War raged along the river, and the battlefield was not far from here. In recent days, many soldiers had passed through, posing a tremendous threat to the local people born and raised here.
Especially after the latest great battle, scattered routed soldiers often passed through this place, finally prompting the residents to decide to leave and flee disaster.
Of course, people of this era could never shake the thought of fallen leaves returning to their roots. Once the war was over, as long as they had the chance, those refugees would inevitably return.
Even now, there were people reluctant to leave their homeland, but they still could not escape the fate of departing the village—not willingly, but because they had been "conscripted" by one of the warring sides.
They had been forcibly taken away, not to fight, of course, but to be compelled into transport and logistical work.
Thus, when Qiu Yan arrived with his army, the place was already deserted. Yet several people were still hiding in the shadows—not civilians, but scouts of the White Lotus Sect.
Whenever an army marched, there were established rules. The more formal the force, the more strictly these rules had to be observed. Even after a victory, when the advantage was obvious, certain regulations could not be avoided. After all, duties were assigned according to troop type, and they did not consume much manpower.
As for scouts, they were stationed around the army's encampment to investigate and maintain constant vigilance.
Originally, after the White Lotus Sect had crushed the riverside camp, the balance of power along the river had fundamentally changed. From top to bottom, almost no one in the White Lotus Army believed there remained any force in the south capable of threatening them. They had consequently grown much more lax in