big song poppi

Chapter 70 0068 [thieves and worms]

When the little woman and the girl walked away, Han Zhen smiled and said, "Did you like it?"

"No...no, I just look at them poorly."

Ma Sangou quickly shook his head in denial, his black face rarely showing embarrassment.

Not to mention, although the woman looks plain, she has the temperament of a lady, which is not possessed by peasant women.

Judging from her words and deeds, she should have been born in a family of officials.

This kind of temperament is very attractive to low-level people like Ma Sangou and the like.

No wonder Shi Bao is so partial to her.

Seeing Ma Sangou's denial, Han Zhen didn't expose him, but just smiled meaningfully.

After leaving the yard, the two went to inspect the grain depot again.

As soon as he entered the grain depot, Ma Sangou frowned: "Why is there so little food?"

In the huge granary, there are only a dozen stones of grain.

Han Zhen sneered and said, "Oh, a thousand acres of land supports more than 1000 people, so it's not bad to have this little food left over."

These gangsters don't know how to run a business, and more than 400 bandits are eating and drinking.

Fortunately, the summer harvest is coming soon, otherwise such a small amount of food would not be enough for the escaped households to eat.

Returning to the Juyi Hall, he summoned Xiaochong and told him, "There is an ox cart in the village. You can drive one back to Xiaowang Village and report to the chief and my sister-in-law, saying that I will stay here for two days, so they don't have to worry about it. Everything in the village is as usual, so do whatever you want."

In this attack on the stronghold, almost all of the 35 soldiers were injured, especially Wang Wusan who was seriously injured and needed to recuperate for a few days.

Moreover, the cottage was initially decided, and he was also required to guard it here to prevent the fleeing bandits from killing them with their carbines.

"I see."

Xiao Chong nodded solemnly.

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The dark clouds in the sky have completely dissipated, and the scorching sun scorched the earth again.

On the official road, more than 300 archer soldiers were downcast and listless, and almost half of them were injured.

Liu Yong, the leader, was covered in mud all over his body, and he was in a terrible state of distress. He didn't know where the horned head was thrown on top of his head.

He never expected that the bandits in the village would dare to open the mountain gate and take the initiative to fight.

In the past two times of bandit suppression, the bandits in the village closed the gate of the village tightly and used up the officers and soldiers.

This time, he went out of his way and took the initiative to fight.

The bandits already occupy a favorable location, and use the high to compete with the low.

And this group of archers and local soldiers are also a mob. Wherever they have seen such a battle, they collapsed after seeing each other.

Hundreds of people scrambled to flee down the mountain. The speed of defeat was so fast that Liu Yong didn't even have time to react.

In the end, not many died under the bandit's knife, but more than 20 people died from falling or being trampled to death.

Many people were injured during the escape, and some unlucky ones even broke their legs.

What Liu Yong didn't know was that the reason why the bandits took the initiative to fight was because the four masters wanted to drive back the officers and soldiers earlier so that they could go back and kill the deserters and continue to drink.

After all, the sumptuous banquet is not common in cottages.

Reality is often so ridiculous.

It's just that he escaped, and Han Er who made a surprise attack...

Thinking of this, Liu Yong stamped his feet, his expression uncertain.

Seeing him stop, the archers behind him also stopped.

An archer couldn't help asking: "Dutou, what's the matter?"

Liu Yong didn't answer, but turned his head and looked in the direction of Songshanling with complicated eyes.

After struggling and hesitating, he gritted his teeth and said, "Go back!"

"what?"

The archer was taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yong said loudly: "Go back to Songshanling!"

go back?
For a time, everyone looked at each other.

The Archers soldiers who had just experienced a defeat were all scared out of their wits at this moment, how could they dare to go back.

Seeing them frozen in place, Liu Yong scolded: "What are you doing standing still!"

He was also very timid in his heart, but he still had some friendship, and he couldn't bear to sell Han Zhen like this.

Liu Yong made up his mind to go back this time and focus on a feint attack, trying to attract the attention of the bandits as much as possible, so as to buy time for Han Zhen to escape.

Seeing this, the Archers soldiers had no choice but to follow even if they were reluctant in their hearts.

