In the fifth year of Xia Li, Emperor Xia ascended the throne, and the world was basically stable and he worked hard to enrich the warehouse.

However, in the past, the Central Plains had a separatist rule and the battles of various princes led to many refugees and remnants of soldiers in various counties. Some mountain people or bandits built forts to escape the world, unwilling to pay taxes to the government, or hated the Chutian forces.

Hanzhong, Qinling Mountains. Six or seven years ago, this place was one of the main battlefields of Chutian and Liu Bei's forces. To this day, there are abandoned sieges and forts in the Qinling Mountains.

"There are at least tens of thousands of mountain people and bandits in the Qinling Mountains. They may be subordinates of the former Qin Kings, Zhang Dao, Liu Bei and Yang Su. For various reasons, they hated our government and caused harm to the other side. If they could subdue these mountain people and bandits, they could enrich the population and corvee labor, and they could pacify the bandits and chaos."

A team of soldiers marched in the Qinling Mountains, with about two thousand people, of which 700 were elite high-level troops, and more than a thousand were county soldiers used by Nanzheng County to maintain public order.

In the camp of seven hundred people, the chief general was Gao Shun, and he was ordered to follow the prince to attack the bandits.

Chu Wu, who was sixteen years old, was wearing black armor and holding a spear in his hand.

This was his first time to go on the expedition.

As the crown prince, I was destined to learn to lead troops to fight.

Before competing with famous generals, Chu Wu's first task was to fight against bandits and use them to gain experience.

In order to ensure Chu Wu's safety, Queen Xia Tianliang arranged Gao Shun's camp to be responsible for protecting Chu Wu.

As for Chu Tian…

"The father went to participate in the dungeon battle and has not come back yet..."

Chu Wu knew that his father was going to participate in the epic battle and was temporarily regent by his mother.

This epic battle seems a bit difficult, and Chu Tian has disappeared for two months.

"Before the father comes back, this task must be completed perfectly."

Chu Wu knew that this expedition was an experiment on himself.

In order to train Chu Wu, there was no military advisor for these two thousand soldiers.

Gao Shun just faithfully executed the orders, not the military advisor.

The commander of the Nanzheng County county was Zhang Wei, the younger brother of Zhang Lu.

Only Gao Shun and Zhang Wei accompanied Chu Wu to the battle? Such a lineup is already very pitiful to the identity of the prince. He can only complete the task with his own ability.

Zhang Wei was also a little surprised? Because the prince only brought 700 people to attack the bandits, and his county and state soldiers might not be able to successfully attack the bandits.

There are many tough people among the bandits.

Although these bandits may not be historical military generals, the force of some ordinary bandit leaders may also reach 70 or even 80.

The bandit leaders generally have high martial arts and low rulings? Leading troops to fight may not work, but they may launch a surprise attack with force and kill the commander who came to attack.

Zhang Wei said to Chu Wu: "Your Highness, the bandits in the Qinling Mountains? Many people were once soldiers from Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Shu County? Some of them were rebellious, and some of them had deep hatred with Your Majesty, so they were unwilling to surrender. Four chief lieutenants have been killed in all counties in Hanzhong in the past five years."

Chu Wu's face was solemn.

It seems that the task of attacking bandits is very easy, but it is not.

There are nine counties under Hanzhong County? Each county has a captain who is responsible for managing public security? Capture important criminals and pacify bandits? As a result, four captains were killed by bandits in five years.

The bandits in Hanzhong County may be the remnants of Yang Su's past, or other defeated soldiers? They cannot be compared with ordinary bandits.

The various legions were resting and recuperating? No big fights? The task of pacifying bandits in each county was handed over to the prefects and commanders of each county.

"No wonder my mother asked me to be careful."

Chu Wu found that things were not that easy. He was not as simple as going through the motions, but wanted to fight with the fierce bandits with real swords and guns.

A bandit cavalry stood on the hillside with mountains and found Chu Wu and his group who were encircling the mountains.

In a fort in the Qinling Mountains, two bandit leaders gathered thousands of desperate people to defend the city and looted all over the country.

This fort was originally built by Liu Bei to prevent the Guanzhong army from attacking Hanzhong from the Qinling Mountains.

Later, Liu Bei surrendered, and the fort that was originally used to station troops was abandoned or occupied by bandits.

The two bandit leaders had burned scars on their faces and had hideous faces.

"Teacher, the officers and soldiers of Nanzheng County are coming to encircle and suppress them again."

"They really don't know how to live or die. The previous captain was just killed by us, and another one who died came."

"Boss, this time there were more than 500 officers and soldiers, but about 2,000."

"Strange, is it not the county and state soldiers who sent troops to encircle us this time, but the Hanzhong Army?"

