It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Sneak attacks usually take place at night, but Lu Xingchen did the opposite and carried out the sneak attack during the day.

She led the hundred soldiers into the back mountain of Niutou Village, and there was not a single guard on duty.

It seems that the leaders of Niutou Village are very confident about the back mountain and feel that no one can climb up from the cliffs.

The tasks had been assigned before they came up. She, Wei Hu and Zhang Fan each led a team and entered Niutou Village from the back mountain in three routes.

After going up the mountain, they put their things away, and Lu Xingchen drew out the short blade in his hand.

In addition to the cliffs on the back mountain, there is a very dense forest after you climb up, which is very suitable for hiding.

Because the woods are dense, they are not suitable for hiding long weapons, but are very suitable for hiding short weapons.

Therefore, Zhang Fan, Wei Hu and their brothers all held short blades in their hands, bent down and moved forward quickly.

Lu Xingchen didn't know the specific layout of Niutou Village, but only learned a rough blueprint from the two minions.

The boss’s residence is in the very center of the village.

On the left and right sides lived the second in command, the third in command, the fourth in command, and so on to the sixth in command.

Behind it is the yard where some small bandits live.

The little bandits usually live in large bunk beds.

At the back there are some low houses where the cooks, laborers and craftsmen are housed.

There were also some low houses where the abducted women lived.

These women are often playthings of those petty bandits.

Generally speaking, they are given to them after the bosses get tired of playing with them.

Lu Xingchen went straight in the middle and met a few bandits on the way. He took care of them before they could react.

Wei Hu was the first to arrive at the place where the old women and craftsmen lived.

These people were originally abducted by bandits. Wei Hu did not kill them, but knocked them unconscious to the ground.

Zhang Fan entered the large bunk bed where the bandits lived.

There were twenty or thirty little bandits sleeping inside. They might have been on duty outside last night and were resting in the big bunk bed during the day.

Zhang Fan ordered his men to tie him up.

During the tying process, some of the bandits woke up, but seeing that they had weapons in their hands, they naturally did not dare to make a sound. They looked at Zhang Fan and others in horror.

Zhang Fan tied up the people and then stuffed their mouths with their socks and clothes to prevent them from making any sound.

Then he left a few brothers to watch over these people, and continued forward with the other brothers.

Lu Xingchen led his team forward, encountering almost no obstacles, until they heard the sound of stringed instruments.

Lu Xingchen stopped all the soldiers, and then asked two soldiers with good skills to step forward and listen to what the sound of stringed instruments was.

The two skilled soldiers nodded in agreement, then quickly moved forward and soon arrived at the second floor of a building not far ahead whose purpose was unknown.

The two soldiers quickly climbed to the second floor and looked inside.

Soon they returned to Lu Xingcheng.

"Master, some people are drinking and some dancers are dancing."

"Someone calls him the Big Boss."

"But we can only see the back, and we can't see what the man called the boss looks like."

"This should be the leader of Niutou Village drinking and having fun."

Lu Xingchen didn't expect that while a group of bandits went to attack the county seat of Song County, the boss was still in the mountain stronghold listening to music, watching beautiful women dancing, and living a free and easy life.

Since the big boss is here, then many of the bosses who stayed in the village should be here too.

While Lu Xingchen sent soldiers to inform Wei Hu and Zhang Fan, he ordered several soldiers to secretly carry firewood from a nearby yard and then light a fire.

In an instant, flames shot into the sky.

"There's a fire, there's a fire..." a bandit shouted when he saw the fire.

The bandits who heard the shouting rushed towards the fire, carrying wooden barrels in their hands.

The sound of stringed instruments on the second floor of the small building also stopped.

Soon after, some bandits rushed out from the second floor, holding wooden barrels in their hands, ready to put out the fire.

The entire Niutou Village is made of wood, and the consequences would be disastrous if a fire broke out.

These bandits who rushed out had no weapons in their hands, but only wooden barrels, so at Lu Xingchen's command, their soldiers rushed out and killed the bandits who were holding wooden barrels and preparing to put out the fire.

Lu Xingchen, Wei Hu and Zhang Fan rushed to the front in three groups, and chopped down several bandits with their swords.

The three of them had clear division of labor, and Lu Xingchen rushed towards the small second floor.

Wei Hu blocked the bandits who rushed over from other places to put out the fire.

Zhang Fan eliminated the bandits who had gone to put out the fire.

A short and burly man walked down from the second floor, and the wooden stairs creaked under the pressure of his body.

"Who the hell ruined my good mood?"

"If I find out who accidentally started the fire, I'll skin you alive."

The man walked down, cursing.

Lu Xingchen has already arrived in front of him.

He stood there with his eyes wide open, obviously not expecting a stranger to appear in this place. After all, the clothes on Lu Xingchen were different from those of the bandits in the mountain village.

"You, you..." The man raised his arms, his eyes widened, his face full of horror.

Lu Xingchen didn't give him a chance to speak and chopped off one of his arms with his sword.

The man screamed and fell on the stairs, with blood flowing down.

Lu Xingchen leaped up, stepped on his chest, and then slashed his neck with the blade.

The man lost his breath instantly, only his eyes were still wide open.

Someone in the room heard the fat man's screams and came out to see what was going on.

Lu Xingchen thrust his blade forward and pierced his chest.

He pushed his body into the house and kicked him away.

Then Lu Xingchen pulled the blade out of the bandit's chest, blood splattered, and a blood mist was drawn.

A man in his thirties saw the scene in front of him, was stunned for a moment, then instantly flew into the air and pounced on the wall next to him.

There was a big knife hanging on the wall next to it.

The man was tall and strong, and looked to be at least 1.8 meters tall.

Lu Xingchen jumped up and attacked his arms.

The man took two steps back, then stood firm, and then pounced towards Lu Xingchen.

Lu Xingchen leaned back, then touched the ground with his toes, rotated his body, dodged the man's fists, and then swept the blade towards the man's wrist.

The man retracted his arms, turned over, and stepped down on Lu Xingchen's shoulders with his feet.

Lu Xingchen tapped the ground with his toes, moved back a foot, then turned his body and swept towards the man's lower back.

The man leaned forward, dodging Lu Xingcheng's sweep, and then threw himself against the wall.

Lu Xingchen knew that he couldn't let him take down the big knife hanging on the wall, otherwise he would have to go through a tough battle.

So she drew the crossbow in her hand.

Several short arrows shot straight at the man's back.

The man had already grasped the big knife in his hand, but unfortunately Lu Xingchen's short arrow was already close to his back.

Helplessly, he had to give up the big knife on the wall and dodge the short arrow sideways.