Just after Liu He signed for the food, a noise suddenly came from outside: "Lord, lord!"

It was Xu Rong's voice.

"Why is it so noisy?" Liu He's heart sank and stood up suddenly. Did Xu Rong ask him to send him to hunt with Guan Yu? Why did he come back? His tone is still a little urgent?

Liu Bei also came to his senses. The two looked at each other and had no time to speak, so Xu Rong rushed in.

"Lord, a soldier from Yun Chang's army encountered a bandit attack in the mountains, and more than a dozen people were killed or injured! Yun Chang said, it seemed that he was with the Xianbei bandits a few days ago?" Xu Rong said.

Liu He's face was as deep as the bottom of a pot. It was really raining when the roof was leaking and it was raining. When I was on the boat, I didn't come to cause trouble for you, but you came to the door.

"How are the casualties?" Liu He asked.

"The team of soldiers in front of him were caught off guard, three died and dozens of people were injured. The rest were defeated. When Chief Yun led his people to arrive, the bandits plundered the soldiers' armor and fled. Chief Yun had already led his people to chase him. I will come back and report to the lord first." Xu Rong said.

"Xuande, are there many bandits in the territory?" Liu He asked Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's face was also a little ugly. He asked the remnants before and sorted out Bai Tan's archives and found out that if it weren't for the food matter, he would have reported it long ago: "Lord, Bai Tan is too poor and has many bandits who occupy the mountains. The mountains are high and dense, and it is difficult to eliminate them. There are fewer people and they are often taken advantage of by bandits and bandits. When there are too many people, they can drill into the forest, and the officers and soldiers are helpless. Therefore, over the years, Bai Tan's bandits have never been eliminated. The remnants said that since the Han army retreated, bandits have become even more rampant."

Liu He sighed. It seemed that only after Guan Yu came back could he know about it. There were hundreds of elite soldiers in the team that Guan Yu took out to hunt, and with thousands of young and strong, it was not difficult to clean up a few bandits. The tent became deserted for a while, and everyone's faces were ugly. The joy of getting the thousand stones of grain was wiped out by this bad news.

At dusk, Guan Yu came back, his face looked very ugly. There were 10 or 20 men tied up in the team with ropes. I thought it was the robbers. However, when Liu He saw the wounded soldiers carried on a stretcher and the people who died, he felt extremely bad. He actually lost fifty people. More than ten people died on the spot, and the rest were injured in a different way. In short, these people not only could not do things this winter, but instead had to separate some people to take care of them.

"The wounded soldiers were sent to the wounded camp, and the dead were beaten to the coffin and buried it properly." After Liu He gave the order with a calm face, he turned around and entered the tent and summoned the generals to discuss.

"Chen Yun talks about the situation?"

"Lord, when the bandits attacked, the target was obvious. First, they attacked the soldiers of this team. Three were caught off guard and injured more than a dozen people. The rest of the young and strong were frightened and scattered. The bandits stripped the soldiers' armor, snatched the weapons, and fled. I had to report that they gathered soldiers to chase them. But the bandits were very slippery and could not encircle them. Instead, they injured many more people from the forest.

After finally catching a few living people and asking about their nests, I then sent troops to capture their nests and captured dozens of people, but the bandit leader saw the opportunity early and disappeared." Guan Yu knelt on the ground, with a look of shame. He had more than 300 elite soldiers and thousands of civilians under his command, surrounded and suppressed dozens of bandits, and suffered such high casualties. Not to mention that he was ashamed, even Liu He felt incredible and looked angry.

"Although the generals I rely on now are not weak in personal force, they were not ordinary soldiers before, and at most they were just county lieutenants. The soldiers led only a few hundred soldiers, and they did not receive any systematic education. They suddenly commanded a large army. Obviously, their abilities could not keep up. This was not visible at the moment, but after a long time, the disadvantages appeared." Liu He thought of this, and his face looked worried. When he raised his eyes, he saw Ju Su also looking at him, and his expression obviously thought of this problem.

