After dinner, Lu Yunyou specially asked Li Shuangxi to ask about the resettlement of those refugees. Unsurprisingly, the refugees outside the city originally came from Lanhua Village and surrounding villages. After the animal infestation problem became serious, most of the villagers chose to flee to Shiyan City, and a few people fled to Qin City, which was further away from them, while the remaining people had been taking refuge outside Qu City.
Originally there were nearly a thousand people in the ten villages, but now only one-tenth of them have fled to Qucheng. Presumably the number of people who have fled to Shiyan City will not be that large. Maybe most of them have become food for ferocious beasts. Remember Mr. Hong had previously said that some young girls in the village had been kidnapped by bandits, and the outcome was expected to be no better.
While thinking about the many things in front of him and feeling the complicated emotions at the moment, Lu Yunyou gradually discovered that his original personality that was prone to compassion seemed to have changed. His various emotions were no longer as strong as they were at first, but instead became more indifferent.
Numbness is a more appropriate word to describe his current mood. Thinking about it more carefully, Lu Yunyou increasingly feels that his changes are related to the many experiences he has had in recent times. Perhaps after seeing life and death, everyone will naturally look down on life and death. If life and death can be taken lightly, then what's the point of living for him.
After a period of confusion, Lu Yunyou was finally unable to confirm whether his personality changes were good or bad. Then he thought about the food requisition. When he told Li Shuangxi how difficult it was to requisition food, Li Shuangxi gave him a lot of advice. Unfortunately, Neither satisfied him.
Speaking of which, in terms of the overall situation, Lu Yunyou knew more than Li Shuangxi, so how could he expect to be with Li Shuangxi? He just wanted to express the worries in his heart.
Li Shuangxi was just an ordinary third-level martial artist who could only take care of his daily life. So, after a conversation, Lu Yunyou directly asked Li Shuangxi to leave first.
After Li Shuangxi left, Lu Yunyou stayed alone in the room, staring blankly at the jar of wine on the table.
A few oil lamps were lit in the room, and the evening breeze blew in through the screened windows. As the firelight danced, he couldn't help but pick up the wine jar and fill a large bowl of wine for himself, drinking quietly in the room alone.
The strong wine flowed through his throat, with a burning taste. While savoring the taste of the wine, Lu Yunyou couldn't help but think of all the problems in front of him. The two seemed to correspond to each other. However, after thinking about it, he still had no clue. Everything had to wait for him. You can only make a decision after going to Qincheng.
Having said that, in fact, whether Su Chi was willing to pay food or not was not Lu Yunyou's primary concern. Based on his desire to attack the bandit stronghold, he wanted to know Su Chi's attitude towards the bandits. Of course, there was no way to know at the moment. There was no choice but to think about what would happen if they attacked the bandit stronghold unilaterally from the worst angle.
First of all, it is a question whether the bandits pay attention to the movements of the Star Army. If the bandits are on guard, then there is no possibility for the Star Army to capture the bandits.
If during the attack on the bandits, Qincheng attacks the Star Army from behind out of hostility to the Star Army, the consequences will be disastrous; if the Lord of Qincheng does not care about their identities and is willing to cooperate with them, then attack the bandits Zhai's plan is likely to succeed.
The less he drank, the more problems he had to think about. Time passed little by little. When Lu Yunyou felt sleepy due to the drunkenness, the flames of the oil lamps stopped beating. After blowing out a few lamps, Lu Yunyou lay down directly. rest.
At the same time, in Shiyan City, Yan Nantian naturally still lives in the city lord's mansion, accepting Qi Lianhai's hospitality all day long. As the leader of the army, although Yan Nantian does not have to do everything himself, he is still paying attention to several food collection teams. news.
So far, preliminary news has been sent back to Qucheng, Liucheng, and Xingcheng. Among them, the food collection team that went to Liucheng had the smoothest operation. The situation in Xingcheng was also not bad. Only the problems in Qucheng made Yan Nantian worried. Having a headache, after the looting by bandits, and the escape of the city lord and some local forces, Yan Nantian could imagine that it would be difficult for Lu Yunyou to collect enough food and grass from Qucheng.
When the army set off from the Beastling Pass, Lan Xu had made it clear that he could not use force against the civilians of Yi Country unless absolutely necessary. He had also told Lu Yunyou and others that force should not be used lightly during the food requisition period.
Nowadays, Qincheng alone is absolutely unable to enable Lu Yunyou to complete his mission. Therefore, in Yan Nantian's view, Lu Yunyou has only two feasible methods. One is to forcibly collect people's wealth and anointing in Qucheng and Qincheng; the other is to wait until he goes to Qincheng. Going south to a city, but due to the limited food and grass they carried, Yan Nantian still felt that the only way to do it was to forcefully collect food.
