Chapter 41 Killing the Bandits
Behind the city gate, both inside and outside the city are hell.

Calculating the time, when things were about to get chaotic, Liu Mingwu took Liu Pianran to the nearby woods to use the toilet.

As soon as the chaos broke out, the mother and daughter immediately stole a carriage carrying the exiled officials and fled. By this time they had already run two miles away.

Pan Yingying swung the dagger hard and stabbed it into the carotid artery of a bandit. She turned a corner and pulled it, and a row of bandits' heads were cut off by the hair-thin steel wire. The scene was so bloody and cruel that it scared the bandits around her.

Everyone stepped back together, refusing to get any closer, which created a vacuum zone around her.

A fugitive seized the opportunity to run over to seek shelter. Pan Yingying did not drive him away, but instead brought him to Liang Ye.

The magistrate of Zhanglin County was just about to arrive and climbed up the city wall breathlessly. There were already several half-grown boys on the wall shooting arrows non-stop.

Downstairs, a man and a woman committed suicide, each leaving an empty circle.

Zhao was also on the city wall. She was so anxious that she gritted her teeth and wished she could rush down and hold her daughter in her arms.

Too dangerous!

Bandits: Huh? Are you talking about us?

Yu Chuner and Yu Qiuer, along with Pan Zhong and Pan Xiao, were bandaging the wounded while explaining things to the doctors.

The doctors were not as fast as them in treating external injuries. After all, they had never dealt with them before, and they would always be a little busy if they did it rashly.

Liang Ye has stopped killing people and is helping to transfer the wounded into the city.

He stretched his waist which had been bent for too long, looked up and saw the ground was piled with the corpses of bandits.

He didn't expect that the young couple who were still doubting whether it would work would bring him such a big surprise in a blink of an eye. These were two humanoid killers who could fight against a hundred people at once! If they were placed on a real battlefield, the land that was taken away by the Tartars would have been taken back long ago!

However, he only had time to sigh like this before he had to rush to help carry the injured.

Xu Yingda, the magistrate of Zhanglin County, looked at the battle situation outside the city gate and wished he could go down and kill the bandits himself.

He was only 28 years old this year and had just gotten the position of magistrate of Zhanglin County. But before he could make any real progress, a drought struck in the north, and even his Zhanglin County, located in the center of the north and the south, was affected. Refugees came to ask for shelter every few days. He sent a letter to the prefect, but the letter fell into the sea and no response was received.

Later, the number of refugees seeking shelter decreased, and the bandits came again. Before, their number was small, and they could be dealt with by relying on the soldiers guarding the city and the young and strong men in the city. Unexpectedly, today the bandits gathered more than 300 people. If it were not for the strong men downstairs, the county town would have been breached long ago, and there was no telling how many people would have been killed and injured in the city. He, the county magistrate, would be the first to be caught and sacrificed.

Xu Yingda took the bow and arrow carried by his family's servant, drew his bow and shot arrows at the bandits under the city wall.

Among the six arts of a gentleman, archery is a must-learn. Although his archery skills are average, there are so many bandits under him that he can shoot them with his eyes closed. Every shot can save one.

Wang Bing'er stabbed the skinny man opposite her with a gun, and looked at his bloodshot eyes. The hatred in those eyes made her hand tremble unconsciously, and the spear almost slipped out of her hand.

Wang Youcai used his hatchet to chop down the man who was about to approach his daughter, and turned around to shout to Liu Guihua and Wang Li, mother and son, "Mom, come and pick up Bing'er!"

He thought his daughter must have been frightened. After all, she was still a little girl, and she ran out rashly. If something happened, what would he and the child's mother do? He would have to talk to her after everything was settled.

Wang Bing'er was awakened by Wang Youcai's voice, and swept away the man who was slashing at her father with her spear. Now was not the time to be afraid. Since she chose to rush out, she had to face everything that happened.

Every younger member of the team is very capable, and she also wants to contribute.

Pan Yingying swung her sword and led a few bandits away. When she turned around, she saw Wang Xueer, who was as nimble as a monkey.

This little girl reminded her of the "Assassin" in her knife set.

He was decisive and ruthless in his actions. He was completely focused when killing people and didn't care whether he would get hurt or not.

"What are you daydreaming about!" Yu Chaosheng cut off a man's neck with a sword, turned around and bumped Pan Yingying with his butt.

Pan Yingying hit back without hesitation, "I already have 53 here, you definitely don't have as many as I do."

Yu Chaosheng swung his sword again, knocking down three people, "Now I have one more than you."

Pan Yingying was so angry that she threw the dagger so fast that Yu Chaosheng could hardly dodge it, and the dagger cut his neck.

"You woman! You did it on purpose!" Yu Chaosheng glared at her unhappily.

These bandits were basically ordinary people without any martial arts skills, so it was a one-sided crush against them. The two of them handled them with great ease and even had time to bicker with each other.

Pan Yingying ignored him. She did it on purpose, but she didn't say it.

She was observing these bandits. Many of them had abnormally red faces and red eyes. If she guessed correctly, most of them had eaten their own kind.

So she left no room for anyone else and even wanted to see if the leader had any property for her to inherit.

Yu Chaosheng had the same idea as her. These bandits were so experienced that this should not be the first time they had done such a thing. So, if they followed them to their lair, would they be able to make a fortune?
The two men looked at each other across the crowd and instantly understood each other's thoughts, so they gradually slowed down the movements of their weapons and waited patiently for the remaining people to escape.

Finally, when the bandits were reduced to less than a hundred people, they panicked and turned around to flee.

The soldiers and the young men wanted to chase them out, but Xu Yingda on the tower shouted, "Don't chase the desperate enemy! Clean up the battlefield first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen people rushed out of the city gate, all of them were from Pan Yingying's team.

Liu Juhua, carrying a cloth bag, holding a hatchet in her hand and lifting the hem of her skirt, took the lead. She loved cleaning the battlefield the most, and no one was allowed to snatch this job from her!
The others did not hurry either. Zhao Meixiang held a kitchen knife, and her two sons each held a brick. The three of them walked quickly, fearing that if they were a step slower, the bandits' valuables would be snatched away first.

Not to mention Zhao and Yang, the two little old ladies walked very fast and stunned the people standing on the city wall.

Yu Chun'er and Yu Qiu'er bandaged the wounds in their hands, and ran out hand in hand behind their mother. Little Wang slapped her thigh angrily as she ran, "Oh! If I had known earlier, I would have come out to kill the enemy! Others would have looted everything along this road!"

"Not really, not really. My uncle and aunt must have killed a lot of people, enough for everyone to share. Don't worry, mom." Yu Chun'er hurried to comfort.

She and her sister were actually also panicking. Both wanted to kill a pig, but they only had enough money to buy one. They hoped that they could save enough to buy two pigs soon, otherwise they didn't know how long it would take them to save up.

(End of this chapter)