Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Xiao Liu channeled his anger into motivation, suppressing his excitement and adjusting his expression.

He tried to look like an honest farmer, displaying a slight fear on his face when he saw the soldiers, just like any ordinary person.

Captain Liu, guarding the city, narrowed his eyes at him, feeling increasingly suspicious.

The damn poor wretch, his demeanor is so pathetic, how could he pass through the toll station? He must be up to no good!

Could it be that he is a mountain bandit in disguise, planning a robbery?

That must be it. These amateurish guys... interesting!

Xiao Liu walked straight towards the city gate, flashing a fawning smile as he approached the guards, then continued onward.

Captain Liu reached out to stop him: "Hold on, show me your travel permit."

Xiao Liu took out a travel permit from his pocket, naturally preparing such a thing in advance.

"Hmm, no problem!"

Xiao Liu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't enter the city yet, step back! Retreat to a position ten steps away from the city gate!" Captain Liu ordered.

Xiao Liu's heart leaped again, and he said cautiously: "Officer! My travel permit is fine, why won't you let me enter the city?"

Captain Liu smiled, explaining kindly: "Brother, don't misunderstand, it's not that we won't let you in. An important person is visiting the city today! Too many people might displease the distinguished guest. He'll be leaving soon! So, the superiors have given special orders. Wait here for a while, and please inform the people behind you not to come over yet. I'll go back and double-check."

Xiao Liu was helpless, but seeing that his expression was normal, he had no choice but to go back and inform the others.

Taking advantage of his waiting outside, Captain Liu ran back into the city again.

Inside the city gate, two rows of crossbowmen had already taken up positions, riding horses and holding repeating crossbows, ready to set off.

Captain Liu whispered: "Brothers, if there's an accident, listen to my command! Shoot as soon as they rush out!"

After speaking, he ran up to the city tower again, instructing the soldier with the binoculars: "Keep a close watch! Tell me as soon as they're all gathered! If we do this well, our bonuses this year might double!"

"Rest assured, it's a sure thing!"

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When Captain Liu returned to the city gate, there were already about fifty people gathered ten steps away.

The soldier beside him leaned in and whispered: "Captain, these guys are definitely professionals. Look, they seem to be trying to form a line."

"Hmm... they don't look like mountain bandits. Regardless, caution is paramount. Be careful not to accidentally hurt any innocent people who might be mixed in."

"Don't worry, usually no outsiders come at this time."

After waiting for half an hour, more and more people began to gather outside the city.

When there were nearly two hundred people, someone came down to inform Captain Liu, whispering in his ear: "Captain Liu, they should all be here now, we can make a move."

Captain Liu calmly nodded and said: "Okay, you go back first, remember to have someone watch the city gate in case of an accident."

Having said that, he shouted loudly to the crowd not far away: "Brothers! You can enter the city now! But there are too many people, so please line up and enter the city in an orderly fashion!"

"Everyone, line up horizontally in two rows, and have your travel permits checked one by one before entering the city!"

Xiao Liu asked suspiciously: "Officer! Why line up horizontally? Wouldn't a vertical line be more convenient?"

Horizontally, of course, to make it easier to shoot you all to death!

Captain Liu cursed secretly in his heart, then explained with a friendly expression: "This is a rule set by our county magistrate! He never allows vertical lines, saying that vertical lines are bad for the feng shui! Hurry up, don't waste time!"

A group of people began to silently line up horizontally, waiting to be arranged to enter the city.

Seeing them obediently lined up, Captain Liu stroked his chin, feeling quite pleased with himself.

He pointed to Xiao Liu and said: "That brother, you were the first to arrive, so you go first. Come over here and have your travel permit checked again."

Xiao Liu walked over in astonishment: "Officer, hasn't it already been checked?"

While speaking, he secretly felt uneasy. Things didn't seem right... Why were there so many problems in this Peach Blossom County?

Captain Liu spread his hands and raised his chin: "The brothers above are watching, the procedure must be followed."

Xiao Liu took a deep breath and handed over his travel permit again.

Captain Liu pretended to look at it: "Okay, you've passed the security check, you can enter the city now."

Damn it! Not done yet?

