Chapter 130 Chapter 130 Suppressing Bandits
There was silence at the scene.
It was the first time they met such a reckless girl, and it was hard to describe.
The guards stared at Yu Li in a daze. How could such a slender girl be so violent? So reckless?
After a long while, Xuan Huaiqing said with some difficulty: "Miss Yu, let's interrogate these people first."
According to the normal process, after fighting with the attacking bandits, shouldn't we first find out the situation in Wushan Village from them and then proceed with the next plan?
Should that be the case?
Xuan Huaiqing suddenly began to doubt himself. What was the plan? Wasn’t it just a matter of going ahead recklessly?
His strong rationality forced him to suppress this dangerous thought. As the person in charge of this bandit suppression operation, he had to be responsible for everyone and could not act rashly.
Yu Li said "oh" and decided to listen to him. After all, she still had to get the reward from him.
Naturally, we do whatever Party A says.
Everyone checked on the bandits and saw that they were all bleeding from their heads and lying on the ground. They could not believe that they were injured by a small stone.
They had seen before that she didn't have any weapons, she was just throwing stones over there.
The power of this stone is quite large. It is not an ordinary thrown stone. Its lethality is comparable to that of an arrow.
A group of people were seriously injured, with bloody holes in their heads and completely losing their ability to fight.
They searched for a long time and only found one person who was relatively lightly injured. He was the one who wanted to go and report the incident but was chased and dragged back by Yu Li.
Although he also had a bloody head, the wound was not that deep and he quickly regained consciousness.
Xuan Huaiqing took a look and asked, "Miss Yu, this man's injuries are relatively minor. Did you keep him here on purpose?"
"No." Yu Li said calmly, "I saw him trying to run, so I hit him from behind. He bumped into the tree by himself. It has nothing to do with me." She defended herself, "Actually, I don't like to hurt people, unless the other party is too excessive."
Xuan Huaiqing: “…”
Well, he understood.
These bandits were committing all kinds of evil, which was really excessive in her eyes, so she just hurt them directly.
If they were civilians, she would definitely not hurt them and would protect them because they were not doing anything excessive.
Xuan Huaiqing tried to understand the logic behind it and found it a little funny.
While he found it funny, he felt more relieved.
Since ancient times, knights have used force to break the law. He knew that she was very strong and good at fighting. If it were someone else, he would definitely worry that the other party would rely on force to commit crimes and endanger the safety of the people.
But if it was Yu Li, he would never worry about this. Instead, he was glad that she was the one who possessed such powerful force.
Powerful military force is never meant to destroy, but to protect.
This is what his grandfather always told him.
He felt that this principle could be applied to Yu Li. In her, he saw her protection of ordinary people.
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Soon the guards got some information about Wushan Village.
This information was similar to what Xuan Huaiqing had people gather. As a large stronghold with several hundred people, Wushan Stronghold not only had many spies, but also had strict defenses. It was impossible to suppress the bandits with only thirty or so people, unless they sent out the army and directly brought thousands of people to attack.
This is what many normal people think.
But now, everyone's eyes fell on Yu Li, thinking that she could fight against a hundred people alone, or even not just a hundred, but several hundred.
After a brief thought, Xuan Huaiqing said, "Let's go up the mountain when it gets dark."
It's already evening and it will be dark soon, so we don't have to wait too long.
The main reason was that they were too big to target during the day, and if they went up the mountain like this, they would definitely be attacked by the bandit camp. When it was dark, people's vision was obstructed, and although they would be restricted, the same was true for the bandit camp, so they could avoid the attacks of the bandit camp and reduce the danger.
Yu Li listened to his explanation, nodded, and said, "I understand. You guys wait here until dark, I'll go up first."
Xuan Huaiqing: ????
"How can we do that!" Xuan Huaiqing said firmly, "Let's go up the mountain together, how can you go alone to take risks? It's too dangerous." Although she was the one who contributed this time, there was no reason to let her be the only one to attack the bandit camp.
Yu Li looked at him suspiciously and said frankly: "If you follow us, we will be too conspicuous. Isn't that dangerous?"
