Chapter 168: Chapter 168. More Professional Than Bandits
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ji Shuisheng asked the team to stop, and he and Qiu Yongkang went to Scout the situation. Zhong Yong had to follow no matter what, holding a hammer in each hand to protect his big brother.
Ji Shuisheng had no choice but to let him follow. They saw a chaotic scene when the three of them walked out of the valley. On one side were the soldiers, and on the other side were bandits and disaster victims.
Ji Shuisheng and the rest were not in a hurry to go over. They first observed the situation for a while.
He realized that the bandits were there to protect the disaster victims while the soldiers were killing them indiscriminately.
The loader of the bandits was a man in his forties. He had a dignified appearance and a righteous aura. He was very good at martial arts, and the ten people who followed him were also skilled.
They worked together to protect each other; if not for the refugees, they would have killed the soldiers long ago.
11 Kill them all; leave no one alive.”
The General riding on a tall horse had a gloomy expression. He had thought that they could quickly annihilate the disaster victims and bandits. The number of soldiers on his side was superior, and they had dozens of people who were several times more than the other side.
However, the bandits were highly skilled in martial arts. The leader took out his bow and arrow, aimed at the bandit leader, and released an arrow in the cold. More than a dozen of the soldiers had already been killed.
“Be careful, Qu Da.”
A man saw the arrow and shouted. He rushed over to help Qu Da block the arrow. The arrow pierced his shoulder blade, and the man’s steel knife fell to the ground with a pained expression.
11 Jiang Cheng.”
Qu Da shouted and supported the Jiang city soldiers hit by the arrows. He slashed the soldiers who were attacking Jiang Cheng to death. The leading General saw that he had successfully shot the arrows and continued to aim with his bow. He shot two arrows in a row and killed two disaster victims.
Qu Da’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the soldiers shooting the victims. He shouted at the General,
’ You guys are the great Xia Kingdom’s Army, yet you don’t protect the citizens and instead shoot them dead. What kind of soldiers are you?”
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When Ji Shuisheng heard these two names, he was shocked. Seeing that the General had already sneered and pulled out an arrow, ready to shoot, Ji Shuisheng took out his bow without thinking and aimed at the General.
The General could be considered to have some ability. Hearing the wind, he quickly descended his horse and dodged the arrow. At the same time, the arrow he shot also missed.
“Go over and help.”
Ji Shuisheng shouted at Zhong Yong and Qiu Yongkang and took the lead to rush out. When Zhong Yong saw his big brother rushing out, he raised his hammers and ran in.
Qiu Yongkang feared they would be at a disadvantage, so he went back and called for Li Daniu and the others. Su Qing heard a fight ahead and followed with her crossbow.
When Su Qing and the rest walked out of the mountain pass, they saw Ji Shuisheng holding a saber. It was as if the god of death possessed him. The soldiers who ran into him were all unlucky and were all killed.
“Control the saber?”
When Qu Da saw the splitting blade in Ji Shuisheng’s hand, he cried out in surprise, and his eyes emitted a happy light.
“It’s the saber.”
Jiang Cheng’s eyes were wet. It had been 16 years since he saw big brother’s knife, but things had changed.
With the help of the people from Peach Blossom Cove, more than half of the soldiers were either dead or injured. The General was also shocked when he saw the saber and loudly ordered his subordinates,
“Catch the man with the short knife.”
He took his bow and aimed at Ji Shuisheng, ready to shoot.
Su Qing saw him raise her crossbow and shoot an arrow. The speed of the crossbow arrow was faster than the arrow, and it knocked away the arrow shot by the General.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the General hurriedly pulled out another arrow from the head of the arrow. However, he was hit in the chest and fell off the horse before he could fire this arrow. His head was smashed flat by Zhong Yong’s hammer.
With the General dead, the other soldiers had no heart to fight and wanted to escape, Once they thought of escaping, they became a pile of loose sand.
Qu Da didn’t have time to think about it as he raised his saber and rushed over, shouting, “We can’t let a single one go.”
Ji Shuisheng had the same thought as him. If these soldiers lot one person return to report, their whereabouts would be exposed,
The girls of Peach Blossom all ran over to help with their crossbows. In the past, they would only shoot dead targets, but today was the actual battle. The girls were all fired up and very excited.
After the joint efforts of the two parties, none of the soldiers managed to escape. All of them were killed.
They were initially here to torture and kill the disaster victims, but now they had become the target of others. These soldiers had never expected this.
“Throw them all down.”
Qu Da ordered his men not to leave the corpses on the mountain road and to destroy all evidence.
There was a bottomless abyss below with a poisonous barrier, so no one would find the body if he threw it down.
“1’11 help.”
Ji Shuisheng called for the young men from Peach Blossom Cove to help. Those disaster victims who had been scared silly also came over to help, trembling. After everyone’s hard work, they quickly threw the dozens of soldiers down.
Qiu Yongkang was more professional than the bandits in searching for valuables.
“Little brother, thank you for your help.”
After cleaning the corpses, Qu Da came over to thank Ji Shuisheng with cupped hands.
“Uncle Qu, I’m Che’er.”
Ji Shuisheng looked at Qu Da before him with teary eyes, and his voice trembled slightly.
“Little Rou?”
Qu Da repeated the name in disbelief. He still wondered who the person with Big Brother’ would be. He never dreamed that the burly man in front of him was Huang’cr.
“It’s me,” he said.
Ji Shuisheng nodded and looked at Uncle Qu with red eyes.
“Luang’er.”
Jiang Cheng clutched his injured shoulder and called out to Ji Shuisheng in surprise. Ji Shuisheng went over to support Jiang Cheng and shouted,
“Uncle Jiang.11
Su Qing kept her crossbow and looked at them reuniting after a long time. She didn’t understand these feelings, but seeing Ji Shuisheng as happy as a child, Su Qing was still pleased to help him save these people.
“Come up the mountain with Uncle.”
Qu Da felt it was unsafe on the road, so he invited Ji Shuisheng to go up the mountain with him.
Since General Xiao was killed, they no longer wanted to protect the Imperial court. They left the Army in grief and anger and occupied this mountain to be self-sufficient. They had never bullied ordinary people or robbed them.
The Xiao family’s Army had a blood-thirsty nature to protect the ordinary people, so they couldn’t just watch the soldiers kill the ordinary people and not do anything, which led to the massacre just now.
“Alright,”
Ji Shuisheng wanted to see how Uncle Qu and Uncle Jiang had been living all these years.
Qiu Yongkang saw the victims crying miserably. Many of them had died and were injured, so he gave them some of the money he had found on the soldiers.
This was not him being a Saint. These disaster victims were given the money and were considered their accomplices. If the government found them out, they would be guilty of rebelling. No one dared to tell on them.
The refugees were extremely grateful and wanted to leave with the group from Peach Blossom, but Qiu Yongkang rejected them.
The soldiers outside were killing the victims, and these people did not dare to go out again. They would rather be bandits than wander around. They went to Qu Da to ask for shelter.
Qu Da saw that they were pitiful and brought them up the mountain. He gave medicine to the injured and took out the food they grew to distribute to the disaster victims.
Ji Shuisheng had been watching Qu Da’s actions. There was a large field in the village with archery targets and weapons. It was evident that Uncle Qu and the others had maintained the habits of the military even on this mountain and did not neglect their training,
The injury on Jiang Cheng’s arm was severe, so Ji Shuisheng helped him to treat his wound first,.
