For a few days, Ye Chen led people to exterminate the bandits within thirty miles of Xiangping City.

The reason for the high efficiency is that there are no large bandits in this area, ranging from a few hundred to a few dozen.

And most of these people came from peasant backgrounds, but they just couldn't eat anymore and became bandits.

However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was really like a bandit, Rao was like this, in the past few days, Ye Chen also suppressed nearly 3,000 bandits, killed more than 1,000 people, and the other 2,000 people were captured, and most of them became farmers again.

Ye Chen's suppression of bandits was obvious to all, and the people in Xiangping City who had laughed at him immediately did not dare to say anything.

"Young master, ahead is where Hutou Mountain is located, there are more than a thousand bandits in it, they are different from the previous ones, most of these are real bandits." Tiger Head briefly said the information he had detected.

"Is there anything different about this bandit?"

"Second brother, according to the news inquired, the bandits on Hutou Mountain are very cautious, they don't rob a caravan that is guarded or crowded, if the caravan is weak or defenseless, it will be robbed, but they don't kill people much, as long as you don't resist, they won't kill people indiscriminately."

Tai Shi Ci has recently been in charge of the military affairs of the bandits, because Ye Chen has to deal with the affairs of the Ye family from time to time.

"It seems that this group of bandits is a little difficult to suppress, maybe there are masters."

At this time, Ye Chen observed the terrain from a distance, and found that the terrain of Hutou Mountain was steep, and there was only one path up the mountain, which was only for two or three people to go in parallel, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If you prepare some rolling logs and stones on it, and you want to storm it, you will have to suffer heavy casualties.

Ye Chen has suppressed so many bandits, and there are not too many casualties so far, only a few people have been injured and have not been killed in battle, so Ye Chen will definitely not choose to attack.

"Big brother, what can I do?"

"Second brother, I can only try a night attack tonight."

For this kind of terrain, if the defense is tight, then other strategies are useless, and you can only attack, if the opponent is well prepared, the attack will definitely be a heavy loss.

That night, Ye Chen and his entourage quietly touched the foot of Hutou Mountain.

"Up"

Tai Shi Ci took the lead, the tiger head followed closely behind, Ye Chen was originally going to be in front, Tai Shi Ci was not allowed to live or die, Ye Chen couldn't do it, he was arranged in the middle.

There were no torches along the way, so I touched it slowly.

"Who? Password? ”

As soon as he approached the cottage, he was discovered, and the thieves above saw that no one answered, so they lit up the bottom with torches.

"Not good, enemy attack."

The bandit saw many people below, so he shouted, and the bandits inside were all alarmed.

"Woohoo"

An arrow shot down the mountain.

"Not good, disperse the defense."

Tai Shi Ci shouted, and the spear in his hand flew, knocking down all the bows and arrows that came from it.

The head of the tiger was in front, and he also quickly knocked down the flying bow and arrows, and the soldiers behind were slightly scattered, so that they would not be unable to let go of their hands and feet.

Tai Shi Ci heard the noisy voices of people above, and knew that he had alarmed the entire bandits, and the sneak attack was invincible, and the cost of the attack was too great.

"The rear team becomes the front team, retreat."

After saying that, the whole team changed, and the ones behind immediately turned to retreat, and Tai Shici and the tiger head cushioned behind to prevent a sudden attack from above.

Due to the fact that at night, the situation was unknown, and the bandits from Hutou Mountain did not chase after them.

Ye Chen and the others quickly retreated to the foot of the mountain, this inspection, there were six people injured, fortunately they were not seriously injured, and they would be fine in a few days.

"Go back, another day."

Helpless, Ye Chen could only retreat, the mountain was heavily defended, and night attacks and strong attacks were not possible.

Early the next morning, Hutou Mountain Cottage.

"Strategist, are the people who attacked us last night really so powerful?"

It was a bearded man who spoke, tall and big, with a very strong spirit. He is the head of Hutou Mountain, Zhou Nan.

Zhou Nan turned out to be a guest of a big family, but was later kicked out, because he had no skills and no land to plant, so he gathered a crowd and started a robbery business.

At first, he could only barely live, but later met Bai Feng, a scholar in distress, who knew how to scheming, could close the situation, and did not make a mistake once according to what he said, so the cottage gathered more and more, and became richer and richer.

The one who was called a military advisor by Zhou Nan was Bai Feng, he was dressed in white, in his early twenties, he looked weak, but he was quite elegant.

"According to the people guarding the door, hundreds of people came from the other side, and these hundreds of people were able to quietly touch the door all the way, which shows that these hundreds of people are very well disciplined." Bai Feng analyzed.

"Hmm," Zhou Nan nodded.

"Also, last night we shot a few rounds of bows and arrows, and there was only the sound of weapons blocking below, and there was no screaming, either we didn't shoot any of them, or they didn't make a sound when they were hit by arrows in time."

"yes, think about it." Zhou Nan shook his head and said with a little headache.