Xuan Huaiqing: “…” What truth are you talking about?
The group of guards took out the prepared ropes from the cargo in the carriage and tied up the bandits who attacked them. When they heard Yu Li's words, they felt a blockage in their hearts and were unable to refute.
From what happened just now, it can be seen that she can deal with these bandits alone.
If they followed her, it seemed like the target was really big, and they might actually become a burden to her.
On the way to Laiwu Mountain Stronghold, they thought that Master Xuan was just kidding by bringing so few people to fight the bandits. He even called a weak girl. Those who didn't know the truth thought that they were just here for a visit, just to hang out in front of the bandits and then go back, and were not really here to fight the bandits.
Who would have thought that they were really here to suppress bandits, and that the weak-looking girl was actually the scariest thing.
In the end, Xuan Huaiqing agreed to let Yu Li go up the mountain first.
Her words made so much sense. As long as they didn't drag her down, she would dare to go up the mountain in broad daylight.
He was still a little worried, and warned: "Miss Yu, be careful. If you are discovered, evacuate in time. Don't stay there and fight them head-on, understand?"
The situation in Wushan Village is different from that in Qingya Mountain and Yanzi Mountain. There are hundreds of bandits here.
Even if she is very powerful, it is impossible for her to fight against hundreds of people alone, right?
Xuan Huaiqing looked at this matter completely from the perspective of a normal person. He knew that Yu Li was very powerful, and even if a hundred people came, she would be able to escape unscathed.
However, there are more than a hundred bandits in this mountain, but hundreds!
That's not a joke.
Yu Li naturally agreed.
When she was about to go up the mountain, Xuan Huaiqing stopped her and gave her a saber: "Miss Yu, take this saber with you, just in case."
Although he saw her injuring the enemy with stones just now, he was still a little worried when he saw that she had no weapons in her hands, and thought he should prepare some weapons for her.
Yu Li looked at him and saw that he was worried, so he decided to accept it to reassure him.
She hung the sword around her waist and was finally able to leave.
The woods were a little dim in the evening, and her figure was erratic, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
Seeing this scene, everyone shuddered silently.
If we hadn't confirmed that she was a living person, we would have been scared to death if we saw her ghostly figure in the forest.
Xuan Huaiqing's hair stood on end. He touched his arm, suppressed the hair, and asked Boss Tu in a low voice, "Uncle Tu, is Miss Yu like this every time she goes up the mountain?"
Boss Tu was silent for a moment, then nodded: "It's okay this time. Last time, she and I went to Yanzi Mountain in the middle of the night, and she disappeared in front of me. I was really..."
The shock I felt at that time is still fresh in my memory.
At least there are a lot of people here and it’s not dark yet, so it’s not that scary.
When the others heard this, they looked at Boss Tu with some sympathy.
Especially the guards who went to Yuqing County last time. At that time, they envied Boss Tu for being able to go with them to suppress the bandits, but they didn't even touch the bandits.
I didn't expect this to happen. If it were them, they would probably be scared too.
Xuan Huaiqing seemed to be thinking about something.
He could see that Yu Li's movements were somewhat different. When she moved through the forests and mountains, she was as light as a swallow. It seemed as if the forests and mountains were her territory and she could move around freely.
Could this be related to the physical skills she taught the girls in the village?
Does he want to learn it too?
I just don’t know if men can learn it?
Everyone waited patiently until it got slightly dark, and Xuan Huaiqing led them up the mountain.
Along the way, they found that the mountains were very quiet. They did not encounter the bandits patrolling the mountains. They didn't know whether they had just missed them or had been dealt with by Yu Li.
When they saw a bandit tied and hung on a tree, they realized that he had been dealt with by Yu Li in advance.
When they suddenly saw a person hanging in the air, they were so scared that they almost screamed.
In this dark forest, suddenly seeing this scene is really scary!
"This is too scary, isn't it?" someone whispered, "Why would they hang someone here?"
They really couldn't understand Yu Li's thoughts. Why did he hang someone?
Is it to scare them?
Only Boss Tu twitched his lips slightly and said, "Perhaps to remind us that she has dealt with the bandits patrolling the mountain. Let's go up boldly."
