Hundreds of spears stood towards the sky, and the three hundred people standing proudly stood in two rows neatly, making the scalp tingling when they saw them, and the hearts seemed to be pressing against a mountain, making it difficult for them to breathe.

"Xiaotou." When Zhuang Ding saw Xiaohu, he quickly called out.

Xiao Hu walked behind a courtyard wall on the west side a few steps and asked in a low voice: "What's the situation with the bandits outside?"

"There is no attack for the time being." Zhuang Ding said, "The gang of rioters outside are not pretending to be the border troops. Such a team with strict battle formations is rare in the border troops, so our Zhuangzi will probably not be able to defend it."

Xiaohu lay down on the edge of the wall and looked out.

Under the light of the setting sun, a long line of bandits stood neatly outside the land, with spears like a forest and the entire team remained as motionless as a mountain, which was daunting.

Xiao Hu slowly retracted his head back behind the courtyard wall and whispered: "Damn it, when did the bandits become so strong? Those who don't know think it's an official army!"

A Zhuang Ding said anxiously: "Xiao Tou, you have an idea. Just because of our people and those tenants who can only play hoes, they can't stop the bandits outside."

"What fuck can I have?" Xiao Hu cursed angrily and said, "Wait, wait until the bandits attack us. If we can't stop us, let's escape. Our brothers can't bury the old man Zheng."

At this moment, Liu Heng walked to the front of the 300 new recruits and stood outside the area with an arrow from Zhengjiazhuang.

"Arrowman!"

With Liu Heng's shout, more than fifty archers ran out quickly from the direction of the forest, came to the front of the battle formation of hundreds of refugee recruits, knelt on one knee on the ground, pulled the bowstring, and aimed the arrow in the direction of Zhengjiazhuang.

The appearance of the archer scared Xiao Hu, who was lying behind the courtyard wall.

There are only a dozen archers in Zhengjiazhuang, but there are more than fifty archers outside.

He had also stayed in the border army. He could tell whether the people outside the village were real archers and pulled the bowstrings. Although the distance was a bit far, he could still vaguely see that the longbows in the chaotic bandits' archers were mostly standard longbows in the army.

After recognizing these things, he became more and more sure that this group of bandits was unusual. If it weren't for the clothes on the bandits being too tattered, he almost thought that the people outside the village were not bandits at all, but elite troops from the border army.

"Listen to the people in the village." Liu Heng shouted to Zhengjiazhuang, "We are here to seek wealth, and we can do everything. As long as we have enough money to buy life, my people will leave immediately and will never disturb the precious land. Otherwise, Zhengjiazhuang will not be kept."

Liu Heng raised his right hand.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The three hundred refugee recruits behind him shouted in unison.

At the same time, torches lit up in the forest slightly further behind, and a long fire dragon appeared in the forest.

The trees are covered with shadows, and there are mixed figures in the middle of the forest. A torch will only be lit after seven or eight steps. From the direction of Zhengjiazhuang, it seems that the forest is densely covered with people.

Seeing this, Xiao Hu, who was lying behind the yard wall, was so scared that he fell to the ground and muttered to himself: "It's over, Zhengjiazhuang is over, so many bandits..."

A Zhuang Ding holding a bow next to him said tremblingly: "Xiao, Xiaotou, that group of bandits said they came to make money. Are you talking to the master and spending money to eliminate disasters?"

No one is willing to fight against the bandits, and people will die in the war. There are many enemies inside and outside the village, and we will not see any victory.

"Yes, yes, spend money to eliminate disasters." Xiao Hu slapped his thigh and said, "You guys are here to watch me, I'll go see the master."

Getting up, he strode towards Master Zheng's house.

The sound of the shouts of killing just now spread the entire village. When Mr. Zheng, who was sitting in the study, he hurriedly asked Butler She to come out to inquire about the situation.

Butler She, who had just walked out of the yard, saw Xiao Hu walking towards him and hurried over.

"What's the situation with the chaotic bandits outside the village? Have you attacked Zhuangzi?"

