At first it was Xiao Ming and his guards, and later it was some local officials. Most of these officials lived in sturdy houses, so their injuries were not serious. Before Xiao Ming arrived, they were the ones who maintained order.

At the same time, these officials were also passing on messages to request support and assistance from the court.

Gradually, more and more people became aware of Xiao Ming and his friends' actions.

Some people who were relatively free to move, and some whose injuries were not serious, also spontaneously followed Xiao Ming and carried out the excavation in an organized manner.

In fact, there are fewer and fewer living people, but Xiao Ming still didn't give up.

When Xiao Ming was fully devoted to the rescue, he suddenly realized something.

Xiao Ming set out one day after General Tian, ​​but now Xiao Ming has been engaged in rescue work in the disaster area for three to five days.

There was still no sign of General Tian.

You know, even if General Tian's team was carrying large quantities of medicinal herbs, food and silver, they shouldn't be so slow.

At this moment, Xiao Ming received a shocking news: the disaster relief minister was kidnapped! And the silver was also taken away!

This news was brought by none other than Yueying.

The reason why Yueying came was because the news was too important.

You know, the Minister of Revenue specially counted the national treasury, which was not very rich.

Three million silver taels were taken out from it for disaster relief.

In addition, there were thirty carts of various grains and fifteen carts of medicinal materials.

This is a huge amount of materials, and it was raised with the hard work of the Minister of Revenue.

You know, it is very difficult to produce so much food and medicinal materials at the same time.

As a result, such a large amount of supplies is now lost according to Xiao Ming.

And not only the supplies were lost, but also General Tian, ​​a living person, were lost!

"Are you kidding me?"

"General Tian, ​​a brave and skilled warrior with so much supplies in his hands, would never rebel. So where did all these supplies go?"

Xiao Ming has an extremely gloomy aura.

Yueying frowned and said, "According to the traces I found, General Tian and his men were probably abducted. There are also traces of fighting at the scene to prove it. I asked the locals at that location, and they said there was indeed a group of very rampant bandits!"

"From time to time, these bandits would go down the mountain to look for young men, and once these young men entered the deep mountains and forests, they would never come out again. Their families had never seen these people come back!"

"So I think these people are targeting General Tian this time..."

"At that time, General Tian asked himself and his men to dress in ordinary clothes in order to travel light, so it is possible that they were mistaken for a merchant caravan by these bandits!"

Xiao Ming listened to Yueying's explanation and gradually calmed down.

But the perceptive Xiao Ming still felt that something was wrong.

"That batch of disaster relief money is the life of these people, not to mention that many medicinal materials are already in short supply. Our top priority is to get this batch of supplies back as soon as possible!"

"How many people did you bring with you this time?"

As soon as Yueying heard Xiao Ming's words, she knew what Xiao Ming was going to do.

Perhaps it was because he hadn't been involved in this kind of thing for a long time, Xiao Ming's sudden question to Yueying made Yueying feel a little excited.

It's the feeling of returning to your own battlefield to fight.

"I came from the capital in a hurry this time, so I only brought fifty people with me."

Xiao Ming shook his head: "Fifty people are far from enough. I just looked at the location on the map. It is the same distance from the capital and this town. This means that the location where General Tian was intercepted is the middle point."

"Then everything will be easy. You should hurry back to the capital and gather a thousand men. I will also gather some guards and strong men who can still move. We will gather together and attack from both sides. I want to see how powerful these bandits in the center are!"

There was a gleam of ruthlessness in Xiao Ming's eyes.

Soon the plan was carried out according to Xiao Ming's idea.

The only thing that exceeded Xiao Ming's expectations was that he had gathered so many people here.

During this period, Xiao Ming's behavior and actions were all seen by the people.

These simple people have always been very clear that they must repay anyone who is good to them.

It just so happened that Xiao Ming had no shortage of money or servants, so these people really had no way to repay Xiao Ming's kindness.

And at this moment, Xiao Ming suddenly asked if anyone was willing to go with him to suppress the bandits?

This is something that makes one's blood boil as soon as they hear it, especially since the person who called the move is Xiao Ming.

Immediately, countless young and middle-aged people signed up.

During this period, this area has gradually begun to regain its popularity. Except for those young people whose physical conditions are not suitable for the trek, there are still 500 people who have signed up.

This was far beyond Xiao Ming's expectations.

You should know that General Tian only brought fifty people with him to provide disaster relief this time, and they all traveled light.

He just raised his arm and called out, and five hundred strong men followed him, plus the one thousand men that Yueying brought from the capital.

Xiao Ming just didn't believe it. He couldn't defeat the bandits this time.

Soon the two groups attacked the bandits' lair.

However, there was one thing Xiao Ming did not expect, that is, the number of these bandits seemed to be astonishingly large.

On the first day, Xiao Ming sent out a team of fifty people to test the information and negotiate.

After coming back, he said that there was a lair in the mountain, and there were quite a lot of bandits in it.

It is so crowded that even six or seven people can sleep in one room.

Xiao Ming keenly sensed that something was wrong.

"How can someone become a bandit just for this kind of condition? There must be something fishy going on here!"

"Come on, if we go to negotiate again today, I will disguise myself as one of you and go with you!"

“Let those who were there last time and are familiar with the terrain join us!”

Because the deep mountains and old forests were easy to defend but difficult to attack, Xiao Ming did not force his way in.

Moreover, Xiao Ming is not sure whether these bandits have hidden silver or the like in the deep mountains, so he naturally has to use his wits to get what he can.

The person in charge of the negotiations originally thought that Xiao Ming's disguise was just changing his clothes and putting on a beard.

But I didn't expect that Xiao Ming seemed to have changed even in height, weight and body shape.

Xiao Ming’s previous nickname was tall and handsome, but now he has made himself of average height and his appearance is not so outstanding.

All of these are the result of the innate skills, but the negotiator is not aware of it.

I just thought that Xiao Ming had superb camouflage skills and did some disguise.

"The village is in front of us. These bandits are now staying in the house on the left side behind the village."

"There are a lot of them..." The person who had been here last time whispered to Xiao Ming.