Afterwards, Qian Ruoyu brought everyone back to the palace, and Jin Lianhua also returned.

After Jin Lianhua came back, she hurried to Qian Ruoyu and told her.

"You are so smart, Madam. I never thought you would guess it right. Those sneaky people are the bandits who came down from the mountain!"

"These people came to see the wind. Apparently, they also knew that a bandit suppression army was trained in the city, so they came out to watch."

"After they went back, I also secretly listened to what they said. They had obviously arrived outside the army very early, and it seemed that they were here specifically to secretly observe this bandit-suppression army. I'm afraid they already know a lot about the bandit-suppression army!"

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly and also spoke to Jin Lianhua.

"By the way, where is the bandit suppression army now?"

Jin Lianhua thought for a moment, then said to Qian Ruoyu, "I'm afraid the bandit-suppression army should have reached the middle of the mountain by now, and should be less than half a mile away from the mountain stronghold!"

After hearing these words, Qian Ruoyu frowned even more, and then quickly stood up.

"Call all the men you have and ask them to come with me. Make them all bring weapons..."

Hearing Qian Ruoyu say this, Jin Lianhua naturally took action quickly, running out while observing the direction Qian Ruoyu walked away.

Later, when Qian Ruoyu just arrived at the gate of Wangfu Village, Jin Lianhua had already called all seventy people over. Qian Ruoyu then led everyone directly to the northern part of the capital.

Naturally, everyone didn't know why Qian Ruoyu brought them here, but because of Qian Ruoyu and Jin Lianhua, the northern city gate was easily opened, and Qian Ruoyu then took them to Jiulong Mountain.

"Liu Dingguo and his men are probably in great danger this time, and it is clear that the other party has already confirmed all their actions. In this case, it will be difficult for them to survive. In this case, why don't we go and pick them up!"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Jin Lianhua nodded immediately.

The seventy people behind Qian Ruoyu only carried weapons, without any armor for self-defense, and only a few cotton armors.

Qian Ruoyu secretly obtained these cotton armors at a huge price. Otherwise, hiding the armors privately would be a serious crime!

Not long after, Qian Ruoyu and the others arrived at the halfway point of the mountain, but they heard bursts of fighting sounds and even flames rising into the sky coming from the temporary camp in the distance.

Upon seeing this scene, Qian Ruoyu immediately said to Jin Lianhua beside him.

"Hurry up and take a few people to see what's going on!"

Jin Lianhua then took Huang Dahu and Huang Xiaohu with her.

Jin Lianhua had just arrived, but she had already seen bandits from several sides fighting against the bandit suppression army.

When Liu Dingguo saw this scene, he was completely dumbfounded. He didn't even put on his armor properly and ran out hurriedly under the protection of several people.

Upon seeing this scene, Jin Lianhua was also stunned, because she had never expected that this time these bandit-suppression troops would be so incompetent. They had only been on the mountain for two hours, but they were already killed and defeated.

After seeing this scene, she didn't dare to say anything more. She hurried back to Qian Ruoyu and told Qian Ruoyu all the symptoms.

After hearing this, Qian Ruoyu quickly said to the person in front of him.

"This is terrible. Get all of us out there and rescue all the bandit-suppression troops. Rescue as many as you can!"

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, Jin Lianhua did not hesitate and ordered people to take action, but in the end she left Huang Xiaohu and Huang Dahu with Qian Ruoyu to protect her.

This time Qian Ruoyu didn't say much. Instead, Jin Lianhua led everyone to rush out, and eventually the three parties got into a melee.

This time, the incident lasted for nearly three hours, and the bandit-suppression army was completely wiped out, with even all the flags, big and small, being pulled down.

However, Liu Dingguo had already left Jiulong Mountain an hour ago and returned to the northern gate of the capital. His clothes looked very disheveled, and the people around him were either dead or injured.

When the nearly one thousand people returned, only five of them were left. When the guard at the north gate saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment.

Because almost no one could have imagined that the bandit army had only been there for less than half a day and had been defeated like this. In this case, Liu Dingguo would probably lose his head.

But what everyone didn't know was that at this time, the seventy people led by Qian Ruoyu halfway up the mountain were able to barely resist the bandits and rescue a part of the bandit-suppression troops. Even the most crucial thing among them was the armor in the hands of the bandit-suppression troops.

After all, those armors were all from the Nine-Gate Admiral's Mansion, and they were all good stuff. Qian Ruoyu had specifically instructed that all of them should be collected.

It was because of this that Jin Lianhua took almost ten pieces of armor in his hands and rushed to Qian Ruoyu.

Qian Ruoyu took a look and saw that the bandits in front of him were just bandits. They were fighting for food and didn't care about the situation here at all. Qian Ruoyu then said to everyone.

"Now go ahead and grab some supplies. When you come back, make sure you get at least 500 pieces of armor. Even if you can't get them back, you must tear them up and never leave them to the enemy!"

Because Qian Ruoyu could imagine that as long as the opponent had one more set of armor, it would mean a stronger combat power. A set of armor could be much more powerful than a knife or a sword.

And just after that, Qian Ruoyu led the retreating crowd back to the foot of Jiulong Mountain. At this time, there was no one at the foot of the mountain, and even the gate of the capital was closed.

After all, this incident was too horrifying. More than a thousand people were wiped out directly in Jiulong Mountain. Qian Ruoyu could already imagine how terrible it was for the emperor when he heard about this incident.

This time, Qian Ruoyu was not in a hurry to leave Jiulong Mountain. Instead, he took everyone to regroup at the foot of the mountain temporarily.

Not long after that, Qian Ruoyu started to head for the capital city with Jin Lianhua and everyone else. However, along the way, Qian Ruoyu was thinking in his heart how he could get more support from the capital city and the court. With just this little bit of support, it would not be enough to allow him to climb up Jiulong Mountain!