Cut off my army's food supplies? I'll open a portal between the two worlds and max out my

The entire battle in Fengyue Valley lasted less than fifteen minutes.

The cleanup of the battlefield took almost an hour.

More than twenty robbers were tied up in the center of the field like dead pigs.

Li Wen learned through interrogation that the bandit leader had died in the process of resisting.

The total number of bandits in Fengyue Valley was 307, and there were 289 corpses and prisoners on the ground.

"The number of people doesn't match."

Li Wen looked expressionlessly at the bandit prisoners present.

The robbers were immediately terrified and begged for mercy, "General! We really didn't lie! We told you how much we stole and how many people we took!"

It's no wonder the bandits were afraid; they were truly terrified by Li Wen's expressionless demeanor as he ordered the killings.

Without a second thought, Li Wen ordered the execution of any robber suspected of lying whenever the evidence didn't match up.

When the bandits saw that Li Wen's troops were the regular army of the Great Zhou, their hope for survival was rekindled.

After all, the Great Zhou Kingdom still valued etiquette and law more than those barbarians in the Western Regions.

Therefore, the robbers also developed a greater desire to survive.

"General, an envoy from the Black Stone Tribe is requesting an audience."

The guards nearby gave the bandit captives a glimmer of hope for survival.

"Let him in."

"Yes, General."

The guards quickly led the Blackstone Tribe's envoy to the center of the arena.

Shi Jian trembled with fear upon seeing the fully armed Anxi army, secretly relieved that his clan leader had never considered causing trouble for them.

Just by looking at the elite appearance of the Anxi army, the envoy knew at a glance that they could deal with his tribe's army as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

"General!"

After bowing respectfully, the envoy said, "Our people, as you instructed, laid an ambush at the river's outlet and killed more than ten bandits."

Li Wen asked softly, "More than ten? How many exactly?"

Li Wen's question made the envoy break out in a cold sweat.

"this……?"

"What? Is it that your tribe can't count, or do you just not want to tell us? Hmm?"

Although Li Wen's tone remained calm, the envoy was trembling with fear; he dared not provoke the other party's anger!

"General, it was too late, and I didn't see clearly before reporting the results."

The messenger shifted the blame to the night.

Li Wen merely glanced at him and said, "Go back and count them."

"yes!"

The messenger scrambled and stumbled as he ran towards the outer perimeter.

Before long, the messenger staggered back.

"General, sir! There are eighteen, eighteen corpses in total!"

The number of people matched.

Upon hearing the messenger's report, the tense nerves of the bandit prisoners on the field relaxed.

It looks like they won't die.

After ascertaining the number of people, the Anxi army's search of the bandit camp was almost complete.

Jiang Tian, ​​with a grim expression, came to Li Wen's side to report on his work.

"General, I went to check out the place where they're holding the women, based on the information they provided. Many of the brothers couldn't help but vomit as soon as they entered... it was absolutely horrific..."

It should be noted that the soldiers of the Anxi Army were elites who had survived the battlefield; they had actually seen mountains of corpses.

Even these people couldn't withstand the shock of the scene, which shows how beastly these bandits were.

Jiang Tian briefly explained the situation inside.

Li Wen took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then summoned the envoy from the Black Stone Tribe to his side.

"I'll make a deal with your chief. I'll give you a bag of white rice, and in return, your chief will call some women from the tribe to come and bring some clothes and daily necessities to help. The cost of the supplies will be calculated separately."

Upon hearing the details of the deal from Li Wen, the envoy immediately agreed on behalf of his clan leader.

You can get a bag of white rice by hiring some women to work. This business is incredibly profitable in the Gobi Desert!

Not to mention that other items cost extra, and Li Wen's reputation was reliable enough, so the messenger immediately went to report.

Blackrock didn't ask for help from Tata, and sent a few cavalrymen to bring their wives and daughters to help.

Li Wen personally met with more than a dozen women sent by the Black Stone Tribe and asked them to take care of the women who had been abducted.

The soldiers of the Anxi army were all rough and uncultured, and the scenes were indeed tragic, so men were not suitable to take care of those poor women. Therefore, Li Wen arranged for the women of the tribe to do these things.

Li Wen promised them that he would treat them to instant noodles and sausages as payment for their work.

The women of the tribe were overjoyed; they never expected to receive food from the nobles as payment for doing simple work.

The Anxi army has officially taken over Fengyue Valley.

Li Wen dispatched a group of people to establish a temporary camp here, while sending the main force back to transport supplies.

Later, Fengyue Valley was renamed Anxi Town.

The bandits had originally kidnapped about four or five hundred women, but now only a little over a hundred alive have been found in the prison.

The sight of numerous children's corpses piled up in many hastily dug cellars fueled Li Wen's growing anger.

However, he was in no hurry to execute the bandits.

