Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 189 Assassination
Sun Ce was dissatisfied when he saw how easily Wuming could do what he couldn't do, and he picked up the formal extraction equipment for experiment... In the end, he was thrown out by Lu Bu for "deliberately sabotaging the equipment."

With Wuming joining in, the extraction of Artemisia annua was barely enough, and Bai Tu relaxed and even dared to go out and give lectures in the city - malaria is mainly spread by mosquito bites, and unlike airborne infectious diseases, large-scale infections are taboo. assembly.

Firstly, it was to boost his reputation, and secondly, it was also to appease people's hearts and let the people see Bai Gong himself walking in the doctor-patient camp. Naturally, the tense and pessimistic mood would dissipate a little.

Bai Tu announced that the General's Mansion would continue to supply Artemisia annua medicine on an irregular basis, and at the same time mobilized the healthy people in the city to follow the malaria prevention guidelines, clean up their hygiene, and...cut Artemisia annua.

At the same time, Bai Tu is also preparing to visit major counties and counties such as Shucheng in Lujiang County to let officials and people everywhere know more clearly that Huainan has been under the control of the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion.

Otherwise, Lujiang was newly attached after all, and Liu Xun finally surrendered in Shucheng, so the original official system was retained.

This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Lujiang can restore stability more quickly, but the disadvantage... is naturally that the local aristocratic families have a strong influence and are inconvenient for the general's government to manage.

Fortunately, the Zhou family, who was born as a "mistress", was originally a prominent family in Shucheng. After Sun Ce rushed to Shouchun, Zhou Yu had also withdrawn from Yiyang to Shucheng.

With Zhou's protection, and Zhou Yu's skill, there was no need to worry about what kind of trouble they might cause.

It's just that... Bai Tu heard that the old officials in Lujiang had very little criticism about the way the Ministry of Civil Affairs was managed. Some people privately accused Bai Tu of being eager for quick success and only looking at merit and forgetting everyone's achievements in ethics and morality. If things go on like this, the world will be ruined. There will be chaos.

To put it bluntly, they are dissatisfied with the "KPI assessment". They prefer to brag about a few noble men and filial sons with high moral character every year, talk about them at all times, and then happily wait to receive praise and rewards.

As for counting how many bridges have been built, how many roads have been repaired, how many bridges have been built, how many roads have been patched, how many bridges have been built, how many roads have been repaired, and how many roads have been repaired, and how many of them have been counted as their most intuitive official achievements, they feel uncomfortable.

After all, for these aristocratic families, it is easy to boast about a few filial sons, virtuous grandsons, and moral gentlemen. Although repairing bridges and repairing roads is also necessary, it is also a show to be done, but... it really has to be so serious. If so, how can we happily annex land and collect domestic servants?
Bai Tu was a very open-minded person. Hearing that some people were talking about him corrupting the world, he immediately decided to listen to the voices of grassroots officials in person.

Shucheng is only more than 300 miles away from Shouchun. After the epidemic in Shouchun was brought under control, Bai Tu set off.

In addition to the [-]-man bodyguards who were equipped with warriors of wood and stone, and usually equipped with war horses, there were also the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry led by Cheng Lian and Cao Xing. It would take three days for them to arrive during a normal march.

On the afternoon of the next day, while passing through Lu'an County, Bai Tu discovered a small village that had been looted by the rebels.

When Yuan Shu left before, except for the [-] elite soldiers of his direct line, many others were abandoned on the spot.

After being suppressed several times by Bai Tu, there are no large-scale rebels now, but occasionally you can still see some stragglers who usually hide and are difficult to encircle and suppress.

Compared with ordinary bandits, this type of rebels have "Ji Zao Soldiers", which are more destructive and combat effective.

However, since Bai Tu discovered it, he would not sit idly by and ignore it. When Bai Tu arrived in front of the village, this group of rebels seemed to have left not long ago.

Bai Tu immediately called several village elders and asked about the situation of the rebels.

"Yes, they are rebels... There are real soldiers, about 300 people in total... Only a dozen of them are human beings. They robbed things and fled eastward. About an hour ago..." The old man was a little scared and did not even dare to look directly. White picture.

In the eyes of ordinary people, "real soldiers" refer to Ji Zao soldiers.

Bai Tu also knew that their trust in the "official government" was at its lowest point at this time. He first comforted them with a few words, and then asked about things in Lu'an County.

"The county magistrate also knows about the rebels, but...the county captain led people to encircle and suppress them several times, but when the county soldiers came, the rebels hid at Dingdinggang and couldn't catch them at all." The old man stated calmly.

Dadinggang is a nearby hill, but...

After listening to the descriptions of several elders in the village, Bai Tu immediately judged the approximate combat strength of the opponent, and ordered Cheng Lian and Cao Xing to lead the cavalry in pursuit while Bai Tu stayed in the village for one night.

A few rebel soldiers are by no means the enemy of the five hundred Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and they cannot run away. They can catch up with them before they reach Ding Ding Post. It is estimated that Cheng Lian and Cao Xing will come back with their heads tonight.

When the old man heard that Bai Tu wanted to stay temporarily, he quickly arranged a house in the village and vacated a place to live. Bai Tu did not refuse. This time it was not Bai Tu's men who caused trouble. The county magistrate and county lieutenant were doing their jobs. Bai Tu She was not embarrassed, but she asked Lu Lingqi to leave some belongings and at the same time sent out some personal guards to see if any families needed help.

