Captain Red Scorpion grabbed the riding crop, pulled the young officer off his horse with a slight pull, and threw him heavily to the ground. Several of the young officer's guards were taken aback, and they shouted and drew their guns, apparently preparing to shoot.
Bang bang bang! Gunshots rang out with distinct rhythm.
Such a crisp burst of fire could not have come from the hands of these private soldiers who had not even ignited a single Force node. Before Qianye could take action, a veteran pulled the trigger and shot the five daring guards one by one.
Kill them all.
"You want to rebel?" The captain glanced coldly at the private troops gathered around him.
These private soldiers looked at each other in confusion, but their hands that were pushing and loading the ammunition did not stop. There was actually a hint of action in their eyes, which made Qianye extremely puzzled.
People who can use the Force and those who cannot ignite the node are completely different worlds. This cannot be made up for by quantity, just like a hundred sheep cannot kill a lion. The gap between these private armies and the Red Scorpion Warriors
It's even bigger than the lamb and the lion. How could they have the courage and confidence to challenge the Red Scorpions?
Could this mission actually be a trap?
Qianye seemed to realize something. He immediately took off the Force rifle from his back and started charging with the Force. In the blink of an eye, a Force bomb condensed in the gun chamber. To deal with the strong man behind the scenes, the only way to use the Force gun was to use the Force gun.
That's the threat.
The young man on the ground almost lost his breath after being thrown so hard that he finally managed to recover. When he raised his head, he immediately screamed miserably. He watched helplessly as Captain Red Scorpion lowered the muzzle of his gun with an expressionless expression, and then pulled the trigger.
Amidst the roaring gunfire, all the young man's limbs were broken and he fainted on the spot.
At this time, a middle-aged man ran out of the crowd, wiping the sweat on his forehead in fear, nodding and bending down, saying: "I am the mayor in charge of this town, and I am also the lord's former housekeeper. The lord has given orders.
I am here to greet you all, and at the same time, I need to report some information to you."
The captain looked him up and down before saying, "Say!"
The middle-aged man laughed along with him, took out a portrait from his pocket, handed it over, and said: "This woman is the fiancée of the lord. She was captured by the rebels. Please bring her back as much as possible."
Hurt her. The lord said that in addition to the military expenses already paid, I will also prepare a generous thank you gift for you!"
The captain took the portrait and looked at it.
It was a rather clear sketch of a portrait. It showed a very beautiful girl. Her eyes were naturally charming and somewhat seductive. She looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, but she was wearing local clothes.
Ordinary people's clothes.
The captain passed the portrait to each team member, looked at it once, then put it in his pocket, and then said to the middle-aged man: "I understand this. Do you have any last words to confess?"
The middle-aged man was shocked and said in a voiceless voice: "What... what are your last words! Sir, are you kidding me?"
The captain said coldly: "I never joke! I don't know who this young man is, and I don't know what the conflict is between you, so you want to use the help of our Red Scorpion Legion to get rid of him. I don't know who you are.
These nobles have no interest in politics, but since they want to use Red Scorpion, they have to pay a corresponding price! Killing you is just a warning to your master. Red Scorpion's knife is too sharp and he cannot play with it.
He got up! If he goes too far, be careful to cut off his own head!"
After the captain finished speaking, he pulled out his pistol, pointed it at the middle-aged man's forehead and pulled the trigger without any pause!
A bloody hole immediately appeared between the middle-aged man's eyebrows, and he slowly fell down with a look of astonishment on his face.
Qianye frowned and asked a veteran next to him in a low voice: "Is this okay?"
The veteran said nonchalantly: "It's okay! We have casualty indicators for every operation!"
"Indicator of casualties?" This was the first time Qianye heard this word.
"This means that when we take action, we can 'accidentally injure' some people in some places, specifically the nobles." The veteran explained.
Qianye took a deep breath and didn't know how to react for a moment.
At this time, the arrogance of the local private army was completely gone, and some people actually began to secretly retreat. Soon, several officers who had been hidden in the crowd began to issue orders to maintain the team.
The captain sneered at them, "Red Scorpion will do this mission on his own, and you don't need your cooperation. I don't want to be shot in the back."
The officers in the crowd remained silent. Anyone who dared to talk too much at this time was looking for death.
The Red Scorpion Team quickly disappeared into the vast mountains and forests. The traces left by the rebels were so obvious that even a rookie like Qianye would never lose them. In this way, the Red Scorpion Team went straight to the rebel lair and killed all the rebels.
Stuck in the camp.
The rebel camp was located on a mountain peak, surrounded by cliffs on three sides, with only one side accessible by road.
This place is very secretive. Low shrubs and chest-high weeds obscure the natural roads. If someone hadn't come in and out recently and didn't know how to eliminate traces, it would be difficult to find. However, the shortcomings of such a terrain are also obvious, that is, the way out is blocked by Red Scorpion.
If blocked, no one can escape.
There were about a hundred people in the camp. They all rushed out of the camp when they heard the noise. But when they saw the slowly approaching Red Scorpion warriors, their faces immediately showed despair.
