Chapter 27 Lead by example
A thin man beside her looked cross-eyed and said, "Village leader, don't let Zhao Yi fool us, do you?"

"What do you mean?" The man called the village chief immediately turned around and asked, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Fighting Cock Eyes was startled and said, "Zhao Yi is a government soldier after all. Although he has received a lot of money from us, why is he so kind? He even notified us when he was withdrawing. And, did you notice, the village chief, that this guy seems to be in a hurry and wants us to attack the city and plunder?"

The village chief's eyes widened and he said, "Military Advisor, are you saying that this is Zhao Yi's conspiracy, and he wants to team up with the prefectural government to frame us?"

Cross-eyed, he glanced at Bai Cheng who was screaming behind him, and said hesitantly, "It's not necessarily that he was framed, but Bai Cheng is definitely not as simple as Zhao Yi said..."

"Look at these soldiers in armor, we have never seen them before."

The village chief was also silent, and said, "This is a bit strange, but now that the brothers have rushed in first, we must defend the city gate no matter what."

"Alas..." Cross-eyed Man sighed and said nothing more.

Although Chen Huaian's Black Armor Guards were powerful, by the time they arrived in Baicheng, the bandits from Crescent Mountain had already occupied the city gate.

The city gate was narrow, and Chen Huaian could not deploy his troops. He could only use the advantage of his cavalry to attack again and again.

However, there were not many people that could go into battle at one time, so both sides came to a stalemate.

Just when both sides were at a loss of what to do with the other, a roar suddenly sounded not far away: "Hahaha, these idiots from Crescent Moon Mountain were really tricked by General Zhao. This time it's our turn to be the garrison commander!"

"Hahaha, what we're saying is that the bandits in Crescent Moon Mountain are all stupid!"

"Brothers, the opportunity to make a contribution has arrived!"

"Kill!"

The bandits on Crescent Mountain were startled and looked outside the city, only to see a large number of government troops marching towards them.

Cross-eyed was immediately horrified, and he pulled the creditor's foot and said, "Oh no, village chief, Zhao Yi really tricked us and waited for us to come to him!"

Wang An was charging ahead, and when he encountered an enemy halfway, he ordered all the garrison soldiers to spread out horizontally, so from a distance it looked like there were a lot of troops, but in fact there were only less than a hundred people.

Moreover, these garrison soldiers had just put on the armor left over from the smocks, so they looked like Zhao Yi's garrison soldiers. Who would have thought that these people were just garrison soldiers.

"Damn it! How dare this bastard Zhao Yi cheat me!" The burly village chief was horrified.

Cross-eyed man urged: "Captain, let's retreat quickly before that bastard Zhao Yi surrounds us!"

The village chief had a troubled look on his face. He looked back at the bandits who were burning, killing and looting in the city and said, "If we retreat, the remaining brothers will not survive."

The cross-eyed man showed a hint of viciousness and advised: "There is no hero without ruthlessness in this world. It's not that we don't want to save him, but we can't save him!"

"Zhao Yi has thousands of recruits under his command. The few of us who stayed behind are not enough to fill their teeth. If we hadn't been coaxed by gold, silver and jewelry over the years, how could we have lived so carefree?"

As if convinced by the cross-eyed man, he gritted his teeth, waved his hands and shouted, "Brothers, let's retreat!"

However, the village chief did not expect that they were just a group of bandits after all, and their formation was immediately thrown into chaos when they withdrew.

Chen Huaian and his black-armored guards charged and killed them, leaving behind more than a dozen corpses.

But Chen Huaian did not continue to chase him. After all, protecting Cao Yunmeng’s safety was the top priority for him.

At this time, there were still two or three hundred bandits wreaking havoc in Baicheng. For him, entering the city to suppress the bandits was far more important than chasing after most of the bandits.

Wang An thought the same thing. He was already close to the city gate. He rode his horse to catch up with Chen Huaian and said, "Don't worry about those thieves. Let's go into the city and wipe them out first!" Chen Huaian no longer hesitated when he heard that. He immediately called on the black-armored guards to rush into the city.

In just a moment, in addition to the panicked cries of the people in the city, there began to be shouts of panic from people pouring water.

He turned his head to look at the guards behind him, waved his hand towards the White City, and said, "If you are a real man, charge with me!"

Just as Wang An was about to charge into the city, someone suddenly pulled his reins.

When I looked down, it turned out to be the man named Xu Huang.

Huanxun looked up at Wang An seriously and advised him, "Your Highness, you are of a noble status, so why take risks so easily? Leave the task of suppressing the bandits to us!"

Wang An looked solemn. He drew the long sword from his waist and said righteously, "Since Jizhou is my fiefdom, then Baicheng is also my hometown. My hometown is plagued by bandits. Do you want me to just stand by and watch?"

"This..." Xu Huang was speechless, "How can these two be confused?"

"Why can't we confuse them?" Wang An said anxiously, "You are allowed to protect your hometown, but can't I?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Either follow me into the city and kill the enemy or get out of the way!"

Xu Huang's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he loosened the reins in his hand and said with emotion: "Since even the prince is determined to kill the enemy, wouldn't it be unreasonable for us Baicheng people to retreat?"

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the other dozens of guards, raised his arms and shouted: "Even the prince can lead the way for our Baichen. If any of us brothers fall behind, are we still human beings?"

Everyone was deeply moved after hearing Wang An's words.

Hearing this, everyone responded.

"Why would His Majesty need to intervene against these few bandits?"

"Your Highness, just wait and see. Old Zhang will chop them up and feed them to the dogs!"

"With your words, Your Highness, I will die without regrets even if I die in battle!"

"It's been many years since we in Jizhou have been crowned a king. This is the first time I've met a real man like the prince. I would have no regrets even if I die at the hands of bandits!"

Wang An solemnly bowed to the lowest ranks of the imperial army and said, "Thank you for your respect. I promise you that as long as I am here, the lives of the soldiers of Jizhou Guards and the people of Baicheng will definitely get better!"

After saying this, Wang An did not delay any longer. He kicked his horse and rushed into the city.

Xu Huang also drew his sword and shouted, "Brothers, the four of you with weapons should not fall behind Wang An!"

"Go on!"

At this moment, the garrison soldiers, who numbered less than a hundred, suddenly burst out with the momentum of thousands of elite soldiers.

The deafening shouts made the bandits in the city who had already fought with Chen Huaian and other black-armored guards even more frightened.

They all looked sideways, wanting to see where these soldiers and officers got the reinforcements from.

But because of this distraction, many people lost their heads.

(End of this chapter)