Of course, if Lu Yunyou couldn't do it, then he could only replace Lu Yunyou's leadership position. In short, for Yan Nantian, the result was more important than the process.
Although there was no time limit for sending Lu Yunyou and others to collect food separately before, the shorter the time, the better. When he was not sure whether Lu Yunyou could complete the task, Yan Nantian did not think of sending more troops to Lu Yunyou, nor did he. Issued new instructions to Lu Yunyou.
The night was uneventful, and early the next morning, Li Shuangxi came to knock on the door early, brought Lu Yunyou water and utensils for washing, and later brought Lu Yunyou breakfast.
The food from Orchid Village had been delivered in batches last night, and they still had meat for breakfast. After saying hello to Li Shuangxi, Lu Yunyou sat on the bed and meditated to adjust his breath, evaporate the remaining alcohol in his body, and then simply washed up before starting to eat breakfast. .
He didn't think of a way to solve the food requisition problem last night. He just made up his mind to go to Qincheng. Today he went to Qincheng firstly to inquire about the news, secondly to meet with Su Chi, and finally to see if he had anything to do with Qincheng. The possibility of cooperating to attack the bandit stronghold.
After a night of consideration, Lu Yunyou changed yesterday's temporary decision to ensure safety. In addition to leaving Wang Yihou to guard Qucheng, he took Xing Hu and two lieutenants to Qincheng. There was no need to disguise himself before departure. If Qin Both Qincheng and Qincheng had the eyes and ears of bandits, so his behavior in disguise was not conducive to him reaching a cooperative relationship with Qincheng.
After breakfast, Lu Yunyou took Wang Yihou and Xing Hu around the city. After posting a notice stating that the Star Army would not forcibly requisition food in the city, more and more civilians who were still hiding came to the city. On the streets, the streets were much busier than before, but the markets and inns were unable to operate normally. Many civilians could only obtain what they needed by bartering.
On the way out of the city, everything was deserted. Even the presence of the Star Army gave Qucheng a little more vitality. When he was about to leave the city, Lu Yunyou directly told Wang Yihou his purpose of going to Qincheng in detail, and then specifically told Wang Yihou that he was there. After leaving, they should pay close attention to the situation in Qucheng. If there is any suspicious person coming or going, they must find out the identity information. In short, they must be on guard against everyone who may be the bandit's eyes and ears.
After Lu Yunyou made it clear that he wanted to cooperate with the city lord of Qin City to attack the bandit stronghold, Wang Yihou finally knew Lu Yunyou's true purpose of going to Qin City. Therefore, the information about the bandits was naturally more worthy of their attention. If they could catch one or two strongmen, It would be best if the bandits tortured them and asked them about the specific situation in the bandit's stronghold.
After handing over the entire responsibility of guarding Qucheng to Wang Yihou, Lu Yunyou specifically told Wang Yihou to inform Zhang Jiutian to bring all the villagers from Lanhua Village and nearby areas to the city as soon as possible. Now there are many empty houses in the city, and those villagers living in the city It is safer than staying in the village, but the hunting of ferocious beasts will continue. Currently, the army is short of food, and it cannot last long just relying on food and grass.
Time was very tight for Lu Yunyou. After explaining all the major and minor matters, Lu Yunyou took the people directly out of Qucheng. With the speed of their horses, they could reach Qincheng in about an hour.
It is still the same as usual in Qincheng. There are a large number of guards at every entrance, and there are also people who stand on high places to patrol the distance. Because there are no high city walls to prevent bandits from raiding, those guards are particularly careful. In short, in order to protect the city To ensure safety, Su Chi mobilized almost all the martial arts cultivators in the city.
When Lu Yunyou and others were about to enter the city, the guards did not dare to stop Lu Yunyou and others after seeing their attires. The guard captain even received Lu Yunyou and others in person.
After a few words with the guard captain, Lu Yunyou directly asked the guard captain to take them to the City Lord's Mansion according to the plan he had thought of on the way. When they arrived, Su Chi, who was discussing matters with some family heads, went directly to the door of the City Lord's Mansion to greet Lu Yunyou. et al.
"I've met General Lu and all the gentlemen." When Lu Yunyou arrived, Su Chi, who was over eighty years old, and all the family heads present saluted Lu Yunyou one after another, not daring to show their identity in front of Lu Yunyou.
"You're welcome," waving his hands, the first thing Lu Yunyou did was to look at Su Chi and the high-level martial arts practitioners, and then got off the horse.
