After wearing a sick and weak cannon fodder as a prince

Qin Xuechuan continued: "The soldiers at the frontier are bitterly cold, but Da Chu can't even supply the army rations. This will really chill the hearts of the soldiers at the border. However, my son has heard that there are many bandits and bandits in the territory of Chu State, and some bandits have killed The common people were burned, killed and looted, and the imperial court sent troops several times to no avail, so I thought I would leave this task to the son, and give him a chance to practice."

Xiao Yu frowned tightly after hearing what he said, and continued to look at Qin Xuechuan: "It turns out that His Highness had this idea."

Qin Xuechuan said again: "Your Majesty has promised me, do you want to go back on your word?"

Xiao Yu sighed at this moment, he seemed a little displeased: "Your Highness is really willing to be here, not to mention that there are many bandits in the territory of Chu, and the court has been fruitless for many years, and if I lead the troops to eliminate the bandits, wouldn't it be another Haven't seen His Highness for several months? Does His Highness think that His Highness will be happy if this kind of errand is entrusted to His Majesty?"

When Qin Xuechuan heard him say this, his tone seemed to reveal extreme reluctance. At this moment, he suddenly smiled, and then pointed his finger at Xiao Yu: "Come here."

Seeing this, Xiao Yu walked over, Qin Xuechuan said again at this moment: "Lower your head."

Xiao Yu did as he did, and just as he lowered his head, Qin Xuechuan suddenly put his arms around his neck and pecked his lips lightly: "If Bengong goes with you, would you be willing?"

"Your Highness is really..." After finishing speaking, he pushed Qin Xuechuan down on the chair.The prince's chair in this hall is wide enough for people to lie on it.

The next day, the doors of the palace were closed tightly, Qin Xuechuan said that he was unwell, and sent away all the palace people.

***

The idea of ​​suppressing banditry and raising rations was proposed by Xianglu, so Qin Xuechuan naturally couldn't take the credit from him, so he truthfully reported this to the emperor.

After Qin Yuan heard about this method, he also felt that this method was feasible, but his thoughts were the same as Qin Xuechuan's. Letting the family lead the army was tantamount to planting hidden dangers for Da Chu, just as he was thinking about the person who led the army after.

Qin Xuechuan had already thought about how to tell the emperor.

He said: "Father, I feel that Xiao Shizi is useful. Xiao Yu has been obsessed with Fengyue City and has never thought about anything else, and he has no talent in leading troops. I think he can lead troops to suppress Bandit, my servant is also accompanying me, and I will keep an eye on him from time to time, lest he have any strange intentions."

After Qin Yuan heard his words, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then he looked up at Qin Xuechuan who was standing below: "The prince's proposal is very good, but I think your fifth brother has been sick for a long time in the military camp, so you should take care of yourself." Go out to see the world. Then let Xiao Yu lead the army to suppress the bandits this time, and you will follow him to watch him, and your fifth brother will also go to suppress the bandits together. Although this time the army is sent in the name of Xiao Yu, but I will send it out separately. Send someone to assist you, and everything is up to you.”

Qin Xuechuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he continued: "Father is very thoughtful, and my son is incomparable. My son thanked father."

Qin Yuan said again: "If there is anything wrong with your brother leading troops to suppress the bandits, you have to point it out by the side."

Qin Xuechuan bit his lips when he heard this, then lowered his head and said: "Yes, I will obey the imperial father's order. If the imperial father has no other orders, the minister will leave first."

After hearing what he said, Qin Yuan waved at him: "You step back first."

"My son, please leave first!"

***

When Qin Xuechuan came out from the inside, his face seemed to be a little unhappy. When he came out of the palace and saw Pei Wake who was standing in front of the carriage waiting for him, his expression froze for a moment.

Pei Xing could also see that he seemed a little unhappy. Pei Xing followed Qin Xuechuan into the carriage, and then he asked: "Your Highness, what did Your Majesty say to make you angry?"

