Fang Xuanling hurriedly walked into the backyard of the Lord's Mansion and found Chu Tian who was instructing the construction plans of various villages and towns.

"Why are you so alarmed, military advisor?"

It was rare for Chu Tian to see Fang Xuanling in such a hurry. It's winter now, so the lords probably don't want to fight.

"The water bandits looted Xiaoshi Village under the jurisdiction of Yunlai Town. Of the 200 households in Xiaoshi Village, only less than 80 households survived. The whole area of ​​Yunlai Town was frightened. The town gates and village gates were closed, and supplies were blocked. Construction would be

Big impact!”

Fang Xuanling submitted an urgent report to Chu Tian.

When Chu Tian heard the news, his face turned dark.

The water bandits dare to destroy the village. This is a provocation to Xia Town!

If eighty families hadn't escaped quickly, there might not have been anyone alive in Xiaoshi Village.

What's more, not long after Chu Tiancai became the captain of Kaiyang County, he was severely slapped by a water bandit.

Due to the loss of a second-level village, Xia Town's prosperity dropped by several hundred points.

This was still a critical time for Xia Town to attack the city.

"Which one can't bear it? Summon Zhou Yafu, Hua Mulan and Liu Sandao! Do it!"

Chu Tian thought he had a good temper, but this time he was completely offended.

Fang Xuanling did not persuade Chu Tian because this vicious water bandit had already affected the development of Xia Town.

Two bronze-level ordinary heroes who served as personal soldiers went to the school grounds to inform several generals to reorganize their troops.

At the teaching ground of Xia Town, the three most loyal troops were displayed, and the battle flag of Xia Town was fluttering in the north wind.

Standing at the forefront are Zhou Yafu, Hua Mulan and Liu Sandao.

The professional soldiers currently stationed in Xia Town include 200 light cavalry, 300 Xuzhou archers, and 500 light infantry, totaling 1,000 people.

Lingyan Town, Yunlai Town, and Shangbi Town each have one or two hundred professional soldiers, and there is also a small water village controlled by Xia Town, which also has a few soldiers.

"Water bandits invaded our territory, burned, killed and looted. Only 80 of the 200 households in Xiaoshi Village are left! Although it is winter now and you are working hard, if we do not eradicate this group of water bandits, I don't know who will be next.

A village!”

"I have a most basic principle. If someone offends me, I will offend him! Anyone who offends us in Xia Town will be punished no matter how far away he is!"

Chu Tian glanced at this group of soldiers. They were not necessarily residents of Xia Town before they became professional soldiers. They might also be rural warriors from the villages below Xia Town.

Among them was Xiang Yong from Xiaoshi Village, who was gnashing his teeth at the fact that his village had been destroyed.

After Chu Tian's instigation, a thousand soldiers were filled with indignation, their morale exceeded 90, and they wished they could destroy this group of water bandits immediately!

Fang Xuanling came over wearing a cloak. If Chu Tian wanted to personally lead his troops to conquer the water bandits, then he, who had joined the army, would also be with him.

Chu Tian only serves as the commander-in-chief and does not command the battle. He is no longer a mascot, but a tool. He has an army-wide aura, the Han Army Soul (Large), which can bring a 3% bonus to all attributes of the three troops.

The premise is that he appears on the battlefield.

Chu Tian follows Hua Mulan's cavalry. The cavalry is easy to escape when the battle is unfavorable. The death of the lord is no joke. As long as the territory is there, he can pull out another army at any time.

Chutian left one hundred archers and two hundred light infantry to defend the city. Xia Town has a rammed earth city wall. It is basically impossible for the water bandits to capture the city wall guarded by 300 professional soldiers and thousands of warriors, not to mention it is winter.

, a basin of water went down, and the city wall was as solid as ice.

Seven hundred Xia Town soldiers marched towards Xiaoshi Village under the banner of Xia Town.

Zhou Yafu looked calm and followed a group of infantry behind him.

