Volume 1 Chapter 62: The Evil Tiger Blocks the Road
Xiang Yun could no longer sit still after hearing this and shouted, "One hundred thousand people? Did I hear correctly? This is not just a bandit leader, this is more than the troops under the command of some feudal lords!"
"Don't the local government care and just let them grow stronger?" Xiang Yun asked in a deep voice with a frown.
Linghu Feng said sarcastically: "Your Majesty, it's ridiculous that local officials still need to pay tribute to them every year, otherwise they will have a hard time;
As far as I know, the grain and grass that the imperial court sent to the western border the other day had to leave 20 loads of grain and grass for every 100 loads as tolls when passing through this place in order to allow safe passage. Only in this way can the remaining grain and grass reach the western border smoothly. "
“How dare you!” Xiang Yun cursed and shouted, “Rebellion, rebellion, real rebellion!
What do they want to do? Are they trying to be local tyrants here? Do they still take me, the emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty, seriously? "
Linghu Feng said quickly: "Your Majesty, calm down. This kind of thing is not uncommon in the Great Sun Dynasty. There are many bandit forces like the White Tiger Hall in the Great Sun Dynasty. The local government is incompetent, and more often than not, it is the collusion between officials and bandits that has led to these bandits being so rampant."
Xiang Yun's face turned extremely ugly. He suddenly remembered that there had always been a memorial about suppressing bandits on the memorial list in his imperial study, but he had not paid much attention to it, so he had never approved it.
Xiang Yun always believed that they were just some small bandits, gangs of dozens or hundreds of people at most, and that the local government could deal with such bandits.
It seems ridiculous now. All of this was caused by myself. If I had taken it seriously earlier, I wouldn't have allowed these bandits to run rampant for so long.
Xiang Yun thought for a moment and sat down again. He suppressed the anger in his heart, closed his eyes and rested for a long time before he slowly said, "General Linghu, how far are we from the White Tiger Hall now?"
Linghu Feng quickly replied: "Ten miles ahead is the foot of Qingfeng Mountain, and the White Tiger Hall is on top of Qingfeng Mountain."
Xiang Yun's eyes instantly became extremely firm upon hearing this, and he said in a deep voice: "Order the soldiers of the three armies to enter a state of combat readiness. Today, we will besiege Qingfeng Mountain and completely eliminate the evil force of Baihu Hall that has committed many evil deeds and bullied the people!"
Linghu Feng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly tried to dissuade him, "Your Majesty, please think twice. Qingfeng Mountain is in a dangerous terrain, easy to defend but difficult to attack. In addition, there are many bandits. With only our 700,000 troops and without knowing the terrain, I'm afraid we can only go in but not out!"
Xiang Yun cursed, "Are you useless? Seven times the number of troops is more than enough to capture a city, but you can't even capture a bandit's hilltop?"
"Your Majesty, please think twice." Linghu Feng's words alone made Xiang Yun lose his temper and he didn't even want to scold him anymore.
Xiang Yun was so angry that he didn't want to pay any attention to him and rushed out of the carriage alone. When Linghu Feng saw him, he hurriedly followed him.
Xiang Yun grabbed the warhorse of a general beside him, rode on it, waved his hand and said, "Three armies, be on alert. Little melon seeds, big cakes, follow me!"
After Xiang Yun finished speaking, he spurred his horse and galloped forward. Hearing what he said, the two of them hurriedly followed him.
Linghu Feng looked at the three people going away and sighed in his heart: "Alas, young people are really energetic and courageous!"
Linghu Feng then hurriedly reorganized the three armies into a state of combat readiness, and immediately accelerated forward. This battle today was probably inevitable, and the White Tiger Hall of Qingfeng Mountain would be in trouble.
Xiang Yun and his two companions were very fast and soon caught up with the vanguard army. They then galloped all the way, surpassing the vanguard army's marching team and arrived at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain first.
"Yu~" Xiang Yun and the other two suddenly stopped, holding their horses and halting their steps, because the road ahead was blocked by four or five giant logs and no one could pass through.
In the center of the log, sat a burly man wearing a tiger-skin coat and holding a nine-ring machete. He was looking at Xiang Yun and the other two with a smile on his face.
Xuanyuan Dabing did not dismount and asked loudly: "Who are you and why are you blocking the road?"
"No problem. I'm the third in command of the White Tiger Hall, nicknamed the Descending Tiger by the people in Jianghu!" The man laughed and said, "This is the road to the White Tiger Hall of Qingfeng Mountain. Naturally, I have to block it. If you want to pass, leave your money behind!"
"How dare you! This is the imperial court's official road. When did it become your White Tiger Hall's?" Xuanyuan Dabing cursed, "Do you know who we are? How dare you rob us of our money? Aren't you afraid that you will use your brains to your advantage?"
Xia Shanhu smiled nonchalantly and said, "Who do you think you are? How dare you say such words in my White Tiger Hall!
To tell you the truth, even if the emperor came today, he would have to pay to pass through our land!"
"If you don't have money, then don't live here and just go back!"
Xuanyuan Dabing was so angry that he wanted to curse again, but Xiang Yun scolded him: "Why are you arguing with him? Just take him down!"
"Yes!" Xuanyuan Dabing agreed, then dismounted, drew the golden sword from his waist and went towards Xiashanhu.
Xia Shanhu's face turned cold when he saw this, and he shouted, "What? Do you still want to fight with our Baihu Hall?"