Everyone: “…”
When a familiar rumbling sound was heard in the mountain, accompanied by an earth-shaking movement, Boss Tu knew that Yu Li had taken action.
It's really not surprising at all.
The trick doesn't have to be new, as long as it works.
The others were horrified. Unlike Boss Tu, they were not experienced, so when they heard such a noise, they subconsciously thought that there was a landslide.
Someone stopped Xuan Huaiqing and said, "Young General, it's dangerous, don't go over there!"
"Let's go check out the situation first. If there's a landslide, you should get down the mountain first."
Xuan Huaiqing said, "Don't worry, it shouldn't be a landslide. It's fine now, and there's no wind or rain, so how could there be a landslide, right?" He comforted his subordinates, "I think it must be Miss Yu who did it."
As he spoke, he quickened his pace up the mountain.
The others were stunned for a moment, and seeing Xuan Huaiqing heading towards the place where the landslide occurred, they had no choice but to follow him.
By the time they reached the bandit camp, the dusk was growing darker.
There were no torches lit in the bandit camp in the twilight. It should be said that the attack came too suddenly and they did not have time to light torches.
The bandit camp, shrouded in the dim twilight, was in a mess. Many people were lying on the ground, and some were fleeing everywhere in the camp. When they were about to escape, someone who reached the entrance of the camp was knocked down by a stone.
When they were knocked down, they happened to see a group of people arriving in front of the stockade.
Unfortunately, they didn't have time to call for help, and there was no way to alert the people in the village.
Xuan Huaiqing and others were stunned.
This was the first time they saw Yu Li take action.
Although he could not see where she was, he was very shocked to see the fleeing bandits in the bandit camp being knocked down one by one by stones flying through the air, without any power to resist.
Is this really something a human can do?!
You don't have to show up, just hide in the dark and knock people down one by one.
Xuan Huaiqing swallowed secretly. For the first time, he realized so intuitively how powerful Yu Li was. She didn't even need any weapons. As long as she had a handful of stones in her hands, she would be invincible.
At this time, someone asked quietly: "Um, little general, are we still going in?"
Xuan Huaiqing looked a little conflicted. "Forget it. Let's not go in and cause more trouble. Let's stay here and don't let the people inside escape."
If they go in now, they might just cause trouble for Yu Li, right?
Xuan Huaiqing led his men to guard the entrance of the village to stop anyone who wanted to escape.
On the other side, Yu Li moved after seeing them coming.
She went straight to chase the people who were escaping towards another exit of the village.
She had already figured out that the village had two exits, one at the main gate in the south, and the other in a more hidden place in the north. Someone had already run there.
Yu Li was very fast. She didn't take the usual route, but went directly from a high place.
Jump down from a high place, then jump onto the roof, pass through the roof and come to the exit on the north side.
Sure enough, there were quite a few people here, all of whom were of relatively high status in the bandit camp, and only these people knew where the exit was.
whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Several stones flew over and knocked these people to the ground one by one.
Yu Li didn't even look at them, he quickly rushed over and chased after those who had already escaped from the village.
The wind blew in the mountains at night, and those who escaped from the village were in a panic and their breathing was very heavy.
It was as if there was a ghost chasing them from behind. The man was silent and ghostly, chasing them relentlessly.
The bandits even had an illusion that it was actually mountain ghosts that attacked the bandit camp, rather than the government coming to suppress the bandits.
Yu Li followed the movement and knocked them down one by one.
She used clever strength, which would not harm their lives while ensuring that they lost their ability to move.
Yu Li walked around the area and after confirming that all the fleeing bandits had been dealt with, he returned to the bandit camp.
When she returned, she saw Xuan Huaiqing and others fighting fiercely with dozens of bandits at the exit of the village.
She jumped to a high place, watched for a while, and saw that Xuan Huaiqing and his men could still handle it, so she did not take action, but just patrolled from behind. When a bandit attacked, she threw a stone at him, knocking him to the ground.
Xuan Huaiqing and others were startled at first, but soon realized that Yu Li had returned.
This greatly boosted their morale, and they quickly killed the bandits one by one.
