Chapter 1446: Chapter 1446: Kidnapping

After thinking for a bit, he took a step back and tried another approach: "You don’t have to come out and fight the bandits to the death. Just open the city gate and let us in to hide for a while, that’s all. I beg you, brother, I’ll kowtow to you!"

The soldiers guarding the gate were about to cry as well: "Brother, stop forcing us. It’s not that we don’t want to save you, we don’t dare. If we open the gate and let you in, the bandits will break through and loot the whole county!"

"You’d better hurry back, take your family and get them away to hide somewhere. Wait until the killing over there is done, then we’ll talk!"

With that said, he ducked back into the room on the gate tower and didn’t show his face again.

"You bastards, you dog shit who watch people die and won’t save them, you’ll get what’s coming to you!" After cursing a few times, the soldier wiped his tears, turned his horse, and galloped back.

...

"Sir, we can’t hold out! Half the soldiers are down, we can’t withstand it, let’s run!"

"Run? If we run, what happens to the soldiers’ families?!" Vice General Fang wanted to run too, but there were bandits everywhere—where could they run?

Bang bang bang!

Another batch of soldiers were knocked out by the sedative.

Da-da-da!

The sound of hooves came in waves as a huge group of bandits charged their fine horses straight into the crowd, scattering many soldiers and trampling quite a number to death or injury.

"S-sir, it’s over, there are too many bandits, we can’t beat them, run!" The Flag Soldier shouted, threw down the flag, and bolted.

Vice General Fang was furious and roared, "You little shit, get your ass back here!"

But the Flag Soldier didn’t listen at all, he just ran faster.

...

"Ahhh, the bandits are here, they’re here, what about Gu Xiaoyu, what do we do, what do we do?!" Ji Zhenniang hid inside the carriage, screaming in terror, until Gu Jinli slapped her twice, hard.

Ji Zhenniang cried out, "Gu Xiaoyu, you hit me?!"

"Shut up. I don’t have time for you right now. Hurry and put on the helmet so you don’t get hit by stray arrows." Gu Jinli handed Ji Zhenniang a helmet, then grabbed a new helmet for herself and put it on.

She lifted the curtain again and said to Erqing, "The bandits are scattering sedative. Has everyone taken the Detoxification Pills I gave out earlier? If you see anyone pass out, stuff a pill straight into their mouth, they’ll wake up quickly."

"Have Feng Jin and You An each take a squad over to the Xie Family and Niu Family’s side, and try to escort the women and children over here... Aunt Niu and the few Gu Family women must come through safely!"

When you save people, you save the ones with the most weight first.

She added, "Have Feng Jin and the others bring Detoxification Pills with them. If they run into unconscious soldiers on the way, give them pills. Only once the soldiers are revived will we have enough manpower to deal with the bandits."

As Gu Jinli spoke, she lifted her head and scanned around. Seeing that many soldiers had been knocked out by the poison while the bandits were swinging broadswords and hacking people down, she was furious: "You Xi, You Xi, get out here!"

"Madam, subordinate is here." You Xi had already received Qin San Lang’s orders: if things turned chaotic, he was to ignore everything else and stay with Daqing to guard Gu Jinli and ensure her safety.

Gu Jinli turned and went back into the carriage. She took three bags of Poison out of the chest and handed them to him: "There are too many bandits, we can’t possibly beat them in a straight fight. Forget about martial ethics, staying alive is what matters. This is poison I prepared, take it and scatter it. You’ve all taken Detoxification Pills—so even if you inhale this poison, you’ll be fine, you won’t drop immediately."

But the bandits hadn’t taken her specially made Detoxification Pills. Once they inhaled this poison, they would immediately foam at the mouth and stay unconscious for over a day.

"Here are two bags of antidote. After you scatter the poison, give it to the soldiers with you, it’ll revive them." Gu Jinli gave instructions quickly, then said, "Do as ordered. I have Daqing guarding me, and I still have poison with me, nothing will happen. You go and come back fast."

"Yes!" You Xi answered, and quickly left with the men under his command.

Ji Zhenniang was stunned, pointing at Gu Jinli: "Y-you-you have poison?!"

