Outside the tent, Zhu Heng and other generals heard Li Zhenggu's vague shouts, and quickly gathered dozens of followers around them to surround the tent of the Forbidden Army in front of them. Although these followers were not large in number, they could shoulder the heavy responsibility. All of them were good at guarding the deputy privy envoys. At this time, the dozen or so archers carrying bows and arrows were all pointing their bows at the tent. They only waited for Zhu Heng's order to fire their crossbows and arrows.
But why don’t everyone feel panic? After all, no matter what, the people inside are all well-equipped and well-trained Imperial Guards, and they are all guilty at this time. If they resist and the outcome is uncertain, even if they survive, they will probably only suffer in hiding for the rest of their lives. Although the followers were on alert, they were actually very hesitant.
Unexpectedly, the movement in the tent suddenly stopped after a while, and then a group of fully armed Forbidden Army soldiers emerged. The leader of the group held the bloody heads of Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan in two hands, and stepped out under the light of the torch, using force in his hands. , the head of Blood Lake drew an arc and rolled down at the feet of Zhu Heng and others.
Someone quickly recognized that these were the heads of Ambassador Li and Supervisor Xiao, and there were shouts of exclamation and a commotion. Zhu Heng and other generals froze on the spot without saying a word. The hand that was supposed to give the order stopped in mid-air. I don't know whether they were filled with fear or regret.
"Brothers opposite, I am Commander Zhang of the Forbidden Army. Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan are both traitors who colluded with the rebels and have evil intentions. We are now following the order of His Highness King Yan to kill them on the spot. From now on At the beginning, if you disobey, you will be punished with the crime of rebellion. Immediately put down your weapons, kneel down and surrender, and any offenders will be killed without mercy." Zhang Zi walked out slowly surrounded by a group of soldiers and shouted loudly.
There was a burst of discussion among the followers, and everyone asked each other suspiciously, not knowing what choice to make at this time. In short, Zhu Heng and several other generals were now their backbone, so everyone turned their attention to Zhu Heng.
Zhu Heng stared at Zhang Zi's face for a moment, frowned decisively and shouted: "No! I am familiar with everyone in the Forbidden Army. Brothers, this person is definitely not Zhang Duzhi! Don't listen to their nonsense, they dare to falsely tell the story of King Yan Military orders, people pretending to be the imperial army, killed the envoys and supervisors, this is a serious crime of treason! Brothers, don't believe them, let's fight out, even if we die, we can't die in the hands of thieves!"
Unexpectedly, the followers choked and hesitated. Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan were already dead. Everyone was confused for a moment. Although Zhu Heng's words had some effect, it was really difficult to give everyone confidence. After all, with the More and more soldiers poured out of the tent. They already understood that if they took action, they would die without a burial place.
Zhang Zi was naturally not a general of the Forbidden Army, but he did not directly reply to Zhu Heng's question. Instead, he showed a fierce look and shouted: "How dare you question King Yan's order? There are tens of thousands of Forbidden Army generals. Where can you get the evidence to talk so confidently? Let alone me." If you are not a Forbidden Army, you only have twenty or thirty people. I can destroy you with more than a hundred elite soldiers in one charge. Your archers are also very few. Why don't you understand the current affairs? The general who just spoke, you are also a rebel. General, are you going to drag everyone to die for you?"
All the followers looked at Zhu Heng, and Zhu Heng shouted: "Don't listen to his nonsense. When did I ever act rebellious? He is talking nonsense. That is a fake forbidden army. Do you believe what he says?"
"General Zhu, this person is right. There are so many people in the Forbidden Army. How can they remember clearly? Maybe this Commander Zhang was transferred recently, and this place is only a few miles away from the Forbidden Army camp. If they are really Forbidden Army generals... ...." Someone asked in a low voice.
"Bullshit! How can any of our Forbidden Army generals be as skinny and tender as him? Don't listen to his nonsense. Everyone fight out. The Forbidden Army's camp is not far away. If there is really someone from the Forbidden Army, let's go and ask You know it, even if you die, you will know it! If we put down our weapons, we will be slaughtering cattle and sheep, and no one will care about our corpses in the wilderness!" Zhu Heng shouted.
The crowd was in commotion again, and some people were ready to start fighting. Zhu Heng's words had an effect.
Zhang Zi's face was gloomy, and he shouted loudly: "Since you are stubborn, I will not be polite to you. You can all survive, but once you take action, I will kill you all."
The followers made a buzzing sound, some were frightened, some were desperate, and they were noisy and noisy.
Zhang Zi said loudly: "Most of you are innocent, so I decided to give you a last chance. Half a stick of incense is the time for you to make your final decision. This Zhu Heng is a traitor, just follow him and resist Collaborating with the enemy and rebelling is a serious crime for the Zhu clan. If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your relatives in the family.
From now on, whoever kills Zhu Heng will be promoted to the commander of the military capital. After half a stick of incense, if it is not finished, I will order to kill all of you here, no one will be spared. "
A lit incense was quickly planted in the mud outside the tent. In the night, the red burning light at the end of the incense was extremely eye-catching. The cold wind blows suddenly, and with each strong wind, the fire on the incense stick becomes brighter. It can be seen with the naked eye that a large part of the incense stick will be burned down, which also makes the hearts of all those who pay attention to this stick of incense burn. Austerity.
