Cyan Wood Province City.
The provincial troops number thirty thousand, commanded by General Liang — Liang Shigu.
Late last sumr, he sent ssengers to the Hundred Flowers Mansion regarding a mountain fire incident, but they were unfortunately blocked by the Pri Minister’s residence. He was still fuming when suddenly he heard about an outbreak of plague.
Fortunately, the plague had a specific range of transmission, combined with tily road closures, the State City remained unaffected.
At this ti, the epidemic around the Hundred Flowers Mansion seed to have settled, and he began promptly sending people to assess the situation in the plague areas.
Sadly, although he had intentions, he lacked strength.
Just as the plague broke out, the east experienced flooding, and a tsunami even erged along the coast, causing countless casualties in fishing villages, with reports of monstrous shadows with giant scales hidden among the waves.
Besides, across the river from Cyan Wood Province, Yunng Province unexpectedly suffered from an unprecedented drought. People heard strange cries, others saw eerie shadows like apes with arms hanging to their knees within twisted air, leading to nurous refugees crossing the river, causing countless incidents.
One in the south, one in the north, one side flooding, one side drought, both of unprecedented scale.
It’s simply a year of many disasters.
And these two disasters along with the plague have been terd the Great Yin’s three major disasters by the court.
In fact, floods and droughts are almost annual occurrences, but this year they are particularly fierce, and the plague erupted suddenly, catching everyone off guard.
At this ti, Liang Shigu wrapped in a red brocade robe, his white beard like a clear crane, his battle-hardened eyes could not help but reveal fatigue and old age. He glanced northwest, reciting "Oh, Your Majesty, Your Majesty," and then sighed heavily.
At this mont, a close soldier rushed in from outside, respectfully calling "General," then began reporting on the situation in the plague areas one by one.
The casualties were severe, with so small villages completely wiped out.
Moreover, Prefect Cao of the Hundred Flowers Mansion did not surprisingly die in the line of duty.
Liang Shigu listened quietly, and upon hearing that Cao Shuda had a disciple specially collect and bury his body, he couldn’t help but ask, "This disciple is quite good."
The soldier saw the General ask and further detailed the matter.
Liang Shigu curiously remarked, "He even wrote a ’morial to the Late ntor Cao Shuda’? Go get it for to look."
The soldier responded and went to make arrangents.
In less than half a day’s work, the soldier returned, handing over a handwritten copy of ’morial to the Late ntor Cao Shuda.’
In the State City, so intelligence organizations operate, as long as you are willing to pay, you can quickly get what you want, simply because they quickly and tily know about surrounding events and record them.
Liang Shigu nodded frequently as he read the morial, finally closing his eyes and declaring, "He is a good young man of Great Yin."
The soldier saw the general’s appreciation and added, "I also hear that last year, Li Xuan’s na appeared on the list in the courtyard exam, praised as the top scholar, and was referred to as a young grandmaster, thus becoming Prefect Cao’s disciple. And this year, it’s the once-every-three-years township exam in the State City, he will surely co to Cyan Wood Province."
Liang Shigu said, "When he arrives, have him co see .
Great Yin needs loyal young n with spirit!
Such good young n shouldn’t blend in with those parasites!
Although he has so relations with Cao Shuda, he has nothing to do with the Pri Minister’s residence!
"Yes, General." The soldier respectfully replied, then asked, "Around the Hundred Flowers Mansion, there are rumors of bandits rising, General, we..."
Liang Shigu sighed deeply, "Can’t deal with it for now."
He glanced at the table.
On the table, there was a letter, it was from the Grand General.
The Grand General had instructed him to retain troops because... sothing significant would require the use of soldiers.
Therefore, he couldn’t mobilize the thirty thousand provincial troops.
This wasn’t due to the general’s lack of power, but because he knew that if nothing urgent was up, the Grand General wouldn’t send such a secret letter.
...
...
"Shh... shh... see that, the maid beside the young master is really damn delicate."
"I heard he’s a son from Xiongshan County’s wealthy Master Li’s family. If we catch him, then threaten Master Li, hehe..."
"I’ve heard, the Li family in Xiongshan County stands alone, possessing countless treasures and beauties. If we conquer the Li family, brothers, only then will the good days truly begin."
"Shh... shh... quiet down, wait until the kid nears, then act, rember not to beat him to death. Look at that tender skin, I really want to see him kneel down and beg for rcy."
"You say this kid must be quite bold, secretly bringing a maid to such a secluded place, luckily for elder brother’s intelligence network, otherwise we wouldn’t know he’d co here, hehe..."
Within a re month, three bandit groups erged near Hundred Flowers Mansion.
One led by Qu Er and Kong Tuo, the largest number, about three thousand, commonly known as Qu Bandits.
Another led by Eagle Da, fewer in number but fierce, about a thousand, commonly known as Eagle Bandits.
And one led by soone nad Guan Wu, who reportedly was once a wealthy household. After surviving this plague, sensing chaos arising, beca ambitious, and started causing unrest directly with a forr bandit retainer.
At this ti, those planning to ambush Li Xuan were precisely Qu Er and Kong Tuo.
These two bandit leaders’ plan was to capture Li Xuan, then head straight to Xiongshan County, and use Li Xuan as a hostage to open the gates of Xiongshan County, thus... the three thousand others were here.
Now, the young master in white, the maid in purple, rode past...
One side was sloped dense forest, the other side steep cliff.
In the woods, just as Qu Er was about to shout to launch an attack, he suddenly felt sothing amiss behind him. The ambushed bandits turned around and saw another group of people appearing on the clearing behind them without knowing when.
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