I wanted to take advantage of the banquet to discuss how to suppress the bandits, but Tang Kuan obviously wanted to use wine to kill his sorrows, so he pulled Zheng Peng and Li Xiancheng to drink cup after cup, and vomited once halfway, Zheng Peng persuaded him to go back to rest, but Tang Kuan refused to live or die, and he drank himself to the end of the day.

Needless to say, Tang Kuan has been under a lot of pressure recently, and he finally found a reason to get drunk, so he took this opportunity to release his emotions.

Zheng Peng and Li Xiancheng smiled bitterly and helped the veteran who was about to twilight back to his barracks to rest, and then they each went back to the barracks to rest.

If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, coming to the Western Regions is only the first step, and the next step is to plot slowly.

The next day, when they woke up, the three of them began to discuss countermeasures.

After discussing for a long time, Zheng Peng and Li Xiancheng both felt that this task of suppressing bandits was more difficult than they imagined.

Zheng Peng and Li Xiancheng could think of all the methods, such as building more outposts, sending more patrols, secret sentry, and even sending people to be bait, Tang Kuan did it, and Tang Kuan also used some methods that the two didn't expect.

It's a bit like a net under the light, and you don't see the fish.

The most important thing is the problem of Tibet, the territory of the Tang Dynasty can not be found, many clues point to Tibet, but can not enter the territory of Tibet, although everyone thinks that Tibet and bandits collude, but there is no evidence.

Without evidence, you can't enter the territory of Tibet, and if you don't enter the territory of Tibet, it will be even more difficult to find evidence, and this matter will fall into a dead circle.

After discussing and discussing, they didn't come up with a good solution, and finally it was agreed that Li Xiancheng and Zheng Peng would assist in taking charge of an area, and Tang Kuan, on behalf of the four major towns in the Western Regions, would give the two of them a promise: they could act arbitrarily within the Western Regions, and they could surprise troops if necessary.

In fact, Yulinjun is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, it is good to know the inside story, and if he knows the inside story, he does not dare to point fingers at Yulinjun even if he borrows Tang Kuan's ten guts.

When he went to Chang'an to ask for reinforcements, he said that he was okay, but he only assisted, and it was not under the jurisdiction of the four towns in the Western Regions.

Li Longji will not easily hand over the control of the Yulin Army to outsiders.

After the meeting, Tang Kuan had to inspect other garrisons to carry out a new round of deployment, and when he left, he transferred other soldiers away, and only the Yulin Army dressed as the Hui army was left in the entire camp.

This is also for the sake of secrecy.

At this moment, the military camp about eighty miles south of Khotan, from the sentries to the men, was under the control of the special battalion of the Yulin Army to conquer the west.

After bidding farewell to Tang Kuan, Zheng Peng and Li Xiancheng had a tacit understanding and stopped at the school field in the middle of the camp.

"As soon as General Tang leaves, this is the world of the Yulin Army." Li Xiancheng said leisurely.

Zheng Peng smiled: "The Yulin Army is the army of the Son of Heaven, and the whole world only listens to the orders of His Majesty alone, and the emperor is not here, that is, Li Qiancai's envoy has the final say, even if General Tang is here, only Li Qiancai's envoy is the first to look forward." ”

Li Xiancheng didn't move, put the horse's head on Zheng Peng, and said with a serious face: "Zheng Peng, the polo game failed to go as scheduled, and the bet between you and me can only be pushed backwards. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"It's simple, just look at the bandits this time, who has made the greatest military merits, who has killed the most bandits, can you dare to accept it?"

Zheng Peng said with some scruples: "Li Qianqi envoy, you are the envoy, and I am just a deputy, the official level crushes people to death, it is really difficult to compare." ”

If Li Xiancheng plays some tricks and treats him differently like Zhang Xiaosong, and then he leads people to charge into battle, he will follow behind to pick peaches, how can he compare?

"Don't worry" Li Xiancheng said with a straight face: "Since you have said this gambling contract, you will naturally have a clear conscience, if you feel unfair, you can cancel the gambling contract at any time, how about it?" ”

Zheng Peng nodded and said, "It's fair, what is the color head?" ”

Li Xiancheng, the head of the lottery, had already thought about it, and immediately said when he heard the words: "If you lose, you have to invite the people of the other party's whole camp to a banquet, how about it?" ”

When he arrived at Li Xiancheng's position, he had long looked down on gold, silver and materials, and attached more importance to honor, and invited the other party to a banquet with the whole camp, which not only benefited his subordinates but also elevated his status.

also indirectly announced that he was better than the other party.

