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Chapter 336 Using over 2 people as bait?

run?

There's no need to run anymore.

The key question is, where can I run to?

Running towards the beach?

With so many people running towards the sea, no one could guarantee that they would be able to board a boat.

Scattered and fled for their lives?

I only have two legs, but a warhorse has four legs. There is no way that two legs can outrun four legs.

Not to mention that none of them had any travel permits, so even if they escaped Penglai County, they would have no way to hide elsewhere.

Unless they can hide deep in the mountains and forests and escape round after round of searches by the soldiers.

The scholar's expression suddenly became even more gloomy at the thought of the soldiers.

Just as the Yellow Turban followers and Japanese pirates began to scatter, government troops poured out of the north gate of Penglai County, seemingly heading straight for them.

The scholar shook his head slightly, sighed deeply, and said, "Run, run wherever you can. As for me..."

Sun Gupu glanced at the scholar, then ran away without looking back, not even listening to what the scholar said next.

you?

Do whatever you want, as long as you don't run away, you're bound to die in the end. Why should I listen to all your nonsense?

As for what to do after escaping back to sea, Sun Gupu wasn't really confident. After all, he wasn't very close to the sea, and it was uncertain whether he could successfully escape back to the ship.

The scholar turned his head to look at the departing figures of Jiu Gui and Sun Gupu, then drew the long sword from his waist and held it to his neck. Just as he was about to commit suicide, the hand holding the sword began to tremble.

"The only hardship throughout history is death."

But I can't stay alive.

If I don't die, who knows how many more people will die after me.

At the very least, his entire extended family is doomed.

Let's do it for the sake of our entire family.

The scholar sighed softly, and just as he was about to wipe it off, another thought popped into his mind.

Even if I die, will my entire family be able to escape?

Or, even if he died, would the court's henchmen definitely not be able to find out the truth?

Just as the scholar was struggling with his inner conflict, he heard a shout in his ear.

"Those who kneel down and surrender will be spared!"

"Whoever surrenders will avoid death!"

"Put down your weapons and kneel on the ground!"

……

After being repeatedly charged by cavalry, the original 26,000 Yellow Turban followers and Japanese pirates were reduced to just over 20,000, several thousand of whom were wounded.

It wasn't that the cavalry of Dengzhou Guard and Leopard Guard were particularly skilled, but rather that the Yellow Turban believers were just a bunch of poor people who had been fooled and made stupid. Of the more than 20,000 "Japanese pirates," only a few hundred were real Japanese; the rest were just sea pirates who dared to kill. This chaotic combination meant that they were disorganized and undisciplined. When they were winning, they were naturally more powerful than each other, but once they were at a disadvantage, they collapsed just as quickly.

Of the more than 6,000 people who died or were seriously injured, nearly 3,000 were killed or trampled after the rout. The actual number of people who died under the cavalry's blades was less than 3,000.

Qian Er laughed heartily as he climbed the city wall. Upon seeing Yang Shaofeng, he immediately bowed and greeted him, "Your Highness, Prince Consort."

Yang Shaofeng grunted in agreement, and Qian Er said to Hu Biao with a sly grin, "Old Hu, that was great, really great!"

Hu Biao glanced at Qian Er, sneered, and said, "You scoundrel."

Qian Er was slightly taken aback, then grinned slyly again.

This commander is magnanimous; how could I stoop to the level of a mere Hu Biao?

After all, the opportunity to go out of the city and kill people was snatched from Hu Biao, so it's only right that he gets a few scoldings.

Hu Biao glanced at Qian Er again, snorted coldly, and said, "Qian Er, do you think that once you've scattered these Yellow Turban rebels and Japanese pirates, nothing else will happen?"

Qian Er was stunned again, and looked at Hu Biao, asking, "Is there anything else?"

Hu Biao said with a sneer, "Let me ask you, if you were in command of the more than 20,000 Yellow Turban rebels and Japanese pirates on the other side, what would you do?"

Qian Er said without hesitation, "I can't command these idiots—damn it, no outposts, no defenses, no archers or cannons, they just came to attack the city with some hoes and swords, how damn stupid can they be..."

After saying "stupid" twice, Qian Er suddenly widened his eyes and asked, "You mean, these 20,000 people are just sent as a vanguard to their deaths, and the real trump card is yet to come?"

As Qian Er finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng felt an even bigger headache.

Hu Biao and Qian Er had fought countless battles. Since they both believed that these 20,000-plus people were bait thrown out by the enemy, it meant that they had probably seen similar tactics before. These 20,000-plus people could indeed be bait thrown out by the enemy.

And the force capable of using over 20,000 people as bait...

The famous decadent writer Zhao Lingyi once said: "In this world, there have always been those who steal for a thousand days, but never those who guard against thieves for a thousand days. If one guards against thieves for a thousand days, even the most capable person cannot endure it."

Putting aside what other trump cards they might have up their sleeves, just thinking about how to guard against them plotting against you is enough to give you a headache.

After pondering for a while, Yang Shaofeng simply looked at Hu Biao and Qian Er and asked, "If these 20,000 people are all bait, how many more will be behind them?"

Hu Biao shook his head slightly and sighed, "Your Highness, it doesn't matter how many people follow. They might even only send one person."

Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, then looked at Hu Biao and asked, "Alone?"

This is pure nonsense.

At first, you said that any force that could send more than 20,000 people as bait must be very powerful. Now you're saying that the other side might only send one person. So you're saying both the truth and the sarcasm.

Seeing Yang Shaofeng's puzzled look, Hu Biao simply explained: "Since they are after the Prince Consort, whether they send more than 100,000 troops or just an assassin, as long as they can get rid of the Prince Consort, they will have achieved their goal."

Yang Shaofeng was even more puzzled and asked, "If their only goal was to get rid of me, wouldn't it have been better for them to send assassins to kill me from the start? Why go through all this trouble using over 20,000 people as bait?"

Hu Biao frowned slightly and said carefully, "The Prince Consort has his own personal guards, and there was the Plow Case before. It's not easy to even get in touch with the Prince Consort, let alone assassinate him."

"But the bait of more than 20,000 people is different—this is a tremendous achievement that will make the prince consort think that he is safe and may lower his guard."

"In other words, the reason they made such a big commotion was likely to create an opportunity for the assassin to strike with deadly accuracy?"

Yang Shaofeng's head ached more and more as he listened, so he simply snorted and said, "Never mind, let's see if we've caught any ringleaders or anything, we'll know once we interrogate them."