lcionline Chapter 103 The Hu People's Addiction
Chapter 103 The Hu People's Addiction
Everyone's expression changed drastically, and they all looked towards the door. Du Zhong even stood up abruptly.
He shouted, "Tell me in detail! How many barbarians have come?!"
The bandit guarding the entrance looked panicked and swallowed hard: "There must be at least seven or eight hundred!"
The fact that most of the Hu people in Qingzhou City have come suggests that this was premeditated. A little thought reveals who was behind it.
Du Zhong gritted his teeth and said, "Wei Wei!"
"Boss, the most urgent thing right now isn't to figure out who's at fault, but to quickly gather the men," Xie Jin reminded him.
Du Zhong hurriedly ordered his men to gather all the brothers in the stronghold to fight.
Seeing that Black Tiger Stronghold was in chaos, Meng Fuqing and Xie Jin discussed the matter from outside the crowd, saying, "Now is a good time to go to Qingzhou City."
“Indeed.” Xie Jin nodded.
The two exchanged a glance, and Xie Jin immediately understood Meng Fuqing's meaning.
He was slightly puzzled, "Are you addicted to robbing Hu people?"
"We can't just make a wasted trip. We can't just steal from my brother's father, but we can steal from the barbarians without holding back."
“That makes sense.” Xie Jin nodded again. “May I ask, Miss Meng, what will happen if I can hold back the Hu people here?”
Meng Fuqing asked, puzzled, "Besides giving you money, what else can I do?"
“Miss Meng should know that I am indifferent to fame and fortune and have no attachment to money.”
There is another purpose.
Meng Fuqing immediately took a step away, "Forget it, Qi Liang's father is quite capable, he might not necessarily lose."
Xie Jin didn't insist. "That's true. If you withdraw two or three hundred men, the remaining bandits will face seven or eight hundred Hu people. Du Chong and his son can hold off twenty Hu people, so they might be able to barely win."
Meng Fuqing: ...This feeling of being manipulated is quite novel.
She tilted her head and asked Xie Jin, "What do you want?"
"I haven't decided yet." Xie Jin paused for a moment, then turned to Meng Fuqing and said solemnly, "Don't worry, I won't make you do anything you don't want to do."
Looking at this person, Meng Fuqing couldn't help but wonder what this disguised face originally looked like.
Thinking about this, she admired Xie Jin and the other two quite a bit. They saw each other every day, but they always showed their true colors and never revealed any flaws.
When she first met Xie Jin, she was subconsciously wary of him. But at some point, apart from matters concerning her own secrets, her guard against Xie Jin gradually decreased.
Ultimately, she felt comfortable when she was with Xie Jin.
The other party always stopped short of probing her secrets, without ever being abrupt.
She nodded slightly. "Okay, I promise you."
The two told Du Chong about their plan to go around to Qingzhou City, and Du Chong agreed without hesitation.
His time as a prisoner allowed him to witness how cruelly the Hu people treated the people of Great Yan, and his past experiences instilled in him an indelible hatred for these people.
He was willing to cooperate with them to find his son and the lives of his brothers in the village, and now that he has the opportunity, he doesn't want to let them go easily.
Meng Fuqing took two hundred people with him, along with Qi Liang, Mu Feng, and Niu Er and others who were waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Since the Hu people were guarding the entrance and it was inconvenient for them to leave through the main gate, they took a detour through the back gate of the mountain stronghold and rode horses to Qingzhou City.
After Meng Fuqing and his group left, the Hu people began to attack the mountain stronghold.
Xie Jin was extremely familiar with the Hu people's tactics, and the mountain stronghold had a terrain advantage with arrow towers. Before long, he replaced Du Zhong in command.
Seeing how familiar he was with warfare, Du Chong couldn't help but feel a little dazed as he looked at his expression.
The situation was urgent, leaving him no time to think. He picked up a large knife from beside a corpse and followed Xie Jin into the midst of the Hu people, engaging in a fierce and exhilarating battle.
The battle ultimately ended in victory for the Black Tiger Stronghold bandits.
On the way back to the council hall, Du Zhong hesitated several times before finally voicing his question, "Young Master's tactics are very similar to those of General Xie, the Third Son of the Xie family. Wei Wei mentioned before that Young Master's surname is also Xie? What a coincidence..."