After all, it had just been looted, the atmosphere in the village was very depressed, and Bai Tu did not initiate a speech...

Soon it was time for dinner, and several young men from the village specially brought food and wine. Although the people of Jiujiang were still relatively wealthy, in this drought year, they could still produce some bacon, which could be said to be a dialogue. The highest standard of hospitality.

Bai Tu went to the courtyard and met several young men from the village who had brought food to them. Seeing that they were all powerful, he even recommended them to join the army.

But at this moment, a sharp sound was heard piercing the air, and a long arrow was seen hitting the window next to Bai Tu - at this time, the windows of ordinary people's homes were made of mica flakes, shell flakes, or... A wooden lattice and a curtain.

The arrow feathers directly broke through the window and shot into the house!
The surrounding guards suddenly became nervous, and they vaguely saw a figure disappearing on the roof in the direction of the arrow.

Several people from the bodyguards quickly separated and chased in the direction of the arrow. The leader was surprisingly also a gilded warrior. At this time, in addition to Lu Lingqi, there were eight gilded warriors in Bai Tu's bodyguard, all of whom were under the control of Taishi Ci. Taught.

Nowadays, troubled times are approaching, and it is much easier to meet the standards of gilded warriors. Some of them are even promoted to gilded warriors first, and then, under the pressure of the gilded armor, they forcibly manifest their inner energy.

Lu Lingqi immediately put on her armor and stood in front of Bai Tu, looking around warily. Several young men in the village were so frightened that they almost threw away their rice baskets.

However, Bai Tu looked in the direction of the broken window with some confusion and said, "Is this 'sounding arrow' reminding someone of some secret signal? Lingqi, go get the arrow and let me take a look."

That's right, the sound of this arrow has exceeded the sound of an ordinary arrow breaking through the air. It is simply a noisy arrow with a whistle groove carved on purpose!
Bai Tu thought that hundreds of swordsmen would rush out later, but nothing happened.

Hearing this, Lu Lingqi curiously went over to check. However, just as she entered the house, she heard Lu Lingqi shouting: "Be careful..."

As soon as the word "be careful" came out, several "young men" who had been cowering before suddenly came up with armor and charged towards Bai Tu!

The military talismans of several people were actually hidden in the food. The three leaders were also gilded warriors.

If he had just taken a few steps closer and Bai Tu was still unprepared, he might have had a chance. However... At this moment, Bai Tu had already armored up when he heard the sound of the arrow. When he heard Lu Lingqi shouting, he Already tense, when he saw the people in front of him getting angry, he immediately ran back...

Even though the cavalry that Bai Tu originally brought had been sent out at this time, and many personal guards had been separated, there were still dozens of people left with Bai Tu, especially on the left and right, Already protected by the gold-plated warrior, Bai Tu stepped back, and the left and right immediately stepped forward to block the assassin.

After the other guards around them reacted, they used swords, guns, swords, halberds, axes and hooks to cut several assassins into pieces. Only two people were stabbed in the palms and knees and captured alive, ready to be tortured. .

But at this moment, the assassin leader, whose palms were nailed to the ground with spears, shouted loudly: "The cavalry general Bai Tu is here!"

When they were just starting to take action, Bai Tu heard a commotion outside. It seemed... there were indeed many "assassins" hidden in this village!
Thinking about it now, the nervousness of the old man who answered Bai Tu's question at the beginning, and the detailed description of the rebellion later, and the fact that there was no smoke from each family's cooking when it was dinner time...all of these were a bit inconsistent.

It's a pity that now it's all an afterthought.

This is also because Taishi Ci is still in Shouchun Pharmaceutical, otherwise he would have discovered something was wrong long ago, and even... even if there was no flaw, he could still feel the murderous intention of the other party.

Bai Tu didn't expect that he would encounter such a large-scale assassination. He was obviously much more "carrying life" than his stupid second brother. Not only did he not abandon his bodyguards, he even brought five hundred iron cavalry with him. How could he expect that he would Still not safe.

You can't blame Bai Tu for being too careless. He really didn't expect that there would be so many assassins?

Fortunately, there were "onlookers" who did not want to be named. They fired an arrow as a warning before - Lu Lingqi also rushed out with an arrow at this time. There was also a secret message attached to the arrow, which stated that the village had been occupied by rebels, and that the other party was related to Yuan's assassins collude...

That's why Lu Lingqi immediately realized that there might be something wrong with those young men delivering food!
And at this moment, the chaos outside was also mixed with a few curse words...

"You're a slave of the Yuan family that you raised like a dog! You actually tricked me!"

"Personal guards? Generals of cavalry? Beep beep beep. This deal is too big for him! Do you want to support your own father to death?"

"Stop complaining about him! Bai Tu is inside. Now rush in and catch him. We can still live, and we won't be able to make a fortune, otherwise...'Beep'! The Yuan family is bullshit!"

Bai Tu also heard that the people outside were indeed just rebels, not all assassins who were not afraid of death. This was only reasonable. Otherwise, hundreds of assassins who were not afraid of death would be taken out at every turn. Bai Tu really admired the Yuan family.

But these rebels had been deceived by the Yuan family's assassins before, thinking that the people passing by were some fat sheep, so they surrounded Bai Tu carelessly.

After the assassination attempt failed, the assassins of the Yuan family simply exposed Bai Tu's identity and attracted the rebels outside, and had to die!

(End of this chapter)