Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 247: Recruiting a Group of Bandits 1

"Please spare my life, hero, please spare my life..."

The group of people at the back, both old and disabled, all followed the young man, kneeling down, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Qin Bingrui: Oh my god, our moral bottom line is too high. We never kill surrendered prisoners. Can't we fight this battle?

One of the uncles, who spoke a little more clearly, said, "Master, please spare us! This is our first time being a bandit. No, we are disaster victims from Qingshan County, Wangzhou, begging for food. Then, somehow, we ended up in a bandit den and were forced to rob people. This is also our first time leaving the mountains to rob the village, but we didn't know we'd meet you, the master, on the way..."

"Stop, stop, stop talking."

Qin Bingrui told him to shut up, but when he saw the short and fat man trying to sneak into the crowd and escape, Xia Liang shouted, "My wolf cubs, go! Catch that short and fat guy!"

The lackey rushed forward with a group of big wolves, scaring the victims who were holding weapons so much that they dropped their weapons.

Qin Bingrui: ...

Luo Yu then stepped off the carriage and asked the man who had spoken, "Are you disaster victims? Why don't you return to Wangzhou City? Wangzhou's economy is recovering and it's quite popular now. Why would you resort to such despicable activities as banditry?"

"Lady, you don't know. We were refugees. The flood came so suddenly that we fled without even getting our household registration. We did go back once, but the Qingshan County magistrate ignored us. He even refused to let us dig the river, saying he was afraid we would only cause trouble and waste his food."

Luo Yu frowned slightly: "There is actually such a thing?"

"We also heard that the excavation workers in Qingshan County were only given one meal of porridge a day. Even if we go back, I'm afraid we won't have enough to eat and will have to work ourselves to death."

Luo Yu understood that not every county magistrate could actively cooperate with the disaster relief funds and project funds distributed by Lord Li, the governor of Wangzhou.

Qin Bingrui snorted coldly, "We just passed by a county in Wangzhou yesterday. People there eat three meals a day: dry rice and steamed buns in the morning, rice and vegetables at noon, and only porridge in the evening. How could the magistrate of Qingshan County be so disgusting?"

The lackey led the wolf team to strip the short and fat man in the lead naked, and then dragged him in front of Qin Bingrui.

Qin Bingrui cursed, "You dare show me this short, fat thing? Take it to the woods and tie it up!"

Xia Liang called out, "Er Ya, San Ya, there's work to do."

The two girls responded and got out of the carriage. Xia Liang took them to kidnap people, which was what they were best at.

other people:……

The uncle among the refugees was trembling with fear. These girls were so fierce, they could actually drive wild wolves to fight for their lives. What was going on? They must be gods and demons sent down from the earth. They must have provoked the wrong people. How could their lives be so miserable? They were bullied and deprived of food by the bandits in the bandit den. On their first robbery, they died before they even succeeded...

Luo Yu walked towards the group of refugees and looked them up and down. There were about forty-five people, most of whom were between 30 and 45 years old. The remaining ten were young people under 25 years old, and five or six elderly people over 50 years old. They all had pale faces and tattered clothes, and looked very weak and frail.

Luo Yu thought that he could defeat all of them by himself, so they must not be real bandits.

By the way, I asked: "Don't you have any family members? How many bandits are there in the bandit den now?"

The uncle was trembling, but his thoughts were clear as he spoke: "Most of us here are alone. Many men's wives and children starved to death along the way. We are also the minority who survived... However, there are also several villagers' wives and children being held captive in the bandit den. There are not many bandits, only about forty or fifty, but they have knives and swords. We, a group of weak and isolated disaster victims, are no match for them."

Qin Bingrui was very excited when he heard it.

Call Luo Yu and Xia Liang to discuss it together.

By the way, Bai Lingyi, who was able to barely fight, was also called out. After all, he had been training for half a year, so he had to see some actual combat exercises.

Bai Lingyi was extremely excited. It was the first time that Brother Bingrui called him out for a real fight, and he felt that he was recognized.

Luo Yu touched the lackey in front of him and asked, "Bingrui, what are your plans?"

"Why don't we just go and raid the bandit's den? There must be food and treasures in there."

When Erya and Sanya heard this, their eyes lit up.

Sanya is a man of few words but ruthless: "I'll go too. I have practical experience."

Qin Bingrui embraced the little girl and said, "San Ya, you and Er Ya are so capable, you should stay and protect your mother and sister."

Sanya nodded cautiously: "That's fine!"

Qin Bingrui pointed at the uncle who had just spoken and shouted, asking him to come over for a talk.

The uncle stood up tremblingly, his legs still shaking.

Qin Bingrui frowned and said, "Do you have Parkinson's? You keep shaking and trembling."

Luo Yu and Xia Liang were speechless.

The uncle was also a strange man. He pointed at the other two boys and said, "They are shaking too. I guess they are all hungry."

Luo Yu sighed and began to talk about his plan.

"Uncle, there are 45 of you on this side. Even if your fighting ability is not strong, you are still men and cannot be cowardly, right?

It's getting dark now. You will lead us to the bandit's lair. The three of us will charge forward. When we kill the bandits, we will take their weapons and give them to you. You can also fight with us and rescue the women, children and the weak. How about that?"

"What the girl said is true, I understand."

Then he told the other victims, and they all nodded in agreement. If the three girls were willing to rush forward to help them, why should a bunch of grown men like them be afraid to risk their lives? They were all going to die anyway, so they might as well fight it out to the death and make their lives worthwhile.

Xia Liang talked to the lackey again and asked him to lead ten big wolves to help the victims, and the others to stay behind to protect Fang and the others.

Qin Bingrui hid the carriage in the woods, let several people squeeze into one carriage, and several big wolves squatted in front to guard it.

By the way, he gave Fang a manual crossbow and told her to shoot arrows at anyone who approached her.

Fang nodded and hugged Mei Yaoer tightly in her arms, while Xiaotao protected Erya and Sanya. Mei Zhengyan leaned against Dongnuan. In fact, he also wanted to go, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he couldn't speak. Mei Zhengyan felt ashamed of his cowardice again.

Xia Liang saw through his thoughts and patted his head: "Xiao Yan, you are the only man left here. Do you know what your mission is?"

When Mei Zhengyan heard this, he immediately nodded and held his head high.

Luo Yu smiled knowingly and told everyone to take their weapons and prepare to set off.

On the official road not far away, Prince Ning's team was about to catch up with Luo Yu and his group in just over ten miles.

Fei Dao returned alone to report to King Ning: "Miss Bai, Miss Qin, Miss Xia, and three others, along with Master Bai and four others, appear to be heading into the mountains to wipe out this bandit den."

Upon hearing this, Yan Xuan hurriedly asked for instructions: "Aren't these three girls too bold? No, I have to go over and help."

Fei Dao said, "Fei Ying and Fei Jian stayed to help. That group of bandits only has about fifty people, plus a group of refugees following the girls, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Fei Dao had seen the abilities of the two girls, so he wasn't too worried.

Yan Xuan's heart beat faster when he thought of Xia Cao's cute, chubby little face.

Zhu Jinyou's lazy voice came from the carriage: "There is a post station a mile ahead. We will stay there tonight and wait for news from them."

Yan Xuan: It seems that you don’t care about Miss Bai at all. My Xia Cao is still thinking of supporting you and Miss Bai.

He took He Yuan with him, whipped his horse, and galloped away.