"My lords, please follow me into the mansion and sit down for a while." Based on Lu Yunyou's white hair, Su Chi directly confirmed Lu Yunyou's identity, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes. The star army was obviously led by Lu Yunyou, but Lu Yunyou was just a person. The sixth-level martial arts cultivator was surprised and puzzled. Su Chi looked at each other with the family heads, and finally looked at each other in confusion.
"City Lord Su, please." After being polite to the other party, Lu Yunyou handed the horse to the person behind him to take care of it, and then entered the City Lord's Mansion with Xing Hu and others.
Not long after, after the important personnel from both sides sat down, Su Chi was not in a hurry to ask about Lu Yunyou's purpose. He just praised Lu Yunyou for his youthful achievements and extraordinary bearing. He had already become a general at such a young age.
The words of praise made Lu Yunyou wonder if the person who came was Su Chi himself, because if Su Chi was an upright and upright person as Yu Tong said, then it stands to reason that Su Chi should not praise him so much.
In fact, when praising Lu Yunyou, Su Chi also felt that he was a little out of character, but when facing Lu Yunyou, he always felt like he was full of praise, so much so that he praised Lu Yunyou many times in a row.
Thinking about it carefully, Su Chi felt that the problem still lay with Lu Yunyou, because Lu Yunyou's identity, strength, age and appearance were all extraordinary, and he was many times stronger than the so-called young masters he usually saw.
After a polite exchange with Lu Yunyou, Su Chi gradually showed his usual majestic posture, and then the two directly talked about the current situation in Qincheng, and soon the family heads also participated.
"I wonder why General Lu came here to discuss with Su?" After briefly introducing the heads of the families present to Lu Yunyou, Su Chi asked Lu Yunyou the specific purpose of coming, but in fact he knew very well.
"I naturally wanted to talk to City Lord Su about the food requisition." In order to first see the attitude of Su Chi and other family heads in requisitioning food, Lu Yunyou did not mention that he wanted to cooperate in attacking the bandit stronghold for the time being.
"The general must collect food in Qincheng?" Su Chi's eyebrows twisted, and Su Chi's face turned ugly: "Didn't General Lu see that there are many refugees in the city who don't have enough to eat?"
Su Chi, who had just been polite to Lu Yunyou, showed the same attitude as when he was talking to Yu Tong and others yesterday. He suddenly changed his attitude and took a tough stance.
After Su Chi said this, Lu Yunyou remembered the scene they inadvertently saw when they passed by a place just now. Many people in tattered clothes were queuing up to get food. It seemed that those people were the people Su Chi mentioned. Refugees, thinking about this, Lu Yunyou took another look at the other family heads. Sure enough, all of them looked unhappy after hearing the word "food requisition".
"Could it be that the city lord is going to reject this general without even asking how he plans to collect food?" Lu Yunyou raised his eyebrows and tried to stay calm.
"General Lu, please make it clear!" His expression softened. Under Lu Yunyou's calm tone, Su Chi couldn't stick to his tough attitude just now.
"There are about 5,000 households in Qin City, which is really not many." According to the food collection standards given above, Lu Yunyou can calculate that if the corresponding rations can be collected from every household, it will only be enough to feed a hundred thousand troops for a few days. The time did not meet Yan Nantian's requirements. Unfortunately, the two cities combined had less than 10,000 households. Lu Yunyou couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of Wuyang City in the past.
Comparing the prosperity of Wuyang City at that time, he could better understand why Qincheng did not even have many seventh-level martial arts cultivators. However, according to Yan Nantian's requirements, at least 9,000 households were required to meet his food collection standards, unless the food collection was increased. benchmark, but unfortunately judging from the current situation, they cannot even collect food normally.
"I heard that General Lu did not forcefully requisition food in Qucheng, but also helped the people reestablish order?" When Lu Yunyou was silent, Su Chi thought for a while and then took the lead to break the silence.
"Why does City Lord Su still know about Qucheng?" Lu Yunyou was confused.
"To be honest, General, Qucheng has always had an informant sent by Su." Su Chi changed his voice and continued: "Su feels very sorry for the recent situation in Qucheng. Su doesn't want the same thing to happen to him." Repeat in Qincheng.”
"I wonder what City Lord Su meant by these words?" Seeing that Su Chi was vaguely talking about the bandits, Lu Yunyou took the opportunity to ask.
"Since General Lu asked, Su will keep the story short." After a slight pause, Su Chi continued: "In fact, it is not a bad idea for General Lu to collect grain in Qincheng, but he must first agree to Su's condition."
