The setting sun left its last trace of red and sunk behind the mountain unwillingly. The tired bird returns to its nest, and its cry of "yaaaah" seems to prove that it has returned without success again.
At this time, the light was dim, and it was difficult to see the dark figures stretching behind the trees and reeds on both sides of the official road. They all lay low, with knives on their waists and concealed weapons in their hands, waiting for a group of people to pass by.
Siege towers and rams are both powerful weapons for siege, and the ordinary state capital city defense is really difficult to withstand. However, when Shatuo's army attacked Suzhou City, they actually used siege towers and ramming cars!
The outposts were set up to protect against foreign enemies, so the military camps were not equipped with siege equipment. The siege tower and the siege tower were unique to the military camp where they were stationed, but at this time, they actually appeared on the battlefield where the enemy was attacking their own city wall. There was only one reason: some military camps had surrendered to the enemy and secretly gave these siege weapons to Shatuo. This is what Xia Muchao least wants to see. For Dahua, internal strife is much more terrifying than external enemies.
Xia Muchao clutched Zhuge Pingtai's eight hundred miles and rushed. An urgent report came from Suzhou: Mei Siyuan's son Mei Yuanchen sneaked into the enemy camp at night and had wisely persuaded Shatuo's army to withdraw. Our army promised to pursue but not attack. , followed the Chihedan tribe all the way to the exit. At this time, the last general led the armored army on the road. However, there is something that must be reported to the court first: when Shatuo's army stormed Suzhou City yesterday, there were siege towers and rammed vehicles in the forward camp. Fortunately, Lord Mei Siyuan and General Xu Ding'an led the cavalry into the enemy's formation before the enemy attacked. , so that the siege equipment could not be used, and then it was captured by the last general. This matter is of great importance and the general will not dare to make an arbitrary decision, so I would like to submit this confidential letter to the imperial court. Huangzhou general Zhuge Pingtai.
"Is it the Anxian garrison barracks? Guo Zimu is a close associate of King Yi, so he should not be a collaborator with the enemy. Could these weapons come from the Shengjun garrison barracks? Le Chengshuo has always been prudent, but he would do such a treasonous thing? No. Could it be that these two places are the military camps in the north? Zhao Qianming? Zhao Qianming!" Xia Muchao thought carefully, but he didn't hear Hua Fang calling outside the carriage.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Hua Fang called again. It was getting dark at this time and it was really not suitable to rush any further. He had already taken a step forward, and there was a small town ten miles ahead. He could stay here tonight, so he came here to ask for instructions.
Xia Muchao finally came back to his senses and asked, "Oh, what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, it's dark and it's not advisable to go any further. My subordinates have already explored the area. There is a small town ten miles ahead. Do you want to turn over and stop for a rest?" Hua Fang said respectfully.
"Go, don't disturb the people." Although Xia Muchao wanted to arrive in Jinzhou earlier, he also knew the principle of combining work and rest, so he immediately ordered.
After receiving the order, Hua Fang drove his horse to the head of the team, whispered a few words to the leader Lu Jianting, and then drove his horse to the sedan chair where Xia Muchao was. His duty is to protect the prince's safety, and he will always keep it in mind no matter where he is.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" The sound of sharp weapons piercing the air suddenly came from the bushes on both sides of the official road and could not be heard without interruption.
"Be on guard!" Yaozhu shouted, then jumped into the air and rushed into the bushes nearby. The concealed weapons were fired quickly and densely, and nearly a hundred people were hit in the blink of an eye. Following Yao Zhu's warning, Ying Sheng, Hua Fang, Qiong Qi and Taotie were firmly guarding the four corners of Xia Mu's sedan chair. The escort soldiers also quickly gathered around and formed three human walls. Lu Jianting, the leader of the team, led a group of soldiers to kill the bushes on the left, while Zhou Xukuan, the tail of the team, also led a group of soldiers to kill the bushes on the right.
Ah~~~" "Shut up! Phew! " "ah! "
Half an hour passed, and both sides of the official road gradually became quiet.
"Your Majesty, the food is ready. Twelve people have been captured alive, and the remaining two hundred and fifteen people have been killed!" Yongzhu approached the sedan chair and reported inward. This is the largest attack the Jaw Palace has encountered in the past ten years. These two hundred and twenty-seven people are all killers, and they are ruthless and have no scruples.
"Let's go! Let's rest in the town ahead." Xia Muchao said with a frown. "Are these people too anxious? Since I was ordered to come to Anxian and I know the dangers here, how can I be unprepared?" Xia Muchao couldn't help but think after hearing that there were more than 200 killers in this group. : "Alas, this place is full of dangers, which are beyond my expectation. Over the past year or so, it has been really hard for me to think about my source!"
A team of people was left here to report to the government and dispose of the body, while the rest continued to march all the way to Zhigeng Town. By the time the sedan chair arrived at Zhigan Town, everything was ready. Hua Fang led dozens of people to ride quickly, found several large ancestral halls close together in the town, gave them some money, and quickly emptied those places. When those few people saw the swords and guns of these dozens of officers, they all hid far away without saying anything, fearing that they would be killed and annihilated.
"Your Majesty, everything is ready. Please get off the carriage and have a rest." Lu Jianting stood in front of Xia Mu's sedan chair. He had personally inspected everything inside and outside the carriage, and then bowed down to report.
