Mao Wenlong did not force the decision of the Mao clan, and let them choose to stay or not. Anyway, Qiantang County has now been completely taken over by King Fu, and there will naturally be no more bullying of the Mao family in the future.

Moreover, Mao Wenlong also arranged for hundreds of Dongjiang Army soldiers to stay in the city, so that they could not only be responsible for the safety of the Mao clan, but also as a channel to contact King Fu.

The final result of the discussion was that all the children in the clan went to Shaanxi with Mao Wenlong and stayed with him. Children are the hope of the future, if the Mao family wants to become truly strong, these children must go out and find their own way out when they grow up in the future.

With Mao Wenlong's care, I believe that as long as these children are not rice buckets or fools, there is absolutely no reason why they will not succeed.

Almost all the old people in the clan stayed to guard the family business of the clan, and only Mao Bowu went to Shaanxi with Mao Wenlong to take care of the daily life of nearly ten children.

After the matter was settled, Mao Wenlong began to prepare for the return journey, after all, it was two months to leave, and he was also concerned about the safety of Shaanxi. Moreover, the battle between the imperial court and the Houjin in Jiayuguan is not optimistic, although the imperial court has made up its mind this time to fight with the Houjin.

It is a pity that the field is indeed very large, but the foundation is insufficient, the soldiers are not strong and the horses are not strong, and the soldiers at the border have begun to have negative emotions from time to time.

The border pass could be broken at any time, and once the horse's hooves of Houjin entered the north, it would not only threaten the imperial court, but also affect Mao Wenlong's Henan or Shaanxi at the same time. Therefore, Mao Wenlong must rush back to the town as soon as possible at this time, otherwise there will be an uncontrollable situation every minute.

However, he was still a step late, and before leaving the next day, he still received a letter from Hong Chengchou from Xi'an. It is mentioned that in some remote areas in Shaanxi, many bandits suddenly appeared, and there were many of them.

Every time these bandits robbed the village, they quickly disappeared without a trace, and Hong Chengchou sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times to no avail. The situation is already a little unoptimistic, and I hope that Mao Wenlong will rush back to deal with it as soon as possible.

After reading the letter, Mao Wenlong frowned and fell into deep thought, from Hong Chengchou's letter, it can be guessed that these bandits who suddenly appeared must be connected and organized. Moreover, these bandits should know the movements of the Dongjiang Army well, otherwise they would not be able to do it, and every time the Dongjiang Army went to encircle and suppress it, these bandits would take the first step to hide.

"Jisheng, everything has been arranged, right?" Mao Wenlong turned to look at Chen Jisheng and said.

"The commander-in-chief, the soldiers are all ready to set off at any time." Chen Jisheng hugged his fists and said.

"Then what are you waiting for, leave for Xi'an immediately." Mao Wenlong took the lead and walked outside the house.

Outside the gate of Mao's Mansion, it was already crowded at the moment, and six thousand soldiers of the Dongjiang Army guarded five carriages in the middle. And King Fu had already learned that Mao Wenlong was going back to Xi'an, so he came to see him off early in the morning.

"Brother Mao, it seems that I can't invite you to Nanjing this time, and let my eldest brother and I do my landlord's friendship, it's a pity!" King Fu's face was full of sincerity.

For Mao Wenlong, after his contact during this period of time, he has been convinced of him, especially after gaining an in-depth understanding of Mao Wenlong's true strength at present. He was even more glad that he had made a wise decision before, and it was obvious that reconciling with Mao Wenlong was better than being an enemy of him, and there was a heaven and an earth in between.

Mao Wenlong laughed and said to King Fu: "Brother Zhu, the future is long, and there will be an opportunity for you to do your best as a landlord in the future." ”

King Fu smiled back, and then said: "Since this is the case, then there will be no delay in Brother Mao's trip, and we will be separated here." ”

Mao Wenlong arched his hand and smiled: "Farewell." ”

After the two said goodbye to each other, Mao Wenlong immediately ordered to set off, and the Dongjiang army slowly left the city and embarked on the road back to Xi'an under the eyes of everyone.

The recent situation in Shaanxi is indeed a bit out of control, and the bandits who are everywhere and can always get the first opportunity are becoming more and more arrogant. It's been nearly a month since these elusive bandits were discovered.

Over the course of a month, more than a dozen marginal villages had been looted, although the bandits did not kill people on a large scale, but only robbed money and food. But it also caused a lot of panic, the people could not work with peace of mind, panicked all day long, and panicked at the slightest disturbance.

If this continues for a long time, it will inevitably deteriorate one day, and then it will become an irreparable situation, which Hong Chengchou and Mao Wenlong do not want to see. But these bandits seemed to have foresight, and every time the Dongjiang army arrived, the bandits were always able to leave first.

In the villages where the Dongjiang Army stayed, the bandits never appeared. As a result, Hong Chengchou also began to wonder if there were ghosts in the Dongjiang Army. But no matter how he investigated and tried his best, he still couldn't find out the inside story.

"Alas...... Hopefully you'll be able to deal with it soon. Hong Chengchou let out a sigh helplessly, looking at the bright moon outside the window, the whole person looked very decadent.

The news has already been sent to Mao Wenlong, and now the day has been delivered, if Mao Wenlong comes back in time, it will only take a month to arrive. And this also means that he, Hong Chengchou, must try his best to ensure that there are no major problems within this month, otherwise, he will not be able to explain to Mao Wenlong.

In order to deal with these bandits, Hong Chengchou has successively transferred nearly 50,000 troops from various cities in Henan, and has now dispersed to remote villages to stay behind. And some things that really can't be taken care of, so they have to ask people to temporarily evacuate the entire village or combine two adjacent villages to facilitate protection.

Hong Chengchou looked at the night outside and was about to turn around and go back to sleep, but at this moment, a rush of footsteps came. He immediately realized that something was wrong, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw a figure rushing towards him.

Hong Chengchou looked fixedly, but saw Chengzuo running in a hurry, and when he saw Hong Chengchou, he immediately shouted: "Lord Hong, it's not good, another village has been attacked by bandits." Five officers and men of the Dongjiang Army were caught off guard. ”

"Where is it?" Hong Chengchou was not nervous, but asked heavily.

"The outskirts of Boryeong, Panshan Village." Cheng Zuo immediately replied.

Hong Chengchou was silent for a moment, then turned around and walked into the house: "Come in and talk in detail." ”

Cheng Zuo entered the house as he said, and closed the door by the way, after Hong Chengchou motioned for Cheng Zuo to sit down, he searched on the desk, and then took a map and spread it out to find Boryeong Mansion, pointing and saying: "Where is that village probably in Boryeong Mansion?" ”

Cheng Zuo looked carefully for a moment, pointed to the south of Boryeong Mansion and said, "Here, under the mountain of Panshan." According to the soldiers of the defending army at that time, these bandits were all touched down from the mountain, and there were about 200 people. ”