During the evacuation, Xu Bufan kept asking the envoy about Laihuang's specific situation. After learning that Lan Wu was not forcing Laihuang to withdraw his troops with strong methods, and that Laihuang was not in danger for the time being, his mood calmed down a little.
At the same time, the extremely confused generals of the Lai army all asked about the reason for the emergency withdrawal. After learning that their leader was kidnapped by Lan Wu, they were all equally shocked, because it was the fastest time to rush from Xingdu to the border of Lai. It would take three to five days, and they could only march as fast as they could.
At the main camp, tens of thousands of Lai troops were busy breaking out of camp. Wan Longyi didn't know how long Xu Bufan would be away, but judging from the behavior of Lai troops, he could be sure that Lai troops would not come back in a short time.
Therefore, after discussing with the generals, Wan Longyi planned to temporarily withdraw from the Star Kingdom, because after the Lai army left, it was not safe for them to stay in the Star Kingdom. As for the failure of the battle, no matter what the reason was, the Lai Kingdom withdrew its troops and conquered the Star Kingdom. All the problems of defeat can be pinned on the Lai Kingdom. They, the Mongolian Kingdom, do not need to explain anything to the Luotian Holy Kingdom. Without further ado, Wan Longyi also ordered the withdrawal of troops.
With the withdrawal of the Mongolian army, the entire Star Kingdom was completely out of danger, but Lan Wu and the 50,000 Star Army who helped the Star Kingdom to escape the crisis were in danger. When Xu Bufan led the Lai army back to the border of Lai Kingdom, the Lai Emperor and Lan Xu's Xiancheng is surrounded. When the situation reverses, Lan Wu and the 50,000 star troops will be controlled by Lai Huang.
Although the 50,000 Star Army accounts for about 10% of Star Kingdom’s current total strength, which is insignificant in terms of the overall situation, one of them, Lan Wu, is enough to be worth hundreds of thousands of troops. Whether Lan Wu can successfully return to Star Kingdom will have a great impact on the entire Star Kingdom. The importance is self-evident. The next situation faced by Star Kingdom will change from rescuing Xingdu to rescuing Lan Wu. After all, Lan Wu's humiliation of Emperor Lai is not a trivial matter and can be easily resolved.
In any case, Lan Wu has completed his mission to save the Star Country. Next, it is Lu Yunyou's turn to complete the small task of collecting food. Compared with saving the country, Lu Yunyou's task is not worth mentioning at all. Despite this, he wants to fight in Qucheng It is still difficult to obtain enough food and grass from Qincheng.
After carefully observing the map for a while, Lu Yunyou silently wrote down some of the locations marked on the map. Next, he wanted to find someone to ask about the specific terrain around Qucheng.
It has been a while since Xing Hu left. I wonder if Xing Hu can find some useful people for him. There are also corpses all over the city that need to be properly buried. It does take time to go back and forth. The more he thinks about it, Lu Yunyou frowns. The deeper.
Just as he was thinking about how to deal with the affairs in Qucheng one by one, Xing Hu came in with several old men. Judging from the clothes of those people, none of them looked like ordinary civilians, and they were all martial arts cultivators. The arrival of those people directly cheered up Lu Yunyou.
"See you, sir." After entering the hall, the old men saluted Lu Yunyou one after another under Xing Hu's reminder.
"No need to be polite," Lu Yunyou still had to act like a leader in front of Xing Hu and some of his subordinates.
"Thank you, sir." Several old men stood up slowly and faced Lu Yunyou respectfully. They did not show any disrespect at all because of Lu Yunyou's young age. However, the overly respectful gestures of several people made Lu Yunyou embarrassed. Lu Yunyou did not like the above. The posture of the person in charge was conversing with several elderly people who were over seventy years old.
"Do you know where the lord of Qucheng fled to? Where exactly is the camp of the bandits?" In order to avoid embarrassment, Lu Yunyou directly asked those people what he wanted to know.
"Reporting to your lord, the Lord of Qucheng's family is in Yicheng, and he has fled to Yicheng a few days ago."
"The bandit camp is in Xiaoyin Mountain, more than forty miles away from Qucheng. Xiaoyin Mountain has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The bandits usually hide in several caves."
Seeing that Lu Yunyou's question was not difficult to answer, the two people stepped forward and answered Lu Yunyou's question.
"Where have all the family forces in the city gone? Why is there no one left to protect you?" After confirming that the Lord of Qu City had gone away, Lu Yunyou asked a few more people.
"There is no way. Our Qucheng is a poor border town. Not only are there few locals, but there are not many powerful forces. After the city lord took the lead in fleeing, those family forces were afraid of the power of the bandits and also fled to various places," said When they arrived at the city, the old man looked sad.
