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Chapter 31: Pengcheng Approaches

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CoM, a carriage was escorted by more than ten good bandits, heading towards Pengcheng. Too many people would attract attention. Chen Sheng decided to let these people enter the city in batches to reduce the trouble. After Chen Sheng counted the number of people last night, there were 36 bandits, the oldest of which was Ji Bu, who was only twenty-three years old this year, and the rest were more than eighteen to twenty years old. There were also a few people who were only a little older than Chen Sheng and Tian Peng.

This group of bandits admired Chen Sheng's courage and martial arts very much. After a few drinks, someone asked him how Chen Sheng saw through the ambush of many bandits and how he easily solved the accomplice who was taking the way out. Finally, he lurked quietly beside Ji Bu and subdued everyone in one fell swoop.

Chen Sheng smiled indifferently. He turned out to be a military doctor in the special forces army. He had learned some of the skills of disguising and stealth attacks. It was too simple to deal with these guys with the skills of thousands of years later. Chen Sheng took less than ten minutes to knock the guy hidden behind him, and even caught a guy to interrogate him. He learned about Ji Bu's hiding place, and then followed the clues to touch the bandits. He happened to see Ji Bu commanding Lao Wu, and he knew that this person was a bandit, so he approached and subdued Ji Bu immediately.

Chen Sheng explained the matter clearly in just a few words. But Ji Bu and others were amazed. If it were any of them, it would be impossible for them to accomplish such a thing. After listening to Chen Sheng's words, Chen Sheng's admiration became a little more.

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Pengcheng, also known as Zhuolu, has a more resounding ancient name called Xuzhou. When Xia Yu controlled the flood, he divided the territory of the country into Jiuzhou, and Xuzhou was one of the nine provinces. At that time, "Xuzhou" was just the name of a natural economic region and did not have a specific subdivision of political territory. The Qin State destroyed the Wei State and established Sishui County in Wei. Although Pengcheng was not the capital of Sishui County, it was located in a concise place of transportation. Going east was the East Sea, connecting the Central Plains in the west, covering the Jianghuai in the south, and connecting the Qi and Lu in the north. It has always been a place where merchants gather and military strategists must compete.

The journey was calm, and at noon, Pengcheng appeared in front of everyone.

Ji Bu, who was driving the carriage, turned around and shouted to the carriage, "Master, Young Master, Pengcheng has arrived." Ji Bu, who has become a good man, calls Wei Liao the master, Chen Sheng and Tian Peng the young master. Although it is a bit inappropriate, the three of them don't care about these things. Chen Sheng and Tian Peng are also very polite to Ji Bu, and call Ji Bu Big Brother, which makes Ji Bu flattered and dare not even say. After saying this, Ji Bu shouted to all the brothers who came down from the mountains, "Brothers, Pengcheng has arrived, cheer me up. Don't be as depressed as before, are you afraid that others will not know that you are bandits?" Ji Bu cursed, but there was a hint of smile in his tone.

Chen Sheng poked out, looked at the outline of the city walls in the distance, nodded, and then looked at the ragged bandits around the carriage, frowned. The life of these bandits was a bit too cold. There were still people wearing tattered summer clothes and straw sandals on their feet, and their bodies were trembling with coldness.

Chen Sheng immediately took out a purse and handed it to Ji Bu and said: "Brother Ji, you can ride into the city first and buy some clothes for your brothers. Don't save money, try to make your brothers wear warmer and more decent clothes. Besides, this outfit will probably attract the attention of the government."

Ji Bushen agreed. His brothers' outfits are like refugees and bandits. Not to mention entering the city, if they are seen by officers and soldiers from afar, they will probably be chased by soldiers. They are not polite, so they grabbed the heavy purse, thanked Chen Sheng, parked the carriage next to a pavilion on the side of the road, then unloaded a horse, put the saddle on the horse, and quickly galloped towards Pengcheng.

Without waiting for Chen Sheng's order, the other bandits picked up some dry firewood from around and found an open space around the pavilion to make a fire to keep warm. Seeing that the car was sluggish, Chen Sheng got out of the car with the teacher, walked to the center of the crowd and sat down, chatted and laughed with everyone, and signaled Tian Peng to take out pieces of meat and dry food from the car and distributed it to everyone.

The bandits could not adapt to the transformation from the identity of bandits to servants for a while. Fortunately, they didn't get along with the old masters and talked with them without any airs, and felt much more comfortable. Gradually, everyone started talking more. Chen Sheng also asked these men carefully where their hometowns were and how they were doing before they became bandits. The answers they came up with were naturally varied. Among these men, except for the more remote Yan Country, there were originally Han, Zhao, Wei, Chu, and Qi people. They were all because of the war, and the family was displaced and finally some of them were left, and they eventually became accomplices because of Ji Bu.

"Tu tuk..." A sound of galloping horses coming from the official road in the distance. You can tell that there were at least twenty horses. Chen Sheng stood up and looked at it, and saw a group of horses coming towards Pengcheng under the command of the knights of the Knights. Behind the horses, there were dozens of double-shaft horse carriages, which seemed to be filled with goods, followed the knights and slowly advanced.

As these knights got closer, Chen Sheng showed that their clothes were uniform and they were wearing weapons. After the traces of Chen Sheng and others were revealed, the knights immediately stopped their horses and returned, and there was an alarm sound.

Chen Sheng smiled bitterly, shrugged helplessly, and thought, "Why do you think of us as bandits?" But when his group of subordinates were bandits yesterday, he felt relieved.

The bandits who were good at seeing these dozens of big cars showed a hint of fanaticism and excitement in their eyes. Obviously, after being used to being bandits, it would not take a long time to change these bandits. Chen Sheng quickly "cough cough," coughed a few times to remind these guys, you are not bandits now, and your thoughts are still dead. Besides, this caravan is well-equipped, how can you little bandits who even pawn the meal?

After a while, Chen Sheng realized that the convoy in the distance had stopped, while the cavalry guard turned back with murderous intent and came towards everyone.

Chen Sheng ignored it, knowing that the caravan's guards were cautious and regarded themselves as bandits blocking the road. He didn't think about it. It was only a few miles away from Pengcheng, so where were there such a bold bandit? As long as the warning is given, the officers and soldiers will appear in an instant. Are you really desperate?

After a moment, nearly twenty knights appeared near the pavilion. When they saw three young and old in luxurious clothes sitting in a group of ragged people, they couldn't figure out what was going on. When everyone saw these knights coming over with murderous intent, they stood up and guarded Chen Sheng and the other two in the center.
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