Chapter 135: Mountain Bandits Loot Grain
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Half an hour for a class, that is, an hour for the next generation, generally Chen Xu will have lunch after class, three meals a day, this is Chen Xu's arrangement.
But just as the class was about to end, suddenly a rapid sound of horses' hooves galloped in, and then the classroom door was slammed open, and a pavilion director rushed in with a bloodied face and a pale face.
"Lord Lidian is not good, the tax grain has been robbed by the mountain bandits!"
"What?" Yu Wuya, Niu Quan and Chen Lao stood up suddenly, Chen Xu's hand trembled, and the teaching stick fell to the ground with a clatter, and after a short silence, he grabbed the pavilion chief's chest and yelled with a twisted face: "Say, what's the matter?" ”
"My lord, as soon as we walked to Black Tiger Bay today, we were surrounded by a group of mountain bandits ambushed in the woods, there are ...... There were more than 100 people, they still had bows and crossbows, You Gu and Gao Tingchang and seven or eight servants were injured, and the rest of the people and the tax grain were all robbed by the mountain bandits and walked to Funiu Mountain! The pavilion chief was trembling and almost paralyzed, but his thinking was still very clear, and he explained things in one breath.
"My lord, hurry up and get the tax grain back, or I'll lose my head when I wait for all of them!" Niu Quan's face was also pale and bloodless, and he sat directly on the ground.
"Engong don't be anxious and hurt your body, it's just a group of mountain bandits, I'll go and see!" Yu Wuya strode over and said.
"No, no, you can't go alone, this matter must be notified to the county commander immediately, and the county lieutenant must lead the soldiers to go together, otherwise there will be more luck and less ......" Chen Xu let go of his hand and said with a hideous face.
"Engong, it's too late, it's at least two hours for the county seat to go back, plus the mobilization of soldiers to delay for an hour or two, the sky will be dark, once it gets dark, those mountain bandits hiding in the vast mountains will not be found by the immortals!" Yu Wuya directly interrupted Chen Xu's words.
"Gao Ping, you quickly go to the county seat to report this matter to the county commander, and ask the county lieutenant to mobilize troops to rush to Black Tiger Bay." After Chen Xu panicked, he also felt that it was useless to be anxious, so he immediately ordered the pavilion chief to hurry to the county seat.
"Niu Quan, hurry up and inform the doctor to bring the medicine to the Black Tiger Bend to treat the injured!"
"Elder Chen, you hurry back and inform all the villagers in the town to prepare weapons and rush to the Black Tiger Bend!"
"Wuya, follow me!"
After Chen Xu finished a series of instructions, he strode out of the classroom, untied the horse tied to the yard and turned over to the horse.
Because of the need to escort tax grain, almost all the cattle, horses, mules, donkeys and other foot-strength livestock in the town were conscripted, leaving only a few old and weak livestock and his and Yu Wuya's usual mounts, so except for him and Yu Wuya, everyone else could only rush to Black Tiger Bay with their foot power, but he couldn't take care of it at this time.
"Driving~"
Chen Xu grabbed the horse's belly and whipped it down, and the horse chief neighed and galloped out of the courtyard of the elementary school.
"Eun Gong is waiting for me!" Yu Wuya took off in one step and sat up on the horse's back, without pulling the reins, his legs were clamped, and the horse quickly followed in pain.
"Gao Ping, you are still waiting for Shizi, hurry up and go to the county seat to report to the county commander!" Old man Chen shouted at the pavilion chief who was still in a daze, and the pavilion chief reacted at this time, and climbed on the horse's back and rushed out in a trembling manner.
Soon, with the sound of a gong, the whole Qinghe Town was busy, countless people shouted and ran, and the men turned out knives, guns, bows and arrows that had not been used for a long time from home, and some of them carried hoes and sticks to gather at the south end of the town.
And Chen Xu, who was riding on the horse, couldn't stop whipping wildly, and he was already anxious at this time.
More than 400 stones of grain is not much, and it is worth less than 20,000 yuan at most, and Chen Xu can barely post it even if he sticks it himself.
But tax grain is different from ordinary food and money, it is already a thing of Daqin, and in this era, food is even more important than money, once the tax grain is lost, it is a capital crime, not to mention that it is still robbed by the mountain bandits within the jurisdiction, once poked out, a large number of people will die in the town.
And what these robbers did was no different from robbing a bank cash truck in later generations, or even more serious, it was completely a way of pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, and if they were caught, they would definitely die.
In previous years, it was good, why did there be bandits robbing tax grain when Lao Tzu first took office?
And there are more than 100 mountain bandits, and they are even equipped with crossbows.
The crossbow is a forbidden weapon in Daqin, and the people will not appear at all.
Is there anyone who deliberately harms me?
While running wildly, Chen Xu's mind was almost chaotic into a pot of porridge.
"Don't worry, it's still early now, those mountain bandits have kidnapped hundreds of servants and people, and there are cattle, horses, carts and hundreds of stones of grain, they will definitely not be able to go fast, as long as we follow up and touch their lair, and wait for the county lieutenant to lead the soldiers to arrive, we can naturally catch them all!" Yu Wuya rode his horse beside him and said loudly against the flickering wind.
Chen Xu's mood calmed down a little after listening to it, now the urgency is not very useful, the best way to do it is what Yu Wuya said, if the two of them go to confront the bandits with hundreds of people who are still holding bows, crossbows, knives and guns, there will be only one end, these people dare to rob taxes and grain, and it is estimated that there is no psychological burden at all to kill a small Lidian.
Heihu Bay is twenty miles away from Qinghe Town, almost between Qinghe Town and Pheasant County, as long as you walk out of Heihu Bay, there is a plain in front of Pingchuan, and there is no obstacle along the river to the county seat, and these mountain bandits are in this place, it is estimated that they have been observing for several days, because every time they walk here, all the people who are in a hurry can't help but relax their vigilance.
After galloping for half an hour, the two horses were tired and foaming at the mouth, and the two finally arrived at the Black Tiger Bend Bay, and soon saw the traces of chaos on the side of the road, there were piles of spilled grain and overturned ox carts, the length of nearly two miles was messy, You Gu and a pavilion chief and seven or eight townsmen from the town were lying on the side of the road, one by one, their faces were pale, three of them were also inserted with arrows, You Gu was the most seriously injured, not only hit an arrow, but also a wound more than a foot long in the chest and abdomen, the skin and flesh were rolled and bloody, Almost all over his body was stained, and he was lying on the ground at this time, and his life and death were unknown.
"Lady Ritori!" The wounded pavilion chief staggered to his feet with a wooden stick, and several other servants who could still move also hurriedly got up.
"Where did the bandits go?" Chen Xu yelled.
"To the southwest!" The pavilion chief trembled and pointed to a path hidden in the woods and thorns, which did not lead to any mountain villages, except for the occasional pass by villagers picking mountain goods.
Just as Chen Xu was about to rush in, Yu Wuya reached out and grabbed the reins of the horse, "Engong, the mountain road is rugged and complicated, and there may be a secret post of mountain bandits, you just wait here, and I will go alone!" ”
Chen Xu thought for a moment and nodded, "It's okay, you must be careful!" ”
"Don't worry!" As soon as Yu Wuya grabbed the horse's belly, he ran into the path and disappeared in the blink of an eye.