Chapter 435: I Have One Condition

In the past few days, Niu Xunda was dizzy by the gang of mountain bandits in Mangdang Mountain, and when he saw twenty or thirty horsemen coming over, he thought it was Liu Whirlwind's people who came to provoke him, and when those knights were within range, he let go and sent the feather arrows out. Niu Xunda's martial arts skills are average, and his archery skills are also average, but what he is holding in his hand is one of the few hard bows in the county seat of Wanxian County, and there is no problem in standing on the city wall and sending the feather arrow out two hundred steps.

But if you want to kill someone, two hundred steps is still too far. Therefore, Niu Xunda calculated that those knights were more than a hundred steps away from the city wall and loosened the bowstring, and he was not sure who to aim at, thinking that so many people themselves could not be blinded.

But when he saw the next scene, he was immediately stunned in surprise.

The arrow was shot with great precision, and it flew towards the knight at the head. But no one expected that the knight at the head would actually reach out and catch the oncoming feather arrows.

The clouds are light and the wind is light.

Niu Xunda was stunned and subconsciously opened his mouth wide.

"When did Liu Whirlwind have such powerful subordinates?"

He looked at Sun Kaidao and found that the eyes of the county magistrate were still a little erratic, so he reached out and pulled it. Sun Kaidao woke up from his trance, and smiled apologetically at Niu Xunda.

"It's not Liu Whirlwind's mountain bandits."

Sun Kaidao looked outside the city and couldn't help but be stunned: "You see that those knights are wearing the standard black armor of the Great Sui soldiers, and they have a lance in their hands, although Liu Whirlwind's has two or three thousand bandits, but there is not a single long lance." These people ...... It's the Sui Army! ”

"Sui Jun!"

Niu Xunda's face was happy, but when he thought of the county commander's worry, his heart immediately became heavy again. At this time, the Sui army must have been the soldiers and horses of the left avant-garde. Could it be that Yin Poshan's 200,000-strong army couldn't stop the left avant-garde from heading north? Even if he loses, relying on the danger of Mangdang Mountain, he should not let the left forward come easily.

"My lord, what should I do?"

He asked.

"Let's see."

Sun Kaidao cleaned up his mind, took a few steps forward, stood by the city wall, and looked down carefully. The twenty or thirty horsemen stopped about a hundred paces outside the city, and the man in black at the head reached out and took a bow from the guard beside him, and then put the following feathered arrows on the bowstring, and the hard bow was raised, and the cluster of arrows pointed at the side of the city wall. I didn't see how he could take aim, and the arrow suddenly flew away from the bowstring, and with a loud thud, it grazed Niu Xunda's face and plunged into the city bricks.

The stirring rubble left a bloody streak on Niu Schindler's face, and if the arrow was deflected, it would have left a hole in his face.

"He wants to kill me......"

Niu Xunda subconsciously said.

"No, if he wants to kill you, this arrow won't miss a single point."

Sun Kaidao shook his head: "A person who can have such archery skills, even if he is expected to be in a high position in the left front guard." I don't know which general is coming...... It seems that Yin Poshan's rebels have been completely defeated by the left front guard, is the left front guard's hundreds of thousands of troops really going north? ”

"What shall we do?"

Niu Schindler asked.

"Shall we?"

Sun Kaidao shook his head: "Actually, this day will come sooner or later, I just didn't expect it to come so soon." Tell Minyong not to release arrows again, if he angers the general of the left guard, he can dismantle our Wanxian County with a casual folding battalion. During the war, the left avant-garde slaughtered the county in the name of all the traitors in our Wan County, and no one blamed anything. It took me so much effort to keep Wanxian, how can I no longer cause disasters for the people of Wanxian. ”

"But...... My lord, once the city gate is opened, if those people in the left vanguard know that you have descended to Yin Po Mountain, it will still be a bloody disaster. ”

"I'll go out on my own."

Sun Kaidao waved his hand: "You all stay!" ”

Without waiting for those people to stop him, Sun Kaidao strode down from the city wall, and then ordered the soldiers guarding the gate to open the city gate.

He walked alone to meet the twenty or thirty horsemen, adjusting his breathing as he went. He knew what he was up against, and he couldn't escape it. No one knew the pain in his heart, and no one could stop him from the infamy. In order to ensure the people of Wanxian County, he did not hesitate to dedicate his beloved woman to Yin Poshan. In order to keep the people from being slaughtered, he even worshiped under the door of a martial artist in Yin Po Mountain, and he carried these shames and humiliations himself.