"This problem must be solved." Liu He thought. It is obviously unrealistic to have experienced generals now. He can only tap potential among his current subordinates. Fortunately, there will be no wars in the near future, so he has time to hone it. It is better to have bandits, so he can use bandit suppression to hone his subordinates' ability to marching and fight.

"Who is the attacker? Can you tell me?"

Without Liu He's words, Guan Yu didn't dare to get up, but still knelt down there and said, "I've asked, Daqu is called Han Meng, and Erqu is called Pan Feng!"

"Han Meng? Pan Feng?" Liu Bei exclaimed, "Wenjun, tell me."

At this time, a scholar appeared behind Liu Bei in a dressed manner and stood up: "Han has seen the lord! He was originally a lord of Bai Tan, but the lord Meng refused to abandon him, so he stood up for You Jiao."

You Jiao was in charge of inspection and arrest, and was equivalent to the director of the township police station in later generations.

"What? These two people are very famous?" Liu He turned his head.

Wen Han nodded: "They have been entrenched in Baitan for a long time. It's not that they are the most cruel. Sometimes they rob the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people encircled them, and often they lost their shadows when the soldiers arrived. However, before the Xianbei people had gone far, they emerged again and often robbed the backs of the small Xianbei tribes, so they had great prestige among the Baitan bandits."

Liu He nodded, no matter whether you have prestige or not, if you provoke me, you will be in a state of peace in your dormitory.

"Then where did they escape?"

Guan Yu said: "We chased us all the way, and they fled westward to a swamp. We followed us and accidentally fell into several people. If it weren't for the timely rescue, these people would have died."

"Did they escape to Baicaoze?" Wen Han said in surprise, "That's a dead place. No one can get out alive after entering the swamp. They are old bandits, how could they run there?"

"What's going on in Baicaoze?" Liu He asked in confusion.

"Lord, Baicaoze is the remnant of Yanshan Mountain, the junction of Baicaowa pasture and the barbarians in the grassland. It is dozens of miles long and wide. There are pits everywhere in the marsh. Not to mention people, even if you live in a livestock, you will fall into the pit. I, Baitan, said that it is not bordering the barbarians. In fact, thanks to the gift of this swamp, the other end of it is the Xianbei territory. But because of this marsh, the Xianbei cannot attack us Baitan from here. Other places are overwhelming mountains and steep, which is extremely steep and difficult for people to pass through, and it is even more impossible. Therefore, Baitan has never suffered any disasters. If it weren't for the withdrawal of the Han army decades ago..." Wen Han pressed his words.

"Then why did this bandit escape here?" Liu He said in confusion.

"I think it was because he was chased by County Guard Guan! He was in a panic way." Wen Han said.

Guan Yu, who was leaning down on the ground, looked up: "No! There is a road in the lake."

Liu He, Ju Su, Xu Rong, Wen Han and others were all suddenly shocked.

"How is this possible? Even those who lived in Baitan for several generations knew that Ze could not walk at all." Wen Han said in amazement.

But Liu He and Ju Su were shocked, which was another matter. If Baicaoze really had a way out, wouldn’t the Xianbei attack Bai Tan at any time? Both of them turned to Guan Yu: “Yun Chang, why do you say that? This is a big deal and you can’t play tricks.”

Guan Yu said, "Lord, Mo General knows, but when Mo General chases Han Meng to Baicaoze, those people went in without hesitation. They went all the way. After Mo General's people were trapped in, these bandits were still scolding from afar. Obviously, they were familiar with each other. It seems that they often went in and out, and there must be a way we don't know."

Liu He and Ju Su both changed their colors: "Let the clouds grow!"

"Thank you lord."

"The matters discussed in the account today are top secret and no one can disclose them." Liu He said seriously.

"I'm not allowed!" everyone said in unison.

"Bo Yu, you lead your troops to Baicaoze to guard the net. No matter if it is ten days and half a month, or longer, you must capture Han Meng and Pan Feng alive." Liu He ordered.
Chapter completed!