Two days ago, on the surface, Xiao Ding did send a large number of Dingxi troops outside the city, posing as if he was willing to find Sun Bi at all costs. This allowed everyone who was concerned about this to clearly feel that the garrison power of Kunzhou City was constantly weakening and weakening again.

But in fact? When the day passed and night came, a considerable number of soldiers would return to Queensland and hide in the military camp. In other words, the garrison forces in Queensland have not changed much in the past few days. The soldiers who left the city with great fanfare came back at night. It was just that because the barracks were closely guarded and there was martial law in the city, they hid everyone away.

This is very similar to the strategy when Dong Zhuo controlled the situation in Luoyang. However, Dong Zhuo had few soldiers and showed them to the crowd, while Xiao Ding showed them to the few soldiers, which led to the guys hiding in the dark and siege the city regardless of strife.

Facts have proved that this plan was extremely successful. This battle not only prevented all these barbarians who had long become threats, but also severely damaged external troubles, but also solved some internal troubles and defeated those Luo Tian Cultists who wanted to do an internal and external cooperation.

When they successfully opened the city gate and entered the urn city to further open the outer city gate, they were greeted by hundreds of ambush soldiers who had been waiting for a long time. These Luotian scholars were completely unpredictable to such a change, and were killed and captured alive after a few resistances. The barbarians outside the city were not aware of the inside, so when they saw the city gate open, they attacked with all their strength, and immediately fell into a trap and were defeated.

Thinking of these arrangements and the final result, these subordinates looked at Xiao Ding and Li Ling with awe. At this time, everyone naturally knew that this plan was from Li Ling's suggestion, and they would not dare to underestimate this young civil servant who had originally come from the middle.

After the celebration and flattery, it was time to talk about the serious business. Someone asked: "Marty, how should we do the next thing? And, how should those prisoners be dealt with?"

As these two problems arose, the atmosphere in the hall changed from cheerful to solemnity. Although they won a great victory in this battle, the problem was still not resolved. Not to mention whether the threat from outside was eased, at least Sun Bi has not been found yet. In addition, although this battle was very exciting, it also had endless troubles.

This battle killed thousands of barbarians and captured more than 2,000 people. How should these people be dealt with? How should those villages jointly make trouble?

You should know that after Dayue destroyed the Dali Kingdom and seized control of the southwest, he has been practicing the strategy of being gentle and restrained for a hundred years. His attitude towards the barbarians of all ethnic groups has always been gentle. Even if they always cause trouble for various reasons, they do not obey the government's orders, and they always rob local property, making the two southwest provinces with the least taxes in the world, and the court has never held them accountable.

Such a century of restraint and kindness had long made these barbarians become more and more arrogant and arrogant, and did not take the government seriously. This was why the Duan Gao surname in southern Yunnan could compete with the Marquis of Dingxi, and the Dragon King of Qianzhou, one surname and one surname dominate a province, and a real local emperor-like existence.

As for those sacred barbarians who were in the mountains and forests and did not know what the king's law was, they were even more unscrupulous. They robbed and killed the caravans and attacked the county town because of their anger. This was their annual repertoire. And this was because the government did not provoke them too much. This time, the Dingxi Army killed many sacred barbarian soldiers and captured so many people. Isn't this an excuse for them to make things worse?

Thinking of this, many generals felt a headache and embarrassment. This is a special scene they have never encountered before. How should they deal with it?

At this moment, everyone's eyes fell on Xiao Ding, and even Li Ling was paying attention to him, waiting for him to come up with a proper countermeasure.

As for Xiao Ding, he was drinking tea with a calm expression, and after a while, he suddenly called out: "Where is He Xiang?"

"The last general is here." Although the general who was named was confused, he still left the list.

"I asked you to send someone to stare at the city, but what are you going to gain?"

"When the Marquis returned to the city, there was no abnormal movement in the night, especially after our troops rushed to appease, none of them went out without authorization. However, after the war, after knowing that our army was victorious, some people took out food, wine and drinks, saying that they wanted to reward the soldiers who retreated to the enemy."

"They are really mean." Although Xiao Ding said this, his brows frowned slightly, obviously a little dissatisfied with such a result. Only a few people knew why he was like this, including Li Ling, because this was his suggestion.

While offering advice to Xiao Ding to defend the city and defeat the enemy, Li Ling also put forward some opinions on Sun Bi's abductance: "Marty, the lower official thinks that the seventh prince is probably still in Kunzhou City."

