Chapter 17: Victory and New Problems
Pan Lin finally saw what this invisible enemy looked like.

However, there were only a dozen tribesmen hiding behind him, the others were either dead or scattered, so there was no fighting power left.

But Pan Lin never fears any enemy.

"kill!"

Even if there is only one person left, he will charge forward!
He held the mace high, looking like a madman.

The enemies in front of him formed a shield wall in an orderly manner, and their spears kept stabbing forward through the gaps in the shield wall. There were also swordsmen and sabermen wearing iron armor on both wings, killing anyone they saw.

"Elite!" Pan Lin thought to himself, "I'm fighting the elite!"

"call!"

The mace swept across, the shield wall was broken, and the enemy was afraid.

Pan Lin raised his mace and shouted, "Pan Lin! Pan Lin!"

He was calling out to his tribesmen, and they heard his call and gathered together like a stream of water.

Bai Shi felt something was wrong when he saw the team's offensive had stopped. He rushed from the rear team to the front team and saw Pan Lin's forced body at first sight.

"Follow me!"

Bai Shi immediately understood the reason, picked up the shield on the ground, raised the inner blade and rushed forward.

The morale of the Minyue army was greatly boosted and they rushed forward.

"Come on!" Pan Lin had seen Bai Shi and thought, "As long as I kill this beast, I still have a chance."

Swing the mace and hit the head.

Bai Shi was very agile. He dodged by rolling over and chopped at Pan Lin's feet.

Pan Lin was tall and strong, and also very agile, so he dodged with a light leap.

The two of them started fighting back and forth.

After all, Pan Lin was more experienced and more skilled. He hit the wooden shield in Fei Baishi's hand with a stick and was about to kill him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mu led his team to defeat the Yao people, and only Pan Lin was left at the scene.

Looking at the fierce elite Min Yue soldiers surrounding him, Pan Lin knew that the situation was hopeless. Even if he killed Bai Shi, he would not survive.

He simply took Bai Shi hostage and switched to defense.

When Jin Mao arrived, the battle was over.

County soldiers and Yao people were running around everywhere, while the Minyue army formed a circle and no one knew what they were doing.

"Xiao Rong, tell Liu Mu to control his soldiers!"

He Wei accepted the order.

"God!" "God!"

When the Minyue Army saw Jin Mao, they consciously made way for him.

Only then did Jin Mao see clearly Pan Lin and Bai Shi in the field.

"Pan Lin, don't be stubborn. If you dare to kill Bai Shi, I will destroy your entire clan!"

Hearing Jin Mao's angry roar, Bai Shi cried: "Shen Jun, I'm useless!"

"Shut up!" Jin Mao shouted, "Let him go! I'll spare your life!"

Pan Lin thrust his mace into the ground and knelt down to surrender.

Jin Mao didn't dare to believe it, so he had Pan Lin tied up, then he rushed over and helped Bai Shi up.

"Is the injury serious?"

Bai Shi burst into tears and said with all his strength: "It's okay, Lord Shen, I'm fine."

Jin Mao noticed at a glance that Bai Shi's left arm was limp, "Someone, bring two bamboo boards."

Soon, the Min Yue soldiers brought fresh bamboo boards, but Jin Mao was in a dilemma.

He doesn't even know how to set bones.

"My Lord, I can set bones." Pan Lin knew a little Min Yue language and was very attentive.

"Okay, come on!" Jin Mao threatened, "If you dare to cause trouble, I will wipe out your entire clan!"

"..." Pan Lin's bone-setting skills were pretty good. Under Jin Mao's guidance, he splinted Bai Shi's left arm and put a sling around his neck.

Bai Shi's face was full of enthusiasm, and he firmly believed that his left arm would be healed as before.

Taking advantage of Jinmao's good mood, Pan Lin tied his hands and knelt down, revealing the mastermind behind this incident.

"It's the Jiao family again!" Jin Mao gritted his teeth and also thought of the cause of this incident.

"The Jiao family really has a good plan." But there are more important things at the moment. The Jiao family will always have the opportunity to slowly settle the accounts in the future.

The next day, take inventory.

8 Min Yue soldiers died, 22 were seriously injured, and 49 were slightly injured.

Most of the injured fell while going down the mountain, and there were two unlucky ones, one died and the other was seriously injured.

