My country, you can pinch it

Near noon, I finally finished the ten-mile journey and arrived at the foot of Bandit Mountain, near Doujin Mountain.

"His Royal Highness Ning has an order to stop the army and set up camp—" The long line stopped, and the refugees looked at the distant mountains together, showing excited expressions.

In the carriage, Liu Ke, who was sitting cross-legged beside Fang Jinling, opened his eyes, glanced at the people around him, Fang Jinling's head got out of the quilt, and asked, "Are you there?"

"Well, it's cold outside, you continue to rest, brother go down and have a look." Xiaotuanzi who was waiting outside the car door heard the voice come in and put on the cloak for Liu Ke.

Liu Ke ordered: "Go and ask Mrs. Shang to come over."

"and many more."

Liu Ke turned around, "What's wrong?"

Fang Jinling pulled the quilt, "I was wondering, besides the bandits, is there anyone who chooses to pretend to go up the mountain and refuses to come down because they are afraid of facing Lu Wanshan?"

"This..." Liu Ke thought for a while, then nodded slowly, "It's not uncommon for people to be timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but they signed the seal this morning, and the crowd was excited when they saw it. These people are always rare."

"No less." Fang Jinling shook his head, "If it's just cowardice, it's fine, but what if you hide in the mountains and wait for the women's relatives to get the food before robbing them? After all, wait until His Highness kills Lu Wanshan and sends people to pick up these women and children , they can still mix in and enter the city, can't they?"

Liu Ke frowned upon hearing this, "According to our plan, as long as you go up the mountain, you will be treated as a bandit." He looked cold, "If that's the case, no one else is to blame. No one else takes the risk of sacrifice, they sit back and enjoy the truth."

"Then there is probably only one word dead." Fang Jinling sighed.

Hearing this, Liu Ke squatted beside Fang Jinling, "Lingling, can't you bear it?"

Fang Jinling looked at Liu Ke and said, "Your Highness, the so-called combination of kindness and power, let them go up the mountain. Before letting them go up the mountain, anyone who follows His Highness will be rewarded for their merits according to the list on the petition, and those who stay on the mountain without a reason will be punished as bandits."

"Okay." Liu Ke agreed very simply. He looked at Fang Jinling, who had loose long hair and stern eyes, couldn't help rubbing it, and said with a smile, "Lingling, you are so soft-hearted."

These words look harsh, but they are actually a reminder.

Fang Jinling lay on his arms sullenly, "I just think that if I think more, I can save innocent people from dying and give others more chances, and that's worth it."

Liu Ke's heart felt sour when he heard it. Fang Jinling's pale face, his eyes were moist and foggy due to illness, his nose was slightly open, and he spoke with a strong nasal voice. Ask, "Did you have a nightmare last night?"

Fang Jinling nodded gently: "In my previous life, I have never seen such a miserable scene. While pitying them, I am also afraid." He paused, and emphasized again, "Very scared."

Don't look at Fang Jinling who seemed to be very calm last night. While explaining Liu Ke, he was still thinking of ways, as if everything was under control, but in fact he was just an ordinary soul in the future generations.Living in a peaceful age when one place is affected by disasters and tens of thousands of people are rescued, how can one imagine that someone will have to kill and rob in order to survive, and eventually cannibalize others?

And who is responsible for these tragedies?

Liu Ke's eyes were deep, his hands in his sleeves were clenched tightly, and he said guiltily in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

There was a loud gong and drum.

Luo Yun shouted loudly: "If you have relatives, come out and gather—"

Hearing this cry, the refugees could no longer hold back and rushed towards him. It had been a day, and they did not return for a long time, for fear that their family members would worry.

Wang Mazi stepped on straw sandals and showed his toes, but he ran very fast. He wished he could run to the mountains as soon as possible, even the companions beside him couldn't hold him back.

"Brother Mazi, wait for me."

On the other side, the bandit looked at his subordinates through the figures of the refugees, and with a twitch of his mouth, he followed the refugees to gather together.

Most of the refugees had already lost their family members in a winter of hunger and cold, so they had nothing to worry about, so they simply stayed in the camp, looking at these excited companions with envy.

And some are like Fang Jinling said, a little hesitant, people have only one life, think about it. Once the team leaves, there will be old, weak, sick and disabled people on the mountain. If they rob them of their food, they will not worry about not eating. If King Ning really kills Lu Wanshan, It seems that it is too late to follow the female relatives into the city.

