Chapter 597: The Difficulty of Collecting Grain

Then, after the city lord of Qincheng understood the purpose of Yu Tong and a few people in disguise, he treated them politely. Immediately after Yu Tong's inquiry, the city lord of Qincheng explained the situation of Qincheng without concealment. Roughly speaking, because of the relationship between the bandits and the arrival of the night army, the people in the city are currently panicking, not only to deal with the bandits who may enter the city at any time to plunder, but also to beware of the upcoming night army, the situation is very bad.

Speaking of which, there is still a certain order in Qincheng that has a lot to do with Su Chi, the city lord of Qincheng. Su Chi is not only upright, but also very chivalrous, has reigned for many years, is deeply loved by the people of Qincheng, can be regarded as a good city lord with benevolence and righteousness, Su Chi is naturally very different from the selfish city lord of Qucheng.

After the news of the total defeat of the Wing Kingdom came back, the situation was turbulent, and there were also many family forces in Qincheng who were preparing to flee. If they left, Qincheng's self-protection force would definitely be greatly weakened, but at the critical moment, Su Chi stood up, uniting all forces in the city while opening the city gates to receive refugees from all over the world. In order to stabilize the city, Su Chi has been running for many days, and the situation in the city has only been stabilized recently.

The reputation accumulated over the years has made Su Chi's efforts effective, and the most outstanding effect is in stabilizing people's hearts, but after receiving a large number of refugees and cutting off contact with other cities, in terms of food, because of the emergence of those refugees and the current situation changes, Qincheng's current inventory is not abundant, and it is gradually forming problems, so when Yu Tong mentioned that the night army will soon go to Qincheng to collect food, Su Chi's attitude is extremely obvious.

Based on the current situation in Qincheng, they will not provide food to the night army, and if the night army wants to forcibly collect food, then Qincheng will definitely not be bullied. The gang of bandits in Xiaoyin Mountain is not good, and the night army is not good either.

After understanding what Su Chi meant, Yu Tong and Xu Da couldn't help but be surprised, and then, while assessing the overall strength of Qincheng, they both felt that things were tricky. Now that Lin Xuanzhong is not in Qincheng, they can't make decisions to negotiate with Su Chi, so they have to write down all the information they get and report it to Lin Xuanzhong when they go back.

At the end of the conversation between the two sides, Yu Tong had an extra heart and asked about the information about those bandits. It just so happened that Su Chi knew something about those bandits, so he naturally told a few people about the current scale of the bandits and the number of important leaders.

Under Su Chi's narration, Yu Tong and Xu Da were even more surprised, it turned out that there were a total of seven leaders in that gang of bandits, and each leader was a seventh-order martial cultivator, and each of them was in charge of a hundred people. Although the total number of people has not exceeded a thousand, the overall strength can not be underestimated, after understanding the situation of the bandits, now Yu Tong and Xu Da can understand why Su Chi always showed a sense of jealousy when he mentioned those bandits before.

After some shock, Yu Tong and Xu Da couldn't help but wonder, the two really couldn't understand why such a large bandit organization could be formed in such a remote place. So, the two had to ask Su Chi about the reason for the expansion of the bandit village.

According to Su Chi's explanation, many of those bandits were people who fled from Qincheng and Qucheng, and some were criminals who escaped from prison, especially those who were originally held in Qucheng. All in all, none of those bandits were good people.

In less than a month, the bandits have grown nearly tenfold in size, which is truly astonishing. And the reason why Su Chi understands that gang of bandits so well is not only because he is the city lord of Qincheng, but also because it is related to an important matter.

Not long ago, the gang of bandits openly sent news that they were going to attack Qincheng, and forced Su Chi to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster as soon as possible, so as not to regret it when they entered the city.

There are not many family forces in Qincheng, and they are all small families, and there is at most only one seventh-order martial cultivator in each family, counting Su Chi, there are no more than two seventh-order martial cultivators in the city. In the case that there is not much difference between the number of high-level martial cultivators and bandit leaders in the city, Su Chi is naturally very jealous of those bandits, so now there is a situation of martial law in the whole city, Su Chi while opening all the city gates to receive refugees, and at the same time, he has to send additional personnel at each city gate to prevent the bandits from attacking at any time.

It is worth mentioning that the fortification at the various city gates is one of the main reasons why Yu Tong will be brought to the City Lord's Mansion in the first place.

After learning so much information from Su Chi's mouth, Yu Tong and Xu Da directly said goodbye to Su Chi and left. With a few subordinates, the eight of them went around the city again. There is not much difference from the actual situation of Qucheng, Qincheng is also a dilapidated small city, and there seem to be only a few inns in the entire city, without any prosperous atmosphere. Especially in the afternoon, the number of pedestrians on the street is greatly reduced, and the excessively deserted scene makes several people feel a little uncomfortable.

When they carefully observed the civilians who came and went, the civilians noticed them, and their eyes were full of wariness, as if they were instinctively wary of them outsiders. After finding an inn for lunch and inquiring about some news by the way, Yu Tong and Xu Da easily confirmed many of Su Chi's statements, and the current situation in Qincheng is indeed bad.

