She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

However, Yao Lizheng's expression turned somewhat unpleasant upon hearing the news his son brought back.

The opposing village still has a hundred men, which is a real problem. Their village can only muster a little over a hundred men, and now so many of them are injured.

Moreover, half of the people had to stay in the camp to protect the women, children, and the wounded. As a result, there were only thirty or forty people left who could go out, which probably wouldn't be enough to take the village.

That's right. Lian Chengmo gave Yao Lizheng an idea before. Although they can now dig up wild vegetables and even eat meat from time to time.

But Yao Li Village is running out of food and salt.

But if we could seize this bandit's den, all of this could probably be resolved, since these are all vicious and ruthless guys who deserve to die anyway.

I thought that killing more than a hundred bandits today was the majority of them, but I didn't expect it to be only half. This bandit den is really big.

"You can get into the village, but can you get into the kitchen?"

Just as Yao Lizheng was worrying, Lian Chengmo's voice rang out behind them, causing them to turn around abruptly.

"When did the young master arrive?" Yao Lizheng was slightly taken aback. Did this young master walk without making a sound?

"You two were here when you were talking. Tell me in detail what you saw. Can you sneak into their kitchen?" Lian Chengmo explained casually, then asked.

"Dazhuang, quickly explain it to the young master in more detail." Yao Lizheng immediately ordered upon hearing this, guessing that the young master probably had some ideas.

Lian Chengmo did have a solution. He remembered the extra memory; it seemed the little girl hadn't used it all.

As soon as Yao Lizheng urged him, Yao Dazhuang immediately recounted in detail what they had found.

The stronghold was enclosed by a wooden fence, and there were about a hundred houses of various sizes inside.

Although the bandits lived separately in the homes of the villagers in the mountain stronghold, they ate together from a communal pot.

In the center of the stronghold, there was an open space with some sheds set up, where the people would eat and drink to their hearts' content at night.

The so-called kitchen was located on one side of that shed, where several women were responsible for cooking for the bandits in the mountain stronghold.

From where Yao Dazhuang and his companion climbed over the wall to the shed, it was about two hundred meters. It was only after dark that the two of them dared to sneak over and check it out.

It was precisely because they were so close that the two of them saw those people, after they had eaten and drunk their fill, pull a woman out of the kitchen and actually do *that* to her in public.

Yao Dazhuang and his companion were both ashamed and angry; they had never seen such a scene before.

Fortunately, Yao Dazhuang was quick-witted and managed to escape in the chaos.

"You two are too reckless. If you encounter something like this again, you can't be so impulsive. If you were discovered, you wouldn't be alive!" Yao Lizheng's face darkened after hearing this, and he said with some anger.

He never expected these bandits to be so brazen, actually pulling a woman aside and doing *that* in public.

His own youngest son had also run off into the mountain village so recklessly. Yao Lizheng didn't even want to think about the consequences if they were discovered.

"Father, I only dared to sneak in because I saw that their guards were very lax," Yao Dazhuang retorted softly with his head down.

He dared to mutter something, but his friends had already shut their noses and pretended not to exist.

My goodness, the village head is terrifying when he gets angry; he dares not provoke him.

"I'll remember this for now. Wait until this is all over before I deal with you." Yao Lizheng scolded his son with a stern face. After speaking, he looked at Lian Chengmo.

"Young master, do you have any good ideas?" Yao Lizheng asked expectantly.

Although they were military households and very capable, it's unclear whether physically strong people are naturally simple-minded; Yao Lizheng didn't have that many tricks up his sleeve.

Just like before, even if he discovered that something was wrong with the road ahead, he would probably only leave the women and children behind and lead the men to fight directly.

They no longer knew about stratagems like flanking and preemptive strikes; it can only be said that too much time had passed and Yao Li Village had been oppressed too severely.

Many things, such as military strategy books and tactics, were gradually lost as the people of Yaoli Village were busy making a living for generations. Only the practice of martial arts was passed down completely by them.

After all, in a place like the northern frontier, enemy troops would attack from time to time. If one could not fight and could not leave that place, there was no way to survive.

On another note, when Lian Chengmo heard Yao Lizheng ask him a question, he subconsciously turned his head to look in Banxia's direction, and after hesitating for a while, he finally expressed his thoughts.

However, he changed his story.

“My father and I encountered bandits on our journey before, but we were outnumbered and outmatched, so in the end only I survived with my younger brother and sister.”

"However, I avenged my father by killing more than twenty of them. Would you like to know how I took my revenge, Yao Lizheng?" Lian Chengmo recounted calmly.

Although his parents' deaths happened a long time ago, Lian Chengmo still felt some ripples in his heart, though he didn't show it on his face.

"How did you do that, young master?" Yao Lizheng asked in surprise.

After all, the young master's physique didn't look like he could take down more than twenty men. If he could, his parents wouldn't have died.

"I poisoned them to death." Lian Chengmo slowly spoke, taking the blame for the poisoning himself.

The little girl made a good impression on the people of Yaoli Village, and he didn't want them to think she was a vicious person.

"Poison? What does the young master mean?" Yao Lizheng was taken aback, then overjoyed, instantly understanding Lian Chengmo's meaning.

Don't call him ruthless. The other party also killed three of their villagers, and there are still those who are seriously injured and it is unknown whether they will survive. He must avenge the dead.

Not to mention that if they robbed this mountain stronghold, they would have more food, which would be the hope for Yao Li Village to survive.

It could both eliminate the pest and obtain a batch of grain, killing two birds with one stone. Yao Lizheng didn't care about anyone's wickedness or ruthlessness.

“I still have some of that poison. Even if it can’t kill them all, it can at least cripple them and make them lose some of their fighting ability. Then we can wipe them out in one fell swoop.” Lian Chengmo nodded, agreeing with Yao Lizheng’s idea.

From the moment he encountered these bandits, he never intended for them to live; he just hadn't expected that so many people would still be left in their stronghold.

However, according to the news brought back by Yao Dazhuang, the other side did not send anyone to hunt them down after the death of their leader; instead, they celebrated in the mountain stronghold.

It is clear that the mountain stronghold was originally divided into two factions, and the bandits who remained must have been the second-in-command's men.

But this is good, because this way their counterattack will definitely catch the enemy off guard.

"Good, good, young master, I will arrange for people to go and wipe out that bandit den tomorrow." Yao Lizheng clapped his hands and laughed, delighted.

"Thank you for your hard work, Village Head." Lian Chengmo nodded slightly in agreement.