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Half a month later, Chu Yang's team had already entered Jizhou for many days.

The territory of the Great Zhou was much larger than that of the small ancient China. Some place names and county names were similar, but the geographical environment was different.

To put it simply, it is equivalent to an enlarged version of ancient China.

Although Jizhou here also has many plains and fertile land, it also has many mountains, forests and water.

On this day, Chu Yang and others were passing through a forest.

The forests were densely wooded, and because there were no cities or villages nearby, no one cut down the trees, so some of the trees grew to be very huge.

From a distance, it looks like the mouth of a beast swallowing a man. Fortunately, although the official road in the middle has been in disrepair for many years, there are still many merchants and pedestrians coming and going.

So it’s not hard to tell apart and it’s fairly spacious.

"Your Highness, please slow down. The scouts ahead haven't returned yet!"

Suo Si rode his horse beside Chu Yang and ordered the entire team to slow down.

Chu Yang's more than one hundred personal soldiers are all elite, and of course the Royal Guards are not a ragtag group of soldiers either. Although they are on guard against Chu Yang along the way, they are also willing to obey orders.

Chu Yang nodded slightly and didn't care.

Along the way, there were personal soldiers acting as scouts, clearing the way and searching in front to avoid ambushes.

After all, Chu Yang was quite familiar with the personalities of his royal brothers, and it was impossible for them to let him return to Qiongzhou so easily.

However, Chu Yang's mind is not here now.

Ever since summoning Zhao Yun that day, Chu Yang has been waiting, waiting for Zhao Yun to come and join him.

But now half a month has passed.

Not a single hair of Zhao Yun was seen.

Chu Yang even suspected that the system had given him a fake summoning card.

"Suo Si! Do you know there is a place called Changshan in Jizhou?"

"Changshan?" Suo Si scratched his head in confusion, then took out a simple map from his arms and began to look at it.

"Your Highness, it's not on this map!" The map was very simple, marking only the capital city and the cities along the official roads.

If you want maps of towns and counties, you have to ask for them from the official authorities.

Chu Yang left in a hurry and did not bring the map with him. He bought it from a merchant on the road.

“There is a county called Changshan!”

Chu Yang turned his head and saw the captain of the Imperial Guard, Chen Yuan, speaking coldly.

"After we pass this forest, we can reach Changshan after walking a hundred miles, but it is not on our route to Qiongzhou."

"Thank you for letting me know!" Chu Yang nodded at him.

Chen Yuan had a cold face and did not respond.

Although the team slowed down, they still entered the forest.

The tall trees are like giant umbrellas that provide shade, and the temperature in the forest is much cooler than outside.

Another gust of wind blew, making people feel a little cold all over.

"Your Highness, this is not right. The scouts have not returned yet."

Suo Si frowned.

At this moment, more than ten cavalrymen suddenly appeared on the official road in the distance.

They were exactly the scouts sent out before, except that they were covered in blood, with unsheathed swords, and many of them even had crossbow arrows hanging from their bodies.

"Your Highness, retreat! Retreat quickly, there is an ambush in the forest!"

The personal guard scouts in the distance were running and shouting.

Suo Si's expression changed and he looked towards Chu Yang.

Chu Yang was not panicked and gave orders calmly.

"Captain Chen, order fifty guards to lead them, and the rest of you to be on guard and slowly exit the forest."

"Yes!" Chen Yuan did not disobey Chu Yang's order and personally led fifty guards on horseback to support.

Chu Yang led the others out of the forest. Their group was all cavalry, and the best place to fight was on the plain.

If you were in the mountains or forests, you would probably become a sitting duck.

After Chu Yang left the forest, Chen Yuan also came back to pick up the scouts.

"How many people are lying in ambush in the forest? Why are there crossbows?"

Suo Si couldn't wait to ask.

The scout lowered his head in shame and said, "Commander, I don't know the exact number of people. We were only halfway there when countless arrows were shot at us. We immediately broke through and they didn't chase us!"

After a pause, the scout suddenly added, "Oh, right, they also have cavalry. Although they are not wearing armor, judging by their numbers, there are at least a hundred cavalrymen."

Suo Si frowned immediately. This group of people came with ill intentions. Not only did they have bows and crossbows, they also had more than a hundred cavalrymen, and their ambush was in the mountains. It was obvious at a glance that they were targeting Chu Yang, the seventh prince.

"Your Highness, should we rush over?"

We don’t even know the exact number of people on the other side, just charge, charge!

Chu Yang hesitated for a moment. If he took a detour, it would take at least three more days.

It's okay to walk for three more days.

But Chu Yang knew that these people must be the work of his royal brothers. If they bypassed this route, who knew where they would ambush next.

Therefore, the best way is to eliminate all these people.

"We'll set up camp right here and rest here tonight!"

Chu Yang dared to conclude that the number of people that his royal brother could mobilize to assassinate him would definitely not exceed a thousand.

As long as the number of people did not exceed a thousand, Chu Yang would not be afraid with his three hundred elite cavalry.

Especially on the plains, once three hundred cavalrymen charge, if there are less than a thousand of them without armor, they are just pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

That night!

As the moonlight fell, a group of people quietly appeared a thousand meters away from Chu Yang's camp.

"Hey, Mr. Liu, you promised me that if you kill these people, you will let me become an official."

A sturdy man looked at a middle-aged man hopefully.

The middle-aged man had a cold face and was a little impatient: "You are just a small county lieutenant. How could I lie to you about such a small matter? Not only that, I will also give you ten thousand taels of silver, and all your brothers will be registered as such. You will no longer have to be bandits in the future."

"This includes the rest of you! I can arrange for all of you to be county lieutenants as leaders."

Mr. Liu spoke in a loud voice and glanced at the other people around the big man.

Everyone swallowed their saliva, unable to conceal their excitement.

They are all bandits from the nearby mountains. If they can become county lieutenants, it will be worth it even if it means sacrificing the lives of their brothers.

Besides, there were nearly two thousand of them in total, so how could they be afraid of three hundred cavalrymen?

"Okay, we will definitely get the job done for Mr. Liu."

"But these people are too cunning. They refuse to enter the forest. Otherwise, we would not be afraid even if they had 300 cavalrymen. Now we can only attack at night."

Mr. Liu calculated the time and said, "No hurry, it's still early, let's wait until they fall asleep before we start."

What Mr. Liu wants is 100% completion of the mission. If the 300 cavalrymen want to break through, it may not be impossible.

The moon above my head kept moving westward.

I don't know how much time had passed, the moonlight had dimmed, and it was pitch dark all around. Even the chirping of wild animals and insects in the forest had decreased a lot.

Mr. Liu gave the order immediately.

"Light up!" Following the command, torches started to rise one after another in an instant.

Among them, more than a hundred cavalrymen mounted their horses and held torches high.

"The cavalry charged the camp, and the rest followed closely behind."

"kill!"