"What's the army here for?"
The many merchant convoys here were confused. The Fourteen Sand Bandits had been really law-abiding citizens in their many years in Barren City's vicinity.
Even though they robbed, they gave back in their own way.
In the words of some people, the Fourteen Sand Bandits were truly professional and ethical bandits. Their robbing of valuables was only an equivalent of them collecting protection fee!
In fact, after the Fourteen Sand Bandits made this place their base, some of the other nefarious bandits who had wanted to do harm to the Barren City were blocked out by them!
And, the most important thing was that the City Master of the Barren City itself had once commended the Fourteen Sand Bandits personally!
But now that the army was coming down personally, everyone was completely befuddled.