Chapter Twenty-Three: The Lone Hero

"Sure enough, here.? Bayi Middle School? Wenwang ? ???. 8?1?z??.? c?o?m"Although Ma Erdan is a northerner, he has good water quality, and he actually sneaked two miles in the water and approached the Botou of Lubu Town, and couldn't help laughing when he watched the bandits with swords and clothes come and go at dusk.

All the way south, because of a subordinate's leg injury, the degree was a lot slower. And I didn't dare to take the main road, so I could only find some secluded paths to move forward, so it took two days and three nights to rush from Shunde to Lubu Town.

Along the way, there were fewer and fewer people who took refuge in relatives and friends, but people dressed as gangsters often appeared in groups, and Ma Erdan was more convinced that his judgment was correct, and he followed straight up regardless of the danger.

In a forest outside the town, the subordinates who had healed a lot of leg injuries settled down, and Ma Erdan sneaked into Lubu Town alone through the waterway, holding a reed pole in his hand, and a dive was a cup of tea, and his deeds could be described as secret.

Now it has been determined that Zeng Yi's bandit is in Lubu Town, but Ma Erdan is in trouble, where can I find out how many people there are, this is the most important thing!

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Erdan gritted his teeth and swam to a small fishing boat not far away, ready to venture into the town to investigate the enemy!

There was no one on the fishing boat, and Ma Erdan, who had been soaking in the water for more than half an hour, climbed up numb with his hands and feet, and lay on it gasping for breath.

After resting for a long time, Ma Erdan had no choice but to go into the water again and think about other fishing boats swimming, and he had to get a set of clothes to wear, otherwise he ran to the town wet, which was simply looking for death.

Luckily, I checked a few fishing boats nearby, and finally was hit by Ma Erdan, and there was a bandit sleeping on one of them, asking about the smell of alcohol scattered in the air, Ma Erdan smiled gloomily, and turned over the fishing boat with his hands and feet, and a dagger was held in his hand.

In his sleep, he was stabbed in his mouth, and the bandit, with his eyes full of terror, twitched twice and did not move.

Ma Erdan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at no one nearby, hurriedly ripped off the clothes on the corpse and put them on his body, and hastily put on the clothes he had replaced on the corpse, and a hat was covered on the door of his head, as long as no one got on the boat, he couldn't see his companion being killed.

After all this, Ma Erdan tied a piece of cloth to his head, picked up the machete on one side and swaggered onto a fishing boat next to him and rowed towards the dock.

When I entered the town, I saw what a bandit's nest is, just one word, chaos! Horse manure can be found everywhere on the streets, and one careless person may be hit. The streets are also lively, and most of them are bandits who have drunk too much and are swaying on their shoulders and backs.

Ma Erdan did the same, picked up a wine jar that had fallen at the foot of the wall, wiped the residual wine on his face that he didn't know if it was clean, and walked around the town staggeringly. The two drunken eyes showed a glimmer of light from time to time to count the number of people, although this method is a little stupid, but it is also the only feasible way now, as long as the number of people is roughly figured out, this errand is completed.

This walk is more than two hours, seeing that there are fewer and fewer bandits swaying on the street, Ma Erdan's heart can't help but mention, he doesn't know how big Lubu Town is, but he has been walking from south to north, and now nearly 7,000 people have been counted, except for the number of duplicates, there are 5,000 people.

"Someone was killed!" A terrible scream pierced the night sky, and it was already a little blurry in Ma Erdan's ears, but this shout startled Ma Erdan into a cold sweat, no need to guess, someone must have appeared on the body of the fishing boat!

After all, Ma Erdan no longer pretended, raised his feet and walked towards the north of the town, if he didn't leave, he would probably be counted out.

Luckily, I didn't have to run a few steps before I reached the edge of the town, and this time the mission was completed. What's even better is that there is a stable in the north of the town, and more than a dozen tall horses are eating supper next to each other.

Ma Erdan was overjoyed, and sped up his pace and galloped over, as long as he could get a few horses, he could no longer hide his tracks.

The footsteps were not small, and immediately alarmed the two bandits guarding the horses nearby, "What people! ”

Ma Erdan didn't talk nonsense, when he saw that the other party was only human, the dagger flew out of his hand and flew towards one of them, and he didn't stop at his feet and pounced on him.

This flying knife stunt is Ma Erdan's ability to press the bottom of the box, and it has never been revealed in front of people, and his brothers don't know it, let alone the bandits.

With a miserable scream, one of them fell to the ground with a knife in the neck, and Ma Erdan, who was also not slow, appeared in front of the startled other bandit, and flew up with a kick in the chest, and this guy flew straight back.

After a pause, Ma Erdan picked up the dagger and chased after him, and without waiting for the other party to stand up, he plunged a knife into the other party's chest.

After killing the two of them in the blink of an eye, Ma Erdan couldn't stop, turned around and ran into the stable. The knife was swung non-stop, and the reins tied to the wooden pole broke one after another. Ma Erdan stretched out his hand and grabbed the two reins, while blasting out the horses, he must blow these horses away, otherwise he can't run away on horseback.

Ma Erdan is very good at dealing with horses, the horse just got out of the stable and was stabbed in the buttocks, and under the pain, he neighed and ran wildly, one after another, and in a blink of an eye, only the two horses that were grabbed in his hands were left.

Listening to the sound of shouting getting closer and closer, Ma Erdan smiled coldly, turned over and rushed towards the woods where his subordinates were hiding.

