Chapter 158: Those Who Block the Way Die!

Qing Province, the Wei Family?

Hearing what the kneeling leader said, Mo Xiaobai laughed out loud with a “puchi” sound.

The Wei Family?

This is truly a coincidence!

Thinking back to the messy things he and Fatty encountered in Qing Province in his past life, seven or eight out of ten of them involved the Wei Family, Mo Xiaobai could not help but want to laugh.

In this life, I haven’t gone looking for you yet, and yet you delivered yourselves to my door.

“Your companion said you are from the Wei Family, what about you?” Mo Xiaobai did not pay attention to the Water Bandit begging for mercy, and looked at another person nearby.

His own brother had already confessed, so the other bandit chief had nothing to say, and said helplessly: “Since the matter has been exposed, we have nothing to say. He and I are indeed retainers of the Wei Family in Qing Province.”

“Good, I can choose not to kill you right now.”

Mo Xiaobai nodded, flipped off his horse and said: “But I will only give you this one chance, take us to your Daye Marsh lair, do you understand what I mean?”

“Understood, understood, we all understand.”

As the saying goes, no matter how solid a fortress is, once cracks appear from the inside, it is not far from collapsing. With two bandit chiefs willing or forced to be traitors, Mo Xiaobai’s group’s next plan went much smoother.

He asked Li Ji and a few Rattan Armor Soldiers to change into Water Bandit clothes, and took the two bandit chiefs to contact the Water Bandit fleet hiding in the reed marshes. Mo Xiaobai turned his head and scanned the surroundings: “Junyi, you take the Heavy Halberd Soldiers to escort the wounded Village Soldiers, and escort these living Water Bandits back to the village. Watch these bandits closely after you return, I still have some use for them.”

“Yes.”

Although Zhang He really wanted to follow Mo Xiaobai to attack the Water Bandit lair, he also knew that Mo Xiaobai’s order was correct.

The Water Bandits must be taken away, otherwise going to Daye Marsh would likely cause more trouble, and the wounded Village Soldiers needed to go back for treatment earlier, as wounds fester much faster on rainy days than on sunny days.

He called for his men to start moving, and Mo Xiaobai touched his chin, finding nothing else wrong.

Although the Heavy Halberd Soldiers who were good at attacking fortifications had to return to the village, storming a Water Bandit stronghold now did not require these Heavy Infantry. Besides, the Water Bandits couldn’t possibly have big ships, and each Heavy Halberd Soldier carried dozens of pounds of weight, so transporting them over would not be easy.

When Zhang He started on his way back here, Mo Xiaobai also heard screams coming from the distant shore.

Then a Rattan Armor Soldier jogged over, cupped his fist and said: “My Lord, General Li has taken control of all the Water Bandit boats, please board the ships with the soldiers.”

“Good!”

The second step of the plan was still very smooth.

Taking the soldiers to join Li Ji, it was not hard for Mo Xiaobai to see dozens of corpses lying on the ground, with only ten Water Bandits left, being watched by Li Ji.

“My Lord, please board the ship.” Li Ji pointed to the shore ahead, he did not ask where Zhang He went, because he had already seen Zhang He walking south.

“Let the soldiers board the ship first, be quick!”

Mo Xiaobai waved his hand slightly, immediately signaling the soldiers behind him to hurry up and board. In just a short while, dozens of civilian boats that could hold ten to twenty people were packed with people.

Mo Xiaobai boarded the boat last with Li Ji and the others, staring at the two bandit chiefs: “Lead the way, you had better not play any tricks on me, otherwise I will throw you into the river to feed the fish.”

“We wouldn’t dare, we wouldn’t dare, we just want to keep our lives, just beg to keep our small lives.”

The bandit chief who spoke up to beg for mercy first quickly put on a fawning smile, immediately pointing to the right in the distance: “Go straight that way first, our stronghold is not very far from the shore.”

Dozens of civilian boats swarmed forward, and under the guidance of the bandit chief, they moved forward for a small half hour, finally seeing an island in the lake.