"Sit tight in the carriage and don’t come out." Gu Jinli had no time to bother with Ji Zhenniang. She climbed out of the carriage, sprang up, landed on the roof, and quickly checked the situation on their side.

Qin San Lang had already gathered together with Xie Cheng and Niu Dabao, forming a defensive line, keeping them behind the line while the archers shot down the bandits galloping in.

Qin San Lang had long since received the poison Gu Jinli prepared. Now he wasn’t being polite with these bandits at all—he fastened it to the arrows and let them fly.

Thump thump thump!

As soon as the arrowheads pierced into the bandits’ armor, the poison burst, and the poison powder spread through the bandits’ ranks like mist.

Within just a few breaths, the bandits running at the very front collapsed.

You Xi and the others were even more ferocious. Imitating the bandits scattering sedative, they galloped wildly on horseback while scattering poison. Everywhere they passed, bandits were dropping to the ground.

"Fuck, damn it, these soldiers are actually pulling dirty tricks and scattering poison on us. Brothers, fall back, fall back!" The Third Village Chief of Hundred Wolves Mountain saw that something was wrong and immediately ordered the bandits to withdraw and avoid a direct clash for now: "Go find Lord Ghost, beg him for medicine!"

Lord Ghost was formidable. The sedative had been brought by him, and he had other dangerous poisons and antidotes in his hands. As long as they took the antidote, they’d be able to fight their way in, kill these poison-scattering brats in uniform, and then have their way with their wives and sisters!

Lord Ghost had also come tonight. From a distance he surveyed the situation over here. When he saw that there were actually people using poison among these soldiers, he smiled and, in rare fashion, asked Uncle Dong a question: "The ones scattering poison—what Military Office are they from?"

"Looks like it’s Niu Dabao’s lot from He’an Prefecture... The one shouting ’loose arrows’ should be Qin San Lang from the Tianfu County Soldier Station." Seeing that Qin San Lang’s side actually had poison, Uncle Dong was frantic. After answering Lord Ghost, he quickly begged for medicine: "Lord Ghost, your Eagle Food Gang has skilled doctors, you must have antidotes. Please give us some so we can hurry and take out that Qin fellow!"

"A Qin, huh." Lord Ghost muttered this, then quickly lifted his hand toward the people behind him: "Lu Zi, give them a bag of antidote to try."

"Yes." Lu Zi slipped out of the darkness and handed the antidote to Uncle Dong.

Uncle Dong couldn’t wait. He personally rode over to deliver the antidote to the bandits.

But strangely, the antidote Lord Ghost gave them didn’t work.

Uncle Dong was shocked. He dragged back a man who was foaming at the mouth for Lord Ghost to see: "Lord Ghost, the Eagle Food Gang’s antidote doesn’t work, it can’t counter this poison. Is there any other antidote?!"

Lord Ghost froze for a moment. It couldn’t be neutralized?

Where had this Qin gotten such a good poison, one that couldn’t be cured even by Detoxification Pills made by doctors from the Eagle Food Gang?

No, this wasn’t that Qin’s achievement, it was the Gu Family’s...

"Weren’t you going to abduct the Gu Family woman and Mrs. Ji? Hurry up and go." Lord Ghost reminded them, "That Gu woman is no simple character. She has a doctor with her—the poison is probably made by her family’s doctor. Once you seize her, you’ll naturally have the antidote."

"Lord Ghost is right. Hurry, Chang Wu, take men and grab the Gu Family woman!" Uncle Dong hastily ordered Ding Changwu: "The situation on the field changes in an instant, we can’t wait!"

"Yes!" Ding Changwu immediately rode off with the Shadow Guards to snatch people.

But Gu Jinli was ringed tightly by Daqing and the others; taking her wouldn’t be that easy.

Mrs. Cen, however, was vicious. In order to abduct Ji Zhenniang and Gu Jinli, she directly tossed her daughter Sister Tang to the back of Gu Jinli’s carriage.

"Mother, Mother, where are you? Don’t leave Sister Tang behind, Sister Tang is scared, wuu wuu wuu..." Sister Tang, suddenly thrown in, heard the shouting and killing all around and burst into terrified sobs.

Ji Zhenniang heard Sister Tang’s voice and her heart jolted. She said, "Sister Tang, it’s Sister Tang!"

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