Jiang Tian brought another piece of good news during his subsequent investigation.

In a hidden cellar, there are more than sixty surviving children.

Li Wen interrogated the remaining bandit prisoners, asking them why they hadn't mentioned this matter before. The bandit prisoners stammered and couldn't say anything.

Li Wen then understood the purpose of the bandits keeping these children... probably as 'food reserves'.

"call."

Hot water was boiled overnight in the makeshift camp, and the women of the Black Stone tribe were provided to help the poor women with their cleaning work.

Some uninjured women also volunteered to help.

After they were rescued, they kowtowed three times to Li Wen, saying, "You are a celestial being sent from the heavens."

To them, Li Wen was like a god who saved them from the clutches of demons.

After daybreak, the rescue work was completely completed.

Some women who were seriously ill or injured should have died in agony.

After inquiring about the symptoms, Li Wen traveled back to the modern world through a double portal and learned from AI which medicine to buy.

After buying the medicine and telling the tribal women the dosage and usage, Li Wen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

While buying medicine, Li Wen also picked up a few bags of lime and some alcohol.

Jiang Tian led his men to carry out disinfection work, and the area where the bodies were burned was filled with lime.

The Anxi soldiers, led by Jiang Tian, ​​were used to their general's "supernatural abilities" and didn't bother to ask about these strange and unusual things.

After finishing all this, Li Wen took this opportunity to tell the Black Stone Tribe about the Anxi Town he had established.

They were told that as long as they did not violate the rules of Anxi Town, they could enjoy free trade here.

When the people of the Blackstone tribe saw that refined salt was being sold at the Anxi Town market, their eyes practically popped out of their sockets!

Salt is something the human body cannot do without.

Salt that can be eaten in the Gobi Desert is very expensive and very rare.

People in ordinary tribes can only replenish the salt in their bodies by drinking toxic brine.

This shows how attractive the refined salt that Li Wen brought from the modern era was to the people of the tribe.

Not to mention their reaction upon learning that the salt was priced at a low price; the tribe members couldn't even believe their ears.

Li Wen actually offered such a precious item at a low price?

Li Wen knew very well that if he sold salt at a high price, he would naturally not have to worry about finding buyers.

But this was not the outcome he wanted.

Nowadays, the Anxi army is supported by the logistics of the Jinxing Hotel. Although not a large amount of food needs to be wasted every day, it still has enough for three days a week.

The sheer abundance of ingredients alone could make the Anxi army wealthy if they were to be sold in the world.

But Li Wen did not do that; instead, he continuously replenished the nutrition of each Anxi soldier.

Not to mention that some handicrafts can be used to make a profit without any investment.

What Li Wen needs is development.

And it is sustainable development.

Reputation is one's own brand, and Li Wen is determined to use this golden brand to develop Anxi Town into a free trade market in the eyes of the people of the Western Regions.

This made everyone unconsciously abide by the Anxi Army's trade rules.

In this way, the Anxi army had a firm foothold.

Then it can develop slowly.

When the Anxi Army's strength grows to the point of overwhelming dominance, there will still be a score to settle with the Great Zhou.

The debt of the Anxi soldiers who died unjustly on the battlefield cannot be left unpaid.

For stable development in the future, salt is the most suitable substance to attract tribe members.

As long as the rules are set well to prevent them from buying too much at once, the buying and selling can be sustainable.

The bandit prisoners in the middle of the camp were left there.

No one cared about them, and no one paid attention to their eating, drinking, and bodily functions.

They just soaked there, smelling terrible.

The nights in the Gobi Desert are still very cold, and several bandits are already on the verge of death.

While they were unconscious, they heard a noise and opened their eyes to find it was Li Wen.

"General! We've said everything we needed to say! We really haven't lied to you anymore!"

The bandits said weakly.

Li Wen didn't speak, but looked at the woman beside him.

Of the women who were abducted, apart from a few who were able to find support or choose to return to their tribes, the remaining fifty-odd women had nowhere to go.

Their home and children were destroyed by robbers.

When they were feeling lost, Li Wen gave them a job, putting them in charge of logistics for the Anxi Army.

They can do things like laundry and cooking.

Although they had no concept of work, their faith made them obey the man before them, whom they believed to be a god.

Li Wen gave them a day to rest.

They even specially asked the kitchen to cook porridge and steamed eggs to help them recover from their weakness.

The woman in front of me is named Huaihua.

She was essentially the temporary group leader for these women.

These women were able to survive thanks to the children who survived in the cellar.

They adopted these children as their current source of emotional support.

When adopting children, the women silently told them that Li Wen was the celestial being who saved them, and that the children would repay the celestial being's kindness when they grew up.

"Lord Tenjin."

"Can we handle these robbers?"

Huaihua looked at Li Wen pleadingly.