He Xiqing lowered his head and whispered to a team leader beside him: "You lead a team in first. If the situation is not right, exit immediately."
"Yes." The team leader responded, led the team to the gate, stopped, and looked into the yard. The whole yard was empty, and no one was found. The team leader continued to lead people into the village office.
Ten minutes later, He Xiqing stood at the door, pacing back and forth, waiting anxiously. Then he called a team leader over and said, "How many people are you bringing in to see what's going on? You haven't come out after so long?"
"Yes." The team leader responded and ran into the village office with five or six people.
Ten minutes later, He Xiqing became anxious, worried that Xiu Jie would catch up behind him, and said to the squadron leader next to him: "There must be something wrong with this village office. There are no militiamen at the gate, but they are unwilling to go in to get money and food. "
The squadron leader said: "Village chief, why don't we go in together? If they don't have many people, we can capture them directly."
The key was not knowing how many people were inside, so He Xiqing couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
"Village chief, don't think about it, just fight in," the squadron leader said, "If we can't get the money and food, we won't be able to survive."
This sentence came to He Xiqing's heart. Yes, without money and food, everything is over. Even if he escapes, he will still be able to survive. "Okay, let's fight in together."
Holding an iron sword with a broken edge, He Xiqing led the team and entered the village office through the gate.
Seeing that the courtyard was empty, He Xiqing said: "Go through Building 1 and go directly to Building 3 at the back."
Building 1 is just a normal office building, and Building 3 is where the coin warehouse and grain warehouse are located.
He Xiqing led people through Building 1. In front of Building 2, he saw a few blood stains on the ground and immediately shouted: "Get ready to fight."
As soon as the voice fell, there were footsteps and shouts.
The Xiujie Army pouring out from Building 1 blocked the exit. The Xiujie Army in Building 2 formed a neat queue, poured out from each office, and spread out to both sides. The Xiujie Army on the second floor came from Quickly run down the stairs and join the team on the first floor.
On the second floor, Futuo stood up and shouted: "Village Chief He, don't resist anymore. As long as you surrender, our village chief will forget the past and agree that you join our Roy Village."
Seeing that they were surrounded, He Xiqing's army gathered together in horror, trembling with weapons in their hands. When they heard Futuo's shouts, they all turned their attention to He Xiqing.
He Xiqing looked at the well-trained Xiu Jie army in front and behind him, knowing that even if Xiu Jie was not around, he might not be able to kill them. He sighed: "We have already been defeated, and we don't want to make more fearless sacrifices."
With that, He Xiqing said to the people around him: "Everyone, put down your weapons. Life is better than death."
Futuo continued: "I can guarantee that as long as everyone puts down their weapons and joins us, our Roy Village will never treat anyone badly."
He Xiqing's team began to commotion. They were already shaken and did not want to fight anymore. However, He Xiqing did not decisively put down his weapons and surrender. Everyone did not dare to be the first to put down their weapons. Their flashing eyes focused on He Xiqing.
He Xiqing knew that the defeat was certain. Although he was unwilling to accept it, he was helpless and said sternly: "Everyone, put down your weapons." After saying that, he threw the iron sword in his hand to the ground.
Seeing He Xiqing throw away his weapons, He Xiqing's army behind him threw all the weapons in his hands to the ground almost at the same time.
"Okay." A long shout broke through the silent sky. Xiujie and others walked out from behind. He walked to He Xiqing with a smile and said, "Village Chief He, you are welcome to join. As long as you serve our Roy Village wholeheartedly, , let alone a village in the future, even if we give you several villages to manage, so what."
He Xiqing was defeated and disappointed. When he saw Xiu Jie, he could only lower his head and said: "Yes, Village Chief Xiu, I am willing to bring everyone from Suosheng Village to join Roy Village. From now on, I will do my best for Village Chief Xiu and Roy Village. Never give up."
"Haha, good." Xiu Jie said happily: "We have another high-power hero in Roy Village."
Fu Tuo came down from the second floor, walked to Xiu Jie and others, and said, "Village Chief, first clean up the battlefield and count the money and food. We can talk about the rest later."
"Yeah," Xiu Jie responded.
Futuo understood and immediately took his people with him. With the cooperation of He Xiqing, he began to count and make plans for handing over the village.
After leaving Badi Village, Zhang Xuli led two brigades to the east along the road. After only three hours of walking, they arrived at a small village in the east.
"What's the name of the village?" Zhang Xuli asked.
Guan Pei replied: "Qingying Village."
"What's the village called to the west?" Zhang Xuli asked again.
Guan Pei blurted out: "Lanmei Village."
"What a strange name," Zhang Xuli said in confusion as he shook his head. He suddenly remembered something and said, "What did the old drunkard say when he came out just now? Which village is more powerful?"
"Actually, their combat power is about the same. The head of a village to the east is called Jiao Zuo, and his combat power is stronger than that of Kang Nuo, the head of the village to the west. However, the west village has more soldiers than the east village, so the overall combat power is about the same."
"Oh, it's not challenging," Zhang Xuli sighed and said, "You are lucky enough to follow me to the east. We are definitely faster. Let's go back to collect the rewards. Everyone, hurry up and go directly to Qingying Village. Deploy the attack."
"Yes." There was a loud response from Zhang Xuli's team, and the voice slowly disappeared into the sound of footsteps.
Qingying Village was originally a relatively prosperous village. It has been at war with surrounding villages in recent times. It has no time to replenish the lost combat power, and cannot keep up with the money and food. Now it has almost no combat power.
In the village office, when Jiao Zuo heard that Badi Village sent troops to attack him, he threw the scroll on the table and said angrily: "This Badi Village has been replaced by someone named Luo Feng, and its combat power has increased so quickly."
"Village chief," said a captain on the opposite side: "They didn't send many people this time. There were only two brigades, which are about the same strength as ours now. If there's a battle, we won't necessarily lose."
"Then fight, there's no need to hesitate." Jiao Zuo said anxiously.
The captain added: "It's just that Zhang Xuli is leading the troops this time, and they are all soldiers, and they are much more powerful than our militia."
Jiao Zuo said angrily: "You are not talking nonsense. One moment it is almost the same, and the next moment it is too much stronger. Which one of your words is true?"
"Village Chief," the captain said aggrievedly: "No matter what you say, it is true. But in the end, even if you barely win this time, you will still lose next time. If you don't lose to Batty, you will lose to Cassie." .”
Jiao Zuo didn't speak, just lowered his head, sat back on the chair, and sighed: "I didn't expect that the position of village chief would be replaced by someone so soon."
