." ”

With four guards, Xiao Jingxuan took a look at the surrounding terrain along Funiu Mountain.

After reading it, Xiao Jingxuan looked at the guards beside him and asked casually, "What do you think?" ”

A few guards, you look at me, I look at you, they all shake their heads.

Xiao Jingxuan sighed.

"We used to fight against the barbarians, as long as the soldiers were brave, keep in good formation, and then the army pushed over, but now, in this kind of terrain, the infantry is the main force, and your thinking must change. In the future, you are all going to serve as officers. ”

As I said before, Xiao Jingxuan's personal guards are similar to military schools, and all personal guards are composed of low-level officers or future low-level officers, so in normal times, Xiao Jingxuan pays more attention to the cultivation of personal guards.

Looking around, Xiao Jingxuan has also been thinking, it is not difficult to capture Funiu Mountain, he chooses some masters from the army and rushes directly, it is not a big problem.

With his own martial arts, he can't stop himself from a barberry mountain, but in order to train the courage of the infantry under his command, he can't train the ability of the troops on his own.

However, relying on these infantry under his command alone, Xiao Jingxuan felt unreliable.

How can this be? Just after Xiao Jingxuan returned to the barracks, when he was thinking of a clever plan to break the enemy, a personal guard came to report, and he ran outside the barracks to ask for a meeting.

Hearing this news, Xiao Jingxuan was a little overjoyed, and hurriedly asked the guards to invite people in.