Chapter 50

Su Li and the others arrived at Zhending County.

This was a town several times larger than Baiyun Town, with quite a few villages nearby.

A person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

The Zhending County Magistrate also knew that Su Li had once destroyed a mountain stronghold and had been arranged to come by the Changshan Jun Governor, so he came out to receive them very enthusiastically.

He even set up a banquet to welcome their arrival.

This was a real world.

Whether it was the people or the food and wine, everything was very real.

After the long journey, Su Li was also somewhat weary.

So he took Linglong and the group of troop NPCs under his command to attend the banquet.

Only after eating and drinking his fill did he begin to discuss the bandit suppression matters with the Zhending County Magistrate.

First, the Zhending County Magistrate bowed to Su Li, then organized his thoughts and said, "The target I wish to ask Lord Su to suppress this time is the Tiger Might Stronghold, located ten miles outside of Zhending County."

"According to the information I have received, the predecessor of Tiger Might Stronghold was merely a few small mountain strongholds within a hundred-mile radius."

"In the past, these strongholds were just causing minor trouble, only robbing passing merchant caravans and pedestrians, collecting some road tolls; there was no need to suppress them."

"But recently, a bandit chief named Peng Hu established the Tiger Might Stronghold and subdued all the small strongholds one by one, creating a massive momentum."

"Furthermore, they changed from minor trouble to frequently looting nearby villages, plundering the grain and wealth of the common people, and even capturing many people to work for them."

"Developing to this point, the population within the entire stronghold has long exceeded ten thousand. Nearly half of them are bandits, the remaining portion are commoners they abducted, and only a small fraction are the families of these bandits."

When the Zhending County Magistrate said this, Su Li could not help but be slightly startled.

A population of over ten thousand!

Half of them were bandits!

Even if the vast majority of these bandits were basic troops and advanced troops, it was terrifying enough!

Even his own territory, Baiyun Town.

Currently only had a population of nearly one thousand.

And the military strength?

Only a little over three hundred high-tier troops.

Even if Bai Hao recruited a few more after Su Li left, it would at most not exceed five hundred.

Compared to the Tiger Might Stronghold the Zhending County Magistrate spoke of, there was at least a tenfold gap.

"This time, I might have run into a tough nut to crack!"

Su Li silently sighed, then asked the Zhending County Magistrate a critical question: "That bandit chief who established the Tiger Might Stronghold and subdued the several small strongholds one by one, Peng Hu, how is his strength?"

For him now, large numbers were not scary.

The most important thing was to look at the enemy's top combat power.

Whether the Tiger Might Stronghold was a fat piece of meat or a tough nut to crack depended on the strength of the bandit chief Peng Hu.

Mentioning this, the Zhending County Magistrate's expression also became solemn.

He pondered slightly, then said with a serious expression: "I have sent people to investigate many times, and it is almost certain that the Tiger Might Stronghold bandit chief Peng Hu... is a warrior!"

"A true warrior... who has surpassed the limits of troops!"

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"A true warrior... who has surpassed the limits of troops!"

After a slight pause, the Zhending County Magistrate said quite helplessly: "A warrior! If Peng Hu were not indeed a warrior who had broken through the limits of troops, he would not be able to control the several mountain strongholds within a hundred-mile radius."

"I would not have had to send a request for reinforcements to the Governor."

If he had only been slightly startled just now.

Then hearing this, Su Li directly gasped.

A warrior!

The bandit chief Peng Hu was actually a warrior!

If Tiger Might Stronghold were just a large stronghold with a population of over ten thousand.

Taking it down would not be a difficult matter for him.

But if there was also a warrior among the enemies, the difficulty would instantly climb from Normal Mode to Nightmare Mode.

Su Li was not arrogant enough to think he could single-handedly wipe out a ten-thousand-person stronghold that possessed a warrior.

However, just as he was somewhat hesitant.

The Zhending County Magistrate suddenly said again: "But according to my in-depth investigation over the past few days, that Peng Hu should have just crossed the boundary of a warrior."

"According to the various classifications of warriors, Peng Hu should be a primary-level warrior, and among all primary-level warriors, he is also the one with the lowest strength."

"Otherwise, he could not possibly appear near my Zhending County; if he had stronger strength, he would have long gone to be a bandit near the Juncheng."

Having told Su Li the final information he knew, the Zhending County Magistrate stopped speaking, waiting for Su Li to make the final decision.

For a time.

The atmosphere in the Zhending County hall fell silent.

Since coming to this world, Su Li had never seen a warrior with his own eyes.

However, after becoming a warrior himself, Su Li could clearly feel the gap between a warrior and ordinary troops!

A primary-level warrior is still a warrior!

A warrior, plus that force of at least five thousand or more in the Tiger Might Stronghold, was like a heavy stone pressing on Su Li's heart.

He did not know if he could push over the Tiger Might Stronghold.

As fellow warriors.

Su Li also did not know whose strength was greater, his or Peng Hu's.

Even if their strengths were similar and he could hold Peng Hu back.

But who could resist that force of five thousand or more in the Tiger Might Stronghold?

Just by relying on the two hundred high-tier troops brought out from Baiyun Town?

I am afraid that without him, the bandits would swarm up and directly annihilate the two hundred high-tier troops.

When that time came, facing the combined forces of Peng Hu and the remaining bandits.

Even he himself would be buried there.

Su Li fell into a dilemma.

Originally, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

After learning of the Tiger Might Stronghold's strength.

He should have turned around and left immediately.

But...

Su Li did not want to do that.

Since he had already come, could he be scared away by Peng Hu, who was also a warrior?

A real man has things he will do and things he will not do.

Seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster is certainly important.

But facing difficulties head-on might also yield quite a lot.

If he could take down a Tiger Might Stronghold with ten thousand people.

The resources obtained would probably be enough for Baiyun Town to level up several times.

Finally.

Su Li decided to break through himself and challenge the Tiger Might Stronghold.

To see how his current strength compared to the local warriors of this world.

After making up his mind.

Su Li's gaze sharpened, and he said to the Zhending County Magistrate: "The matter of attacking the Tiger Might Stronghold should be done sooner rather than later; please, my lord Magistrate, send someone familiar with the Tiger Might Stronghold to guide us."

At this moment, the Zhending County Magistrate was taken aback. He had originally thought that when Su Li heard about the Tiger Might Stronghold's strength, even if he didn't back down, he would hesitate for a while; he didn't expect him to decide to attack the Tiger Might Stronghold so quickly.

Truly a decisive person.

The Zhending County Magistrate couldn't help but think more highly of Su Li. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly stood up and said: "I admire heroes like you, Lord Su. Since you have decided to attack the Tiger Might Stronghold, I will not be vague either."

"Actually, a few days ago, I issued a mission to investigate the Tiger Might Stronghold, and one of the Otherworlder lords like you completed it very excellently." ===== CHAPTER 117 =====