Niu Xiaosheng's tone was calm. In his heart, he didn't have much hatred for the woman in front of him. The only thing to blame was that she was Zhou Lang's daughter. The two were destined to be mortal enemies and there was no room for any sympathy.
Zhou Min's legs weakened and her body fell to the ground. Although she tried hard to stand up, as the core of the Black Snake Formation, she suffered a bigger loss than others. She was able to walk in front of Niu Xiaosheng only with will and a will.
How can you still have the strength to stand up if your tone of voice is holding you back?
Looking at the pale and pitiful Zhou Min, Niu Xiaosheng suddenly felt like he was seeing a villain. He looked away and shifted to the tall Wubao in front of him.
Except for the gate and the ground that was trampled by Xiaoman, the entire Wubao was almost undamaged. The city wall was made of huge stones and glued with animal glue. It was more than 3 feet high and more than 10 feet wide, providing Wubao with
A strong defense.
There is a three-story arrow tower built at regular intervals on the city wall. Beyond the arrow tower is the towering watchtower in the Wubao. This is the tallest building in the entire Wubao, with a total of nine floors.
This fort is much better than his small village in the Western Territory, but from now on, everything here, including this fort, will become his personal property.
"Zhou Min!"
A shout came from behind, and Hong Xin rode over with a group of guards. However, before she could get close to Wubao, she was stopped by the dragon and tiger cavalry behind Niu Xiaosheng.
Looking at the knight standing in front of him, covered in black armor, Hong Xin suppressed the irritability in his heart and said slowly: "Please let me pass."
Niu Xiaosheng waved his hand, led the people past Zhou Min, and walked into the Wubao along the bloody city gate corridor.
Zhou Min stared closely at Niu Xiaosheng, who was wearing a fox mask, with his fingers clasped in the cracks in the ground, his face showing sadness and anger.
After the last dragon and tiger rider walked into the corridor, Hong Xin turned over and dismounted, and in a few steps came to Zhou Min's side, supporting him. Guazi had a look of guilt on his face, "Mei Min, are you okay? It's all my fault."
"
Zhou Min shook his head. Although Hong Wu fled without a fight in the end, causing the Zhou family to completely lose the opportunity to turn defeat into victory, Hong Wu was the ancestor of the Hong family after all, and it was not something that a junior like Hong Xin could control.
"Sister Hong Xin, I can't blame you. The Southern Barbarians are too strong. Our Zhou family lost unjustly."
Speaking of this, she couldn't help but think of what the masked man said just now. He and my father were old acquaintances? Old acquaintances would kill them all without mercy? Obviously they are my father's enemies. They came to Huroaring Forest to probably target them.
It's from the Zhou family. This matter must be reported to dad as soon as possible.
"You have to be careful. I think that person is very ambitious. He might take action against your Hong family soon."
Zhou Min said to Hong Xin.
A hint of gloom flashed in Hong Xin's eyes, "Let's not talk about this for now. I will take you back to the county."
"Help me bring the rest of the people with me. They are out of power now and may not be able to get out of the Northern Territory."
Zhou Min turned his head and looked behind. At this time, the men of the Dragon and Tiger Riders were driving out the surviving members of the Zhou family's hunting team. They looked very embarrassed. These people were elites trained by the Zhou family for many years, and now there were only less than 100 people left.
Hundreds of people, it can be said that they are exhausted.
"Master!"
Inside the Wubao, Xiaoman's body shape returned to that of a teenage girl. Because he was wearing spiritual clothes, he avoided the embarrassing situation of being naked.
"Good job."
Niu Xiaosheng rubbed Xiaoman's forehead and praised.
Xiaoman squinted his eyes, looking very useful.
The space inside Wubao is not small, enough to accommodate thousands of people living in it. It is five or six times more spacious than the garrison in the West Territory. Niu Xiaosheng has already begun to plan to have the hunting team stationed here permanently, but he cannot give up there. If
No one is watching, but there is no way to prevent poachers from taking advantage of troubled waters.
As a result, the manpower is somewhat insufficient. The Western Territory and the Northern Territory combined cover an area of more than 3,000 square kilometers. The area is not small. With only a few hundred people in hand, it is impossible to guard it.
Just as Niu Xiaosheng was thinking about where to buy some slaves and came back, someone outside reported that Sun Yong, the magistrate of Lu County, had arrived.
When he originally chose to come to Huxiaolin to form a hunting team, in addition to considering that Zhou Lang's hunting team was also here, Niu Xiaosheng also checked the information about Lu County from Jian Tiansi.
According to the intelligence, Sun Yong has been serving as the county magistrate in Lu County for two and a half years, and he will be replaced in another half year. During his tenure in Lu County, the magistrate behaved very low-key and rarely interacted with the few people entrenched here.
When big families are in conflict, they make money by being harmonious, and they choose weak persimmons to squeeze. In the eyes of outsiders, this is a fatuous and cowardly corrupt official.
But in fact, Sun Yong was the second prince of the current dynasty. Everywhere he went, he would try every means to steal people's support, and the money he gained would be secretly transferred to the second prince.
Not even Jian Tiansi's intelligence network knew about this, or Niu Xiaosheng was not qualified to have access to this kind of information.
Outside the gate.
Not only the county magistrate Sun Yong came, but also a group of people, including the head of the Du family, who were watching the battle on the hillside just now.
"I didn't know that Mr. Sun's arrival was not welcomed at a distance."
Niu Xiaosheng led everyone out and bowed his hands to Sun Yong. In fact, according to his official rank, his position as Chief Banner of the Supervisory Heavenly Division was one level higher than Sun Yong's seventh-rank county magistrate. Even if he didn't come out to greet him, there was nothing wrong with him.
It's just that he has no plans to reveal his identity yet.
"How unruly. Even if you don't show courtesy when you see an adult, you still wear a mask. How unbecoming!"
The county lieutenant next to him scolded him with a cold face.
Hearing this, Niu Xiaosheng immediately understood that the person who came here was evil. County Lieutenant Li Chong had always been Sun Yong's pawn. He suddenly launched an attack, obviously he had been instructed in advance.
He glanced at Li Chong and said calmly: "Master Sun hasn't spoken yet, then it's your turn to interrupt?"
"You are so arrogant, someone comes and takes it down!"
Li Chong pointed at Niu Xiaosheng and ordered.
"Who dares!"
Immediately, the surrounding dragon and tiger riders drew their swords and stood in front of Niu Xiaosheng.
"Do you want to rebel?"
Li Chong showed a sneer when he saw this. As long as this crime was proven true, no matter who he was, he would end up being a prisoner.
"Rebellion doesn't just happen if you say yes."
Niu Xiaosheng took out a sign, which was the badge of his chief banner in Supervisory Tiansi. In this situation, it was impossible to use this identity. After all, once he was convicted of rebellion, even Fan Rumeng would be hard-pressed to help him.
Get away.
"What is this? Does any of you know it?"
When Li Chong saw the waist card in Niu Xiaosheng's hand, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
"Sir, we haven't seen him either."
The people around them shook their heads, and it was no wonder for them. After all, in a small place like Lu County, it was rare to even see the Supervisor of the Supervisor Tiansi, let alone the General Banner.