Chapter 398: Four Hundred Thousand Troops Arrived
"I know."
Lu Wanyin gently took Xie Jingci's hand, signaling him not to act rashly: "I still hope this young general can take us in."
"Of course I have to take him in. After all, he is General Ji's friend."
The man laughed heartily: "Come here, tie up these people for me."
Lu Wanyin nervously grabbed Xie Jingci's hand and said, "Don't mess around. They have more people than us. We are no match for them."
She nervously kept winking at Xie Jingci.
Looking at his murderous eyes, if he hadn't been afraid of hurting her by struggling too hard, the person who spoke would have been dead.
Lu Wanyin lightly scratched his palm: "We have to wait until all those with bad intentions are eliminated."
Xie Jingci's gloomy eyes made the man feel proud: "Why are you not convinced? If you are not convinced, why don't you go back to the wilderness? Do you dare?"
Ji Mingtao didn't say anything either, just lowered his head silently.
Okay, okay, go ahead.
There's not much more to say anyway.
After a while, a group of soldiers gathered around and wanted to take Lu Wanyin and the others aside.
The person who just came closer was kicked aside by Handong with a hoof, and rolled away like a gourd.
The general's eyes lit up: "Oh, it's actually a fierce horse. Our general likes fierce horses the most.
The remaining war horses are also good, so I'll take them all and give them to the general as gifts."
Seeing that they were about to approach again, Handong raised his horse's head high and stared at them with disdain, ready to kick these people again in the next second.
Lu Wanyin quickly activated her beast-taming ability to calm the restless horses, cursing them inwardly as useless.
After all, they are warriors, but they can't even beat a horse.
With Lu Wanyin's assistance, the group of soldiers who surrounded them again finally tied them all up.
Xie Jingci stared at Lu Wanyin so intently that she didn't dare show the slightest sign of discomfort.
She was afraid that if Xie Jingci disagreed with her, the people who tied her up would be beheaded.
The man felt uneasy under Xie Jingci's stare, his hands were shaking, and he just tied the rope into a knot and that was it.
"Let's go back to the camp and claim the credit."
The general smiled happily.
Not only did they capture Ji Mingtao, but they also got several high-quality war horses.
A great achievement.
In the tent, there were already several people who looked like generals sitting around a long table, discussing something.
Only when Lu Wanyin and the others came closer could I hear more clearly.
"I think it's good. The Wilderness is extremely wealthy now, especially the Free City. I heard that a good handyman can earn nearly ten taels of silver a month."
That’s ten taels of silver.
It is equivalent to several years' salary of the soldiers under them.
"If we go, we can't be just handymen, right? We'll need at least 50 taels of silver a month, which is a lot of money."
"I don't think it's advisable. We are all generals of the imperial court. If we go to a small, desolate town for them to serve as guards, how can we save our reputation if people find out?"
"Alas, General Li, you can't be so rigid.
If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who else can know
For so many years, didn't the imperial court think that we still had 120,000 troops?
Ninety thousand and sixty thousand, there's actually not much difference."
When everyone thought about it, it seemed to make sense.
I'm just sitting here doing nothing anyway, so I might as well make some money.
"But we are willing to go, can they give us such a high monthly salary?"
"You're stupid. Zizai City only has 30,000 soldiers and horses. If we send 30,000 of them, our strength will instantly double. That sounds good.
Besides, we have 90,000 troops here, how dare he disagree?
I think those men don’t want to live anymore.”
At this moment, the man called General Li discovered Lu Wanyin and others coming in.
He raised his hand to make a silent gesture, his eyes fell on Xie Jingci: "Who are you?"
"General."
Before Xie Jingci could answer, the general who had captured them quickly interrupted and said, "They all escaped from the wilderness and followed Ji Mingtao to join us."
"Ji Mingtao was caught"
General Li's expression relaxed and he looked much more relaxed.
He thought of something and looked at them carefully: "What did you do in the wilderness before?"
He fixed his gaze on the dignified Xie Jingci, waiting for his response.
Only when you know yourself and your enemy can you negotiate better.
Xie Jingci had a cold face and was obviously on the verge of exploding.
He doesn't want to say anything now.
He just wanted to wait for Lu Wanyin to finish her job, and then cut the person who had tied up Lu Wanyin into pieces.
Ji Mingtao, on the other hand, felt very depressed.
No one in this room is on good terms with him.
I don’t know what happened to those people during the time he was away.
While secretly calming the powder keg beside him, Lu Wanyin answered obediently: "We should belong to the wild... master."
She was telling the truth.
This answer was something General Li and his men had not expected.
He thought hard for a long time before he came up with a reasonable explanation: "It turns out that you were all great figures who once ruled the wilderness."
That would be great.
His eyes lit up, and when he looked at Lu Wanyin and the others, it was as if he had seen a great treasure.
Since I have decided to go to Zizai City to make money, of course I have to negotiate a high price.
These people are important figures who escaped from the wilderness. If they were to give them to the master of Zizai Peak...
I can't offer a low reward for helping them solve such an important hidden danger.
"Someone come."
General Li's face was filled with joy. "Take these men aside and keep them under guard. Don't hurt them. As for Ji Mingtao... since he's here, don't even think about leaving."
Ji Mingtao watched Lu Wanyin and the others being obediently taken to the corner of the tent, and he began to feel uneasy.
No, I really don't care about him.
"Hey, you guys..."
Ji Mingtao stretched his neck, trying to look towards Lu Wanyin, and winked at her: "Well, ah..."
He had a lot of questions in his mind, and he wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it directly. For a moment, he was so anxious that he became incoherent.
What is the plan? Give him a signal.
The general who captured Lu Wanyin chuckled and said, "Don't worry, Ji Mingtao has caused us to waste so much time, I will definitely recruit him well.
Didn't those guys say that Ji Mingtao is definitely not dead?
This time, let them see how miserably this kid dies."
After hearing this, Ji Mingtao felt relieved.
Although I don't know where those people who were close to him went.
At least this proves that they are all still alive.
The general took out a box of pills from his arms and slowly approached Ji Mingtao: "This medicine is much stronger than the last time, and I just need someone to try it.
Since General Ji is so lucky, why don't you try it?"
The brown pills gradually approached.
Just when Ji Mingtao was wondering what Lu Wanyin and the others were planning and whether he should struggle.
Suddenly, the voices of soldiers were heard outside the tent.
"Report! The imperial army of 400,000 has arrived, General Hou has entered the camp—"
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