webnovelfull Chapter 287 Robbery
Chapter 287 Robbery
A drum sounded, followed by many drum sounds.
Amid the deafening sound of drums, the white tiger walked over.
Jiang An, holding a spear, jumped down from the high platform and landed on the back of the white tiger.
The big cat was carrying its cub, the tiger's head was raised high, and its tail was standing upright behind it, with the tip of the tail swaying.
Behind Jiang An, a commander looked at her from behind and shouted, "March!"
The army of ten thousand people responded.
Amidst the yellow sand, the army marched out under the leadership of Jiang An.
"Lao Huo!"
The horses were next to each other, and the general put his fist on Huo Lang's chest, "Why did you come so late?"
The latter pulled the corner of his lips, "Don't mention it..."
"The prince insisted that I go and see the Second Prince off, otherwise I would have arrived long ago!"
"Haha... the military advisor and the prince didn't want to go, so they sent you there."
Holland was shocked when he heard his words.
He froze on his horse, "That's not what the old fox told me!"
Hu Yan found me at that time and said that because he had been with the Second Prince for many days and the prince was busy, sending him would better show our Northland’s sincerity!
"Tsk tsk..."
"You also said that he is an old fox."
Huo Lang's face was full of colors, and he didn't know how many words he had in his heart he was holding back.
The man was riding a horse, and his broad back looked a little aggrieved and lonely.
If you get cheated, just let it go. His wife said that suffering a loss is a blessing! !
This army of 10,000 people marched towards the northernmost part.
Jiang An was in front, and what he saw was the well fields outside the city.
Faintly, she could still see the shadows of the soldiers who had pulled the youngest to compete with Maizi. They were still smiling happily and freely.
The rice fields moved farther and farther away until she could no longer see them.
The little girl looked back and looked forward...
She didn't know how she felt at the moment. It seemed calm, yet it seemed as if a raging storm was brewing.
In the sunlight, her delicate and beautiful face seemed like a god's creation. She raised her little fist and gave orders to the army behind her.
"Speed up!"
Zheng Lu responded, turned his horse around, and shouted to the long line of troops, "Speed up the whole army!"
This border line between Nanshang and Beidi connects the territories of several countries. It takes a total of two months to patrol from beginning to end.
Two months is enough time to turn a fair and tender little girl into a wild doll.
The further north they went, the less populated the area was; the further north they went, the more chaos Jiang An saw.
Robbery, mountain banditry, sneaking across the border...
There were even some blind people who bumped into her.
For example...now.
Jiang An was holding a rabbit in his hand, followed by Niang Niang and Zheng Yan.
She pointed at her nose, a little incredulous, "What do you want to do?"
The big man holding a stick and a kitchen knife laughed wildly, "I say, robbery!"
"Put down everything in your hands and on your body..."
"And this little girl has to follow...ah!"
A dead rabbit hit him on the nose, causing two lines of blood to flow from his nose.
The culprit, Jiang An, flexed his wrist, a cold look flashing across his brow.
In the silence of the forest, she said, "It's really interesting. The robbery has come to your ancestors!"
Don’t you know that Jiang An is the pioneer of robbery?
"Brew, speak the truth..."
"Hit me!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed out first.
In less than half an incense stick of time, these seven or eight bandits fell to the ground and could not get up.
"An An!"
Huo Lang, who came to look for someone, was stunned for a moment.
The little girl was busy with her butt sticking out. When she heard the voice, she turned around and said, "General Huo~"
The little girl narrowed her eyes and shook the rope in her hand. "You came just in time!"
Huo Lang scratched his head and said, "I'm just wondering, why did it take you so long to catch a rabbit..."
Emotions are binding people here.
As he spoke, he took the rope from Jiang An as a matter of course.
A stone was tied to one end of the rope, and then a nearby tree was found and the rope end was thrown over the thick branches.
then…
The little girl pulled the rope and gently exerted force, and seven or eight men with their feet tied were hung upside down.
"Done~"
She put her hands behind her back, walked with her feet turned outward, and approached the hanged bandits in a carefree manner.
"Tell me, which mountain leader are you from?"
The man who was hung up had a head full of blood and tears flowing to his forehead.
"What mountain is this..."
He shook and screamed.
"Little God...Little God, please spare my life. I live nearby."
"We all make a living in this area!"
"I have an eighty-year-old mother and hungry children. Little god, please be kind and let me go..."
Listen, listen to this word.
You can tell at a glance that it has been used countless times.
Jiang An frowned, with a look of disbelief, "With my father and the governor here, how could there still be a village in Chongzhou that specializes in robbery?"
Holland: "Miss..."
He stretched out a finger and poked the little girl, "We are no longer in Chongzhou."
"Eh?"
not there?
Now it was Jiang An's turn to be confused.
She took out the map she always carried with her, her furry head hanging down, "But this map..."
Huo Lang smiled and pointed to the black boundary line on the map and began to explain to the little girl.
"Miss, look..."
"This line on the map is not actually a clear border line, it is a piece of land..."
"A place where several countries don't know who it belongs to."
"Take the people you tied up, for example. Perhaps they themselves can't tell whether they are Southern merchants or Eastern Li people."
Looking at this simple black line, Jiang An's voice became lighter, "So no one is in charge of the people living here?"
They have no identity from generation to generation, and so have generations to come. Their descendants can only struggle in this ungoverned land.
Huo Lang's eyes darkened. "It's not that I don't care, it's that I can't care."
It is precisely because it is unclear who owns this place that if any country extends its hand here, the other countries can easily start a war by provoking the other country.
If you can't choose between a few people and dozens of people, what about tens of thousands of people... or even an entire country?
Besides, among people, there will always be differences between close and distant relatives.
Even if it was Jiang Jichen, the governor who loved his people like his own children, would he consider whether he really wanted to gamble the lives of the National Protection Army or the people of Chongzhou to save these hundred or so people?
"About a hundred people...?"
The little girl unfolded the map and saw a black line running across the entire northern land.
She asked herself in her heart, are there really only a hundred or so people?
Jiang An looked at the map for a long time before putting it away.
She raised her head and looked at the hung man with a serious face.
All I heard was her preaching: "Even if you are pitiful, An An will not let you go."
"If you do something wrong, you should be punished. You can just hang here."
The big man wanted to cry but had no tears. He shouted at Jiang An's back, "Little God, there are wolves tonight!"
She picked up the hunted rabbit and said nonchalantly: "Didn't you say that everyone in your village is doing this? They will come to save you~"
"Ah…"
Huo Lang chuckled, "That's not necessarily true~"
Jiang An was curious and pricked up his ears. "What did you say?"
Huo Lang: "Every time our prince inspects the border, he captures everyone he can. These people nearby have figured out the patrol times of the National Defense Army..."
"At this time of year, this place is clean and there is no one to be seen."
"That's why I said that there might not be anyone to rescue them."
"Oh, I see."
They gradually walked away and their figures disappeared behind the bushes.
As the wind blew, one could still hear the little girl asking in confusion, "Then how did An An run into them?"
Still near the army.
Holland: “…This…”
He doesn't know either.
Logically speaking, they shouldn't seek their own death.