But Qian Ruoyu's face remained calm.

She also didn't expect that this battle would end so quickly! It only took less than half a day.

This is enough to prove that the previous anti-bandit army had indeed failed.

At this time, Jin Lianhua also brought people back to her with smiles on their faces.

"My lady, it's all done. Everyone has been captured and no one has escaped!"

After hearing this, she nodded slightly. This meant that the bandit suppression campaign on Jiulong Mountain was completely over.

Seeing this, a saying came to her mind: When the running dog is cooked, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the good bow is hidden, and the birds are all gone.

If the imperial court discovered that the bandit suppression army was no longer effective, it would probably immediately and completely abolish the army. This can be seen from past experience and lessons.

Just after thinking about this, an idea slowly emerged in Qian Ruoyu's mind.

At the same time, she also spoke to Jin Lianhua and Si Yin beside her.

"You did a great job this time. Let's go back first and then reward them according to their merits!"

Afterwards, Jin Lianhua thoroughly cleaned up the battlefield, but did not completely destroy the three mountain strongholds as Qian Ruoyu requested.

Instead, on the way back, Qian Ruoyu asked Jin Lianhua to put a part of the bandit-suppression troops into the mountain stronghold and let these bandit-suppression troops pretend to be bandits.

After hearing her words, Jin Lianhua naturally agreed directly.

And after returning to the camp, Qian Ruoyu immediately announced it to everyone.

"Today's battle was fought very well, and everyone showed great bravery. In that case, I will reward you with three full days and three nights of joy!"

After she gave the order, the soldiers cheered one after another after hearing this.

Jin Lianhua said to Qian Ruoyu: "My queen, we lost a total of 37 people and 125 were injured."

After hearing this, she nodded slightly, thinking that this number was still within her plan.

"Comfort the wounded soldiers and provide a pension of 1,000 taels of silver to the families of any soldier who died."

Qian Ruoyu was very generous, and after hearing what she said, Jin Lianhua nodded quickly.

It was after this that everyone began to rejoice, and Qian Ruoyu returned to Jiulong Mountain at this time and spoke to the bandit-suppression troops that had gathered in front of him.

"I'm sorry to have troubled you for the time being. I will change the room for you to come over when the time comes. I'm sure you know the purpose of doing this, which is to prevent the court from directly canceling our appointment."

Hearing what she said, the bandit-suppression troops nodded immediately.

After all, she had spoken these words directly to them, without hiding anything, and everyone knew the temper of the court.

In particular, his behavior actually has great benefits for the bandit-suppression army. It not only prevents the bandit-suppression army from being completely disbanded, but also allows each of them to have sufficient military funds.

Therefore, at this moment no one opposed Qian Ruoyu's words, but everyone's face was full of confidence.

"Please rest assured, my lady, we will stick to this matter to the end!"

"If anyone tries to attack the stronghold, what should we do?"

She just said one word lightly, "Kill."

"Without my order, anyone who approaches the mountain must be killed. Those guys are not here to do good things. Instead, they want to defeat you and let you know what pain is."

"So when anyone from the imperial court comes, you must resist and send a signal, and we will send reinforcements immediately."

After hearing what she said, everyone nodded.

After all, Qian Ruoyu has already made up his mind, which is to maintain the stronghold on Jiulong Mountain. As long as the stronghold exists, the people in the imperial court will not arbitrarily and completely cancel the bandit suppression army.

Especially this time, a large amount of medicines have been sent back to the capital, and those people in the imperial court in the capital will probably not let it go.

There are about 500 bandit-suppression troops on Jiulong Mountain, 300 in the big mountain stronghold, and 100 in each of the two small mountain strongholds. But even so, they are still able to maintain their combat effectiveness.

After making these decisions, she returned to the camp in the east of the city.

Seeing Qian Ruoyu reappear, Si Yin immediately said.

"My queen, why did you disappear just now? I was so anxious to find you. Now I finally see you. Now I can go back to report to the prince."

After hearing this, she nodded and then casually took out three hundred taels of silver.

"Use this little money to eat something good with the prince. Seeing that you two have lost weight by eating these things, I really can't bear it."

Si Yin was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

He never thought that she had so much silver and could easily take out three hundred taels.

As for the prince's camp, let alone three hundred taels of silver, I'm afraid they may not even be able to come up with a hundred taels.

But what he didn't know was that this anti-bandit operation allowed Qian Ruoyu to find nearly 200,000 taels of silver from three mountain strongholds.

After all, they were bandits who had been entrenched in Jiulong Mountain for a long time, so more than 200,000 pieces of silver were found directly in their cellar.

In addition, there are various weapons and iron tools. It can be said that she made a lot of money this time again.

But Qian Ruoyu did not say anything, instead she spoke calmly to Si Yin.

"It's just a small matter. Take the silver and go back. It's best not to let anyone see you on the way."

Hearing her say this, Si Yin nodded quickly, put the silver in his arms, and left in a hurry.

After watching him leave, Qian Ruoyu also entered the military camp. There were laughter and joy everywhere in the camp, and even dozens of pots were seen cooking meat on the roadside.

She had never thought that in just less than half a month, she would be able to lead these people to win a complete victory, and at this time morale was at its peak!

But at this moment, Liu Dehai found Qian Ruoyu in the military camp.

She immediately took Liu Dehai into the big tent. After all, it was not the right time for Liu Dehai to come, so she thought that there might be something big to announce.

"I heard that Your Majesty has won a victory. It is really a cause for celebration. However, I was impulsive this time to tell you that there are ministers in the court who have suggested that the bandit suppression army should be abolished."

"I wonder if you have any way to solve this crisis?"

After all, it was her bandit-suppression army, so Liu Dehai rushed over immediately after hearing the news.