But they are not stupid, each of them has their own thoughts and deliberately slows down. More than 300 people are crawling like snails, squirming on the official road.

"Quicken your pace, don't use these little tricks!"

Liu Yong scolded a few words, but it didn't work.

"Order!"

This group of archers and local soldiers shouted loudly, but their pace didn't seem to speed up a bit.

Liu Yong didn't dare to persecute too hard, otherwise there might be a mutiny.

But according to this footstep, I'm afraid I won't be able to reach Songshan Ridge in an hour.

"Han Er, brother really tried his best. Whether you can survive or not depends on your own life."

Liu Yong sighed, thinking to himself.

At this moment, a bullock cart came in the distance.

Xiao Chong was taken aback, and was about to jump out of the car and escape, when he suddenly noticed that the lead rider looked familiar.

After a closer look, it was Liu Yong.

At this moment, Liu Yong also recognized him, and hurriedly patted his horse forward.

When he came close, he hurriedly asked, "Why are you here? What happened to Han Er?"

"We killed Shi Bao and took down the cottage, Second Brother Han told me to report back." Xiao Chong said in a bad tone.

He was resentful towards Liu Yong in his heart. If the officers and soldiers hadn't retreated too quickly, how could they have fallen into danger.

Thanks to the bravery of the second brother Han, he blocked the reinforcements of the bandits alone.

"I can't help it either. This gang of local soldiers is really unreliable, and they were defeated when they were charged by bandits."

Hearing the resentment in his words, Liu Yong sneered and explained: "After I gathered up the defeated soldiers, I was preparing to go to Songshanling again."

Hearing this, Xiaochong glanced at those soldiers and saw that they were indeed coming in the direction of Songshanling. Most of the resentment in his heart disappeared, and he said aggrievedly: "Liu Dutou, you almost killed my brothers. If it wasn't for the bravery of Second Brother Han, I'm afraid we would have confessed to the mountain."

"It's fine."

Liu Yong breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "Shi Bao and those big and small bosses are all dead?"

Xiao Chong replied: "They are all dead. We killed many bandits, and the rest fled into the mountains."

Liu Yong rubbed his hands together, and said excitedly, "Can you give me the heads of the bandit leaders like Shi Bao?"

Those corpses are useless to Han Zhen and the others, but in Liu Yong's eyes, they are all credits!
If the bandits were successfully suppressed, when reporting to the state government for meritorious service, there must be a group of bandit leaders as proof.

Otherwise, who knows if you are lying?
Is it killing the good and pretending to be meritorious?
Xiaochong shook his head and said, "I can't decide, Liu Dutou, you have to discuss it with Second Brother Han."

Hearing this, Liu Du nodded his head, waved his hands and said, "Go ahead, don't delay reporting."

"Liu Dutou, I'm leaving!"

After Xiao Chong finished speaking, he shook the reins of the ox cart and headed towards Xiaowang Village.

When Xiaochong was far away, Liu Dutou rode back to the team.

Seeing that his face was gloomy just a moment ago, but now he was full of joy, one of the archers couldn't help asking: "Liu Dutou, what happened?"

"The bandits in Songshan Ridge are wiped out!"

Liu Dutou was in high spirits, and even his voice couldn't help but grow louder.

"Eradicated?"

The archer's expression froze, his face full of disbelief.

Looking around at the crowd, Liu Yong sneered and said, "Hmph, do you really think that the magistrate and I depend on you to suppress the bandits? I have already dispatched a group of elite soldiers to raid the cottage and seize it in one fell swoop."

A group of archers and soldiers looked at him in surprise.

Seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, I believed it in my heart.

The archer looked excited and said: "Dutou, let's go to Songshan Ridge quickly."

The bandits have been exterminated, and there are many good things in the cottage. If you don't make a fortune at this time, when do you want to wait?

The eyes of the archers in the rear immediately lit up, and they all urged.

Liu Yong laughed angrily at the shameless faces of this group of people, and angrily said: "Don't think that I don't know your thoughts, and that I didn't punish you for the crime of being unfavorable in combat. I have a good heart."

Run faster than anyone else in battle, and when reaping benefits, one is more active than the other.

What a bunch of thieves!

(End of this chapter)