Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 106 Suppression of bandits (6)

The setting sun is like blood.

The afterglow of the sun stretched out the shadows of the ruined walls, and some bandits hid in the shadows, sobbing softly.

Xu Qing and the others who were outside could also faintly hear it, each one showing a sad look. Everyone present knew that the besieged bandits were unforgivable, but they looked up, looked up to the power of life, which could awaken humanity at the last moment Pay tribute to life!
Alas, maybe a sigh is the best way to pay tribute?
People who escaped from the village came back one after another, and some outsiders found the bodies of their own family members, weeping, their mouths opened wide, but they could not cry out.Except for the sound of the villagers lowering their heads to clean up the burnt houses, and the sound of hugging and caressing the dead bodies, the whole scene was eerily quiet.

Jing, maybe it is another kind of tribute to life?

As the sky darkened quietly, Xu Qing was worried that the enemy would escape, so he sent out ten cavalrymen to step up patrolling.Fortunately, or fortunately for Xu Qing's side, Qi Tainiu grazing came!A thousand infantry directly surrounded the bandits.Not long after the encirclement was formed, a person walked out of it, but it was Uncle Zhu.

Uncle Pig came out and shouted to Xu Qing: "Officer Dog, you dare to kill me?!"

"Archery!" Xu Qing ordered the whole army to attack without saying a word.The thousand infantry were equipped with government soldiers, and everyone was equipped with bows and arrows. The thousand arrows went down like rain. Seeing this, Uncle Zhu hurriedly fled behind the broken wall, barely getting his life.

"Officer Dog, let me tell you, if you dare to kill me, comrades in Cangzhou will avenge me!"

"Listen up, people inside! If you have any humanity left, kill that old pig and come out and surrender! I can still leave your whole body, or you will be ashes and sent to hell!" Xu Qing didn't give a damn. What kind of life did they keep, even if they did, the sword in Huang Shimei's hand next to him would try to stab him.Going to hell, Xu Qing doesn't know if there is any concept of Hades at this time, but if there is Buddhism, there must be hell.

After the wall was broken, the bandits stood up one by one, staring at Uncle Pig. In the past, they were low-level bandits, doing the dirtiest jobs with leftovers from food and drink.Today is going to die anyway, why not avenge yourself before you die, and atone for your sins.Uncle Pig panicked and covered up his panic with a growl:

"What are you looking at, didn't you hear that he was going to kill you?"

"You guys are so brave, dare to kill me?!"

"what!"

"Leave a whole body and let you be so obedient!?"

"I'll kill... ah!"

Xu Qing who was outside could only hear these voices, and then a human head was thrown out, it was Uncle Zhu.Afterwards, a group of bandits came out, Xu Qing held the horse spear, beat the horse forward, and asked:

"Among you, has anyone killed anyone?"

dazed...

"Among you, is there anyone who joined the Wild Boar Gang for less than three months?"

no……

"Among you, has anyone ever saved someone?"

This time it was different, several people stood up, if the bandits looked up, they must know the identities of several people, it was Mr. Zhu and his subordinates who usually worked for tigers, and several cronies of Mr. Zhu, But the bandits lowered their heads and found nothing.Xu Qing noticed something strange, the people in front of them didn't look remorseful at all, instead they 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 came forward held sharp knives and put on a posture of fighting for their lives. They wanted to avenge Uncle Zhu, and they all ran towards Xu Qing.

"Bold!" Qi Tainiu ate grass and Huang Shimei shouted in unison, holding a weapon and riding forward.The rest of the soldiers were also nervous, but they couldn't shoot arrows to support them.

Because Xu Qing was only a few dozen steps away from Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu and others ran fast, and they were in front of Xu Qing in an instant.Xu Qing pulled the rein of the horse, and instead of retreating, he advanced, his legs pinched the horse's belly, and the horse started to trot. At the speed of the horse, Xu Qing raised the horse's lance and waved forward:
"Keng!"

"Bah!"

A bandit fell down at the sound, Xu Qing got off his horse, put the horse between him and the bandit, relied on the resistance of the horse, delayed for a few seconds, and quickly backed away.Niu Checao and Qi Tai also arrived at this time, took up weapons, and knocked down several bandits with bang bang.Huang Shimei walked to Xu Qing's side, wanting to protect him.Seeing that the situation was not good, Mr. Zhu threw the hatchet in his hand towards Xu Qing, and rushed towards Xu Qing with a flying knife.

"No!" Huang Shimei almost rolled off the horse, laying her body in front of Xu Qing, trying to block the flying knife for Xu Qing.Unexpectedly, Xu Qing turned around and hugged Huang Shimei to the back, waved the horse lance, a beautiful carbine, and shot down the flying knife, and then said to the little beauty lying in his arms:
"Silly girl, I have armor..."

"Um……"

The third master Zhu who had no weapons was beheaded by Qi Tai with a knife, and the blood spattered three feet!After the few bandits who planned to plot against Xu Qing were eliminated, Niu Checao ordered to shoot arrows at the rest of the bandits. 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 hugged with one arm and said.