After Qin Xuechuan heard what he said, he suddenly smiled lightly: "How can I change my anger at the emperor? Mister is really joking."

Pei Xing smiled again: "Your Highness, there are only you and me now, and if His Highness still hasn't told the truth, could it be that you can't trust me?"

Qin Xuechuan's anger subsided quite a bit at this moment, he suddenly leaned against the wall of the car, and then said: "Royal Father agreed with Xiao Yu to lead the troops to eliminate the bandits, although he is the one who leads the troops, but I am the one who has the final say. Not only that, my fifth younger brother was also sent away by my father."

Seeing him like this, Pei Xing suddenly laughed: "Your Highness is jealous?"

Jealous?

It was the first time for Qin Xuechuan to hear such a fresh word, and he chuckled again: "Sir, are you joking with Ben Gong?"

"Your Majesty knows that His Highness has always had a grudge against His Majesty, and the estrangement between you father and son is not because he loves the youngest son and ignores you?"

Pei Xing sees things clearly, no matter what Qin Xuechuan has on his mind, he can't escape his eyes, so what he said is right.It is true that Qin Xuechuan has always been dissatisfied with Qin Yuan's use of him, but even if he is dissatisfied, what can he do, after all, the emperor is the emperor.

Qin Yuan's mind has always been deep, and he can't let anyone see his emotions.

Pei Xing saw that his expression was complicated at the moment, so he guessed what was going on, and he said with a smile: "Your Highness, it is a good thing for His Highness Fifth to bring troops to help you. If His Highness Fifth has made military achievements, then naturally His Highness After all, His Highness has the final say on all important matters, and Xiao Shizi's leading troops to suppress bandits is just a false name."

After Qin Xuechuan Pei Xing heard this, he suddenly realized, he stared at him with wide eyes: "Then Mr. means..."

"At this time, the royal family is thinking about clearing up the bandits. To put it bluntly, they just want to grab the food of those bandits? Naturally, they can't send troops in the name of the prince or the prince for such an unseemly thing. That's why His Majesty agreed to let Xiao Shizi take the lead. soldiers, but no one knows that these soldiers are actually decided by Your Highness."

"Taking a ten thousand step back, if His Majesty the Fifth Highness and Shizi Xiao really made some contributions, then His Highness is to blame. Why should His Highness be angry because of these trivial matters? Besides, if His Majesty is really biased, this time the purge is nonsense. If you really only reward His Majesty the Fifth Highness, it will inevitably attract criticism from the government and the public, so Yichen thinks that His Majesty has good intentions for you."

Qin Xuechuan was stunned for a while after hearing this, and then he came back to his senses and smiled softly: "I hope the facts are true as what Mr. said, otherwise I will not only be angry, but also sad."

After hearing what he said, Pei Xing smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Your Highness."

***

Most of the banditry in the vicinity of the state of Chu came from remote counties and counties. There were few people in small places, and the officials in those small places were all bullying and fearful. Therefore, the state of Chu sent troops to clear up the banditry several times without any results. It seems that this Many of them have these parents and officials as obstacles.

If banditry is rampant, then why do these parents and officials still be safe and sound as their own officials? According to Qin Xuechuan, these people are probably in collusion with the bandit leaders.

However, what surprised Qin Xuechuan this time was that the emperor only sent 2000 people to Xiao Yu to eliminate the bandits.Is it a bit too difficult to wipe out the banditry in Chu State with only these 2000 people?

Qin Xuechuan also wanted to ask the emperor to send some more soldiers to suppress the bandits, but when the emperor dispatched [-] soldiers, he said that the state of Chu was suffering from severe drought this year, and it was really impossible to dispatch too many soldiers to eliminate the bandits. He believed that with Qin Xuechuan's strength, he would handle this matter well.

Qin Xuechuan felt that the emperor didn't want him to do meritorious service as Pei Xing said, but instead created a big problem for him.And the emperor said that the person he sent to him was none other than the national teacher Wu Lin...

