For noble families, what matters is their reputation.
And now Xiao Yunqi plans to cede land and pay reparations, which is no different from being a traitor. If anyone associates with him now, they would be colluding and would be backstabbed by others.
Wu Lu felt that it was necessary to do something now to draw a clear line.
...
"Kill..." Chen Mo commanded from his horse, waving a large hand, and the soldiers behind him surged toward the mountain like a tide. Before long, the bandits causing chaos on the mountain were completely wiped out.
Chen Mo came all the way from Nanyang, and whenever he encountered bandits who took advantage of the chaos to commit crimes, he ordered his troops to destroy them, treating it as military training.
These times were truly chaotic.
Nanyang County is only three or four hundred miles from Bianliang, a day's march at full speed, yet they had already encountered and wiped out three or four groups of bandits along the way.
