Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 859 True and False Princess 29
However, failure was also good for Linlang. The general was busy thinking of how to report to the emperor, so he naturally had no mood to deal with Linlang after fighting with the rebels. Instead, he quickly returned to the capital and explained to the emperor the failure of the suppression, allowing Linlang to escape.

Although the performance of the regular army made Linlang feel that even if the other side planned to deal with him on the way back, they would not be able to defeat him. After all, they were already defeated and there were only a few hundred personal soldiers following him. How could they possibly defeat him?
But, it will always bring trouble, so it would be best if there is no trouble now.

The rebel army, which Linlang thought was totally incompetent, was able to defeat the imperial army. This not only caused the morale of the imperial court to plummet, but also made the rebel army inflated. They thought they were very powerful. After all, they were able to defeat the imperial army without much equipment. What's more, they now had the equipment of the defeated soldiers and had armor and weapons, which made them even more powerful.

After becoming arrogant, these people turned their attention to Beigu Pass, the strategic pass that blocked their way to the capital. They wanted to open up Beigu Pass, head north to the capital, and experience its prosperity.

As the name suggests, this is a checkpoint to protect the capital city.

Beiguguan Pass relies on the convenience of mountainous terrain and the towering city walls, so it is not easy for anyone to break through.

Linlang felt that if they wanted to break through this pass, they needed to send troops to take a detour from the mountain, go behind Beigu Pass, and attack from both sides. Instead of fighting, they could just besiege the city for a year or two. Even if Beigu Pass could not receive any supplies, they could still win the pass by starving it out.

It would be difficult to attack by force because the city is too tall and the terrain is too inconvenient, making it difficult to win.

If these rebels were asked to besiege Beiguguan for a year or two, it would definitely not be possible because they simply did not have enough food, so how could they besiege Beiguguan?

Therefore, these people who want to attack Beiguguan will most likely not succeed.

Of course, this is Linlang's guess. If the commander of Beiguguan is a fool, and such an impregnable city can be broken by the rebel army, then Linlang has nothing to say.

In fact, these people could have avoided breaking through Beigu Pass and gone around the mountain, just like Linlang did on the mountain.

But... Linlang and Banli can successfully get out of the mountain, but these people may not be able to do so.

Firstly, these people had no map, and they were wandering around in the Ten Thousand Mountains without knowing where they would end up. Not to mention finding local people as guides, the ancients rarely traveled long distances, and it was basically impossible to find someone who was familiar with the geography of the mountains to lead the way. Secondly, as far as Linlang knew, there were many jackals, tigers, leopards, and even wild boars in the Ten Thousand Mountains. They were not like Linlang who sent robots to drive away those animals. If they had no one to drive them away, they would easily be dragged away and eaten by jackals, tigers, and leopards as they wandered around the mountains. Thirdly, there was no food in the mountains. They had been wandering around in the mountains for many days, and by the time they had nothing to eat, wouldn’t they starve to death?

Linlang didn't starve to death with the chestnuts because she was like a human plug-in. She found ways to get food and successfully reached her destination. She was completely different from these people.

If these refugees were small in number, it would be pointless for them to travel through the mountains and head north, as they would surely be dealt with when they reached the capital. But if their number was large, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, how would they eat in the mountains?

Because of these reasons, these people wanted to break through Beigu Pass and head north instead of going directly around the mountain.

They thought that now that they were so powerful, they should be able to break through Beigu Pass, and then they could go directly north from Beigu Pass, which would be much easier.

Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to take a detour around the mountain, and the number of people who died on the march due to various reasons would be even greater than those who died in the attack on Beigu Pass. In addition, the mountain road was difficult to walk on, and it would be much easier than opening up Beigu Pass and going directly to the north.

Because of these reasons, these people wanted to attack Beigu Pass. However, Beigu Pass was just as Linlang thought, it was difficult to break through, and it was not something that these rebels could successfully break through. After all, there was an impregnable city and a steady supply of supplies behind. It was not a little difficult to defeat Beigu Pass.

After fighting for a while and failing to break through, the rebels began to get annoyed and didn't want to fight anymore. After all, they just wanted to go to the capital to experience its prosperity. But if they couldn't go, they wouldn't insist on going. After all, their pursuits are not high at the moment. They just want to eat well and live well, not like before, when they were exploited and couldn't survive.

Unable to capture Beigu Pass, this group of people moved around in various places below the pass.

And this distance is even closer to Linlang.

The people living near Beiguguan also began to suffer.

Seeing that the common people were suffering, the people guarding the pass did not come out to attack the rebels. This was normal. The purpose of the defenders of Beiguguan was to defend Beiguguan. If they came out to suppress the rebels and Beiguguan was lost, they would have a hard time explaining to the court.

Therefore, it seems that the generals defending Beiguguan were not stupid enough and did not act recklessly.

But the generals defending Beiguguan were not stupid. The common people living at the foot of the mountain suffered as no one came to rescue them.

So many people rushed into Ping'an Village and hid themselves there.

As Ping'an Village's reputation grew, it had spread widely around here. Because Ping'an Village had no record of going down the mountain to rob, everyone had a good impression of it, so when a riot broke out, the first reaction was to run to Ping'an Village.

Linlang had no choice but to quickly accept these people. It was estimated that soon, the population of Ping'an Village would reach its peak, which was about 5,000 people.

When the population reaches about 5,000, we will have to go down the mountain and find a place to settle down. Otherwise, if the population continues to expand, there will be no problem with housing, but the food self-sufficiency rate will be a problem.

Linlang thought that she had to go down the mountain and clean up the cities that were captured by the rebels.

She had to fight before, but now, after the city was breached by the rebels, many people had left. After the rebels looted everything, they had no food, so they left the ruined city there. It was just right for her to occupy it.

If that is the case, it would be equivalent to her coming into the world and attracting people's attention, so the location of the city must be carefully considered, so as not to find a city that is easy to be attacked. If it cannot be occupied, the people who follow her down the mountain will suffer.

Linlang guessed correctly. Soon, the population of Ping'an Village soared to 5,000. Linlang discussed with everyone to occupy a city at the foot of the mountain, otherwise the village would have too many people and they would not be able to squeeze in.

When everyone heard that they had to stay at the foot of the mountain, they became a little scared. After all, it was very chaotic down there and everyone was afraid to go out.

Everyone had stayed in this village for too long, just like they had stayed in their comfort zone for too long and couldn't get out, so when they heard Linlang say she wanted to go out, they were naturally scared.