Chapter 24: Leaving a Mark
"General Lin?"
Bian Long looked at Lin Bei, who was smiling stupidly, suspiciously, and pulled the latter out of his fantasy.
"Ahem, cough, next, let's enter the land north of the river first, find a place to recuperate, and prepare for the suppression of the mob later."
After speaking, Lin Bei looked at several Jiangbei soldiers: "You sort out the distribution map as soon as possible, if there is anything you need my help with, just report to me." ”
"Yes."
It wasn't until nightfall that an army of more than 1,000 men found a clearing outside the city.
Lin Bei sat by the campfire, looking at the starlight in the clear night sky, sorting out the thoughts in his mind.
He had already learned from the soldiers of Jiangbei that he had not learned about the land of Jiangbei before.
The land north of the river is straddled by several canals, and due to the high mountains and lofty mountains, the people here are scattered.
This has also led to a large army, and there is no way to deal with the rebels and mobs here.
As long as the latter blends into the mountains and forests, the habits developed by nature or acquired make the Jiangbei garrison, which has never fought a battle in the mountains, unable to see the shadow.
What's more, the mountain roads are rugged, the soldiers are wearing armor, it is difficult to march, and the supply lines are constantly disconnected, and in the long run, the morale of the soldiers has dropped significantly.
The most important thing is that this is an extremely remote place for the Great Shang, and the people's recognition of the imperial court is not high, and there are still many people who support these rebels and report to them.
It is no wonder that when he saw the Jiangbei Governor during the day, although he tried his best to hide it, his face was still tired and helpless.
Li Ai moved out, I'm afraid it's because of these reasons.
No wonder the outside world says that the land of Jiangbei is uncontrollable, and now it seems that it is really difficult to reach the sky.
And the people here live in poverty, not only have no oil and water to squeeze, but also difficult to tame, and the risk of being attacked by the rebels and mobs is extremely high.
One accidentally lost his head, who would be happy to take this kind of drudgery.
Since ancient times, there have not been many people willing to take over the land of Jiangbei, and even if they did, most of them either couldn't stand it and left, or were killed by the rebels or rebels.
This is also why the soldiers of Jiangbei are so looking forward to the arrival of Linbei.
In their hearts, Lin Bei was boasted by the old general Zhou at a young age, and the empty city plan was circulated into countless versions, in the hearts of every soldier of Dashang.
And Lin Bei's willingness to come to save their hometown, which had been particularly heartbroken for a long time, made them respect Lin Bei even more.
recalled the hopeful eyes of the Jiangbei soldiers during the day.
Lin Bei put his hands behind his head and sighed deeply.
At this time, he felt a little ashamed.
The soldiers pinned their hopes on him, but he only thought about how to die as soon as possible.
Maybe I'm really a little impatient, and my previous plans have ended in failure, maybe it's really because of my own reasons.
Otherwise, this time it's better to let it be, and what else can you do during this period to benefit the people of Jiangbei and weaken the guilt in your heart.
Besides, if he led the army to do any deeds, and it reached the ears of Li Ai's old fox, that guy would definitely jump to his feet in a hurry, and it would be difficult to send a master to assassinate him immediately.
Thinking about it, Lin Bei gradually convinced himself.
Since you want to die, just leave a little mark on this world and then die, and then a hundred small targets will not grow wings and fly.
Just pity his hundred little targets, Lin Bei clutched his chest.
Lin Bei gradually felt his eyelids start to fight, and finally fell asleep.
It wasn't until three o'clock the next day that Lin Bei slowly woke up, he lifted the futon, looked at himself sleeping in the tent, and looked suspicious.
He slept outside the tent last night.
Lin Bei got out of bed and saw Ah Yue sitting on the edge of the bed at a glance.
The latter tightly held the sword weapon in his arms, and his little face was rarely cold.
His face was already extremely quiet, and his cold eyes were closed, but he looked a little well-behaved.
It seems that she got herself into the tent.
Lin Bei's heart warmed, and he stretched out his hand to wake her up and let her go to bed to sleep.
But before he came into contact with Ah Yue, the latter had already slowly opened his eyes, looking vigilant.
"Well, don't get me wrong, I just wanted to wake you up."
Lin Bei retracted his hand in embarrassment.
Ah Yue got up silently and didn't say anything.
"Thank you."
"Hmm."
Lin Bei looked at Ah Yue, who only popped out one word for a long time, and shook his head helplessly.
Ah Yue is good at everything, but she doesn't like to talk much, and she is not cute at all.
"General Lin."
When the soldiers along the way saw Lin Bei, they greeted him one after another.
Lin Bei waved at them, and then walked into another camp.
When several Jiangbei soldiers saw Lin Bei, they hurriedly saluted, and the former waved his hand, so that a few of them did not need to be too restrained.
"How's the research?"
"General Lin, give us some more time, the situation in Jiangbei is complicated, and we won't be able to sort it out for a while."
The soldiers scratched their ears and cheeks, facing the paper on the table and the huge sand table, their eyes full of exhaustion.
Lin Bei nodded, looked at the sand table on the table, and asked casually, "Where is our location?" ”
"Here."
A soldier pointed to a corner of the sand table and responded.
"How far away is our nearest mob."
"Not far from Linchi City, where we are stationed, there is a bandit den that has been raging for a long time, and the guards of Linchi City have attacked dozens of times, but they have not been completely annihilated."
"How many people do you know?"
"According to the guards of Linchi City, there are only more than a hundred bandits."
"Is it so difficult to capture more than a hundred people?"
Lin Bei wondered.
"General Lin doesn't know that these more than 100 people are all good hands, and as soon as the soldiers of Linchi City enter the mountains and forests, they are like blind people, but they can come and go freely."
"And the mountain range they are in, not only is there enough water, there is no food, they only need to loot in the surrounding villages, and there is a lot of game in the mountains, they are not afraid of us closing the mountain at all."
A soldier smiled bitterly.
Lin Bei touched his chin and nodded slightly.
"Gather a hundred brothers, and I'll see if I can take down this nest of bandits in two days."
"A hundred? General, you're not joking, are you? ”
The Jiangbei soldiers glanced at each other, their eyes full of surprise.
How could their generals be so confident.
"My lord, is more than a hundred people too few, at least someone needs to block the retreat of this gang of bandits."
At this time, the deputy general lifted the curtain, walked in, and hugged Lin Bei with his fist.
"Let's try it."
Lin Bei saw that everyone present didn't believe him, and he didn't say anything, but smiled mysteriously.
Seeing that his own overseer was so confident, the people present did not say anything more.
Bian Long nodded and said, "Okay, my subordinates will go down and gather a hundred soldiers." ”
Just as he was about to leave the tent, he turned around again and bowed his hand to Lin Bei: "By the way, Overseer, when we counted the number of people last night, we found a woman mixed in with our team. ”
Lin Bei was slightly stunned.