Holding the handle of the broken knife in his hand, Wu Gen walked aimlessly in the village. Shui Congyue and the others haven't come back yet, but since Wu Gen kindly let Baoxiang take Chetu's head before leaving, I believe this battle won't be difficult.
The antidote for the poison in his body had been found from Bukai, and the other party carefully told him how to take it.
Ji Yan was frowning and retching on the wall. She had been playing the drums hard just now, but now her spirits calmed down. Thanks to the strong smell of blood, she couldn't help but feel a little itchy in her throat.
This little girl who grew up in Hanlu City had never seen so many dead bodies. However, Wu Gen admired her for persisting in staying away from them until now.
The stockade was full of devastation and lifeless wails. Bodies of people and horses were lying everywhere. The fearless army was escorting the captured horse thieves to carry the bodies.
Those strong men and those who had taken the evil pill had all died in battle. Their resistance was the fiercest and they could only be killed all.
As for other ordinary horse thieves, they are human beings after all, and they are greedy for life. How can any of them be willing to sacrifice their lives? Especially when one of the three leaders was killed and two were captured, how many people would insist on throwing away their lives.
Wu Gen walked toward the mountains behind the stockade, where the horse thieves' warehouse was hidden. Zhuo Ke and Ha Ying were leading people to secretly transfer property.
Walking on the steep mountain road, from time to time there will be corpses with tragic deaths lying on the roadside. Before the place could be cleaned up, from time to time black crows would take advantage of people's unpreparedness, take away pieces of meat or intestines, and hang them on the treetops.
In the forest in the distance, there were several horses that had lost their owners and were howling with their heads raised. The desolate and shrill sound echoed in the mountains, making people think differently.
Wu Gen's heart became a little heavier. He didn't feel anything when he was fighting on the battlefield. But when he stopped and looked at the devastation, he felt a little sad, lazy and discouraged.
He has a lazy temperament and just wants to be a rich man. He never wants to stand while he can sit and collect money. I never thought that I would lead so many people to fight for their lives in this foreign country.
Due to fate, he was forced to become like this step by step. Walking to a dead boy, Wu Gen squatted down.
The young man's body was stained with blood, and the black blood had long solidified, but his eyes staring at the sky had never been closed.
Sighing, Wu Gen put his right hand on the young man's forehead and stroked it gently.
"Close your eyes. There's nothing to be unwilling to do. I'll have a better life in the next life." The young man's eyes finally closed, and Wu Gen stood up gently, preparing to move forward.
After taking a few steps, Wu Gen let out a sigh and turned around to look at the young man behind him. On the ground covered with a layer of broken pine needles and leaves, the boy who had closed his eyes now had his eyes wide open, staring blankly at the sky blocked by the shade of the trees.
Wu Gen stood beside the young man with his hands behind his hands, looking up and down. This young man is actually quite good-looking, with fair skin and huge ears, and is quite blessed.
It's just that the nose is a bit pointed and has a more ruthless look. Wu Gen turned around and looked, walked under a tree, reached out and pulled out an ant nest, and sprinkled the ants with dirt on the young man's face.
"Since you won't die in peace, I have nothing to do. I'm tired of digging holes, and I'm afraid of the smell of burning them, so I can only give you a handful of soil. I hope you can be born soon." The ant was suddenly taken away from his lair, and he was very angry and crazy. biting and climbing on the boy's face.
Looking at the motionless boy, the corner of Wu Gen's mouth couldn't help but twitch, "You cruel man, you can't even move at all."
Finally, a few ants discovered the boy's nostrils. Facing this warm and humid cave, the ants crawled in one after another, preparing to resettle here.
Oh, sneeze, the boy finally couldn't bear it any longer. He jumped up from the ground in a hurry, blew his nose hard, and stomped on a few ants on the ground.
When he looked up and saw Wu Gen, the young man said angrily: "You are a wicked and smoking thing, you won't even spare the dead. It is destined that you will not give birth to a son in the future, and all the daughters will be born in the hook. By the way, your family will be full of children and grandchildren in the future. It's all thanks to the help of Lao Wang's family." Looking at the young man jumping around and cursing, Wu Gen's face turned green, what the hell, it's been so many years since someone pointed his nose at him and said such obscene things.
