Chapter 1895 Raid and Aftermath
Sun Bai entered the room and reported through the bedroom curtain, "Sir, the thieves have retreated. I sent people to chase them out, but I don't know if there are still people hiding in the state government office. Sir and Madam don't need to go out for the time being. I have ordered people to search every inch of the East Courtyard, and there is nothing unusual."
"I will go and deal with the aftermath right away. Aye will lead the guards in the East Courtyard. Please rest assured, sir and madam!"
Shao Yunduan said, "You go and make the arrangements. Send people to patrol the city and warn the people in the city to be alert and not to go out unless necessary. Strengthen the guards at the city gates. Open the city gates after dawn. People entering and leaving the city must be strictly checked. Once a suspicious person is found, he will be detained immediately. If there are not enough people, go find the neighborhood security guards and headmen and ask them to bring the local residents who are trustworthy to help patrol and check the city gates..."
Sun Bai was stunned, then smiled happily and said, "Sir, this is a great idea. Now we don't have to worry about lack of manpower!"
Of course, it is impossible for just anyone to enter the provincial government, but it is possible to prevent people of reliable character in the community from patrolling and guarding the city gates.
Just send two yamen runners to lead the team.
Sun Bai went to make arrangements himself. Shao Yunduan told Lixia and the others to go and rest. He handed An An to the nurse, and said with a smile while embracing Qiao Xuan, "It's okay. Madam, you've been up all night. You should rest too. Close your eyes and have a good sleep."
Qiao Xuan smiled and said okay, and lay down with him to rest.
In the yard, the yamen runners were cleaning up the mess briskly.
There was also a fire in the east courtyard. Although it had been put out, there was still a mess that needed to be cleaned up.
After the fierce fight, the place was in ruins, with many bandits' bodies and swords left behind. The ground was splattered with blood and was in a mess everywhere.
Of all the provincial government offices, the East Court suffered the most serious damage, and other places also suffered damage, but to a lesser extent.
There was no movement at the prison and no one came to visit.
There were no more than a dozen bandits who escaped. From time to time someone would come back to report that they had captured or killed their target, but there were also some who had been lost and were still being searched for.
Sun Baihui collected all kinds of information and issued various instructions continuously, and the entire provincial government stayed awake all night.
What no one knew was that after Sun Bai basically controlled the situation, he and Aye stayed behind to take charge, while Sun Qian, Zheng Sangge, Wu Guan, Hang Xingshan, Yang Mu, Wei San, Wei Wu and others led a group of subordinates and yamen runners, a total of about 120 people, and boarded horse-drawn carriages in batches, and the carriages quietly left the city under the cover of night.
After more than 20 miles out of the city, everyone got off the car one after another, entered the mountains in three groups, and quietly moved towards the direction of Hutouzhai.
The people of the three strongholds would never have thought that Shao Yunduan would dare to send people to attack the stronghold when the provincial government had just been attacked and had not yet been completely pacified!
This unpreparedness will definitely make them pay a terrible price...
As the sky gradually brightened, word spread throughout the city that bandits from the mountains had infiltrated the city. They had attacked the provincial government office last night and were defeated. About ten of them escaped, and eleven had been captured. There were probably four or five still at large, and the government was doing its best to search for them.
Mountain bandits are brutal and cunning, and they have no bottom line in their actions. Please protect yourself, people. Do not go out unless necessary, do not go out alone, and do not go to sparsely populated places. If you spot a suspicious person, do not alarm him, but quietly report to the patrol team.
There is a reward for reporting, ten taels of silver.
When the people heard this, they were all greatly encouraged!
(End of this chapter)
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