Chen Yanzong's hundreds of cavalrymen, except for the cavalry who stayed at the entrance of the village to watch the horses, fled immediately after sensing the danger, all the bandits who dismounted and entered Maguan Village were all killed.
The escaped bandits were also pursued by Beixi Qingqi.
As Qin Feng had expected in advance, these traitors headed towards the crossing mouth without hesitation. The result can be imagined. Beixi Qingqi was already waiting at the crossing mouth.
After being flanked, six of the remaining ten thieves were killed on the spot, and the remaining four were captured alive.
From the time Qin Feng arrived at Maguan Village to the end of the battle, less than two hours passed.
After a post-war census, twenty-seven men in Maguan Village died, most of them in their prime.
Qin Feng couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that many families had lost their backbone. He wanted to make up for the people of Maguan Village, but there was no resurrection, and what Qin Feng could do was extremely limited.
Qin Feng directly ordered a group of soldiers to help the villagers prepare for the funeral.
Located in the open space in front of the ancestral hall, Qin Feng sat on the stone roller, looked at the four bandit soldiers who were escorted in front of him, and waved lightly.
"We don't need so many people. Just leave one and kill the rest."
The four thieves screamed in fright. Unfortunately, apart from making Qin Feng even more disgusted, they couldn't get any sympathy at all.
The three thieves were dragged away directly, and the remaining one was trembling with fear and his face was ashen.
As a soldier in the southern border, he had naturally heard of Qin Feng's name. Today he finally saw him, but it was like a nightmare.
"Qin...King Qin, no matter what you want to ask, I will tell you everything you want to know."
What a joke! The prince in front of me kills without blinking an eye.
Even if he was lent a hundred courages, he would never dare to be obedient in front of Qin Feng.
Qin Feng did not hesitate and said straightforwardly: "Wu Heli is your leader?"
The bandit nodded like a fool: "Back to your lord, Wu Heli is indeed our commander. He has received money from the wealthy families in the south and is also doing things for the wealthy families in the south."
"The wealthy people in the south promised to give him one thousand taels of silver for every village they massacred."
Hearing this, Qin Feng's eyes sharpened.
A village may contain dozens of people or as many as two or three hundred people. So many fresh lives are only worth a thousand taels of silver?
In order to discredit Qin Feng, the wealthy people in the south have gone to any lengths to do such a thing. They are truly worse than animals.
At first, Qin Feng had considered that if he conquered the southern border, he should be cautious in dealing with these wealthy families with big trees and deep roots.
But now, Qin Feng has completely given up the idea of showing mercy. He will kill all the wealthy families in the south without any unjust, false or wrongful convictions.
Feeling the murderous aura emanating from Qin Feng's body, the thieves were so nervous that they were sweating profusely.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, previous tragedies such as the massacre of Ota Village were also caused by Uhri."
"Please be clear to me, Your Majesty. I have never participated in a massacre. This is the first time I have come out. I have stayed outside to watch the horses and have not entered the village at all."
"Please, Your Majesty, spare the life of this little dog."
Qin Feng ignored the thieves' begging for mercy and continued to ask expressionlessly: "Is Uhli's hiding place a small hill?"
The bandit soldier shook his head like a rattle and quickly replied: "No! It's in Enshan, southwest of the hill."
Eun Shan?
Qin Feng knew that this place was a mountain in the Qilian Mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. The area was not large, but the terrain was quite complicated.
It makes sense that Uhri would choose this place as a hiding place.
Moreover, Qin Feng guessed that Wu Heli must have transported a lot of supplies to En Mountain. Once he encountered encirclement and suppression, he would immediately go into the mountains to escape. Once he entered the Qilian Mountains, trying to catch him would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
If you want to catch Uhri, you must figure out all the details.
Although Qin Feng wanted to kill the beast in front of him, he still held back for the sake of the overall situation.
"Tell me everything you know about Uhri."
"Whether you survive tonight depends on how much valuable information you tell."
Realizing that he still had the possibility of survival, the traitor was immediately overjoyed. He knelt in front of Qin Feng, kowtowed a few times, and then started talking nonstop.
"Prince Qi, there are more than 600 people with Uheli, and more than 10,000 taels of gold and silver."
"In addition, he also transported supplies worth five thousand taels of silver to Enshan and Qilian Mountains, which was according to the wishes of military advisor Wu Cheng."
"According to Wu Cheng, massacring people is definitely not a righteous act. Sooner or later, they will be surrounded and suppressed."
"Even if the Southern Territory can really force the prince to retreat, the wealthy people in the Southern Territory will never reuse Uhli. After all, someone must take the blame for the massacre of the people."
"So, Uhri pretends to be cooperating with the wealthy families in the south, but in fact he plans to set up his own business."
"I...I overheard the conversation between Wu Cheng and Uhri while I was standing guard."
Qin Feng raised his hand, interrupted the traitor, frowned slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Is there a military advisor beside Uheli? How much do you know about this man named Wu Cheng?"
The thief soldier thought thoughtfully: "I only remember that the military advisor seemed to be a scholar before. Because he committed something wrong in his hometown, he ran away. Later, he met Uhri and they became brothers of the opposite sex."
"Wu Chengcheng is the dog-headed strategist behind Uhli."
Based on the information provided by the thieves, Qin Feng has already made a basic judgment.
Since Wu Heli was transporting supplies to the Qilian Mountains, it meant that he had no intention of joining the wealthy clan in the south, but was preparing to occupy the mountains and become king.
As long as he lays a foundation in the Qilian Mountains and builds a huge bandit camp, there will be no need for him to beg for mercy in front of the wealthy families in the south. When the time comes, for the sake of peace, all parties will naturally come to negotiate with him.
For Uhri, it can be said that he has picked up his old profession and is naturally good at it.
But having said that, since Wu Heli had no intention of becoming a general in the southern region, there was no need to send Chen Yanzong out to take risks in order to massacre the people.
Just send some of your men around and attack the villages.
However, he chose the distant place instead of the near, and specifically chose a large and difficult village like Maguan Village.
It is very possible that there is a secret hidden in this.
Could it be that Chen Yanzong, the sworn brother, was betrayed by Uhli?
Qin Feng immediately asked: "What is the relationship between Chen Yanzong and Wu Heli?"
The traitor soldier blurted out without even thinking, "They are sworn brothers, very close friends, but these days, the two of them seem to be having some conflicts."
"Wu Heli and Wu Cheng both strongly disagree with the annihilation of villages and only the men."
"But Chen Yanzong doesn't care about that much. He doesn't let the old, weak, women and children go."
