allonlinenovel Chapter 196 The County Magistrate Goes to War
Chapter 196 The County Magistrate Goes to War
The small door was very hidden and there was no sign of it unless you looked carefully.
The patriarch was shocked. That gate was the weakest point in the entire wall. If they really let this group of people in, the entire village would be like fish on the chopping board, at their mercy.
"Children...are you ready?" the patriarch said quietly after calming himself down.
"Uncle, be prepared. Make sure they never come back."
One of the bearded men said.
"Good, good young man."
The robbers rushed over in a swarm. When they reached the wall, the patriarch gave an order and the men on the wall took up stones and smashed them on the heads of the people below.
For a moment, wailing sounds filled the entire village.
"There's an ambush! Retreat! Quickly!" The leading bandit was so angry that his chest was shaking when he saw this situation.
They had used this method to rob several villages along the way without fail, but they didn't expect to suffer a big defeat here.
Seeing several of his brothers fall down, the leader's heart was bleeding.
"Why don't you leave quickly? We are not made of mud!" the village chief shouted.
When the leader saw that the people inside were still so arrogant, he immediately came up with an idea.
However, this method can only be implemented at night.
He counted his brothers and found that only thirty or forty of them were left out of the more than fifty. He had to avenge this.
When he enters the village, he will cut those old men into pieces to relieve his hatred!
His teeth were grinding as he commanded the people to light a fire at the entrance of the village to keep the wounded warm.
The chieftain was so frightened that he sat on the ground and gasped for breath. He saw the shiny big knives in the hands of the group of people. If they were to chop at the bodies of these villagers, how many of them could they withstand?
"Uncle, are you okay? They have been beaten this time and they won't attack again for a while. We must not let our guard down." The village chief squatted down and checked on the condition of the old patriarch.
The old man is old and can't stand being scared like this so many times.
"Yes... Yes Mao, I'm fine. I don't know if Huanxi can make it back. They won't act during the day, so I'm afraid at night..."
"Happy girl is probably already in town now and will be back soon, uncle...don't worry."
He was also panicking. He didn't know if this girl could make it to town safely. He couldn't put all his hopes on her at this time. He still had to rely on himself.
On the other side, Huanxi had already arrived at the county government office, where County Magistrate Bu was pacing back and forth anxiously.
This summer's wind disaster was finally dealt with, but just a few months later, the snow disaster came again. Everyone wanted to help, but they were powerless.
There were also robbers taking advantage of the situation, and the detectives sent out had no news at all. If he couldn't handle this well, his career as an official would be over.
"My lord, I'm here."
When County Magistrate Bu heard this, he immediately ran to the door and bumped into Huanxi who was rushing over.
"Sir, I am from Dashi Village. A group of thugs have come to rob the village. Please save me!"
Huanxi quickly bowed and said.
"Get up, get up! Do you remember the characteristics of those people?"
Huanxi thought for a moment and said:
"There were several with scars on their faces, looking ferocious. The man leading them was very tall. There were dozens of them in total."
Hearing Huanxi's words, County Magistrate Bu nodded repeatedly. Yes, it was that group of people.
Someone from the affected village came to report the case, and it was exactly as the peasant woman described.
"Which village are you from? How many people are there in the village?"
"I'm from Dashi Village. There are about three or four hundred people in the village, and only about a hundred young men among them, and none of them know martial arts."
Huanxi described it in great detail, but he didn't mention that the village had a wall. If he had, it wouldn't have been urgent. What would the county magistrate do if he didn't send troops?
"Are you here alone? Are there others with you?"
Huanxi secretly complained that the county magistrate was really talkative, but he still answered honestly:
"Your Excellency, I am the only one in the village who can ride a horse. I volunteered to come here to report the news. Please send troops to rescue the villagers of Dashi Village."
As he spoke, he knelt down with an anxious expression.
County Magistrate Bu nodded, gave a few instructions to the legal advisor beside him, and then said to her.
"Get up first and wait here for a moment. I will go with you and catch those thieves in one fell swoop."
After saying that, he went in to count the troops. He sent all the constables out, and now he didn't have many people available.
He had just asked his advisor to inform the head of the Pangzi Escort Agency to lend him a few escorts, which would increase his chances of success.
But what was unexpected was that when Pang Biaotou heard that something happened in Dashi Village, he and his whole family went out and brought twenty bodyguards to gather at the gate of the county government office.
"Uncle Pang! Hongying! Why are you here!" Huanxi saw a group of people coming on horseback, led by the father and daughter.
"Happy girl, I heard the county magistrate said Dashi Village was attacked by criminals, so he called my disciples here. Is your village... okay?"
Huanxi was moved and replied:
"Uncle, when I came here, I saw about fifty robbers, all of them were extremely vicious. I've been out for almost two hours, and I don't know the situation in the village..."
"Why don't you go quickly? What are you waiting for here?" Hongying said quietly.
I am happy but speechless, as I am still waiting for the county magistrate.
They did a good job on the surface... but they didn't know that a moment's delay would be a disaster for these villagers.
Fortunately, the county magistrate only went in to put on another piece of clothing, and now there are only about twenty soldiers available. Fortunately, Pang Shi is sensible, otherwise there would not be much chance of winning.
"Captain Pang, let's go."
At the command of County Magistrate Bu, everyone mounted their horses and started heading towards Dashi Village.
As soon as he left the city and saw the refugees outside, the county magistrate narrowed his eyes and his expression was not very good.
Didn't County Magistrate Jiang tell him that everything was settled? He even allocated five hundred taels of silver to him. Look at the food and shelter the disaster victims have outside... How can it be worth five hundred taels...
But now let’s deal with that group of criminals first, and then come back to slowly deal with this cancer, County Magistrate Jiang.
She rode at full speed, happily running in front to lead the way. Her horse was running so fast that people behind her could only see her taillights.
It was Hongying's Jixing who was able to keep up a little. Pang Biaotou behind said embarrassedly:
"Sir, that girl has three little girls at home. This is too worrying. Run faster. Please don't mind, sir."
"How could this be? Why would I bother with a peasant woman?"
However, he saw that the horse was a fine Dilu horse, red in color, with shiny fur. It ran at a very fast speed. (Author's fiction)
This kind of horse is not only difficult to tame, but also extremely rare.
But a peasant woman not only has skilled riding skills, but can also run so fast. Who is this peasant woman?
He had a lot of questions, but he didn't ask them. The most important thing now was to go to the village and arrest someone.
It took two hours to get there, and on the way back, I fed Shufeng some blood from his fingertip, which made him run half an hour faster. He reached the outside of the village in just one and a half hours.
Xiaobai was out of breath after running and was now gasping for breath in the woods.
The sun has now set and the sky has darkened. Huanxi is extremely anxious and doesn't know if the clan leader and the others can hold on.
The group outside the village had already put out some fires and were preparing to cross the mountains from the woods to the village for a surprise attack.
There were still wounded people left by the fire, which interfered with the villagers' vision and created the illusion that they had not left.
"Brother... go this way... there is a small path here!" said one of the thin men.