Chapter 70 Encountering Bandits
Wang An did not explain much, but just waited for the stone mill pulled by a donkey to crush the cement blocks spread on the ground into powder. Then he directed the laborers to mix the crushed cement into powder with sand, gravel and water in a certain proportion.

Afterwards, Wang An ordered people to use the cement to build a wall.

Gao Ruyue stepped forward and pushed it. The concrete wall without a foundation suddenly shook, and Gao Ruyue was so scared that she immediately stepped back.

Even after stepping back a long way, Gao Ruyue still looked at Wang An with lingering fear: "My Lord, this can't be the extremely solid cement you mentioned? This doesn't look like it has anything to do with solidity..."

Wang An chuckled and said, "Not so soon. You will understand after the cement solidifies, Miss Gao."

"How long will it take to solidify?" Gao Ruyue asked.

Wang An scratched his head and said, "Let's come back tomorrow."

At the same time, Xu Huang, who had successfully purchased grain from Qingzhou, was escorting the grain transport team towards Baicheng.

On a hill not far from the official road, hundreds of bandits were lying on the ground, quietly waiting for their leader's orders.

Their leader, Yizi'er, was also lying on the hill at this time, but Zhang Ergou was following him.

Seeing the team approaching, Yi Er's triangular eyes showed a hint of excitement, and he said to Zhang Ergou beside him: "Did Shopkeeper Lu really say that he would buy back the grain for one tael of silver?"

Zhang Ergou chuckled and immediately replied, "Of course, didn't the shopkeeper tell you in the secret letter? We have known each other for so many years, when has the shopkeeper ever lied to you?"

Yizier chuckled and said, "That's true, but this time we are teaming up with the government's grain transport team, which is very dangerous. Can the recycling price be higher..."

Zhang Ergou looked down on her in his heart, but he still smiled as he said, "We can't decide the price, but I will definitely say a few good words for Brother Yizier when we return to the city."

Yizier was obviously very satisfied with Zhang Ergou's understanding. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you can really raise the price, I will never treat you unfairly, brother!"

While the two were talking, a bandit nearby poked Yi Er's arm and reminded him, "Brother, the grain transport team has arrived. When are we going to start?"

Yizier took a closer look and found that the vanguard of the grain transport team had already passed Shanbao, and the situation of this grain transport team was exactly as Zhang Ergou had said, with only more than 60 people responsible for escorting.

Moreover, I heard that these people were all soldiers from the Jizhou Guard. Although they were wearing armor, their combat effectiveness was not as good as those bandits.

Yi Er didn't take them seriously at all. Seeing that the time had come, he immediately stood up and shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"

Xu Huang immediately noticed the movements of these bandits, and without saying a word, he called his garrison soldiers to rush towards the bandits.

The bandits bared their teeth and howled with excitement, not taking the garrison soldiers led by Xu Huang seriously at all.

However, as soon as the fight started, several bandits died at the hands of the garrison soldiers, which frightened him so much that his ears jumped.

"Damn it, why don't these garrison soldiers run away?" Yizier looked at Zhang Ergou beside him and asked.

Zhang Ergou shrugged and pretended to be panicked, "I don't know about that, but there are only about sixty of them. We have nearly two hundred brothers. Are you afraid that we can't win?"

Although these garrison soldiers were strangely strong, it was true as Zhang Ergou said that they had an absolute advantage in numbers, and two hundred against sixty was a crushing advantage no matter how you looked at it.

However, Yizier soon discovered something even stranger. In the past, when the civilians in the caravan were robbed by him, they would usually run for their lives like headless flies.

However, the laborers pushing the carts he encountered were all calm and composed, and some even looked at him with a playful look in their eyes. Yi Er even saw some people with eager eyes.

However, Xu Huang had already led his men to attack, and Yizier immediately drew his sword to fight back, without having time to think deeply.

Anyway, they are indeed some common people. Even if they are a little strange, can they really be considered as rebelling against the heaven?

Just as they were seeing that they had the advantage in numbers and had surrounded the sixty or so garrison soldiers, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from not far away.

Yi Er turned his head and was immediately frightened out of his wits.

A cavalry of more than a hundred men, wearing fine black armor, rushed towards him aggressively.

Before he arrived, hundreds of arrows were shot at him.

In just a short while, forty or fifty people had been shot and fell, and dozens more were injured.

Half of the less than 200 people were gone in a flash. Yi Er suddenly felt like he was dying. He waved his hands and shouted, "This is a tough spot. Retreat!"

However, when Yizi'er was about to lead his men to retreat, he found that those strange civilians had surrounded them with weapons such as carrying poles and sticks.

One eared man waved his knife in a timid manner, trying to force the civilians to retreat, but it had no effect at all.

Seeing that he could not force these people to retreat, Yi'er gritted his teeth and was about to kill them, when suddenly one of the civilians shouted, "Strange things happen every year, especially this year. We in Crescent Moon Mountain are actually being robbed by bandits..."

"Haha, we used to be the ones who robbed others, but now we are also being robbed by others. So this is what it feels like to be robbed by others!"

Yi Er vaguely heard something like Crescent Moon Mountain and robbing people, and was immediately startled. He stammered, "Who are you all?"

Someone joked, "Yizhier, we drank together last year, how come you forgot me so quickly?"

Yizier looked carefully and saw that the person who was speaking had a hideous scar on his face, which was very eye-catching.

Yizier thought about it carefully, and shouted in surprise, almost numbly, "Are you Scarface from Crescent Mountain?"

After shouting this, Yizier was immediately disheartened and said, "Well, well, I didn't expect you guys to be colluding with the government. I've never seen such a thing before!"

"Today I admit defeat. If you will spare me and my brothers and let them go, he will definitely send generous gifts to Crescent Moon Mountain."

The man called Scarface suddenly laughed wildly, and the others followed suit. One Ear almost couldn't hold back his laughter and rushed forward to fight.

After a moment, the scarred man laughed and mocked: "One Ear, give up, Crescent Moon Mountain no longer exists! We are not bandits anymore, we are all good citizens of White City now!"

"If you are smart, I advise you to surrender. Maybe you can still save your life!"

However, before Yizier could make a choice, Xu Huang, who had not received support from Heijia, took the lead and charged with the garrison soldiers.

(End of this chapter)