Chapter 56: Chase
Looking at the couple lying in a pool of blood, the bandits didn't care at all and even discussed the funny things that happened before with a joking smile.
Just at this moment, a bandit came running from a distance.
"Brother Hei, General Pingwei has caught up with us and is only a few dozen miles away."
When everyone heard this, their faces changed immediately. Not to mention General Pingwei's reputation, the number of troops they brought was several times theirs, and they were strong and powerful.
Although they are cruel, they are not fools and know that a head-on confrontation will only lead to death.
"It's okay, I already have a plan!" The black man waved his hand, looking confident.
"Throw their bodies onto the carriage, and look for other clothes on the carriage. Exchange the driver's clothes with ours!"
The bandits quickly understood what their boss meant, and quickly threw the bodies of Zhang Xuan and the other man into the carriage, and then changed their clothes into the carriage.
Afterwards, they were worried that the driver would fall off the carriage, so they tied him to the carriage and pretended that he was still alive and driving.
Afterwards, when they had arranged everything, Hei Ge took out a dagger and stabbed it into the horse's butt.
"Shhhhh!"
The horse cried out in pain and then ran forward at such a fast speed that its shadow disappeared in a flash, leaving only dust behind.
"Clean up the traces and let's leave!"
After Hei Ge finished speaking, he looked up and saw a black shadow appear in the sky. He frowned and wondered if it was an eagle or a vulture.
A moment later, the group of people quickly entered the forest and soon disappeared.
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On a hillside dozens of miles away from the bandits, a group of armored soldiers followed a majestic young man.
"General!"
"There's a fire in Xishan Village. It looks like thieves are entering the village. We haven't figured out yet if they are the Black Mountain bandits we're chasing!"
A spy hurried over, knelt on one knee, and reported what he had discovered.
The faces of the people behind General Pingwei suddenly changed. Liu Heiwu was a cruel and ruthless man who killed people without blinking an eye. He had previously occupied Black Mountain and became the king, so he was called the Black Mountain Bandit.
This is not the point. The point is that no one Liu Heiwu and others encounter will be left alive.
They even frequently broke into villages, burning, killing, and looting, leaving no one unharmed, regardless of gender, age, or size...
Every villager suffered many inhuman tortures before death, and their bodies were not left intact. Liu Heiwu and others were cruel and ruthless. After killing all the villagers, they set fire to the village.
It was the abhorrent behavior of this group of bandits that made General Xie Yunshang, who was originally planning to return to Beijing to report, stop and decide to wipe out this group of bandits first.
He had ordered his men to disperse and suppress bandits throughout Youzhou. Although this was a bit of an overstepping of authority, the local government in Youzhou was too incompetent and had been unable to eliminate this group of bandits. So he took the initiative and did it himself. After all, if the matter was delayed, the people would suffer.
"No matter what, let's rescue the villagers first." General Pingwei spoke quickly. If the village was attacked by the Black Mountain bandits, the villagers would be in even greater danger.
So, they must get there as soon as possible.
"Xu Mao, take a hundred men to Xishan Village to rescue the villagers. If you encounter bandits, kill them without mercy."
"General, what will you do if we only leave ten men?" Xu Mao was immediately anxious. How could such a small number of men be enough to protect the general's safety? "These bandits are not only arrogant, but also very cunning. I'm worried that they are trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
After all, if someone knows that there are pursuers behind them and still attacks the village openly, he is either a madman or a brainless person.
Although Liu Heiwu and others are crazy, they are not brainless.
"No need. Even if we encounter Black Mountain bandits, ten men are more than enough." General Pingwei waved his hand. "Don't waste time. Go and rescue the villagers as soon as possible."
Xu Mao stopped talking immediately. He knew very well the general's strength. He could really fight ten people at once. His other personal soldiers were not weak either. They were all brave soldiers who had experienced life and death on the battlefield. No matter how strong these bandits were, they could not be the general's opponents.
Xu Mao immediately rushed to Xiaxishan Village with a group of people, while General Pingwei continued to search for clues of Liu Heiwu and others' footprints with other men in the surrounding area.
"General, there's a carriage!"
One of his men pointed to a horse-drawn carriage traveling at high speed on the official road not far away. The clothes worn by the driver were exactly the same as those of the Black Mountain bandits who had been eliminated before.
"Stop the carriage!"
General Pingwei's face darkened. "Lin, you lead the men to search for clues along the official road, and the others will follow me to chase the carriage."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone rode their horses and went their separate ways.
Although they knew that it was just Liu Heiwu's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, they still had to go because they still had a glimmer of hope in their hearts that they could save the people in the carriage.
Yes, they could see that although the coachman was wearing bandit clothes, he was not a bandit.
Moreover, how could Liu Heiwu and others escape on the official road in a carriage? That would be simply an attempt to cover up one's own fault.
If it were anyone else, seeing a carriage traveling on the official road would have been a normal scene, but they had all come back from the battlefield, had killed many people, and knew very well the difference between the living and the dead.
So, they could tell at a glance that the coachman was dead and the carriage was not pulled forward at all, but the horses were running on their own.
Several people quickly caught up with the carriage and intercepted it. When they saw the scene in the carriage, they were furious.
"I won't let these damn bandits off!"
Everyone was filled with indignation and anger.
General Pingwei's face was gloomy, and he was obviously furious. "After burying them, we can pursue Liu Heiwu. We can't let him kill again."
They only hoped to quickly eliminate Liu Heiwu before he killed anyone again.
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The exiled team had no idea what was happening dozens of miles away, and everyone was very happy at this time.
Because we were already not far from Wenxian County.
Although the exiled team would not enter the county town, the yamen runners had to enter the Wenxian County Yamen to hand in documents, so they had to rest here.
Having been walking in shackles these days, many people's soles and ankles have been rubbed raw, and their originally plump bodies have become much thinner.
Those who were originally full of energy had now become listless. They had been traveling a long distance, their mouths were dry, and they were not full, so many of them were exhausted.
Now that we have a rare opportunity to rest, everyone is naturally very happy.
Chen Xue and others were also very happy because they could take the opportunity to go to the county town to buy supplies, even hot pot seasonings.
Lord Chen was very curious about the hot pot his daughter mentioned, but he had never eaten it because it lacked seasoning. Now that he had the chance, he naturally had to get the seasoning and try it.
However, he was penniless and had to ask his daughter for money.
"Dad, didn't we agree that I would go too?"
Chen Xue said anxiously that she had space to store a lot of supplies, so she naturally wanted to take this opportunity to purchase a lot.
However, things did not go as planned and an unexpected incident interrupted their plans.
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