The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

On this side, Han Fengli escorted food to Nanjun Prefecture, temporarily calming the hearts of the disaster victims in Nanjun Prefecture.

On the other side, Chu Chenye's grain ship also arrived at the dock of Ningqing City. Chu Chenye received a pigeon message from Han Fengli, and learned that the grain transported by Han Fengli had been safely delivered to the destination. He felt that most of his mission had been completed, and he felt a lot more relaxed in an instant.

At midnight, Chu Chenye ordered the food on the ship to be loaded onto trucks, which had been prepared in advance.

In less than an hour, more than fifty carts of grain had been loaded, but what was strange was that Chu Chenye actually ordered the soldiers to sprinkle water on the grain bags and cover each cart with oilcloth, which had appeared in this dynasty.

The morning light was dim and the sky was slightly bright. Chu Chenye gave the order to "set off".

The grain transport convoy set off towards Nanjunzhou. If everything went well on the road, the convoy would arrive at Nanjunzhou's mansion around midnight today.

But everyone knew that the journey this day might not be so peaceful.

Although this road is an official road, there are many mountain roads around Ningqing City, and it must pass through Yuling Mountain where bandits often appear. Yuling Mountain is high and densely forested, connected to many mountains, and is a famous bandit mountain in Western Chu. The emperor has sent people to suppress the bandits many times, but he has never been able to suppress them all. He only caught some small soldiers and crabs. It is said that there is a powerful bandit leader here called Hu Batian.

Most of the journey today had to be on this mountain road. Chu Chenye had nothing to fear from the bandits. Generally speaking, bandits would not target the government. But he had received the news that Prince Yu would send people to intercept his grain team, and he had already made all the necessary preparations.

It was already noon, and everything was fine. The convoy came to an open space on the side of a mountain with a small pond next to it. Chu Chenye ordered the soldiers to rest for a while and eat some dry food.

Chu Chenye, Xiang Yimu, and several personal guards also stopped to rest. At this time, a shadow flashed beside him and said, "Master, there are bandits fifteen miles ahead."

"Have you found anything else? Are there any people from Prince Yu?"

"Master, we didn't find any trace of those people following us."

"Okay, continue to observe."

"Yes, master." A gust of wind appeared, and the shadow flashed away.

"Fifth Prince, have you discovered something?" Xiang Yimu asked on the side.

The fourth and fifth princes were not yet old enough to be crowned kings. In the Western Chu Kingdom, the princes had to reach the age of coming of age, which was 20 years old, before they could be crowned kings. The fourth prince Chu Chenyan was still one month away, and the fifth prince Chu Chenye still had more than a year to go before he could have his crowning ceremony. Prince Jing was crowned king at the age of 17 because of his numerous military exploits.

"Fifteen miles ahead, we found bandits. But I feel like there's something strange going on. These bandits shouldn't be setting up an ambush there."

Chu Chenye's biological mother was Concubine Rou, and his father was just a small county official, with no power or influence in his family. At that time, in order to turn the emperor and the queen against each other, the queen mother deliberately framed the emperor, favored his mother and made her pregnant.

Chu Chenye has admired his third brother Chu Chenjing since he was a child. When he was a child, he was often bullied by the second prince and the people around him. Whenever this happened, the slightly older Chu Chenjing would stand up for him and help him fight. Chu Chenjing was very brave at a young age and was often beaten with scars all over his body, but he was never afraid. Instead, he became more and more courageous with each fight. Gradually, he developed good kung fu to defeat the majority with a small number of people. Naturally, Chu Chenye was bullied less. Later, Chu Chenjing went to the military camp, and the slightly older Chu Chenye went out to travel around the world, and also learned some kung fu on the way. He was not interested in the court, but his father asked them, the princes who had not yet entered the throne, to gain some experience in the court before entering the throne, so he decided to follow his third brother.

"Should we still set off?"

"Rest for another incense stick of time, then set off." Chu Chenye turned around and called his personal guards, "Ye Yi, tell everyone that there will be a battle ahead. Let everyone be vigilant, be prepared, and be ready to fight at any time."

"Yes, master."

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The convoy continued to move forward, and here we were in the territory of Nanjun Prefecture. In previous years, this season should be spring with flowers blooming and bright colors. But this year is different from the past. It has been pouring rain for some time, and it still rains frequently now, as if there is a hole in the sky here.

The sky was gray and drizzling. The leader of the guards delivering food gave the order, "Speed ​​up."

I saw the soldier driving the carriage sitting on the shaft, pulling the reins with one hand and whipping with the other, shouting "Gee!" The horses ran rhythmically and the convoy sped up.

The convoy drove to a place about 15 miles away from the previous resting place. The road here did not look suitable for blocking. Although there were high mountains on one side, there were open land and farmland on the other side. The road in front of us was blocked by felled trees and some large rocks, but no one was seen.

The convoy was forced to stop, and the guard ordered several soldiers to clear the obstacles in the middle of the road. When the soldiers approached the obstacles, Chu Chenye shouted, "Everyone retreat behind the grain carts, pay attention to the movements on the mountain, and be ready for battle."

Before he finished speaking, one could hear the dense sounds of bows and arrows, "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" and "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh". The arrows were flying towards the grain carts, and the grain bags were also hit with "bang, bang, bang" sounds.

There seemed to be many people hiding on the mountain, all using bows and arrows. Arrows were also shot at the soldiers who were moving the obstacles, and one of the soldiers had his arm scratched and blood was flowing out.

More arrows shot towards Chu Chenye. He waved his sword to block the rain of arrows, then leaped again and hid behind a grain cart.

At this moment, a voice came from the mountain: "If you want to pass through here, leave some money and I will spare your lives!"

"Protect the master, everyone hide behind the grain cart." Ye Yi came to Chu Chenye's side and said loudly.

At this time, Chu Chenye took out his weapon and fought back, saying, "It's time for you to taste our power." Several of his personal guards also took out the same weapons and fought back.

This weapon completely crushed the so-called "bandits" on the mountain. From time to time, "bandits" would roll down the mountain. "Bang", "Bang", "Bang", and they would die.

Chu Chenye said excitedly: The things given by my third brother are really useful. The arrow gun invented by Little Sister Wang is so easy to use.

Gradually, the screams coming from the mountain became less and less. The few remaining people on the mountain desperately shot flaming arrows at the grain. The oilcloth on the grain carts also caught fire, and the flames were very bright.

"Retreat" It seemed that more than ten of them ran away, but in fact they were let go intentionally by Chu Chenye.

A fierce battle ended just like that.

Chu Chenye immediately ordered people to remove the tarpaulin on the grain truck. Since the grain bags under the tarpaulin had been sprinkled with water before, not many of them caught fire. The only sound of some of the grain bags that caught fire and were damaged was the sound of something falling to the ground.

No one knows that this is also food. This is the sweet potato that Ouyang Yunyao gave to Chu Chenjing.

On the other side, Prince Yu and Prince Jing received pigeon messages almost at the same time: "The grain is burned!"