The two bandit leaders knew that among the Yizhou army, the Hanzhong Army commanded by Zhang Dao was stationed in Nanzheng County to farm, accumulate food and grass, and rarely send troops. The only ones who attacked the bandits were just ordinary county and state soldiers.

A more cautious bandit leader said: "If it is a Hanzhong Army with 100,000 troops, we have no chance of winning, so it is better to avoid it for the time being."

"You think too much. If the Hanzhong Army sends troops, there will not be only two thousand people. Besides, even if the Hanzhong Army really sends troops, only two thousand people will come. With the abilities of the three brothers Zhang Jiao, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, etc., we may not be afraid."

"It's better to be careful, summon the leaders of various forts in the Qinling Mountains to encircle and suppress this army. Don't they want to encircle us? Let them try the feeling of being encircled and suppressed this time."

"Then just as you said."

Soon the bandits and cavalry rushed to gather the fortress owners of other forts in the Qinling Mountains.

The number of fortress owners or bandits is as high as a thousand people and as low as a hundred people. When they learned that the officers and soldiers wanted to completely pacify the bandits in the Qinling Mountains, they were all alarmed.

The bandits of each tributary gathered at the locations where the officers and soldiers were located.

Chu Wu, Gao Shun, Zhang Wei and his group were less than five miles away from the fort they wanted to conquer.

"The father did not let me use the 'burning boat' easily, but instead wanted to use my own abilities to resolve the crisis..."

Chu Wu has the SSS-level feature to "break the boat", which can keep the legion at its peak within three days.

However, the "destruction and boating" feature has a year of cooling and should be used at critical moments.

"I have an unknown feeling."

Gao Shun, who had always been taciturn, suddenly said to Chu Wu and Zhang Wei.

Gao Shun has experienced many battles and has a keen intuition about danger. He quickly noticed that the danger is approaching.

Chu Wu was a little panicked at this time, remembering the teachings of several teachers: "Separate from eight teams of scouts, each team of three, explore the outside for five miles!"

"yes!"

The low-level light cavalry explored outwards, and unfavorable news came one after another.

"There are a large number of bandits around, and it seems that all bandits nearby have been alarmed. The troops we brought seem to be less."

Zhang Wei understood why the previous commander led 500 troops into the mountains to encircle and suppress, but was killed by bandits.

There may be thousands of bandits in this area!

"General Gao Shun, if the bandits are so powerful, I must protect His Highness the Crown Prince from leaving, and I am responsible for cutting off the rear."

Zhang Wei realized that this time he would be besieged by bandits, so he determined the division of labor with Gao Shun in advance.

The taciturn Gao Shun nodded.

But he still has confidence in his trap.

Chu Wu was unfamiliar with commanding camps. After all, talking about war on paper is completely different from actual combat.

When he first started to fight, he was already in a hurry to command two thousand people.

Fortunately, the camp obeys orders.

The bandits in the Qinling Mountains began to appear in the sight of Chu Wu, Zhang Wei, Gao Shun and others.

The war horses neighed, their iron hooves rolled, and the horse thief waved his ring-headed sword, crossed the mountains and appeared from all directions!

Two thousand officers and soldiers formed a square formation and guarded the four corners with carriages.

Chu Wu could see the vicious bandits on the horizon.

The bandits are in a huge crowd, with a number of thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Two bandit leaders came out of tens of thousands of bandits, holding spears, provoking the officers and soldiers.

Gao Shun also rode his horse out in the battle. When he saw the appearance of these two bandit leaders, he was shocked, who had always been calm.

Chu Wu asked, "Does General Gao Shun know them?"

Gao Shun replied: "They are Li Jue and Guo Si. In the battle of Weibei, they fell into the Wei River and disappeared. Unexpectedly, they fled into the Qinling Mountains and became bandits."

"Li Jue, Guo Si..."

Chu Wu had heard of his father's war. Li Jue and Guo Si were originally Dong Zhuo's troops, but later surrendered to Lao Qin, Chu Tian pacified the battle of Guanzhong, and set fire in Weibei. Li Jue and Guo Si were missing after this battle.

Zhang Wei was sweating profusely. If it were the bandits commanded by Li Jue and Guo Si, then ordinary commanders could not attack them at all.

"It turned out to be Gao Shun? Gao Shun, you actually surrendered to Emperor Xia!"

Li Jue and Guo Si also recognized Gao Shun who came to attack, and their faces turned pale.

Gao Shun and his camp charged forward and were invincible. Gao Shun came to attack. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, they might not be able to defeat Gao Shun.

"Who is that kid? Gao Shun actually has to serve as his subordinate."

"He has an extraordinary origin. If he killed him, it would be avenge the Wei River. My scar still hurts faintly."

Li Jue and Guo Si were burned by the Xia army's fire in the battle of Weishui, which greatly changed their personalities and became even more cruel.
To be continued...