Chapter 183 Hand in the Task (Please Subscribe!)

The Dong'an Mountain bandits have four leading bandits. The first, second, third and fourth leaders.

The third leader was assassinated by Ye Ying, and the other three leaders organized the final resistance.

The first leader is a yellow-rank general, and the other two are high-level generals.

The casualties of the True Dragon Corps were also caused by these three people. In the end, the first leader was killed by Liu Feng, and the other two were besieged and died.

After conquering Dong'an Mountain, they rested for a while, and then raided Chengfeng Mountain like lightning, killing some of the main forces, and the rest of the bandits surrendered. They used the reputation of these two battles to coerce the bandits of the other three peaks, and easily subdued them with benefits and emotions.

Xiaohu slowly told the situation of the Dong'an Mountain battle, and also told the situation of the other four peaks.

However, when talking about the annihilation of the Dong'an Mountain bandits, Xiaohu behaved a little abnormally. Xiaohu would not lie, and he would look around when he lied. The sharp Lin Mu could of course find Xiaohu's abnormality, but he did not point it out, just smiled and stared at him.

Xiaohu is kind-hearted, warm and straightforward. Lin Mu knows him very well. Xiaohu rarely lies. This time, Lin Mu thought about it and guessed that there might be a problem in annihilating the bandits in Dong'an Mountain.

From Xiaohu's character, we know that there might be a mistake in the military order of "leaving no one alive".

The bandits in Dong'an Mountain have committed many evil deeds, but they must have families, children, wives, etc. The True Dragon Corps is not a cruel executioner. It's just that after experiencing such a military operation for the first time, there will inevitably be changes in emotions, such as being soft-hearted and so on.

When Lin Mu and Feng Zhong discussed the plan, they also considered this issue, but Feng Zhong insisted on not setting up an unexpected response plan, that is, the "second plan". He insisted on believing that the soldiers would make the right choice and also believed in their abilities.

Lin Mu also agreed with Feng Zhong's idea.

Since it is possible to coerce other bandits in the name of eliminating Dong'an Mountain, making them panic before fighting, and feeling ups and downs, and now five bandit suppression tasks have been completed, it should not be a big problem.

It should be that the surrendered Dong'an Mountain bandits were not killed, Lin Mu guessed in his heart.

No disappointment, because this is a flesh-and-blood warrior.

"Xiao Hu, you look around, do you have anything to say?" Lin Mu laughed softly.

"I, I... After the soldiers captured the Dingfeng Mountain, I had a little dispute with Liu Feng and others." Xiao Hu said with his head down.

"Well, haha, I think the wise and brave lord should be able to guess that the soldiers did not follow the military order when executing the military order, leaving behind some innocent villagers who were robbed up the mountain, and did not carry out the annihilation plan. In fact, it was all my order. Those innocent people did not need to be buried with the mountain bandits. They were also victims and miserable people, so after finding out their origins, I arbitrarily ordered the soldiers to secretly escort them and not kill them all. This military lieutenant Liu Feng did not know until we captured the Dingfeng Mountain and sorted out the harvest."

"Then do you know what the consequences of violating military orders are?" Lin Mu's face suddenly became solemn, and he asked in a deep voice with a stern face.

Before the action, the soldiers were warned how to do evil and cruel things in Dong'an Mountain, and tried their best to kill them. The soldiers below would definitely strictly abide by the military orders during normal training. Even if they had doubts, they would not easily show them. Strictly implementing military orders is the way soldiers trained by Feng Zhong.

However, as the leading lieutenant, Xiaohu has a kind heart, so Lin Mu will not blame him. His expression just now was just to warn him. Such things should not be done too often, especially in the face of countless battles and countless strategies in the future. Various enemy layouts, targeting the personalities of marching generals, etc., all have a crucial impact on the victory on the battlefield.

"Xiaohu, you are a good boy, but not a good general. If the news that you left a live person at that time was exposed, it would affect the subsequent actions and even affect our layout for many days. Then, in the action of fighting against bandits and covering up the disappearance of the Shen family, how many of your brothers would be sacrificed? You should think about these issues carefully. Do you think it is worth it to save the lives of those innocent people and sacrifice the lives of your brothers? You should weigh it carefully." Lin Mu said slowly, but his tone changed from gentle words at the beginning to a little scolding later.

Xiaohu lowered his head and listened to Lin Mu's punishment. At the end of his speech, Xiaohu wanted to kneel down and let Lin Mu blame and punish him, but Lin Mu held him up with one hand and did not let him kneel down.

"Xiaohu, you don't have to kneel. You did the right and wrong in this matter. In terms of justice, rescuing innocent victims is the work of a righteous man, and you did the right thing. But in terms of loyalty, you did the wrong thing. You were disloyal to your soldiers, putting them in danger, disloyal to the commander, putting the plan aside, and arguing with the commander. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and righteous. I don't blame you, but I just want you to know yourself clearly. I hope you can learn from this incident, grow up, and become a qualified commander." Lin Mu said in a deep voice while holding Xiaohu's right hand.

