Chen Yixiao continued to ask:
"Have you ever thought about suppressing the bandits?"
“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but the mountains in this area are too steep, making them easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Take the mountain where Lu Tieniu and his group are for example. That mountain is called Jiming Mountain, and their stronghold is at the highest point of Jiming Mountain.
The village is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, with only one road leading to the outside world.
There are a lot of snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain, and there is also poisonous miasma.
Many of our officers and soldiers were poisoned before they even got close to the stronghold.
We also asked someone to prescribe an antidote to prevent the poisonous miasma, but it was completely useless.
Not to mention the attack."
"I see."
Magistrate Liu continued:
"The terrain and environment in this area are similar. There are several bandit strongholds, but the bandit force in Jiming Mountain is the largest."
"If this continues, this gang of bandits will become more powerful and even more difficult to deal with?
This time we dealt with the leader of Jiming Mountain. If the news gets to Jiming Mountain, they will definitely bear a grudge against us. We don’t know how they will take revenge on Hanguan City.
The first ones to suffer are the passers-by, who might be killed by these bandits.”
County Magistrate Liu also had a gloomy face:
“That’s exactly what I’m worried about.”
"Now that this has happened to us, we can't just ignore it."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Liu bowed and said:
"I, the humble official, thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of the people.
Whatever you decide to do next, I will do my best to cooperate with you, Your Majesty."
"Well, we have to discuss it when we get back. We'll let you know when we're done. Wait for the news."
"yes."
Chen Yixiao was worried, and Song Yaoyao was also worried. Once they left, the bandits in Jiming Mountain would retaliate, and that would not be the result they wanted to see.
It is better to eliminate these troubles once and for all.
After Chen Yixiao and the others returned home, they gathered together to discuss the matter.
After discussing for several hours, we finally came to an agreement.
After a day of preparation, Song Yaoyao and her team took action.
Song Yaoyao and the others need to make preparations, and also notify County Magistrate Liu in advance so that he can prepare manpower.
A day later, Song Yaoyao and her group met with County Magistrate Liu and his men at the gate of the county government office.
Everyone headed towards Jiming Mountain together.
Song Yaoyao looked at County Magistrate Liu and his men and asked Guagua:
[Guagua, as far as I know, the total number of people in a county government will not exceed 100.
The people that County Magistrate Liu brought with him must be at least 1,000 people, right?
Where do all these people come from?
Judging from their attire, they all seem to be soldiers. 】
Gua Gua: [Yesterday, when Chen Yixiao sent someone to inform County Magistrate Liu, he gave him a token and asked him to go to the garrison in Hanguan City and borrow 1,000 people.
As for the token, of course it was given to me by the Emperor before I left. 】
Song Yaoyao: [I see.]
Guagua: [If we don’t borrow these people’s help, when you capture the bandit stronghold, the subsequent situation will be too much for you guys to handle.]
Song Yaoyao nodded:
【That’s right.】
Two hours later, they arrived at the foot of Jiming Mountain. Chen Yixiao asked everyone to take a rest and eat something.
Song Yaoyao took out the sachets she had prepared long ago and distributed them to everyone.
This sachet is used to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Afterwards, Song Yaoyao gave everyone another pill, which was an enhanced version of the detoxification pill, which could prevent general miasma.
The recipe for this detoxification pill was obtained from an ancient book in the past. Song Yaoyao had prepared it before and it was very effective.
Also, Song Yaoyao prepared a lot yesterday, thinking of making more in case of emergency, otherwise there would not be enough to share.
Everyone ate and took some medicine, and half an hour later, they continued climbing the mountain.
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