"His Royal Highness King Ning ordered that although your family members can't take them away, they can receive rations. There is not much food. In order to prevent fraudulent claims and replacements, they need to come and pick them up in person. One portion per person, there is no excess."

Hearing this, more people flocked to the assembly point.

Someone asked: "General, what if the family members can't walk?"

"There seem to be bandits on the mountain..."

"Don't worry, there will be soldiers bringing food into the mountain together. You guide them, and they will be delivered to her hands. Since His Highness promised each person a share, he will not pull anyone down, and let you all be well." Go to Yongliang City with confidence!"

As Luo Yun said, he pointed to Shang Wubing who was standing opposite him with folded arms, and the latter raised a smile and waved his hands.

After seeing the skills of the Shang family girl, all the refugees fell silent for a moment. The bandits are powerful, but in the end, the result is still in their hands?

The flesh-and-blood bandit lowered his eyes to hide his fierce light, but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After the silence, the refugees were all very happy again, "Well, can we go now, my mother-in-law must be waiting impatiently!"

"Yes, yes, go early so they can eat earlier."

"Don't worry, we haven't finished talking yet." Gongs and drums sounded again, suppressing the noisy voice, Luo Yun said loudly, "His Royal Highness Ning is merciful, and has saved you from committing the above crimes. His highness is kind-hearted and cannot bear it." Abandoning your wives and children is to send food relief. You are oppressed by corrupt officials, hungry and cold, and homeless. He is willing to lead you to punish corrupt officials and uphold justice. I don’t ask you to be grateful, but I ask you not to retreat in battle. Or act like a villain, hiding in the mountains, and robbing women and children of food!"

In the last sentence, his stern gaze swept across the gathered refugees one by one, "Your Highness has an order that all men who follow His Highness will be rewarded according to the merits listed on the petition, and those who follow His Highness will be rewarded according to the list on the petition. Those who stay on the mountain without reason will be dealt with as bandits! Therefore, whether you have any family members or not, you should think clearly in your heart, don't waste your life because of a momentary cleverness!"

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, "Go!"

Some people just want to be lazy and play tricks, but they are not big treacherous people, and they will be honest after a little intimidation.

The footsteps that originally went up the mountain stopped again, and sat by the side and waited like the others.

And some don't care at all, such as the savage bandits who are still mixed in the crowd and have already touched the mountain.

Seeing this, Shang Chuqing said: "No ice, Luo Yu."

The two sisters raised their hands together as a signal, then turned around and shouted, "Sister San, are you ready?"

"Here we come." Weixue walked over with the gang leader carrying two baskets of coarse pancakes. Seeing them with a dagger on one leg and a wrist buckle on the other, checking the quiver by the way, she couldn't help saying sourly, "Four Sister, why don't we switch, you come to the camp, how about I deliver cakes?"

Shang Wubing answered without thinking: "No."

"Why not, I am better than you in terms of marksmanship, you two charge forward, and I stay behind to watch the camp, how boring."

"But third sister, your arrow skills are no match for mine. I kill a bandit with one arrow, can you?"

Wei Xuexue choked for a moment, then looked at Shang Luoyu, and said with a smile: "Fifth Sister, it was hard work dragging the corpse back last night, sister is considerate of you, let's change, can you take a rest?"

"No, it doesn't matter if we didn't close our eyes for a few days and nights during the war. What's the point of running a few miles and bringing a few corpses back? Third sister, it's not me who said, you're getting old, so let's get bored with your brother-in-law."

"Older?" Wei Xue's eyes widened, "Second Sister is older than me."

"Then you can find Second Sister to change, she is leaving soon." Shang Luoyu said.

Can Shang Xiyun's ability on horseback compare to ordinary people?Wei Xue twitched the corner of her mouth.

"Ah, that bandit is gone, I have to go too." Shang Wubing waved to the soldiers behind him, "Carry it on, let's go."

Shang Luoyu patted Wei Xue on the shoulder and comforted him: "Third Sister, go with brother-in-law later, or visit Ling Ling if you don't care, if he is sick, you can make him soup or something, anyway, wait for our good news. After finishing speaking, she also slipped away with oil on her feet.

Wei Xue's eyes finally fell on Shang Xiyun faintly. The latter picked up the whip and got on the horse, and smiled slightly: "Whenever you can beat me, we will change." "Let's go."

