"Pingxi City belongs to the people of Pingxi City, not to anyone else. The Huai'en Order is not a shield for you to do whatever you want. A benevolent government does not protect evildoers. You Shatu people rioted last night, causing countless casualties and causing great impact. Some people killed and set fires everywhere. Anything that happens in Pingxi City is under my jurisdiction. Now I order the garrison in the city to enter the East City, arrest the lawless, and restore order in the city. From now on, all Shatu people must immediately lay down their weapons and leave the city to be interrogated. If there is resistance, they will be killed without mercy!"
During the confrontation, Wang Jianbei, the prefect of Pingxi County, walked to the front, looked at the thousands of Shatu people blocking the street ahead, and spoke loudly.
The old Shatu man also knew who had spoken out. He looked at Wang Jianbei, pointed at the soldiers in front of Wang Jianbei, and shouted in a stern manner, "Mr. County Magistrate, aren't you afraid that the Prime Minister will hold you accountable for doing this? You actually dared to order the troops in the city to kill people in the gathering area of my Shatu tribe. This crime alone is enough to have you torn to pieces, your property confiscated and your clan exterminated. Moreover, you have offended my seven Shatu tribes today. My seven Shatu tribes will definitely remember you and will never stop fighting you to the death!"
In the past, if there was any trouble in the city, these Shatu people would gather together and make a fuss. The officials in the city would all adopt a conciliatory attitude and would give in regardless of whether the Shatu people were reasonable or not. This also made the Shatu people in the city gradually develop a habit of arrogance. Even after the fall of the Ye family and the assassination of the governor, the Shatu people in the city were suppressed to a certain extent and restrained a lot, but the arrogant and domineering attitude that the Shatu people in the city had developed over the past few decades could not be changed all at once.
Among the Shatu people in the city, especially those who are older and have a certain status, they are even more domineering and lawless in the city. Most of the things that happened in Pingxi, such as gathering and making noise, and bullying the people in the market, were caused by these people. The old man among the Shatu people was probably a person with some prestige among the Shatu people. He stood up at this time and was still domineering, trying to use the same tricks as before to make Wang Jianbei retreat.
The first thing the old man said was the Prime Minister, the Huai'en Order, and the mortal enemy of the seven Shatu tribes. With all these big hats put on him, ordinary officials might have been frightened by him at this time and dared not to provoke trouble again. But unfortunately, the old man Shatu did not understand that this time, Wang Jianbei was determined to get rid of this cancer for Pingxi City.
"The right and wrong of the world's affairs will be judged by the public, and no one can cover the sky with one hand. The Prime Minister is not a slave of you, the Seven Shatu Tribes. If you have the ability, ask the Prime Minister to dismiss me and investigate me, please do so!" Wang Jianbei had a sneer on his face, and his cold voice echoed on the street, "Remember, those who do too much evil will eventually perish. The Seven Shatu Tribes are just losers in the internal struggle of the Shatu Alliance. You are just dogs that have lost their homes. My Han Empire doesn't even take the Shatu Alliance seriously. Back then, the imperial army killed the Shatu Alliance and forced it to flee to the northern desert several times. What's more, you, do you think that the governor of a county in my Han Empire will be afraid of your threat? One day, if you, the Seven Shatu Tribes, completely forget your identity and position and dare to be ungrateful and show your claws to the Han Empire, how did the Han Empire take you in? In the future, there will definitely be someone in the Han Empire who can completely wipe out the Seven Shatu Tribes, let you die and your clan be destroyed, and you will regret it!"
Wang Jianbei's words were so powerful and forceful that the old man from Shatu sitting opposite and many Shatu people who understood what Wang Jianbei said all changed their expressions slightly.
Seeing that no one was talking, Wang Jianbei gave an order to Liu Yucheng, "Keep going. Anyone who dares to stop us or refuses to obey will be killed without mercy!"
Liu Yucheng licked his lips, raised his hand, and shouted, "Enter!"
"promise!"
The large army that had stopped on the street and the rows of soldiers holding iron shields in front of them responded loudly at once, and then marched in uniform steps towards the Shatu people on the opposite side. The ground on the street seemed to tremble as the large group of troops advanced.
The faces of the Shatu people on the street finally changed. They had never encountered such a scene before. In the past, when there was trouble in the city, they had to face the people in the city, or the yamen runners and the like. Once they gathered and made a fuss, those standing opposite them were a little scared by their large numbers and finally gave in. It was the repeated concessions in the past few decades that made them more arrogant and domineering. They felt that the Han people were nothing special and weak and could be bullied. But today, when the army in the city and those Han men really lined up in formation and slowly advanced towards them like an iron mountain, the Shatu people who were holding knives, clamoring in the street, shouting for fighting and killing, suddenly found that the Han people in front of them were completely different from the Han people in their previous impressions. The neat steps of the Han men, the long spears erected like a forest, and the solid iron shields, all of these made them feel a little scared, and the calves of the Shatu people could not help but twitch.
For decades, the people of the seven Shatu tribes had not seen the Han army marching in front of them.
Yan Liqiang, who was standing next to Wang Jianbei, looked at the soldiers advancing forward, then gave Wang Jianbei a thumbs up, "Hahaha, the county magistrate said it well!"
This was not Yan Liqiang flattering, but Yan Liqiang felt that what Wang Jianbei had just said was really good, and fully reflected his level as a county magistrate.
Wang Jianbei winked at Yan Liqiang and pointed at the streets around him that looked like ruins. "This mess, the rest will be handed over to you, Liqiang!"
Yan Liqiang was about to say something, but his expression suddenly changed. He reached out and grabbed a black arrow.
That black arrow was completely different from ordinary arrows. Not only was it cold and heavy to the touch, but the entire arrow, the arrowhead, the shaft, and the arrowhead were all flat. There were also many strange silver runes on the arrow.
When the arrow was shot, there was no sound at all. When Yan Liqiang reached out to grab the arrow, it was less than three feet away from Wang Jianbei's heart...
After being caught in Yan Liqiang's hand, the arrow suddenly came to life like a poisonous snake that had its vital points caught. It trembled violently, still trying to shoot towards Wang Jianbei, making a violent whistling sound in the air.
Everyone here changed their expressions at once.
Yan Liqiang roared loudly, and the power in his hand surged. The arrow exploded in Yan Liqiang's hand, making a loud bang, which startled several rhinoceros horses nearby and made them stand up...
In the distance, on the top of a roof behind the Shatu people, a figure holding a bow flashed by.
Yan Liqiang didn't even think twice. He moved like a dragon, taking a step of ten feet. He stepped on the eaves of a half-collapsed ruin and chased after the figure. His body was as fast as lightning. When they saw Yan Liqiang rushing out, someone in the Shatu people's team immediately raised his bow and shot at Yan Liqiang...
Behind Yan Liqiang, there came a roar from Liu Yucheng, the governor of Pingxi County, "Kill him..."
The street immediately exploded as if a bucket of cold water was poured into boiling oil...
(End of this chapter)