Daqin Zhentiansi

Chapter 124: Mr. Zhang, I, Xiao Yunzheng, am convinced today.
In the back, Cao Shen and Xiao Yun stared with their eyes wide open.

They are all acquired realms!
Each of these martial guards is at the post-natal realm, and each of them has cultivated the skill of lightness!

"Bam—"

The sound of bows and crossbows hitting each other could be heard.

In the snowy night, the sound of arrows breaking through the air rang out.

Across the wooden walls of the cottage, screams of agony filled the air.

Repeating crossbow.

The Liping County Wuwei also had repeating crossbows, but few people could use them well.

The guard who rushed to the wooden wall held a crossbow in one hand and stabbed a knife into the wooden wall with the other hand. The guard who followed behind stepped on the back of the knife, used the force of the knife to jump, and climbed up the wooden wall which was more than ten feet high.

At this time, Xu Changzhi, holding a long sword, had already arrived at the closed main gate of the mountain stronghold.

“Clang—”

The long sword was unsheathed, with a hint of light on the edge. He took a step forward, like a fairy, and climbed to the top of the village gate, which was more than two meters high, and slashed down with a sword.

The top door of the stronghold shattered with a sound. Xu Changzhi used the recoil force of the sword to flip over like a flying hawk, and his body rose another ten feet higher. He pointed the sword in his hand forward and stabbed it towards the chest of the black-robed man standing in the middle of the wooden wall.

Xu Changzhi had just seen clearly that this was the bandit leader Guo Changzi who had shouted.

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

"when--"

Guo Changzi blocked the sword with the knife in his hand, but could not withstand the force brought by Xu Changzhi's flying forward.

At the Wuwei Yamen, Huang Sanliang told me that Zhang Yuan often went to Yulin Academy, and that Xu Changzhi, Gu Zhenting and others had all taught martial arts at Yulin Academy.

By the way, Zhang Yuan also taught them some martial arts power techniques.

For example, Xu Changzhi's sword, although it has not yet reached the level of penetrating power, and does not have the power to penetrate like hitting a cow from across a mountain, the power is generated by the sword, making it difficult to defend against.

"Bam—"

Guo Changzi stumbled, knocked down two bandits beside him, and fell to sit down against the wooden wall. Just as he was about to get up, Xu Changzhi stabbed him with his sword again.

This sword was not as powerful and heavy as the previous one, but it was more erratic, like drifting snow.

Jianghu swordsmanship.

Guo Changzi raised the knife in his hand, trying to block Xu Changzhi's sword, but because his body was lying down, he had nowhere to use the force. When the swords collided, the blade was directly shaken away by the sword.

"Thorn-"

The sword tip brushed past Guo Changzi's shoulder and gently touched his neck.

A line of blood appeared.

The blood spurted out a few feet away, and the hot blood, with a fishy smell, hit several bandits around.

Guo Changzi dropped the knife in his hand, hugged his neck with both hands, trying to suppress the spurting blood, but he couldn't stop it.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Blood spurted out of his mouth, and Guo Changzi's body finally went limp, leaving only twitching and blood gurgling from the wound on his neck.

The bandits around were dumbfounded.

It only took three breaths from beginning to end, and the always powerful boss of our family was killed just like that?
Xu Changzhi stepped forward, grabbed Guo Changzi's hair, pressed his right sword against his neck, twisted it, then turned around and held his head high.

"Tonggu Mountain bandit leader Guo Changzi was executed—"

Before the stronghold, Cao Shen, Xiao Yunzheng and others were already confused.

The armed guards, yamen runners, and guards of Dongming Trading Company from Liping County were all stunned.

Guo Changzi, the bandit leader of Tonggu Mountain who had been rampant in Liping County for many years, was killed just like that.

A bandit leader who had been famous for many years was killed as easily as eating or drinking water. How powerful was Xu Duwei, the Wuwei of Luyang Prefecture?

"The boss is dead——"

"Hurry, hurry, these hawks and dogs are so vicious—"

Continuous wails and shouts were heard from the wooden walls and in the mountain village.

Running away, begging for mercy, roaring, screaming...

When they gather together, they become bandits; when they disperse, they become defeated dogs.

When the stronghold was breached, the bandit leader was executed, and the so-called brothers around him were beheaded one by one, all the loyalty and bravery turned into fear.

The brutality of intercepting the caravan and robbing the property disappeared at this moment, leaving only panic and fear.

The Luyang Prefecture guards who attacked the wooden wall made no sound and just slaughtered people along the way.

Even if some bandits were afraid to fight and turned around to flee, they still could not avoid the crossbow arrows shot from behind and the slashing blades.

Xu Changzhi had witnessed Zhang Yuan's massacre on Jiulin Mountain.

These guards also witnessed the scene in Toyota County where Zhang Yuan led the Black Cavalry to charge and kill the Northern Yan warriors.

Some time ago, they also went on a mission with Zhang Yuan.

They were all aware of their captain's style of doing things.

Just two words.

Kill them all.

Steaming blood flowed out of the mountain stronghold, and even the cold night could not freeze the trickle of blood.