Speaking of which, to the south of Qincheng, there are also many small cities to guard against the threat of bandits, and the situation of war has accelerated the growth of the scale of bandits, which has had a certain impact on many weak cities. With a lot of news from Qincheng, the eight people hurried back to Qucheng on horseback.

After seeing Lin Xuanzhong, due to the relay, he told Lin Xuanzhong about the news they had heard about the bandits in Qincheng and the situation in Qincheng.

Under Yu Tong's narration, Lin Xuanzhong knew more and more information that he wanted to know, and at the same time, he felt more and more how bad the situation they were facing. If Su Chi is unwilling to cooperate, the matter of going to Qincheng to collect grain will be in trouble, while lamenting that the trip is unusually smooth, Lin Xuanzhong only feels that the information brought back by Yu Tong and Xu Da is still limited. If Su Chi's attitude towards those bandits and the night army is not clear, it is still difficult to make plans next.

After speaking, not only Lin Xuanzhong, but Xing Hu and Wang Yiyi also frowned, how to collect grain next, the two of them naturally had no bottom in their hearts.

"General Lin, what do you think?" Wang Yiyi shook his head, remembering that Yu Tong had said that Su Chi was unwilling to cooperate, and felt more and more that things were tricky. If the night army rushes to Qincheng now, but Su Chi closes the city gate, will they really fail to attack the city? In the absence of siege equipment, the not-so-high walls would still cause them difficulties.

On the other hand, in terms of forcibly going to Qincheng to collect grain, Xing Hu's thoughts were similar to Wang Yiyi's, and it was not an easy task to attack the city, after all, they still had limited troops. If you really want to forcibly attack the city, it is better to enter the city of Qin as unimpeded as before. To put it simply, Xing Hu would rather the current situation in Qincheng be similar to that of Qucheng than lead troops to attack the city.

As for Lin Xuanzhong, after thinking about it carefully, he still didn't want to attack the city, after all, there was a bandit organization not far away. The situation they were facing at the moment was indeed extremely difficult, far exceeding Lin Xuanzhong's original expectations when they set out from Shiyan City. For Lin Xuanzhong, who led troops for the first time, it was undoubtedly a huge challenge.

In the case of extremely disapproving of the siege in his heart, Lin Xuanzhong planned to go to Qincheng in person first, and he had to ask Su Chi for an explanation in person, Lin Xuanzhong respected Su Chi's character, so it was more appropriate to visit in person.

Thinking about Yu Tong's statement that those bandits had plans to loot Qincheng, Lin Xuanzhong felt that maybe he could start from this point. If they can unite the forces of Qincheng to exterminate the bandits, they may be able to get what they want, of course, this is only Lin Xuanzhong's one-sided idea at present.

Sitting on the top of the main hall, looking at Wang Yiyi and the others below who were thinking but had no meaning to speak, Lin Xuanzhong had mixed feelings in his heart. Since arriving in Orchid Village, the matter of requisitioning food has gradually become a heavy burden on Lin Xuanzhong's shoulders, it seems that everything inside and out, big and small, needs Lin Xuanzhong's own efforts, thinking that at the critical moment, Wang Yi roared that they could not help themselves, Lin Xuanzhong also deeply realized how difficult it is to be a commander.

Time passed little by little, and everyone in the hall was silent for a long time, and finally Lin Xuanzhong, who had thought about going to Qincheng before, broke the calm, "Tomorrow Japan will go to Qincheng in person, and the matter of requisition will be decided when Ben will come back." ”

"Deputy General Yu has already made it very clear, the city lord of Qincheng is unwilling to cooperate, why does the general have to run for nothing?" Wang Yiyi below heard Lin Xuanzhong speak, stopped pacing back and forth, raised his head and looked at Lin Xuanzhong with a puzzled expression.

"The news that Deputy Yu brought them back is indeed very detailed, but for Ben General, the reason why they are unwilling to hand over the grain is not enough," It may be because he is dissatisfied with Wang Yiyi and others, Lin Xuanzhong seems to be trying his best to explain patiently, and his tone is mixed with a lot of anger.

"Does the general plan to go with the army?" It's just that Wang Yilu didn't realize that Lin Xuanzhong's anger was aimed at them, but he thought that Lin Xuanzhong was dissatisfied with the city lord of Naqin City.

"No need, I only need to take the deputy general and a few guards with me," shaking his head, the impatience on Lin Xuanzhong's face was even worse.

"Does the general want to go and see the attitude of the city lord of Qincheng again?" Wang Yiyan looked startled, and according to Lin Xuanzhong's answer, he suddenly fully understood the purpose of Lin Xuanzhong's trip.

"The general must not be impulsive, Deputy General Yu has already said very clearly before, the city lord of Qincheng will never hand over the grain. What if the general threatens them, and they do something unfavorable to the general?" On the other side, Xing Hu, who had been listening to the two of them beside him, seemed to understand what Lin Xuanzhong meant at this moment, and then immediately dissuaded him based on his own understanding.

"Ben Jiang knows that there are some risks, but Ben Jiang's trip is not to threaten them face to face," Shaking his head at Xing Hu, Lin Xuanzhong was no longer in the mood to talk to them.

"General, according to the general, if you don't bring the army forward, I am afraid that something will happen. If the general doesn't have a clear plan, it's best not to take the risk. ”