Are these the rebels? When seeing these people, Qianye couldn't help but have questions.
Half of the more than a hundred people were old, weak, women and children. Their clothes were in tatters and they were all shabby. Most of them held primitive muskets and even iron swords. After seeing them
Before, Qianye had always thought that iron was just a metal for casting daily necessities. As a weapon, it should at least be alloy copper or higher.
Qianye saw three warriors who ignited the Force nodes, but they only ignited one node. There was not even a Force gun found in the entire camp.
Could such a team be rebels? Those rebels who were able to drag Lin Xitang in Western Xinjiang and were unable to open up the situation?
This is more like a camp of refugees.
But the captain seemed to have expected it. He took a few steps forward, took out the portrait in his pocket, raised it, and said, "Where is this woman? It's best to come out by yourself!"
"It's me! What do you want?" A girl squeezed out from the crowd and stared at the captain angrily.
The captain took out the memo, read the mission description, and said, "Well, your father was originally the mine owner here, and it is said that he secretly funded a rebel team. Also, I heard from the lord here that you are his fiancée?"
The girl was furious and shouted: "He's talking nonsense! I have nothing to do with him, but he accidentally saw me that day and forced me to follow him! I didn't want to, so he found a way to kill my father and the real person."
My fiancé also said that our family is rebellious! Since the time of my great-grandfather, our family has been serving the imperial military, and every generation has lost its life on the battlefield. Do we have to serve our country with all our loyalty, and will we end up like this in the end?"
The captain had no expression on his face and said calmly: "Maybe the truth is as you said, maybe not. But since we are standing here, you should know that the nature and result of this matter cannot be changed."
"Is it possible for a viscount to dominate the empire with one hand?" the girl cried out in grief and anger.
The captain remained calm, but his words were extremely cold, "At least in this matter, yes."
The girl's face showed despair. She slowly calmed down and asked, "What do you want to do now? Kill us all?"
The captain pondered for the first time, and his eyes swept over the people in the camp. The old, weak, women and children in front of him were obviously leaders and servants of the girl's family.
He thought for a while and said: "According to the requirements of the mission, you should go back with me, but I personally do not recommend you to do so. Of course, if you insist and feel that there may be a chance for revenge and comeback in the future, you can also try."
Of course the girl understood the consequences of going back, and immediately said categorically: "I will never let that pig touch me even if I die!"
The captain nodded, threw over a finger-sized bottle, and said, "Very good, then commit suicide. Drink this and you will die without pain."
He pointed to the other two people who had ignited the Force nodes and said, "You must die too. As for the other people here, I will pretend I didn't see them."
A moment later, three corpses were placed in front of Qianye.
"Pick them up and let's go. Mission accomplished!" the captain said.
Qianye picked up one of the corpses and silently followed the troops back along the way they came.
This mission was completed extremely easily, without even a real battle. However, the atmosphere in the team was very solemn, and all the veterans, including the captain, were silent.
After returning to the town and handing over the three corpses to the local private army, Red Scorpion's airship took off and returned to the headquarters.
On the airship, Qianye looked at the sky outside the porthole, not knowing what he was thinking. The bald captain also seemed to have lost his vitality. The "Scorpion Tail" flew extremely smoothly, as if it were a different airship.
At this time, the captain sitting next to him suddenly said: "Rookie, have you seen it? This is reality. There is only so much we can do. Later you will understand that politics is not the domain of people like us. As soldiers, we
It is just a knife in the hands of the empire. Wherever we are asked to stab, we have to stab. As for right or wrong, it is not what we should care about."
Qianye let out a sigh of relief, but his heart was still heavy. The so-called politics is indeed an area that cannot be solved with swords, guns and force.
In this insignificant corner of the empire, Qianye has experienced the turbidity of politics. Wouldn't the burden of that man who is far away in the western border suppress the overall situation with his own efforts be even heavier?
Returning to Red Scorpion, Qianye immediately applied for a mission.
Only in the face-to-face confrontation with the dark race did Qianye feel that he could find the value of his own existence. Compared with the so-called politics, fighting against the dark race was simpler.
However, this time the application was put on hold for a whole week before a reply was received. Qianye was transferred to participate in an important mission.
This is an important task marked as Level 1 by Red Scorpion internally. In a city in the western frontier of the empire, a secret base of the dark race was discovered.
Therefore, the staffing of the Red Scorpions was rare and luxurious. Colonel Wei Lishi personally led the team. A total of thirty Red Scorpions and two hundred Black Scorpions were dispatched, and Qianye was the only rookie in the team. This arrangement was not surprising.
As the first among the rookies, Qianye's record at this time can already surpass many Black Scorpion-level veterans.
The location of the mission is close to the two provinces guarded by Lin Xitang. Qianye has heard that some rebels are secretly colluding with the dark races. Perhaps this mission can indirectly support Lin Xitang.
PS: Congratulations to the reloading rookie on the birth of Linzi’s noble daughter!
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