Chapter 127: Search and Rescue Squad, Saving Countless Villagers!

The village on the mountainside was built leaning against the mountain.

The dwellings were scattered about.

But now, these dwellings had been occupied by bandits and had become their temporary residences.

The villagers who had been abducted into the village had all become slaves to the bandits.

The old, weak, sick, and disabled did the hard labor, while the young women were reduced to playthings...

It was afternoon.

The bandits were all at the mine, holding weapons as overseers, monitoring the miners as they extracted ore.

There were not many bandits left in the village.

Taking advantage of the quiet in the village, three hundred Beijiang Army soldiers quietly snuck in.

The Beijiang Army was divided into seven squads, each with forty men, and each squad was equipped with one sniper; they snuck into the village from several directions simultaneously, going door-to-door to rescue the villagers.

Xiao Moting gave the order: all Rakshasa Bandits in the village, regardless of gender, were to be killed on sight.

"Help... no..."

From a village dwelling not far away, a woman's sharp, shrill cry suddenly rang out.

Immediately after!

A disheveled woman rushed out from the house, clutching an infant in her arms, running barefoot with her hair in a mess.

Following closely, two burly Rakshasa men rushed out, chased her down, and grabbed the woman.

One of the Rakshasa men grabbed the woman's hair with force and slapped her across the face repeatedly, causing her nose to bleed profusely.

Then, he snatched the infant from the woman's arms, threw it into the water trough by the side of the road, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and walked toward the house while whistling.

"Help... give my child back to me..."

The woman cried and struggled desperately, but it was of no use.

The two bandits laughed and joked, chatting in their own tongue; they seemed to be in a good mood and were even humming a little tune.

The group of Beijiang Army soldiers hiding at the alley entrance was burning with rage!

A flash of coldness also crossed Xiao Moting's eyes.

"Got him, got him..."

Xiao Dabao, soaked through, ran over holding the infant.

Fortunately, he had run fast and managed to scoop the infant up, otherwise, the little one would have lost his life.

The infant had choked and passed out, but fortunately, he was still breathing.

Xiao Moting picked up the Thermal Imaging Glasses and looked into the house.

On the screen of the Thermal Imaging Glasses, seven red human figures appeared, moving about inside the house.

"There are seven people inside; it's uncertain if they have any Firearms."

"Xiao Dabao, get on the roof."

"I will lead the charge; the rest of you follow me in."

After Xiao Moting finished speaking, he put on his Bulletproof Helmet, picked up his Anti-riot Shield, and moved forward quickly, crouching low.

Crash!

He kicked the door open!

Inside the room, two bandits were pinning a woman to the bed; caught off guard by Xiao Moting rushing in, they immediately let out urgent roars, appearing to be calling for help.

Following his roar, three bandits holding machetes rushed out from the side room, shrieking as they hacked at Xiao Moting!

"Clang!"

Xiao Moting raised his Anti-riot Shield, blocking the attack of the machetes.

He stabbed one bandit to death with his Long Sword and ordered in a deep voice.

"Charge in!"

The Beijiang Army soldiers behind him rushed into the room and began a chaotic slaughter!

Three bandits were dead; the remaining two saw that things were going poorly, and one of them immediately grabbed the woman as a hostage.

The other bandit also dragged a scantily clad young girl out from the inner room to use as a shield.

"Get out, or I will kill them."

One bandit grabbed the woman's hair with one hand and held a knife to her neck with the other, threatening them in broken Huaxia.

Seeing them holding hostages, Xiao Moting was no longer in a hurry.

He smiled slightly and waved his hand backward.

"Everyone, retreat."

The Beijiang Army soldiers retreated outside one after another, and the room fell silent.

Seeing this, the bandits immediately revealed ferocious grins.

"Daring to break into the village—in a moment, the Firearm Squad will turn you into sieves..."

"Puff!"

A muffled sound!

The bandit was shot directly in the head and fell straight backward!

Xiao Dabao, lying on the roof opposite, waved his fist in excitement.