When he heard his words, Xiao Ding was obviously stunned, and then he said curiously: "How can you see it?"

"Mr. Marquis, please think, if those thieves really come to deal with you and seize Queensland, the seventh prince is just a bargaining chip in their hands. The ultimate goal of capturing him should be to make us scramble to send troops and weaken the city's garrison. Then, they can easily capture Queensland, and this city will be under their control.

"In this way, the most advantageous place to protect the Seventh Prince is not the mountains and forests outside the city, but the city. Moreover, even though they knew that we would send a large number of troops out of the city to search, how could they bet that they would hide the Seventh Prince without us being found? Only by hiding people in the city and using so-called dark means under the lamp can they hide the world and make the people we sent out in vain."

After hearing his explanation, Xiao Ding first thought for a while, and then nodded deeply: "What you said is indeed reasonable. I also thought of one thing: acting against what we want can drag our main force of Dingxi Army outside the city and create more favorable conditions for them to seize Kunming."

Li Ling nodded with a smile: "It's precisely this truth, so Xiaguan is 70% or 80% sure this time, so he can be sure that the seventh prince is still in Queensland."

Xiao Ding nodded in agreement, but then frowned and smiled bitterly: "In this way, the problem still exists. There are 70,000 households and hundreds of thousands of people in this city. If you really want to find someone, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Unless the entire city is messed up and the whole city is really a big search, it will be difficult to get anything."

Li Ling had already had a countermeasure and said immediately: "Maybe it may not be necessary to be such a trouble. After all, what we want to find is not necessarily the whereabouts of the Seventh Prince, but the hiding place of those thieves."

The thieves may have the hiding place where Sun Bi is imprisoned. Xiao Ding naturally has this judgment, so his eyes lit up quickly: "You mean, just take advantage of this chaos to find their hiding place?"

"That's right. I believe that by then, there will inevitably be people in the city who will cooperate with the rebellion and cause trouble in the city, so I would like to ask the Marquis to prepare early. As long as you can hold them and follow the clues, you will have the chance to find the Seventh Prince."

Li Ling's suggestion was very reasonable and was immediately adopted by Xiao Ding, and then became a part of today's arrangement. While his general He Xiang led people to maintain order in the city, he searched for the possible thief's nest.

This is also the reason why the soldiers and horses in the city were able to arrive in various streets and alleys in time to control the overall situation earlier. Their intention was to quickly counterattack after the thieves took action, but the result was disappointing.

"No abnormal movement occurs anywhere?" Xiao Ding frowned.

"That is, we have sent people to watch every street in the city. Although the war on the north gate lasted for more than an hour, no one in the city took advantage of the chaos, and all places were quiet."

Xiao Ding's eyes turned to Li Ling again, and he looked confused at this moment. This was really beyond his expectations. Are these thieves so calm? Because there are soldiers outside to maintain order, they dare not take the risk of cooperating in the city? Or are they also guarding against possible failures, and for their own safety, they came to calm and act with static?

Or maybe, I really thought too much, but there was actually no such group, and Sun Bi was not in the city?

For a moment, Li Ling or Xiao Ding could not come up with a clear idea, so he could only put this matter aside first, because for the latter, it is the most important thing to clean up the current situation.

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At the same time, in that closed room, Sun Bi was constantly twisting her body, struggling to break free from the ropes.

Not long ago, he was half asleep and half awake and heard a burst of killing sounds coming from a distance. He thought that his uncle had already known his whereabouts, so he sent someone to rescue him.

But as a result, the killing sound quickly subsided after lasting for a while, and then there was no movement.

This made Sun Bi even more anxious. Could it be that the Dingxi Army failed in the battle? How could this be possible? How could anyone in southern Yunnan defeat the Dingxi Army so easily?

After being shocked, he quickly calmed down and thought of another possibility - who said that the place he was must be the territory of those thieves? Perhaps, he had never left Queensland at all, so the killing sound just now was that some traitor was attacking Queensland, and was easily defeated by the Dingxi Army!

Yes, that's it!

I must be still in Queensland, so if I want to be rescued, I don’t just pray for my uncle to bring troops to me, but I should also do my best.

It was precisely with such belief that Sun Bi began to struggle. The ropes on his body were tied extremely strongly, so he naturally could not break free, but his body kept changing directions with this twist. Finally, as time passed, his head was pressed against a wall.
Chapter completed!