Li Xin nodded in understanding.

Before, Xiang Qi was able to sell weapons to the rebels, but these rebels were all going to attack several surrounding forces.

In this case, it is normal practice for someone to support the mountain warriors to cause trouble for the blueprint base.

Weng Hua continued, "The Freedom Eagles are the weakest. Most of their weapons are light weapons, and they even have very few rocket launchers."

"The proportion of fighters in this organization isn't high, but they are the most difficult to deal with because they are closely integrated with the locals. Once they drop their weapons, they become residents of the settlement and can't be seen as resistance fighters at all."

"The Yadun Liberation Front, this one has moderate combat effectiveness, light weapons, and a good ratio of fighters."

"Comparatively speaking, the Yadun Liberation Front poses the least threat to us in normal times because they rarely carry out attacks. Like the Freedom Eagles, they can easily blend into settlements."

"As for other smaller organizations, they are weaker and their fighters have varying desires to fight. Some are motivated by profit, while others are rebels supported by other forces."

"Relatively speaking, these small rebel groups are the ones who harass our army the most. They desperately need to inflict casualties on our army and make a name for themselves."

After listening to this, Li Xin couldn't help but sigh: "In such a small area like Yadun, there are so many rebels."

"The number of rebels targeting us alone is nearly four thousand, or even five thousand."

"If we include the other resistance forces in the mountains, the number could reach 10,000 or 20,000?"

“That’s really not a small number!”

The total number of troops stationed in the various bases in the Yadun area is only about 10,000.

It is conceivable how big a cancer such a large number of rebels would be.

If a head-on battle occurs, a mountain brigade from the Yadun base may be able to defeat all these rebels.

But defeating them is easy, but inflicting large-scale casualties and wiping out their lair is not easy at all.

These rebels are as nimble as loaches, slippery and slippery.

When the others heard this number, both Xu Shan and Tao Nan looked unhappy.

Although they knew that there were many rebels here, they didn't expect there would be so many.

This number far exceeded everyone's expectations.

Li Xin said: "The large number of people is not a scary thing. Their fighting ability is not good, but it is mainly troublesome."

"We want to govern the Yadun region, maintain regional peace, and make a difference here. We can't avoid these rebels no matter what, and we must deal with them!"

Tao Nan said, "Why don't we start a large-scale cleanup? We have nearly 10,000 people here, so we can take out 5,000 and start the battle!"

"With the combat effectiveness of our soldiers, it should be easy to wipe out these rebels!"

Liu Yang shook his head and said, "Not really."

"We have conducted such military operations before, but the results were not significant."

"Once these rebels hide their weapons, they become just like ordinary residents, indistinguishable from them."

"The mountain brigade's combat capabilities are impeccable, but it's difficult to operate against this kind of elusive rebel force."

"In every battle we fought, we basically didn't kill many people, maybe a hundred or so at most."

"Compared to the supplies and ammunition consumed during the deployment, the loss was huge."

The officers began to discuss and various methods of suppressing the bandits were found, wanting to test whether they could be successful.

Li Xin listened quietly, tapping the table with his fingertips.

After they discussed for a while, Li Xin suddenly asked Liu Yang, "Why don't we support a vassal force?"

The discussion in the conference room came to an abrupt halt, not because Li Xin's method was good, but because it showed respect for the supervisor.

Liu Yang pondered for a moment and said, "Boss, what do you mean?"

Li Xin said, "Why don't we support a local armed force?"

Liu Yang thought for a moment and said, "Boss, this method of yours has never been used in our group."

"But Rhodes Power and Locke Kingdom have used this method before."

Li Xin became interested when he heard this. He asked, "What was the result?"

Liu Yang pondered, "How can I put it in context? It was effective, but the situation back then was different from the current one, so it's hard to use it as a reference. I'll tell you what I'm doing, and you can analyze and compare it yourself."

"Rod Power was the first to support local armed forces. After they captured the Yadun region and destroyed the original Yadun Colonization Company, they supported a force as a vassal."

"Everything went smoothly at first, but after a few years, the entire unit mutinied, took all their weapons and supplies, and fled to the mountains to become a rebel..."

Li Xin couldn't help laughing after hearing this and asked, "Did they all escape?"

"Yes, the person in charge of Rhodes Power at the time resigned. Some say this group of rebels had been planning to defect from the beginning, hoping to get free weapons, equipment, and training from Rhodes Power."

"This group of rebels trained by Rhodes Power caused them great difficulties later on."

"They still exist now, but the personnel have been replaced one after another."

Li Xin was curious when he heard this: "Which one?"

Liu Yang spat out four words: "Mountain Warrior."

Li Xin lay back and said, "If you calculate it this way, the mountain warriors are really durable. This time must have added up to about fifty or sixty years, right?"

Liu Yang said: "Almost the same, but the current mountain warriors have changed countless times. I guess only the leaders are probably the same people from that time."

Li Xin said, "For an organization to persist for so many years and still maintain its combat effectiveness, it shows that the training of Rhodes Power is still of a very high standard."

Li Xin then gestured, "Go on."

Liu Yang continued, "After Rhodes Power cultivated the Alpine Warriors, they became extremely troubled in the Yadu area and eventually had to evacuate due to a fire in their backyard."

"The next to occupy this place was the Locke Kingdom. They learned from Rhodes Power's lesson at the beginning and did not train local armed forces."

"But later, a local armed force was established to assist in the battle. This local armed force did not resist, but they were paid but did not do much work. Their combat effectiveness was very poor, and the soldiers' fighting spirit was not high."

"Because the mountain warriors have many connections in the settlements of the Yadun region, the local armed forces supported by the Locke Kingdom rarely engage in actual fighting."

“Although local armed forces have been cultivated, they have not played a real role.”

"Later, the Lock Kingdom withdrew its troops from the Yadun region due to civil war, and this local armed force naturally became the ruler here."

"After that... our blueprint will come."