These days Niu Xunda was so dizzy that the bandits in Mangdang Mountain were so angry that he saw twenty or thirty horses coming over and thought it was Liu Xuanfeng's people coming to provoke him. When the knights reached the range, he let go and sent the feather arrows out. Niu Xunda's martial arts skills were average and his shooting skills were average, but he was holding one of the few hard bows in Wanxian County. There was no problem standing on the city wall to send the feather arrows out for 200 steps.

But if you want to kill someone, the distance of 200 steps is still too far. So Niu Xunda planned to loosen the bowstring when the knights were more than 100 steps away from the city wall. He was not sure who he aimed at, thinking that he could not be missed by so many people.

But after he saw the next scene clearly, he was immediately stunned.

The arrow shot very accurately and flew towards the knight in the lead. But no one expected that the knight in the lead would actually reach out and catch the oncoming feather arrow.

The clouds are calm and the wind is light.

Niu Xunda was stunned and subconsciously opened his mouth wide.

"When did Liu Xuanfeng have such a powerful subordinate?"

He looked at Sun Kaidao and found that the county magistrate's eyes were still a little erratic, so he reached out and pulled it. Sun Kaidao then woke up from his loss and smiled apologetically at Niu Xunda.

"It's not Liu Xuanfeng's bandit."

Sun Kaidao looked outside the city and couldn't help but be stunned: "Look, those knights were wearing black armor of the Great Sui warriors, holding spears in their hands. Although Liu Xuanfeng had two or three thousand bandits, he didn't have a long spear. These people... are Sui army!"

"Sui Army!"

Niu Xunda's face was happy, but when he thought of the county magistrate's concern, he immediately became heavier. At this time, the Sui army must be the soldiers of the left vanguard. Could it be that Yin Poshan's 200,000 troops could not stop the left vanguard from heading north? Even if he was defeated, he would not let the left vanguard come easily by relying on the danger of Mangdang Mountain.

"Sir, what should I do?"

He asked.

"Look, let's talk about it."

Sun Kaidao cleaned up his mind, walked forward a few steps and stood by the city wall and watched carefully. The twenty or thirty riders stopped about a hundred steps outside the city. The man in black, who was not wearing armor and wearing black clothes reached out to take a bow from the guard beside him, and then placed the subsequent feather arrow on the bow string. He raised the hard bow and pointed the arrow cluster at the side of the city wall. He didn't see how he aimed, the feather arrow suddenly left the bow string and flew over. With a dull sound, he rubbed Niu Xunda's face and pierced into the city bricks.

The stirring gravel left a blood mark on Niu Xunda's face. If the arrow was a little bit off, it would leave a hole in his face.

"He wants to kill me..."

Niu Xunda subconsciously said.

"No, if he wants to kill you, this arrow will not deliberately shoot a point."

Sun Kaidao shook his head: "If there is such a shooting skill, even if it is in the left vanguard army, it will definitely be in a high position. I don't know which general is here... It seems that Yin Poshan's rebels have been completely defeated by the left vanguard. Is the left vanguard army really going north?"

"What should we do?"

Niu Xunda asked.

"we?"

Sun Kaidao shook his head: "Actually, we will come sooner or later this day. I just didn't expect it to come so quickly. Tell Min Yong not to shoot arrows again. If he angered the general of the left vanguard, he could demolish our Wan County with just one Zhechong camp. During the war, the left vanguard was slaughtered by the famous generals of our Wan County as traitors, and no one blamed him. I took such a lot of effort to save Wan County and could no longer cause disaster for the people of Wan County."

"But... sir, once the city gate is opened, if the people in the left front guard know that you have descended to Yinpo Mountain, it will still be a bloody disaster."

"I'll go out myself."

Sun Kaidao waved his hand: "You all stay!"

Without waiting for the people to stop them, Sun Kaidao strode down the city wall, and then ordered the soldiers guarding the gate to open the city gate. Niu Xunda and Min Yong followed behind, but were scolded by Sun Kaidao and kept it inside the gate.

He walked over to the twenty or thirty riders alone, adjusting his breathing while walking. He knew what he would face and could not escape. No one knew the pain in his heart, and no one could stop his reputation. In order to ensure that the people in Wan County, he did not hesitate to present his beloved woman to Yin Poshan. In order to prevent the people from being slaughtered, he even worshipped under the disciple of a martial artist in Yin Poshan. He carried all these great shames and humiliations by himself.

Now not many people in Wan County understand him, and they treat him like a traitor. In secret, there are no one who knows how many people spit and scold him.

He saved the people in the city, but no one of the people missed him.

He himself never thought how it would become like this. Even the people and brave men did not understand his intentions. The men took up simple weapons, just to surround their homes rather than because of his call.

"Xiaguan Wan County Magistrate Sun Kaidao, I wonder which general has arrived?"

He walked up to the knights and gave a deep salute.

"You are Sun Kaidao?"

"It's the official."

"Take it down"

The young man in black robe waved his hand, and immediately two personal guards jumped off the horse's back to hold Sun Kaidao down. Niu Xunda in the city gate cried and called someone to rush out to save the county magistrate, but when he ran out, he found that there were very few civil warriors following him.

"You idiots!"

Niu Xunda cursed in pain and rushed towards the knights with a horizontal sword.