Xia Muchao got down from the chariot and said to Taotie on the side: "The twelve people captured will be interrogated tonight. We will arrive at Anxian tomorrow. We must know clearly who are our enemies and who are our friends."
Taotie has always been a good interrogator. The last time He Zan paid for the assassination of Xia Chengyi and others, he was also the one who found out. He immediately clasped his hands and said: "My lord, please be at ease, my subordinates will definitely investigate clearly!"
It's late at night, the lamp is swaying, someone is coming, and the footsteps are approaching. One, two, seven people and six dogs came in.
This is a relatively old ancestral hall, with a large patio in the middle for lighting. The patio was temporarily sealed with wooden stakes and turned into a cage, and the twelve captives were locked in it. Looking at the dense crowd of guards outside, these twelve people already knew that they were in danger. If you work in their profession, you will die sooner or later. They are not afraid of death, they just want to get a high price so that the family behind them will have enough food and clothing.
"Clang!" There were several sounds of metal collision. The twelve people gathered in unconsciously, and they naturally guessed that the sound was coming from a torture instrument. The torture instruments used to interrogate them. If they had a choice, they would have killed themselves long ago. Yongzhu rushed into the bushes and first knocked them unconscious with a heavy hand, and then started killing them. When they woke up, their hands and feet had been tied, and all their lower teeth had been knocked out and they were locked up here.
Two guards opened the cell door, picked up a prisoner and walked out. At this time, several other guards moved long wooden tables and brought six dogs. The prisoner's face was trembling when he saw the torture instruments on the ground. He couldn't stop trembling. It was a boning knife and several meat-peeling knives.
"Tear off his clothes and tie him to a table." Taotie said coldly.
The prisoner resisted desperately, but still could not stop himself from being put on the execution table and tied up. At this moment, he was completely naked, looking like a shaved white pig. Taotie was holding a boning knife in his hand, looking exactly like a butcher. Seeing Taotie approaching step by step, the despair in his eyes almost broke through. The extreme fear made him unable to speak. He just kept shaking his body, shaking his head, and tears rolled down his face.
Taotie didn't say anything. He turned the boning knife and cut off the prisoner's leg. "Hiss~" Wherever the tip of the knife passed, there was a slight sound of flesh and skin being separated, and a howl of extreme pain, "Ah!" ~~~"
"Listen, old woman, listen, what's the sound? Who is screaming so miserably?" An old man's voice rang out in the darkness when it was dark and dark.
"Yes, I heard it too. It doesn't sound like the sound of killing pigs!" an old woman replied.
Taotie took off the freshly cut bloody human flesh and threw it in front of several dogs. Several dogs had obviously not been fed on purpose. They were extremely hungry at this moment. With a bang, they rushed up to bite the piece of meat. The eleven people in the prison were all covered in cold sweat and swallowing saliva as they watched, with endless fear and regret in their eyes. At this time, I suddenly heard Taotie scolding loudly: "You bastard! Why are you so anxious! There are twelve people here, enough for you to eat!"
As soon as he said these words, the eleven people inside were already so frightened that their faces were distorted, and they cried "wuwu". The smell of filth suddenly hit their nostrils, and it was very unpleasant. It was as if two people had fainted from fright.
There are two large water tanks next to the patio. They have been filled with water for a long time. They were originally used for fire prevention, but they also came in handy at this time. A guard filled a wooden bucket with water and rushed it towards the two people. After a while, the two people woke up leisurely. Woke up crying loudly.
"Ah~~~~" On the execution table, the prisoner let out another miserable cry. His right arm had been chopped off at shoulder level and was bleeding profusely. As far as knife skills are concerned, Taotie is not really a good butcher. This knife was not a clean cut, and the skin and flesh under the armpit were still connected, and in the end it was torn off by force. Two guards stepped forward and pressed the wound on his broken arm with cotton cloth wrapped in lime powder to stop the bleeding. The purpose of stopping the bleeding was to allow him to live longer, to feel the pain more deeply, and to allow his companions to watch a few more scenes.
"Bang!" A bloody arm with twitching fingers was thrown in front of the dogs, and was torn open by them.
"Oh, please, please give us a good time! Please! Please! Ah!" They had never felt that they were afraid of death, until now. Perhaps they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid of the torture before death, the torture from hell.
No one paid any attention to them, just like no one heard their shouts.
Taotie put down the boning knife and chose a small boning knife. The gouging knife was passed over the prisoner's body on the execution table, and there was no blood. It turned out that the back of the knife was in contact with his flesh. "Hey!" Just when the prisoner was a little happy, Taotie cut out his left waist with a knife, cut off an inch-wide piece of meat, and made a hole in his waist. Taotie stretched out two fingers and inserted them into it. It turned over, pulled out something, and threw it in front of the prison.
The eleven people took a closer look and realized that it was actually a waist! A dog rushed over, picked up the fresh human kidney, and ate it.
two eyeballs
a tongue
a piece of intestine
A heart that's still beating
Eleven people kept vomiting, pooping and urinating, and their hands and feet kept shaking. "The brave have no fear." Only a true brave will have no fear in his heart. The eleven people here obviously don't count, they are just desperadoes at best.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" There was a knock on the door outside the room. Xia Muchao knew that Taotie had accomplished the task.
Taotie handed over a piece of paper with a few words written on it.
Xia Muchao took the paper and glanced at it, with a cold smile on his face.
