"Captain, we caught more than a dozen miners and iron yard guards who wanted to escape." An iron yard guard from Hutou Village came to Jia Liu's room.
Jia Liu, who was sitting by the charcoal brazier, had a dark expression on his face. He put the big teapot aside and said to Zhang Sancha next to him: "Let's go over and have a look."
The two people left the house and came to the gate of the iron yard with the iron yard guard who had brought the message.
There is an open space in front of the gate of the iron yard. There are many people gathered around it at the moment, most of them are iron yard guards, and only a few miners are here.
In the middle of the crowd, there were more than a dozen people kneeling on the ground, their hands tied behind their backs, and there were iron yard guards guarding them.
"Captain, these people tried to escape but were caught by their subordinates. The iron field guards who were captured were all members of the same team." The person who spoke was Zhang Hong, captain of the iron field guard squadron, Hu Born as a bandit in Touzhai.
After the news of the army's departure from the city was sent to the iron yard, Jia Liu arranged for iron yard guards from Hutou Village to guard several important places in the iron yard. The gate of the iron yard was also guarded by bandits from Hutou Village, including miners. The Iron Yard Guard only patrols the Iron Yard.
Jia Liu nodded and walked towards the tied people.
"Captain, let us go, we don't want to die." A tied up iron yard guard cried and begged when he saw Jia Liu.
"Captain Jia, please let us go. We are miners and we cannot behead people."
"Please, please let us go. The government will send a large army to Dongshan to suppress the bandits. We are old and young, and we don't want to die here."
"Captain, please let us go!"
The tied miners and iron yard guards were begging Jia Liu for mercy.
Standing in front of these people, Jia Liu said expressionlessly: "The miners stand on the right, and the guards of the iron yard stand on the left."
Although the tied miners and iron yard guards didn't know why they did this, they still followed the instructions and arranged them on both sides, one on the left and one on the right.
Jia Liu looked at the miners on the right. There were five of them in total. He waved his hand and said, "Put these miners in solitary confinement and don't allow them to have contact with others."
A group of iron yard guards came over and escorted the miners away.
A miner struggled to beg for mercy, but the iron yard guard who was guarding him took out a rag and blocked his mouth, then forcibly pushed him away from the crowd.
Jia Liu turned around, walked towards the iron yard guard who was being guarded on the left, and said coldly: "You are in the same team? Who is the team leader?"
The tied iron field guards simultaneously turned to look at the person on the far left.
Jia Liu looked over.
"Captain, I am Zhang Ergou, Ergou!" Zhang Ergou looked at Jia Liu and shouted loudly.
"I know you." Jia Liu said, "You were brought back to the iron field by me and became a guard of the iron field. In addition to you, there is also a man named Pan Yi with you."
Zhang Ergou nodded repeatedly and said: "Yes, yes, yes, Pan Yi and I are both captains. You brought us to the iron field. You arranged for us two to become iron field guards."
Jia Liu nodded, his face still expressionless.
Zhang Sancha on the side said: "Captain, what should we do with these iron field guards? It seems that they are from the same team."
The iron field guards, including Zhang Ergou, all looked at Jia Liu, their eyes full of hope.
"Kill him!" Jia Liu said indifferently.
After hearing these three words, Zhang Ergou collapsed on the ground.
"You can't kill me, you can't kill me." Zhang Ergou wanted to kneel down and crawl toward Jia Liu, but he was held down firmly by the iron field guard who was guarding him.
Seeing that he could not climb over, Zhang Ergou said in a tearful voice: "Captain, please let me go. I was wrong. Please, I don't dare to do it anymore. Pan Yi, Pan Yi, hurry up." Please help me and the captain to beg for mercy."
Pan Yi in the crowd heard Zhang Ergou's words, hesitated for a moment, and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Zhang Sancha on the other side with a stern look.
When the words came to his lips, Pan Yi swallowed them back.
Seeing that Pan Yi failed, Zhang Ergou shouted to Jia Liu: "Why are those miners being detained and we are going to be killed? It's unfair, unfair!"
Jia Liu looked indifferently at Zhang Ergou, who was slumped on the ground in front of him, and said, "Don't you remember the discipline of the iron field guards? If you dare to escape in front of the battle, you will be killed!"
Most of the crowd around them were iron yard guards, and a chill could not help but rise in their hearts.
Originally, many iron yard guards thought this was just a casual remark. However, seeing the scene in front of them, many people no longer considered this remark just a casual remark.
Some iron field guards who had the idea of escaping from the iron field began to hesitate in their hearts. Is it worth risking being killed to escape?
"No, you can't kill me." Zhang Ergou shouted, "You are not the government, so you can't kill me. Even the government can't kill people casually."
"Yes, we are not the government, and I cannot represent the government, because I am a bandit and if I violate the rules set by the boss, I can kill you." Jia Liu's eyes turned cold.
"You can't kill me, you can't kill me." Zhang Ergou struggled hard.
The iron field guard behind him held him firmly, and one of the iron field guards drew his sword and walked towards him with the blade exposed.
"Surround the iron field and no one can escape."
At this moment, a group of officers, soldiers and servants suddenly came outside the iron yard and surrounded the gate of the iron yard.
"The officers and soldiers are here! The officers and soldiers are here!"
In the iron yard, the expressions of the iron yard guards and the miners gathered near the gate of the iron yard changed greatly. The miners in the crowd sneaked out of the crowd and ran towards the buildings behind.
None of the iron yard guards moved. Although they were still panicking in their hearts, the iron yard guard captain and several squadron captains and squadron captains were all here, and the consequences of escaping from the battle were still in their minds.
The guards of the iron yard who were former gangsters reacted quickly. They picked up their weapons and formed a formation to block the gate of the iron yard and confront the officers and soldiers outside the gate.
"Haha, the officers and soldiers are here, you can't kill me anymore. Look how arrogant you bandits are and want to kill me, bah!" Zhang Ergou laughed when he saw that the iron field was surrounded by officers and soldiers.
The appearance of these officers and soldiers gave him the last straw and saw hope of survival.
Jia Liu raised his eyelids and glanced at the officers and soldiers outside the iron yard, as well as the police officers hiding behind the officers and soldiers, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips, and said: "Do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the iron field guard from San Touzhai picked up the knife in his hand and slashed hard.
The hand raised the knife and dropped it. In a flash of cold light, the head rolled off. At the same time, blood spurted out from a cavity and spread all over the ground. The pungent blood filled the surrounding area.
Before dying, Zhang Ergou widened his eyes and couldn't believe the scene before him.
Many of the iron yard guards standing around were former miners. Seeing such a bloody scene, many of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs were trembling.
Pan Yi looked at Zhang Ergou's head rolling on the ground with mixed feelings in his heart.
Unlike Zhang Ergou, he never thought of escaping.
After hearing the news that the army would come to the iron yard to suppress the bandits, he had decided to stay at the iron yard as a way to repay the life-saving grace of the captain.
