"Well, you two will each pick two or three subordinates from the army, bring some rations and rush to Qin City as soon as possible, and find out the situation in Qin City as soon as possible. If you can meet with important personnel in Qin City, you can directly convey the Star Army's requirements It means going to collect food." Yu Tong and another deputy general are both seventh-level martial arts cultivators. They will lead some people there, and Lu Yunyou is relieved.
"Yes," the next moment, Yu Tong and the man took the order and left. Each went to the army to select three people, and soon the eight people left on horseback.
"General, no one is in the mansion. It's still very messy inside. It seems like it has been disturbed by bandits." As soon as the eight people left, the people who had just entered the city lord's mansion to search just came out.
"General Lu, since there is no one in the city lord's mansion, why not ask someone to tidy up so that we can settle down easily," before leaving, Xing Hu directly gave Lu Yunyou a suggestion.
"General Xing is still thoughtful." Nodding, Lu Yunyou directly ordered some star troops: "Surround the general's mansion and don't allow any outsiders to come in."
After a military order was given, Lu Yunyou led a group of people directly into the city lord's palace. Just like the situation reported by the captain just now, the palace was in a mess. Apparently after the city lord of Qu City ran away with his family, the bandits later took the city lord After searching through the mansion, it was unlikely that they would find anything valuable in the city lord's mansion.
The situation in the entire Qucheng has been extremely bad. The only good thing for the Star Army may be that the bandits did not set fire to the city, otherwise they may not even have a place to stay now.
With some emotion, Lu Yunyou walked all the way to the main hall of the city lord's palace. After asking the soldiers behind him to stop, he only led a few guards in. The spacious hall was magnificent, but it was empty. All the items inside had obviously been moved. Walk.
While Lu Yunyou was looking around, Wang Yihou came directly in with a few people in civilian attire.
"General, these are the people we found when we were searching around just now. If you have any questions, you can ask them directly!" Pointing to the eight people being escorted by the Star Army, Wang Yihou reminded them as soon as they came in. Lu Yunyou.
"Are you all in the city recently?" Chao Wang Yihou nodded, and Lu Yunyou looked directly at those people: "Can you tell me what happened in the city before?"
"Sir, I have been hiding in the city recently." The person who replied was a middle-aged man. His face was a little nervous, but he still looked much calmer than the others. After meeting Lu Yunyou's gaze, he said directly: "In the city The incident was committed by a group of bandits from Xiaoyin Mountain. About two days ago, after the city lord escaped with his family, the group of bandits came to the city, killing and looting everywhere, and many civilians were brutally killed by them."
"Is it possible that except for the city lord's mansion, which had the ability to resist those robbers, no one else could protect you?" Lu Yunyou was puzzled. After all, based on his observations when he arrived, this canal city was not too small.
"Back to my lord, someone originally organized a resistance, but after the city lord left with a group of city guards, several forces in the city joined forces and were still no match for the bandits. Later, there were rumors in the city that the Star Army was coming to rob them. Food, those forces were afraid of the group of bandits and worried that the Star Army would come to rob them, so they all followed the city lord and ran away. In the end, only common people like us who had no strength were left in the city."
"That's it." After the other party finished speaking, Lu Yunyou finally understood why there was not even a single living person on the street despite the blue sky and white sun. With emotion, he looked at Wang Yi and shouted: "General Wang, how many people have been found in total?"
"Only in the north of the city, we have found six to seven hundred people after a rough search. There may be more. I wonder what the general plans to do with those people?" When it comes to those civilians, Wang Yihou doesn't care. He cares. The task is still to collect food.
"First post a notice in the city to tell them that our Star Army will not take anything from them and let them live a good life." Thinking of the pity of those people, Lu Yunyou didn't want to embarrass them.
"How will the food requisition be carried out?" Seeing that Lu Yunyou also had good intentions towards the people in the city, Wang Yihou really didn't know what Lu Yunyou was going to do next.
"General Wang, it's useless to be anxious. I have sent people to Qincheng to inquire about the situation. We will wait until the news comes back from there." Shaking his head, Lu Yunyou knew that Wang Yihou was worried that they would not be able to collect food and grass. The food and grass issue is indeed a problem at the moment. , but unfortunately he didn’t have any good countermeasures, so he still had to wait to find out the situation first.
"How to solve the ration problem of our army?" Seeing Lu Yunyou's words, Wang Yihou frowned and asked again.