"Ah..." Huang Shimei blushed, pinching the hem of her clothes tangled, afraid that Xu Qing would see through her little thoughts.

Xu Qing smiled inwardly, it seemed that it was not good to play the piano on this occasion and say love... Then he ordered the collection of corpses, those who should be burned, those who should be buried, those who should be mourned, and those who should be resented, Xu Qing didn't care.

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

"Call me big brother..." Xu Qing suggested.

"Then, you want to call me Shimei?" Huang Shimei lowered her head and said, maybe only Xu Qing could show her little girl's face.

"Okay, Shimei..." Xu Qing nodded, and asked again: "Do you know why these thieves came here?"

"I guess... Maybe it was the Xia family who did it... Sigh, my Huang family has fallen. Eight years ago, my family still had two hundred soldiers!" Huang Shimei's eyes flashed with sadness.

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

"Inspector...Brother Xu, I heard that you were attacked, is it true or not?"

"real……"

"I see. Have you ever had a conflict with Xia Hao?"

"Oh? Why do you ask that?"

"My Huang family and the Wild Boar Gang have no grudges in the past and have no enmity in the present. How could there be such a sudden move? Someone must have provoked it... and the Wild Boar Gang has only one thing recently, and that is the failure to attack the governor..."

As smart as Huang Shimei, she found out the connection among many things at once, but Xu Qing still didn't understand.

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

"He is a man who will take revenge. The person who attacked you must have been invited by him, and he used the name of the Huang family. Therefore, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, once it is leaked, the Huang family will be able to withstand the crime and accept the crime from the government or others. The anger of the Wild Boar Gang is a good strategy 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 happened once when they first arrived in Cangzhou. Qing Na is respectful, whether it is true or not, from Xu Qing's side, he always obeys the rules.Therefore, Xu Qingtai would directly suspect the attack on the Xia family.

"Hmph, you don't believe me?" Huang Shimei simply played a small temper.

"Uh, I believe what you said, but there is no evidence..." Xu Qing hesitated, and it was indeed very likely that Xia Hao did it, but Xu Qing's thinking inertia brought about by later generations made him have to pay attention.

"This kind of thing will leave evidence, Xia Hao is not a fool..." Huang Shimei glanced at Xu Qing resentfully, and said angrily.Seeing Huang Shimei's adorable appearance, Xu Qing couldn't resist, so he gave a wry smile and nodded.

Two hundred bandits, even the bandit leader used a large hatchet, so you can imagine how poor they are.Xu Qing didn't dislike it either, he searched it and sold it for a little money, right?But the armor on the bandits didn't dare to take it, and they burned it all.Those raw leather armors, not to mention tattered, smell so bad that they can suffocate for a mile when they go out wearing them.

The knife has been unsheathed, and it will not be retracted until it has drunk enough blood.

After resting for a while, Xu Qing gave the order to wipe out the bandits on the ground in Cang County.The first target was the wild boar forest. The wild boar gang almost came out, leaving only a few thieves guarding the gate.Almost without bloodshed, the Wild Boar Gang was defeated by Xu Qing.After a search, three hundred stone grains and dozens of taels of silver were found.The silver was sent down by Xu Qing to reward, and the three hundred shi grains were combined with some usable utensils, and fifty soldiers were sent to Cangzhou City.

Then take the rest of the soldiers to the next location, the scattered soldiers kill the sentry, the small group sneak attack and seize the door, after setting fire, the large group presses the steps.Overnight, they went down to Sanzhai, wounded soldiers and looted supplies were sent back to Cangzhou City, and a new team of recruits came from Cangzhou City.

After three days of frenzied attack, the active bandits in Cang County were wiped out by Xu Qing.Due to the rapid attack, all the bandits failed to make effective preparations. The losses on Xu Qing's side were relatively small, with only a dozen killed in battle and more than a hundred wounded soldiers. Can also survive.Xu Qing's reputation in the army has also skyrocketed:
The miraculous skills of taking the lead, being kind to others, personally treating wounded soldiers, and rejuvenating are added to Xu Qing's head one by one, making the soldiers worship him and obey him.

Xu Qing transferred [-] recruits. After supplementing the soldiers and horses, Niu Checao and Qi Tai led [-] soldiers to Huanghua and Nanpi respectively to fight against the bandits.There are only two things that can improve the strength of the army, the discipline of orders and prohibitions, and the bloodiness that is not afraid of death. The formation and discipline of recruits are almost proficient, and it is true to see the blood when they are pulled out to fight a battle.

Xu Qing still has [-] veterans from Wangshan and [-] new recruits, who can support both sides at any time, or drive to Haixing County to eliminate bandits.Among the four counties in Cangzhou, Haixing is the poorest and has the fewest bandits, almost all of them are small companies, and this kind of training is the best.

(End of this chapter)