"Wait, wait, Military Officer in front!" the Protector from the Jiang Family shouted while driving the carriage and calling out to the troop ahead.
That troop, dressed in military uniforms and carrying arrow bags, long bows, and waist knives, was escorting a group of able-bodied men, marching forward.
The conscripted able-bodied men numbered over two hundred, all wearing tattered hemp clothes, barefooted, and their hands bound by a long rope to prevent them from escaping.
Upon hearing the shout, the Chief Commander leading the soldiers turned his head and saw several carriages rushing forward. He immediately ordered his soldiers to draw their swords towards the approaching carriages, yelling, "Who goes there? Halt, in the name of the Prefecture garrison escorting conscripts! Cause us any trouble, and we'll chop you down!"
"Woah~" The Protector from the Jiang Family, not wishing to anger the soldiers, quickly halted the carriage, not daring to advance further.
