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Aoki Mountain's power is enough to compete with the county mansion, and Xuyue Valley also does not dare to snub Aoki Mountain.

Aoki Mountain's attitude is very important to Xuyue Valley, and Lu Jianping does not pay attention to it.

According to the spies, in the past few days, Aoki Mountain has looted eight villages one after another, hundreds of civilians have been killed, and more than 2,000 civilians have been taken away. Several towns near Aoki Mountain are now in turmoil, and villagers have abandoned their homes and businesses to flee to the towns to escape the bandits. Based on the speed of the bandits' raids, more than a dozen villages will be affected before the New Year. ”

After Deacon Liu finished speaking, he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Lu Jianping's eyes.

Lu Jianping has always attached importance to life, which is well known to everyone in Xuyue Valley, and the thieves of Aoki Mountain are robbing homes and houses, which is simply provoking Lu Jianping's bottom line.

Deacon Liu stood trembling in place, looking panicked.

"There were originally more than fifty monks in the Void Moon Valley, but now, there are only a dozen left. It seems that I have to do something, otherwise, the bandits of Aoki Mountain will definitely treat our Xuyue Valley as a soft persimmon to be kneaded. Deacon Liu, do you have any thoughts on this matter?"

After listening to Deacon Liu's report, Lu Jianping's first reaction was to be angry, but it didn't take long for the anger to be replaced by a thick sense of self-blame.

Lu Jianping killed nine monks, and during the banquet held by Lu Jianping, more than thirty monks unfortunately died, and these dead monks were more or less related to Lu Jianping.

If there was no Lu Jianping, the strength of the Void Moon Valley would not have been greatly reduced, and the Void Moon Valley would not have suffered such a huge calamity.

Lu Jianping suddenly felt a little guilty.

Lu Jianping hopes to use his strength to protect innocent people from harm, but now, thousands of people are affected because of Lu Jianping.

A faint regret began to linger in Lu Jianping's heart.

"When the end of the year is approaching, no matter how poor people are, they will buy some supplies for the New Year. Because of this, during the period before the Chinese New Year, the bandits of Aoki Mountain will go out en masse and plunder villages and towns to obtain a large amount of goods and food. Deacon Liu paused, and then continued, "The strength of the Void Moon Valley has been greatly damaged, this has become an established fact, and no one can change it. If we don't take any countermeasures, then in the next few decades, the bandits of Aoki Mountain will definitely ravage the Void Moon Valley. ”

Deacon Liu is more knowledgeable than Lu Jianping, and he has seen the looting of villages and towns in Aoki Mountain more thoroughly.

As the end of the year approaches, Aokiyama will raid villages and towns to collect various supplies, which is a common occurrence.

In the past, there were a large number of monks in the Void Moon Valley, and the thieves of Aoki Mountain did not dare to go too far, and only robbed the property.

Now, the strength of the Void Moon Valley has been greatly damaged, and the thieves of Aoki Mountain have no scruples, so the means are even worse.

It would take at least a hundred years for the Void Moon Valley to restore the previous number of monks, and before that, the Void Moon Valley would be a soft persimmon through and through.

Lu Jianping heard a lot of implicit meanings from Deacon Liu's words, so his mood became even heavier.

"What did the other monks do about the looting of villages and towns in Aoki Mountain? Are there any monks who lead the army to fight against the bandits in Aoki Mountain? How many bandits are there in Void Moon Valley now, and how many monks are there?"

When Lu Jianping spoke, his eyes were firmly fixed on Deacon Liu.

Lu Jianping had already developed a strong killing intent towards the thieves in Aoki Mountain.

Lu Jianping hoped to get some useful information from Deacon Liu's mouth, and then use this information to fight back against the bandits in Aoki Mountain.

Facing Lu Jianping's gaze, Deacon Liu escaped from his arms with a gilt invitation, and then held the invitation with both hands and handed it to Lu Jianping.

"The strength of the bandits, no one knows at present, and everyone dare not act rashly, lest the town be plundered by the bandits after the loss of the army. After Deacon Liu finished reporting the situation, he continued, "When the spy reported the news, he brought back this invitation, and his subordinates didn't dare to look through it rashly, and asked your Excellency to see it yourself." ”

Listening to Deacon Liu's words, Lu Jianping nodded lightly.

Although he was a little dissatisfied with the monks' behavior of sitting still, Lu Jianping had to admit that this was the safest way.

The town has walls to rely on, as long as the monks sit in the castle tower, and dozens of elite soldiers armed with bows and crossbows hide in the battlements, then the bandits of Aoki Mountain will not be able to easily break through the town.

Once the monk leads the elite soldiers out of the city, the town's defenses will become very weak. Storming the town will be a breeze for the bandits of Aoki Mountain.

Relying on the city walls and crossbows, and carrying out a tight defense, this is undoubtedly the safest coping strategy.

Several villages were looted, and the losses were acceptable, but if the town was breached, the consequences would be severe.

"Attack is the best defense, if Zixu Town is attacked, I will definitely order the soldiers to defend it tightly, and then go out of the city alone and keep attacking and killing the incoming bandits. The bandits of Aoki Mountain are also human beings, and they have the same fear, as long as they keep killing them, they will retreat. ”

Lu Jianping took the gilt invitation from Deacon Liu's hand, and then muttered a little dissatisfied.

Lu Jianping was confident in his own strength, but the other monks were different. In addition, Lu Jianping valued the lives of ordinary people, while the other monks only cared about themselves, and ordinary people seemed to them like grass mustard.

Lu Jianping could only complain about this, but he couldn't condemn the other monks in righteous words. After all, everyone thinks differently, and Lu Jianping can't force everyone to act according to their own will.

On the gilded invitation, there is a piece of gelatin, which covers the gap of the invitation and is stamped with a seal.

If you want to open the invitation, you will definitely destroy the gelatin, which is a very simple secrecy measure.

Lu Jianping didn't see anything wrong on the seal, obviously, this invitation was untouched, and no one peeked during the period.

After opening the invitation, Lu Jianping's brows immediately stretched.

[The New Year is approaching, and the day of worship of the holy monument is approaching, which coincides with the invasion of Aoki Mountain and the looting of villages and towns, so we will send out invitations in advance and invite everyone to come to the holy monument to discuss countermeasures. 】

The invitation is not famous, nor does it specify a specific date, which seems random.

Although this invitation looks fake, Lu Jianping did not doubt its authenticity.

Most of the monks in Xuyue Valley are some local buns in the countryside, and they don't know what is called literary style or official document format.

If the invitation is too gorgeous, Lu Jianping will be suspicious.

The holy monument is guarded by three elders, and the bandits of Aoki Mountain, even if they want to set a trap, they will not gather everyone at the holy monument.

After a little analysis, Lu Jianping determined that this invitation was genuine.