The gate of the stronghold was wide open, and Xu Changzhi strode back with a long sword in his hand and a head in his hand.

Behind him, a group of Luyang Prefecture’s armed guards turned around with murderous intent.

"Sir, I report back."

"Of the 147 bandits in the Tonggu Mountain bandit camp, all but eight, including the accountant, women, and children, have been killed."

Out of more than one hundred people, only eight women, children and young kids were left alive!

Cao Shen and others who were standing not far away felt a chill on their backs.

How murderous must one be to be able to do this?

"Let's rest in the village tonight."

Zhang Yuan looked forward and spoke.

He turned around and glanced at Captain Cao and others behind him.

"Everyone, check the treasures, boil water, and cook. Tomorrow morning, when you go down the mountain, burn the village. Bring all the heads down the mountain and pile them up on the roadside to form a memorial."

"My Luyang Prefecture Wuwei Yamen is handling cases across prefectures. It's not easy to get the credit for beheading people, so I'll give it to you."

"However, all rewards must be doubled and sent to the Wuwei Yamen in Luyang Prefecture."

Zhang Yuan's voice was calm, and he said calmly, "Brothers, our work can't be done in vain. Captain Cao, Captain Xiao, what do you think?"

But?

"Your Excellency is right, that's right." How could Xiao Yunzheng and Cao Shen object?

He conquered Tonggu Mountain and beheaded more than a hundred people. Who would have dared to imagine that such immense wealth would come to him?

It was not until Zhang Yuan led the Luyang Prefecture's armed guards into the mountain stronghold to find a place to rest that Cao Shen turned back.

Be it him or Xiao Yunzheng beside him, the blush on their faces could not be suppressed at all.

"Brothers, we must take this fortune."

Cao Shen clenched his fists and looked at the yamen runners behind him.

These yamen runners and armed guards also looked delighted.

We all work in the government, and we all know what such a gain means.

Based on today's achievement, there will be at least a few seventh or eighth rank military officers among them.

With this skill, other people can also live a life without worries about food and clothing.

"Master Zhang, you are so righteous and righteous. I, Xiao Yunzheng, am convinced today." Looking towards the direction of the mountain stronghold, Xiao Yunzheng sighed.

"Old Xue, the second master is so righteous, you in Dongming Trading Company know what to do, right?" Cao Shen looked at Shopkeeper Xue and spoke in a low voice.

"I understand, I understand." Shopkeeper Xue nodded repeatedly, "I will personally report this to the boss and will not let Second Master and the brothers work for nothing."

Wealth is small, friendship is great.

All the bandits' guards were killed in one stick of incense. If they could establish a little friendship with them, Dongming Trading Company would have a long way to go in the future.

"Brothers, we have to draw our swords and see blood. We can't just take the credit for nothing without even getting our hands dirty, right?" Cao Shen smiled, drew his sword, and strode forward.

The others followed closely.

……

As the sun rose, a convoy of carriages and horses left from the foot of Tonggu Mountain and headed towards the border.

In the convoy, the Luyang Prefecture armed guards changed into bandit robes and looked a little disheveled, but after a fight, a sleep, and plenty of food and drink, they seemed full of energy.

The other guards and the leader of the Xinghe caravan looked even worse. Even Xiao Yunzheng and the two armed guards who were accompanying them looked a little tired after not sleeping all night.

Thick smoke billowed from Tonggu Mountain behind.

On the mountain road, the owner and guards of Dongming Trading Company looked tired and pale as they watched Zhang Yuan and his convoy leave.

"Then I can sleep peacefully in the blood pit and eat and drink well beside the pile of human heads." Looking back at the pile of skulls beside the mountain path, Manager Xue's face turned even paler. "Second Master Zhang, you really have no taboos..."

"Of course not! Do you think my claim of righteousness is fake?" Cao Shen, standing aside, looked at the pile of Jingguan, his face showing excitement again. "This pile of human head buns is more important than my Cao family's ancestral tomb. Our promotion and wealth depend on it."

Turning to look at the yamen runners and armed guards who stayed behind, Cao Shen grinned and said in a low voice: "Stop vomiting, quickly turn around and inform the county magistrate to come, and get some strong men to guard here."

The yamen runners who were squatting and retching struggled to get up from the snow pile.

Originally, searching for valuables and building a fort in the middle of the night was not a big deal even if my hands were covered in blood.

But in the morning, seeing those Luyang Prefecture guards standing by the mountain path admiring the Jingguan Temple, commenting on it, while eating meat and drinking soup in large earthenware basins, I really couldn't bear the sight.

"Old Xiao is really trying his best this time. If he follows us to Liangyuan Territory and can come back alive, that would be truly remarkable..." Cao Shen's gaze was fixed on the departing convoy, and a complex expression flashed across his face.

To be honest, when Xiao Yunzheng proposed to go to Liangyuanyu with the convoy, he was also tempted.

But in the end I didn't dare.

I have a wife at home, I have a mistress at Baijiazhuang, and my son's full moon banquet hasn't been held yet...

"Damn it! The land of gentleness is the tomb of heroes. Didn't I lick blood on the edge of a knife back then?"

(End of this chapter)