The rangers of the Tiger Battalion searched for a long time in the city before they found a few people who were hiding.

These people have been frightened by the riots and massacres for days, and they can't even organize their normal language, and it took Lan Ziyi a lot of effort to understand what these people are saying.

After the people finally saw the officials and soldiers who were not here to kill them, they were telling outsiders over and over again about the hellish scenes in Ruyin City in the past few days.

After a brief period of conflict, the homeless people in and out of the city converged and took control of Ruyin, and then there was the looting, rioting, robbery, and rape of the day, and the homeless people vented all their evil anger on the residents of Ruyin, except for those lucky ones who fled before the riot, every household in the city was swept away more than once.

But this is only the beginning of the nightmare, because the thieves are coming soon,

After a short attack by the bandits, the city's homeless people quickly surrendered, and after the thieves entered the city, they first cleared out those who were not trusted, and then recaptured the strong men to replenish the army, and scavenged for food everywhere, which was mixed with countless robberies and looting, and when the thieves looted, the people did not even have a few pieces of clothing left.

Of course, in addition to listening to the grievances of these surviving people, Lan Ziyi also got a lot of useful information from them, the most critical of which was that the thieves had formed a fleet.

Ruyin was originally a transportation hub from the land to the waterway, there were countless merchant ships at the wharf in the city, and some merchant ships had escaped before the thieves entered the city, but due to the sudden riot of the homeless people, most of the ships docked at the dock were too late to leave in the chaos, and after the thieves entered the city, these ships were all occupied by the thieves.

Then the thieves forced the people in the city to make ships day and night with the wood brought by the thieves, and some of the old and weak women and children were all soaked in the water to build ships, and there was nothing to eat or water to drink while building ships, and some people would be killed on the spot if they fled.

The thieves sailed down the river by boat the day before Lan Ziyi and the others entered the city, and the people of Ruyin City went through days of scuffle and non-stop labor day and night, and finally turned into dead bodies floating on the river.

By the time the people finished speaking, the brigade led by Qi Rongxun had already entered the city one after another.

Lan Ziyi ordered the people to take the people down to rest, and then immediately went to meet Qi Rongxun, and after the two exchanged information, they ordered the soldiers to camp in the city.

After the soldiers set up camp, they thought that the robbers were in front, and the army would only rest in Ruyin City, but they didn't expect that this garrison would be three days.

Lan Ziyi had forgotten what the beginning of the dream looked like, he couldn't even remember the process of the dream, but he clearly remembered that he ended the nightmare by jumping off the cliff at the end, for which he broke out in a hot sweat and lay on the bed panting.

"There are many dreams at night, and sure enough." Lan Ziyi thought as he adjusted his breathing.

In fact, the night is not long, Lan Ziyi has been busy with various things in the past three days, sending scouts out, arranging sentry posts, doing a good job of defense to prevent thieves from coming back, trying to get in touch with other reinforcements, and also collecting food and grass.

All kinds of annoying things make Lan Ziyi fall asleep late at night every day, and the exhausting fall asleep makes the nightmare fill the whole sleep, and sleep itself becomes part of the nightmare.

Lan Ziyi took a long breath and slowly got up from the bed,

It's not dawn yet, but Lan Ziyi doesn't want to sleep anymore,

There was no lamp in the house, but fortunately, the moonlight outside the window came in through the window so that Lan Ziyi couldn't see anything.

Lan Ziyi lives in the house of an unknown person,

Of course, Lan Ziyi wanted to arrange the big tent in the Ruyin Mansion, but the thieves had already burned the mansion, and it was not just the homeless people who burned it or the thieves who burned it, anyway, these thieves lit a fire to burn the yamen at the beginning.

The house was fortunately not burned, but the furniture was swept away, and the doors and large pieces of wood were removed, presumably by thieves who had used them to build ships.

In the current house, there is only one curtain on the door, and a few pieces of paper are found on the window, which can barely block the madness.

In the dead of night, Lan Ziyi could only hear the occasional wolf howl outside,

Except for the sharp wolf howl that could tear people's ears, what Lan Ziyi heard most clearly was the snoring of soldiers in the courtyard outside the house.

Of course, the place where Lan Ziyi lives is guarded by night guards, but there is no need to keep everyone from sleeping.

Among the snoring was the peach chasing the rabbit, and he was tired these days.

Lan Ziyi lit the candlestick on the table by the moonlight,

There are all kinds of new and old documents scattered around the candlestick, one of which was sent by Gao Yanzong, in which he said that there are more and more displaced people fleeing west, but the grain and grass in Xiangcheng are getting less and less, and the grain and grass that can be given to Lan Ziyi can only be reduced, and more militia must be recruited in Xiangcheng to maintain law and order, if there is a civil rebellion in Xiangcheng, Lan Ziyi and they will have no rear.

Lan Ziyi replied to Gao Yanzong before going to bed, asking him not to transport grain and grass to Ruyin again, and it was important to supply the refugees first, as for the defenders of Xiangcheng, Lan Ziyi regretted letting Gao Yanzong withdraw at that time, and now it is not too late to make amends, Gao Yanzong will gather the militia regiment as soon as possible Lan Ziyi has no opinion.

