Chapter 196: Drive out thieves and swallow Zhou (additional update for the leader)
Obviously, the thousands of thieves and bandits are not within Ma Su's threat range. The little fighting power really makes Ma Su lose his energy.
With just one dive, Ma Su rushed into the city with his troops.
But what surprised Ma Su was that this group of thieves did not disperse in one fell swoop. After Ma Su dispersed, they quickly gathered together and tried to resist.
"This group of thieves is quite interesting?" Ma Su raised his eyebrows and looked at the group of thieves who were trying to resist with interest.
It's rare to see bandits with such a will to fight. If it were Soochow, they would probably have disappeared.
Hmm... maybe it's because I've never seen cavalry before, so I didn't feel scared at first?
"Charge!" Ma Su waved his hand, and more than a hundred cavalry charged back and forth on the narrow street. Although thieves and bandits kept coming out to try to resist, they were unable to resist at all under Ma Di's force.
"Is this Liu Yin so powerful?" Wu Lang looked at him several times on the top of the city, and his expression changed several times.
I originally thought that without Ma Su, I would be invincible. As a result, Ma Su randomly brought in a lieutenant, and he had no ability to resist.
I, the great thief in Sichuan, am already so out of line? Or is it that the development of the Han army's combat effectiveness has exceeded my understanding?
He didn't know any of this, but he only knew that it was time for him to run away now.
If he doesn't run away, he won't be able to run away until the rabble under him is defeated by the Han army.
However, Wu Lang was not very lucky. Just as he was about to run away, his younger brother saw him and followed him immediately. Then more people saw the boss running away and quickly followed him, wanting to run with him.
In this way, Wu Lang's originally inconspicuous identity instantly became extremely conspicuous. Even though Ma Su had bad eyesight, he was still aware of the location of the thief's leader.
"Where is the leader of the thief! Whoever beheads the thief will be rewarded heavily!" Ma Su was overjoyed and quickly ordered and personally led his troops to chase after him.
"Don't worry too much about those little thieves. It's important to catch the thieves first!"
The bandits in Xichong Kingdom were quite intimidating when they saw thousands of people. After all, they were very wet. The land in central Sichuan has always been stable without war. Only a fool would start a robberies with you in Guizhou.
The head of Guizhou was naturally unwilling to join, which made the bandits lose the possibility of expanding their scale from the beginning. As for Wu Lang, he was saved when Liu Bei entered Sichuan.
Therefore, Ma Su defeated the entire team in just one surprise attack. Some of the thieves who were sent as tenants by the rich families ran away home immediately. The Han army was too powerful and they should go back to farming.
The remaining ones who were still alive were either looking for a place to hide or running away with Wu Lang. As long as the leader of the thieves is killed, most of the other thieves will no longer pose a threat.
Wu Lang then fled north with the remaining troops, trying to get rid of Ma Di's cavalry in mobile combat.
Okay, this is really funny, but Wu Lang really thinks so.
Seeing this, Ma Su almost fell off his horse with laughter. But soon Ma Su thought of something, and a relatively damaging strategy came to his mind.
"Don't rush to pursue them yet, they are still useful!" Ma Su waved his hand, and the smile on his lips gradually became evil.
"ah?"
"Ah, what? Don't worry, just play with them!" As he said this, Ma Di waved the spear in his hand and led the cavalry to slow down.
Wu Lang also found that the cavalry chasing behind him had slowed down. He was overjoyed and quickly led others to speed up and try to get away.
But Wu Lang was a little faster, and Ma Di speeded up again to catch up. Wu Lang was tired from running, so Ma Su also slowed down and followed him not far or near.
For a moment, Wu Lang felt that his group was just a group of sheep being herded by more than a hundred shepherds on horseback behind them.
Seeing the fighting power of the Han army, Wu Lang wanted to slap himself. Isn't it better to just be a savage in the valley? He had to run out and seek death.
It's better now. I didn't steal much money and food, but my life was almost gone.
I'm so obsessed with lard!
However, what made Wu Lang feel aggrieved was that Ma Di was too obvious. Every time he planned to lead someone into the forest, Ma Su immediately chased him and chopped the person running into the jungle to the ground.
The purpose of the Han cavalry was very clear, which was to drive them towards Langzhong. Although he didn't know what the Han army had planned, Wu Lang had no choice now.
He couldn't run away, he couldn't fight again, he had no choice but to run away.
Ma Su drove more than a thousand bandits along the way and reappeared outside Langzhong City at dusk.
At this time, Langzhong Ling was already preparing to close the city gate and go home to rest after get off work. As a result, before he could take off his official hat, he heard the militiamen on the top of the city coming back urgently to report.
"Jun Zhou, Ma Dongcao is back... and he has driven back more than a thousand thieves!"
"What?" Langzhong ordered Zhou Wen to freeze for a moment, with disbelief on his face.
"What are you talking about? Ma Dongcao is driving the bandits back?"
"That's right." The militiaman nodded affirmatively.
"Quick! Close the city gate and go up the city wall!" Zhou Wen was shocked. Although he didn't know why Ma Di came back so quickly, it was very bad for him to bring the bandits here.
If thieves were allowed to break into the city, he would be jointly and severally liable. He is a member of the Zhou family, not the abandoned son of Xichong Guoling who can be discarded at any time.
Zhou Wen quickly ordered people to close the city gate in a hurry, but Ma Di didn't look at him at all. He drove the bandits straight towards Zhou's farm outside the city.
Obviously with Zhou's current reputation, it would be difficult for Ma Su to attack them forcefully. But if he doesn't deal with it and the private soldier land problem cannot be solved, then wouldn't his trip be in vain?
If it’s difficult to do, don’t do it!
Drive this group of thieves over to besiege the Tian family's fort, and at the same time force the Zhou family to reveal some of their wealth. If he is lucky and allows the Zhou family to reveal a few mysterious armors, then Ma Di can get there in one step.
Ma Di led his men to drive away the bandits and had already reached the Zhou family's fortress. The entire Zhou family was shocked for a while. This was the first time in such a long time that thieves came to their territory.
"What's going on?" Zhou Yun's face was extremely ugly, and his hair almost stood up because of his anger.
"Who can tell me what's going on? Didn't Ma Su go to Xichong to suppress the bandits? How come all the bandits and people came to us?"
"Master! Wu Lang sent someone to shout outside, hoping that we can let him go for the sake of our past cooperation. If he survives, he will definitely remember..."
"Remember this! When did my Zhou family have any contact with the bandit leader? Send slaves to the wall to resist the bandits!"
Zhou Yun almost yelled through gritted teeth. He completely understood what Ma Di meant.
Since you can't touch them, you use thieves and bandits to disgust the Zhou family, right?
Despicable foreigners! I am at odds with you!
Today’s fourth update is to add one chapter for the leader. When there is time, I will add ten chapters for the leader.