Another more important thing is to suppress bandits.

Suppressing bandits is a very troublesome matter. Even if the plan is very thorough, the bandits are well-informed.

They were also in collusion with some government officials, so at the slightest sign of trouble, they would immediately make preparations. Some evacuated in advance, while others prepared for both ambush and retreat.

During the campaign, some officers and soldiers who led the troops to suppress the bandits were injured by traps set by the bandits, and some were led around in circles by the bandits and could not be caught.

Another team of one thousand soldiers was lured by bandits into a valley and captured by them.

The bandits had already made preparations in advance on high ground, including rolling logs, thunder stones and kerosene.

The bandits arrogantly mocked the military officer leading the troops, General Han Qian, using extremely insulting language.

"Master Qian, are you here to suppress our bandits or to give us gifts?

Our village is poor and we cannot afford to support so many of your prisoners.

I don't want to bother to catch you. You who know what's best for you should take off your armor and hand over your money and weapons.

If I am pleased, I can give you a complete body. Otherwise, the rolling logs and rocks will smash your bodies into pieces.

"If you burn with kerosene, you will turn into ashes. Your family members can't find your body when they want to worship you. Don't you think it's tragic?"

The besieged officers and soldiers cursed back angrily. The leading officer frowned.

When the two sides were at a stalemate, Han Qianzong whispered to his confidants:

"You lead a team of ten people who are good at climbing, quietly climb up the gentle slope of the cliff on one side of the valley, and go around to the rear of the bandits. Then we will attack them from the front and back." The confidant took the order and left.

Han Qianzong shouted to the bandits again: "We surrender. We will take off our armor and hand over our weapons. You don't have to do anything."

The bandits laughed and relaxed their vigilance.

Just as the officers and soldiers pretended to take off their armor, the trusted team that had circled to the rear suddenly launched an attack, with shouts of killing shaking the sky.

The bandits did not expect any unexpected events to happen in the rear, and they immediately lost their composure and planned to push stones and logs to attack the soldiers in the valley.

General Han Qian seized the opportunity and led the trapped officers and soldiers to fight back. They waved their weapons and killed the bandits.

The rolling logs and stones pushed down by the bandits did not hurt anyone. Instead, they were attacked from both sides and gradually could not withstand the fierce attacks of the soldiers. Their original advantage turned into a disadvantage.

After a fierce fighting, most of the bandits were wiped out, and the few remaining bandits fled in a panic.

General Han Qian looked at the corpses and seized supplies on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this bandit suppression campaign was thrilling, it was ultimately victorious, and it also made him realize that in order to deal with these cunning bandits, some unusual tactics would have to be used.

However, we cannot let the fleeing bandits go unpunished, we must pursue them, otherwise they will flee, robbing, burning and killing along the way, and soon they will form a new bandit group.

Bandits are like weeds. If you don't remove the roots, they will grow again in the spring breeze.

General Han selected some soldiers who were good at tracking, had fast feet and high combat power to chase after them.

He took the rest of the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, as these bandits still had a lot of valuables on them.

It is estimated that the money was looted along the way. The soldiers would not keep the money for themselves, but would collect it and hand it over to the national treasury.

The people who were harmed will receive some compensation.

However, the destroyed homes need to be rebuilt, which requires a lot of money. Li Ping'an and his men will take the initiative to help solve this big problem.