Qin Xuechuan thought that Wu Lin would at most be a master dancer, what could he do here?Moreover, Wu Lin followed him all the time, as if he was afraid that something would happen to him.

***

Although it's already autumn, the noon sun is still very poisonous. Xiao Yu and Qin Luochuan rode in front, while Qin Xuechuan followed behind in a carriage. He was not in good health, so he couldn't ride with them and lead troops in front. .

But there is nothing wrong with sitting in the carriage, but what he is worried about now is not this, but another person hiding in his carriage.

Qin Xuechuan supported his forehead with a cold face, and looked at Qin Yuan with a headache: "How did you get in here?"

At this time, Qin Yuan, who was dressed in men's clothing, suddenly smiled: "Brother Prince..."

"Don't smirk, if you don't tell the truth, I will send you back right now."

Qin Yuan has also grown up these years and has become a beautiful girl, but Qin Xuechuan always feels that he has brought her down. This child is even more naughty than some princes when they were young. It is like climbing out of the palace wall to play outside all day long. , Now she dares to wield a knife and a gun in front of Qin Luochuan.

"Okay, okay, Yuan'er is telling the truth... Actually, Yuan'er heard that the prince's elder brother and elder brother went out to fight together, so she wanted to go with her."

After Qin Xuechuan heard what she said, she suddenly looked at her with a serious expression: "Do you think it's just a joke that Ben Gong and your brother go to war? We are going to suppress bandits, not just for fun. Ben Gong will order people to fight You send it back."

After hearing what he said, Qin Yuan quickly grabbed Qin Xuechuan's arm: "Brother Prince, wait a minute! Brother Prince, don't you often praise Yuan'er's talent and know everything? Yuan'er can also go to suppress bandits!"

"Nonsense! How old are you now? And do you really have those bandits..."

Before he finished speaking, Qin Yuan rushed to say: "Yuan'er is seventeen, and my brother has already entered the military camp to manage military affairs at Yuan'er's age, why can't Yuan'er follow her brothers to suppress bandits?" Woolen cloth?"

Qin Xuechuan sighed after hearing her words, he shook his head: "That's different, no one is your opponent when you practice swords and guns in the palace, that's because those people in the palace remember your identity , they will let you because of your status, but those bandits will not be like this."

When Qin Yuan heard what he said, not only did she not understand it, but she even said that she wanted to follow Qin Xuechuan to suppress the bandits.

If Qin Xuechuan had to get someone to send her back, she still had a way to run back.After Qin Xuechuan heard what she said, she wanted to be tied back, but after thinking about it, Qin Yuan had the most ideas, and it would be bad if she thought of a way to come back halfway.

Who will meet if the road is not safe? Now that the severe drought has eased and the bandits in various places have not been cleared, what if she encounters some accidents on the way back?

When Qin Xuechuan thought of this, he sighed helplessly: "Okay, you can follow for now, but you can't mess around at the critical moment. Otherwise, your brother will be outside, and I will hand you over to him, and let him discipline him well. you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yuan hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! Thank you, Brother Prince, Yuan'er will definitely be obedient."

Qin Xuechuan sighed helplessly after hearing what she said, obviously she was no longer a child, but still speaking in such a childish tone, she really looked like a child who couldn't grow up.

At this moment, Qin Yuan said again: "Brother Prince, you once said that Yuan'er is suitable for using a knife, so Yuan'er went outside the palace to find our best blacksmith in Dachu to make a good knife."

Qin Xuechuan looked at her speechlessly after hearing this...

She even went out of the palace to fight with swords by herself. What did the soldiers guarding the city outside the palace walls bring to eat?And she can come in and get out smoothly?This... Even he can't do this, what method did Qin Yuan think of to get out?

"Brother Prince, now that Yuan'er's martial arts are getting better, Yuan'er will definitely follow her brothers to kill those bandits who endanger the people."