Xiao Liu suppressed his displeasure and said: "What's a security check?"

"A safety inspection!"

As he spoke, before Xiao Liu could react, Captain Liu's large hand reached towards his waist.

He immediately felt a hard object, which felt like the handle of some kind of weapon!

Xiao Liu suddenly realized what was happening, and his hand instinctively grabbed Captain Liu's hand, exclaiming involuntarily: "What are you doing~!"

"Let me see what you're carrying?"

"This is a farm tool for work, officer, are you deliberately making things difficult for me?" Faced with a stronger opponent, he had no choice but to be humble.

"Oh? A farm tool? Then why is it something you can't show others?" With that, Captain Liu exerted a little force, preparing to pull out the so-called "farm tool."

A group of people behind him watched Xiao Liu nervously, not knowing what had happened.

But seeing that there seemed to be a dispute, they unconsciously placed their hands on the back of their waists.

The two were still secretly competing.

The soldier beside Captain Liu, arms crossed, sneered: "Stop competing, our boss is the runner-up of the fifth Peach Blossom County Arm-Wrestling Competition. You're still a bit short of matching his strength!"

You damn... Xiao Liu's face turned red, and he couldn't help but look at Captain Liu with pleading eyes.

Captain Liu smiled wickedly: "Sorry, you're too weak!"

With that, his right arm suddenly exerted force, pulling out the object from behind Xiao Liu's waist.

With a ripping sound along the seam, half a trouser leg was also torn off, revealing half a buttock...

A short sword appeared in Captain Liu's hand!

Xiao Liu was stunned, his mind blank, only feeling a cold draft on his buttocks.

Before he could react, a loud roar rang in his ears: "Brothers, come out! ! !"

Before the ringing in his ears could subside, a slap knocked him unconscious.

A group of men and horses suddenly rushed out from inside the city, the repeating crossbows in their hands firing arrows like rain!

At this time, the people in line had already reacted, roaring angrily and drawing the blades from their waists.

However, this roar quickly turned into screams.

Most of the people in the first row fell down, and the remaining people, seeing the situation, fled in all directions!

Infantry was already at a disadvantage against cavalry, let alone the fact that they were using short swords, while the enemy was using crossbows!

The first row of people fell like grass being cut. Even a fool would know not to fight head-on, but to escape!

Twenty or so people with repeating crossbows chased closely behind them, firing wildly!

Although the repeating crossbow sounds impressive, its limitations are also very large. Historically, it has never become mainstream.

Short range, with an effective range of only about fifteen to twenty meters.

Poor accuracy, low power, armor-piercing ability close to zero, and poor lethality.

This is also why Captain Liu asked them to maintain a distance of ten steps.

But it's still useful for defending the city, and the learning cost is low. Ordinary people can get the hang of it after playing with it a few times.

This is also why the repeating crossbow has been stored in the city tower and has not been abandoned.

The current situation is simply tailor-made for the repeating crossbow!

More than two hundred people wearing cloth clothes are like moving targets!

For the people of Peach Blossom County, it's more like a bloody hunting game.

In the chase, five minutes passed, and the battle ended!

Although the result was not perfect, a few people managed to escape and burrow into the nearby woods.

After all, there were only twenty or so people chasing, and the enemy fled too scattered.

But the soldiers of Peach Blossom County, looking at the opponents groaning all over the ground, began to cheer and celebrate loudly!

Xiao Liu woke up slowly amidst the cheers, and what he saw was still Captain Liu's kind smiling face.

Then he felt his head being turned over, aiming at the wounded groaning on the open space outside the city.

"Little brother, all your people are finished! Where did you come from? Confess, so you don't have to suffer the pain of torture when you go back."

Xiao Liu stared blankly at the groaning crowd in front of him.

Those... were clearly his brothers, they were all elite soldiers! What happened... How did they all lose so quickly? There were clearly not many people on the other side!

A huge bitterness instantly filled Xiao Liu's chest, and recalling the grievances he had suffered along the way, he endured the pain and roared angrily at Captain Liu: "Kill me! A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated! !"

Captain Liu nodded solemnly, giving a thumbs up and saying: "You have guts, you're a real man!"

"Take him back and humiliate him slowly!"

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