Chapter 919.
Under Pang Tai’s command, there were a total of five Blood Clothes Guard squads, each under the charge of five small flags.
For the past half a year, Linjiang County was still quite calm and there hadn’t been any major incidents of trouble.
As a result, just today, in the space of an hour or two before and after, he had urgently dispatched four squads, each investigating the bizarre events that had suddenly appeared in the city.
For such a situation to occur, any individual would sense that something was amiss.
Pang Tai was certainly no exception.
But duty calls, he has no other choice, otherwise once the situation gets out of control, then the position below his ass won’t be able to sit still.
And as the chief officer of the Blood Clothes Guards, Pang Tai couldn’t easily leave the guardhouse.
When he learned that three consecutive fireworks appeared outside the city, there were only a handful of forces under his command that could be deployed!
Under such circumstances, Pang Tai could not move.
If he were to fall for the trick of leaving the guardhouse and leaving it empty, then the enemy would take advantage of him.
Then Pang Tai’s head would not be enough to chop!
All he could do was to immediately go and mobilize the forces of the county office.
At precisely this time, Old Qiu returned with his men.
“So it’s the Yellow Lotus Sect!”
Pang Tai realized after listening to Old Qiu’s brief report and couldn’t help but gnash his teeth, “These damn thieves and bandits!”
“Quickly go inform the county office!”
This Chief Banner made an immediate decision and gave an order to the guards at the side, “Say that Yellow Lotus is in rebellion, and ask the county magistrate to ask for assistance from the garrison!”
The Blood Clothes Guards had a special position and a very sensitive identity, although they belonged to the direct force of the Da Liang royal family, but privately colluding with the army was a great taboo, the crime of exterminating nine clans!
Although in case of emergency, the Blood Clothes Guards can ask for help from the local garrison of the prefecture.
But the other side does not necessarily sell the Blood Clothes Guard’s account.
At this time, if the county government intervenes, the situation will be much better.
After all, the daily supply of the local garrison mainly relied on the local government offices to arrange support.
The guards led the order and left.
Pang Tai let out a long breath and said to Old Qiu, “Old Qiu, it was hard on you guys, I will ask for credit for your squad when this is over.”
“Many thanks, my lord!”
Old Qiu raised a blood-soaked bundle and presented it, “A total of thirty-two decapitations were made in this battle, including Yellow Lotus Sect leader Black Whirlwind Li Kui, please have a look, Your Honor!”
He opened the bundle, and the heads inside were immediately revealed!
“Black Whirlwind Li Kui!”
Pang Tai’s eyes widened as he gazed at the huge head in front of him, and for a moment he was speechless.
Of course he knew who Black Whirlwind Li Kui was, but he definitely didn’t expect that this notoriously ferocious pagan bandit was actually beheaded by Old Qiu and the others.
A total of thirty-two decapitations?
Pang Tai was well aware of Old Qiu’s strength, which was why he felt incredible.
In normal times, if Old Qiu had reported to him like this, he would definitely have slapped him hard.
Who is he fooling!
However, now that the Linjiang County city is full of beacons inside and outside, the situation is very critical, Pang Tai does not feel that Lao Qiu has the guts and courage to lie about the military situation at this time.
He froze for a moment before asking, “Did you kill them?”
“No!”
Old Qiu replied, “It was newly promoted Guardsman Ling Zhiyuan who decapitated him, he beheaded a total of twenty-four levels in this battle!”
Pang Tai was silent again.
He felt his mind was a little messed up, “You said Ling Zhiyuan?”
Pang Tai racked his brain before remembering who Ling Zhiyuan was.
When Wang Dust first arrived, this Chief Banner had two main impressions of him, one being the freshman leader of the Iron Furnace Battalion who had taken the Silver Badge, and the other being the handsome and handsome looking young white boy.
However, with the passage of time, the day-to-day Pang Tai soon forgot that under his own command, there was still the existence of such a newly promoted guard.
He remembered and felt even more incredulous.
“Yes!”
Old Qiu replied seriously, “If it wasn’t for Ling Zhiyuan, none of us would have come back alive today!”
He had just purposely brought up Li Kui’s head to claim credit for Wang Duan!
This Little Flag was grateful to Wang Dust and wanted to make a good karma with him as well.
“Very well.”
Pang Tai took a deep breath and said, “This official has taken note of this, you go and heal your wounds first.”
After thinking about it, he added, “Later, you’ll write another battle report, and I’ll take it to report to the top.”
“Yes!”
Old Qiu saluted again and then exited the room.
He still had to take Wang Dust and the three of them forward to count the heads and claim the honors and battle merits.
By sunset and dusk, the Linjiang County City, which had once been in panic, finally returned to its usual tranquility.
The local magistrate and the garrison were mobilized together to eliminate the rebellious Yellow Lotus followers both inside and outside the city, killing quite a few of the bandits.
The Blood Clothes Guards suffered heavy losses, with a total of six killed in action, including one Little Flag!
As for the injured, the number was even higher.
This caused the guards to fall into a predicament all of a sudden, with their internal hearts on edge and their strength being severely weakened.
As a last resort, Pang Tai could only send a message through the flying falcon to the capital city for help.
The following evening, a group of people from the capital city arrived at Linjiang County and settled in the Blood Clothes Guardhouse.
That night, the lights within the guardhouse were brightly lit.
“The most pressing task is to replenish the manpower of the Linjiang Guard Station.”
Within Pang Tai’s study, a stalwart-looking brocade-clothed man said in a deep voice, “Your Linjiang County is short of so many people, why haven’t you said anything about it?”
Pang Tai smiled bitterly.
How come he didn’t say anything!
Pang Tai had written more than one report applying for the deployment of manpower, but after sending it up, it sank without a trace.
In the past, he had even personally run to the Prefecture to ask for people, only to be perfunctorily sent away.
There’s no way, who let him the banner above no one!
Pang Tai is actually very clear that the root cause of his lack of organization here is that some people have their eyes on this piece of land in Linjiang County.
If he has enough troops and food, it will not be so easy for him to move away!
But how could Pang Tai tell such inside information?
It’s useless to say it, instead, it will be caught as a trick!
The man in brocade clothes who just came down from the capital city to reinforce his family name Xue, the same as Pang Tai in the general flag, but his identity can be one step higher than Pang Tai, his family history is also not trivial.
General Banner Xue is not stupid, seeing Pang Tai’s expression, he vaguely understood.
He grunted and didn’t continue the topic, but picked up a nearby battle report, flexed his fingers and said, “This newly promoted guard Ling Zhiyuan of yours, isn’t his battle record exaggerated?”
Chief Banner Xue was self-conscious that his tone was already very tactful, but it fell very uncomfortably on Pang Tai’s ears.
It felt like it completely negated the Linjiang Guards’ merits.
“The heads are all here, including Black Whirlwind Li Kui’s head and two great axes.”
Pang Tai replied without thinking, “You can check as much as you want, General Banner Xue, if there is any misrepresentation, Pang is willing to take all the responsibility!”
It was true that Wang Dust had made a bit of an exaggeration, but it was precisely because of this that Pang Tai was going to try to keep his head above water.
No matter what, Wang Dust was a guard under his command, and he would not be spared a share of the credit he had made!