In the famine, she stockpiled space supplies and became a bandit.

When Du Hong said this, he thought he would see a sad and frightened expression on the person opposite him, but he was disappointed.

Be it the Red Soul Army soldiers or Luo Xi and his companions, they all looked at him as if he were a clown.

Du Hong's heart skipped a beat. Just then, a bailiff ran out of the city gate, looking panic-stricken.

"Sir, sir, it's bad, it's bad, those hostages, I don't know where those men in black came from, they have all been rescued." After he said this, he lay on the ground trembling, not daring to raise his head.

Du Hong: "..."

I just felt a sharp pain from the wound in my abdomen, and then my vision went black and I lost consciousness in an instant.

"grown ups--"

The soldier who was supporting him panicked and quickly pulled the man up, but he used too much force and pulled the man's wound. Du Hong's clothes were instantly soaked with blood.

Luo Xi: "..."

She guessed that the soldier must have been bullied by Du Hong all the time, and this was a good opportunity for him to take revenge.

The main general had been seriously injured and unconscious, the deputy general had died in battle, and now even the only backbone had fallen. The remnants of the court had no intention of confronting Luo Xi and the others. They carried Du Hong and ran towards the city like crazy.

Looking at the embarrassed appearance of these people, Qi Lei was very happy: "Boss, what should we do? They have entered. Should we attack the city?"

Luo Xi shook his head: "No need, the city walls are high and thick, and it is Du Hong's base camp. We can't take it down with our limited number of troops."

"It's such a good deal for them." Xia Zhong looked angry.

After talking with Qi Lei along the way, he was certain that the defeat of the Red Soul Army and the treason of the Le Zheng family were most likely the work of Zuo Xiang and Du Hong.

"Boss, are we just going to let them go like this?" Xia Zhong was very unwilling.

"Who said that?" Luo Xi smiled brightly: "The walls of Fucheng are high and thick, but other places in Nanyue County are not like that."

"In that case, why don't we go and take down other places first? Then, with only the city left, I want to see what kind of trouble Du Hong can make."

Qi Lei and Xia Zhong looked at each other and laughed: "That's a good idea, Boss."

"Let's go and find a place to cook. After eating, we'll attack Shihua County, which is the closest to the city." Luo Xi said as he jumped onto his warhorse nimbly.

"Yes, the boss!"

When the magistrate of Shihua County heard the report from his subordinates that the county under his jurisdiction had been surrounded, he was completely stunned.

"you sure?"

"We are not on the border, nor are we a wealthy county. We are next to the capital. Who would be so desperate to attack us?"

The bailiff nodded his head repeatedly: "It's true, sir, I dare not lie to you."

"They are well-trained and well-equipped, with a force of at least 50,000. The leader is a woman who claims to be the head of Chaoyang Villa, Luo Xi."

"Hahaha, that's even more impossible." County Magistrate Zhao held his stomach and laughed non-stop: "I say, kid, this is not the way to make your parents happy."

"Everyone in Nanyue County knows that our County Magistrate Du and General Liu have led an army of 100,000 to destroy Chaoyang Villa. How could they appear here?"

The yamen runner raised his head and looked at Magistrate Zhao with a sad face: "Sir, the news just came, and I haven't had time to tell you yet."

"Lord Du and General Liu were defeated in Tongning County three days ago. They are both seriously injured and unconscious now, and are being treated in the city."

County Magistrate Zhao stood up suddenly and said, "Didn't the army just arrive in Tongning County three days ago? And already... they were defeated?"

He thought it was incredible.

That’s a full 100,000-strong army, and some of them are battle-hardened frontier troops—the Red Soul Army!

How come we lost so quickly?

"It's true that we just arrived, but it's also true that we lost." The yamen runner was worried: "Sir, what should we do now?"

Because it is a small county and not an important pass, Shihua County has no troops stationed there at all, and it is impossible to defeat it.

County Magistrate Zhao sat down on the chair with blank eyes: "Let me think about it. Yes, I have to think about it carefully."

He kept drumming on the table with his fingers. After a while, he stood up again: "Go, inform my wife and ask her to bring people to pack up the valuables. We will escape from Shihua County through the secret passage immediately."

Yamen runner: "..."

"Sir, what about the people of Shihua County?"

As a county official, he runs away when something happens. This is too...

Magistrate Zhao understood what the yamen runner meant, but what could he do? "I heard that Luo Xi treats the common people very well, so they should be fine."

"But we are different. If we want to fight, we are just some yamen runners who have never been to the battlefield. If we go to the battlefield, wouldn't that be giving away our military merits?"

"We should defend the city gate and wait for rescue, but Lord Du is already unconscious, and we don't know when the imperial court will send troops to rescue us."

"So, let's run."

Luo Xi outside the city waited and waited, but no one in charge of Shihua County came out.

"Didn't you say you were going to pass a message to County Magistrate Zhao? Why didn't the messenger come back, and the county magistrate isn't here either?" she muttered in frustration.

Xia Zhong snorted coldly: "There is no one capable official in Tianqi now. They always procrastinate in doing things."

"Maybe the person is not in the county town, so we can't find him?" Xiao Yi guessed.

"Wait another quarter of an hour. If no one comes out, we will attack the city." Luo Xi said finally.

However, at this time, the city gate slowly moved away with a "creaky sound". It was really slow. It moved and stopped for a while before moving again, just like a difficult labor.

Luo Xi and the others looked at each other.

"What the hell are they doing? Are they so lazy that they don't even know how to open the city gates?" Qi Lei was incredulous.

After waiting for a long time, the city gate finally opened, but the person who came out of it made them stare with surprise.

Because the people who came out were not government officials at all, they were all groups of ordinary people. They pushed each other and slowly walked towards Luo Xi, then stopped about fifty steps away and knelt respectfully on both sides of the road.

"All the people of Shihua County respectfully welcome Master Luo!"

Luo Xi: "..."

Why does this seem so weird?

She thought about it for a moment and then jumped off the horse and walked towards those people.

"Master, you can't do that." Seeing this, Xia Zhong quickly dismounted to stop them: "Be careful, there's a scam."

Luo Xi waved at him: "It's okay."

Seeing this, Xia Zhong gritted his teeth and had to follow with Qi Lei and some soldiers.

At this time, Luo Xi had already stood in front of the people and said, "Who among you is in charge? Come out and tell me what is going on."

A lean middle-aged man on the right stood up, bent over and said with a smile: "I am Dong Wen, the head of the four major families in Shihua County. If you have any questions, just ask me."