Chapter 471: The time has come but no signal has been given
As an escorting officer, he immediately rode on his tall horse and pretended to advance with the rest of the troops as bait to lure out the ambushing bandits.
Privately, remind everyone in the team to secretly hold their weapons tightly.
To prevent sudden life-threatening situations.
The convicts who were selected from the exile team to form a new team because of their strong bodies nervously checked the protective clothing they were wearing. Those who were given weapons because of their good performance in the team in the past held the self-defense items in their hands tightly, keeping their eyes and ears open.
The escorts and exiles who were in charge of transporting the baggage walked in the middle of the team, escorted by soldiers who were good at boxing and kicking.
On both sides of the mountain road, the forests are deep and vast. In the distance, there seems to be a loud voice echoing from an unknown situation, which makes everyone break into a cold sweat and become extremely alert from time to time.
Xiong Jiushan frowned, his eyes darting from left to right, always paying attention to any unusual changes around him.
The quieter it is, the more nervous it makes people.
The strong wind blew, the trees rustled, and the bushes seemed to rustle along with it.
Danger seemed to be approaching quietly, and Xiong Jiushan's intuition told him that it was not advisable to stay here for long.
"Pass my command! Move forward without stopping!"
"Yes, sir!"
The commands were passed down one by one. The escorts and prisoners in front looked around with weapons in hand, and the team behind them followed suit. Regardless of whether they were carrying horses or prisoners, they moved at a fast pace, as if they were planning to escape quickly.
The stronger the wind, the louder and more frequent the rustling sounds around.
The Min family's caravan followed in the group, and the guards escorting the goods stayed close to their own trucks, carefully following the large group.
Manager Min was holding tightly in his hand the black weapon he had exchanged from Xiong Jiushan. Even though he didn't have much martial arts skills, he felt much more at ease holding the immortal weapon that was said to be a gift from the Xie family's gods. He felt as if he had been blessed by some kind of god, and felt much more at ease.
What's more, when the guard Wu Liang got this thing, his eyes lit up!
Min Zhong privately believed that this weapon could definitely save his life.
There are many people in the team who share the same idea as him.
Being constantly alert to the coming danger makes everyone tense and unable to relax.
The unusual noises that echoed from time to time in the depths of the forest also tortured Xiong Jiushan's body, which was already tired from traveling. He quickly understood the movements of the group of robbers who were hiding nearby and following closely but never pounced on him.
They are like wild wolves, waiting for their opportunity.
It is impossible for a person to remain in a state of mental tension for a long time. Xiong Jiushan immediately ordered the team behind him to alternate between defense and relaxation. Soon, the escort team behind him moved more closely together to gather strength.
Both sides maintained an unusually balanced pace in subtle silence.
None of the subordinates who had always followed Xiong Jiushan spoke at this moment. At this point, the two sides would sooner or later come to war, but they were all wondering whether the other side wanted to watch them all the way to the narrow and dangerous pass ahead before taking action, or wait until they showed signs of fatigue and then pounce on them together.
The fully armed exile team had already prepared for close combat.
The robbers who were hiding in the forest with ease stared at the official team marching "hastily" below from afar, and they could no longer hold back their butcher knives and shovels in their hands.
But there was no order from the leaders for a long time.
Why don’t you take action yet?
The bandit leader, who was ordered to surround and drive away the "prey", had looked up at the sky for countless times, his cold face filled with bloodthirsty excitement. All he needed was a command from the sky, and he would be able to sacrifice his blood with his sword and enjoy the long-lost hunting game.
The horse under his crotch exhaled heavily, having been impatient for a long time.
The time has come, why is there no sound of the command?
If you delay any longer, the fat meat right at your fingertips will probably fall into someone else's mouth.
The horse's hooves clattered in the slightly muddy woods in the early morning, waiting in the distance.
The first city bell rang early in the morning.
The gate of Yucheng was wide open, and a carriage rushed out and galloped north.
The car body swayed from side to side, and the curtains fluttered in the cold wind.
"Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster!"
The people in the car were extremely anxious and couldn't sit still. They clung to the car frame and wished they could just point their fingers forward and fly over.
The coachman's whip was already crackling, and the common people who had been waiting outside the city early in the morning to enter the city were so frightened that they hurriedly stepped aside with their shoulder poles and baskets to make way for the crazy carriages and horses!
"Whose madman is leaving the city again?"
The wind was cold and there were tables and chairs at the city gate. People from both inside and outside the city who were passing by registered and paid their money. Their life was just like any other morning and no one cared what was unusual about today.
Early in the morning at the city gate, there was order amidst the chaos.
Suddenly, at the entrance of the city street, a gong sounded to clear the way.
The people moved aside one after another. Not long after, the government team passed by in full uniform. The sharp-eyed people around discovered that there were so many strange people following the runners of the Yucheng government office.
There are even some faces that stand out in Yucheng...
"Is your Excellency in good health?"
"Why is the County Magistrate leaving the city with so many people?"
"I don't know. Did they go outside the city to pray for blessings? Isn't the river still frozen?"
A gossipy neighbor came up behind him and said confidently, "You only know Er Jianghe, but you didn't hear what happened last night?"
Everyone turned to look at the person who spoke, "What happened?"
"I heard that our county magistrate, in order to offer sacrifices to the heavens and pray for blessings, dragged his sick body to various households to ask for soldiers to borrow, so that he could go out of the city to suppress the bandits!"
"Ah?! Is this true? Don't talk nonsense! Those bandits outside the city are very brutal. With such a small number of people, and their morale is not even united, how dare the county magistrate go and suppress them?"
"That's right. After all, they are still young and don't know their limits." Some people couldn't help but worry.
"Yeah...isn't it possible that our Yucheng is going to have to change officials again?"
"Ah? Pah! You're saying something unlucky! County Magistrate Feng is a good official. I don't want to change him."
"You are just a commoner, your words don't count!"
Looking at the team going away, from the early morning of that day, the people in Yucheng could not help but think about what would happen to Feng Chen, the county magistrate, who dragged his sick body to eliminate the evil for the people.
In Yucheng, the gate of Yu Mansion was closed all night.
In the basement, Yu Ji was pregnant and soundly sleeping. Suddenly, there was a sound of unlocking the door. The old woman Wang Ma, who was sleeping on the plank bed beside her, jumped up from her dream!
The small door was opened.
A hoarse and cold voice sounded outside the door.
"Go in and bring the person out, hurry up!"
"What are you doing?! Who asked you to take someone away? Where's the lady? Master!!!"
Mrs. Wang desperately protected her master, Yu Ji, who had just been awakened, to prevent anyone with clumsy hands from hurting the fetus in her womb.
“Bang!”
A loud slap made her dizzy.
"Why are you yelling?! If you want to live, shut up and follow me!"
Yu Ji and her servant were stunned!
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