It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Chapter 110 Lure the snake out of its hole

Ma Kui was also very happy when he heard that Ling Xiao and Lu Yun were taking him out to carry out a mission.

He felt that he was outstanding in terms of both martial arts and combat experience.

It's just that he is over thirty-five.

However, when he heard that his mission was just to disguise himself as bandits and harass Rao County, he immediately became discouraged.

"Why should you be discouraged? Every mission is important." Ling Xiao scolded Ma Kui with a stern face.

Ma Kui was very unhappy to be scolded by a teenager.

There is no way around it. A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death.

If he were asked to leave Jizhou now, he would naturally be unwilling to do so. Although he did not join the regular army, he was considered a middle to upper-level general among the garrison troops.

"Got it. How many people are you going to bring?" Ma Kui looked at Ling Xiao and asked.

Ma Kui is good at observing people's words and expressions. He can see that Lu Xingchen treats Ling Xiao differently from others.

"The commander-in-chief said to bring fifty or sixty people." Ling Xiao said.

"I don't know when you won the favor of the warlord. She even personally asked us to take you there."

Ma Kui showed an expression of disbelief.

He thought Ling Xiao and Lu Yun just found him casually.

It was thought that Ling Xiao and Lu Yun felt it was too embarrassing to bring the regular army, so they thought of stationing troops there.

"General Ling, is it true? Did the commander-in-chief really call my name personally?" Ma Kui asked excitedly.

"Of course that's the case..." Ling Xiao said.

"Okay, okay, I'll go get some people right away."

Ma Kui selected the men and horses, and Ling Xiao and Lu Yun came to see Lu Xingchen again.

"Call Ma Kui in as well." Lu Xingchen said.

Ma Kui walked in quickly.

He was extremely excited because Lu Xingchen finally saw his abilities.

"Greetings, Lord Commander."

Lu Xingchen looked at him and said, "Ma Kui, you have rich combat experience and strong personal abilities."

"This time you will assist Ling Xiao and Lu Yun."

"Your mission this time is mainly harassment. You can rob the village, but don't kill anyone."

"If the troops from Rao County come out to pursue us, you just run away."

"Wait until they leave before you continue harassing them."

"You can even take people to the gate of Rao County and shout loudly."

"But don't fight to the end." Lu Xingchen warned.

Ma Kui agreed to all of them.

Ma Kui seemed to have understood Lu Xingchen's plan.

"Master Warlord, we have to hold on for a few days."

"Two days..." Lu Xingchen said.

"Okay, sir, I understand." Ma Kui nodded firmly and agreed.

"If you perform well this time, I will use you." Lu Xingchen said to Ma Kui.

Ma Kui's eyes were full of anticipation.

Lu Xingchen discovered Ma Kui by accident and saw that he was very good in organizing battles, mobilizing troops, and personal skills.

She also asked others about Ma Kui, and they all spoke highly of him.

Ling Xiao and Lu Yun set off with Ma Kui and his men.

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"Mr. County Magistrate." A scout from Rao County rushed into the county government office. "A group of bandits came. There are fifty or sixty of them. They are all on horseback. They are very fast. They robbed the village and ran away."

"They robbed six or seven villages in a row."

Pei Jun, the magistrate of Rao County, slammed his fist on the table and said, "How dare you, the bandits, to rob my Rao County."

"How many heads do they have?"

Pei Jun himself was a military man. He was a commander in the previous dynasty and led nearly two thousand troops.

Later, his troops were defeated in battle and he ended up in Rao County.

After he arrived in Rao County, a local squire took a fancy to him and married his daughter to him.

Later, the magistrate of Rao County died.

No matter how he died, he was elected as the county magistrate of Rao County.

Because he had experience in leading troops, after arriving in Rao County, he began to train soldiers. Now he has nearly a thousand combat-ready soldiers.

It is already very impressive for a small county to be able to support a thousand soldiers.

"Come on, follow me out and chop off the heads of these little bandits." Pei Jun said, then picked up the big knife on the table and rushed out of the county government office.

"Mr. County Magistrate, how many people do you want to bring?" asked the personal bodyguard.

"A small group of bandits, fifty or sixty people, not that many, let's take four hundred people."

There are only more than 200 cavalrymen in Rao County now, and among the 400 people taken out, more than 100 of them must be infantry.

The guard agreed and went down to pass on the order.

Soon, four hundred troops were assembled.

At Pei Jun's command, his troops left Rao County.

However, by the time they reached the robbed village, Ling Xiao and the others had already disappeared without a trace.

In this way, Ling Xiao and his friends robbed and ran, while Pei Jun and his men chased after them closely.

Even so, they failed to catch up with Ling Xiao.

Pei Jun felt that something was not right. These people didn't look like bandits. They were too smart.

But he couldn't catch even one person and couldn't get accurate information about the other party.

In the end, Pei Jun had no choice but to return to Rao County with his troops.

As a result, Ling Xiao and his men followed them and arrived at the county seat of Rao County.

"This is Rao County. One day I will defeat you and make you my territory..." Ma Kui raised the knife in his hand and shouted at the top of the city wall.

"If you are a man, don't run away. Let's fight with real swords and guns." Someone on the city wall also shouted.

"Then come down." Ma Kui jumped up and shouted.

"It's out, it's out." Lu Yun shouted from behind.

Ma Kui jumped on his horse and ran away with his men.

Pei Jun led hundreds of soldiers and horses in hot pursuit.

They were originally only a few hundred meters away from each other and were about to catch up.

What they didn't expect was that when they chased into a jungle, a large group of people suddenly rushed out from all directions, and the shouting was deafening.

Pei Jun was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.

"We've fallen into a trap and an ambush. Let's retreat quickly." Pei Jun also began to understand what was going on. He had been played around by these people for the past two days.

This is the main course today.

Unfortunately, he is not the one eating the food, he is the dish on the table.

What surprised him was that he and his men easily broke out of the encirclement.

Unfortunately, just when he had run for more than ten miles, another group of people suddenly appeared in front of him.

There were also deafening shouts and waving flags.

Pei Jun had no choice but to turn his horse around and continue fleeing in another direction.

Unfortunately, he had not run for ten miles when another group of people appeared and surrounded him.

At this time, he was exhausted and could not run anymore.

"Mr. County Magistrate, it seems like we are being treated like a ball by others." The guard reminded him with helplessness in his tone.

Pei Jun also felt it.

With the enemy's strength, they should have been able to annihilate him the first time they surrounded him, but he was able to break out.

The other side has at least three thousand soldiers.

But this time he only brought more than a hundred people with him.

How come there are so many regular troops in Rao County?

Could they be soldiers from Yongzhou?

But he didn't think it was quite like that.

At this moment, flags were waving all around.

There was a big word "Lu" written on the flag.

Some of the flags had the word "Ji" written on them.

He never imagined that these were troops from Jizhou.

"You are soldiers from Jizhou, and this is Yongzhou. What do you want to do?" Pei Jun shouted loudly in the direction of the Lu flag.