After a few people left, only Jiang Yugang, the old woman and an intelligence officer were left in the house. The informant didn't say much, and stood steadily in front of the door, motionless like a guard.

The old woman looked at the intelligence officer standing like a sculpture, and thought of the way a few people had ordered the ban to be arranged by Jiang Yugang before, and couldn't help but admire: "The little brother is very skilled, and the appearance of managing his subordinates is a little better than those Luchuan sergeants." ”

"Where, where." Hearing that the old woman compared her management with the management of the army, Jiang Yuyan secretly smiled bitterly in her heart. No matter how much disguise there is, it still can't change the essence, pretending to come and go, and it is still seen by the old woman.

It's just that the old woman can't really realize that Jiang Yugang and his party are the Ming army. In her heart, the Ming Army and the Luchuan Army are all raccoon dogs, and they can't do things like Jiang Yugang and his entourage, working tirelessly to supply food, treat diseases and save people.

"It would be nice if the Luchuan soldiers could be like you, obviously they are all from Mengyang, but they treat other people in the village like robbers." The old woman thought of Luchuan Bing and sighed again.

Jiang Yugang also took the opportunity to find out what the Luchuan people like the old woman thought of the Ming army: "Then why don't the people who are disturbed by the Luchuan attack in various places turn to the Ming army?" At least they didn't do it like Luchuan Bing, right? ”

The old woman shook her head: "You are from Mengyang City, where I heard that it has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty army, so I feel that the Ming army is strong, but the Ming army will not easily enter the mountains, and all the villages are watched by the Luchuan soldiers. ”

"Even if you are forced to this point? are starving to death," Jiang Yugang continued to ask: "The unity of all villages is also a big force, if you can find the help of the Ming army, naturally you don't have to be afraid of the Luchuan soldiers." ”

The old woman looked at Jiang Yugang helplessly, as if she was looking at an ignorant child: "Let's not say that no one takes the lead in this kind of thing, even if the Ming army has the intention to unite the village and fight against the Luchuan soldiers, how do we know the depth of the Ming army - the world is as black as a crow, if the hungry wolf has just left on the front foot, and the tiger has ushered in the back foot, how should this be?" ”

Jiang Yuyan listened to the old woman's words, and basically understood the views of the villagers in the village, they were indeed forced to the extreme and were willing to try other methods, such as asking the Ming army for help, but on the one hand, no one could come forward to do such a thing, and on the other hand, they were also afraid of the Ming army.

"Moreover, there are a lot of soldiers in Luchuan, even if the Ming army makes a move, I'm afraid it will not be an opponent," the old woman sat on the side of Xi'er's father's bed and looked at the sky exposed outside the door: "I have lived for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen so many sword soldiers in Luchuan, even if the Ming Dynasty army has the intention to save the cottages that are occupied everywhere, it is not necessarily an opponent." ”

"Are there a lot of Luchuan soldiers? How many? Jiang Yuyan didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, and he was able to find out the military situation of the Luchuan army from the old woman: "If they have a lot of people, then why don't they capture Mengyang City, which is controlled by the Ming army?" ”

"I don't know about the battle of this army, but I have seen a few times of thousands of people marching in the Nanshan of Manggu Mountain, and that scene shook all the nearby cottages." The old woman still has palpitations when she talks about it now: "And the Luchuan soldiers who have come to Nansang said that there are dozens of such troops around Mengyang City, and a total of tens of thousands of people are active in Mengyang. ”

"Tens of thousands?" Jiang Yugang was shocked by this number, the troops guarding Mengyang City were less than 5,000 people, and there were barely 10,000 people with the people. If Mengyang City had a strong city wall like the Central Plains City, how could the earth fence a few meters high defend against the attack of tens of thousands of people?

"It said there were more than 50,000 people." The old woman took Jiang Yu's shock as if she was further asking about her exact number.

Listening to the old woman's words, Jiang Yugang began to simulate the terrain surrounding the entire Mengyang City and the distribution of villages everywhere in his mind, if there were thousands of troops in this small part of Manggu Mountain and Nanshan, it was really possible for the entire encirclement network to gather 50,000 people.

Linked to the Manggu Mountain defense line that he was responsible for, he did his best to deploy manpower to gather a hundred defenders, and the active Luchuan Army in this area started with a thousand and ten times the military strength, which may really be true.

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The conversation with the old woman made Jiang Yuyan a little depressed, the number of 50,000 is too amazing, if he still only has 100 people under him when the 50,000 Luchuan army surrounds Meng Yang, then he may not even be able to make a splash, and he will be swallowed by the tide of swords.

And when Jiang Yu was confused, Ah Tian's meal was ready. In order to facilitate the seriously ill Xi'er's father to eat, she specially made porridge with grain and dried meat, and when she brought it into the house, the aroma was overflowing, and even the old woman's dull eyes were faintly bright.

Xi'er obediently leaned on the side of her father's bed, feeding him bite by bite, and with eating the meat porridge, the man who was already dying began to slowly show his spirit.

"Thanks... Thank you," the man regained some strength, lay on the bed and slowly turned his head, looking at Jiang Yugang, his eyes full of gratitude.

"Don't thank us, this is the food that your daughter picked spices." Jiang Yugang didn't ask for credit, and said politely.

The man tried to get up and do it, but Xi'er hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit against the wall. After sitting down, the man said slowly: "Food is now the most precious thing in the village, and you are kind to us. ”

"I don't dare to do it, but I just happened to know about the shortage of food here, so I came here to do some business." Jiang Yu hugged his fists: "Everyone is destined to meet, it is better to be friends, my name is Jiang Yugang, a person from Meng Yangcheng." ”

"Saying this... It's not interesting, and I don't know if I'll get better in the end. The man's eyes dimmed.

"You don't have to worry about this, Chen Ziyu has already gone to collect medicine, he will definitely be able to cure you." Jiang Yuyan comforted.

The man is not hypocritical: "It's okay, the love of the benefactor, just call me Auma, I was a personal soldier under the owner of the village, and the Luchuan soldiers were injured after a battle, but I was lucky to pick up a life, and I have been unwell since I recovered from the injury, and I have had this fever in recent days, and today I have the life to meet the benefactor." ”

"Are you a personal soldier under the owner of the village?" Jiang Yu remembered what An Bai said to himself when he first came, the owner of the village and the Luchuan soldiers clashed, and after many casualties, the owner of the village was killed, and the cottage was controlled by the Luchuan soldiers: "Didn't the Luchuan army trouble you?" ”

"No," said the man named Awuma, with a hint of contempt in his eyes: "Many Luchuan soldiers are ordinary in martial arts, and they are simply from some farmers' backgrounds, not to mention fighting with us village owners and soldiers, even the experienced hunters in the village, they are not opponents." ”

"It's just a pity... There were many of them, and there was much more discipline in the fighting, and when we were introduced into the jungle, we were quickly surrounded and scattered, and each of them was broken, and the owner of the village was put to death—but also because of the large number of people, and most of the soldiers who saw me were killed by me," Auma said, with a subtle worry flashing in his eyes: "It is possible that some of them did not die, but I have not been found since the battle because of my injuries and illnesses. ”