Finally, when the night completely enveloped the land, the battle ended.
All the bandits lost their combat effectiveness, either died by the sword or were seriously injured. Those who were least injured were those who were hit by stones thrown by Yu Li.
Yu Li jumped down from a high place and came in front of these people.
"Miss Yu!" Xuan Huaiqing called out to her happily, "Thank you so much for what you did just now."
The guards also came over to thank her. If she hadn't been secretly patrolling the battlefield, they would have been injured or died here.
This time, because of her presence, they only suffered minor injuries at most. Everyone is fine and no one died.
This was the first time they suppressed bandits so easily, without any casualties or bloodshed. It was truly magical.
After the battle, there is still a lot to do.
Xuan Huaiqing talked to Yu Li for a few words and took people to tie up the living bandits in the village.
The last time they suppressed bandits in Yanzi Mountain, Xuan Huaiqing discovered that Yu Li would never take anyone's life on her own initiative. When she took action, she would only injure people and make them unable to move.
Torches were lit in the bandit camp, and soon the entire camp was brightly lit.
Yu Li sat on a big tree to rest and did not get involved in the aftermath.
Suddenly, she heard a child crying in a house in the distance. She frowned slightly, but still did not move.
Xuan Huaiqing heard the crying, walked over to take a look, and when he saw a group of children locked in the room, his brows twitched.
These children were all born in the bandit village, and their fathers were all bandits in the village.
This kind of thing is not surprising. Wushan Village has stood here for many years, and the number of bandits has been increasing. Naturally, bandits will abduct women to the mountains and force them to give birth to children.
Men, whether they become bandits or not, all want to carry on their family line.
Xuan Huaiqing felt a headache after seeing this, so he asked people to lock up the children and not let them run around.
Boss Tu came over and saw the same crying children. Some older children were even looking at them with hatred, probably thinking that they were their enemies, the evil people who had destroyed their families.
It's so sad and ridiculous that I can't express it in words.
"Young Master." Boss Tu saw that Xuan Huaiqing was a little disappointed, patted his shoulder to comfort him, and said, "I have asked someone to go to Xu Jiang Mansion to find someone to take over the affairs here."
Xuan Huaiqing nodded, "I understand."
Soon he cheered up again and asked, "Where's Miss Yu?"
"She's sitting on the tree over there." Boss Tu pointed to the exit of the village.
Xuan Huaiqing heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and whispered, "You don't need to tell her about this."
Although the children are innocent, they were born in a den of evil bandits and countless lives were lost at the hands of their fathers. Once convicted, there is no way those bandits would be allowed to live.
As descendants of bandits, those young children who have not killed anyone are fine, but those who have killed anyone will also be punished.
Xuan Huaiqing took a look at the bandit suppression and then went to find Yu Li.
When he came under the tree, he saw Yu Li sitting there, and couldn't help but think of the Mid-Autumn Festival night last year, when she was also sitting on the tree, looking at the full moon in the sky.
But she was drunk at that time, and this time she was not drunk, but very silent.
"Miss Yu." Xuan Huaiqing called out.
Yu Li turned to look at him, then jumped down from the tree and landed in front of him: "Master Xuan, is there something wrong?"
Xuan Huaiqing secretly looked at her, and seeing that she looked calm, he felt relieved and said, "The situation in the bandit camp has stabilized. Do you want to go down the mountain first?"
Yu Li looked at him and nodded silently.
After watching her go down the mountain until she disappeared, Xuan Huaiqing went to deal with the matter of the bandit camp.
When Boss Tu heard that Yu Li had already gone down the mountain, he knew that Young Master Xuan had deliberately sent her away, and he was not surprised.
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After going down the mountain, Yu Li turned back to Xunan Town.
She stayed in Xunan Town for three days and finally met Boss Tu.
During these three days, Boss Tu and Xuan Huaiqing were busy with the affairs of the bandit camp.
Boss Tu looked very tired, but he was in good spirits. He smiled when he saw her and said, "Mother Li, the matter behind Wushan Village has been handed over to the officials of Xujiang Mansion. Master Xuan said we can go back now."