Qin Xuechuan was suddenly a little surprised when he heard what she said. At this moment, he looked at Qin Yuan: "A Yuan, where did your daughter's family come from such a hostile atmosphere?"

After hearing his question, Qin Yuan looked at him in a daze: "Brother Prince, aren't those bandits the bad guys who harmed our Great Chu? Shouldn't we kill them?"

Qin Xuechuan frowned after hearing this: "Who taught you this?"

Qin Yuan saw that his expression suddenly changed, so she lowered her head and said guiltily: "Yes...it was said by the father. When Yuan'er was very young, the father taught my brother that if he wants to seize me, he will harm you. All disciples of my Great Chu should be killed."

Qin Xuechuan frowned even more after hearing this... Has Qin Yuan always raised his children like this?However, when he heard Qin Yuan say that she was in Qin Luochuan's presence, the emperor was probably speaking to Qin Luochuan.

It's just that these words were remembered by Qin Yuan who was beside her.

Qin Xuechuan coughed at this moment, and he looked at Qin Yuan with a serious face: "A Yuan, there are indeed wicked people who must die in this world, but some people do evil things but are not worthy of death. For example, those bandits, some People are also forced to become bandits by local corrupt officials. In fact, they were also common people long ago."

After Qin Yuan heard this, she nodded her head: "Oh... so it is like this? Father and elder brother never let Yuan'er read more books about the suffering of the common people. When Yuan'er is bored, she will read some folk tales. But these things have never been written in the scriptures.”

But of course, if someone dares to write these things into the storybook, they will probably be wiped out.

Qin Xuechuan looked at her again at this moment and said: "Ah Yuan, in short, there are many things in this world that cannot be generalized, not all bandits deserve to die."

Qin Yuan nodded her head when she heard his words, but at this moment she said again: "But brother prince, father is asking you and brother to wipe out those bandits this time, if you don't kill them, How can we solve the banditry in various places?"

Qin Xuechuan was stunned when he heard her asking this question, she had hit the point.Qin Xuechuan also felt that it would be inappropriate to kill all the bandits, and maybe they could be subdued and incorporated into the army.

Anyway, the number of recruits today is insufficient, which can not only solve the problem of banditry, but also solve the problem of conscription.

Xiao Yu and Qin Luochuan led the soldiers along the bandit-infested areas. To deal with the bandits in some small places, 2000 men were enough, and after clearing the bandits in those places, the casualties of more than 2000 people were not too heavy.

However, as the saying goes, the masters are among the people, and among those bandits there are many people with high martial arts skills. Qin Xuechuan remembers a bandit from a place called Qinghe County. The soldiers were badly wounded.But in the end, Xiao Yu went up and settled him down.

When encountering such a powerful weirdo, Xiao Yu is naturally inferior to him in terms of brute force, but Xiao Yu is hundreds of times stronger than him in terms of strategy.Xiao Yu only came up with a trick to overcome rigidity with softness and tied the man into a ball with ropes, and finally pushed the man back to the capital.

The bandits and food that were wiped out along the way were just a drop in the bucket. Those who were suppressed were not enough to fill up the army, and the food was not enough to feed the border soldiers for two months.There are also some vicious people among them, Qin Xuechuan said that there is no need to keep people like these, just exterminate them.

All the bandits who fought desperately against the imperial army did not have much food in their bandits.And those rats who surrender as soon as the momentum is not good are some inferior people. They love to burn, kill, loot, and rob civilian women, so they are also the most greedy people, and naturally they have the most food.

There are two kinds of people that Qin Xuechuan does not kill, one is the bandits who only kill the rich and help the poor, and the other is the bandits who have not hurt anyone's life.The remaining bandits who robbed the people and bullied the weak were all wiped out by the court.

In the end, only one of the largest bandit dens remained—the group of bandits on Longhu Mountain in Ning'an County.

I heard that the total number of those bandits is nearly [-].

Being a bandit these days also attracts birds of a feather and divides people into groups.I heard that Jia Changsheng, the bandit leader on Longhu Mountain, had been the bandit leader for ten years. The imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress them several times, but they all returned without success with heavy casualties.