She rode her horse and raised her whip, carried a bow, a quiver, and a gun in her hand. The cavalry behind her were equipped with the same equipment, which showed that she was not only going to explore the road, but also prepared to rob and kill.

Wei Xue was as lonely as Xue, so naturally she could only walk to Shang Chuqing's side and sighed heavily.

Shang Chuqing glanced at her with a half-smile, "Why, is it boring to have a brother-in-law around?"

"He is helping to count the food in the back, and he is working hard on the abacus. He is much busier than me."

In the distance, Shang Wubing led a team of people, carrying baskets of coarse pancakes, and walked towards the mountain with the flow of people, chatting and laughing with the refugees beside him.

Seeing this, Shang Chuqing said, "Since this is the case, you should also prepare. When everyone comes down, you will bring two hundred soldiers up."

Wei Xue was stunned: "Won't Luo Yu bring people to follow?"

"The bandits are cunning, I'm afraid those two girls will fall into a trap if they can't figure it out, so go and meet them."

Wei Xue's face froze when she heard the words, "Okay." But after she finished speaking, she worried again, "It's only 200 people, is it too much? Wu Bing broke up 100 people to deliver cakes, and the second sister just took them away Nearly 200 people, 600 people after the rain, [-] people just to deal with the bandits, then there are not many left in this camp... Will there be any trouble?"

Shang Chuqing said indifferently: "The families of the refugees are here, and you can't make any mistakes."

If the bandits can't be wiped out, as long as one is let go, it will be an irreparable situation.Wei Xue didn't say anything anymore, and immediately went to Luo Yun.

Half an hour later, people came down the mountain one after another. In a disaster, as a vulnerable group, it is always more difficult to survive than a man in his prime.

The number was much smaller than Fang Jinling imagined, most of them were carried down the mountain by men, and among the children, there were almost no little girls, and the boys were hungry as if they were skinny and sticking to the bones, their limbs were like sticks, and their heads protruded hugely. Looking at the extremely uncoordinated proportions, there is a disturbing sense of distortion.

And the old man didn't have any at all, maybe he couldn't move on the mountain, but more, they should all be gone.

No matter how hard-hearted a person is, he couldn't stand seeing this scene.

Fang Jinling wanted to go out to have a look, but Liu Ke who came back didn't let her go. She just let out a deep breath and said, "It's very tragic, Lingling. Look, I'm going to have a nightmare again."

So Fang Jinling stopped insisting, and asked after a while: "Apart from cakes, is there any hot water?"

"Let it be cooked later, I couldn't hold back and asked someone to put some rice noodles, so they have to drink hot." Liu Ke paused and explained, "It's very thin."

That's all they can do for the time being.

Liu Ke's heart was heavy, he looked at Fang Jinling, and solemnly said: "Lingling, I swear, this kind of thing will never happen again in Yongliang in the future!"

Fang Jinling bent his eyes when he heard the words, and nodded vigorously: "I believe Your Highness, it's just that our food is less?"

"So..." Liu Ke said in a low voice, "I hope the bandits will gather more to save us."

Fang Jinling sighed after hearing the words: "It's so pitiful, Your Highness."

Liu Ke shook his head in disbelief: "Yeah, I never thought that one day I would worry about eating."

After speaking, they looked at each other and smiled wryly together.

Wang Mazi hugged his son and daughter, and helped his wife down the mountain. He was the first to arrive. Looking at the pancakes in the hands of the wife and the child, he smiled gratifiedly.

He licked his lips, then turned to Shang Luoyu and said, "General Shang, I will take you to the bandit den."

Zhao Xiucai came to him for no other reason than to let him lead the next batch of soldiers up the mountain.Shang Wubing led people to follow the previous Hengrou in the name of delivering cakes, while Shang Luoyu, led by Wang Mazi, went up the mountain from the other side to join Shang Wubing to annihilate the bandits.

Because of Zhao Xiucai's literacy and fame, he was appreciated by the bandits, and he had secretly figured out the whole bandit mountain. Wang Mazi was Zhao Xiucai's trusted confidant, so he naturally knew the bandits' hideout.

The family members joined in, making the whole camp a bit noisy, coming and going, there were too many people, and due to the limited manpower of officers and soldiers, they might not be able to monitor them.

Wei Xuexue squatted on a soil slope near a mountain with dry grass in her mouth, watching Shang Luoyu bring people close to the mountain. The two hundred soldiers were actually quite obvious. After that, he broke out in a cold sweat.