Fifteen county soldiers died, 15 were seriously injured, and 31 were slightly injured, which is more than half of them. Only a few county soldiers were actually killed or injured in the battle, and all of them were killed while committing crimes.

This also made Liu Mu reborn, and he scolded the county soldiers in a loud voice.

There was no way, Liu Mu went to carry out Jin Mao's order, but he could not stop this group of county soldiers.

Therefore, Liu Mu felt very guilty and felt that he had failed to live up to Jinmao's trust.

As for the casualties of the Yao people, one can tell from the mountains of corpses that there were definitely a lot.

But it's all worth it.

With Pan Lin as his guide, Jinmao quickly found the Yao people's storage warehouse.

Looking at the warehouse full of food and supplies, Jin Mao made a rough estimate and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Enough for the entire Jinyun Mountain to eat for a month."

If we only feed a thousand people, we can have enough food for three months.

In addition to food and fodder, other harvests included countless rare medicinal herbs, precious wood, and a small amount of salt and iron, which were unexpected surprises.

Besides, the county soldiers were not completely useless.

They found that every Yao household had grain reserves, so there was nothing to say, and all the grain that was not stored was confiscated.

They also looted about 500 shi of grain, enough to feed 1,000 young and strong men for a month.

The gains are great, but the troubles are not small.

The Yao ancestral temple is dedicated to the ancestors of the Yao people. There are indeed three large camphor trees mentioned by Liu Ye.
One of them is so big that it is almost huggable by three people.

but.

The Yao people believe in the three trees, which is very troublesome.

Let’s cut them down. What should we do with so many Yao people then?

If we don’t cut them down, how can we pick the fruits from Jinyun Mountain?
"My lord, I have a way." Pan Lin was trying to please him with a shameless face. It was true that Jin Mao was very wary of him and still tied him up.

"If you have a way, use it." Jin Mao was very disdainful of the spineless Pan Lin and just used him as waste.

Pan Lin knew that the opportunity had come, and smiled like a wild chrysanthemum: "Mingsir, if I can accomplish this, then the matter of surrender..."

Jin Mao frowned: "Get things done first!"

He does not have the courage and spirit of Cao Cao, who is willing to recruit all kinds of talents even though he cannot sleep well every day.

"If it's done, I can consider giving you a chance to live."

The best way is naturally to kill the witnesses. Now that they need help from others, Jinmao cannot do something like destroying the bridge after crossing it.

Pan Lin was very happy and very efficient.

After these lies, the Yao people actually believed Pan Lin and got the three big camphor trees.

At the same time, Jin Mao became more and more wary of Pan Lin, and was more and more afraid to let him go.

Pan Lin’s prestige among the Yao people is too high!
You can't go back on your promise.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Jin Mao had a perfect plan in mind.

As mentioned before, the ancestral land of the Yao people is in the upper reaches of the E Creek, and you can reach Jinyun Mountain by going downstream through the big camphor tree.

But another problem is quite tricky.

"How can we transport so much food back?"

It is definitely not possible to take a detour, as the road there is mountainous and there is no suitable means of transportation.

The Yao people have very few oxen and other livestock here, and they rely entirely on manpower. It is estimated that a small half of them will be consumed on the road.

He Wei proposed an idea: "Why not take the water route?"

This is a good idea. The Yao people have many small wooden boats.

In addition, E'xi is difficult to navigate because it has two natural waterfalls and a short section of rocky rapids.

If these two problems are solved, the water route will be much faster.

There is another benefit to opening up the waterway. In the future, the Yao people will also be able to develop their own territory.

To be honest, Jinmao coveted this land very much. First, there was no government organization there. Second, the land was fertile. Third, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the waterway was blocked, he could repel ten times as many enemies.

Then open up the waterway!
Jin Mao divided his troops again, leaving the wounded behind and adding 50 elite Min Yue soldiers to maintain order; Liu Mu led the county soldiers and escorted the big camphor tree back to Jinyun Mountain with food; He Wei led the remaining Min Yue soldiers to supervise the Yao people to collect boats and dredge the river.

Everything was ready, and seven days had passed since the departure date, which was February 16th.

"Ouch!"

Jin Mao slapped his forehead and said, "It's over! It's over!"

"Before we set out, we only left Jin Yun with two days' worth of food. It's been so long, he won't starve to death, right?"

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