"Heh heh, my marksmanship is accurate, right!"

"After we go back, the Prince must reward me with a box of Ham Sausage!"

The bandit companion standing to the side was stunned, completely unable to process what had happened.

Red and white sticky matter splattered all over his head and face.

At this very instant!

Xiao Liujin appeared silently behind him, swung the Triangular Military Dagger in his hand fiercely, and slit his throat with one strike!

The companion fell into a pool of blood.

The two women collapsed to the ground in terror, gasping for breath, unable to even speak as they looked at Xiao Moting.

Xiao Moting scanned the two of them.

"Are you the families of the miners?"

"……Yes." One woman nodded, trembling.

"We are the Beijiang Army, here to rescue you," Xiao Moting said, taking the baby swaddle handed to him by a soldier and passing it to the woman. "The Rakshasa on this road have already been wiped out by us. Follow this path out of the village; there will be people waiting to receive you outside."

The woman was stunned, then suddenly lunged forward, grabbed the baby, and cried out in agitation.

"My child……"

Thump.

The other young woman knelt on the ground all at once, weeping and kowtowing desperately to Xiao Moting.

"Thank you! Thank you, benefactors from the Beijiang!"

"This is the Prince of Zhenbei, the Fourth Prince of the Daliang Dynasty," Xiao Dabao said, walking up from behind with a Sniper Rifle on his back.

"What? The Prince of Zhenbei!"

The two women were stunned, then filled with a mix of surprise and joy; they knelt respectfully again and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Many thanks, Prince!"

"Prince, please save my younger sister! She was abducted by the bandit leader's deputy, and her life or death is unknown."

Xiao Moting asked in a deep voice, "Where is she? Also, how much do you know about the situation in this village?"

The young woman stood up and bowed.

"Replying to the Prince, the leader of this group of Rakshasa Bandits is named Jiefu. Every day, Jiefu leads the Firearm Squad to supervise the miners as they dig."

"The deputy, Alieke, leads ten gunmen and stays in the village to guard us."

"Alieke killed the village chief's family and occupied the village chief's residence. There are over sixty villagers locked up there, all of them families of the miners."

"I understand," Xiao Moting nodded. "It is dangerous here; you should leave the village first."

The young woman wanted to say more, but the woman beside her pulled her.

"The Prince is the Beijiang War God; he is invincible and will surely save your sister."

The two knelt and thanked Xiao Moting again, then stumbled as they fled toward the outside of the village.

Xiao Moting turned around and gave the order.

"Continue the search!"

The Beijiang Army moved again.

Seven search and rescue teams launched a carpet-style search throughout the village.

Upon arriving at each residence, they first took out Thermal Imaging Glasses to see if there was anyone inside.

Then they arranged for snipers to prepare from a distance.

The soldiers leading the charge carried Anti-riot Shields and stormed in to kill.

If the bandits held hostages, it made it convenient for the snipers to land headshots.

Xiao Moting led his squad members and killed their way through, eliminating over forty Rakshasa Bandits in total and rescuing over twenty villagers.

The rescued villagers were all weeping bitterly, kneeling on the ground to thank the Beijiang Army.

"Prince, your great kindness and that of the Beijiang Army will be kept in our hearts."

"If it weren't for the Prince, we would have died here."

"Many thanks to the Prince for saving our lives!"

Xiao Moting arrived at the center of the village.

Not far away was the village chief's residence.

Originally an ordinary residence, it was now occupied by Alieke, who had raised the walls and built guard towers, turning it into a small defensive fortification.

The other squads also arrived at the center of the village to rendezvous with Xiao Moting.

They had also killed many bandits and rescued many villagers.

However, nine Beijiang Army soldiers had been injured and were forced to withdraw outside the village.

In the distance, intense gunfire and bursts of roaring could be faintly heard.

It appeared that Qin Zhan had already led two thousand Beijiang Army soldiers to engage the Firearm Squad in the mine, and the two sides were in the midst of a fierce battle.