Actually, this point doesn't really mean anything; Li Yan also doesn't expect these bandits to keep their word.
His words were nothing more than a reminder to the trainees behind him on how to negotiate this matter with the local officials! The battlefield can only be at the foot of the mountain, it can never be on the mountain!
Even if they fear causing panic, they cannot do this! Speaking of this, we have to mention the management at the foot of the mountain. Li Yan could guess some of their motives, which were to quickly suppress this matter.
They didn't want this issue to escalate; bandits appearing on a local mountain would be negligence on the part of the local management! They would all be dismissed, so the intelligence that Li Yan received was also mixed with false information.
Li Yan clenched his fist hard, yet he was eager to tear it apart. If it weren't for their false information, they would never have encountered such an accident!
