Lin Yu's life of traveling through time

Chapter 141: Survival in the Ancient World

Lin Yu specially sought out Zhang Chenglong for this purpose.

"General Zhang, which stronghold do you think we should go to first?"

"My lord, if you want to suppress bandits and rob supplies, you can choose a stronghold of the same size as the former Dragon and Tiger Stronghold. This stronghold is different from our Dragon and Tiger Stronghold. The people there are all extremely vicious and cruel. They often collude with foreign enemies and go south to plunder, causing great suffering to the surrounding people."

"Oh? What kind of village is this?"

Mr. Ji continued, "My lord, I have a suggestion from the Bandit Village. I hope you will accept it."

Lin Yu looked at Mr. Ji and smiled slightly: "No need to be so polite, Mr. Ji, please speak."

"My lord, Longhu Village and Xiangma Village are the largest strongholds near Daliang City. You can peacefully subdue Longhu Village and directly wipe out Xiangma Village, but the rest are small strongholds. If you deal with these small forces, it will no longer be appropriate to use tough measures. I suggest that you adopt a one-on-one approach. Most of the bandits here are civilians near Daliang City who have been forced to become bandits. We should fight to the death those strongholds that collude with the Hu people to persecute the people and are extremely vicious. For a stronghold like Longhu Village, it is more appropriate for you to adopt a method of conciliation and negotiation."

Lin Yu thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Mr. Ji's suggestion is very good. Let's do it according to this. Can General Zhang's soldiers go to the battle now?"

"My lord, our soldiers are already impatient to wait. Please give us your orders."

"Okay, Zhang Chenglong, listen to my orders and lead two thousand troops to wipe out the bandit camp."

"Yes, the general will take your orders."

The Lin family army, which spent three months implementing new training, has been reborn. Under the leadership of the two brothers Zhang Chenglong and Zhang Chenghu who are familiar with the terrain, Lin Yu's operation to wipe out the bandit village was very smooth.

Lin Yu beheaded the leader of the bandit village in public, and ordered his men to bring all the supplies in the village back to Daliang City as trophies, and to collect rewards according to their merits after the complete suppression of the bandits was completed.

Looking at the cartloads of gold, silver, treasures, and food supplies, Lin Yu's eyes lit up. He thought to himself that banditry in these troubled times was a very profitable business. Besides the high risk, it was also incredibly lucrative. If the imperial court hadn't been so busy, it wouldn't have been his turn to reap the spoils. He had really made a killing this time.

Just look at the food and fodder alone! A single bandit stronghold could actually provide the entire population of Daliang City with food and drink for three months, not to mention the gold and silver. There were even forty war horses. Wow, how much looted civilians must have accumulated! It was ten percent more abundant than the supplies at Dragon and Tiger Stronghold. If they hadn't been wiped out, there was no guarantee that another so-called hero wouldn't have caused chaos in the future.

At this time, Zhang Chenghu ran to Lin Yu and said, "My lord, we found civilians imprisoned in the dungeon, including many women and children."

Lin Yu immediately looked at Zhang Chenghu and asked, "How is he? Come on, take me to see him."

"Yes, my lord, you also know what kind of thing the bandit leader here is, so, those women... uh... hey."

Lin Yu understood the unspoken words and immediately felt that the death of that worthless village chief was too easy. "You come over, who's guarding there?"

Lin Yu was afraid that after seeing the stronghold destroyed, these people would lose their will to seek death after their revenge.

"My lord, it's General Wei Liangyu who is guarding with the female soldiers. It's more convenient for them to watch over us."

Lin Yu nodded. He was very satisfied with this arrangement. From the very beginning, Lin Yu encouraged women to go out of the house and make their own careers. So when Wei Liangyu stood up and wanted to form a women's army, Lin Yu agreed directly. Compared with others, Lin Yu could be said to have trained this group of women's soldiers hand in hand, and also gave them a nice name, Frost and Snow Guards.

Although there are only ten people in the Frost and Snow Guards at present, they are the most hardworking and diligent in training, which makes all the male soldiers feel ashamed. Naturally, they do not look down on them. After all, being knocked down by female soldiers is quite embarrassing for them.

When they arrived near the dungeon, Lin Yu waited for Wei Liangyu to come out and say that everything was cleaned up before he went in.

Looking at the eight women who were covered in clean clothes with empty eyes, neither sad nor happy, Lin Yu felt mixed emotions. The chastity ethics in this ancient world bound people in a framework and didn't care whether you were bullied or not.

Just as Lin Yu was about to say something, one of the very heroic women said, "Just now, the female general said that you guys killed the bandits in the bandit village. Did you behead that beast?"

Lin Yu nodded and said, "Yes."

This affirmation brought some light to the eyes of the eight women, and immediately the dungeon was filled with the sound of crying out loud.

Lin Yu quickly asked people to pay attention to the movements of these people. Sure enough, they stood up and rushed towards the surrounding walls.

Fortunately, Lin Yu noticed it in advance, and Wei Liangyu and others stopped them one by one.

"Let me go. I'm a broken woman with nowhere to go. Now that I've gotten my revenge, I'm so grateful. Now that I have nothing to worry about, let me go."

"Let us go..."

Lin Yu said loudly: "What do you mean by a withered flower or a broken willow? Why do you say that, young lady? It's not your fault, why do you have to commit suicide? In troubled times, all you have to do is to be helpless."

"Sir, where else can we find shelter? Who doesn't ridicule and look down on us? We are not just trying to survive, we are really unwilling to give up. Some of us saw our sisters being abused to death, and some of us used children to threaten others. If we didn't want to see their retribution and wait for an opportunity to die together, who would have persisted until now?"

"Aren't you saved now? I know what you're thinking, but in troubled times, there's no such thing as chastity. Look, I have women here who have joined the army and made great achievements. You can do the same. You've finally made it this far. Can you be willing to die like this? You have nowhere else to go. I, Daliang City, will take you in. Who would laugh at the people and soldiers of Daliang City standing up for you? No one here despises you."

Zhang Chenghu and a group of soldiers standing guard at the door responded loudly: "Yes, we don't mind."

"But……"

Lin Yu interrupted directly: "Don't say but, you can take back your dignity with your own hands, and use your ability to convince others to obey you. Who dares not to control their mouths? You can also save more women like you. Look at General Wei Liangyu."

"Yes, we women can also control our own destiny. Ladies, we have to take back our dignity ourselves." Wei Liangyu said.

"Is it really possible?"

"Of course. I'm not afraid of death, so how about giving it a try?"

"Okay. My lord, we also want to join General Wei's team."

"Wei Liangyu, I'll leave them to you." Lin Yu said with a sigh of relief.

"Yes, my lord."

Lin Yu came out and asked Zhang Chenghu: "Where are those children and men?"

"On the other side, the child is being looked after by someone. Two of the men are merchants from Yucheng and Wucheng."

"Merchant? Let Mr. Bai contact him when we get back. Maybe this could be an opportunity for us to open up communication with other towns."

At this point, the two largest bandit forces within a hundred miles of Daliang City were eradicated. This news also made the other small bandit strongholds in the surrounding area panic, and the deterrent effect was more than a little bit.

Lin Yu knew that it was time to adopt Mr. Ji's suggestion.