Xie Jin stopped in his tracks. "It's quite a coincidence. It's kind of you, Chief, to remember Xie Sanlang, General Xie."
"General Xie saved my life, how could I, Du Zhong, forget that? It's a pity that the accident three years ago caused General Xie and his wife to be trapped in the enemy camp and die on the battlefield. I can never repay such a great kindness. Now the Emperor of Great Yan has slaughtered the entire Xie family, he's worse than a beast! The current invasion by the barbarians is all the court's own doing!"
Du Chong's indignation stemmed from his disappointment with the imperial court, which was also a reason for his initial cooperation with the Hu people.
Since none of them are good people, as a bandit, he naturally can choose to serve whomever he wants.
Xie Jin chuckled softly and remained silent.
On the other side, Meng Fuqing had already led Qi Liang and others into Qingzhou City.
Having grown accustomed to fighting alone, she was well-suited to solo combat. She handed the bandits over to Mu Feng for command and then broke away from the group, heading towards the settlement of the Hu people in Qingzhou City.
Before she came, Du Zhong gave her a detailed map of Qingzhou City, where all the Hu people in Qingzhou City were gathered at the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion.
Arrows from the Hu people came from time to time, but Meng Fuqing was still able to dodge them in time. Unfortunately, the horse beneath her did not seem to have eyes in the back of its head.
After being shot by an arrow, the horse reared up and neighed. It was about to run wildly through the street when it landed. Meng Fuqing immediately abandoned the horse and pulled out a vine from his fingertips, locking onto the Hu people who were rushing in from all directions and strangling them.
The Hu people didn't even see what weapon Meng Fuqing used before blood seeped from his neck, and he was dead beyond any doubt.
While traveling, she dealt with the Hu people along the way. Meng Fuqing was not slow, and soon she arrived outside the high walls of the governor's mansion.
Using the vines as a guide, Meng Fuqing quickly and thoroughly investigated the situation inside the governor's mansion.
After most of the troops were transferred away, there were not many Hu people left in the governor's mansion. She directly used vines to eliminate the Hu people in the mansion, and then she openly entered the mansion.
She ransacked the mansion of all the valuable items that were hard to take with her. As she passed the stables, she glanced at them as usual. Perhaps sensing the commotion in the mansion, the animals in the stables became restless.
Meng Fuqing quickened his pace and headed straight for the warehouse and granary.
Unlike Changping Prefecture, Qingzhou City served as a supply depot for the Hu people's army at the front lines, where most of the supplies that the Hu people did not take with them were stored.
Meng Fuqing didn't touch the grain in the granary much. She already had a lot stored in her space and could grow her own, so she might as well save some space in her space.
She turned around and went to the storeroom, where she specifically picked out the most valuable items. After searching the storeroom, Meng Fuqing finally met Qi Liang and the others who had arrived late.
"Boss, did you kill all the Hu people in this mansion?" Niu Er had seen several corpses along the way and was so shocked that he could hardly close his mouth.
Previously, Meng Fuqing always acted with Xie Jin and his group, so he had no idea what his boss's strength was. This time, only when Meng Fuqing entered the governor's mansion first did he realize that Meng Fuqing had killed all those people.
"Did they commit suicide, or was it me?"
Niu Er and his brothers were amazed.
Meng Fuqing then said to them, "There are still quite a few carriages and horses in the stables. Let someone load the goods from the storeroom onto the carriages."
After taking a look around the granary and warehouse, Niu Er and his men began directing the bandits to work.
They waited at the foot of the mountain, not knowing much about the situation at Black Tiger Stronghold, not understanding why they had become part of the bandits, and even less understanding why they would be met by the Hu people's army.
When they had almost finished moving everything, Niu Er couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked Meng Fuqing.
After hearing the very concise explanation, Niu Er's face went blank for a moment, then he reacted and asked, "Boss, with so much grain and gold and silver here, why do we still need to go to Jing'an Prefecture?"
"Who knows how long this world will be in turmoil? Jing'an Prefecture is the only place of peace and stability. Moreover, as ordinary citizens, we cannot lose our status as law-abiding citizens," Meng Fuqing explained simply.
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone felt a wave of dizziness. The next moment, the earthquake shook violently, and the houses around them collapsed instantly.