As he spoke, he took out a stack of banknotes and handed it to her.
The government gave a reward of one thousand taels of silver for suppressing the bandits this time. It was mainly to ask the Zhennan Army to take action, so it was quite generous.
Yu Li saw the stack of silver notes in his hand and found that one thousand taels were all here.
"It's too much." She shook her head. "You guys have contributed too, just give me 20%."
Boss Tu laughed and said, "How can we say that we have contributed much? You are the one who has contributed the most. Young Master Xuan said that all the reward money will be given to you."
If it weren't for her, there would definitely be casualties in this bandit suppression campaign.
It can be said that her presence ensures everyone's safety. Xuan Huaiqing was so grateful to her that he felt that all the reward money should be given to her.
Yu Li refused to take it, and finally, under the insistence of Boss Tu, he only took five hundred taels.
She quietly put away the banknotes and asked, "How do you usually deal with the children in the bandit camp?"
Boss Tu was not surprised by her question. "It depends on the situation. In such a large bandit camp, not everyone is guilty. Some were forced to go to the mountain. As long as they didn't kill anyone, they can be treated leniently. As for the children, the same is true. Children generally won't be in any trouble. They will be sent away and found a place to be settled so that they can start over..."
These children are still young. After a few years, they will gradually forget where they were born and grow up as ordinary people.
After hearing this, Yu Li nodded and said, "That's fine."
Boss Tu looked at her gently and said, "It's inevitable to encounter these things when suppressing bandits. You don't have to take it too seriously." Then he asked her when she would go back.
"Tomorrow." Yu Li said, "Uncle Tu, what about you? Will you go back with me?"
Boss Tu would naturally go back with her. After finishing the things here, he would not be needed for the rest. Xuan Huaiqing would be enough.
The next day they drove to Xujiang Mansion.
They arrived at Xujiang Mansion in the evening and planned to rest here for one night and return by boat tomorrow.
But they didn't expect that as soon as they got there, Xuan Huaiqing sent someone over again, saying that he had something to discuss with them and asked them to wait.
The two waited in Xu Jiang Mansion for a day until Xuan Huaiqing came.
Xuan Huaiqing hurried to Xujiang Mansion. When he saw Yu Li, he felt embarrassed and said, "Miss Yu, there are other places where bandits need to be suppressed. The prefect of Xujiang Mansion asked us to go together to suppress them."
The annihilation of the bandits in Wushan Village alarmed many people.
This bandit suppression campaign was carried out in secret, and even the prefect of Xujiang Prefecture did not receive the news. So when he was told that the bandits in Wushan Village had been wiped out, he was still quite confused.
The prefect of Xujiang Prefecture came along in person. After learning about the bandit suppression from Xuan Huaiqing, he became interested and asked Xuan Huaiqing for help.
Some county towns under Xujiang Prefecture were also often plagued by banditry.
This time Governor Yuan is so generous as to ask the Zhennan Army to take action, so let's also wipe out the bandits in other places in Xujiang Prefecture.
Xuan Huaiqing talked about this with Yu Li and asked her if she wanted to go.
"The reward is not a problem," he added.
Yu Li thought about it and thought that there was nothing to do if he went back, so he said, "Then let's go. How many places are there?"
"Not many, only about three or four places." Xuan Huaiqing said, "But the news of the destruction of Wushan Village will definitely spread. We have to hurry over before those bandits react, so that they won't escape."
They have to rush there these days and time is very tight.
Xuan Huaiqing asked for her opinion, fearing that her body might not be able to handle it. If she didn't want to, he would not force her.
Yu Li said it was no problem and immediately followed Xuan Huaiqing and others.
In the following days, Yu Li followed Xuan Huaiqing and others to suppress bandits everywhere.
Although time was very tight, the effect was very good. The bandits were wiped out in one fell swoop before they had time to escape.
Because Yu Li's fighting ability was so strong, officials from all over the country sent people to negotiate with Xuan Huaiqing, asking them to help and rewarding them with money was not a problem.
Yu Li had no choice but to continue running.
It was not until July that the banditry in the area was finally resolved.
Yu Li and others can go back now.
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