Chapter 40 (1/2)

T/N: I re the first time I read this book, I really loved this conflict and had read this arc over several ti this now really bring back good memories

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“Remember, on the battlefield, who does not want to die, will die first……even if your ene”

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On the top of the lance, it al a careful look as the winds blew past, written on it were the words ‘Xing Zi Lin’ Large and srass, dressed in self-ers ailint of silver flashed on top of thenarrowed his eyes to look There was a Heavy Ar on the hill, reseet, the face of its wearer could not be seen fro the Marquis of Order hih or cry

But as he looked back, he found that Gu Yun wasn’t s, in fact, it was the opposite He appeared quite infuriated, squeezing out the word froht about it, lowering his voice: “Then the ru with bandits were no ru, his expression darkened even further

During the Great Liang dynasty, the native products of the Eastern Sea were pearls, the native products of Loulan were fine wines, and the native products of the Southern Frontier were mountain bandits

In the past two years, when the far puppets were carried out, farmers weren’t able to find jobs So in the north, soht to cooods and rations became cheaper, money became more valuable Thus there were fewer and fewer people ould stock up on food, but instead, hoarded gold and silver: this has greatly contributed to and increased the rates of bandits looting

The mountain bandits’ culture was very wild spread here, there were more bandit nests than there were rabbits, this situation could be said to reseain with the spring breeze’

The relationshi+p between the Southern Frontier Army and the Ministry of War rese was nowhere near efficient, they could not afford to fight back against the bandits

And although the bandits won in nuainst the i nest after nest be swept through, hence they would greatly fear the garrison troops as well

When people have money, all they would want to pursue were peace and stability No one would wish to live a life of being chased after — mountain bandits, in the end, were still hu run, the Southern Frontier Army and the local bandits have formed a mutual relationshi+p

The Southern Arinally a bandit On one hand, he restrained the the passerby, but on the other hand, he did not cover for the for the Southern Frontier troops every year were incredibly limited, and for them to be able to sustain themselves to this day, the ‘contribution’ of these bandits could not be ignored

The collusion between officers and bandits was of course not so to be proud of, Gu Yun was fully aware of this In the past two years, the E puppets and opened the business road, these were clearly great policies for the country toBut no one knehere the problem lay, not only did the national treasury becoain

The South had just experienced flooding, the disaster has passed but the relieving process was still undergoing If a battle were to break out, the bandits would start to scatter to villages and towns, the people would be even more devastated But if the imperial court truly wanted to remove the commander of the Southern Frontier Army because of this incident, Gu Yun siuard of this place

With these two dilemmas, one could only pick the lesser one: Gu Yun had no choice but to te

After a few years in the future, when the Silk Road was co would be fully opened Loads of silver fro the country a room to breathe When that time came, not only would they send troops, but they would also adjust the passage to the Southern Frontier, tightening the control of this territory that was far away fro carried out at the same time could they completely clean up this problem

Unfortunately, except for himself, other people did not seem to want to understand these problems

In fact, it wasn’t that they didn’t understand it It’s just that in their eyes, the Dru His Majesty to boost their wealth in the future was much more i of various ways to protect Fu Zhi Cheng, he had quietly and deliberately sent a letter to infor like this

Which kind of bandit would bring along their entire nest, raising the flag, and beating the dru it clear to the other party who exactly they are?

Atte to rob from the envoy of the imperial court, this was no different than rebellion

In these few years, Chang Geng had beenall four sides He had long been knowledgeable about the people’s livelihood in the current situation After a little thought, the cause and effect had become clear to him He looked at Gu Yun’s expression and whispered: “Yifu, I think this ”

Gu Yun coldly replied: “Nonsense, Fu Zhi Cheng isn’t this foolish”

These bandits were an illiterate bunch, it would be quite a challenge to be able to find soht have to share one person to do accounting work Perhaps they were able to catch a few vague rumors from somewhere, then decided to close in on theht at the same time, then, later on, they could show theira si towards the foot of the roup of people: “Who are you, state your name!”

Beside hi an arrow from behind him: “Grand Marshal?”

Gu Yun: “Shoot him down”

The arrow in Shen Yi’s hand was released alh ba hou A bird cried out and flew up in the sky, its sharp voice echoing throughout the valley

The whole mountain was fired up

When Officer Sun saw this, he could no longer feel proud about being able to catch Fu Zhi Cheng’s weakness, he ie and constantly said: “We can not! Marshal, we can not, there are at least a hundred bandits in this enerals are not donning their arhness, His Highness is of prestigious royalty, we cannot be careless…”

Gu Yun did not look at hihness, were you diligent in htly bowed: “To be a small cavalry under the Marshal, I should still be qualified”

“Coht mountain monkeys”

After Gu Yun finished, he ushered his horse and rushed forwards Chang Geng did not hesitate, i after him All the Black Iron Camp soldiers ell-trained As soon as Gu Yun moved, they iman charging forwards, leaving behind only the scream of Officer Sun: “Marshal, we can not—”

The next moment, there was a force behind his neck, his entire body suddenly becahter – Shen Yi had picked hi him onto his horse

Sun Jiao cried out, his eyes turned white from the impact of fall

Shen Yi reluctantly said: “Master Sun, please do not screa, rest assured”

As General Shen said this, he could not help but feel bad for hi master born from the Marquis’ manor Since his childhood, there had always been an oldtherew up, he found that there was no old maid in the Black Iron Ca to be his oldsaid that, Shen Yi looked at Master Sun, who had already fainted: “This was the first time I saw an officer that resembled a eunuch so much”

On the top of the hill, a bandit reported to their leader: “Big brother, I heard that eunuch called out ‘Marshal’”

The leader’s whole body was buried in the Heavy Arrily shouted: “Stop talking nonsense, hurry and shoot the arrows! Surround! Surround the froain, the bandits shouted as they rushed down fro of a handful of people

There was no telling if the bandits intended to boost their courage or so the, one charged forward fro fro the in the air

It was a pity that most of their horses were robbed froainst the one-in-million Godlike steed of the Black Iron Caot left behind

Gu Yun esture, several soldiers behind him immediately understood and started to scatter into various direction, the target for the arrows shot from the mountain instantly became disarray