In the famine, others ate Guanyin soil, but he had space to build a farm.

Ye Cheng pondered for a moment on his horse, decisively issued an order to stop chasing, and quickly led his troops to retreat. In his opinion, after experiencing a defeat, this commander's army was like a frightened bird, and it was difficult to expect them to chase the enemy desperately. The other pursuers were affected by this battle and were also afraid of the peasant army. The mountain road ahead was steep. If they encountered an ambush again and lost soldiers and generals, it would not only affect the important matter of serving the king, but also might lead to the emperor's punishment. On the other hand, he thought that the "bandits" broke through in two groups, and Lin Kunlun might not be in this group. Even if he was in this group, the mountain road ahead was guarded by the local militia, and Lin Kunlun could not escape. In addition, the two reports that came in succession just now also made him fantasize. He guessed that the "bandits" suffered heavy casualties tonight, and even if Lin Kunlun did not die, he would be injured. Thinking of this, he turned to the deputy general beside him, with a firm light in his eyes.

"The most important thing is that their food and grass must have been used up long ago." He analyzed, "In the absence of food and grass, they are deployed in the mountains. As long as we strictly order our brothers to defend the rebels, even if they are not wiped out, they will disband on their own due to lack of food and grass." He knew that the biggest reason these people followed Lin Kunlun was hunger. Once they found that they still couldn't get enough food by following Lin Kunlun, and even had to fight for their lives, they would naturally disperse.

"Immediately inform the three armies that the leader of the rebel army is either dead or injured. Search carefully among the dead bodies and the grass in the woods. No mistakes can be made!" He gave the order in a firm and forceful tone.

Lin Kunlun returned to the battlefield and inspected it. He saw corpses and seriously injured people everywhere. The moonlight was dim, and it was difficult to distinguish which were the peasant army and which were the officers and soldiers. He came to the small hill where the peasant army had been stationed, and suddenly found many traces of cooking there - those simple stoves made of stones were still there.

"What's going on? Don't they have water and food?" Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask himself in confusion, his brows furrowed as he tried to solve the mystery.

"Hurry up and capture the two prisoners and interrogate them!" Ye Cheng seemed a little anxious at the moment. He kicked over a stove made of stones. If he saw the scene and inferred that they had found water and food, it would not be difficult to explain why these peasant soldiers were so powerful.

Soon, two peasant soldiers who were too seriously injured to escape were escorted forward.

"General, spare my life!" These peasant soldiers were only fighting for a meal, so how could they be loyal? After the two men were brought up, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately. In their opinion, they would definitely die if they were brought to Ye Cheng now.

"Let me ask you a few questions! If you answer honestly, I might consider sparing your lives!" Ye Cheng said in a very calm voice.

"General, please tell me! We will tell you everything we know without reservation!"

After hearing this, the two men immediately nodded and bowed, and hurriedly made promises.

"Who is your leader now? Where did that Lin Kunlun come from?"

"General! The current commander is Lin Kunlun! Originally, this team had been broken up! Later, Lin Kunlun brought 5000 troops from Southwest County! He also brought a large amount of food and fodder, which enabled this team to continue to survive..." An elder began to describe the situation of that day in detail.

"Lin Kunlun came from Southwest County?" Ye Cheng frowned, thinking rapidly in his mind. This situation is very strange, because there is no army in Southwest County. Sun Wangting only mobilized local troops in the surrounding areas to encircle and suppress. Why didn't Lin Kunlun stay in Southwest County, and even choose to develop in the southeast direction. Why is he going north to Northwest County now? The drought in Northwest County is more serious, and the court's army is larger, which is not conducive to the development of their army.

"I don't know about this young man! But I see that the former commander Tiefeng and others respect this man named Lin Kunlun very much! They should have known each other from the beginning!" The older man immediately shook his head and replied.

"Well, go on!" Ye Cheng nodded.

"Yes." The man continued, "Since Yuan Quan left, everyone here has obeyed his orders!"

"It seems that the rebellion in the entire west is related to them. Then who can control so many people to launch a rebellion in two counties?" Ye Cheng frowned. He sensed a hint of something unusual.

"Go on, how many of them are there now?"

"I don't know the exact number now, but before the breakout, there should have been more than 3000 people. Now I'm afraid there are less than 1000 left."

Ye Cheng nodded. This was consistent with what he expected.

"Tell me, what are these things! Don't you have no food or water? Why are you cooking here?" Ye Cheng pointed to the stove made of stones.

"General! Maybe it's because we each carry some food with us! This way, we don't need special people to transport the food! Even if some teams get separated, they can still survive in this mountain with those food! Strangely enough, there was originally no water source on this mountain! When Lin Kunlun was looking for water on this mountain, he discovered the cave on the left! In that cave, a lot of water was found in the puddles formed by the rocks!" The two soldiers raised their hands and pointed to the woods on the left side of the hill.

"Is there such a thing?" Ye Cheng couldn't help but frown. You know, this hill was the search location he had set long ago. He had shot many videos and searched the surroundings carefully. He trapped them here after confirming that there was no water source on the hill. Now they can find enough water for thousands of people in the cave. Could it be that those soldiers didn't search the hill thoroughly at all?

"Tell me, what's going on! Didn't I ask you to search this mountain carefully?" The more Ye Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that the reason he failed to completely wipe out the army this time was because his subordinates deceived him.

"Master Ye! I am personally responsible for searching this mountain! I can see clearly that there is absolutely no water source on the entire mountain! I have also personally checked the cave they mentioned, and it is also extremely dry!" At this time, a young general stood up, with cold sweat oozing from his forehead. He clearly remembered that he had entered the cave to explore, so how could he find a large amount of water inside.

"Let's go to that cave and have a look! As the saying goes, hearing is not believing, seeing is believing!" Ye Cheng was also very surprised at this time. Since this young general could so confidently guarantee that there was no water source, he should not have lied to him. After all, there is no joking in the army. If the intelligence was wrong, he would have to pay the price with his life.