Now not many people in Wanxian County understand him, and they all treat him as a traitor. Behind his back, I don't know how many people spit and scold him.

saved the people of a city, but no one among the people remembered him.

He himself didn't think about how it could become like this. Even those people don't all understand his intentions. Those men took up rudimentary weapons, also to surround their homes, not because of his call.

"Xiaguan Wan County Commander Sun Kaidao, I don't know which general has arrived?"

He walked up to the knights and gave a deep salute.

"You are Sun Kaidao?"

"It's Xiaguan."

"Take"

The black-robed young man at the head waved his hand, and immediately two guards jumped down from the horse and held Sun Kaidao down. Niu Xunda in the cave of the city gate scolded and beckoned people to rush out with him to save the county commander, but he ran out only to find that there were few people behind him.

"You idiots!"

Ox Schindler cursed in pain and rushed towards the knights with a horizontal sword.

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Niu Xunda rushed over with more than a dozen people, and was all knocked down by a tower-like man. The strong man, who was half a body taller than the average person, overturned Niu Xunda and the others as if he were cleaning up a dozen young children. More than a dozen pro-soldiers came from behind him, and pressed the horizontal knife on the shoulders of Niu Xunda and the others.

"Sun Kaidao, you are the county commander of Wanxian County, and the people of Wanxian County respect you, and now I have a few things to ask you."

The black-robed young man led by Fang Xie pointed at Sun Kaidao with his horsewhip and asked, "I heard that you surrendered the rebels and were knighted?" Is there such a thing? ”

Sun Kaidao was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and said, "Yes"

"I heard that Yin Poshan praised you a lot, so you didn't rob the people of Wanxian County, but is there such a thing?"

"Yes!"

"Hmm"

Fang Xie snorted, waved his hand and said, "Cut it." ”

Two pro-soldiers passed, one pressed Sun Kaidao's neck, and the other drew a knife and was about to cut it. Sun Kaidao struggled and shouted: "I have something to ask for, and it will be too late for the general to kill me after hearing it!" ”

Fang Xie raised his eyebrows slightly: "Say"

Sun Kaidao raised his head and said, "Xia Guan has indeed committed a big crime, which is unforgivable. But please ask the general to kill only me, and the others are forced by me to become thieves as a last resort. ”

Fang Xie snorted coldly: "Who is a thief in Wanxian County, I will naturally find out." You are the first offender, and you can't be spared. The others dared to rush out of the city to save you, and it was expected that they were also your comrades. You people, who take the money of the court, but recognize the thief as your father...... It's not too much to punish your nine clans! ”

"You fart!"

Niu Xunda struggled desperately and shouted: "If there is no county commander, the people of the whole city have been slaughtered by the rebels." Lord Sun did not hesitate to endure humiliation in order to protect the people of the city, this is a good official! You want to kill people without asking, what's the difference between you and those rebel murderers! ”

"Smack!"

The unicorn slapped Niu Xunda in the face, and the half of his face immediately swollen.

"If you are disrespectful to the general again, I will kill you immediately."

Sun Kaidao looked at the blood on the corner of Niu Xunda's mouth and sighed: "The most wrong thing for my Sun Kaidao for half his life is to be an official...... If the general wants to kill, just kill. ”

Fang Xie looked at Zhuo Buyi, Zhuo Buyi smiled and nodded.

Such a person, even if he is greedy for life and afraid of death, has a bottom line after all.

"Is there any grass in the city?"

Fang asked.

"Nope!"

Sun Kaidao raised his head violently and replied: "Although the rebels did not kill anyone, they scavenged all the food. The people of the city, there is no tomorrow's meal, there is no food at all! ”

"Haha!"

Fang Xie couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and ordered, "Loosen their ties, Master Sun, you come with me, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Kirin helped Niu Xunda up, smiled and said offended. The other people were also let go, looking at each other, and no one knew what was going on. Sun Kaidao was let go by Fang Jie's personal soldiers, and rubbed his aching shoulders: "This general, what do you mean?" ”

"My general just wants to see if you really want to be a thief or if you really want to protect the people."