"You don't know, our Qucheng has never been peaceful. In the past, the city lord was still able to suppress the bullies who often bullied the people. Now that the city lord and those big forces have left, the original bullies have directly joined forces with the group of bandits. You bullied us and didn't even give me a chance to survive. What a sin!" Following the words of the person in front, an old woman with a stooped figure burst into tears. Her expression was really pitiful.
No one else needed to say it, Lu Yunyou could completely guess that the old woman had been bullied by those bullies. Suddenly moved, Lu Yunyou understood that the situation in Qucheng was more complicated than he had imagined before, no matter where the city lord of Qucheng and those immortal cultivating families fled to. , the most pitiful people now are the common people,
Recalling his previous encounters with bandits, Lu Yunyou asked directly: "What is so dangerous about Xiaoyin Mountain?"
"Sir, the Xiaoyin Mountains have many mountains, rugged terrain and dense forests. If you are not familiar with the mountain roads in that area, it is easy for ordinary people to get lost there. There are also some ferocious beasts in the mountains. Normally no one would go there," with A little frightened, the old man who answered continued: "For the bandits who are familiar with the terrain, Xiaoyin Mountain is undoubtedly an excellent place for them to hide. Not only can they ambush anywhere, but it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, especially their camp. The terrain in this area is very high and defenses have been built, making it difficult to even penetrate.”
"Over the years, every time Qu and Qin City organized manpower to suppress bandits, they would suffer great losses. Even if the bandit strongholds could be breached, the bandits could still hide in more secret places. In the end, they were never able to clear them out. In recent times, the gangs The power of the bandits has become much stronger, and even the nearby Qin City is afraid of them!"
When talking about the situation of the group of bandits, the old men had a bit of fear on their faces. Obviously, even talking about the group of bandits would scare them.
"To tell you the truth, when I was young, I went to Qincheng to do business and was caught by the bandits. I stayed in the stockade for a while. Later, my family paid for the redemption, and I was able to escape from there. Otherwise there is only a dead end."
"A few days ago, there were only a few dozen bandits in the mountains, but since the city lord took the lead in escaping, there have been gangsters coming to join the bandits in the city almost every day. Now I'm afraid there are hundreds of them. It's just the specific number. I'll wait. Xiaomin doesn’t know!”
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One by one, the people in Qucheng did not dare to hide anything from Lu Yunyou.
Based on what those people said, Lu Yunyou made a rough estimate and found that there might be more than two to three hundred bandits in the mountain, which was indeed difficult to deal with.
"Then do you know how many powerful leaders there are in the bandit village?" Deeply touched, Lu Yunyou had the idea of eliminating harm for the people.
"When those bandits came to Qucheng to rob, only three leaders came. According to the old man's inference, there must be more than three of their leaders, but I don't know the specific situation." The old man who replied helplessly shook his head. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell Lu Yunyou , but they really don’t know.
"Okay, you guys should go back and rest first." After asking about the situation of Qucheng and the bandits, Lu Yunyou didn't plan to ask any more since he couldn't get any specific information.
"Yes, sir," several old men agreed one after another, and then after asking Xing Hu for instructions, they carefully exited the hall one by one.
"General Lu, why are you asking about that group of bandits? There are only a few hundred people. Are you still worried that they dare to come and rob us?" After An Jing listened for a while, he finally had a chance to speak. Xing Hu Express the doubts in your heart directly.
"That's not the case. In fact, I wanted to rob the bandits." Shaking his head, Lu Yunyou directly denied Xing Hu's guess, and then said what he was thinking.
"What?" Xing Hu exclaimed, slowly reacting. After carefully considering what Lu Yunyou meant, his eyes changed. He suddenly felt that Lu Yunyou's idea was very good, so he hurriedly asked: "When does General Lu plan to go?" ?”
After agreeing with Lu Yunyou's proposal, Xing Hu looked directly at Lu Yunyou, not worried at all that they would not be able to defeat the bandits.
"General Xing, don't be anxious. This matter should wait until the deputy generals come back from Qincheng. I will first understand the situation in Qincheng." Going to the bandit stronghold to rob was just a temporary incident that occurred when he was observing the map. Thoughts, Lu Yunyou has not yet made any specific plans for this.
In addition, based on the information he had just heard from those in Qucheng, he already knew that the bandit stronghold had great geographical advantages. The fact that it was easy to defend and difficult to attack made it difficult for him to understand the specific situation in the bandit stronghold. Under the premise, he did not dare to rashly lead a group of soldiers to attack the bandit stronghold, otherwise he would not be able to bear the price he would have to pay if he was ambushed by the bandits.
