Chapter 17 Uchien
As mentioned before, this bandit suppression campaign was not difficult. There was almost no excessive deployment, so it was convenient to send out troops at night.
Perhaps to speed up the process, or perhaps out of fear of accidents, Chu Mo did not choose to stay in the rear, but instead led his soldiers to attack the bandit's lair.
Although it was expected, the surroundings were still too quiet and almost deserted.
It was silent, without even an open fire, with the only lighting being the bright moonlight. The evening breeze blew by, shaking the leaves, flowers and grass, but it did not bring a trace of poetry, and even gave a feeling of a dormant wild beast.
Chu Mo narrowed his eyes, tapping the hilt of the sword lightly with his slender fingers, his face hidden in the darkness, his emotions undetectable in the shadows.
"Master." Chu Feng lowered his voice and asked, "Go straight ahead?"
Chu Mo raised his eyes, the moonlight poured into his narrow and sharp eyes, a cold light flashed in an instant, like a sword ready to be struck, without the usual gentleness and elegance.
Chu Feng's expression froze. He saw the young man in light armor raised his lips with a smile, then said calmly: "Of course... just go ahead."
Chu Mo has always been resolute and swift, but he is not an arrogant or reckless person. Once he says something, Chu Feng will obey without hesitation.
"Charge!" Chu Feng turned around and shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers behind him rushed up the mountain like arrows shot from a bow with unswerving courage.
What’s surprising is that there is really no defense on the mountain, and there is not a single bandit!
Chu Feng checked back and forth for a long time, his face full of confusion: "Master, what are they thinking about?"
"What are you thinking?" Chu Mo sneered, and then asked: "Have all the people been rescued?"
He heard from Chen Zhi that the bandits not only captured Chen Zhi's daughter, but also captured many innocent people. Although the bandits have disappeared, the hostages should still be there.
Chu Feng: “They were all rescued.”
"Where?"
Chu Mo followed Chu Feng to the hostages and roughly counted them. There were about twenty people, including Miss Chen.
When everyone saw Chu Mo, they immediately knew his identity. An old man knelt down tremblingly and choked up, "I pay my respects to the general. Thank you for saving my life."
As soon as he finished speaking, the others knelt down and thanked him loudly.
Chu Mo stepped forward to help the old man up and said loudly: "There is no need to do this. On the contrary, it is Chu who should apologize. I came too late and caused you all to suffer a lot."
The old man was about to speak, but Chu Mo's expression changed. He put his strong and powerful arms around the old man's skinny waist, and then suddenly exerted force and carried him to the side with one hand.
However, the attacker's knife was too fast, and Chu Mo only had time to protect the old man, but his arm was left with a bloody mark.
Blood splattered on the ground, the red was blinding, and even splashed on a few girls.
"Ah!!" a scream suddenly rang out.
Chu Mo lowered his eyes and glanced at his injured left arm, then raised his eyes again to meet the contemptuous gaze of the sturdy man holding a big knife.
"What 'Big Mad Dog'? He's nothing but a piece of trash."
Chu Mo was not annoyed, and even raised his lip: "You are nothing but that. You wanted to use the old man to kill this general with a single blow, but in the end..."
He raised his eyebrows, smiled wickedly, and gently raised his left arm, "Just tickled me?"
The sturdy man clenched his back teeth. He didn't expect Chu Mo's speed to be so fast.
Chu Mo shifted his eyes to look at Chu Feng, who immediately understood and ordered the surrounding soldiers to take the hostages away.
After everyone left, Chu Mo held the hilt of the sword at his waist and said calmly: "Tell me about your identity."
The sturdy man paused and looked at him suspiciously.
Chu Mo's sword slowly came out of its sheath, the sword reflecting a cold light, which was chilling. However, what was even more frightening was Chu Mo's eyes!
The peach blossom eyes, which were always romantic and affectionate, lost some of their romance in his case, and became cold and murderous, as well as... when facing the enemy, they showed an extremely happy madness and a murderous intent!
It's almost suffocating!
This is the "Da Sui Mad Dog"!
The great General Dingguo who made the people of the grassland tremble in fear!
Although he was the same person, his temperament was completely different. Compared with the sword that reflected the cold light, he was more dangerous. His beast-like eyes could even make people's hair stand on end and their scalp tingle!
He gently brushed the sword, "As for your identity, if you want to tell me, I will listen. If you don't want to tell me--"
He smiled gently and elegantly, met the eyes of the sturdy man, and slowly opened his lips: "Chu will not force it. After all, I don't have the leisure time to do so."
The calm and relaxed tone was full of contempt, which made the strong man furious: "I am the grassland Baturu, I will cut you into pieces! !"
"Grassland Baturu" is not his name, but a title, meaning the first warrior of the grassland.
"Baturu?" Chu Mo raised his eyebrows and sneered again: "Don't even mention Baturu, even the King of the Grassland, Tuoba Xun, doesn't dare to speak nonsense in front of me."
Wu Qien shook off the blood on the tip of the knife. After hearing Tuoba Xun's name, he spat and laughed sarcastically: "King of the grassland? He Tuoba Xun is just a coward who lives in a corner!"
