Chapter 185: Chapter 113: Yellow Mountain County, White Lotus Stockade!_3
They had an extremely large number of grey horses.
They were particularly skilled in cavalry collisions.
Among the bandit forces in Yellow Mountain County, ranked third was a stronghold known as the White Lotus.
Unlike the Blood Wolf and Grey Horse stockades,
the White Lotus Stockade’s specialty was long-range archery.
To join the White Lotus Stockade and become an elite bandit within it, one needed to possess an exceptionally skillful art of archery.
By chance, the bandit force that chose to attack the Huai Shui County Luo Family
was precisely this White Lotus Stockade among the three major strongholds.
…
In a small town on the border of Huai Shui County, near Yellow Mountain County,
at this moment, the city was a river of blood, piled high with corpses.
The stench of blood surged into the sky.
Countless commoners were gathered together.
Cries, pleas for mercy, curses, and various other sounds gradually rose within this not-so-large town.
“Ninth Brother, a bountiful harvest, a bountiful harvest…”
Suddenly, a bandit from the White Lotus Stockade carrying a bow and arrows on his back,
wore an expression of wild joy on his face.
He ran towards the direction of the so-called Ninth Brother while shouting loudly.
“A bountiful harvest?”
“Tell me more…”
Nie Chong, the nearly two-meter-tall and robust Ninth Brother of the White Lotus Stockade, couldn’t help but ask softly with a hint of curiosity.
“Ninth Brother, you don’t know!”
“This little town has a huge reserve of food.”
“At least enough for fifty thousand people to eat for a year.”
“If we can transport all this food back to our lair…”
“Ninth Brother will definitely receive a generous reward.”
“Perhaps Ninth Brother’s position could also move up.”
Upon saying this, Nie Chong of the White Lotus Stockade couldn’t help but reveal an ecstatic expression.
Now, the most important thing,
obviously, was food.
And this small town surprisingly had enough provisions to feed fifty thousand people for a year.
For Nie Chong, this was definitely a great achievement.
“Good, since that’s the case, let the brothers work a bit harder.”
“Transport all this food back to our den.”
At this moment, a minion beside Nie Chong asked, “Ninth Brother, what about these people… how should we deal with them?”
Upon hearing this, Nie Chong couldn’t help but narrow his eyes slightly.
After thinking for a moment, his eyes flashed with a cold light as he said softly, “Take all the able-bodied with us, kill all the old, weak, women, and children.”
Nearby, a group of minions responded with laughter, “Yes!”
Then numerous bandits brandishing steel knives approached the helpless.
“No, don’t…”
“Don’t kill me…”
“Please…”
As the bandits drew nearer, the pleas for mercy rose again.
However, such pleas,
seemed to be of no use to those cold-blooded bandits.
…
After dealing with all the old and weak,
the bandits of White Lotus Stockade led their able-bodied men and their vast quantities of food back to Yellow Mountain County.
Meanwhile, Luo Yong, located within Huai Shui County, continued to make his way towards the border with Yellow Mountain County.
After almost all the bandits from White Lotus Stockade had left,
they were somewhat belated in their arrival.
“It seems to have ended…”
Dressed in a Taoist robe and holding a White Feather Fan, the great swindler Tang Jian looked at the ruins of the city before him.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
His expression also seemed somewhat displeased.
“Yellow Mountain County, bandits…”
Looking at the land of Yellow Mountain County ahead, Luo Yong, standing beside Tang Jian, couldn’t help but sigh softly.
Since the Luo Family had unified Huai Shui County, he had become somewhat complacent,
thinking he could rest for a while.
But, unexpectedly…
The Chen Family, the Tang Family, and the Feng Family had indeed fallen.
However, with the fall of these three powers, and with Huai Shui County’s unification complete,
the Luo Family now faced an opponent even more formidable than the Chen Family, Feng Family, and Tang Family.
“Great swindler…”
“Ah, no, Tang Jian.”
“What is your view on this matter?”
After a moment of silence, Luo Yong suddenly turned his head and asked Tang Jian in a low voice.
Tang Jian looked at Luo Yong with some helplessness in his eyes.
Then, he said softly, “The eight counties within Luo Mountain Prefecture all have very clear boundaries between them.”
“And Yellow Mountain County is the most chaotic one of the entire Luo Mountain Prefecture.”
“Within Yellow Mountain County, bandit forces run rampant.”
“This matter might not be easy to handle, so you should be prepared for a protracted war against the bandits over there…”
…
In the blink of an eye, another half-month passed.
During this time,
Luo Yong and Tang Jian continuously stood guard at the border between Huai Shui County and Yellow Mountain County.
However, to their surprise,
since the bandits’ initial attack half a month ago, they had not launched a second attack.
This situation puzzled Luo Yong.
Besides this, another important matter was being quietly attended to by the Luo Family.
That was, outside of Qingshi County City, the tilled farmland was about to welcome another great harvest.
Normally, crops within Luo Mountain Prefecture yield two harvests a year.
Within one year, the most one could hope for was to harvest twice.
But with the advent of the Cooling Charm, Rain Seeking Talisman, and Locust Removal Talisman,
as the environment gradually became more conducive to the growth of crops,
and as the threat of locusts to the crops gradually disappeared,
the growth rate of crops significantly increased.
From initially being able to harvest twice a year, crops could now be harvested three times a year.
With three harvests compared to two,
the reserve of grain would inevitably be at least half more than before.
The foundation of the Luo Family would also grow bit by bit as the reserves of grain continued to rise.