Three Hundred and Thirty-Five, Acting Alone

"Then why don't you send any more people?" Ren Xiaosu asked, "Isn't this telling us to die? Just send an army to suppress the bandits!"

"Do you know why it became a three-way zone?" Yang Xiaojin said: "Because it is a transportation hub in the northwest, and there are four fork roads, three of which lead to Zong's, Yang's, and 178 barriers. Anyone who sends troops into this area will attract the suspicion of the other two. Back then, the three families had friction because of this matter, and no one wanted others to control this line."

"So everyone didn't move, and gradually it became a place where bandits gather?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "No wonder the three families joined forces when it came to suppressing bandits, and even Xu Xianchu made a special trip to Yang's."

"Yes, there is even a large-scale bandit organization settling down there and robbing refugee women to live there," Yang Xiaojin said. "If you want to use the army, you must join forces to suppress the bandits. No one can act alone. This time, everyone is intent on killing the bandits. This banditry must be suppressed."

"Then let's all send troops together..." Ren Xiaosu said speechlessly, "What's the matter with sending us there?"

"The terrain in the river valley is complex and peculiar, making it extremely convenient for bandits to hide there," Yang Xiaojin said. "Someone must first find out the situation of the bandits in the entire river valley, know where they are, and whether there is a chance to catch them all, and then make plans."

Now Ren Xiaosu understood that they were just going to explore the way, and they didn't need to fight hard. Originally, he and Yang Xiaojin had nothing to do with the plan. The main task was to fall on the thirty nano soldiers and Zong's soldiers.

If the army directly presses into the valley area, many bandits may hide or run away, and the three parties are prone to conflicts.

"You want to get rid of them, you probably want to get rid of Zong Cheng, right?" Ren Xiaosu tentatively asked.

"Yes," Yang Xiaojin nodded, "Because the Zong family is more familiar with the Hegu area, the Zong family proposed that they lead the way this time. But this banditry is raised by them. Many forces in the bandits have a lot to do with them. If they lead the way, otherwise we can only see some of what he wants us to see."

Anyway, in the final analysis, it is to avoid the Zong family and not let the Zong family lead by the nose.

Ren Xiaosu didn't have any objections, but Yang Xiaojin was also a daring person with a high degree of skill, and ordinary people would dare to break into the bandit's den like this. Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "Aren't you worried about something happening?"

"Don't you still have you?" Yang Xiaojin cast a glance at him, and said that she suddenly stepped on the gas pedal at an intersection.

When going out of the barrier, Yang Xiaojin deliberately drove to the back of the team,

At this time, the convoy in front had already turned into another fork, so when Yang Xiaojin suddenly changed lanes and headed west, the vehicles in front didn't even react!

When they discovered that the off-road vehicle driven by Yang Xiaojin had changed its course, it was too late for them to turn around. They could only stop the car and watch Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin drive all the way northwest, watching the off-road vehicle kick up huge dust on the road.

The wilderness in the south is still a lush green, only separated by two barriers, but the land under the sky suddenly transitions from green to khaki, with desolate mounds everywhere.

From then on to the north, it is difficult to see stretches of forest, and the vegetation that can be seen is only low shrubs.

Before the catastrophe, soil erosion was serious here, and sandification has become an irresistible trend, and it will take a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to stop it.

But the catastrophe followed, and the whole land was completely desolate.

Zong Cheng stood outside the car and looked at the off-road vehicle leaving with a calm expression.

Someone among the nano fighters asked on the ground: "Squad leader, what should we do?"

The squad leader thought for a while and said, "We will continue to carry out the mission as planned."

Originally, they were going to go deep into the northern river valley area, and Yang Xiaojin and the others' joining was an unplanned matter, so even if Yang Xiaojin left now, they would not be flustered and confused.

Zong Cheng looked at the nano fighters with a smile and said: "Maybe they have more important tasks, but it doesn't matter. I hope we can cooperate happily in the next time."

...

According to the established plan, Yang Xiaojin and Ren Xiaosu should follow the team to the east, which is the line of Shangying Mountain, Lianta Mountain, and Dingyuan Mountain, all the way to the core area of ​​the river valley area.

After Yang Xiaojin's diversion this time, she will pass through Daban Mountain, Tangwang Mountain, and Guan Mountain, and finally join the team. This is what she planned a long time ago. She wants to see for herself what the banditry in the river valley area is like.

Not long after the vehicle drove, the two abandoned the car and walked on foot, so that although they were slow, they would not be recognized as members of the consortium at a glance.

Yang Xiaojin even specially prepared slightly tattered clothes, making the two of them look like refugees who just escaped from Yang's factory.

Yang Xiaojin said: "Actually, there are still many small human settlements in the river valley area. They are refugees who could not bear the exploitation of the consortium. They fled here and barely lived on the land near the water source."

"Then aren't they afraid of bandits?" Ren Xiaosu asked.

"The bandits intentionally left a lot of refugees in the valley area," Yang Xiaojin said. "They won't touch these refugees, and they don't know who gave them a trick. Every time a consortium wants to encircle them, if there is no time to hide them, they will hide their weapons and hide in the refugee settlements, pretending that they are also refugees living there."

Ren Xiaosu was surprised: "What's the use of this?"

"For the consortium, people are also a kind of resource," Yang Xiaojin said: "When the Yang family started to suppress the bandits, they saw refugee settlements, so they took them back to the market town, let them continue to work in the factory, and continue to create value. After a year or so, those bandits who pretended to be refugees would flee back to the river valley with some refugees..."

"It's not easy to be a bandit," Ren Xiaosu sighed.

"I suspect that someone behind the scenes gave them advice," Yang Xiaojin said.

"It might be their own wisdom," Ren Xiaosu said while standing on a mound.

"I'm not saying that the bandits are not wise, but that there must be a force behind them to support them," Yang Xiaojin said: "The ruins of the cataclysmic civilization in the early years have been dug up, and there are not many things left, and the merchants are too scared to come. So how did they survive these years? We also found that these bandits often have more brand-new guns, and even brand-new motorcycles. .”