Chapter 1229: Captive

Seeing Ogedei walk down the mountain towards Weizhou City, Little Treasure hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should wait and see what Ogedei was up to first.

Little Treasure glanced at Little Bear, who was riding on a horse. In the end, he gritted his teeth and said, “Indecision invariably leads to trouble. Once they enter the city, we’ll take them down. All of them!”

Little Bear agreed with this and said, “With their master in our hands, would we need to worry that they won’t come clean?”

Since he knew that they were here for money, it would be easy to interrogate them.

As Little Treasure was not good at martial arts, he was escorted to the government office by the guards for the sake of his safety. Meanwhile, Little Bear led the remaining people to lay an ambush in the city.

As usual, Weizhou City was deserted. Other than some commoners and passing trade caravans, there was almost no one else. Therefore, Ogedei and the others could pass through the city gate and enter the city as soon as they arrived.

Perhaps because most of the trade caravans here were in the fur and medicinal herbs business, the guards at the city gate only briefly checked their goods before allowing them to pass through.

Nahe took back the road pass and handed it to Ogedei before entering the city.

As soon as he entered the city, Ogedei saw that there were very few pedestrians in the city, and there were only a few stalls scattered around. Even the stall owners appeared laidback, so he could not help but be vigilant.

Ogedei glanced at Nahe.

Nahe casually asked the soldiers guarding the city in Mandarin, “Why are there so few people at the city gate? I remember that there were quite a number of people doing business here the last time I came.”

“You must have come before the war.” The guard said, “Ever since I came, Weizhou City has been like this. There aren’t many people left here. Last year, when Great Jin fought with Great Yuan, 70 to 80% of the strong men were captured and sent to the army. The rest were also killed by the Great Yuan soldiers who attacked. There’s nothing we can do about the decreased population. However, the situation here is worse than others. If you go further in, there will be more people.”

Nahe gratefully stuffed a small piece of silver into his hands.

The guard glanced at them and then at their carriages, then lowered his voice and reminded them, “It’s impossible for you to sell your goods here since no one in Weizhou City has the ability to buy them from you. However, you can go to Prosperity Inn in the center of the city. The people staying there are all big businessmen and might take a fancy to your goods.”

Nahe thanked him gratefully before returning to Ogedei’s side to report.

Knowing that it was not an accident, Ogedei was slightly relieved. He led his men into the city warily.

Not long after they left, a horse galloped over. It was announced that the city gate was immediately cordoned off, and people were only allowed to enter but not leave!

Little Bear stood at the window on the second floor of the teahouse and looked at the slowly approaching convoy. He ordered the guards beside him, “Leave Ogedei and Nahe alive. As for the others, capture them if you are able to. If not, kill them!”

The guards acknowledged in a low voice and went to instruct the people sent by Yuan Qing.

The people sent out by Yuan Qing were all veterans of the Yuan family army who had been through hundreds of battles, with the platoon commander being the most lowly ranked among them. They were different from Qi Haoran, who had been appointed Little General the moment he entered the army. Having worked hard to slowly climb through the ranks from soldiers to the platoon commander, they knew what they could ask and what they should not be curious about. Therefore, although they were curious about the other party’s identity, they still did not ask a single question.

Now that they knew that the other party was elite soldiers from Great Yuan, they were all prepared to fight head-on.

The guards let them go down and guarded Little Bear closely.

Ogedei rode on his horse and looked at the stalls on both sides of the road. Though this was already the center of Weizhou City, there were still very few pedestrians coming and going. There were also very few stalls on both sides of the road. Most of the people here were old, weak, women, and children while there were very few people in their prime.

Ogedei couldn’t help but feel smug upon seeing that Great Qi was also plagued with issues. To think there weren’t any young adults in such a large place!

Ogedei smiled and raised his head slightly. Just then, he saw Little Bear standing by the window and looking at him. Little Bear grinned at him and shouted, “Uncle Naji, what a coincidence. I didn’t expect to see you again!”

Hearing the loud voice, Ogedei’s heart tightened. His intuition told him that something was wrong. Just as he was about to give the order to retreat, the person in front of the window rushed over like a swallow. White light flashed in front of his eyes, and Ogedei subconsciously fell back to dodge Little Bear’s sword…

When Ogedei’s guards saw that their master was being assassinated, they quickly raised their sabers to block the attacker, but they were stopped by the guards who followed closely behind. A group of people instantly rushed out of the teahouse by the roadside and stopped Ogedei’s convoy.

Seeing this, the vendors and pedestrians on the road immediately threw down what they were holding and fled. Their speed was not something you’d expect from the old, weak, women, and children at all.

It could not be helped. Due to the fact that it had not even been a year since the end of the war, the instincts to escape were still fresh in these people’s minds.

On the other hand, the Yuan family army and guards subconsciously blocked the sabers for them and let them escape quickly. By the time Nahe wanted to seize some hostages, the commoners on the road had long fled, leaving only the two parties fighting on the street.

As all of this happened in just three to four breaths, some Great Yuan soldiers had yet to react, but Ogedei was already in danger and almost died under Little Bear’s sword.

Little Bear had been practicing internal energy since he was young. Not only did he have to learn horse-riding martial arts, but he also had to learn martial arts from the martial arts world. In terms of war strategies, he might not be comparable to Ogedei, but in a one-on-one battle like this, even five Ogedeis were no match for Little Bear. This was because Little Bear was good at martial arts, while Ogedei was only good at horse-riding which was only useful in battle.

With the protection of the horses and guards, Ogedei dodged a few swords and exchanged a few moves with Little Bear face-to-face. He felt that something was wrong. Now that he met Little Bear’s cold eyes, he finally remembered…

Heart trembling, Ogedei gritted his teeth and whispered, “Qi Haoran!”

As Little Bear had strong internal energy, even if the other party spoke softly, he could hear it. With a chuckle, he said, “Uncle Naji, you’ve got the wrong person. I’m not King Rong. I’m his son!”

That only intensified Ogedei’s resentment. Having suffered at the hands of Qi Haoran, was he also going to suffer at the hands of his son now?

At this thought, Ogedei attacked even more fiercely. Alas, it was useless no matter how imposing he was when his martial arts were inferior. Little Bear sped up his attack and swiftly knocked away the two guards beside him. Before the other guards could catch up, he flashed to Ogedei’s side and placed a sword on his neck, then said loudly, “Does anyone else still wish to attack?”

Nahe and the guards’ eyes were red, but they had no choice but to stop. Soon, the Yuan family army and the guards removed the enemies’ weapons and tied them up.

By now, Ogedei had lost nearly a third of his manpower.

Nahe looked at the buildings on both sides, then at the horses that had been forced to stay where they were. He could not help but stamp his feet and sigh at the realization. “The Han people plotted this way in advance.”

If they were outside the city, even if they attacked at the open city gate, as long as there were horses, they could escape!

Being warriors on the grassland, horses were like their two legs. However, the other party had chosen to fight in the center of houses where there was only one street. As long as they surrounded them, the horses would not be able to flee even if they wanted to. While they were experienced warriors on horses, they did not know qinggong and thus could not escape through so many houses!

Ogedei had obviously thought of this as well. He looked at Little Bear with red eyes and asked, “When did you recognize me and start plotting against me?”

Little Bear answered honestly, “I recognized you the moment I saw you. Naturally, I planned it from the beginning.”

Ogedei spat out a mouthful of blood in anger when he thought about how he had been seen through so early and how he had fallen into the hands of two young children.

Looking at the blood on Ogedei’s mouth, Little Bear decided not to anger him anymore, concerned that he might die from anger.

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