Just when King Chuang wanted to recruit Han Xi to join his gang.
On the other side, a group of officers and soldiers who were transferred from Shanxi to Yan'an Prefecture to suppress bandits came from Yichuan County. The group was quite large, with over a thousand people.
However, among the thousands of people, only about a hundred were well-dressed, and the rest were wearing shabby mandarin duck jackets.
Although these people were dressed in shabby clothes, their imposing manner was much better than that of the Xiangyong and Yamen servants in Yichuan County.
Moreover, there can be more than a hundred people in neat clothes and armor in the team, so the military attache who leads this army must have a high position.
At this time, this group of officers and soldiers were camped outside the Yichuan camp, and the leading general entered the county town to obtain some food supplies.
"Hehehe! Lu Youyi, you came just in time." The county magistrate received Lu Youyi very warmly.
Being received so warmly by the magistrate made Lu Youyi a little uncomfortable. You must know that these civil servants usually look down on you when they see military attachés.
Usually when he wanted to replenish some food, Lu Youyi had to beg in a low voice. This was the first time he had encountered someone as enthusiastic as the Yichuan County Magistrate.
"I wonder what the magistrate needs my help with?" Lu Youyi did not feel complacent because of the magistrate's enthusiasm, but instead became more cautious.
As the saying goes, when a weasel pays New Year greetings to a rooster, it is uneasy and kind.
"Haha! It's a small matter. Twenty miles away from our Yichuan County, a group of bandits appeared in Chenjiagou. They were very fierce. They directly occupied Chenjiagou and killed more than a dozen government servants. I want to ask Lu Guerrilla to be the chief. Let the county get rid of this scourge!" the magistrate said with great righteousness.
Lu Youyi frowned when he heard this. Along the way, he also encountered two groups of bandits who dared to attack the government troops. The boldness of the bandits in Yan'an Prefecture was indeed beyond his expectation.
However, those bandits mostly used sharpened wood, dung forks, and curled-edged knives as weapons.
It stands to reason that the rural warriors in the county can easily be dealt with.
It seems that the group of bandits mentioned by the magistrate are not simple and cannot be easily agreed. Lu Youyi handed over his hands and said: "I also want to share the worries of the magistrate, but I am afraid that I will miss the time to go to Yan'an Prefecture."
When the magistrate heard that Lu Youyi wanted to refuse, his face suddenly dropped: "So, Lu Youyi is not willing to do this favor?"
Seeing the magistrate's face downcast, Lu Youyi was not afraid, but felt that this was the right feeling: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's really a bit difficult, and there is not much food and grass in the army."
Listening to Lu Youyi's begging for favors, the county magistrate snorted coldly: "Okay, as long as Lu Youyi wipes out the bandits, the county is willing to provide two hundred stones of food and grass."
"Hahaha! Easy to say, easy to say." Lu Youyi smiled all over his face. He originally thought that asking for food and grass would take a little trouble, but he didn't expect it to be so smooth now.
After the negotiation was completed, the magistrate had no intention of paying attention to Lu Youyi. He returned directly to the Yamen and asked the chief clerk to ask the wealthy households in the city to raise 500 stones of grain and grass to suppress the bandits.
And at night, the chief clerk who received the order told a group of wealthy households that he wanted seven hundred stones to destroy the bandit's food and grass. Naturally, the wealthy households were unwilling.
The last time the bandits were suppressed, a group of wealthy households paid a sum of money. How long had it passed?
The two sides disagreed, so they argued for several days.
Naturally, Han Xi didn't know about these things.
At this time, Han Xi was chasing a group of wild boars in the mountains and forests. The wild boars actually went to the fields to harvest cabbage at night, which was really abominable.
Early in the morning, Han Xi led thirty cavalrymen to round up wild boars nearby.
"Bang~~"
"Bang bang~~"
There were constant sounds of muskets in the forest.
Four wild boars that were more than one meter long were running flexibly through the forest. Their movements were more agile than the senior brother's.
"Hululu hulu~~"
"Huh~~~~"
The running wild boar was driven to the trap by Han Xi and his party. The area was densely decorated with dozens of traps.