The time seemed to be long, but soon a small part of the incense stick was burned away, and the remaining part was almost half-burned, making the psychological pressure on people even stronger. Zhang Zi waved his hands with a sullen face, and behind him came the squeaking sound of the bowstring being pulled apart, as well as the harsh friction sound of the sword being unsheathed.
The followers were already under tremendous psychological pressure. The heads of Li Zhenggu and Xiao Yan were right in front of them. Their own death was about to come after half a stick of incense. Everyone understood that fighting hard would not end well. Even if you can support yourself when you die, what does that mean to you?
Zhang Zi's words obviously had an effect. Although most people understood that it was Zhang Zi's way of dividing them, at the critical moment of life and death, many people's psychology changed drastically. Before the temptation of life, many people would rather Take risks out of desperation.
The incense gradually burned to half its length, and the time was so tense that it seemed to have frozen, and everyone's breathing became extremely rapid. Many people's eyes have become a little hot, and their eyes began to wander around Zhu Heng's body intentionally or unintentionally. Zhu Heng was also horrified to find that even the eyes of several Jinling generals beside him revealed strange emotions, and the hairs on his body began to stand up involuntarily.
Among these generals, there was one named Zhao Mao, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of the army. He was very harsh on others, often beating and scolding soldiers, and withholding military pay. However, he happened to be Zhu Heng's subordinate when he was in the forbidden army. Because of Zhao Mao's harshness, , he often had conflicts with Zhu Heng, who had always been lenient in governing the army. Once, Zhu Heng almost beat Zhao Mao with a military stick until his leg bone broke.
At this moment, Zhu Heng's nerves were extremely hypersensitive, and he was extremely sensitive to the slightest disturbance of the people around him. He seemed to see Zhao Mao standing next to him, and he began to glance at him with his eyes intentionally or unintentionally. He saw the spear in Zhao Mao's hand suddenly move, aiming at it. own throat.
The last hope in Zhu Heng's heart collapsed in an instant. Without thinking, he slashed with his backhand and shouted: "Mother, if you want my life, I will kill you first."
Zhao Maowan did not expect that Zhu Heng would suddenly attack him. He just changed his weapon and scratched his itch. Before he could even explain, he was hit in the head by Zhu Heng with a knife, and his head was almost cut in half.
This knife instantly became the fuse. When Zhao Mao's body fell to the ground, someone among the entourage shouted: "Grandma, we didn't take action, but you did it first. Kill these officials, we You can still be an official if you live, so let’s kill him.”
The last line of defense in the hearts of the dozens of followers who had been ready to move collapsed instantly. The weapons in their hands seemed to be affected by some magical power, and they subconsciously slashed at the Jinling generals around them. Zhu Heng and other generals were unwilling to die like this, so they waved their weapons and started to fight back. The generals in the army were ruthless characters, and they were more powerful than ordinary soldiers. In an instant, most of the followers were dead on the spot, leaving only about ten people.
But once they started, they couldn't stop. Several generals regarded every follower standing around them as a threat, and they didn't even have time to tell whether the other party had any malicious intent before cutting them off with one knife. Zhu Heng, who had just been reckless, suddenly woke up and shouted loudly: "Don't do it, don't be fooled."
But when a follower staggered and fell in front of him, and the long sword in his hand hit his leg armor, Zhu Heng could no longer resist the fear in his heart, and swung the sword to kill the man who had not actually participated. After killing the follower, he cut his head with a knife. The situation suddenly became irreversible. Amidst the unbearable insults uttered by the remaining followers, they tried their best to fight back. It only took a dozen breaths to defeat several Jinling generals, including Zhu Heng. Cut them all into meat sauce.
The tragedy was not over yet. One of the attendants shouted: "I killed Zhu Heng. I did it all." Before he finished speaking, an attendant next to him gave him a knife in his pocket, chopped him to the ground, and cursed angrily. : "You are a piece of shit, I am."
This serial massacre seemed to have no tendency to stop. Zhang Zi, who was standing by the tent, seemed to have expected it. He and a large group of soldiers watched this brutal fratricide with cold eyes, until only four or five people were killed. Then he loudly ordered: "Stop, stop immediately."
Then more than a hundred soldiers beside Zhang Zhi roared in unison, which frightened the few people who were killing each other. They woke up and saw that the people around them were all covered in blood, and they all looked like ghosts.
"You guys." Zhang Zi pointed at the crowd: "From now on, each of you will be a general of our Forbidden Army! Immediately dig a hole and clean up the corpses of these idle people, and then you can return to the Forbidden Army camp to receive Reward! Remember, if you cannot enter the camp gate, tell the soldiers that you have just killed the traitors under the order of His Highness King Yan, and His Highness will definitely take you into the camp immediately. You will definitely be rewarded!" Zhang Zi said coldly! ordered.
"As you command." These people smiled happily and agreed in unison.
"Director Zhang, aren't you also coming from the camp? Why don't you go back to the camp with us?" Someone asked in a low voice, wondering.
"I still have military duties to attend to, so I'll be back later. Why do you talk so much?" Zhang Zi said angrily.
Several people were horrified and did not dare to ask any more questions, because as soon as Zhang Zi opened his mouth, an inexplicable chill surged up in their bodies unconsciously. Then they began to dig holes to bury people, and bandaged and treated the injured ones themselves. They only wanted to go to the Forbidden Army Camp as soon as possible to find His Highness King Yan to receive the reward. Although this was a desperate act of killing each other, thinking about it, it was really a huge profit. Not only will he be saved from immortality, he will also be able to ascend to heaven...
