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Chapter 82: Bandit Suppression Part 1

Soon, the group all arrived at the yard of Han Wu, the originally spacious yard became smaller after forty people squeezed into it.

In the current Donglai Army, each team is the army. The team is not only the military commander, but also the chief executive of each village.

The sergeant commander in the crowd quickly gathered his soldiers together and stood in an orderly manner. In the Donglai Army, if he was in chaos and orderly when he was waiting for orders, he would be beaten to the army.

When everyone lined up, two people came out of the house of Han Wu, one of whom was Han Wu, and the other was a general with a strange face.

Han Wuxu coughed twice and said in his hoarse voice.

"This is Zhu Quan, the new owner of our building. Why are you standing there? You are not happy to greet him."

The dozens of people below all paid homage to the new Shangguan in unison.

In the Donglai Army, from childhood to adulthood, they were Wu, Shi, Gu, Zhuang, Qu, and Jun. One of them was commanded by three to five teams of soldiers, and the chief officer was called Zhuangzhu.

Zhang Shou was quite surprised to see that the new owner of the banner was not Han Wu.

Their previous owner named Duanmu Zhen suddenly died at home more than ten days ago. I heard that he was bitten by a female slave in Baekje at home and died of excessive blood loss. Zhang Shou has not yet figured out how Duanmu Zhen, a burly man, was bitten by a weak woman to the vital point?

Originally, Han Wu was the oldest in the five teams in their city, and they joined the army when Xi County raised an army. Many people speculated that Han Wu would be promoted to the new owner of the city.

Unexpectedly, a stranger came today and became the new owner.

"Brothers, my name is Zhu Quan. I come to our village today. There are two things. The first one is to meet you. I was originally a cavalry guard under General Liu, and I have also known Han Wu as a long time. In the future, as the owner of the banner, I will be the same brother as everyone."

As soon as Zhu Quan said this, the dozens of people below were surprised. You should know that the dozens of cavalry guards under Liu Yu were confidant elites, all of whom were powerful soldiers with superb martial arts. The cavalry guard soldiers were treated much better than ordinary lords. Everyone didn't understand why this new lord would be the lords who were improper to be the lords.

"The second thing is to tell you that in two days, the general will lead a large army to Changguangshan to suppress bandits. Our Zhuang has also been dispatched. When we go home today, everyone will settle the family affairs. Tomorrow, we will go to Daying of Xi County with me and set off with the army."

This time, the bandit suppression was actually more of a means used by Liu Qi to train troops.

Since the beginning of winter, the Donglai Army has made adjustments to the military system. According to the court system of the Western Jin Dynasty, the number of county soldiers in Donglai County was 500. Although Emperor Wu of Jin issued an order to abolish prefectures and county soldiers after destroying Wu, it was basically a form of sacking troops and resuming, and in fact, it did not abolish many prefectures and county soldiers.

Of course, the quota of county soldiers of only 500 people in Donglai County was not enough. Liu Yu actually had 4,000 soldiers under his command. He expanded the county soldiers to 1,000 as the personal commander of the army. The others were divided into six songs, each of which was 500. They were led by their confidant Dong Ping and their brother Liu Yi and others, and many people were drawn from other old subordinates to serve as the owners of the towers.

After some adjustments, Liu Yu personally controlled the strongest central army, and all trusted subordinates served as middle and upper-level officers. Moreover, the official positions of each person in the army were appointed by Liu Yu, rather than approved by the Tai Pavilion according to the Jin system, minimizing the influence of the Western Jin court in the army.

A few days ago, people from the mountains in Changguang, south came to join Liu Yu and brought Liu Yu a message.

In Changguang Mountain, a radius of hundreds of miles, there are several bandits. Due to the natural disasters and tyranny in recent years, a large number of people fled to the mountains. These bandits grew in an instant, and the two largest bands each had nearly 10,000 people.

A few days ago, a fire broke out between two bandits, causing many people to escape, which led to these people coming to join Liu Yu.

Liu Yu had actually wanted to annex these refugees and thieves in Changguang Mountain. In history, Wang Mi fled to Changguang Mountain after the defeat of Linzi and won over these bandits, and then caused trouble to the two prefectures of Qingxu again.

However, I have always been struggling to not know the specific location of the bandits, and I dare not go rashly in the vast mountains.

Now that he has these bandits who are familiar with the road position as guides, he immediately becomes determined to suppress bandits. He can not only train troops, but also expand his strength, which is a good thing that can kill multiple goals in one fell swoop.

After listening to the order in the yard of Han Wu, the team leader, Zhang Shou left with everyone and went home to handle the family affairs. The order they received was to gather to Daying in Xi County tomorrow morning.

When Zhang Shou was walking home, the sky became dark again and snowflakes kept falling.

When Zhang Shou returned to his door and opened the branches and broke the door, his thirteen-year-old brother Zhang Lu came up intimately.

The young brother said as he helped him take down the snowflakes on his body.

"Brother, you will have time to go, teach me that shooting technique again."

"I don't have time. I'm going to go to war tomorrow. I have to settle my home today."

"Oh, okay." said the boy with a disappointed look. Suddenly he remembered something important again and continued, "By the way, my father asked me to tell you that there is a Baekjean slave who seems to be very sick. Should I ask a doctor to see him?"

Zhang Shou got four Baekje male slaves and sent them all to his parents' home.

"A barbarian slave, what doctor to hire?" Zhang Shou said disdainfully, "Besides, I will go to war tomorrow, and all the slaves in the village will be taken to Xi County for custody to prevent them from causing trouble."

"Making trouble? Why do I think these Baekjean slaves are more docile than rabbits?" Zhang Lu said with a giggle.

"The kid knows nothing, the rabbit is still biting people when he is anxious. Stop talking nonsense. Go and bring both slaves from Afu. The team is about to have orders, and in the afternoon, all the slaves must be concentrated in the Niuma Penthouse in Tunying."

Zhang Lu responded and trotted all the way.

Zhang Shou entered the house and found that the originally messy ground and couch had been cleaned up by Baekje women, which made him feel like home, who was about to leave the army again.

When the woman saw Zhang Shou coming in, she quickly lowered her head and swept away the scattered snowflakes for him.

Zhang Shou stopped her movements and said to him.

"You go and wear more clothes and follow me later."

Looking at the woman's eyes that seemed to be unimaginable, Zhang Shou directly surrounded a woman's robe next to her. Then he looked at it and felt a little thin, so he wrapped a big dog-skinned robe hanging on the wall around her.

After a while, his younger brother Zhang Lu came outside the door yelling.

Zhang Shou led the woman with a panic look out of the house and saw his younger brother Zhang Lu holding four slaves with wooden shackles with a rope. The four slaves all looked like they were obedient. One of them looked pale and stood barely with a hunched over.

Zhang Shou picked up a rope casually, put it on the woman's neck, and glanced at his younger brother Zhang Lu.

"Let's go, go to the panchayat."
Chapter completed!
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