Suppress bandits...

Aware of this, some idle refugees began to look left and right, then sneaked out of the camp and walked towards the mountains.Hengrou has been a bandit for so long, and his perception of danger is very human. Even if he took people up the mountain, he would leave a few to monitor the camp. Sure enough, someone reported it.

Seeing this, Wei Weixue glanced at Shang Chuqing, who nodded.

After a while, Wei Xue spat out the withered grass in her mouth, stood up, and waved her hands: "Brothers, it's our turn!"

But this time, she also had to bring someone with her.

"Scholar, you're going too?" It's not that Wei Xuexue looked down on Zhao Bufan, it's because this pen-wielding guy has no combat effectiveness, and he might die if he doesn't pay attention.

Zhao Bufan said: "I'm going with General Shang, just looking for evidence that the adults in Yongliang City have colluded with the gangsters, maybe there will be some surprises?"

This is true, Wei Xue no longer objected.

Familiar with the lair, no one is better than these bandits. Before Shang Yuyu arrived, the bandits reported the number: "Fifth brother, it is estimated that there are two hundred people coming up, and they are all coming towards us!"

"It must be the way Zhao Bufan pointed out!"

"Damn, I should have killed this black-hearted scholar in the first place!"

"What are you afraid of, there are only two hundred people..."

Hengrou said coldly: "200 people? You idiot, do you think that the cake delivery is really just the cake delivery? You have already followed."

"300 people...Fifth brother, isn't that too much? All of us add up to a hundred people. The first boss and the second boss are all dead."

"Then the big deal is to kill them. If you dare to come, you will kill them! This is our territory, and the women of the Shang family don't know if the taste is different."

As Shang Chuqing expected, when he realized that King Ning was going to suppress the bandits, even on the way back to the bandits' lair, he would go to a dangerous place. A cruel smile appeared on his face for those hundred or so people.

"That must be very spicy and strong, hehe."

The bandits have entrenched on the mountain for many years, robbed many caravans, accumulated countless gold, silver and jewels, and naturally set many traps near the old nest.

To be honest, if Wei Xuexue hadn't brought people to support him, Wu Bing and Luo Yu would have been a fierce battle even if they hadn't explained it to them.

Wei Xuexue picked up Huzi's body with a shot, and appeared in front of the two disgraced younger sisters like a god of war, and said with a smile, "It turns out that your sister is still your sister, are you convinced?"

Shang Wubing spit out a mouthful of bloody foam, then raised his wrist and wiped his mouth fiercely: "Shut fart, come now, pick up the fruit and eat it!"

"That's what you said, if I don't come, don't you two have to be buried here?" Wei Xue stretched out her hand and pulled up the rain on the ground. There are bloodstains, which shows that the fighting situation is bad.

"Third Sister, the most important ones have escaped." Shang Luoyu injured his leg, and the bone was clearly visible, it was cut by a knife.

There were no fleshy corpses on the ground. It can be seen that before Xuexue brought hundreds of people to support, he decisively took some of the bandits and fled.

"Escaped from King of Hell's Palace, but also crossed Naihe Bridge. The second sister was waiting for them. But Luo Yu had to go down the mountain to find a doctor, and the soldiers were seriously injured, so they couldn't afford to delay."

"Leave it to me." Shang Wubing said, she was slightly injured, and it would be fine to carry another sister.

So Wei Weixue handed Luo Yu over to Wu Bing, and the latter picked up his back, curled his lips and said, "Third Sister, it's really cheap for you."

Wei Xue waved her hand, "Don't worry, you will share half of the credit for finding the food."

Shang Wubing spat at her, "Bah, are you shameless?"

"If you still have the strength to swear at people, that's good, let's go."

Shang Wubing nodded, carried Luo Yu on his back and led his people down the mountain, the slightly injured supported the seriously injured, and the uninjured carried the dying. As for the bandits who were tied up on the ground, the Northwest Overlord was waiting for them.

As soon as they left, Wei Xue shouted: "Brothers, let's send the bandits who are lying on the ground and can't move, let's give them a ride, tie up those who can open their mouths, and ask where the nest is, whoever said it well, who Report to Hades as soon as possible, otherwise...heh..."

Amidst Wei Xue's cruel laughter, all the bandits who were still alive were terrified.

"Start sweeping the mountain, let's go!"