Yiyun Village.
At night, torches lit up the entire yard.
A group of bandits each brought their own small stools to the yard and sat down. The most painful time of the day for them had arrived.
They couldn't understand why the boss wanted them to learn to read and count. They felt that it was of no use to them as bandits, but since the boss had given the order, they had no choice but to obey.
Anyone who dares not come will have nothing to eat.
Pei Yun stood in front of the blackboard. Seeing that everyone was present, he nodded with satisfaction and started today's class.
The women were also listening on the side. They were much more curious about knowledge than these bandits.
In this era, women are considered virtuous if they are not talented, and reading and writing are men's jobs, so it is difficult for women to have such opportunities.
Now the boss is willing to teach them, which is something they have been longing for.
After teaching for an hour, Pei Yun ended today's lecture and asked everyone to go and rest.
The bandits felt relieved that it was finally over.
Pei Yun arranged people to keep watch at night. Although Xue Qianqian persuaded the officers to leave, Pei Yun felt it was better to be cautious.
Therefore, the bandits were arranged to take turns to guard the night, and traps were set on the mountain roads just in case.
The moon is bright tonight and the stars are sparse. A group of officials sneaked up Qingyan Mountain in the dark.
The leader was still the former head of police Zhang Kui. He received an order from the county magistrate yesterday, asking him to suppress the bandits. Although he was very reluctant, he had no choice since the county magistrate had given the order, and he dared not disobey.
And suppressing bandits was his job, so he brought the officials with him.
They reached the foot of the mountain in the afternoon, but did not go up the mountain. Instead, they waited until dark to act. The mountain was full of bandits, so he had to be careful.
Night is when the bandits are least alert, so we can catch them off guard by sneaking up on them.
Wu Shun was somewhat disapproving of this. He had learned about the situation of Yiyun Village from Pei Zhong. There was no food, no water, and the number of people was small, so there was no fighting power at all.
You can just rush up and kill the opponent, there is no need to be so cautious.
Thinking that he could ask Pei Zhong for some labor fees after destroying Yiyun Village, Wu Shun couldn't wait to charge in.
With the help of moonlight, the group quickly reached the halfway point of the mountain and could faintly see a fire in Yiyun Village.
After walking a little further up, everyone crouched in a secret place.
"Wu Shun, are you sure there are only seven people in Yiyun Village?" Zhang Kui asked in a low voice.
"It's confirmed. I have spies arranged by me for the villagers at the foot of the mountain. They have delivered things to Yiyun Village before. There are indeed only seven of them."
Zhang Kui nodded, waved his hand to signal everyone to stand up, and continued to move carefully towards the mountain village.
As the distance got closer, the officers tightened their swords.
Although they knew that these bandits had been hungry for so long and did not have much fighting power, they were still nervous.
To be honest, they didn't have much strength. They only ate porridge every day and were so hungry that they felt uneasy. It was okay for them to bully the unarmed civilians, but they were afraid to fight against bandits.
When they were still a hundred meters away from Yiyun Village, a scream suddenly rang out, breaking the silence of the night.
The two officers walking in front stepped on the trap and fell to the ground in pain, with blood oozing from the places where they were caught by the trap.
“Damn it!”
Zhang Kui had an ugly look on his face. He originally wanted to launch a sneak attack, but he didn't expect these bandits to be so cunning that they set traps on the road.
If it was daytime, you might be able to spot it, but late at night, even with moonlight, it wouldn't be very clear.
This time the sneak attack failed.
"Charge forward, there are only seven of them, they can't stop us!"
Zhang Kui acted decisively. Since they had been exposed, they had no choice but to fight. However, he was also confident. After all, he had more people on his side and those bandits were definitely no match for him.
The officer's screams startled the patrolling bandits, and suddenly there was a clanging sound, and all the sleeping bandits jumped up with a start.
Pei Yun also stood up and heard the shouting and screaming outside the village. His heart sank. The police had finally arrived.
He rushed out of the house and saw a group of bandits in a panic. Some of them were holding packages and preparing to escape. He couldn't help but curse inwardly, thinking that he had wasted the meat soup and steamed buns he had given them over the past few days.
At this time, what I thought about was not resistance, but escape.
It’s true that thieves are afraid of officials!
Only Baldy and a few others who followed Pei Yun down the mountain to snatch Xue Qianqian were relatively calm.
"Don't panic!"
Pei Yun shouted loudly, his voice like thunder, instantly suppressing the chaos in the village.
He scanned the panicked bandits with a sharp gaze and said sternly, "Why are you panicking? The police are only two shoulders and a head, how can they be stronger than you? If you want to eat meat with me, pick up your weapons and stop the police!"
"If the police rush in and take away the food, you will have nothing to eat!"
When everyone heard this, they thought, that’s right, there are so many food in the village, if they were snatched away by the officials, wouldn’t they have to return to their previous hard life?
After eating steamed buns and meat soup for a few days, no bandit wanted to eat grass roots and wild vegetables anymore.
"The boss is right, let's fight these officials!"
"If he wants to steal our food, I will make sure he never returns."
The bandits' violence was aroused. They could rob my wife, but they could not rob my food!
They began to look for weapons to fight the police.
Seeing that everyone's emotions had calmed down, Pei Yun quickly gave orders: "Bald, take a few people to the east of the village to guard the intersection and don't let them outflank us from the side."
"Zhugan, take the brothers who can shoot arrows to the watchtower. Shoot arrows when you see the officials approaching. Don't let them rush in easily. The others will guard the main gate with me. We will fight them to the death today!"
At this time, the police also rushed to the gate of the mountain stronghold. They could reach the gate very quickly with a distance of 100 meters as before.
But if you are not full and the road is mountainous, it will take a long time.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the village, arrows were shot down from the watchtower nearby. Although there were few arrows, they still hit one or two officers.
"Suppress them!"
Zhang Kui's eyes turned red. He hadn't even seen any trace of the bandits yet, but he had already lost four brothers.
The officers armed with bows and arrows began to shoot arrows at the watchtower, forcing Zhugan and others to not dare to show their heads.
Seeing this, Zhang Kui rushed to the gate of the village and kicked the wooden gate, which immediately shook violently.
He pushed hard again and broke the gate of the village open.
"Brothers, give me..."
The word "Chong" was stuck in Zhang Kui's throat, and his eyes widened. How could there be so many bandits?
Wasn’t it agreed that there would only be 7?
Everywhere I look there are crowds of people. How shameless!
Wu Shun behind him was also stunned. His first reaction was that Pei Zhong was trying to trick him. There were so many people in Yiyun Village, and you told me there were only 7. You wanted to kill him.
The group of officers were also dumbfounded. Although these bandits looked skinny, they looked healthy and did not look like they had been hungry for several days. They seemed to be more energetic than them.
Pei Yun shouted at this time, "Brothers, kill!"
Then he rushed towards the officer like a tiger.
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