Feeling angry, he flew up and kicked the boy on the butt, sending him flying into the forest, where he landed heavily on an old pine, and then slowly slid down.
Hearing the sound in the distance, Ha Ying quickly ran over with a few people. Looking at the young man lying on the ground, groaning and bleeding from the nose, he quickly asked: "Fortress leader, who is this kid? "
"When you meet someone with a bad mouth, you will curse at others." Wu Gen said angrily.
"I didn't curse. When I cursed, there was no one around." The boy yelled, scratching his neck.
"Hey, you kid, you dare to talk to my village leader like that. I'll beat you to death." Ha Ying rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the young man fiercely.
The young man looked at Ha Ying's bulging arms and knelt down towards Wu Gen with a plop.
"Master, I was wrong, please let me go. In my next life, I will work as a cow or a horse, and I will definitely pull grass for you to eat." Ha Ying was furious when he heard this, and slapped the young man on the head. He flipped several times in the air before landing.
The young man got up from the ground, but ran towards Wu Gen regardless, pointing at Ha Ying behind him with snot and tears,
"Master Village Master, please take him back. It's a bit fierce when he is released from the fence. If he continues like this, I'm afraid God will strike down thunder and chop him into ashes. But I am a kind-hearted person and will definitely help. Collect the ashes and throw them into the pit to be fertilized." Wu Gen's face couldn't help but tremble. Where did this come from? He had no cultivation. He was beaten twice by himself and Ha Ying. Apart from some nosebleeds, he actually Unscathed, this could be the legendary hob meat.
"Captain, watch how I clean up this piece of junk. If I don't beat him until his parents can't recognize him, I won't give him my surname." Ha Ying was completely angered. He reached out and pulled out his scimitar, and walked up aggressively.
"Mom." The young man blinked and shouted to Ha Ying. What the hell? Ha Ying, who was originally so angry, was almost choked. How could there be such a little beast?
Wu Gen couldn't help it anymore and burst out laughing, thinking, if Ha Ying had this name, he would take advantage of it.
You know, the military is the most fond of nicknames. If Ha Ying's name spreads, I'm afraid the whole army will soon know it.
Seeing Wu Gen like this, Ha Ying couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry, and raised his knife to slash at the young man. The young man knelt on the ground and took a few quick steps, hugging Wu Gen's legs.
"Dad, help me."
"Uh, beat, beat this piece of shit to death." Wu Gen was furious. If Qian Hua knew that he had a great son outside, he would not kill him.
After kicking the boy away, Ha Ying and several others came forward, pulled off the boy's pants, and started beating him with a stick.
The boy was crying and howling on the ground, but still refused to beg for mercy. Wu Gen looked at the opponent's thigh, which had become a little bruised, but with no blood seeping out. He ordered Ha Ying: "Don't use a stick, go pull some green bamboo sticks. After the beating, hang yourself upside down and pour some into your pants." Honey, throw some more ants and scorpions in to seal the trouser legs." Upon hearing this, the young man was very anxious.
"Father, a tiger's poison does not eat its seeds. Believe it or not, when you die, I will be the first to take my mother to remarry." Wu Gen couldn't stand listening any more. He waved his hand and left, signaling Ha Ying to be more ruthless. This kid is just a piece of meat, and he can't be restrained without beating him severely.
When they returned to the front village, Shui Congyue and others had rushed back. Zu Yuantong was on the ground, covered in blood, and someone was applying medicine to his wounds.
Baoxiang sneaked up to Wu Gen and whispered: "It's okay. The boy's injuries are not serious. It's just for Ji Yan's sake. But don't tell me, this boy has some ruthlessness. He led three hundred people to withstand it. After being besieged by nearly a thousand people, Cong Yueyi and I went over, threw Chetu's head, and killed a few more people, and the enemy surrendered." Wu Gen curled his lips at Zu Yuantong and turned to look at the ax on his body. The precious elephant hanging a hammer,
"By the way, aren't you an ax user? Why do you have an extra hammer?" Baoxiang scratched his head and laughed.