...

...

Niu Xunda rushed over with a dozen civil warriors, and was knocked down by a man like an iron tower. The strong man, who was half a body taller than ordinary people, was like picking up more than a dozen young children and letting Niu Xunda and others overturned. More than a dozen personal soldiers came from behind him and pressed the horizontal sword on the shoulders of Niu Xunda and others.

"Sun Kaidao, you are the magistrate of Wan County. People in Wan County regard you as their respect. Now I have a few things to ask you."

The young man in black robe in the head was Fang Jie. He pointed at Sun Kaidao with a horse whip and asked, "I heard that you surrendered to the rebels and were also granted the title? Is there anything wrong?"

Sun Kaidao was stunned for a moment, and lowered his head and said, "Yes."

"I heard that Yin Poshan admires you quite a lot, so he did not rob the people of Wan County. Is there any such incident?"

"have!"

"Um"

Fang Jie nodded, waved his hand and said, "Cut it."

Two personal soldiers came over, one pressed Sun Kaidao's neck, and the other was about to slash. Sun Kaidao struggled and shouted, "I have something to ask for, it's not too late for the general to kill me after hearing this!"

Fang Jie raised his eyebrows slightly: "Say"

Sun Kaidao raised his head and said, "The official has indeed committed a serious crime and cannot be forgiven. But please kill me only. The others are forced by me and have no choice but to follow the thief."

Fang Jie snorted coldly: "I will find out who is involved in the thief in Wan County. You are the chief thief and you must not be spared. Others dare to rush out of the city to save you, and it is probably your accomplices. You people, with the salary of the court, but recognize the thief as their father... It is not an exaggeration to kill your nine clans!"

"You fart!"

Niu Xunda struggled desperately and shouted: "If there was no county magistrate, the people in the city had been slaughtered by the rebels. Lord Sun would endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens in order to protect the people in the city. This is a good official! You will kill people without asking, what is the difference between you and those rebel murderers!"

"Bang!"

Qilin slapped Niu Xunda's face, and half of his face immediately became swollen.

"If you are disrespectful to the general, you will kill you immediately."

Sun Kaidao looked at the blood on Niu Xunda's mouth and sighed: "The most wrong thing in my life, Sun Kaidao, is to be an official... If a general wants to kill, just kill him."

Fang Jie looked at Zhuo Buyi, and Zhuo Buyi nodded with a smile.

Such people have a bottom line even if they are greedy for life and fear of death.

"Can there be food and grass in the city?"

Fang answered the question.

"No!"

Sun Kaidao suddenly raised his head and replied: "Although the rebels did not kill people, they plundered all the food. The people in the city have no meals for tomorrow and no food at all!"

"Ha ha!"

Fang Jie couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and ordered, "Let them loosen their bondage, Lord Sun, follow me, I have something to discuss with you."

Qilin helped Niu Xunda up, smiled and said to offend. The other Min Yongs were also let go, looking at each other, and no one knew what was going on. Sun Kaidao was let go of Fang Jie's personal soldiers, rubbing his painful shoulders: "This general, what do you mean?"

"My general just wants to see if you really want to surrender the thief or you really want to protect the people."

Zhuo Buyi dismounted and helped Sun Kaidao: "If you offend me, I'm afraid I can't test my original intention. After all, you can't deceive Yin Poshan, but you can't deceive us."

"What is this general?"

Sun Kaidao then reacted and sighed in his heart. He thought that if he had begged for mercy just now, he would have been afraid that this general who looked handsome would be killed immediately. He would not have been so determined to live and die. If he was really a person who was not afraid of death and was not stingy, he would not have been as coquettish as Yin Poshan. However, over the past few days, the people have insulted and the people have been cold-eyed. In addition, he had heard the news of Zuo Qianwei's victory, and his worries and various emotions were no longer the idea of ​​living.

"My general is the commander of the war sent by His Majesty to Huangyang Road."

Zhuo Buyi introduced with a smile.

"Qin...the imperial envoy?"

Even though Sun Kaidao had long guessed that the other party's identity was not low, he did not expect that it would be the imperial envoy.

"My name is Fang Jie, I'll give you a gift to Lord Sun."

"The Martial Arts Academy...the explanation?"

Sun Kaidao asked subconsciously.

“It’s right”

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...

"There is no need to mention the matter in Wan County, I offended it before."

Fang Jie reported to Sun Kaidao and clasped his fists: "It only involves the life and death of thousands of people, so I have to be careful. I took the men and horses to climb over the mountains to explore the way for the army, and it is inevitable to be cautious. I want to know whether there are rebels in Chu County and whether there are granaries for rebels. Please let Lord Sun know."

Sun Kaidao was silent for a while and shook his head: "General, please be honest. Since the general is here to ask me, why not tell me the truth? General... may not be here to explore the way for the army, right?"

Sun Kaidao had calmed down and took two steps back and said, "If the left vanguard crossed the mountain, he would definitely not be walking on the small roads in the mountains. Hundreds of thousands of troops would cross the mountain? Even if the people came, the supplies, armor and siege equipment, these things would never be able to pass. Not to mention whether Luo Yao would cross the mountain, even if he could, he would have to go to Luojun with a flat terrain, rather than Chujun with a rugged mountain road."
To be continued...