"The villagers in Orchid Village have hidden some food. General Wang can send people to Orchid Village to get some food first to deal with the urgent need temporarily." In order to reassure Wang Yihou, Lu Yunyou had to tell him what Mr. Hong told him last night about the villagers hiding food. As well as the matter of sending food.
"Since the general has a solution, my subordinates will do it immediately," he nodded. After learning about the farmers' grain storage, Wang Yihou no longer had any doubts about what Lu Yunyou told him, at least for the time being.
Then after Wang Yihou left, Lu Yunyou's attention returned to Xing Hu who had just entered. Now they had a preliminary understanding of the situation in the city, but the specific situation was not yet clear. Lu Yunyou wanted to find some more information about the situation inside and outside the city. Someone who knew the situation well came to ask, so when he came to his senses, he looked at Xing Hu and said, "General Xing, could you please find some people who know more about the situation in the city."
"Yes," he had just returned from finishing his work and received another instruction from Lu Yunyou in the blink of an eye. Xing Hu took the order directly and went out without hesitation.
As soon as Xing Hu left, the hall became empty again. Looking away from Li Shuangxi, Lu Yunyou slowly thought of the corpses in the city and the refugees outside the city. Those corpses could be ignored. With a lot of space freed up, there is no need for those refugees to stay outside the city.
Thinking like this, Lu Yunyou looked directly at Li Shuangxi and said, "Brother Li, take some people out and bring in all the refugees from outside the city."
"Yes," Li Shuangxi agreed and accepted the order happily.
Today is different from the past. Due to his relationship with Lu Yunyou and becoming a close bodyguard, Li Shuangxi's status in the army has increased. He is now dressed as a captain and has the same status as Lu Yunyou's six bodyguards.
After Li Shuangxi left with a smile and got what he wanted, only Lu Yunyou and six guards were left in the hall. There was nothing else to explain to those six people. As soon as he turned around, Lu Yunyou stepped forward and took a few steps forward to pull a man who fell on the ground. Zhang Anji helped him up, then spread the Yiguo border map he carried with him on it, and started studying it again.
After finding the location of Xiaoyin Mountain, he compared that location with the locations of Qucheng and Qincheng. Lu Yunyou clearly saw that the distance from the bandit village to the two cities was similar.
However, the area around Xiaoyin Mountain is full of dense forests. I haven’t gone through any detailed investigation. I can’t tell the route to the Bandit Village just by looking at the map. Then I moved my eyes to the left side of Qincheng and Qucheng, and there is a city called Liucheng. , judging from the map, the area of Liucheng seems to be larger than that of Shiyan City, and it is also located on a traffic artery.
According to Lu Yunyou's guess, the situation in Liucheng should not be much different from that in Shiyan City. Because of this, he could understand why Yan Nantian only sent two thousand sergeants there. On the left back of Liucheng were Luocheng and Xingcheng. He had heard from other generals before that We talked about the situation in those two cities.
There seems to be no animal or bandit problems in those two cities, so the situation shouldn't be too bad. It seems that only the direction to Qucheng and Qincheng is the most difficult.
After thinking about it carefully, Lu Yunyou could figure out why Yan Nantian wanted to give him an entire army. It was obviously not only because of his youth, but also had something to do with the situation in Qu and Qin cities.
In fact, Lu Yunyou's guess was correct. The situation in Liucheng and Luocheng was better than that in Qucheng, and the current operations on both sides were relatively smooth. Only Lu Yunyou had to face various difficulties.
However, dealing with the banditry problem has become an unavoidable responsibility. As it was his first time to hold the position of commander and his lack of experience in all aspects, Lu Yunyou only felt a huge pressure on him. As for whether he could finally complete the task assigned to him by Yan Nantian, he thought What's more, it depends on his luck.
While Lu Yunyou continued to study the border map, in Lai State, a few days ago, Lan Wu, who was on a mission to save the country, directly launched a surprise attack on Laidu after making a comprehensive plan.
First, he sent some people disguised as civilians of Lai Kingdom to successfully enter the city, and then asked those people to take down the city gate. As soon as the city gate opened, Lan Wu directly led the army into the city, and then divided his troops into three groups to march directly to the Lai Kingdom Palace. hold up.
Before the Star Army entered the city, everything was as usual in the city. The streets and alleys were full of pedestrians. Businessmen were busy doing business and shoppers were busy shopping. People were coming and going, and it was very lively. But after the Star Army rushed into the city, The situation in the city suddenly changed dramatically, and panic began to spread from the city gate and swept through the city instantly.
