"How dare I pretend to be an official of the imperial court?" Wuzhixian said and took out a dental plaque.
Qiu Jun took it over and checked it before confirming the other party's identity.
"Wu Zhixian, how could you...have ended up like this?"
Qiu Jun found it difficult to understand. Although Qiongzhou Prefecture was poor, it was not a big problem to have a full stomach. However, Wuzhi County looked like it had been starving for a long time. Although it was obviously about the same age as him, it looked more than ten years older than him.
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Wuzhi County shook his head: "Master Qiu, please leave quickly. There are bandits here. If you are targeted by them, you will not be able to leave."
"bandit?"
Yang Xuan was startled and looked around, but found nothing unusual.
But the dozen or so soldiers who came with him were already on guard.
Qiu Jun also asked strangely: "Why don't you report the bandits to Qiongzhou Prefecture?"
Qiongshan County is only over 200 miles away from Qiongzhou Prefecture. Even if we walk on two legs, we can reach it in two or three days.
"Harmful!" Wuzhi County sighed: "There are bandits blocking the road, so we can't get out."
Seeing what Wuzhi County said so confidently, Yang Xuan made a quick decision: "Master Qiu, stop talking, let's go back first."
Qiu Jun nodded immediately. They didn't bring many people with them on this trip. Apart from a policeman and three government officials in the government office, there was only a small team from Qiongzhou Guards. There were only eleven people including the team leader. If they really wanted to encounter
Bandits are mostly outnumbered.
At Yang Xuan's signal, a soldier was about to carry Wuzhi County on his back, but he refused: "My lords, my wife is still at home. How can I abandon my wife and run away alone?"
At this time, Zhang Junbao reminded: "Mr. Yang, there were a few people over there poking around just now. I'm afraid there are really bandits."
Yang Xuan frowned immediately. I am familiar with this plot. This group of people went to save your wife, and then everyone was stuck here together.
"Then we will wrong Wuzhi County and endure it for a few more days. We will go back and send troops to encircle and suppress the bandits."
After Yang Xuan finished speaking, he waved his hand directly: "Let's go!"
Qiu Jun, who was being held hostage, was still a little confused: "Are we just leaving like this? Are we leaving Wuzhi County alone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a large group of people appeared at the intersection, blocking the road with a menacing look.
This group of people numbered forty or fifty, and everyone had weapons in their hands. Their ferocious expressions were not something ordinary people could fake.
"Break through, rush out."
Yang Xuan gave the order, and the soldiers were already winding the strings.
The crossbow arrows shot out, but only three bandits were shot down, because when they saw the crossbow arrows, they all took out their shields from behind.
The three bandits were shot and killed, which immediately aroused the ferocity of the other party, and they rushed forward with strange screams.
Seeing that the crossbows were ineffective, the soldiers also drew their sabers, shouted, and killed the bandits.
Even Qiu Jun pulled out his sword, startling Yang Xuan who was standing beside him.
"Don't join in the fun. They went up to attract firepower. They can retreat easily if we run away. Should you go up and let others retreat or not?"
Qiu Jun was stunned, shouted, and quickly followed Yang Xuan and rushed over after spotting the opening.
I have to talk about Zhang Junbao, with his slippery movement, he will knock anyone down if he gets close to him. Unfortunately, he has no weapon in his hands, and the bandits who fall to the ground are all injured but not dead.
After he protected the two men and passed through the bandits' interception, Yang Xuan quickly called on the soldiers and government officials to retreat quickly.
Despite the large number of bandits, they still couldn't get any advantage from the regular army, especially with Zhang Junbao, a slippery guy, who was quickly broken out by them.
The bandits were still chasing after him at first, but they gave up after being shot with crossbows for several rounds.
The group of people were so embarrassed that they returned to Qiongzhou except Qiongshan County.
The first thing I did when I came back was to mobilize troops to suppress the bandits.
Dong Tianbao led thirty troops as the vanguard, and Xue Xian led two hundred troops as the center army, heading straight for Qiongshan County.
There is no way, there are only so many people in the Qiongzhou Guard.
The situation in Qiongshan County is unclear. I don't know how many bandits there are and where they are entrenched.
If you send troops rashly, you also need someone to explore the way ahead.
The thirty people led by Dong Tianbao were responsible for exploring the road ahead.
But just when they were about to set off, Yang Xiao also came.
Yang Xiao has always been the bodyguard of His Highness King Qiong, and is responsible for the safety of His Highness King Qiong. He is regarded as a family general of His Highness King Qiong, and is not subordinate to the Qiongzhou Guard.
But this time, His Royal Highness King Qiong sent him with twenty personal guards to cooperate with the Qiongzhou Guards to suppress the bandits.
In addition, His Royal Highness King Qiong also lent out all the horses of the personal guards, and together with Dong Tianbao's thirty men, formed a cavalry team of fifty.
Qiu Jun and Xue Xian originally wanted to dissuade them, but Yang Xuan said that they wanted to resolve it quickly.
On an island like Qiongzhou Prefecture, there are very few horses, so it is basically impossible for those bandits to have horses.
This alone is enough to keep you in an invincible position.
After dinner, Yang Xiao and Dong Tianbao set off first, followed closely by Xue Xian with 200 people.
Looking at the soldiers going away, Yang Xuan felt a headache again. Not only was there a shortage of workers, but there was also a shortage of soldiers.
The cavalry of Yang Xiao and Dong Tianbao soon arrived in Qiongshan County, and the first thing they did was to find the magistrate of Wuxian County.
Among the cavalry were soldiers who had been here before. Under his guidance, they quickly found a small village.
This small village had obviously just been looted. The yards of every household were in a mess, and there were peasant women in the yard, crying and wiping away tears while cleaning up.
When the villagers saw Yang Xiao and his cavalry, they were all frightened. It wasn't until they revealed their identities that they lowered their guard.
After all, he was wearing official uniform, and his tone and attitude were not that of bandits.
"You guys are looking for Wuzhi County. Come and have a look. The bandits just hanged Wuzhi County up and beat him up. Now I don't even know if he is still alive."
Following the guidance of the villagers, Yang Xiao and Dong Tianbao came to their home in Wuzhi County.
Wuzhixian was lying in the yard at this time, and his wife was wiping his blood.
Yang Xiao quickly dismounted and checked. After some inspection, luckily it was only some skin injuries. Then Mrs. Wu breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.
Wuzhi County endured the pain and told Yang Xiao and others about the origin of the bandits.
The composition of this group of bandits is very complex, including local Li tribesmen, criminals from the interior, some pirates, and even Japanese among them.
They used Qiongshan as their stronghold and exploited the surrounding residents for a living. In addition to the people of Qiongshan County, the same victims were the Li tribe natives who traveled throughout Qiongshan.
However, Wuzhi County analysis shows that these bandits are not as simple as they seem, and there should be other activities behind them.
