Pan Hong took Luo Tianbao to the back door of Li's house, and the two couldn't help chatting on the way.

"Brother Pan, why did you suddenly change your tune last night?"

"Isn't it because of you? Your locust stone not only saved Li Congyun's life but also exposed his whereabouts. Don't I have to find a way to end it for you?"

"I'm sorry, you blame me for being reckless."

"Forget it, Tianbao, you have good intentions, but you have to consider priorities when doing things in the future. Once we join the army this time, we will have to keep our heads in our belts, and there will be no room for mercy."

"I see."

"But it's not useless for you to save Li Congyun this time. If you didn't make such a fuss, I wouldn't have thought that we could take the opportunity to win over Li Congyun for our use. If something big happens this time, it will be a treasure. Your locust stone can be regarded as a meritorious service."

"Brother Pan, please don't flatter me. It's just that you have to be more careful when you stay here alone."

"Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."

Luo Tianbao knew that Pan Hong was more capable than him, so he didn't say anything anymore. The two parted ways to say goodbye. Luo Tianbao first went back to Zhang Bin's house to pack his luggage, and at the same time briefly introduced what happened last night. Zhang Bin and his wife were very surprised when they heard this.

Although they were young, they were subordinates and it was inconvenient to ask questions about many things. They immediately helped Luo Tianbao pack his things and sent him out of the city.

After Luo Tianbao left Weining, he hurried back. He encountered several interrogations along the way. Fortunately, Li Congyun and Zhang Bin had given him a route before departure, so he passed the customs smoothly and finally got there the next day.

We arrived at Yuntai Village in the early morning.

Lin Yunfei and others had been waiting for news about them. When they heard that Luo Tianbao was back, everyone did not even bother to sleep anymore. They gathered at the ancestral hall to ask for details. Luo Tianbao told the story and presented the map. Everyone was surprised and happy.

, if everyone was not very sure about raising troops before, now with Li Congyun's help, the whole thing is almost half successful. However, everyone is not blindly optimistic. Whether Li Congyun can be trusted now is still in doubt, and whether it will happen in the middle.

The changes were still unknown, so everyone held another meeting together, and finally agreed to raise troops that night as Pan Hong and Li Congyun said, but the troops could not be pulled out at one go, lest the entire army would be annihilated.

At this time, Yuntai Village had gathered 1,300 people, and about seven or eight hundred people were coming one after another. In the end, Lin Yunfei decided to lead a thousand people to Weining, while Luo Tianbao led 300 people to stay in Yuntai.

The stronghold was built just in case, and the troops who arrived later were temporarily left on hold, waiting for the development of the situation.

Luo Tianbao originally wanted to attack Weining with everyone, but this time Lin Yunfei firmly disagreed.

"Tianbao, this situation is very serious. If you don't do it well, you will never come back. As a father, I can't let you take this risk again. If we take Weining, you will bring people over to reinforce. Otherwise, Jindoubao's future will be ruined.

It's all up to you." When Lin Yunfei said this, he put his hands on Luo Tianbao's shoulders, feeling as if he had entrusted the fate of the entire family to him, so Luo Tianbao finally stopped saying anything.

In the blink of an eye, at dusk, Lin Yunfei summoned all the soldiers and held a swearing-in meeting, which was nothing more than to promote that the army was to attack the people and save the common people. Luo Tianbao knew in his heart that his father's words were half true and half false. In fact, he was so

He wanted to do more for the sake of his old Lin family, but now Luo Tianbao has no choice but to follow his father's footsteps.

After issuing the declaration of raising troops, Lin Yunfei drank Zhuangxing wine with all the soldiers, and then marched out of Yuntai Village. Luo Tianbao looked at the people walking away and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He didn't know how many people could do this.

Come back alive.

After sending away the large army, Luo Tianbao led the remaining 300 people to stay in Dazhai. In fact, they had nothing to do. They were just waiting anxiously for the battle report from the front. In the blink of an eye, it was daybreak. It was a cloudy morning, quite dark.

Luo Tianbao felt a little unhappy when he saw this. He was not a particularly superstitious person, but at this time he also vaguely felt that this was not a good sign.

During this period, people from other places came to join forces one after another. Luo Tianbao warmly received them as the young master. Although everyone did not dare to say anything in person, they were talking about it in private. No one knew whether the battle was good or bad. Luo Tianbao actually thought about this.

He was also aware of it, but he was pretending not to know. On the surface, he still looked calm and composed. He knew that he was the head of the family now, and if he showed panic, everyone would be even more confused.

The day passed in the blink of an eye. After Luo Tianbao was busy with things in the village, he didn't bother to go back to his residence to rest. He set up a simple bed in the ancestral hall and lay down with his clothes on. He was waiting for news from the front, whether he won or was defeated.

, you must take action as soon as the news comes.

At present, the number of men and horses in the village has exceeded 500, and reinforcements will arrive one after another. If the battle is won at the front, it will be easy to handle. I only need to bring people to help pick peaches. But if I am defeated, even something happens to my father Lin Yunfei.

Well, what should I do with myself and these hundreds of people?

Luo Tianbao had never fought in a war and knew little about command and deployment, but he understood that now he had no way to retreat, so he had no choice but to rush forward. Originally, he wanted to withdraw his troops to Jingbo Lake and arrange defense with Xiaogushan as the core, but later

When I thought that this wouldn't work, Jingbo Lake was too large and it would be difficult for me to organize an effective defense with just a thousand men under my command. I might as well bring Mrs. Gao and others to Yuntai Village. The terrain here is dangerous and easy to defend.

It is difficult to attack, and the surrounding area has been managed by Lin Yunfei and others for many years and is quite popular. It should be able to be used as a base for a period of time. If it is not possible, everyone can escape together.

"That's it, I'll send someone to Xiaogushan to do this tomorrow morning." Luo Tianbao made up his mind and fell asleep in a daze.

Luo Tianbao got up early the next morning. According to estimates, the vanguard should have arrived in Weining City by now. No news has been sent back, which at least means that there was no ambush on the road. This made Luo Tianbao somewhat relieved, and then he simply washed up.

After a while, he selected fifty cavalry, led by his confidants, to pick up Mrs. Gao and others to Yuntai Village, and told them that even if the other party was unwilling to carry them, they would have to carry those people back to them. Everyone followed the order.

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Luo Tianbao sent these people out, and then people came back from the front line. Luo Tianbao saw that it was Qi Xiang's cousin named Qi Gui. The young man had just turned eighteen this year. He still looked a little childish, but he was quite handsome.

Because of his meticulousness, he was often arranged to do some confidential things. As soon as Luo Tianbao saw him coming back, he knew that he was delivering a message for his father and he immediately received him.

Qi Gui had obviously traveled all night and was sweating profusely. Luo Tianbao personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. After he finished drinking it, he asked about the situation ahead.

"The fortress owner just asked me to come back and say that we didn't encounter any obstacles along the way. Many rebels even surrendered to us. Everyone said that Li Congyun seemed to be sincerely helping us and not a trap."

"How's the battle going in Weining?"

"I don't know about that. The castle master was afraid that you would be worried, young master, so he asked me to come back to report the news halfway. As for the battle situation in Weining, I don't know."
Chapter completed!