C8 Hostages
Supervisor Zhou led a thousand men out of the city to Ga Zi Village. At this time, the villagers were extremely troubled, and upon seeing the arrival of the soldiers, they all left the village to welcome them.
Overseer Zhou had been in the capital for a long time, and had been a colleague at court every day. This was the first time he had been so popular with the people. He couldn't help but feel a sense of superiority, especially when the villagers called him "the great master of the blue sky".
Supervisor Zhou: "Everyone, don't worry. His Majesty sent me here to protect everyone and take care of this rogue!"
As the villagers cheered, Supervisor Zhou was lost in their cheers. He didn't even remember when he left Bian Yang City, he was worried that he would die in the hands of his own nation.
The bandit did not appear that day, but when night fell, Supervisor Zhou was extremely tired, so he decided to take a nap. Could it be that Yan Zijun was lying to him? Actually, there was no bandit at all! Tomorrow, he would stay for another day. If that was still the case, he would return to the city and read Yan Zijun's book along with Li Yang!
Supervisor Zhou fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, he heard someone yell in the middle of the night, "He's here, he's here!"
Before Supervisor Zhou could react in his sleep, the soldier stumbled into the room and said, "Supervisor, it's bad, it's bad." The soldier was so flustered that he bit his tongue in the end. He endured the pain and said, "That bandit has come in."
Supervisor Zhou jumped up from his bed and quickly put on his shoes. "Where are the guards?"
Just as Supervisor Zhou's left foot stepped out of the door, a steel knife was placed against his neck. The person holding the steel knife said sinisterly, "What do you think, Great General?"
Supervisor Zhou slowly turned his head, his legs and stomach trembling uncontrollably. He had originally thought that he could not lose face in front of the bandits, but he was already unable to control his voice.
The shrill voice trembled as it said, "Br-bold! Do you know who I am?!"
The bandit said, "I don't care who you are!"
Just as the blade was about to fall from the sky, Supervisor Zhou's legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. All of his dreams of becoming a hero during the day were bullshit. He wanted to live, he didn't want to die!
"Old master, please spare me, I am just a small stone sent by Yan Zijun to scout the way. It is meaningless for you to kill me, please spare me!"
Seeing that there was a huge discrepancy between what he had been captured and what he had done, the bandit put his saber to his waist and laughed, "I remember that you didn't speak like that in the day. That officer was really threatening the dead!"
"I am just a small character, good man, please spare my life, it's all the fault of that Yan Zijun. He knows that I am a civil servant, yet he wanted to use me as a bait, hateful, please spare my life!"
"Decoy?"
Overseer Zhou nodded. He revealed Yan Zijun's and Li Su's plans, and licked his lips, "Everyone can use me as a hostage. Please spare my life."
The bandit spat, then raised his foot to kick Supervisor Zhou in the face, "Grab him, everyone retreat!"
However, before they could leave the village, another group of soldiers jumped out from the shadows, but because the thieves received the information from Supervisor Zhou, they were not scared. Instead, they tied up the Supervisor Zhou and threw him on the horse. Not a single person will be left alive! "
The bandits kept fighting with their lives, and Supervisor Zhou originally wanted to escape through the chaos. However, the bandit who caught him held his neck with a knife, "If I want to die, then don't even think about living!"
The cold steel blade made Supervisor Zhou feel scared. The bandits didn't care that much, he lifted Supervisor Zhou, whose legs were too weak to walk, and used him as a shield, cutting a bloody path through the air.
The bandits had brought seven or eight hundred brothers with them when they left the mountain, but these few people were the only ones who could break out of the encirclement.
The group fled into the mountains. Their faces were stained with blood, either from their own brothers or from the enemy's soldiers.
"Third Boss, we … "We …"
The bandit known as Third Boss suddenly threw Supervisor Zhou to the ground, then followed up with a flurry of kicks.
Supervisor Zhou did not dare to make a sound. He held his head and thought to himself, "If I survive this, I will definitely get to Yan Zijun and Li Yang!"
"Third Master, that's enough! If you continue to fight, you will die! "
"So be it!" The Third Master gritted his teeth, "My hundreds of brothers who risked their lives and risked their lives, it was all thanks to this dog that died!"
"Third Master, it's better to bring this person up the mountain and hand him to the Great Master!"
At this time, in Ga Zi Village, a fierce battle was finally suppressed by the situation of winning by numbers. The officials and officials were currently taking inventory of the corpses.
Li Su asked, "Did you see Supervisor Zhou?"
No one could answer.
Yan Zijun said, "There are no Overseer Zhou among these dead people. I'm afraid they have been taken hostage."
Li Su didn't know if this was good news or not.
In a fierce battle, 328 of our opponents were injured, 192 of our enemies were disabled, and 144 of our enemies were taken prisoner.
Yan Zijun finished reading the booklet that the official handed him. "Place the bodies of the bandits at the foot of the mountain. Afterwards, post a notice to look for the whereabouts of the military overseer."
Li Su had promised Supervisor Zhou that he would put his life first, so when Yan Zijun found out about the whereabouts of Supervisor Zhou, he simply couldn't accept posting a notice.
"We should take advantage of the victory to pursue them. The army overseer Zhou must be in their hands."
Seeing that Yan Zijun did not respond, Li Su continued, "Don't forget that when we let Supervisor Zhou be our bait, we said that we would protect his life."
Yan Zijun glared at Li Su, "That's what you said! It's not me. On the battlefield, I never promised to protect anyone's life, or even myself! "
Yan Zijun's eyes were rimmed red, and his entire face revealed an expression of extreme anger.
"That's not what I meant, it's just …"
Yan Zijun waved his hands a few times, "Those are my brothers who would rather die than live."
The short sentence made Li Su freeze for a moment. Then, she did not know what else to say.
Zhu Yiyan saw that Li Su remained silent and was somewhat worried, "General …"
Li Su raised her head and looked at Zhu Yiyan, "Maybe I'm being too excessive?"
"This is how the battlefield is."
Yes, to put it nicely, she was here to suppress the bandits, but to put it bluntly, she was here to kill all those who were unwilling to submit.
Death was a reality she had to face.
Seeing her loss, Zhu Yiyan added, "They are wicked people. They killed the unarmed civilians, robbed their daughters' wives, and robbed their property. They deserve to die."
n