Chapter 13: The Entrance Ceremony (1)
Like Steward Zhang's chubby figure, even if he was dressed in black, Zhao Li could see it at a glance, only to see that Steward Zhang seemed to have negotiated something with one of the bandits, and the two were scattered with each other.
"Sons, get on!" the robber who was talking to Steward Zhang waved his steel knife to the small camp not far away, and shouted around.
"Yo-yo-" The bandits scattered around the small camp rode their horses and let out frantic shouts from their mouths, charging towards their target.
"Shoot the arrows!" The small camp surrounded by several carriages was not completely without resistance, and there was an order from inside, and several figures stood up, holding bows and arrows, and shot at the robbers who rushed up around them, but there were too few archers, and the light was too dim, and only three or four robbers were shot down, and a group of bandits pounced around the camp.
"Kill!" shouted again from the small camp, but five or six figures rushed out of the protection of the carriage and fought with the robbers, and many more men with knives and guns leaned against the carriage.
Judging from the number of people, there are at most dozens of people in this small camp, among which there seem to be many girls and children, and the besieging bandits have at least hundreds of people, all of whom are strong men, so it is said that there should be no suspense in the fight, but what Zhao Li expected was that the combat effectiveness of this small camp was unexpectedly strong.
The figures of the five people who dared to rush out of the camp alone should not be underestimated, and the figures of the five people kept changing their bodies under the moon, dancing with swords in their hands, cutting down the robbers who approached the camp to the ground one by one, while the other besieging robbers, even if they approached the carriage, did not seem to be able to attack it, and the resistance of the small camp was very fierce.
"Up!" Steward Zhang also gave an order at this time, and with his order, except for Shi Yongnian and another disciple of Zhangjiabao who were following Zhao Li, the rest of the people dismounted, drew their swords, and rushed towards the small camp.
Although Zhao Li guessed that Steward Zhang was also a master, he was still a little surprised when he really saw this scene.
Steward Zhang's chubby figure pounced on the small camp at an unexpected speed, and the first target was one of the five figures who rushed out of the camp, the camp guard with good martial arts had just killed a robber, and he didn't expect that a master would suddenly appear, and he was attacked by Steward Zhang and fell directly to the ground.
With the addition of Zhangjiabao's disciples, the situation suddenly fell to the bandits' side, Steward Zhang once again entangled one of the five figures, and the rest of the Zhangjiabao disciples also entangled the remaining three in twos and threes, and several disciples cooperated with the robbers to kill the camp, and the crying in the camp sounded a lot for a while.
There was no suspense about the next development, the four strong guards were captured one by one, and a large number of robbers successfully entered the small camp, and there were bursts of begging for mercy and wailing from inside.
"Let's go over. Suddenly, a voice came from behind Zhao Li, Zhao Li turned around, and saw that at some point, the eldest son of the Zhang family also got out of the carriage.
Zhao Li, under the "escort" of a few people, walked on foot towards the small camp that had been captured.
Approaching the edge of the camp, you can see many dead robbers lying on the ground, and many injured robbers lying on the ground without anyone paying attention, everyone is crowding into the camp, and the carriage that is gathered in a circle has also been opened, and even one carriage is directly on its side, and there are robbers moving boxes out of the carriage.
And all the living people, women and children, were taken aside, and the men were directly sent a few knives, and the whole picture in the small camp was like hell.
Zhao Li was taken to the very center of the small camp, where a bonfire was lit, and two men covered in blood were held by the black-clothed Zhangjiabao disciple with a knife to their necks, kneeling on the ground, and several women in splendid dresses shrunk together tremblingly, and Steward Zhang and several bandit leaders stood in front of them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please let go of my wife, my lord is Lord Xia, the chief soldier of Xishan City, and he can take out 100,000 taels of silver to redeem himself. A man kneeling on the ground said in a hoarse voice.
"It turned out to be the family of the chief soldier Lord Xia, no wonder the idea pierced his hands and killed many brothers, but I heard that the prefect of the prefect for a year, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, the official position of the chief soldier is not smaller than the prefect, right? Just give 100,000 taels, is it a little less?" a robber teased.
A robber on the side smiled and said: "Your master is the chief soldier of Xishan City, how dare I leak the news, I am afraid that the 100,000 taels of ransom silver will not be obtained, but I will lose my good head." ”
"Guys, as long as you let me go back, this incident will never happen..." Among the several ladies standing on the side, one of the ladies said while shedding tears in fear.
"Both men and children have been killed, and since they are the family members of the chief soldier, if the news leaks, the brothers are afraid that they will have to flee to the ends of the earth. Steward Zhang said.
With this order, the two kneeling men were wiped from their necks with knives, their eyes wide open and they fell to the ground and died, and the children were also dragged out and cut down mercilessly.
Zhao Li watched all this happen, and his heart felt a chill, both men and children died, but what about women?
"Steward Zhang, Zhao Li hasn't married yet, right?" The sick eldest son of the Zhang family looked at the blood flowing all over the ground, and suddenly asked.
"Nope. There was no need for Zhao to leave his mouth, Steward Zhang helped Zhao Li answer.
"You pick a beautiful one, well, that's it, I'll marry Senior Brother Zhao today, but this bride can't be brought back to Zhangjiabao, kill it on the spot when it's used up, and the other women will be distributed to the brothers to play with first, and then the same will be dealt with." Zhang Gongzi pointed out one person from the family members, looked at Zhao Li playfully at the same time, and said something that made the female dependents present look disgraced.
Immediately, a black-clothed and masked disciple of Zhangjiabao pulled a young woman out of the crowd, the woman was so frightened that she couldn't speak, she just opened her eyes in horror, and tears flowed on her face like broken threads, but even so, she could still see her beautiful temperament, and she was indeed a rare beauty.
"Miss, Miss-" The other ladies on the side shouted and tried to pull the woman back, but unexpectedly, they rushed to the front of several robbers, and directly pulled all the ladies apart with a lewd smile, and wanted to take them to the side to play.
"It turns out that you are still the daughter of the chief soldier, Senior Brother Zhao, you are so blessed. The eldest prince of the Zhang family said on the side, and the young lady of the chief soldier was pushed into Zhao Li's arms, and at the same time, Shi Yongnian on the side sent a dagger to Zhao Li.
Zhao Li looked at the dagger shining in front of him, and the woman crying bitterly in his arms, how could he not understand that this was the entrance ceremony he was going to face?