"Miss Lin, come and take a look."
Yun Mo made way for her at the table, gesturing for her to come over.
Lin Yinan stood in front of the table, looking at a map on it, which was only sketched with a few simple lines.
She frowned slightly, looked at it several times, but still couldn't understand it. She only knew that it was a mountain, but she couldn't tell what kind of terrain it was.
Yun Mo, who had been silently watching her, understood and guessed that she probably didn't understand the map. It was drawn by Yun Wu and Yun Qi after they finished their survey. He gave the two of them a sharp look.
The two dared not meet their master's piercing gaze, and shrugged helplessly. There was nothing they could do; their drawing skills were just like that.
Lin Yinan, oblivious to the subtle tension between the three, turned her gaze away from the map and looked up at Yunye. "What do you need me to do?"
Yun Mo stood beside her, and upon hearing this, pointed to several points on the map, thoughtfully answering her questions.
"This is a map of this mountain range. The bandit stronghold is about an hour's journey from our camp. There are two watchtowers at the entrance of the stronghold. We need you and Yun Er to take care of the bandits guarding the watchtowers first."
Yun Mo even had a feeling that this task was perfect for her, and he believed in her abilities.
The two stood very close together. Taking a deep breath, Yun Mo could smell the faint fragrance emanating from Lin Yinan. He tried his best to calm himself down.
Lin Yinan knew that Yun Er was a sharpshooter just like herself.
When do you plan to make your move?
Yun Mo is the main person in charge of this operation. "We plan to set off at noon tomorrow and launch the attack after dark."
"So fast?"
“It’s not safe for us to be stationed here. The bandits have been entrenched in this forest for many years and have their eyes and ears everywhere. I believe they will find us soon. Therefore, we must strike first before the bandits notice us.”
"Have you ascertained the number of bandits?" Lin Yinan asked calmly.
Yunye looked at Yunqi, who said, "Yunwu and I have made a preliminary estimate that there are about six or seven hundred adult bandits who can fight, and about one hundred women, children and the elderly."
Lin Yinan continued, "How did you arrange it?"
The village chief and the clansmen looked at each other in bewilderment. They had already heard the Yun brothers explain the importance of this operation, but their minds were blank. They just felt that they should cooperate and do whatever the Yun family said.
Before she arrived, the Yunye brothers had already reached a consensus with the clan chief and the village chief on this issue.
Lin Yinan was unaware, so Yun Mo patiently explained to her, "The Yun family has nearly 500 secret guards. We need to leave 100 people at the camp. We will take 350 people with us, and Lin Family Village will send 50 able-bodied men. Together, we will have 400 people."
Lin Yinan turned to look at Lin Yiheng and Su Yunzhi, "Brother, are you two going too?"
Lin Yiheng nodded, "This is a major event for the village, I have to go."
Su Yunzhi said gently, "If Anan can go, then naturally I can go too."
Very good. Since they're not afraid of death, it's good for them to experience some trials.
Finally, Yunye glanced at everyone present and said, "If no one has any objections, I will gather everyone together and divide them into teams in a while. This afternoon, I will give you a detailed explanation of the mission for each team."
Then, Yunye said to Lin Yinan, "Miss Lin, you, Yun Er, and Yun Mo will form a team."
Seeing that his sister wasn't on his team, Lin Yiheng hurriedly said, "Young Master Yun, I want to be on Anan's team."
Yun Ye frowned and looked at Yun Mo, who nodded to indicate that he had no objection.
Su Yunzhi also wanted to be in a group with Lin Yinan. He opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He believed that the Yun brothers' arrangement was the best for them.
After everyone dispersed, Lin Yinan learned from Lin Yiheng that most of the young scholars in the village had gone, except for Lin Zhaohui.
Lin Yinan curled her lips. That family is the most prone to gossip and the most likely to run away when trouble comes.
After lunch, Yun Mo invited the four of them to the woods, explained the time for the bandits to change shifts at the watchtower, and taught Lin Yiheng some things to pay attention to the next day.
The following day at noon, the village, together with the Yun family, specially prepared an extra meal for those who were going to attack the bandit stronghold, cooking two large bowls of dry rice mixed with sweet potatoes for each person.
After the meal, Yunye counted the number of people and prepared to depart.
The group walked through the narrow forest for nearly an hour before Yunye signaled everyone to stop. He took out a map, and the bandit stronghold was not far from their location.
The group was divided into pre-assigned teams, with Yunye, Yunyi, Yunwu, Yunliu, and Yunqi each leading a small squad.
Yun Mo had just led Yun Er, Lin Yinan, and Lin Yiheng to deal with the bandits on the watchtower outside the mountain stronghold.
Regardless of success or failure, they agreed that the final time to take action would be the hour of You (5-7 PM).
Lin Yiheng and his sister followed Yun Mo and his servant to the outside of the mountain stronghold. In front of the stronghold was a wide-open flat area with no cover, making it easy to be discovered.
Yun Er found a good shooting position in the woods, but after adjusting it, he realized that it was too far from the lookout point and was not within the range of his bow and arrow.
Lin Yinan secretly marveled at how clever this bandit leader was.
Yun Er was not giving up. He traversed the woods several times, only to find that it was impossible to make a move without alerting the bandits.
Unlike Yun Er, who was anxious and almost went bald from pulling his hair out, Lin Yinan crossed his arms and looked completely calm.
Yun Mo asked her, "Miss Lin, do you have any good ideas?"
Lin Yinan glanced at him with her phoenix eyes, her red lips parted slightly, "I'll deal with the two people on the watchtower. You two are responsible for opening the gate. Just one thing: afterwards, you're not allowed to ask me what method I used. Can you even do that?"
"If you can do it, I will make a move."
She will show them her strength.
"How is that possible? At such a distance, even a strongman couldn't shoot someone down from the watchtower." Yun Er simply didn't believe she had that ability.
Yun Mo stared at her for a while, making sure she wasn't lying, "Okay, I promise I won't ask any questions."
Seeing that he agreed, Lin Yinan gave him an order without any politeness, "Now, help me break off some thorny branches."
Just as Yun Er was about to ask her what she needed all of these for, Yun Mo quickly pulled him away. No matter what method she used, they didn't have much time left, and he had to do everything he could to cooperate with her.
The four of them quickly broke off a bunch of branches and thorns. Lin Yinan quickly made two straw hats, and then used vines to wrap the branches around her and Lin Yiheng.
Lin Yiheng didn't understand why his sister was doing this, so he could only obediently cooperate.
Soon, with Lin Yinan's help, the two disguised themselves as a moving thicket of branches and thorns.
"You two stay here and wait for my signal."
Yun Mo took out a signal flare from his body and solemnly handed it to her, saying, "Take care."
Lin Yinan nodded to him and led Lin Yiheng forward.
After passing through the woods, the two lay motionless in a thicket of thorns closest to the gate.
Lin Yinan glanced behind her and found that Yun Mo and his servant had obediently not followed, so she took out her sniper rifle from her spatial storage.
"What is this?" Lin Yiheng asked in astonishment. He touched it with his hand and found it to be icy cold.
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