Chapter 6: Suppressing Bandits (6)

The remnant sun is like blood.

The afterglow of the sun stretched the shadows of the ruins into a long stretch, and some of the bandits hid in the shadows, sobbing quietly.

Xu Qing and the others outside could also faintly hear it, revealing a gloomy color one by one, everyone present knew that the crimes of the bandits who were surrounded were unforgivable, but they looked up, looked up to the power of life, and could awaken the dead roots of human nature at the last moment, pay tribute to life!

Alas, a sigh may be the best way to pay tribute, right?

The people who had fled the village came back one after another, and some of the people on the periphery found the bodies of their own people, weeping, their mouths wide open, but they could not cry a sound. Except for the sound of villagers lowering their heads to clean up the burned houses, and the sound of holding corpses and rubbing, the whole scene was quiet and terrifying.

Quiet, perhaps, is it another tribute to life?

The sky was quietly darkening, and Xu Qing was worried that the enemy would escape, so he sent out ten more cavalry to step up patrols. Fortunately, or fortunately for Xu Qing's side, Qitai cattle grazing came! A thousand infantry directly surrounded the bandits. Not long after the encirclement was formed, a person came out of it, but it was Uncle Pig.

Uncle Pig walked out and shouted to Xu Qing: "Dog officer, you dare to kill me?!" ”

"Archery!" Xu Qing didn't say a word, and issued an order to the whole army to attack. A thousand infantry are all equipped with government soldiers, everyone is equipped with bows and arrows, these thousand arrows go down, it is really like rain, Uncle Pig saw this, hurriedly fled to the broken wall, worthy of a small life.

"Dog officer, let me tell you, if you dare to kill me, my fellow Daoists in Cangzhou will avenge me!"

"Listen to the people inside! If you still have the slightest bit of humanity, kill that pig uncle and come out and surrender! I can still keep you a whole corpse, or you will be crushed and scattered, and you will be sent to hell!" Xu Qing didn't leave them any life, even if they stayed, the sword in Huang Shimei's hand next to him would try to stab him. Go to hell, Xu Qing doesn't know if there is a concept of Hades at this time, but if there is Buddhism, there will definitely be hell.

After the wall was broken, the bandits stood up one by one, staring at Uncle Pig, who used to be the last bandits, eating leftovers, drinking leftovers, and doing the dirtiest work. Today is going to die anyway, it is better to avenge yourself before you die and atone for your sins. Uncle Pig panicked and covered up his panic with a roar:

"What do you see, didn't you hear that he was going to kill you?"

"You are so bold that you dare to kill me?!"

"Ahh

"Leave a whole corpse to make you so obedient!?"

"I'll kill ...... Yes! ”

Xu Qing, who was outside, could only hear these few voices, and then a head was thrown out, it was Uncle Pig. Then, a group of bandits walked out, Xu Qing carried the horse lance, beat the horse forward, and asked:

"Have you ever killed a single person?"

Dazed......

"Are there any of you who have been in the Wild Boar Gang for less than three months?"

No......

"Have you ever saved people?"

This time it was different, a few people stood up, if the robbers looked up, they must know the identities of several people, it was the third master of the pig and his subordinates who worked for the tiger on weekdays, and a few of the cronies of the uncle pig, but the bandits lowered their heads and found nothing. Xu Qing found something strange, and the few people in front of him did not have the slightest look of remorse, but looked angry. Xu Qing planned to drink a few people, but he didn't expect a sudden change:

"Dog officer, take your life!" The few people who stepped forward held sharp knives and took out a life-fighting posture, they wanted to avenge Uncle Pig, and they all rushed towards Xu Qing.

"Bold!" Qi Tai Niu Eating Grass Huang Shimei shouted in unison, and beat the horse forward with a weapon. And the rest of the soldiers were also nervous, but they couldn't shoot arrows to support.

Because Xu Qing was only a few dozen steps away from Zhu Sanye, Zhu Sanye and the others ran fast again, and they arrived in front of Xu Qing in an instant. Xu Qing pulled the reins of the horse, did not retreat but advanced, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, the horse trotted up, and then the speed of the horse, Xu Qing lifted the horse lance and waved forward:

"Khooth!"

"Whew!"

One of the bandits fell in response, Xu Qing turned over and dismounted, crossed the horse between him and the bandit, leaned on the horse's block, delayed for a few seconds, and quickly retreated. At this time, the cow grazing and Qitai also arrived, took up arms, and cut down a few of the robbers with a bang. Huang Shimei walked to Xu Qing's side and wanted to protect him. Seeing that the situation was not good, the third master of Zhu threw out the firewood knife in his hand at Xu Qing, and ran towards Xu Qing with a flying knife.

"Don't!" Huang Shimei almost rolled off the horse and put her body in front of Xu Qing, wanting to block the flying knife for Xu Qing. Unexpectedly, Xu Qing reflexively hugged Huang Shimei to the back, waved the horse lance, a beautiful return pistol, knocked down the flying knife, and then said to the little beauty lying in his arms:

"Silly Nizi, I have armor ......"

"Hmmm......"

The third master of the pig, who had no weapons, was cut off by Qi Tai with a knife, and blood was splashed! As a result, after the few bandits who planned to calculate Xu Qing, Niu Eater ordered to release arrows at the remaining bandits, and hundreds of arrows rained down, and all the bandits were killed.