When the more than a dozen bandits who realized the accident because they heard the screams arrived, Ma Erdan could no longer be seen, but the two corpses on the ground and the empty stables were absolutely certain that the enemy had indeed appeared here just now.

Zheng Tianshi inspected the scene, and then thought of the corpse on the fishing boat, and immediately judged what happened, smiled coldly, and turned around: "Island master, send someone to chase after you quickly, just chase along the road to Guangzhou City." ”

The frightened horses have been gathered back, and Zeng Yi immediately selected a dozen good men to chase after them, and originally wanted to send more people, but the number of horses was limited, and there was no way.

Zheng Tianshi was not idle, and immediately after he returned, he flew a pigeon to pass a message to his subordinates who had been tracking the whereabouts of Ma Erdan and the others on the way, and strictly ordered them to capture the court spies.

There were constant dangers along the way, but the two of them, who were skilled in equestrian skills, passed five levels and killed six generals, and rushed back to Guangzhou City with a scar, and it was already the early morning of the tenth day after they left Guangzhou City.

"It's two eggs, go out of the city to answer it!" Shen Chongming, who had been waiting at the head of the city with clairvoyance in his hand and was looking forward to the safe return of the two, saw the appearance of Ma Erdan, and immediately ordered, because these two guys were still dragging dozens of horsemen and horses behind them, and they knew that they were the bandits who intercepted and killed the two without asking.

The city gate slowly opened, and the soldiers of the five hundred Shenji battalion went out together, and the horses' hooves rumbled up, which was very spectacular under the reflection of the morning light. Looking at this scene, Ma Erdan, who hadn't closed his eyes for several days, smiled innocently, fell straight off the galloping horse, and rolled out for nearly three feet before stopping.

Seeing the officers and soldiers come out, the bandits who came to chase and kill Ma Erdan saw that they couldn't do anything, and immediately turned their horses' heads and ran for their lives.

But the war horse under the crotch was already exhausted, and it didn't take long for him to catch up with the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion. Because Shen Chongming didn't have the order to catch him alive, he picked up the fire guns in his hands one by one and began to spray, and after a roar, there were only more than fifty bloody corpses on the ground, including people and horses.

Seeing that Ma Erdan, who was carried into the city, was unconscious, and the wounds on his body were bleeding more, Shen Chongming felt distressed for a while, and shouted: "Go and ask for a doctor!" ”

Lord Qincha had an order, and five or six famous doctors in the city were 'arrested' within half an hour, and one by one they couldn't figure out the situation and said what kind of royal law they had committed.

"Heal immediately, save the life and reward it. Whether you can save it or not, you can do it yourself. Shen Chongming, who was standing at the head of the bed, threw down a cruel sentence and made way for several doctors.

The threat of not knowing the outcome frightened the doctors, peeling the skin? Deep-fry? Unexpectedly, everyone stepped forward to check Ma Erdan's injury.

After a cursory investigation, several people breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, they were all skin injuries, although they looked scary, but there was no big problem.

Pounding medicine and bandaging, several famous doctors made a ** mummy very quickly. "Lord Qincha, there is no major problem with this adult's injury, he only needs to rest for a while to heal."

"When will that man wake up?" Seeing that Ma Erdan, who only had one head left exposed to the air, his eyes still closed, Shen Chongming asked with a frown.

"At most tomorrow morning, this adult is just too weak." The doctor said with a smile, originally looked at the situation and said what kind of injuries were there, it turned out that they were all pediatrics, and they knew that in this way, the little apprentice who made medicine by himself could be cured when he came, so why bother with his old bones for a while, these officials like to make a fuss.

Hearing him say this, Shen Chongming calmed down and a smile appeared on his face. "Thank you, come on, give each gentleman fifty taels of thanks."

Sure enough, there was a lot of reward, and in just a quarter of an hour of healing, each person received fifty taels of silver, and the resentment that had been caused by being picked up by the sergeants immediately dissipated without a trace, and they walked out one by one.

Looking at Ma Erdan's peaceful face on the bed, Shen Chongming smiled slightly, and also turned around and walked out, he could provoke the other party to make such a big formation, it seems that Ma Erdan has completed everything he explained.

"My lord, the horse is always awake!" As soon as dinner was over, a sergeant who was guarding Ma Erdan came to report the news with a happy face. Shen Chongming was overjoyed, got up and hurriedly ran towards Ma Erdan's house.

"Erdan, how's it going?" Looking at Ma Erdan, who was lying motionless on the bed, his eyes were open, Shen Chongming hurriedly leaned over and said in concern.

"My lord, I finally live to see you." Ma Erdan's voice was hoarse, and his lips were listed with several big cuts.

On the way back, there were only a few short stops, but fortunately, the roads in Guangdong were not suitable for galloping horses, otherwise it would be impossible to run for nearly a day and two nights with only one person and one war horse. I haven't eaten for such a long time, even if I am in good health, I am afraid that I am hungry, not to mention that Ma Erdan has fought with the intercepted bandits several times and has suffered so many injuries.

"Hehe, just come back. Tell me, how are things going? It's not that Shen Chongming only cares about the war and doesn't care about his subordinates, but he is really eager to know the specific situation of the bandits, so that he can come up with countermeasures to pacify the bandits as soon as possible.

"My lord, once a group of bandits gathered in Lubu Town, south of Shunde, the number of people is about 5,000 to 7,000, and there are their lurking spies all over the way, as long as the army moves, he can quickly know the news." Ma Erdan said what he knew concisely.