Xiaohu looked up at Lin Mu, not quite understanding.

"Of course, your essence does not need to change, but you should think twice before making a decision after considering various factors!" Lin Mu patted Xiaohu's shoulder and encouraged him.

"Yeah!"

"Okay, don't be depressed, take this action as a warning, and you will do better in the future. You did a great job in this action, and you were able to hide it from Liu Feng. Since you can hide it from the commander, you can hide it from the enemy, okay."

"Haha, I just asked the soldiers to hide those innocent villagers in an abandoned mine, leaving some soldiers to guard them and take care of the injured soldiers." Xiaohu shook his head and said, indicating that he did not do anything outstanding.

"Then how do you identify those innocent people?" Lin Mu asked with a smile.

"Hehe, gather them together and use the strategy of Lord Feng Zhong, the alienation strategy. Let those innocent victims point out the mountain bandits and their relatives, so that they can be identified."

"Alienation strategy, you haven't learned all the big words, but you have become proficient in battlefield strategies, good!" Lin Mu laughed, very satisfied with Xiaohu's progress. Although he violated military orders, he made great contributions.

"In this operation, everyone fought bravely and achieved remarkable results, but your Tiger Ben Battalion, the merits and demerits offset each other. Except for the soldiers who died in battle, other soldiers have no rewards." Lin Mu suddenly said.

"Ah, these soldiers were just following my orders. They were not wrong, but I was wrong. Lord, you can punish me. I hope you don't involve them. This is the first time to go out to fight, and everyone hopes to make achievements." Xiaohu said in panic, with a bitter face.

"You are the commander, you need to be responsible for what they do. They are soldiers, and they also need to be responsible for the commander's orders. This is mutual. Only in this way can we become a healthy army, remember?" Lin Mu seemed to know Xiaohu's exclamation, and when he was defending the soldiers, he immediately spoke out.

"This..." Xiaohu hesitated, not knowing how to refute.

"How many people survived in Dong'an Mountain later?" Lin Mu did not continue to educate, and asked Xiaohu about the number of people he saved.

"3,672 people!" Although Xiaohu was puzzled, he also told the number honestly.

"Well, your Huben Battalion has added more than 3,000 people to the territory, which is also a great achievement. If you have merit, you will be rewarded. Go back and reward them well!" Lin Mu waved his hand, and the big stick and carrot came together.

"Thank you, lord! Thank you, lord!" Xiaohu smiled and thanked.

Lin Mu nodded, with a smile on his face.

Lin Mu and Xiaohu, followed by 20 soldiers, walked forward in Dongye County and headed directly to the County Lieutenant Camp in Dongcheng District.

Since the mission is completed, you can get merit and reputation rewards. These five missions can be said to be the top five difficult missions on the bandit suppression list.

In the past few months, many players have organized teams to attack and returned without success. Now that Lin Mu has completed them all in one go, it will definitely cause a sensation.

Some passing players are constantly discussing:

"Hey, do you know that Dong'an Mountain, a relatively large leveling site nearby, was wiped out by a mysterious force. There is no one left on the mountain. The corpses on the ground are terrible. The blood on the ground has dyed the mud red. It's very scary." A player said.

"Brother, you are out of date. I heard that the five mountain bandits in that area have been eliminated. There will be no more mountain bandits in the future. The leveling point with high experience and good dropped items has become a thing of the past."

"Alas, although the mountain bandits over there are dense and powerful, the experience is much better than other dungeons. Do we have to enter the paid dungeons in the county to level up in the future? Otherwise, we will compete with those big teams and big forces for leveling points. It's really abominable."

The elimination of five large mountain bandits at once did have a huge impact on the players in Dongye County.

Ignoring the comments of other players, Lin Mu took Xiaohu to the county lieutenant camp to hand in the task.

...

Xu An sat in the meeting hall in the center of the county lieutenant camp, his face full of shock. It turned out that after the incident in Dong'an Mountain, he also sent spies to investigate, but what he saw was a mess of corpses all over the ground. The spies brought back big information that Dong'an Mountain had been eliminated.

Xu An, who got the information, was surprised and horrified. Which family town had such strength to completely eliminate those fierce bandits.

While he was racking his brains to guess which force it was, the guard brought a report that the people who had completed the Five Mountain Bandits Mission had come to hand in the mission.

When Xu An heard this, he immediately rushed to the logistics camp to see who it was.

When he arrived at the logistics camp, he saw twenty fierce guards surrounding two young men, and one of the young men was holding the head of the Dong'an Mountain boss, the black tiger knife that the Machining Mountain boss never left, the bandit Sheng flag of the Qingyun Mountain boss, the Xiping flag of the Xiping Mountain boss, and the Nanshan Order of the Nanshan bandits. These were all used as proof of completing the bandit suppression mission in the mission. Unexpectedly, it was two weak young men who completed the mission.

Countless speculations came to Xu An's mind.

(First update! Thank you [Xiao Mo mm] for the 500-coin reward, and thank you [God, Wushuang Mo] for the 100-coin reward!)