NABC Chapter 146 The further we went, the more something seemed off.
Chapter 146 The further we went, the more something seemed off.
Tuoba Feiyuan was the commander-in-chief in this campaign to suppress the rebels.
The 15,000 soldiers he brought were all Lu Fengjin's personal guards.
At first, although no one dared to say anything on the surface, everyone was resentful about having to follow the daughter of a bandit.
In particular, they had just arrived in Heng County and immediately had to go outside the city to kill bandits, without sleeping all night and not even having a moment to rest.
Everyone was filled with resentment, but dared not speak out.
But to their surprise, Tuoba Feiyuan actually led his soldiers to easily defeat the rebels who were guarding not far from Hengxian City, and even forced them into the mountain ravine.
Tuoba Feiyuan's bravery immediately won the trust of most of his soldiers.
So when Tuoba Feiyuan ordered them to press on and immediately venture into the depths of the mountain valley, although everyone had some doubts and was indeed exhausted and sleepy, they still forced themselves to enter that mountain range.
However, as they continued deeper into the mountain stream, they began to sense that something was amiss.
This wasn't the first time Qin Wu had reminded him: "Your Highness, judging from the tracks ahead, it seems only one or two hundred people have passed by."
"How is that possible?" They clearly saw at least a thousand people, how could there only be one or two hundred?
There were no other paths to take around here.
One person might be able to escape by taking a shortcut, but what about a group of thousands?
Moreover, what does it mean to have one or two hundred people?
Lu Fengjin asked with displeasure, "Is it one hundred or two hundred?"
Qin Wu lowered his head, somewhat ashamed: "Your Highness, the path in the mountain stream is very messy. Judging from these traces, we can only tell that some people have walked through it. Not many, but not few either. Perhaps more than a hundred, or perhaps... two or three hundred people."
"Damn it!" Lu Fengjin's face darkened, and he roared, "One hundred versus two or three hundred, such a huge discrepancy? What were the scouts doing?"
Qin Wu had no way to express his frustration: "According to the scouts' estimates, it should be around two hundred. I have also checked, but it is really difficult to estimate the exact number."
“The footprints are so clear, how could the estimation be inaccurate? In the past…” But Lu Fengjin did not finish his sentence.
Qin Wu glanced at him secretly, but didn't dare to say anything.
The prince knew that he was referring to the past.
In the past, it was Miss Li who personally went to investigate.
Qin Wu had to admire the girl's eyes. She could accurately estimate the number of people with just one glance. For a group of two or three hundred people, her estimation accuracy was within five people.
But that was before. Now, Miss Li is no longer in their group.
Lu Fengjin had obviously thought of this as well, and the topic of estimation was temporarily put aside.
But another problem was something that Lu Fengjin found completely unacceptable.
"There must have been at least a thousand rebels who came in. If only two or three hundred passed through here, where did the rest of the rebels go?"
"Therefore, Your Highness, I believe there is something fishy about this matter!"
They brought in over ten thousand men today. Originally, these ten thousand soldiers were sent to hunt down a thousand rebels, and everyone felt somewhat aggrieved.
Fortunately, they advanced with unstoppable momentum, defeating all the rebels who tried to stop them.
In the end, only about a thousand bandits were forced into this mountain range.
But now, the brothers who went to scout ahead are saying that there are only two or three hundred people ahead?
Fifteen thousand soldiers chasing down two or three hundred people? That's utterly absurd!
Qin Wu, however, was thinking about something else: "Your Highness, although we have been advancing rapidly, it seems... we haven't annihilated many rebels. Those rebels ran away as soon as they saw us, and only a dozen or so were killed."
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Tuoba Feiyuan, standing to the side, immediately became furious: "On my way here, I have annihilated all the rebels I have seen, killing at least several hundred of them!"
Qin Wu said helplessly, "Miss Tuoba, we really didn't kill many rebels. Most of them escaped!"