Chu Mo's face suddenly darkened to a terrifying degree, and every word he said was filled with murderous intent: "Coward? If you can't speak the Central Plains dialect, this general doesn't mind pulling out your tongue himself!"
As soon as he finished speaking, every muscle under the light armor suddenly tensed up, like a cheetah ready to pounce. In just a moment, Chu Mo rushed towards Wu Qien like an arrow from a bow. The latter's pupils shrank, and he only had time to block the sword that was sweeping towards him.
"clang!"
The sword and the knife collided, creating a dazzling spark and a crisp roar.
The next moment, the slender and powerful legs drew a smooth arc in the air and kicked Uchien's waist hard.
Wu Qien was worthy of the name "Baturu". He reacted quickly and took a few steps back. Then, Chu Mo's eyes were calm and terrifying, as if everything was expected. His body was like a spring, every inch of muscle was tense, and he burst out with terrifying speed and strength.
He exerted force from his waist and abdomen, pulling his entire body forward, and the sharp sword struck Uchien's head fiercely.
His strength is exaggerated!
Uchien's eyes widened, unable to believe that someone could possess such great strength!
There is no point in going into details afterwards.
Chu Mo's swordsmanship was the same as always, fast and fierce, like a wild beast that had just escaped from an iron cage, carrying the murderous aura of tearing everything apart, like a raging wave that was approaching within ten steps, or like lightning and thunder that split the night sky, with a terrifying sense of oppression and aggression.
Uchien was defeated again and again, and finally he was covered in blood and trembling all over.
No one could see clearly how Mo did the last strike of the sword. They only saw the sword flash and a small piece of tongue fell to the ground.
“Ahhhh!!”
Wu Qien fell to his knees, covering his mouth in horror. Blood flowed out from between his fingers and splattered on the ground in bloodstains, which was even more eye-catching than Chu Mo's blood.
The blood-stained sword lifted Wu Qien's chin, and looking at his pupils that had shrunk to a small point under the severe pain, Chu Mo chuckled: "If you can't speak, Chu will help you."
He said lightly and gently, "No need to thank me."
Wu Qien's pupils trembled violently, as if he had seen a devil, and was terrified to the extreme.
Chu Mo ignored him and looked at Chu Feng in the distance, "Stop the bleeding. Grassland Baturu can't die. He has to be sent back to see his master."
Chu Feng grinned, feeling that his master was both very cruel and very kind.
He happily went forward to bandage the man's wound.
The other soldiers carefully checked the bandit's lair, each busy with their own things.
Chu Mo sat on a huge rock not far away and looked at the wound in distress.
He promised the little guy wouldn't get hurt, this is troublesome.
The scar was not shallow, but not deep either. It was not even a minor injury on Chu Mo, so he was too lazy to bandage it.
I thought I would be back in a few days and it should be better by then, so I just left it alone.
After making up his mind, his thoughts wandered again.
There are no food or toys that the little ones like in Qing County, so it seems we have to go to Lin County to have a look.
Just as they made up their minds, a young girl slowly walked up to Chu Mo.
He took a look and recognized the person as Chen Zhi's daughter, and jumped off the rock lightly.
Chen Yan bowed and saluted: "My daughter greets General Chu."
"No need to be so polite." Chu Mo said, "I wonder what Miss Chen wants to do?"
Chen Yan's cheeks flushed slightly, but she said it without any shyness: "It's like this, I've never seen a man as handsome as the general, with such a dignified appearance, a little bit..."
"Miss Chen." Chu Mo interrupted her, his tone still gentle: "Chu has someone he likes for many years."
Chen Yan was surprised. She didn't expect that the general would tell others about his private affairs. Then she realized that she was rejected.
I felt a little disappointed, but I couldn't help gossiping: "That girl must be quite outstanding."
Chu Mo paused and smiled gently: "Yes, she is very good."
Chen Yan pursed her lips and bowed again: "It is Chen Yan who disturbed the general."
Chu Mo looked at her leaving back and slowly let out a breath.
At this time, a young man came up to Chu Mo and sighed faintly: "Master, you are lying again."
Chu Mo raised his eyebrows.
"You always reject girls like this." Chu Feng scratched his chin and said, "I can recite it by heart."
Chu Mo smiled and said nothing.
Chu Feng stopped joking and got down to business: "Everything has been checked, we can go back now."
Chu Mo nodded and led several hundred people down the mountain.
…
Returning to the county magistrate's mansion again, Chen Zhi strode forward, with tears in his eyes, he took Chen Yan's hand and knelt down to thank Chu Mo.
Chu Mo didn't ask them to be polite. He gave them a few instructions and then returned to his residence.
Taking out paper and ink again, Chu Mo quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Chu Feng after finishing it.
"Send someone to deliver the letter and Wu Qien to Tuoba Xun." Chu Mo paused, and then said; "Also, let Chu Lei go..."
The wind was quite strong at night, making a rustling sound outside the house, which temporarily drowned out Chu Mo's words. Only Chu Feng could hear them. Then his expression became stern and he clasped his fists: "Yes, I will do it."
Chu Mo added: "Early tomorrow morning, you will set off to return to Yunan Pass."
"Master, aren't you coming with us?" Chu Feng asked.
Chu Mo nodded: "I'm going to Lin County."
Chu Feng didn't ask any more questions and went out.
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