Of course, the officers and soldiers are also worried, but they are the backbone of the team.

If they panic too, the whole team will be in chaos.

They hurriedly reassured everyone and told everyone not to panic, those stones blocking the road were not necessarily the work of the mountain bandits.

However, they had just calmed down the group and were about to send some men to clean the stones.

Suddenly, someone pointed to the top of the hill on both sides of the road and exclaimed.

"There are people, a lot of people!"

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, they saw that the top of the mountain was full of people.

One by one, they all held big knives in their hands, and they looked vicious.

Looking at them is like looking at a flock of lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Someone in the team was already trembling: "They are mountain bandits!" They must be mountain bandits! God, they're not going to kill us all, are they? I heard that they burned, killed, looted, and did all kinds of evil! What are we going to do? ”

Of course, there are also hard-hearted people: "There are so many of us, it's a big deal to fight with them!" ”

Someone retorted: "Fight? How do you spell this? They're at the top of the mountain, we're at the bottom of the mountain, and if they throw a stone down the hill, they'll kill us! ”

Someone was already weeping: "What then? Are we all going to die here? ”

"Bell, bell!" The people on the top of the mountain suddenly struck the gong a few times.

Then a black-faced man shouted to the people at the bottom of the mountain: "Listen to the people below, you have been surrounded by us!" ”

"Our boss said, as long as you take the initiative to give us money, food, and anything of value, we won't hurt you! Let you go. ”

"Otherwise......"

At this point, the man suddenly stopped.

The president in the ranks of officers and soldiers was called Xia Jing, and listening to the other party's warning, Xia Jing frowned.

He looked up at the man on the top of the mountain.

Shen Sheng asked, "Otherwise, what?" ”

The black-faced man glanced at Xia Jing and laughed.

"How else? Kill you, of course, and then come down and collect the loot! ”

"You should all know your current situation, even if we don't do anything and block you here for ten days and half a month, I think you won't be alive!"

"If we do it, hehe, it won't be long before you're all gone!"

The black-faced man's words made everyone even more panicked.

Everyone knows that there is not much exaggeration in his words.

They occupy a very advantageous geographical position and have weapons in their hands.

It's not like a group of them, or powerless, or wearing shackles that get in the way, and who have walked for so many days in a row, and who have not eaten or slept well, can compete with them.

Even if there are officers and soldiers, they are still not their opponents.

There are only a few dozen officers and soldiers, and those mountain bandits are as many as hundreds!

Of course, the officers and soldiers also knew the current situation, and Xia Jing took a few deputy commanders to discuss it, and decided to try to negotiate with the mountain bandits first.

However, the bandit leader only threw them a word.

"There's nothing to talk about, just hand over all the valuable things!"

The black-faced man glanced at everyone and said, "Our boss has no patience, saying that he will only give you a cup of tea to think about, if you don't want to, then don't blame us for taking it ourselves!" ”

"Since you blocked us here, you must have known our identity for a long time, and many of us here are from the imperial court, so you are not afraid that the imperial court will send someone to serve you?" Xia Jing said coldly.

The bandits on the top of the mountain suddenly burst into laughter.

One said: "A group of exiled prisoners, and a group of small soldiers escorting exiled prisoners, the court will go to such great lengths to come to us for you?" ”

"Even if we send someone, we're not afraid."

"If they dare to send someone, we will let them never return!"

Listening to their arrogant words, the officers and men were all angry.

But in the current situation, we can't go head-to-head with them......

Now they were blocked by stones in front of them, surrounded by mountain bandits behind them, and the mountain tops on both sides were full of mountain bandits, like a group of turtles in an urn.

"Boss, why don't you promise them? Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood. ”

"But here is still two or three hundred miles away from the next supply point, and those who hurry up will have to walk for four or five days, and if they give them everything, I'm afraid everyone will not survive by then."

"But if we don't give it, they really throw stones down to hit us, or throw torches or something down to burn us, we won't have the slightest chance of life, at least half of them will be killed or injured!"

……

Officers and men, you and I are talking about it sentence by sentence.

All of them had solemn expressions on their faces.

In the end, for the sake of so many lives, the officers and soldiers could only agree to compromise with the mountain bandits.

Let's get out of this hellish place first.

If you don't have anything to eat, you can go to the mountains to look for it.

If your life is gone, then there is nothing.

The bandits were glad to learn that they had agreed to hand over their finances.

"You know each other!"

The mountain bandits sent people over and took away all the money handed over by the people, and the eight wagons full of horses, as well as the swords of the officers and soldiers.

Even Feng Bo's wooden cart did not let go!

Just when everyone thought that the bandits would finally let them go, suddenly a mountain bandit pointed to a woman in the crowd.

"You, yes, that's you. Our boss has taken a fancy to you, come back to the cottage with us! ”

That woman was none other than Qin Xiu'er.

Being so famous by that person, Qin Xiu'er was shocked: "You, what did you say?" I'm not going! I'm not going! ”

"Not going? It's up to you! Our boss has taken a fancy to you, and it's your honor. Follow our boss, and you will be able to eat and drink spicy food in the future, which is much better than your current life as an exiled prisoner! ”

As he spoke, the mountain bandit stepped forward and wanted to take Qin Xiu'er away directly.

Before he could touch the other party, suddenly a man rushed up and blocked in front of Qin Xiu'er.

"You, you don't want to take my cousin!"

This person is Qin Xiu'er's cousin Qin Wencheng.

Although he is not a cousin, but a cousin who has been separated by several generations, Qin Wencheng has always loved Qin Xiu'er, his cousin.

And I love her from the bottom of my heart.

At this time, seeing that someone was going to take Qin Xiu'er away, he rushed forward boldly.

The mountain bandit glanced at Qin Wencheng, his eyes full of disdain.

"Who are you? You're trying to stop me? ”

The mountain bandit snorted disdainfully, and suddenly pulled out a long scimitar, pointing the sharp tip at Qin Wencheng.

"Go away, I'll do it if you don't go away! This knife of mine is very sharp, and it was sharpened this morning, and with a little force, you can't keep this thin neck. ”