Before sunset, Xia Zhen's troops moved to Xiaoshi Village.

Xiaoshi Village was in a mess, the village gates were damaged, and many wooden doors showed signs of being kicked open or hacked with swords.

Yunlai Town has sent a small group of soldiers in advance to bury the bodies of the villagers in Xiaoshi Village to prevent the plague from breaking out in the territory. Otherwise, once the plague comes, nine out of ten houses will be empty.

"Those bandits are too ruthless. They must not have enough food to survive the winter, so they came to rob our food."

When the team from Yunlai Town saw their lord arriving, they reported to Chu Tian with grief and anger.

"What they did is too great, I will destroy them."

Chutian saw the dilapidated Xiaoshi Village. The village was half destroyed.

The development of Xia Town is going smoothly, and when it is not in such a mess, it seems that it wants to use these water bandits to establish its reputation in Kaiyang County.

"Send a light cavalry team to trace the location of the water bandits and collect information."

The soldiers and horses should go ahead before the food and grass are used. Not only the food and grass, but also the reconnaissance is very important. It is definitely not a mindless killing.

The opponent's power is not small, and he may overturn if he is not careful.

The next day, Chutian sent Hua Mulan to lead fifty cavalry and carry rations to investigate.

Before waiting for the cavalry's investigation results to come back, Chutian moved his troops to the town to supply food and grass.

When the townspeople of Yunlai Town learned that the lord had led a large army of soldiers and horses to come for reinforcements, they all rushed to welcome them with pots of food and wine.

They pay taxes and grain to the lord's mansion every year, isn't it just to get the protection of the lord's mansion in troubled times?

"Fellows and elders, I am here with my troops this time to bring the water bandits who attacked Xiaoshi Village to justice!"

Chutian used this opportunity to rally people's hearts, and the people of Yunlai Town who received the promise gave unprecedented support to the Lord's Mansion, and people's hearts rose sharply.

"This is the lost weapon of the water bandits that we found in Xiaoshi Village. It is a fine Huanshou knife with very good quality."

Soldiers from Yunlai Town presented the weapons used by the water bandits.

Chu Tian picked up the Huanshou Sword and weighed it. It turned out to be a silver-level weapon. Most of the soldiers in the Eastern Han Dynasty were using the Huanshou Sword from the Han Dynasty.

The soldier from Yunlai Town added: "The owner of this weapon is just an ordinary water bandit."

"Ordinary water bandits can use silver-level refined ring-shou swords... Military advisor, what did you think of?"

Chu Tian looked at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling lived up to his expectations and deduced: "This group of water bandits is not short of iron, and they also have a good blacksmith. Or maybe these are refined weapons they captured from plundering the Mi family's fleet."

"No matter what the possibility is, by destroying this group of water bandits, we can obtain a batch of sophisticated weapons."

Chutian was stationed in Yunlai Town and checked the development of Yunlai Town. The development direction of Yunlai Town is mainly farmland, providing food to the main town as much as possible.

At this time, Hua Mulan followed the horse hoof prints and other traces left by the water bandits and pursued them all the way.

The water bandits were obviously very confident in themselves and did not deliberately hide their whereabouts.

On the river bank twenty kilometers away from Xiaoshi Village, Hua Mulan finally tracked down the water bandits' camp.

This is a village facing a river and backed by a mountain. It is large in scale, comparable to a first-class town, and has a large number of residential buildings, economic buildings, barracks buildings, and more than a dozen wooden arrow towers. It is much stronger than the water bandits that were wiped out in Xia Town before.

"The territories of other lords?"

Hua Mulan and the cavalry she brought were stunned.

I have never seen such water bandits before. There are also economic buildings in the camp...

"General, there is a band of water bandits approaching from the west."

Hua Mulan looked towards the west. Sure enough, there was a small group of water bandits on their way back from plundering other villages and towns. There were about thirty people in number, and behind them were a group of captured village girls.
Chapter completed!