Chen Yan frowned and said, "Although their mountain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, do you know how many people are there on the mountain? How many people will Ah Hu bring down tomorrow?"
This is where Shen Yan has great trust in Erhu. He doesn't believe that such a sincere person would not be able to make friends among such a group of bandits who value friendship and loyalty.
Generally speaking, bandits are the most loyal and righteous people. They have been through life and death together, so it is easier for them to get along with each other and open up to each other.
People like Ah Hu will be liked by everyone, no matter what kind of person they are, as long as you get to know them for a long time.
"I heard before that there are no more than 100 people on the mountain. Ah Hu must have brought at least a dozen people down the mountain, right?"
Lu Dashin counted on his fingers and estimated how many people Erhu would bring down from the mountain.
"You're right. The exact number should be between 70 and 90. I went to the town to ask around before. There were about 20 guys who went to join the army. Not long after, they came back and took their families with them. Together, there are probably about 50 people."
The information in Shen Yan's mind was spinning rapidly, and he just remembered that half of these people had no combat capability.
"Ah Hu also said that there were some people who worked as coolies with him before. We have observed them before. We passed by a rice shop and the owner of the rice shop also said that the coolies at the dock were reduced by nearly half in a day. I also asked around and it was about 30 people."
Shen Yan's sensitivity was still very strong. He had already noticed these places at that time and wrote them down.
Lu Wan also calculated it. After listening to Shen Yan's description, he analyzed the interests of these people one by one.
"Those brought back from the barracks can be used directly as combat forces, but their families cannot be counted as 100% combat forces. Some women and the elderly are unable to fight."
Lu Wan put down three of his outstretched fingers, which meant that these 30% of the people would not be able to fight with the army, which was also good news for them.
"The second is the people brought back from the dock coolies. Most of those who can do coolies are strong people. Compared with those young soldiers, they are not much weaker in strength."
These two groups of people are Lu Wan, the two forces they fear the most, but it is not entirely true.
"But Ah Hu also said that some of the coolies there are disabled people who have retired from the military camp. They are only capable of doing coolies, but not capable of fighting."
As he spoke, Lu Wan put down another finger. That is to say, if there were 100 people on Black Tiger Mountain, at least 40 of them would not be able to participate in the battle.
But the current number of people is still far from enough. Even if there are only 60 people on Black Tiger Mountain who can fight them, there are only a dozen people in the town.
Moreover, they are all good-for-nothings and have no fighting ability at all. However, it would not be appropriate to simply use the people from the Stone Village.
A funeral is currently being held in Shitou Village, and there are only a few people who can be mobilized. Moreover, they also have to be on guard against the other villages, hoping to take advantage of the situation when the people from Shitou Village are out to rob them.
Maybe several of these strongholds have colluded with each other and are waiting for this opportunity.
Chen Yan is confident that he can beat ten people by himself, but what about the extra dozens?
Even if Lu Daxin could play, it would be of no use as they still had too few people.
Just when they were very worried, someone suddenly ran in and had something to report.
"Young Master, standing at the door, someone said they were looking for these distinguished guests. I saw that there were indeed quite a few people coming, so I dare not make a rash decision, so I would like you to go over and take a look."
"Who is causing trouble at the gate of our Stone Village? Are you tired of living? Come with me to take a look." When Yi Yun heard that someone was trying to provoke his mountain gate, he could no longer hold back his anger.
The man was afraid that Yi Yun would react like this, but he didn't expect that this was exactly the reaction he got. He broke out in a sweat on his head.
He glanced at Chen Yan beside him, and seeing that they had no reaction, he continued to repeat it.
"Those people said they were here to look for our distinguished guests, and they had no intention of picking on us."
The man was extremely nervous at the moment. Before, the second in command, Song Yimin, had said that the young boss's temper must be suppressed and he must not be allowed to cause trouble again.
The eldest boss has passed away, and there is no one who can protect the Stone Village, so we must protect the young boss and make sure he doesn't get into trouble again.
And the group of people who came this time were not looking for trouble with Shitou Village, but were looking for Chen Yan and the others. They didn’t say what the matter was, so it might not be a bad thing.
After hearing that person repeat that he was here to look for Chen Yan and the others, Yi Yun suppressed his temper a little.
"Come to find you? But how did your friends lead them here? It's better for us to have less contact with the court."
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