Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Lord Held Hostage by the Water Bandits
"Second, we have a lot of harvest this time, and we have food for the winter. The big boss still wants to arrange for us to go farming, but farming is not as fast as grabbing grain. Not to mention women and wine! ”
A group of water bandits who returned with a full load surrounded the emaciated second master. The second boss looked sad and was not excited about the success of the other villages.
Suddenly, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves on the ground, and the bandits were terrified when they heard the sound of horses' hooves, which was not unfamiliar.
Cavalry is the enemy they are most reluctant to face in the field, they can't fight and can't fight, they can't escape.
The bandits looked around in panic, only to see a cavalry condescending charge on the high ground to the east!
There were fifty of them!
Only thirty water bandits, equivalent to light infantry, are not at all an opponent of fifty cavalry on flat ground!
Mulan's light cavalry was immediately killed, and the sharp ring-headed knife was raised high, using the inertia of the cavalry charge to easily slash and kill the water bandits who tried to resist.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"
The second leader of the water bandits directly hugged his head and lay on the ground, and the surrender action was extremely standard.
"Take them away, clean up the traces, and don't let the bandits know their whereabouts, otherwise they will startle the snakes."
Mulan's intelligence is not low, and she is also very cautious, leading the light cavalry to either kill or capture all the bandits, and then let the soldiers erase the traces, especially the horseshoe prints of the light cavalry.
"Who are you? What can I do to let me go? ”
The second leader of the water bandits was bound by the cavalry with thick ropes, and the thick ropes rubbed his wrists in the cold winter, making him let out a grinning sound.
Mulan's tone was indifferent: "You are a scourge and kill innocent villagers, you should be beheaded." ”
"This is what those bandits forced me to do......" The second master turned pale when he heard that he was going to be killed, "Take me to your lord, he will forgive me for my actions!" ”
Mulan really wanted to kill the captured bandits now, but reason told her that by bringing the bandits back, she could ask for more useful information.
"It depends on whether my lord will let you go."
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On the evening of the second day of Chutian's garrison in Yunlai Town, when everyone thought that Mulan would not be able to return until the third day, the light cavalry led by Mulan appeared from the fine snow, and snow flakes fell on their hair, cloak, and battle armor.
"Phew!"
"It's Lord Mulan who is back, open the town gate!"
The defenders of Yunlai Town saw that it was Mulan's cavalry, so they worked together to push open the cold wooden door.
The bandits were rudely ripped off their horses by the cavalry and slammed into the colder ground. For this group of water bandits, the indignant Xia Zhen cavalry didn't treat them as human beings at all.
"Vomit ......"
The bandits couldn't stand the bumps and cold on horseback, and couldn't stop vomiting.
Mulan's military boots stepped on the head of a water bandit: "They are the water bandits who robbed Xiaoshi Village." Take me to my lord. ”
Chu Tian was observing the nearby map and did not make a plan.
"My lord, General Mulan is back."
"Let her come to me."
When Mulan appeared, she was accompanied by two light cavalry, escorting a water bandit to arrive.
The bandit looked a little haggard and had dark circles under his eyes.
When he saw Chu Tian, it was like seeing a savior, and he rushed towards Chu Tian and was subdued by the light cavalry.
"You're the leader of the bandits?"
"No, I'm not a bandit, but I've been kidnapped by bandits!"
"What the hell is going on?"
Chu Tian looked at the captured water bandit suspiciously, according to Chu Tian's judgment, the other party should be a player.
"My name is Song Shishi, Liangshanbo was originally just the name of my village, but then a group of water bandits captured my village, and the water bandits hijacked me to join them, and my territory also became their stronghold, and even upgraded to a first-class town ......"
"Why didn't they kill you?"
"Because I didn't want to die, I had to give advice to them, and they couldn't read, so they made me the second master and military advisor. I don't want to kill people and set fire to them, but my force is not high, and the big boss always sends bandits to follow me, so I can't escape. The movement of this group of water bandits is getting louder and louder, and they are also using my barracks to recruit troops. ”
The lord who claimed to be Song Shi complained to Chu Tian about the bitter water.
I didn't expect that there would be such an unlucky lord, after the village was captured by the water bandits, he was also set up as a puppet by the water bandits. The big water bandit boss can use Song Ji's territory to continuously expand his power, and even dare to move the Mi family's fleet.
"Someone, tea."
Chu Tian couldn't help but sympathize with this unlucky bastard.
Song Shi could drink a cup of hot tea at this time, and since then he has been out of the water bandits' nest since then, and he can't help but cry.
"If you want me to let you go, you have to do one more thing."
Chu Tian didn't let Song Shi go easily, after all, his current identity was a water bandit.
"As long as I survive, I promise you everything."
"Help me eliminate this group of bandits, not only will I not be guilty of the past, but I will also reward you with a house."
While sipping tea, Chu Tian made a request to the water bandit's dog-headed military advisor without hurry.
He was confident that the other party would definitely agree to his request.
With the timely help of Song, who is familiar with the terrain of "Liangshanbo", the loss will be much less than that of a strong attack.
Sure enough, Song Shi nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "There is a trail in the back mountain of Liangshan Bo, which is the back road left by the bandits for themselves, and few people know about it." If you can send a team to sneak attack from the trail, you can easily break through Liangshanbo. ”
"You can draw a map of Liangshanbo with your own memory, right?"
"No problem."
In order to survive, Song quickly drew a map.
"If the map is wrong, you'll die."
"There will definitely be no mistake, Liangshanbo was built by me personally from a first-class village to a first-class town, and I am very familiar with every place there."
With Song's timely assurance, Chu Tian believed it. If there was a mistake, Chu Tian would kill him as soon as possible. Chu Tian must be responsible for the lives of his soldiers.
"Strategist, what do you think?"
Chu Tian handed the map to Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling glanced at the map: "If you want to sneak attack, it should be sooner rather than later." There is a team of bandits missing, and when the bandits react, they will definitely strengthen their vigilance. ”
"Very reasonable. Get up early tomorrow and march to Liangshanbo. ”
After Chu Tian had Fang Xuanling as the mastermind, he acted more thoughtfully, and Fang Xuanling's reminder made Chu Tian pay attention to the speed of the soldiers, otherwise the fighter plane would be fleeting.
"You've captured an important character this time, what reward do you want?"
Chutian found that Hua Mulan had made a lot of contributions, and Hua Mulan didn't want to spend time taking care of the farmland, so it was estimated that she could only continue to add her money.
As a county lieutenant, Chu Tian was not yet able to canonize the official position of the subordinate generals under his command.
Hua Mulan replied crisply: "This group of water bandits burned, killed, looted, and exterminated them as a matter of course. Mulan doesn't need to be rewarded. ”
"Then make a note of this merit first, and then we will reward it together later."
On the third day, before dawn, the 700 soldiers stationed in Yunlai Town quietly set up camp, with men and horses, and attacked Liangshanbo.