Chapter 7 Unforgiven
The bandits finally appeared in the distance, a dark mass heading straight towards the county town.
Seeing that there were so many bandits, there were more than a thousand people, but there were only a hundred soldiers guarding the city, most of them were old and weak, and less than thirty young and strong. The soldiers on the city wall immediately started to sneer, and everyone's face was filled with tears.
It is the color of fear.
Magistrate Zhang was also frightened, and turned around and asked: "Sergeant Lu, why are there so many bandits?"
Lu Cai was frightened to death at this time, and said tremblingly: "I don't know why there are so many bandits. Sir, this city cannot be defended, we should flee quickly."
County Magistrate Zhang was furious when he heard this and shouted: "Nonsense, you are our Ming Dynasty city guard and want to escape before engaging the enemy. Aren't you afraid of the national law and want your head on your neck?"
Lu Cai was startled and said quickly: "Sir, you must not be confused. There are thousands of bandits. If the city is breached, it will be too late to escape."
At this time, the bandits were getting closer and closer, and the black crows seemed to be very favored. Magistrate Zhang was frightened and wanted to escape. However, the law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulated that the magistrate had the rule of guarding the land and would not abandon it without order.
Anyone who escapes from the city will be killed.
Magistrate Zhang felt that his mouth was full of bitterness. Should he run away or not? Lu Cai saw that Magistrate Zhang was acting strangely and said quickly: "Don't worry, sir. I heard that Lord Guo of the Ministry of War has an antique shop in Fucheng. All you have to do is go and buy it."
With a few antiques, someone will be excused from the responsibility of guarding the city. Sir, the bandits are very powerful at this time, so we should stay away for now."
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Zhang was silent for a moment and said, "But what should we do with the tens of thousands of people in this city?"
"Don't worry, sir. The bandits must be after money and won't do anything to the people. But they will never show mercy to officials like me. Sir, we'd better retreat quickly."
Magistrate Zhang sighed. In fact, he had been persuaded by Lu Cai a long time ago. Asking the people what to do was just to hide his face.
"Since the people are fine, I can feel at ease. Officer Lu, send the order to evacuate the county."
Lu Cai was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately shouted: "Master Zhang has ordered us to evacuate the county and temporarily avoid the bandits." As soon as he finished speaking, a sword flashed past, and Lu Cai's head flew into the sky, with blood on his neck.
It sprayed all over the sky.
The person who beheaded him was Li Kaiguo. At this time, Li Kaiguo's face was full of murderous intent and he shouted: "Whoever dares to speak nonsense and run away will be killed."
The soldiers who obeyed the order were already preparing to escape, but when they saw Sentinel Lu's head being chopped off, they were frightened and did not know what to do.
Magistrate Zhang was so frightened that his legs became weak and he shouted: "Captain Li, how dare you kill the imperial official without permission?"
Li Kaiguo smiled grimly and said: "When Sentinel Lu abandoned the city and ignored the people, he was no longer an official of the court. According to Ming law, those who abandon the city and run away will die. Why, Lord Zhang also wants to abandon the city and run away?"
As he spoke, he raised the bloody steel knife and stared at Magistrate Zhang's neck, as if if Magistrate Zhang said the wrong word, he would end up like Lu Cai.
Magistrate Zhang was frightened. Li Kaiguo dared to kill even the city guard, so he might not dare to kill him. He hurriedly said: "No, no, I love the people like my own sons, how can I be willing to leave? This is Lu Cai
This guy is pretending to tell me my destiny. I won’t go there, I will live and die with the county.”
Li Kaiguo snorted and said: "What the county magistrate said is that the bandits are just lost dogs, which is nonsense. If I lead the army, I will be able to defeat the bandits and ensure the safety of this county." After finishing speaking,
His eyes were darting at Magistrate Zhang's neck again.
Magistrate Zhang didn't understand, so he understood what Li Kaiguo said and immediately said loudly: "There is an order in this county. Li Captou is temporarily acting as the city guard sentry. All officers and soldiers must obey the order. If there is any violation,
, beheaded immediately.”
As soon as he finished speaking, more than 300 rainbow lines suddenly appeared and penetrated Li Kaiguo's Baihui point. This time, he could borrow power from not only the fighting soldiers, but also more than 200 auxiliary soldiers.
The gathered power of more than 300 people rushed into Li Kaiguo's body like a rushing river. In an instant, Li Kaiguo's body roared like a dragon and a tiger, and strings of heat flowed everywhere in his body.
The fascia and bone marrow are all immediately tight.
Li Kaiguo's face flashed red, and his body's strength had increased thirty times. The strings of heat flow had not decreased much after transforming his body. Suddenly, like hundreds of rivers flowing into the sea, Qi entered along the meridians.
The position of the sea point was hidden. Li Jianguo felt as if there was a hot egg under his lower abdomen, which was warm and made people feel at ease.
At this moment, a small black skull suddenly appeared in his line of sight. The small skull immediately caught Li Kaiguo's attention. He concentrated for a moment. The small skull suddenly turned into a large piece of black thread.
The net was thrown within ten meters around him. Li Jianguo's mind flashed and he understood what it was, and he almost jumped for joy.