Zhuo Buyi dismounted and helped Sun Kaidao: "I'm offended, if it weren't for that, I'm afraid I won't be able to test the adult's heart." After all, you can deceive Yin Poshan, but you can't deceive us if you don't have to. ”

"Who is this general?"

Sun Kaidao reacted at this time, and sighed in his heart. The heart said that if he had fallen to the ground and begged for mercy just now, he was afraid that this handsome-looking general would immediately have his head cut off. He would not have been so eager to live and die, if he was really a person who was not afraid of death and did not hesitate to die, he would not have greeted Yin Poshan like that in the first place. It's just that in the past few days, the people have been insulted, the people are cold-eyed, and when they know the news of the victory of the left avant-garde, the worries in their hearts, and under all kinds of emotions, they have no idea of living.

"The general of my family is the warlord sent by His Majesty to Huangyang Dao."

Zhuo Buyi introduced with a smile.

"Chin ...... Governors? ”

Even though Sun Kaidao had already guessed that the other party's identity was not low, he didn't expect that it would be Lord Qincha.

"My name is Fang Jie, and I'm giving a gift to Lord Sun."

"Yanwuyuan...... Solution? ”

Sun Kaidao asked subconsciously.

"Exactly"

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"There is no need to mention the matter of Wanxian, I was offended before."

Fang Xie hugged Sun Kaidao: "It's just that thousands of people are involved in life and death, so you have to be careful." I took the lead over the mountain to explore the way for the army, and it was inevitable to be cautious. I want to know if there are rebels entrenched in Chu County, and if there are any granaries of rebels, and I ask Lord Sun to let me know. ”

Sun Kaidao was silent for a while and shook his head: "General, with all due respect. Since the general has come to ask me, why don't you tell me the truth? Checkmate...... You don't have to come to find a way for the army, are you? ”

Sun Kaidao had already calmed down, took two steps back and said: "If the left avant-garde is over the mountain, it must not be a mountain path. Hundreds of thousands of troops, will they come over the mountains? Even if people and horses come, baggage, armor, siege equipment, these things will never be able to pass. Not to mention whether Luo Yao will cross the mountain, even if he will, he will have to take Luojun, where the terrain is flat and the official roads are crisscrossed, instead of Chu County, where the mountain roads are rugged. ”

Fang Jie's eyes changed slightly, and he said in his heart that this Sun Kaidao is really a character.

"You don't need to pay attention to this, if you don't want to tell me, I'll bring someone to investigate."

Sun Kaidao shook his head: "The county guard of Chu County has already surrendered the rebels, and there are rebels stationed in Dayang City, the city of Chu County. What the general wants to ask, the lower officials know. But Xiaguan had one condition, as long as the general agreed, Xiaguan was willing to personally lead the general through Chu County, and by the way, recapture the rebels' baggage. ”

"How do you know I'm going through Chu County?"

Fang asked.

"If the general wants to join the imperial army, he must go to the Yangtze River crossing. It was not to explore the way for the left avant-garde, but to go to the rear of the rebels, and the lower officials heard that Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, had a group of men and horses in the Wolf Milk Mountain, so it was not difficult to deduce the whereabouts of the general. ”

"Say what you want."

Fang explained.

"There is a group of mountain bandits on Mangdang Mountain, about two or three thousand people, who are more ferocious than the rebels. If the general is willing to remove this cancer for my Wanxian County, the lower official is willing to serve the adults before and after the saddle! ”

"Kill two birds with one stone?"

Fang Xie couldn't help laughing: "You're a smart person!" ”

Sun Kaidao's face turned red and he said, "Your lord's eyes are like torches. ”

"I'll get rid of that gang of bandits for you, Wanxian is worry-free for the time being. The rebels have been defeated in Shannan, and once the imperial army comes, you can't hide the fact that you have surrendered to the rebels, and sooner or later you will die. So, on the surface, you are begging me to eliminate the harm for Wanxian, but you are actually thinking about the future for yourself, right? ”

Fang Xie glanced at Sun Kaidao: "Don't try to calculate others for everything, if you don't calculate well, you will lose your life." ”

Sun Kaidao didn't dare to answer, and for the first time found that his mind was so easily and simply seen through. The young-looking general in front of him was as frightening as if he had a pair of eyes that saw through people's hearts.