"Isn't that idiot Cheng Jie also using an axe? My great captain must be different from him." At this moment, Xue Xin came over with someone,
"Master of the village, the battlefield has been cleaned. We have captured more than 4,000 people and more than 200 giant mastiffs. Some of the horse thieves must have escaped before breaking the stronghold. In addition, our fearless army and thousands of people from our ancestors were killed in total. There were nearly 800 people, including 300 from our fearless army."
"So many people have died." Wu Gen turned his head in shock. Xue Xin also looked a little sad and sighed,
"There's nothing we can do about it. Many of the army members are newcomers now, so there's nothing we can do about so many deaths."
"Here's the horse thief." Wu Gen was a little reluctant. Xue Xin hesitated before replying: "The horse thieves killed nearly two thousand people. Except for the strong men, many of them were dead soldiers who were fed elixirs. There were not many serious horse thieves. By the way, village leader, then What should we do with the two of them?" He said and pointed at the tied up Niu Ye and Bu Kai.
After glancing at the two of them, Wu Gen's face darkened and he walked up to Niu Ye.
"Would you like to surrender? Since you took human lives into account just now and didn't release all the giant mastiffs, I can spare your life." Niu also turned his head and spat.
"Kill if you want. Why are you playing this trick? Grandpa is not afraid of death." Wu Gen nodded and walked to Bu Kai.
Before he could say anything, Bu Kai hurriedly said: "Sir, I am willing to surrender, and I am willing to hand over the formulas of all the elixirs and secret medicines to atone for my sins." He smiled and patted Bu Kai's shoulder. , Wu Gen nodded,
"You're not bad. Please hand over the prescription to him." He stood up and nuzzled at Zhuo Ke.
"Sir, you haven't agreed to let me go yet." Bu Kai asked with some anxiety. Wu Gen suddenly turned his head and stared at Bukai coldly, with murderous intent in his eyes.
"This is your place to bargain." Bu Kai shivered in fright and did not dare to speak again. Wu Gen strode towards the wall of the village. As he walked, he ordered Xue Xin: "Gather all the horse thieves, young and old, to this village." Soon, several chairs were placed on the wall of the village. Ji Yan and Wu Gen , Shui Congyue, Zu Yuantong and others all sat on the wall.
Wu Gen stood up and said to Xue Xin, who was standing next to him with a knife: "Select from these people the young and strong ones with cocoons in the tiger's mouth and well-developed back muscles. According to the rule of drawing one out of thirty, we will draw the person who will die." Cut it."
"Wu Gen, how could you do this..." The faces of the people on the wall changed. Ji Yan couldn't help but stand up and spoke to stop him.
"What is this, so cruel?" Wu Gen raised his head slightly, glanced at Ji Yan coldly, and pointed at the dense crowd of people in the village,
"Have you looked at the eyes of these people? Have they ever been kind at all? They can indulge the old and the weak and charge as dead soldiers, and they can force people to eat crazy pills. What's even more annoying is that a little kid on the roadside Horse thieves dare to insult me, a thousand households, under the sword with obscene words. If these people are let go, they will be a disaster sooner or later. If you stay with me, I ask you, you may be able to sleep at night. They are a group of evil people who are afraid of power and have no morality. The only way to deal with evil people is to fight violence with violence. Besides, we gave them the opportunity to surrender before attacking the main stronghold. What will they get in return? In the future, we will have to fight against such bandits again. If we do not establish the prestige of our Northern Army, Is it possible that the lives of brothers should be taken to pay for it? I just want to tell others that if they encounter the Northern Army, they must be prepared to die if they don't surrender. It is very merciful not to kill according to the ratio of one out of ten. Xue Believe me, take action." Wu Gen slashed his hand, said nothing, put his hands behind his back and looked towards the village.
Xue Xin bowed his hand heavily, circling in the air like a bird on guard. The fearless soldiers drew their bows and stared at them, and led the people to select the young and strong ones one by one.
These people were used to drawing bows on a daily basis. Not only did the tiger's mouth have calluses, but the color of their thumbs were also a little different due to wearing thumb rings for a long time.
Soon nearly 3,000 people were pulled out. Not that no one resisted, and those who resisted were shot to death on the spot. Xue Xin ordered someone to take the bag and put paper balls in it. Those who drew the word "death" were quickly pulled to the center of the village.