"From this point of view, the other party is definitely an elite soldier, and the other party did not cause chaos when he retreated, you must know that this is a night attack, not only is there no chaos, but also retreats quickly."

"Well, yes, but Strategist, what does this mean?"

Zhou Nan didn't like these ways, so he asked the military advisor if he had something.

"This shows that the other side is not only well-trained, but also good at night attacks, and you must know that if you don't have special training, it is easy to be chaotic when fighting at night."

Bai Feng was suddenly very interested in this mysterious army, and he really wanted to meet them.

"Then the military division, did you say that the officers and soldiers are coming to encircle and suppress us."

"It's certain that they will come to encircle and suppress us, but I don't think they are officers and soldiers." Bai Feng was thoughtful, he went to check the scene in the morning, but he didn't find anything except seeing many arrows shot from the cottage.

"Also, the officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress us in the past were a bunch of waste materials, and they were scattered by us as soon as they were rushed, and they all ran away without killing a few people, running faster than anyone else." Zhou Nan said with a disdainful face.

"Well, that's why I said that this army is definitely not simple, we must strengthen our defenses, and we must be careful recently, otherwise it will be easy to suffer."

Bai Feng really wanted to see this army, but he couldn't be destroyed by the other party because of this.

"Does it need to be like this? If they dare to come, they will destroy him, regardless of whether he is a good soldier or not. Zhou Nan looked disdainful, and he was never afraid of the officers and soldiers, whether they were elite or bad.

"It's different, judging from the situation last night, this army must be well-trained, this kind of army is commanded, hundreds of people are like a whole, the combat power exerted is extremely terrifying, our brothers are uneven, it's okay to deal with ordinary officers and soldiers, we can't break them up at all, but will be entangled by them."

"I said, if you're afraid of a bird, it's a big deal." Zhou Nan said this, but he was still very afraid in his heart, because what the military advisor said was not accurate once.

In the next few days, Hutou Mountain had been on guard, and Ye Chen didn't plan to provoke them at this time, and he hadn't figured out a way to deal with them yet, so he had to let them go first.

For many days, Ye Chen still led the escort battalion to fight in all directions, and wiped out all those little thieves, as long as they didn't surrender, they were all cut down, and the most vicious ones who surrendered were also cut down, and the rest were dealt with according to the situation.

They are usually caught to do coolies, although they are coolies, Ye Chen did not abuse them, they were given food and drink, that is, they worked on time, and they were not paid.

Ye Chen also opened up a large number of tuntian, specially to settle these people, and behave well to give the identity of a farmer, let them live a normal life, and if they don't behave well, they will work here for free for the rest of their lives.

More than half a month has passed, and there are several large bandits around the county town, and Ye Chen is waiting for an opportunity, waiting for an opportunity to catch them all and cause little damage to himself.

"Big brother, it's time to deal with the bandits in Hutou Mountain."

It turned out that after coming back, Ye Chen had made a plan, ready to use the plan to exterminate the bandits on Hutou Mountain, they had been waiting for an opportunity, and now the time was almost up.

"Second brother, now the two thousand and a half recruits have completed their recruit training, and they have also been trained in weapons for a few days, and they can already be used as an auxiliary."

"Well, their weapons and equipment are also ready, this time I will take them up to see the blood, but the protective measures must also be done well, try not to let them be damaged."

"Well, the main combat force is still the previous five hundred veterans, if the bandits of Hutou Mountain come down the mountain and there is no geographical advantage, our five hundred guard battalions are enough, and these recruits already have the strength to fight."

"Okay, then let's get down and start the action tonight."

In the afternoon, the escort battalion stopped all training, all rested, and in the evening the 3,000 escort battalion set out in full gear.

In Hutou Mountain, Bai Feng sat alone in a daze.

"No, why did it disappear."

"It's been more than half a month, and these people haven't come again."

"Who the hell is it? Why did you give up all of a sudden? ”

Bai Feng was puzzled, in his opinion, after the night attack that night, the other party would definitely use other methods to attack the cottage, so he recently defended the cottage impenetrable.

Recently, it has been strictly ordered not to go down the mountain to rob.

"Strategist, these days are about to fade out of the birds, when can I go down the mountain to rob, I see that the gang knows that I am not easy to fight in Hutou Mountain, and I have given up."

Zhou Nan was very dissatisfied, and complained, he has been hiding in the cottage recently, he is very unaccustomed to it, but even if he is a big boss, he doesn't dare not listen.

"yes. Did you really give up? Bai Feng was obviously very concerned about his mistake in judgment, which made him a little confused.

"Strategist, I don't think they will come, let's go down the mountain to do some work, otherwise these bastards may not be able to do something in the cottage, and there are often people fighting in the past few days."

"Well, well, then go down the mountain and work, but be careful not to be ambushed."

"Hey, what are you afraid of, you are the one who is civil, I am the one who is martial, whoever comes will cut whom."

Bai Feng nodded, did not answer Zhou Nan, and seemed a little worried.