The warhorse sprinted towards the two people. The man on the horse jumped down and rushed towards the front, calling out, "General!"
"What's going on? Why are you back only now? Where are the rest? Have you seen Lady Yu?"
"General, we ran into bandits along the way. All our brothers have been robbed!"
"What?" Chu Qiao and Xue Zhiyuan exclaimed in unison. Subsequently, Chu Qiao exclaimed in disbelief, "Who is so arrogant? You have over 500 people. How could all of you be robbed?"
"General, although we have many people, they outnumber us. They have over 7,000 people."
"Nonsense!" Xue Zhiyuan hollered. "All of you were careless, yet you blamed the bandits. There are only allied troops in Yan Bei. Where did 7,000 bandits pop out from? You're shirking responsibility!"