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Chapter 68 Let them go

"Yes." Scarface responded with a loud bang, and then turned around and shouted, "The whole team, the whole team is ready!"

More than a hundred servants gathered on the wall quickly formed a formation, with more than 20 people in each team, with a total of six teams. At the command of Scarface, the servants of the first team quickly knelt behind the pile two and a half steps.

Amid the chaotic sound of horse hooves, more than a hundred cavalry had been divided into the sound of horse thieves in front of them.

More than a hundred riders and horse thieves swept towards Futuyu Pass with torches. The Futuyu Pass was a wooden structure. The purpose of the sound horse thieves was very obvious, which was to set fire to the wall first, and then ride straight in.

"Clang..."

Amid the harsh sound of gold and iron rubbing, Scarface slowly pulled out his sword and raised it over the top, shouting in a grim voice: "The first team... prepare!"

More than twenty muskets were raised in a row in an instant, and the black muzzles were aimed at the sound horse thief sweeping in front of them. The horse's hooves were churning and dust was flying. In the blink of an eye, the sound horse thief had rushed to within a hundred steps [one step = 1.5 meters]. The murderous intent was revealed in Scar's eyes. The steel knife in his hand suddenly slashed heavily, and he shouted loudly: "Let's fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Amid the deafening roar, more than twenty muskets spewed out dazzling flames almost at the same time. Hundreds of iron sand shot out from the musket and the three-eyed musket instantly completely enveloped the more than a hundred horse-slinging thieves swept over. Although the hot iron sand shot into the body was not enough to cause fatal damage to the mounts and horse-slinging thieves, it was enough to make people feel severe burning pain and the mounts.

The dozens of riding horse thieves who rushed in the front each rode and each rode was at least dozens of iron sand. The bruised horse thieves fell from the horse's back one after another. The uncontrolled mounts began to rush around under the same severe pain, and soon the charge of the horse thieves was disrupted.

"The second team... prepare."

"Open fire!"

"The third team... prepare."

"Open fire!"

Scar's face had a ferocious expression and repeated the order to open fire. After six rounds of volleys, most of the more than a hundred cavalry and horse thieves swarmed up had fallen into the pool of blood. Only more than a dozen cavalry and horse thieves fled back to their own formation in a panic. The battlefield where horses were neighing gradually became silent, and only the endless wailing sounds of the cavalry and horse thieves resounded throughout the night sky.

The unwilling defeat, the sound horse thief launched two more attacks, but they were also defeated. The wounded lying on the battlefield, wailing, had increased to more than 200 people. The remaining more than 200 riders had completely lost the courage to attack and hesitated before the pass. They wanted to save their injured companions, but they were afraid of the firearms of the government army and dared not move forward.

Scarface turned around and looked at Wang Pu and said with a grim voice: "General, let the villain take people to slaughter all the horse thieves. There are also those injured war horses. If you slaughter them and take them back to Datong, you can exchange them for two more money."

Wang Pu's brows frowned and said disapprovingly: "How much is the silver worth of these more than a hundred war horses selling meat?"

Zhen Youcai, who was standing beside Wang Pu, turned his eyes and said in a low voice: "If the general wants to recruit these group of loud horse thieves, he should let them go. He should let those uninjured loud horse thieves save the injured, and do not leave those injured war horses."

Wang Pu asked in a low voice: "Why?"

Zhen Youcai smiled sinisterly and said, "These loud horses are robbed and come and go without a trace. They are usually obedient to the people and only gather together when committing crimes. It will be difficult to find them if they missed tonight. However, if they rescued the more than a hundred injured war horses, the villain would have a way to find them."

Wang Pu's heart was thrilled and asked in a voice: "You mean..."

Zhen Youcai touched the dog-tattoo on his lips and nodded gently.

Wang Pu suddenly looked up and shouted loudly at the outside of the wall: "Listen, listen, and send someone to answer immediately."

The sound horse thieves outside the pass were silent for a moment, and finally a cavalry came out, stepped across the battlefield everywhere and arrived in front of the pass, and asked proudly: "What are you going to see if General Wang?"

Wang Pu asked coldly: "Are you their leader?"

The thief replied, "Speak quickly if you have something to do!"

Wang Pu said: "Listen, you're lucky this time. This general is not allowed to kill because he is filial, so the firearms are filled with scattered pieces. Although your people and horses are injured, they will not have any worries about their lives! You can bring all the injured people and horses back, but... this general has a condition."

The loud horse thief held his fists and bowed, "President Wang, please tell me."

Wang Pu said solemnly: "From today on the rise, no harm to the people of the Ming Dynasty. If you are still a man, you should go outside the border, rob Jiannu and Mongolians."

The thief hesitated: "This..."

"What?" Wang Pu said coldly, "You don't have the courage?"

"Okay, the villain promised you." The thief suddenly raised his head and said in a deep voice, "However, the villain can only guarantee that his brothers will no longer harm the people of the Ming Dynasty, but other villains will not be able to control them."

Wang Pu asked: "How many strands are there in Datong Mansion?"

"This villain doesn't know." The thief immediately became alert, "General Wang asked what this meant?"

"It's not interesting." Wang Pu said coldly, "Just just ask casually. Since you have agreed to the general's conditions, you can save all the injured people now. Remember to let your people come up one by one, don't come too much at once, so as not to cause misunderstandings."

"Thank you, General Wang, for showing mercy." The thief shouted with his fists, "The villain will be rewarded in the future."

After saying that, the thief turned around and shouted, "Wang Mazi, take someone to carry the injured brother on his back, Heihu, take someone to bring the injured horse back."

At the command of the leader of the Xiangmaoth League thieves, the two teams of Xiangmaoth League thieves approached the pass carefully, first rescued their injured companions, and then led the injured horses away. The large group of people retreated from Futuyu in less than half an hour. At this time, the bearded man rushed over from the west wall of the pass, and only then did he realize that the Xiangmaoth League thieves were just bluffing, and they only had more than 500 riders in total.

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There was nothing to say along the way, and ten days later, the team finally rushed back to Datong.

Shanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian, Shanxi Governor Chen Chunde, and Shanxi General Zhou Yuji had arrived in Datong in advance. At this time, dozens of people including Datong Prefect Wei Daben, Datong Town Eunuch and Supervisor Zhang Zi'an, as well as Datong Town Deputy General, General, Guerrilla, and other members of Datong Town came out of the city to greet him.

In addition to the King of Dai Zhu Chuanqi, almost all the well-known people in Datong Mansion have come. Now Wang Pu is not just the admiral of the Jingying who returned home to Dingyou. He is also the prince-in-law of the Ming Dynasty. Although he has not officially married Princess Changping, he is already a royal relative in everyone's eyes.

Because Wang Dayou had just died and Wang Pu was still mourning, the civil and military officials in Datong Town did not dare to welcome him. They just followed him to the spiritual party of the old master of the Wang family compound to pay tribute. Wang Dayou was just a businessman, and it was a moment of mourning to have so many local officials coming to pay tribute after his death.
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