"I wonder what City Master Su's conditions are?" Lu Yunyou suddenly saw the turn of events with a glance.
"General Lu must have known that there is a bandit stronghold between Qincheng and Qucheng in Xiaoyin Mountain. Recently, the scale of the bandit stronghold has been growing day by day. Su and the people in the city have always been very afraid of the brutal bandits, and they don't want to Let that group of bandits plunder Qincheng, and if possible, I hope General Lu can send troops to wipe out that group of bandits."
After taking a breath, Su Chi continued: "With the ability of the Star Army, it must not be difficult to destroy those bandits. When the general succeeds, Su and the people in the city will be extremely grateful. Not only can they pay the food according to the general's request, but the general will also It would be great to get more property in the bandit camp and use it as military supplies. I wonder what General Lu thinks of Su’s conditions?"
After talking about the conditions, Su Chi and the several family heads behind him looked at Lu Yunyou one after another, hoping that Lu Yunyou could give them a satisfactory answer.
"City Master Su is putting it too lightly. The terrain of Xiaoyin Mountain is dangerous, and there are many places in the mountain that can be used for ambushes. Once the bandits know that I will lead the army to encircle and suppress them, they will definitely be on guard, and I will suppress them when the time comes. The robbery failed, but the losses were heavy. How do you ask me to go back and explain to the superiors?" Su Chi's behavior really surprised him. After his expression changed several times, Lu Yunyou looked directly at Su Chi.
If Su Chi wants to use them as spearmen, then he would rather attack Qin City first. Maybe one force is not large, but as long as he finds a suitable place to attack the city, then the two sides will face off, even if the number of martial arts cultivators in Qin City is They were more powerful than the Star Army, but Lu Yunyou still wasn't afraid of them.
In addition, the people in Qincheng do not have the ability to ambush the Star Army. It can be seen that it will be easier to capture Qincheng than the bandit village.
"I also ask for your forgiveness, General Lu. Su wants to use the general's power to eradicate those bandits, but he does not intend to rely entirely on the general. During the general's journey to suppress the bandits, Su and all the forces in this city are willing to provide the general with maximum help," greeted Lu Yunyou With such a fierce look, Su Chi had no choice but to apologize to Lu Yunyou first, and then explain in detail.
"What City Lord Su said is exactly what he said. As long as General Lu is willing to help us suppress the bandits, we are willing to provide the general with any help within the acceptable range." The atmosphere at the scene was a bit tense. A family head was worried that Su Chi had offended Lu Yunyou, so he immediately Come forward and explain.
"I understand what you two mean, but I don't know how much you know about those bandits?" Seeing the two people suddenly showing their sincerity, Lu Yunyou looked shocked, and then nodded to them.
His question made Su Chi and the family heads feel relieved. In fact, Su Chi and others knew that offending Lu Yunyou was more serious than offending the gang of bandits, because there were more star troops behind Lu Yunyou, but they did not have any In the long run, the only way they can go is to try their best to please the Star Army.
"That's it..." Next, Su Chi repeated some of what he had said to Yu Tong yesterday, but now he said it in more detail, especially in terms of the relationship between Qincheng and the bandits, which made Lu Yunyou gain a lot. useful information.
After confirming that those bandits had really threatened Su Chi and the others, Lu Yunyou felt more and more that it was unlikely that Su Chi and the others would collude with those bandits to murder the Star Army, and if Su Chi and the others were unable to hand over enough property within a fixed time , then what Qincheng has to face is the anger of those bandits.
Speaking of which, it was precisely because the group of bandits gave Su Chi and others a time limit to compromise that Su Chi and others had to put aside their grudge against Xingjun and instead chose to ask Xingjun for help, even telling Lu Yunyou their true situation. It can be said that Su Chi and the family heads have completely opened their hearts to Lu Yunyou. As for whether Lu Yunyou agrees to help them, it is still up to Lu Yunyou to decide. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of star troops behind Lu Yunyou, and they dare not force others to do anything.
Of course, Su Chi and others have their own bottom line. If Lu Yunyou refuses to help, then they will definitely not pay the food. Qincheng may not be strong, but the people of Qincheng are united. Su Chi can naturally expect that Lu Yunyou will not attack Qincheng rashly. City, because there is still a group of bandits watching behind them.
In addition, maybe those bandits are hoping that Qin City will have a conflict with the Star Army, because once the Star Army attacks the city, when the two sides are fighting fiercely, they can plunder Qin City unscrupulously, and wait for other Star Army to come over in the future. At that time, as long as they hid in Xiaoyin Mountain, they were not worried about what the Star Army could do to them.
