After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 883 - 869: Robbery

At that time, locusts swarmed the sky and descended. Zeng Yue, Zhao Hanzhang, and Fu Tinghan were far away, at the other end of the battlefield, unaware of each other’s situation. But upon careful consideration, given their abilities, it certainly wouldn’t be difficult for them to escape. However, he was embarrassed to have brought out only a few people, so he said, "Let’s go back to the battlefield and search again. The front line was too stretched out; no matter how skilled the governor is, it’s impossible to gather all the soldiers. If we return with just two hundred people, it would be too disgraceful."

Everyone thought the same and hurriedly followed Zeng Yue back. However, after running for a while, they stopped.

The night was too dark to discern directions, so they decided to stop and rest overnight, waiting until dawn to proceed.

Zhao Hanzhang held a torch and moved around, always checking among the people who stopped. Soon someone noticed her, immediately approaching and shouting softly before getting close, "Governor!"

Zhao Hanzhang turned her head, her gaze sweeping over his simple clothing. Without hesitation, she stepped forward, patted his shoulder to comfort him, and asked, "Where is your armor?"

The soldier, both moved and ashamed, replied, "I got separated, and both my armor and weapons were taken."

Zhao Hanzhang sighed and comforted him, "It’s fine, as long as you’re alive."

Thus, she gained a loyal soldier, forming a team with the others. Seeing Shi Le tied with Shi Hongtu and two soldiers obviously from the Jie people beside them, the recruit was a bit dumbfounded, "This, this..."

Zhao Hanzhang said, "This is our General Shi now."

Shi Le was flexible and immediately addressed the recruit, "We are now comrades."

The recruit’s face turned red, his head buzzing. Comrades just like that?

A while ago, they were at each other’s throats.

The recruit quickly looked at Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang smiled, but her gaze was slightly cold. She nodded, "That’s right, General Shi surrendered with the Shi Army."

The recruit was startled, bowed his head, and said, "Yes,"

He turned his head and called Shi Le, "General Shi."

After walking a dozen steps, Zhao Hanzhang inquired, "Have you seen others, or the Shi Army?"

"No, but before the refugees rushed over, I saw General Zeng at the intersection leading a group eastward to escape. Oh, about a hundred or so Shi Army soldiers went that way too."

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, walking less than a hundred meters, and encountered five or six people in armor. She looked closely and recognized them as refugees.

The simple clothing of the soldiers was a bit different from that of the refugees, also the shoes. If one couldn’t discern if the other was a remnant soldier from the armor, then their simple clothing and shoes were the indicators.

It seems everyone got robbed.

At this time, many were eyeing the armor on Zhao Hanzhang and Shi Le, feeling that it looked exceptional.

Among the crowd that had just sat down, a young man took off the barely warmed armor and covered it over a middle-aged woman, then got up and walked towards Zhao Hanzhang.

His brothers fiddling with the looted armor behind him saw this and stood up, following him.

There were a dozen of them. Apart from Zhao Hanzhang, who appeared relatively well, the other six looked miserable. Shi Hongtu and Ding Fang were bruised and swollen, Shi Le was bruised, with pale lips and tied hands, looking fragile.

The remaining three newly recruited remnant soldiers were also injured, with only simple clothing left.

Judging by numbers or visible combat ability, the youth overwhelmingly outdid them.

So the youth directly blocked Zhao Hanzhang and her group’s path, pointing to her armor, "Miss, my mother fancies your armor, hand it over."

Zhao Hanzhang looked down at her armor, then at the middle-aged woman behind him, who only glanced at her briefly before looking away, apparently not stopping her son.

Zhao Hanzhang gently moved her wrist, smiled at the youth, and said, "This is my armor, not for giving."

"You say it’s not for giving..." The youth hesitated, facing the knife tip at his neck, and changed his words, "Not for giving, then not giving."

The brothers behind him widened their eyes, stepping forward, Zhao Hanzhang’s gaze swept over, noticing their strength, so she asked, "Where are you from?"

Seeing their silence, Zhao Hanzhang pressed the knife down, piercing the flesh on his neck, and smiled mischievously, "It’s bleeding."

The youth trembled and quickly replied, "We, we are from Wusui County."

Zhao Hanzhang furrowed her brows in thought, "Wusui County? Under Anping Country’s jurisdiction?"

The youth cautiously swallowed, "Yes, under Anping Country’s jurisdiction."

Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Is the Han Kingdom still at war with the Jin State? Has General Beigong invaded Anping Country?"

The youth was confused, "General Beigong was already within Anping Country, I don’t know if they fought in, but when we left, the Jin Army didn’t stop us."

Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Why are you fleeing?"

Youth: "A new emperor was established, the magistrate asked us to donate. This year was already drought-stricken with little harvest, and recently locusts left us grainless. The donations were too high, we couldn’t afford them, and with the court conscripting, we left."

He looked at Zhao Hanzhang, curious, "Miss, you look strong and well-off, how come you ended up being a refugee like us?"

He assumed Zhao Hanzhang’s armor was also looted from remnant soldiers, seeing her knife skills, clearly a skilled woman warrior, had this capital.

Zhao Hanzhang said, "I am not a refugee, give me an armor set."

"This..." The youth was reluctant.

Zhao Hanzhang pressed the knife down, the middle-aged woman finally couldn’t bear it and quickly shouted, "I’ll give it, I’ll give it!"

She hurriedly took off the armor and handed it to Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang didn’t move, motioning a look at the recruit.

The recruit immediately stepped forward to take it, finding it a bit small but wearable, so he put it on.

Only then did Zhao Hanzhang sheathe her knife, appraised the youth, and said, "A promising young man, don’t become a thief. If you want a future, come find me ahead."

With that, she led her group forward.

As they left, his brothers surrounded him, exclaiming, "A Wei, don’t be fooled by her, that’s just bluffing."

The youth pondered, "But she was nimble, clearly skilled." Most importantly, she called him a promising young man.

Brothers: "Your sisters-in-law argue and fight in the village, they’re nimble too; do they seem like skilled people?"

Youth: "But her demeanor, attire suggests nobility, she said she’s not a refugee." She also said he had a future.

While Zhao Hanzhang was seizing the armor, Professor Fu was being robbed, oh, Professor Fu and his servant were being robbed.