“Fuck!”

Liu Xiao fled down the mountain with his remaining troops, feeling extremely frustrated.

He originally wanted to pound the rocks to vent his anger, but thinking of the pain from hitting his hand last night, he changed his mind and decided to pound on a dead tree.

"Captain..."

Sima's eyes were red and he didn't know how to comfort her. He was also sad in his heart. Looking at the officers and soldiers behind him, he wanted to sigh to the sky.

They brought thousands of officers and soldiers, but more than half of them were killed. If they had not retreated immediately, there would probably be even more casualties.

The surviving officers and soldiers were all dejected. They never thought that they would suffer a major defeat here.

You have to know that they have suppressed countless bandits and crushed countless arrogant mountain strongholds with their armor. In their eyes, bandits are really a mob.

But now I have been taught a hard lesson.

The enemy's equipment was better than theirs. They couldn't cut through them with their swords or stab them with their spears. What was even more terrifying was that the knives of those bandits were so sharp that they could even break their weapons. Plus, they were not well fed, which led to their great defeat.

Liu Xiao tried hard to calm down.

Stay calm~

Stay calm~

"grass!"

He kicked a stone away with all his strength. How could he not be panicked? I lost the battle!

When they came, they boasted that they could wipe out all the bandits in one battle and rescue the young master of the Zhang family. However, they were almost wiped out in the end.

He was too embarrassed to go back to Ruifeng County, and he couldn't explain to his superiors.

What should I do now?

He couldn't win the fight, and he was too embarrassed to go back. If the nobles in Ruifeng County knew that he had suffered such a crushing defeat, they would definitely laugh at him in their hearts even if they didn't say anything.

After all, he was so confident of victory at the banquet that night, but now he was slapped in the face.

"Sima Cao, what do you think we should do now?"

Liu Xiao looked at Cao Rui. As Sima, Cao Rui was responsible for formulating strategies and tactics, and was also considered a military advisor. At this moment, he heard Liu Xiao's questions.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Captain, let's go back to Ruifeng County to rest and then go directly back to Qingyang City to report to the captain."

Liu Xiao frowned, "Is it going to be a shame to go back like this? My colleagues will laugh at me. You know I am highly regarded by the lieutenant now, and the others are jealous. If I go back, they will definitely add insult to injury."

Cao Rui sighed, "It is true that the bandits are powerful. If any of them are not convinced, let them suppress the bandits. Of course, it would be difficult to explain to the captain if we go back. I have two plans."

Liu Xiao's eyes lit up. He was at a loss as to what to do. The other party actually had two plans.

"Hurry up and tell me!"

"Hasn't there been a plague in Taoyuan County? If we can infect these bandits with the plague, the stronghold will fall without a fight."

Liu Xiao's eyelids twitched. This was a vicious plot.

But considering that it is used to deal with bandits, there is no need to worry too much.

"You mean to go to Taoyuan County to find people infected with the plague? Let them go to the mountain village."

Cao Rui smiled and said, "That's right, but it is said that this plague is so severe that there are probably not many living people in Taoyuan County, so we can only use corpses."

Liu Xiao frowned slightly. This matter might be difficult to handle. Knowing that touching the corpse would cause infection with the plague, who would be willing to move the corpse here? However, who knows, there might be brave men who would do so if offered a huge reward.

"What about the second plan?"

"There are so many refugees outside Ruifeng County. If we tell them that Yiyun Village has food and drink, they will definitely attack the village. How can they resist thousands of refugees?"

"If those refugees rob the bandits of their food, we can just surround them and kill them. If a conflict breaks out between the bandits and the refugees, that would be even better. We can take advantage of the chaos to rush in and kill the bandits."

"Although their armor is invulnerable to swords and spears, we can fight them hand-to-hand. As long as we capture the leader of the bandits, Yiyun Village will be destroyed!"

“Okay, okay!”

Liu Xiao laughed loudly, "As expected of you, you are Sima Cao. With you here, I don't have to worry about not accomplishing my great plan. Let's do as you say. We won't use the plague plan for now, let's use the refugee plan instead."

"If we wipe out the bandits this time, you will be the first to do the work."

Cao Rui smiled proudly. Once he came up with these two plans, there would be no worries about the stronghold being destroyed.

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Ruifeng County.

When Xue Wenju learned that Liu Xiao was defeated, he was shocked. Are those bandits in Yiyun Village so powerful?

How is it possible that he can't even defeat the officers and soldiers?

But the facts were right in front of him, and he had to believe it even if he didn't want to. Especially after visiting Liu Xiao in person, Xue Wenju also recognized the truth. Those were not ordinary bandits at all, but well-trained bandits with better equipment than the officers and soldiers.

He is indeed a gangster!

The nobles of Ruifeng County were also shocked. During the banquet, Liu Xiao vowed that he would definitely destroy the bandits, but in the end he returned in defeat.

These nobles couldn't help but panic. If that group of bandits came down the mountain to rob, they would definitely be the first target. Who could stop them?

Xue Qianqian and Liu Yiyi were also shocked. When they learned that Liu Xiao had been defeated, both women were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.

"Sister Yiyi, didn't you say the news had been delivered to Yiyun Village?"

"Yes, it was delivered. Didn't you see the sanitary napkins?"

"Then why didn't Brother Pei leave?"

"How should I know, Yiyi? You have caused my brother so much trouble. I heard from my brother that those bandits were well prepared, and that's why he was defeated."

Liu Yiyi scolded Xue Qianqian, saying that if Xue Qianqian had not asked her to report the news and let the bandits know the movements of the government soldiers, how would they have been prepared?

Now that Liu Xiao has suffered a crushing defeat, his career may be affected.

She felt a little regretful. Why did she help? Now she couldn't say that the news had leaked out, otherwise she would be an accomplice. She could only keep it in her heart, which made her feel very upset.

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