Four wild boars were seen struggling on the ground, causing more traps to hit them.
"Caught."
"Caught."
A dozen villagers guarding the animal trap shouted excitedly, and then swarmed up and trapped the wild boar.
The more than thirty cavalrymen who were rounding up quickly gathered.
At this time, more than a dozen villagers tied up the wild boar with ropes made of bark. In the countryside under his rule, there was a master who knew how to castrate.
Han Xi plans to castrate these pigs and raise them so that when winter comes, they will be able to eat pork stewed with cabbage.
"Collect all the animal traps." Han Xi ordered.
After hearing the order, more than a dozen villagers carefully used wooden sticks to trigger the animal traps before collecting them.
These animal traps are all brand new and very powerful. It takes two people to break them open. If a person is trapped, his bones and tendons will definitely be broken.
The blacksmith shop in Chenjiagou was already in operation, but no farm tools were being made at this time, because it was already November, the weather was already very cold, and the night had already reached minus 50 or 60 degrees below zero, so it was obviously past the planting season.
So there is no rush to build farm tools.
However, the 500 acres of cabbage and radishes planted are growing very well, and the sweet potatoes have also been harvested for several rounds.
"Tick tick tick~~"
Suddenly, light rain began to fall in the gloomy sky, and Han Xi secretly thought it was bad luck. You know, he only has one set of clothes on him, and if they get wet, they will turn into popsicles.
"Be quick with your hands and feet, it's going to rain!" Han Xi shouted, and then he led the people and ran out of the mountain forest.
The hunting place this time was quite far away from Chenjiagou, more than ten miles away, so Han Xi and his party had to find a place to take shelter from the rain.
After a while, Han Xi and his party found a ruined temple on the top of the mountain. It was still a ruined temple with a blue brick building, but there was a big hole in the roof of the temple and a lot of the outer walls had been demolished.
A group of people entered the temple and found that there were two groups of people inside.
Both groups had fierce looks and stubble on their faces, and they did not look like good people at first glance. The strangest thing was that there were several female relatives in one of the groups.
Seeing that Han Xi and his group of more than 40 people were about to come in, one of the big men said dissatisfiedly: "I'm afraid this temple can't accommodate you and your group. You'd better go elsewhere!"
Han Xi was stunned for a moment. The two groups were both teams of more than a dozen people, but they looked like they were not afraid of his group of more than forty people. They looked very confident in their own strength!
While the big man was talking, the drizzle of rain gradually became heavier. At the same time, a cold wind blew, and the rain sprinkled everywhere.
Han Xi looked at the heavy rain outside and said with a smile: "After you are dealt with, we should be in a position!"
After Han Xi finished speaking, everyone in the temple drew their swords out of their sheaths.
Han Xi leaned back, and eight fusiliers lined up in two rows blocked the door.
Everyone in the temple was shocked when they saw the firearms at the door. They thought they were so skilled that it would be easy for one person to kill three or four practitioners.
But they were a bit weak when encountering firearms at such a short distance.
"Wait a minute, we have something to say." At this time, one of the female relatives in the group shouted loudly.
The woman who spoke was thick-boned. She was sixteen or seventeen years old, but she had a somewhat heroic look on her face. She was also wearing a red cotton-padded jacket, and her accent sounded a bit like someone from Henan.
Han Xi laughed. He had just been rude and chased people away, but now he had something to say.
Sure enough, in these troubled times, strength speaks for itself.
"Oh! What's there to say? My brothers are still wet in the rain!" Han Xi said calmly.
"We give way to the temple, and you let us out." The woman in the red coat said loudly.
"Red Lady!" A man called softly, obviously a little unhappy. It was raining heavily outside and it was freezing cold. What should I do if I get soaked badly?
"Okay, I've made up my mind! No need to say more!" the woman in the red coat said solemnly.
When Han Xi saw such a scene at the door, he found it very interesting. Originally, it seemed that there were two groups of people, but now it seems that they should be the same group of people. The most interesting thing is that everyone listened to the words of a girl in her late teens or early teens.