"It's a deal." Zheng Peng said briskly.

"It must be determined."

After making a gambling contract, Li Xiancheng opened his mouth and said: "Zheng Qiancai, if you are not busy, it is better to come to my barracks and discuss the matter of rotation, defense area and cooperation." ”

"It's a pleasure."

After discussing for nearly an hour, the two finally reached an agreement on the division of labor and cooperation, and Zheng Peng also returned to his barracks by himself.

The two of them each led two teams, one and a half of the troops, and half of the barracks, Li Xiancheng asked for the barracks on the left, and the barracks on the right belonged to Zheng Peng.

"Boss, you're back."

"After talking for so long, the surname Li is not embarrassed."

"I'm finally back, boss, just waiting for your order."

"Scum, scum, I held back the fire in my belly last night, act quickly, arrest those inhuman guys earlier, cut people's sticks, and light sky lanterns."

Seeing Zheng Peng coming back, all his subordinates were gearing up, and they were all a little ready to move.

Seeing compatriots being tortured and killed, and seeing thieves burning, killing and looting in the territory, any man with a little blood can't help but come forward.

If you don't have a little blood, how can you enter ten thousand rides.

Zheng Peng looked at the brothers in the room and nodded with satisfaction: "It's all your own people, sit down and talk." ”

The old subordinates are easy to use, they don't need to mobilize, they are grinding their fists one by one and waiting for action, they don't need to order, the map is placed on the table early, and they are waiting for their own orders.

Zheng Peng drew a circle on the map: "According to the agreement, we are mainly responsible for this area, which is also the area where bandits are most infested. ”

Cao Feng said in surprise: "Boss, we are the Yulin Army, just look at such a little place?" What if the bandits don't come here? Isn't that giving the credit to someone else? ”

"Yes, it's not easy to come here, if you don't make a good profit, it's a big loss." Xu Shan echoed.

Zheng Peng spread his hands and said: "Use your brain before speaking, how many people we have, how big the Western Regions are, all these people are sprinkled into it, looking for people is like looking for a needle in a haystack, and this area is also big." ”

After a pause, Zheng Peng emphasized: "Don't underestimate this group of bandits, Tang Kuan, who has been in a hundred battles, has planted his heel in front of it, and lost a lifetime of fame, an elite scout team of thirty people, so that all the bandits were wiped out, and none of them escaped, be more careful when everyone acts, my request is very simple, how many people come, how many people return, no one can be less." ”

This sentence touched the hearts of everyone present, and Cao Feng said loudly: "Yes, no one can be left behind as many people come and as many people return." ”

"No one is missing!" Everyone said tacitly.

Zheng Peng sat down, set up Erlang's legs, and said while eating dried apricots: "Close the door, they are all their own people, they all say that one person is short, and two people are long, both analyze and analyze, what should we do, I said, I just made a bet with Li Xiancheng, and if I lose, I want to invite the other party to a banquet with the whole camp, the money is small, and I can't lose face." ”

"If you lose, I'll pay the money, but I want you to serve tea and deliver food." Zheng Peng added with a sneer.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere eased a lot at once.

Lu Jin was the first to stand up and analyze: "Datang has been fighting with Tubo for so many years, and the border has been improving, counting this gang of bandits who have been harassing at the border for more than half a year, the problem is that there are so many fortresses and outposts on the border, and the four important towns in the Western Regions are alarmed, or let it come and go freely, I think, they must have people who are very familiar with the border and know very well about the deployment of Datang, and it is very likely that a lot of detailed work has been arranged, and there are also their detailed works in the army." ”

"It's useless to go" Zhou Quan said angrily: "I have thought of this thing a long time ago, otherwise General Tang Kuan would not have gone to Chang'an to move the rescue troops, and what we have to do now is to find out this group of people and divide the corpses of five horses one by one, so that we can avenge the fathers and villagers of the Tang Dynasty, and also earn a military merit for ourselves." ”

For Zhou Quan, justice and military merit are both fish and bear's paws.

Guo Ziyi said a little strangely: "Tubo can arrange fine work in Datang, and Datang can also arrange eyeliner in Tubo, why is there no news at all?" That's weird, isn't it? ”

"It's a little weird," Zheng Peng echoed: "I guess there are two possibilities, one is that this matter really has nothing to do with Tubo, and the other is that Tubo attaches great importance to this matter, and the level of secrecy is extremely high, and even we don't know the eyeliner we arranged." ”

"Oh, third brother, which one do you think is more likely to be?"

Zheng Peng said without hesitation: "The second type." ”