Chapter 1482: Han Family Woman
Chapter 1482: Chapter 1482: Han Family Woman
Qin San Lang had instructed Hong Dao and his men that when scouting, even if they encountered someone asking for help, they must remain vigilant. This was because the Northwest had been chaotic for too long, forcing people to become evil. Some would impersonate victims of robbery to attack those who helped them. If anything seemed amiss, they should leave immediately.
Hong Dao remembered Qin San Lang’s instructions, but hearing the sound of weapons, he knew one side was the military. Not wanting fellow soldiers to be harmed, he went to rescue them, sending two scouts back to report the situation to Qin San Lang.
Qin San Lang had a large number of soldiers, so even if the front was a trap, he dared to break through it, immediately saying, "Go call the other Company Commanders and the Chief Commander."
"Yes." The two scouts hurried to call the other Company Commanders and the Chief Commander.
"San Lang, I hear fellow soldiers traveling westward are in danger ahead. Are you going to rescue them?" Niu Dabao asked.
Qin San Lang nodded, "Yes, they are fellow soldiers traveling west. It would be wrong not to help. Let’s split the troops in half. Xie Cheng, Company Commander Liu, Company Commander Jin, and I will go rescue them. Uncle Niu, keep the others and surround our accompanying relatives to prevent being ambushed."
"Okay, I’ll follow your lead!" Niu Dabao’s loud voice set the tone, and the other Company Commanders quickly notified their soldiers to prepare to join Qin San Lang in the rescue.
Qin San Lang rode up to the carriage, knocked on the door, and when Gu Jinli lifted the curtain window to look at him, he said: "Xiao Yu, ahead there are other soldiers traveling westward encountering trouble. I’m taking half the soldiers to rescue them. Stay in the carriage and don’t move. I’ll be back soon."
Since it was soldiers traveling west encountering trouble, it was natural to rescue them. Gu Jinli said: "Yes, hurry and go, don’t worry about me."
She added: "Be careful, don’t fall for any traps."
Qin San Lang nodded, "Alright, don’t worry."
Speaking, he touched her face and rode to the side to wait for Xie Cheng.
Ji Zhenniang heard Xie Cheng and others were going to rescue people, and was quite frightened: "Won’t you encounter bandits again? You can’t go, let Company Commander Niu go, stay here!"
Xie Cheng comforted: "Don’t be afraid, Zhenniang, there aren’t so many bandits here. It’s estimated to be other troubles. And the opponent’s manpower is not much, we’ll rescue them soon."
Xie Cheng hurried to rescue people, comforting Ji Zhenniang a few words, and seeing the flag gather soldiers, immediately rode off.
Ji Zhenniang was furious, cursing: "Xie Cheng, you bastard!"
"Stay close to Sister-in-law Qin, don’t run around, if you’re angry, wait to scold me when I return." Xie Cheng reluctantly turned his head to say, and hurried off for assembly.
"Go!" Qin San Lang ordered, leading soldiers with horses to charge ahead for rescue, followed by the infantry running behind.
Clang clang clang!
Just as they got close to where the scouts pointed, Qin San Lang heard the fierce sound of weapons clashing.
"Ah! Husband, come back quickly, they’re kidnapping our son! Hurry, save Brother Yi!" A young woman screamed miserably, but her husband was surrounded by a group of assassins, wounded, unable to break through to rescue them.
The woman could only risk danger to tightly hold her six-year-old son, not allowing him to be taken.
The woman grabbed her son, but those people went to grab her daughter.
"Mother, save me!"
Upon hearing her daughter, the woman turned to look, seeing her daughter held by an assassin, about to be taken away, her eyes widened with rage, shouting: "Let go of Sister Yu, let her go! I know who you are, if you dare hurt Sister Yu and Brother Yi, we’ll fight you to the death!"
However, the assassin taking the child merely sneered, swinging his machete towards the woman.
Swish!
As the machete swung at the woman, Qin San Lang shot an arrow at the assassin wielding the blade, the arrow piercing directly into his head, causing the assassin to fall backward onto the ground.
The assassin died in front of the woman, frightening her, yet she rushed to cover her daughter’s eyes and held her, saying: "Sister Yu, don’t be afraid, it’s okay now."
Then quickly looked toward her son, who was delirious from high fever and had been taken by another group. She frantically shouted to Qin San Lang: "Military Officer, quickly save my son! My husband is Company Commander Zhang of Sheng’an County in Linhe Prefecture, I am the daughter of Mrs. Han from the Capital’s Uncle Guang Cheng! If you save Brother Yi, the Zhang Family and Han Family will..."
Shush shush!
The woman hadn’t finished shouting when Qin San Lang fired two arrows, knocking down the man who took Brother Yi onto the ground.
Seeing this, the woman was both surprised and delighted, holding her daughter and rushing over, but the assassins surrounding Company Commander Zhang noticed and lunged at Brother Yi, intent on chopping him to pieces.
Clang clang clang!
Xie Cheng arrived just in time with his men, blocking the assassins’ attack.
Qin San Lang shouted into the shadows: "You Ping, You An, bring your men out, these are assassins!"
Ordinary soldiers couldn’t deal with them, only You Ping, You An, and others trained to assassin standards could.
Upon hearing, You Ping and You An immediately led their men to charge out.
Crunch crunch crunch!
The sharp blades slashed like a whirlwind, killing and injuring most of the assassins.
The leader was shocked, not expecting such tough opponents, quickly gesturing to gather all assassins into a circular formation.
Not long after, the leader changed gestures, all assassins aimed their crossbow arrows at Brother Yi and Sister Yu.
"Shield soldiers, form a line, they’re going to shoot arrows!" Qin San Lang shouted, but the assassins moved too fast, Qin San Lang could only seize the Military Flag and swing it, hitting out all the surrounding torches, bang bang.
Instantly, the surrounding plunged into darkness, the assassins couldn’t see the exact position of Brother Yi and Sister Yu, forced to shoot blindly hoping to hit someone.
But they underestimated You Ping and You An, who had grabbed the two children and rolled to the side, out of the assassins’ aim.
Clink clink clink!
The sound of crossbow arrows hitting the ground, not a single sound of piercing flesh.
The assassin leader was anxious, his voice changed, ordering in a low voice: "Continue shooting!"
Clink clink clink!
More crossbow arrows hit the ground again, still no hits.
Just as the assassin leader ordered more arrow shots, You Ping and You An and their men had closed in, wielding knives swiftly, chopping off several of the assassins’ heads.
"Boss, they’ve come over, our men are being killed!" An assassin said anxiously.
Mrs. Han heard this, shouted: "Capital accent, indeed sent by that poisonous woman, our couple will never forgive her!"
Upon hearing this, the assassin leader immediately ordered: "Retreat."
This time with help, Mrs. Han, they couldn’t succeed, had to retreat fast, leaving no evidence or else their master would kill them.
Upon hearing, the assassins hurriedly withdrew into the darkness.
Qin San Lang didn’t pursue, hearing Mrs. Han, this seemed like her family’s affair; he was merely helping fellow soldiers, no need to involve himself in others’ family matters.
"Light the torches!" Qin San Lang said, and in the blink of an eye, the surroundings were illuminated by torchlight, revealing the ground covered in corpses.