The county magistrate was agile and also avoided this disaster, but his subordinates suffered nurous casualties, with many collapsing to the ground.
His face turned extrely grim, thinking to himself, "Damn that leader, he’s too ruthless, knowing I’m here yet making such a deadly move, doesn’t he want to put to death?"
Just then, from the mountainside, the leader’s devilish laughter echoed: "Ahahaha...! Smash you, ungrateful bastard, doing shady things and still daring to show off on my turf, I’ll wipe you out in no ti."
After saying that, another burst of wild laughter followed.
The county magistrate’s heart was filled with fear, not daring to utter a word, always afraid his secret would be exposed. He hurriedly glanced in the direction of Long Rui, seeing him holding Xuexue, too preoccupied to pay attention to anything else, he slightly felt at ease.
Looking back at the officers he brought with him, he saw all the Governnt Soldiers injured and lying on the ground.
Realizing today’s attack on the mountain stronghold had failed, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. As long as he didn’t push the leader too hard, the leader wouldn’t reveal his secret.
Imdiately, he ordered the Governnt Soldiers who weren’t severely injured to carry the severely wounded ones down to the foot of the mountain and temporarily halt the attack on the stronghold.
In the treetops, Long Rui looked worriedly at Xuexue, "My dear, were you frightened?"
At the start, Xuexue was indeed alard, but later when Long Rui picked her up, she felt especially warm-hearted, feeling that having this man by her side was truly wonderful. Whenever there was danger, he would always appear in ti to rescue her.
"No, with Big Bull here, I won’t be afraid."
"I’ll be with you for a lifeti."
"Okay!"
Long Rui glanced down at the situation at the foot of the mountain and said, "It seems our attack on the stronghold today failed."
Xuexue said, "Previously, we didn’t know how high and steep this mountain peak was, and how narrow the mountain roads are. Fortunately, before we went too far, they launched the attack. Otherwise, if we had reached the cliffs, it wouldn’t have been just injuries, many people would have died."
This horse bandit leader seed to be a brainless person as well. If he had brains, many people would have died today, Xuexue secretly felt relieved.
"Mhmm!" Long Rui nodded, agreeing with Xuexue’s words.
The leader continued his taunting from the mountainside: "Cai Wenxuan, you bastard son, weren’t you coming to catch ? Why are you leaving already? Such a coward."
The county magistrate didn’t dare to make a sound, letting the leader curse, while also feeling thankful that the leader didn’t know the War Prince was here, otherwise, if he talked nonsense and exposed his affair, it would have been terrible.
The residents of Hu’s Bay stood at the city gate, eagerly waiting, hoping for news of victory, but what returned was a group of defeated soldiers, leaving them deeply disappointed...
"These horse bandits are too formidable; even the heroes who caught a few horse bandits a few days ago couldn’t match them. It seems our peaceful days are far off."
"Yes, when will this end? If these horse bandits aren’t eradicated, we can’t sleep soundly!"
The Governnt Officials set out from the city in high spirits but returned with wounds on their bodies, head injuries and bleeding being the least of their worries.
Two Governnt Officials were directly crushed to death by falling rocks from the mountain; their bodies covered with white cloth were carried into the city by two less injured officials.
Long Rui, Xuexue, and two others rode horses, following the team back.
Long Rui felt very frustrated; as a dignified War Prince, he couldn’t even deal with so bandits, spreading this news would be utterly laughable.
Seeing his frowning face, Xuexue said, "Don’t be upset, we didn’t know the situation of the mountain peak when we set out. Let’s head back and reevaluate our plan properly."
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