"Brothers, come out and capture them for me!"
At Xiashanhu's command, hundreds of people suddenly emerged from behind the logs in front and from the bushes on all sides, each holding a machete, a giant axe, a spear, and a bow and arrow. They rushed out with ferocious faces and surrounded Xiang Yun and the other two.
Xuanyuan Dabing's expression finally changed. There was actually an ambush, and the number seemed a little too many.
If there were a dozen people he could still fight back, but hundreds of people would be a bit scary. Even if these people didn't rush up and just shot arrows together, they could shoot him into a hedgehog.
"Bah!" Xiashanhu spat and cursed, "The boss asked me to bring people to capture the young emperor, but I waited for a long time and didn't see a single person, and then I met you three bastards!
It's not a wasted wait. Hurry up and pay the toll if you want to pass. Otherwise, I will chop off the hands and feet of the three of you and use them as snacks!"
Seeing this situation, Xiao Guazi asked in a panic: "Your Majesty, what should we do now? The army is still behind us..."
Xiang Yun said nonchalantly: "Why are you panicking? There is nothing to be afraid of. They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs who can only bully the common people."
"But Your Majesty, there are too many of them. The swords are merciless. It doesn't matter if I die, but Your Majesty is worth a million dollars. You must not get into any trouble!"
Xiao Guazi said this anxiously, and then he rode his horse forward and put his body in front of Xiang Yun, as if he was going to die to block the arrow for Xiang Yun.
"Go ahead and die if you want to!" Xiang Yun cursed angrily, then rode forward and shouted loudly: "I am the emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty. Since you want to see me, just tell me what you want to say. I am all ears!"
Xia Shanhu rubbed his eyes and looked at Xiang Yun carefully. At this time, one of his men beside him said, "The third in command should be him. Look, he is wearing a five-clawed dragon robe. Apart from the emperor, who else in the world can wear such clothes?"
Xia Shanhu was delighted when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and said, "Oh my, it's really easy to get it.
But something is wrong, where are your 700,000 troops? Why are they nowhere to be seen?"
Xiang Yun asked in surprise: "From what you said, it seems that you can still defeat my 700,000 troops?"
The bandits burst into laughter upon hearing this, and one of them shouted, "Don't even mention 700,000. Even if it's 1 million, we in the White Tiger Hall can afford it!"
At this moment, a scout came running back and shouted, "Third Master, the imperial army is coming soon!"
"Hahahaha, the emperor is right here, why would he care about them!" Xiashanhu laughed and shouted, "Tie up all three of them and take them up the mountain!"
"Oh~ catch Emperor Luo!"
"Now let's see who dares to mess with our White Tiger Hall in the future. Even the emperor has been captured. Who can be better than us!"
A dozen people rushed up, pressed Xiao Guazi to the ground, and prepared to tie him up with a rope, while the rest rushed towards Xuanyuan Dabing and Xiang Yun.
But at this moment, Xiang Yun pulled out Xuanyuan Dabing's golden knife, slashed it twice, and directly cut the necks of the two bandits who were about to touch him, and blood instantly spread all over the ground!
Seeing that the emperor had taken action, Xuanyuan Dabing no longer endured and was vague. He raised his hand and knocked four people away with two punches. After falling to the ground, the four people struggled for a few times and could not stand up again.
All of the bandits raised their swords and knives and prepared to fight. Xia Shanhu cursed angrily, "How dare you attack me? Do you want to die? Believe it or not, I will skin you alive!"
"I don't believe it!" Xiang Yun shouted loudly, and slowly walked towards Xiashanhu with a golden knife in his hand.
Xiashanhu was obviously intimidated by Xiang Yun's domineering aura. He was stunned for a while. When he reacted and was about to curse again, Xiang Yun had already arrived in front of him, raised the golden knife and pointed it at his nose.
"I am here to die today, don't you dare to touch a hair of mine!"
Hearing Xiang Yun's cold words, Xia Shanhu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
Wow, the emperor is worthy of being an emperor. Such aura is something that ordinary people can’t learn.
This time I went down the mountain just to scare the current emperor and extort money from the court. As for killing the emperor, don't joke about it, no one dares.
Even Qiu Baihu, the leader of the White Tiger Hall, did not dare to do so. It was easy to kill the emperor, but they could not afford the consequences because once a new master ascended the throne, the White Tiger Hall would be the first target, otherwise their actions would be unjust and unreasonable.
Xiang Yun knew this, so he was fearless.
Xiashanhu was really caught off guard by Xiang Yun's words at this time. He was in a dilemma and didn't know what to do. He was dumbfounded on the spot.
But there are many people in this world who are fearless, especially among bandits.
An inconspicuous little bandit jumped out and shouted, "Third boss, why are you wasting so much time talking to him? What does it matter if he's the emperor? We can still beat him up or kidnap him if we want!
We just don't let the emperor die, and then we can catch him and ask the court for money. Then we in the White Tiger Hall will have everything we want!"
Xia Shanhu's thoughts suddenly became clear when he heard this. He glared at Xiang Yun, his face flushed with anger, and shouted, "You little bastard, you are young, but you are very good at talking. I was almost scared by you!"
Xia Shanhu exerted his strength instantly and knocked the golden knife out of Xiang Yun's hand with one punch. Then he raised his hand and hit Xiang Yun's cheek, cursing: "You will be beaten as well, the emperor. Be obedient to me!"
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