The lack of Xiangcheng's supply of grain and grass will indeed make Lan Ziyi's supply of 30,000 people here even more difficult, but Lan Ziyi has already contacted many states and counties in the north of Fengyang Road, and the thieves are along the river and flow in the south of Fengyang Road, and the states and counties in the north have not been plundered by the thieves, and these states and counties have agreed to transport grain and grass to Ruyin.

Lan Ziyi was thinking about these and was distracted, but there was a rush but light footsteps outside the door,

The guards guarding the door just wanted to interrogate, but suddenly lowered their voices to say hello.

Lan Ziyi knew that it was Tao Zhulu who came back.

In the past three days of stationing, Lan Ziyi has been letting Tao Zhulu lead the scouts to approach the thieves.

After Lei Youde killed the general in public, Lan Ziyi's way of obtaining high-level intelligence from the thieves was cut off, and the thieves left in a very hurry, and Lan Ziyi temporarily lost the connection with the intelligence network that Tao Zhulu had initially established among the thieves.

We must get the information inside the thieves as soon as possible, and the sooner the better.

The strength of the thieves has now surpassed that of the officers and troops led by Lan Ziyi, and it can even be said that it is far exceeding, if there is no information about the thieves, then Lan Ziyi will be no different from being blind and fighting with people.

The unique footsteps of Tao Zhulu are getting closer and closer, it is a kind of agile action that hides its whereabouts like a cat but is not pretentious, and it is only in front of Lan Ziyi that he will let down his guard and camouflage for people to hear.

Tao Zhulu came to the door of the house, knocked on the wall a few times outside the curtain, then pushed the curtain in, and asked:

"Hasn't the young master slept yet?"

Lan Ziyi had already gotten up and pulled a chair for Tao Zhulu, and then poured a glass of water for Tao Zhulu.

After both of them sat down, Lan Ziyi spoke:

"Of course I slept, I just woke up."

Hearing this, Tao Zhulu then looked at Lan Ziyi's blackened eye bags, and said distressedly:

"Young master, how can you eat like this?"

兰子义 says:

"If the body collapses and the thieves can be destroyed, it will be worth the collapse."

桃扵鹿 says:

"Young master, don't talk nonsense, what if this curse comes true?"

Lan Ziyi smiled when he heard this, and said:

"Alas, second brother, you really don't joke."

Then Lan Ziyi changed his words and asked:

"Who's on duty tonight?"

Tao Zhulu replied:

"It's Li Guangzhong, and a person from Qi Rongxun's side who jumped out,

Since the young master promised him the position of the general of the Tiger Battalion, Li Guangzhong has been as energetic as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. “

兰子义 says:

"It's understandable that people are in good spirits when they are happy."

After saying this, Lan Ziyi looked at Tao Zhulu with a solemn expression, and then looked out the window,

Tao Zhulu listened quietly for a while, and then said:

"Don't worry, young master, there's no one outside the house."

Lan Ziyi nodded reassuringly and asked:

"Second brother, have you got in touch with the thief's eyeliner?"

桃扵鹿 says:

"I got in touch, I just got in touch with the thief tonight, so I rushed to report to the young master overnight."

When Lan Ziyi heard this, his eyes lit up and asked:

"Has the intelligence network we laid down been torn up?"

桃扵鹿 says:

"The fine work in the camp of Lei Youde suffered heavy losses, and the general died, and many people were implicated.

However, it was okay in the other camps, especially among the thieves, and almost all the people who were arranged among the thieves remained. “

After listening to what Tao Zhulu said, Lan Ziyi's body involuntarily leaned forward towards Tao Zhulu and asked:

"What's the news from the thief?"

Tao Zhulu listened to Lan Ziyi's question, and also leaned his body towards Lan Ziyi, and finally almost bit Lan Ziyi's ear and whispered:

"Shouchun and Zhongli have already lost."

Lan Ziyi narrowed his eyes when he heard the news, he was not shocked by the bad news, although the news was very bad, but it was actually expected, Lan Ziyi was still worried before the bad news came, but now he finally heard it, but he was not so nervous, this may be a broken jar.

After thinking about it, Lan Ziyi asked:

"How did you get lost? Is it the same as Ruyin City? ”

Tao Zhulu replied:

"Yes, similar to Ruyin, it's all because the homeless people have messed up the two cities, and the thieves have no resistance in the past.

However, unlike Ruyin, the thieves are more powerful. “

Lan Ziyi said:

"You mean the number of thieves has increased?"

Tao Zhulu replied:

"Not only the number of people, but also the bandits, large and small, countless ships attacking the city along the river, it is said that it has reached the point of covering the river."

Lan Ziyi asked:

"Second brother, did you see it with your own eyes?"

Tao Zhulu replied:

"I entered the thief camp while it was dark, and I couldn't see the specific appearance of the river, but judging from the dense lights on the river, it was not an exaggeration to cover the river.

Hundreds of thousands of thieves, as well as the people who were being held hostage, were all on the ship. “

Lan Ziyi took a deep breath after hearing this, and was silent,

At this time, Tao Zhulu said:

"It's not all bad news, but there's good news."

When Lan Ziyi heard this, he hurriedly asked:

"And the good news? What's the good news? ”

Tao Zhulu subconsciously glanced out the window, and then said:

"The King of Thieves wants to fight with Lei Youde."

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