After passing the sentry with corpses lying on the ground, everyone continued to move forward, but after walking for three or four miles, they could see the outer wall of the water village.
The wooden walls are less than three feet high and are made of fine wood.
These logs were originally used to repair or even build warships. They were cut down from the upper reaches and flowed down the river. They were picked up here and piled up here.
The Chu country was rich and cut down a lot of wood. Later, the wood was not used to build warships. The excess wood was used to build wooden forts. If necessary, the wood could be dismantled again and used to build warships.
Now, this water village has been established for more than twenty years. The roots of the wooden walls are covered with moss, and mushrooms even grow in some places.
A group of prisoners came to the water village tremblingly, only to see that the door of the water village was wide open and no one was guarding it.
"The young master must have already taken action, let's go and respond quickly!" Hongmei shouted, picked up the moon-covering knife and rushed forward.
"Kill——!" Jin Ju shouted to boost the morale of the prisoners behind him, and then followed closely behind.
Although she is also a woman, with Jin Ju's figure, she can still pretend to be cute when acting like a baby, but when she is in battle, she roars angrily, with a tone close to the roar of a tiger, and with the heavy armor on her body, it is impossible to tell that she is a woman.
The two women rushed into the wooden village on horseback, but among the prisoners behind them, only a dozen or so people ran to follow them. In a blink of an eye, they entered the gate of the water village, turned around the wooden wall, and disappeared from sight.
(The wooden wall at the water village gate forms an L-shaped passage. It is not an open gate that can be seen at a glance.)
Others, you look at me, I look at you, their feet are grinding, their speed is not much faster than a turtle.
"This is your chance to repay me for saving your life - what are you waiting for?" Qiu Tong stood at the end of the line. She pointed her battle ax towards the water village in front and said coldly.
The two men, Yulan Qingzhu, mobilized their horses to separate to the left and right, raised their long bows, and pointed their arrows at the newly rescued prisoners.
These prisoners are a very important part of the young master's plan. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the capital to start a business. Naturally, they cannot be allowed to retreat when encountering enemies like this, otherwise they will be difficult to use in the future.
Birds of a feather flock together, and Lu Wu never trusts anyone except the five maids who grew up together.
Qiu Tong and others, who were raised by Lu Wu, do not believe that the grace of saving lives alone can really drive others to work hard in this world.
Maybe some people are willing to die to repay their kindness, but it is impossible for everyone to do so.
The reason why the three of them stayed at the end of the team was to hold down the position and play a role similar to that of supervisors.
"Female General, I know something about this water village. There are five thousand troops stationed here. It would be really dangerous for a few of us to enter, so why not——"
A tall and strong prisoner wearing an iron armor spoke.
This man's name is Lu Ting - I don't know if it is his real name - he is eight feet tall, has practiced martial arts, and has amazing strength. Therefore, he was given a suit of iron armor and said he would stand in front to resist swords and weapons.
At this moment, when everyone arrived in front of the water village, he retreated again.
But Lu Ting also has his reasons.
Just a few people and charge into the water stronghold where five thousand troops are stationed?
Isn’t that seeking death?
Although Hongmei said that the young master had already taken action inside and was going to respond, there was no movement at all. It didn't look like someone was taking action?
How could the army be fighting silently?
The door was open, and it was extremely quiet inside. It seemed like a trap specially prepared for people like me.
People who travel in the world must first know how many bowls of rice they can eat, otherwise they will definitely not live long. If the two sides were evenly matched, Lu Ting would be willing to risk his life. After all, he had been saved by others and was wearing armor.
But if you just want to die, then forget it.
As for the idea of risking death through fire and water, just listen to it. It would be too naive to take this seriously.
"Anyone who hesitates to enter will be killed!" Qiu Tong didn't say anything to him, but just waved his hand.
"Teng——" The green bamboo long bow shook, and an arrow flew out, piercing Lu Ting's head.
With a strong bow of more than three stones, the distance between the two sides is only ten steps. Unless you start to dodge before the long arrow leaves the string, even a master of the fourth level of infuriating energy may not be able to dodge this blow.
Lu Ting fell straight to the ground, and the prisoners around him quickly got out of the way.
"If you don't retreat, you will engage in military law!" Qiutong said lightly: "Three——"
"Are you crazy? Are you going to kill people now?" A young businessman nearby looked at Lu Ting's body on the ground and shouted angrily.
Several people around him quickly moved away from him.
They have already killed people, and they are still talking nonsense. This stupid young man should stay away quickly, otherwise he will easily be implicated and die.
"Teng——" Qingzhu flew out another arrow, but as soon as the speaker shouted the words, he felt something was wrong, and at the same time he ducked sideways, and actually dodged Qingzhu's arrow.
'Teng——'
Qingzhu is not the only one who bends the bow and sets the arrow.
Yulan released her bowstring from the other side of the team and shot an arrow into the man's ribs. The arrow was surprisingly powerful. It penetrated under the man's left ribs and came out from the right side of his abdomen, sinking a foot into the ground.
"Ah - you, you - ah -"
The young man fell to the ground. Although he was shot through his liver and stomach, he was still alive for a while and could only struggle and scream.
"Two——" Qiutong counted.
With the Phoenix Yue in his hand, the war horse began to move its front hooves.
"Eldest sister, what else are you counting? Let's kill all these ungrateful losers. Anyway, there are not many losers with these losers, but there are many losers without them!" Qingzhu drew his bow and arrow again and said coldly.
"I'm not an ungrateful person, Liu Wei, the machete chopper. I'll just give this life back to you. You keep your word!"
A big man picked up a round shield with his right hand and a broadsword with his left hand, and ran towards the gate of the water village.
Seeing someone taking the lead, a team of more than a hundred prisoners finally followed in a chaotic manner and rushed into the water stronghold.
One of the young men carrying a long sword was light on his feet. He took one step and covered a distance of one foot, two or three. In three or five steps, he caught up with Liu Wei who was rushing in front. He asked in a low voice: "Boss Ying, what are you doing?" What? Are you really going to sell your life to them?"
"No matter what, it is a fact that they saved us. I also said that when I promised to work hard for them!"
The man who called himself Liu Wei but was called Boss Ying said loudly as he ran. When he turned around the wooden wall, he lowered his voice:
"Second brother, these killers with military backgrounds are not soft-hearted people. Believe it or not, if we just talk nonsense, they will start killing people?"
"No way? There are so many of us, and they worked so hard to bring us here just to kill us?" the second brother questioned.
"Haha, if you obey and work hard, they won't do anything. If they don't obey, why don't they do something?" Boss Ying said in a low voice.
"But there are so many of us-" The second brother still had some questions.
"You have read this book in vain, have you grown a pig's head? They killed all the patrols to rescue us, and then brought us to attack the water stronghold. Which side does not have more people than us, number 100? They are connected with five thousand people We dare to charge head-on into the water village, but we are nothing in the eyes of others!"
Boss Ying said angrily.
"You will die if you go in -" The second brother was still stern, but he followed Boss Ying into the water village camp honestly.
"I would rather go into the Chu army's water stronghold and wait and see, rather than face these masters of archery and horse fighting in an open place."
Boss Ying whispered, took a step forward, raised his shield high in front of his chest, blocked the second brother behind him, and ordered: "Second brother, your Qinggong is good, but it is useless in the military formation. You hide behind me and wait for the opportunity." Never act impulsively.”