This is a new ability given to him by super powers after he has commanded over a hundred people. He can consume the power of a hundred people at a time and carry out indiscriminate attacks within ten meters. After one blow, not a single blade of grass will be left within a radius of ten meters. The purpose of this move is
Casting is a direct attack of power, no weapon is needed, just bare hands. The only drawback is that after this move is cast, the power of a hundred people will be exhausted, and it will take three days to recover.
Even so, Li Jianguo is so happy that he is about to explode. He can now control the power of more than 300 people, which means that this move can be used three times. Three times, no grass will be left within a radius of ten meters. What else can be compared?
This is more domineering.
Li Kaiguo looked at the bandits getting closer and closer to the city, wishing he could give them a kiss. They had helped a lot this time. If the bandits hadn't arrived, he didn't know when he would be able to control three hundred people.
There are many people. Moreover, there are nearly a thousand bandits. These are all mine, and you are all my people. I must have captured you all.
Li Kaiguo thought about how his subordinates' abilities would change if they commanded a thousand people at a time. He couldn't help laughing when he thought of the joy.
All this was actually just a short moment. When Magistrate Zhang saw Li Kaiguo being announced as a sentry officer, Li Kaiguo laughed wildly and his face turned purple with anger. In just two days, he had been arrested for the second time.
Li Kaiguo was forced to have no way out. It was a great shame and humiliation for his parents and officials in the county to be manipulated by thieves.
Li Kaiguo would still put County Magistrate Zhang in his eyes. If Magistrate Zhang hadn't ordered him to be promoted to sentry officer to strengthen his abilities, and the stability of the county still needed Magistrate Zhang to be alive, he would have killed him long ago.
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Li Kaiguo looked at Magistrate Zhang, sneered, and said: "Since the magistrate is willing to live and die with the people, then I would like to invite you to sit on the top of the city tower and see how your subordinates can defeat the bandits."
As he spoke, he shouted loudly: "Come here, please put a chair in the tower for your Excellency to watch the battle."
If the soldiers who had witnessed Li Kaiguo's execution of Lu Cai dared to neglect him, someone immediately moved a bench. Magistrate Zhang didn't say anything and sat down on the bench.
Li Kaiguo snorted, thinking that the county magistrate was interested in this, otherwise he would have liked this old man on the spot. The issue at hand was still the banditry, so he immediately asked: "Are there any weapons for defending the city?"
? Come up quickly."
A soldier stood up and said: "No, they are all here."
Li Kaiguo looked at the hammers, sticks, boiling water and other objects, and thought that this was a small county, and these were the only weapons that could be used to defend the city. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "Do you have a fire blunderbuss?"
The soldier said: "There were originally ten of them, but they were later sold by Sentinel Lu."
Li Kaiguo was immediately furious. This damn Lu Cai actually dared to sell firecrackers, and shouted: "Who did you sell it to?"
The soldier shook his head and said sadly and angrily: "I heard that it was sold to the Zuo family."
Li Kaiguo's eyes narrowed and he asked: "That Zuo family? Is it the Zuo family in the south of the city?"
The soldier nodded and said, "Exactly. I heard that the second master of the Zuo family liked fire guns, so Officer Lu sold all the fire guns to the Zuo family."
He was nainai, Li Kaiguo was upset because he didn't expect that there would be a fire cannon in his home in the south of the city. Although he had special powers, he was not arrogant enough to resist the fire cannon.
He had just made a grudge against the Zuo family in the morning, and now he heard the worst news. If ten fire blunderbuss were fired at him at the same time, thinking of this, Li Jianguo couldn't help scolding his mother. This Zuo family
It seemed that the Zuo family could no longer be kept. Li Jianguo's eyes were filled with murderous intent and he made up his mind that the Zuo family must be uprooted without leaving any future troubles.
However, this soldier was very interesting. Li Kaiguo asked: "What is your name? Do you have a job title?"
The soldier cupped his fists and said, "My subordinate Feng Guoyong is now the captain of the team and is responsible for some miscellaneous tasks."
Li Jianguo exclaimed in his heart, this soldier's name is really grand, he must have an origin. He wanted to ask again, but suddenly there was a noise outside the city, and the black and crow bandits finally arrived a mile below the city. Some bandit leaders
He was yelling and yelling to restrain the bandits.
Li Kaiguo looked around and saw that there were indeed more than a thousand people in this group of bandits. They all had weapons in their hands, but most of them were farm tools, wooden sticks and the like. There were no more than a hundred people with knives and guns in their hands.
Li Jianguo was very surprised that these bandits came out of nowhere, so he asked Feng Guoyong: "Do you know where these bandits came from?"
Feng Guoyong said: "I don't know, I just have some guesses."
"tell me the story."
"Sir, please see, among these thousands of bandits, there are many old and weak, only 30% are young and middle-aged, and there are only more than a hundred people holding weapons, and everyone is dressed in water. My subordinates concluded that among them, hundreds of people holding weapons are
The rest must be water bandits from Weishui. The rest are just common people who were coerced by them."
Li Kaiguo looked at it and found that what Feng Guoyong said was correct. He thought to himself that Feng Guoyong was a talented person. He must not let him go if he is useful.
It's just that he came here for the first time and didn't understand the situation around Gaomi County, so he asked: "How did the water bandits in Weishui get ashore?"
Feng Guoyong shook his head and said: "This subordinate doesn't understand." He was also very curious. These green forest heroes are very disciplined. Water bandits will never come to land to make money, and land bandits
Chapter completed!