Chapter 250 Massacre
After the shout outside, the living room suddenly became as quiet as death!
Jia Shanyao's spine softened, and he almost fell to the ground again. Then he jumped up like a monkey and said anxiously: "Sir, I think we should not stay here for long..."
"Shut up!"
Sun Shaozong stopped him and waited for the Xiang family servant who had shouted loudly to come in. He then inquired carefully and confirmed that there were only twenty or so soldiers gathered at the gate of the yamen and that they did not carry any firearms or crossbows. Then he heaved a sigh of relief.
He is not bragging. Anyone who knows his reputation would not think that he can be subdued by just twenty or so soldiers.
Moreover, when Jia Shanyao and his four men rushed over, they should have passed by the Governor's Mansion. If Zhou Ruqing really intended to deal with Sun Shaozong, he would definitely notice this!
But since they are not here to arrest me, what is the purpose of these personal soldiers?
Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is the annex housing the Korean envoys also in this direction?"
"That's right. The annex is right here..."
Jia Shanyao was halfway through answering when he suddenly realized something and said happily, "Yes, these soldiers are probably going to capture the Korean envoy! If it weren't for the Korean envoy, Lord Zhou wouldn't have been forced into a desperate situation. Now that they are going to raise the flag of rebellion, naturally they will sacrifice that barbarian surnamed Li first!"
Raise the flag of rebellion?
This Captain Jia is really good at thinking nonsense.
Sun Shaozong rolled his eyes speechlessly, this wasn't a chaotic time and this wasn't a remote frontier where the emperor was far away. It would be better to just hang your neck on a flagpole and die than to raise the flag of rebellion with only two hundred soldiers!
The reason why Zhou Ruqing sent people to the villa was probably not to kill Li Enxian, but to take him hostage so that he could take the three Korean warships for himself.
With the help of firearms, bows and crossbows, plus these three large warships, Zhou Ruqing is able to roam the seas!
Maybe we can even go to the southeast coast and share a piece of the pie with the Japanese pirates!
Moreover, he held Li Enxian hostage, so even if anything unexpected happened, he could use him as a shield.
But this is not the worst!
If Zhou Ruqing really succeeded, it would needless to say that the imperial court would lose face, and it would be hard to predict how the Kingdom of Korea would react.
Thinking further, the surrounding foreign countries were already ready to make a move. If this incident caused a chain reaction...
No~
We must not let this week's peeling run wild!
Sun Shaozong hurriedly asked again: "Will we pass by this inn when we go to that villa?!"
"That's not necessary."
Jia Shanyao stretched out his arm and gestured, "There is a T-junction not far from here. Turn north from there..."
Without waiting for him to finish his words, Sun Shaozong stepped forward, pulled off the sword from his waist, and rushed out of the door like the wind.
Everyone was puzzled when they heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves outside!
Not to mention how the people in the inn reacted.
But Sun Shaozong rode Jia Shanyao's mount, hid the single sword in his cloak, and rode straight to the Governor's Mansion with the whip.
When we reached the T-junction, we saw that nearly half of the twenty or so bodyguards had already turned the corner.
Sun Shaozong urged his horse to catch up without saying a word. The soldiers behind him heard the sound of horse hooves and looked back in confusion. They saw him grinning grimly, and he quickly pulled out a single-edged sword in his right hand, sweeping it over like a streak of lightning!
Since he has decided to solve the problem with force, he will show no mercy!
With the help of the horse's power, and Jia Shanyao's sword was also no ordinary item, he cut off three of the Liuyang leaders with just a sweep, just like cutting melons and vegetables!
The hot blood in his chest was still gushing out, and the confused head was still flying in the air, but Sun Shaozong had already urged his horse to crash into the crowd, with the single sword in his hand flying up and down, and in a blink of an eye, he had harvested five or six lives!
You have to know that this team only has about 20 people in total, how can they withstand such a massacre? !
The remaining soldiers were either standing there in shock or running around crying. Only the leader had some courage. He drew his sword and shouted, "He is alone. Brothers, stand shoulder to shoulder..."
Before he finished roaring, half of his left shoulder and his head fell to the ground!
"Kneel down to avoid death!"
Sun Shaozong then opened his mouth and shouted loudly, and then urged his horse to rush towards the fleeing officers and soldiers.
However, no matter how fierce he was, he was unable to cope with all of them. After killing six people and capturing two , four or five people still escaped.
Seeing that he could not catch up with the prisoners, Sun Shaozong simply drove the two prisoners back to the inn along the same route.
You have to know that this happened in broad daylight, and the heads being chopped off in the street could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the common people. Therefore, the pedestrians on the road heard the sound and fled away. Only behind the doors and windows and on the walls of the courtyard were pairs of curious and frightened eyes.
Since no one dared to approach, Sun Shaozong naturally would not waste time on the road, so he interrogated the two captives while walking.
The two men were already frightened, otherwise they would not have knelt down and begged for mercy after hearing Sun Shaozong's roar.
When he asked me this question, I naturally didn't dare to lie to him.
So when he arrived outside the inn, Sun Shaozong already knew most of what he wanted to know.
The result can only be described as "extremely pessimistic". Originally, Sun Shaozong was thinking that if the personal soldiers of the Governor's Office were kept in the dark and did not know Zhou Ruqing's future plans, perhaps he could use this to disrupt the enemy's military morale.
Who would have thought, after interrogation, that Zhou Ruqing had already told the truth to his personal soldiers at noon.
This personal guard was originally fed by him with money, and they were often involved in various illegal activities on a daily basis. They all knew the principle of rising together and falling together.
Therefore, except for a few people, the vast majority responded to Zhou Ruqing's nonsense of "killing people overseas and establishing new ".
Zhou Ruqing did not make things difficult for those who refused to submit. He just ordered them to be temporarily imprisoned in the backyard, saying that he would let them go freely before going out to sea at night.
When the soldiers saw Zhou Ruqing like this, they felt that he was kind to his fellow villagers and was a "lord" worth following. Those who had originally been hesitant and only agreed to go to sea out of fear now became more willing.
After that, Zhou Ruqing ordered people to guard the place strictly, and at the same time, he brought many young women from the Neishi Yamen, and announced that the brothers could take turns to play with them before dark...
“It’s already started?!”
"Not yet, because we were ordered to lure the Korean envoy into a trap, and Captain Ge Yan personally promised that he would divide the women after we come back."
Sun Shaozong finally breathed a sigh of relief. If these hundreds of innocent women were insulted because he was unable to rescue them in time, it would be really...
However, this is different from his previous speculation. Doesn't Zhou Ruqing plan to provide a layer of insurance for the crew and sailors before going out to sea?
"Those boatmen? Captain Ge Yan did say that after the brothers have tasted the first soup, he would give them some leftovers. From now on, everyone will be 'brothers in arms' and can take care of each other at sea."
Damn~
The "pledge of allegiance" of love also has different levels and closeness of relationship!