"Is there any?" Xiao Hu shook his head and asked, "Where is the master?"

"In the study." Butler She turned his fingers and pointed to the direction of the study in the yard behind her.

Xiao Hu walked straight towards the study without saying a word, and Butler She followed closely behind.

When they pushed open the door of the study, the two of them saw a fat butt under the Taishi chair facing the door, and they were lying under the chair.

The sound of the study door opening made Mr. Zheng panic under the chair. While leaping inside, he cried and said, "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Xiao Hu and Butler She looked at each other. Butler She quickly stepped forward and pulled Mr. Zheng out of the chair, while saying, "Don't be afraid, Master, it's me and Xiao Zhuang."

Mr. Zheng turned his head and opened his eyes and glanced secretly, and found that it was indeed Butler She. The other person standing in front of the door was Xiao Hu. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With the help of Butler She, he slowly climbed out of the Taishi chair and turned over to sit on the ground.

"Xiao, Xiaohu, were those bandits beaten away by our Zhuang Ding?"

Butler She helped Master Zheng stand up from the side and sat on the Grand Master's chair.

Xiao Hu said bitterly: "Master, that group of bandits are still outside the village. A young man led by the leader asked us to prepare silver and food for them, and they would take the initiative to withdraw."

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Hu added: "Master, the group of bandits outside are probably pretending to be border troops. The longbows used by the archers are all standard longbows in the army, and there will be no less than a thousand people coming."

"These damn Qiu Bas dare to attack Zhengjiazhuang. They should kill them all." Mr. Zheng gritted his teeth and cursed, "Butler She prepared paper and ink for me. I want to write a letter to my son-in-law in Tianchengwei and ask him to find out which group of Qiu Bas came to my Zhengjiazhuang to rob."

Housekeeper She next to him advised: "The master calms down his anger. The distance water cannot relieve his thirst. Now the bandits have surrounded our village. With the little manpower at Xiaozhuangtou, you may not be able to stop it. Do you think you should agree to the request of the bandits first, just spend money to eliminate disasters."

"This..." When talking about silver, Mr. Zheng frowned and said hesitantly after a while, "Fifty... no, is one hundred taels enough?"

When Xiaohu heard this, his face turned dark. He sent more than a thousand people to send him out, how could he return for 100 taels of silver? It would not be enough for gold?

Butler She said from the side: "Master, one hundred taels are not enough, why don't you give more?"

"One hundred and fifty taels?" Master Zheng hesitated and looked at Butler She, then looked at Xiao Hu. Seeing that neither of them said anything, he gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred taels, at most, there is no more big son."

Seeing this, Butler She advised: "Master, please calm down, calm down."

Xiao Hu also knew that taking out 200 taels of silver was the limit of Mr. Zheng, so he said, "Master, those bandits said that food is OK, so it's better to give them more food."

"Food?" Mr. Zheng frowned and hesitated.

Mr. She took the opportunity to say, "Master, there are still Chenliang in our granary for the past two years. I think those bandits are used to being poor, so they are satisfied with getting Chenliang."

"But Chenliang is also a silver!" Mr. Zheng was a little reluctant.

Butler She said again: "Master, you forgot that we had already cleaned up a batch of rotten grain two months ago. Some of the grains in the granary will rot if they are put into it. It is better to give the bandits and let them withdraw their troops."

Mr. Zheng sat on the chair of the Grand Master, hesitated for a while, and said with a look of pain: "Then let me listen to you, exchange the old grain for the bandits to retreat, but should you give less money? That's two hundred taels!"

Butler She turned dark and thought to herself, when is it time, and she still feels sorry for the little money.

However, he still said, "Master, please rest assured. We should try to get as little money as possible and give more grain."

"Then... I'll leave the matter to you. Be sure to let the bandits retreat." As he said that, Mr. Zheng covered his chest and said, "Oh my chest, it hurts me so much, my money and my food!"

Butler She and Xiao Hu looked at each other helplessly and left the study together.
Chapter completed!