"Aren't you going to let go?" Xu Qing looked at Huang Shimei, who could be held with one arm, and said.

"Ah......" Huang Shimei's face turned red, and she pinched the corners of her clothes tangledly, for fear that Xu Qing would see through her careful thoughts.

Xu Qing smiled in his heart, as if it was not good to play the piano and say that love was not good on this occasion...... Then he ordered the corpse to be collected, burn what should be burned, bury what should be buried, cry what should be mourned, and resentment and resentment, Xu Qing didn't care.

"Miss Huang......" "Lord Thorn Shi......" Xu Qing and Huang Shimei's voices sounded at the same time.

"You call me big brother......" Xu Qing proposed.

"So, you're going to call me Shimei?" Huang Shimei lowered her head and said, maybe only in front of Xu Qing can she show the face of a little woman.

"Okay, Shimei......" Xu Qing nodded, and asked again: "Do you know why this group of thieves came?" ”

"I guess...... Maybe it's the hand of the Xia family...... Alas, my Huang family has declined, and eight years ago, there were still 200 soldiers in my family! Huang Shimei's eyes flashed gloomily.

"No, the Xia family dares to ...... so blatantly," Xu Qing said suspiciously, but Huang Shimei interrupted him and said:

"Thorn History...... Brother Xu, I heard that you were attacked, is it really fake? ”

"Really ......"

"I see, did you have a conflict with Xia Hao?"

"Oh? Why do you ask? ”

"My Huang family and the Wild Boar Gang had no grudges in the past and no enmity in the near future, how could there be such a sudden move, someone must have provoked it...... And the Boar Gang has only had one thing happen recently, and that is the failure of the attack on the assassins......"

is as smart as Huang Shimei, and she found a connection from many things at once, but Xu Qing still didn't understand.

"What does that have to do with him Xia Hao?"

"He will be avenged, the person who attacked you must have been invited by him, and he used the name of the Huang family, so whether it is successful or not, once it is leaked, the Huang family can withstand this charge, and bear the anger from the government or the Wild Boar Gang, a good plan to kill two birds with one stone!"

Xu Qing thought for a long time, and still said: "It's just that there is no evidence...... In fact, the conflict between the Xia family or Xia Hao and Xu Qing just started to Cangzhou, and since then, the Xia family has been respectful to Xu Qing, whether it is true or not, in Xu Qing's side, he always obeys the rules. Therefore, Xu Qingtai would directly suspect the Xia family of this attack.

"Huh, you don't believe me?" Huang Shimei simply played a petty character.

"Eh, I believe your words, but there is no evidence......" Xu Qing hesitated, it was indeed very likely that Xia Hao did it, but the thinking inertia brought by Xu Qing's later generations made him have to pay attention.

"This kind of thing will leave evidence, Xia Hao is not a straw bag...... Huang Shimei glanced at Xu Qing resentfully, and said angrily. Xu Qing looked at Huang Shimei's cute appearance, and it was difficult to refute it, so he smiled bitterly and nodded.

Two hundred bandits, even the bandit leaders use large firewood knives, you can imagine how poor they are. Xu Qing doesn't dislike it, he can scrape it and resell it for a little money, right? However, the armor on the bandits did not dare to ask for it, and the fire burned it to the ground. Those raw leather armors, not to mention tattered, are particularly stinky, and they can be smoked a mile away when they go out.

The knife is out of its sheath, and it will not be withdrawn without drinking enough blood.

After a moment of repair, Xu Qing gave the order to clear the bandits on the ground in Cangxian County. The first target was the Boar Forest, where the Boar Gang almost came out, leaving only a few thieves guarding the gate. Almost bloodless, the Wild Boar Gang was defeated by Xu Qing. After some searching, he found 300 stone grains and dozens of taels of silver. The silver was sent down by Xu Qing to be rewarded, and three hundred stone of grain were combined with some usable utensils, and fifty soldiers were sent to Cangzhou City.

Then he rushed to the next location with the rest of the soldiers, killed the sentries with stragglers, attacked the door in small groups, and after setting fire, the brigade pressed the steps. Overnight, the wounded soldiers and plundered materials were sent back to Cangzhou City, and a team of recruits was replenished from Cangzhou City.

After three days of crazy attacks, the robbers who could move on the surface of Cangxian County were swept away by Xu Qing. Due to the relatively fast attack, all the bandits failed to make effective preparations, and the losses on Xu Qing's side were relatively small, only a dozen killed and more than 100 wounded soldiers, and because of Xu Qing's treatment, these wounded soldiers could also survive. Xu Qing's prestige also skyrocketed in the army:

The magic skills of taking the lead, treating people kindly, personally treating wounded soldiers, and rejuvenating with wonderful hands, one by one were added to Xu Qing's head, making the soldiers worship and obey his orders.

Xu Qing transferred 600 recruits, and after replenishing the soldiers and horses, Niu Eater and Qi Tai led 800 soldiers to Huanghua and Nanpi respectively to crusade against the bandits. There are only two things that can improve the strength of the army, the discipline of ordering and prohibiting, and the bloody nature of not being afraid of death.

Xu Qing also had 500 veterans from Wang Shan and 700 new soldiers, who could support both sides at any time, or go to Haixing County to eliminate bandits. Among the four counties in Cangzhou, Haixing is the poorest, and the bandits are the least, almost all of them are small shares, and this kind of training is the best.