“That is it, that is it, I can take you up, the minions guarding here also listen to us.”

Seemingly afraid that his usefulness would end just like that, the guiding bandit chief immediately added a sentence after seeing the lair, anxious to prove to Mo Xiaobai that he was still useful and could not die yet.

Mo Xiaobai and Li Ji looked at each other, both with a hint of a smile in their eyes. Whether the other party’s acting was fake or real, they could actually see through it at a glance.

At least the one in front of them really did not have much backbone.

Signaling Li Ji to take this guy forward to open the way, Mo Xiaobai began to calculate how much gain there would be this time.

“It is the Third Chief who is back.”

“The Third Chief is back, quick, quick, help pull the boat.”

“Such heavy rain, Third Chief, please enter the stronghold, these boats will be settled by the brothers.”

A group of minions guarding outside the stronghold saw the bandit chief come out, and immediately stepped forward to help drag the boat ashore, but they did not know that Li Ji, who seemed to be following behind the Third Chief, was actually holding a short dagger in his hand.

“Get lost, get lost, all of you get to the side, the weather is bad today, don’t annoy Laozi.”

The Third Chief slapped away the Water Bandit minion who wanted to help him off the boat, how would he dare let the bandits get close, there was still a bright knife pointing at his back.

“Then please come down by yourself.”

The minion who got slapped did not understand why, and did not dare to provoke the chief at this time, so he retreated half a step.

“Wait, I still have something to ask you, what are the Boss and the Fourth One doing right now?”

“The Big Chief and the Fourth Chief should both be in the Stable, you know, we rarely get to touch so many good horses in the past, the Big Chief is very happy.”

“Oh, is that so, you go back first and tell the Big Chief, just say that I and Old Two are back.”

The Third Chief waved his hand again, the minion did not suspect anything, turned around and wanted to go up the mountain, but right at the moment he turned around, Li Ji stepped out from behind.

The short dagger stabbed precisely into the back of the minion’s neck, killing the defenseless Water Bandit with one strike.

At the same time, the disguised Rattan Armor Soldiers also launched their attacks one after another, drawing their cold blades on the unprepared dozen or so bandits, in less than ten breaths, corpses already lay all over the riverbank.

The howling sound of the storm happened to cover up the scattered shouts.

“My Lord, we can go up the mountain now, the stronghold entrance is just ahead.”

Looking at the corpses on the ground, the Third Chief was very glad that he did not resist to the end, and immediately continued to lead the soldiers of Daming Village up the mountain.

When the group arrived at the stronghold entrance, seeing the Village Gate slowly push open, the captured Second Chief who had been silent all this time suddenly raised his neck and roared:

“There are government soldiers, be care—”

The last word “ful” did not come out, because Li Guang had already choked his neck, a cold look flashed across his face, and he lifted his broadsword and stabbed directly into the Second Chief’s chest.

But killing someone at this moment was somewhat a case of closing the stable door after the horse had bolted, the Water Bandits pushing open the Village Gate ahead had all heard that sentence from the Second Chief.

“Seize the Village Gate, charge!”

The sudden change did not make Li Ji change color. He waved his hand to signal the Rattan Armor Soldiers to charge the Village Gate, and at the same time slashed his sword at the traitorous Third Chief.

In Li Ji’s view, since everyone’s identity was exposed, this guide guy had no value in existing anymore.

“You, I, clearly agreed, not to kill!”

“Not killing you was what My Lord promised, I never said that.”

Li Ji spoke indifferently, directly stepping over the dying bandit chief, and together with the Rattan Armor Soldiers ahead, quickly took control of the stronghold’s Village Gate.

After controlling the Village Gate, Li Ji immediately looked at Mo Xiaobai: “My Lord, delays bring trouble, we must quickly sweep out this bandit den.”

Mo Xiaobai nodded upon hearing this, pulled out the sword at his waist with one hand:

“Kill our way up, those who block the way die!”