It is said that Jia Changsheng used to be a general in another country, and was exiled for committing a felony. On the way to exile, he tricked the soldiers who escorted him and escaped by himself.Later, he fled to Longhu Mountain on the border of Chu State and became a bandit. After that, he expanded his bandit stronghold and recruited people who were cornered by corrupt officials.

Some people said that he, the village owner, was better than the emperor. Fortunately, Longhu Mountain was far away from Fengdu, and the sky was far away from the emperor. Such rumors did not reach Qin Yuan's ears.If someone really said this in Fengdu, I'm afraid they really didn't want their lives.

The suppression of bandits has been going on for more than a month. Although the court has swept all the big and small bandit camps in various places, the "trophies" harvested in the end are still insignificant to those border soldiers who are waiting for military rations.

But right now there is a fat piece of Longhushan. I heard that Jia Changsheng, the leader of Longhushan, talks about business most. His bandit village not only has countless gold and silver treasures, but also can feed nearly ten thousand people for ten years. food.

During the severe drought in Chu State, only those bandits on Longhu Mountain were not affected by the severe drought.Jia Changsheng will not only store grain in the state of Chu, he will also do business with several surrounding countries. Most of the grain in his bandit village is also bought from other countries, and more and more grain is coming to Longhu Mountain. more and more.

It's just...the emperor only sent 2000 people to Xiao Yu. On the way to clear up the bandits, the [-] soldiers who brought with them also suffered a lot of casualties. Now at Longhu Mountain, there are only more than [-] people who can go up the mountain to fight those bandits. up.

1000 people versus 1 people, the difference in the number of people is here, Qin Xuechuan really couldn't make up his mind for a while, how to clean up all these bandits in Longhu Mountain?

***

At this time, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, more than 1000 soldiers set up camp at a distance of [-] miles from Ning'an Prefecture, and they could enter Ning'an Prefecture after dawn.

At this moment, Qin Xuechuan got out of the carriage, put on a black cloak and looked up at the crescent moon.

The closer to the border of Chu State, the colder it is. He heard that Qinchuan is two hundred miles away from Ning'an County.

He heard that Qinchuan has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times, and it is also a horrific burial place for soldiers. It is an ancient battlefield, and countless lives have been buried there for a hundred years.Some people say that there are too many undead gathered in Qinchuan, and people who used to live there often heard the sound of countless armies fighting there in the middle of the night. Over time, no one dared to live around Qinchuan, but with Qinchuan as the boundary, go north It is the country of Yan, and to the west is the country of Wu.The two countries each set up troops to garrison a hundred miles away from Qinchuan.

Because most of Qinchuan is in the territory of Chu State, and the army of Chu State is very strong, so the surrounding four countries all acquiesce that Qinchuan is the territory of Great Chu.

Qin Xuechuan felt a little cold at this moment, so he rubbed his hands together.But at this moment, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from behind him to hug him.

Qin Xuechuan was startled suddenly, he immediately wanted to push Xiao Yu's hand away: "Let go!"

Xiao Yu said softly at this moment: "Your Highness, don't be afraid, there is no one around, no one will see it."

"That's not necessarily true. If someone sees it, why don't you want the military exploits of suppressing bandits?" Qin Xuechuan struggled.

Unexpectedly, the more he moved, the tighter Xiao Yu hugged him. He rested his head on Qin Xuechuan's shoulder and said aggrievedly: "Your Highness lied, and clearly said that he would come with you, but I often can't touch His Highness for a few days. once."

Qin Xuechuan seemed to have some resentment when he heard his words, so he said again: "So I told you a long time ago that this time I came to deal with business, how could I have so much time with you..."

When he said this, Qin Xuechuan suddenly blushed and didn't know what to say...

No, it should be said what was he talking about just now?

Xiao Yu seized this opportunity and asked with a smile, "What does Your Highness want to do with you?"