074. The Desperate Situation of the Rogue (Part 2)
After sunrise the next day, after the villagers had breakfast, the eighteen gun formations gathered in the center of the village through the broken snow. After experiencing the test of life and death in the light of swords, the temperament of the villagers had changed significantly compared with a few days ago. They stood in the snow
The men in the ground stood straight, lined up in a neat queue with spears in their hands, their eyes were firm and confident, and no one was talking privately.
Lingbao jumped on the altar and announced to everyone that today would be the final decisive battle with the bandits. The time to defend his homeland and avenge his dead relatives was coming. Those bandits had not eaten for almost two days, and they had suffered heavy casualties and could only survive in the snow.
Suffering from cold and hunger, Baixi Village will definitely win the final victory and kill all the murderers!
Such pre-war mobilization is necessary and can greatly boost the morale of the soldiers. Lingbao finally raised his fist to the sky and shouted: "Kill!" Then countless voices followed: "Kill——!"
These sounds came not only from the mouths of the soldiers of the Eighteen Gun Formation, but also from the courtyards of every household in the village. The villagers all obeyed Lingbao's orders. Except for the formal combatants, other villagers stayed in the courtyards and did not come out.
They ran around, but they all held the bamboo spear in their hands tightly. The voice of Lingbao's instructions was so loud that it spread throughout the village, and all the villagers heard it.
After what happened yesterday, Bai Xiying, the clan leader, has lost his prestige in the village and is no longer able to command and order the clan members. However, in the face of a powerful enemy, the villagers still have to unite and fight against the outside world. There is no time to hold anyone accountable for the time being.
We can wait until after the decisive battle.
During this period of time, Lingbao has been organizing the tribesmen to prepare for war and lead the tribesmen to fight. He has now become the backbone of the villagers. As long as Lingbao gives an order, it seems that all the villagers will follow him through fire and water. Bai Xihong, Bai Xiying's son, also commands the spear formation.
One of the masters, he needs to bravely kill the enemy in a decisive battle to reverse the future situation of his father and son in the village.
The villagers had gathered, and the bandits outside the village were also gathering. As long as they were still able to move and participate in the battle, they walked out of the house holding swords and shields. The camouflage on the weapons had been removed. Everyone no longer wore the strange masks.
The rogue bandits came through the snow but did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, they formed an army formation on the slope to the west of the village.
The rogue bandits no longer pretended to be a real elite military formation. In the vast snow-covered mountains and fields, they carried an aura of desolation and chill. The original forty-nine rogue bandits now lined up with swords and shields.
There are still twenty-eight people in the formation. The second among the three leaders is dead, and the eldest and third are standing at the front of the team.
The third child's thigh was injured, but after bandaging and treatment, it was no longer serious. He just walked with a slight limp. As a master of the three realms, he could fully control magic weapons to fight.
The place where the bandits set up their battle formation was where Huwa and Zhu Sanxian fought the day before yesterday. This is the only place around the village suitable for setting up a battle formation. Judging from this posture, they should have given up their plans to rob or raid and want to go head-on.
After a hard fight, it is obvious that snatching the treasures is secondary, and killing the villages is the primary task at the moment.
Now that the rogue bandits had set up such a decisive battle formation, it was easy for Lingbao to command. He sent five gun formations to guard the other five gaps in the village wall just in case. The remaining thirteen gun formations were all deployed on this side and were ready.
However, after the bandits were assembled, they did not launch an attack. The leader left the military formation and walked towards the village. He clasped his fists and saluted ten feet away: "I am the deputy military division of Feihong City and the captain of the first team of the city defense army, Nong Neng.
After winter this year, I led the army to conduct a routine inspection of the city. When I arrived near Baixi Village, I happened to encounter the Shanyao tribe colluding with rogue bandits who wanted to loot the village.
The two deputy captains and I led the army to fight side by side with the villagers of Baixi Village. After two days of hard fighting, we finally killed the rogue bandits and drove back the demon clan. Now that the rogue bandits have been eliminated, the demon clan has retreated. We should provide compensation to the fallen soldiers and bury the dead villagers, and discuss
How to report this matter to the city? Mr. Beixi, the chief of the Baixi Ying clan, please come to discuss the matter!"
Nong Neng's words were carried far away with his magic power, and every household in the village could hear them clearly. Many people felt a little confused and didn't understand what he meant? The spear warriors guarding the village
We could see clearly that although this group of people took off their masks and disguised weapons, they were indeed the rogue bandits who attacked the village two days ago. How could they claim to be the military formation guarding the city?
Yesterday Beixi and others guessed the identity of the bandits, but they did not want to shake the villagers' determination to fight decisively, so they did not tell the news. But these bandits, on the other hand, simply stopped pretending today and reported their identities and their origins, and their leader also showed up in public.
He told such nonsense.
The ordinary villagers hiding at home did not see the situation outside the village. Many people were ecstatic when they heard these words. Could it be that the military formation guarding the city had arrived? Then Baixi Village would be saved! But people immediately
Feeling something was wrong, the man said that the army fought side by side with the villagers of Baixi Village for two days and finally killed all the rogues and drove away the monsters. This is obviously nonsense!
At this time, it was obvious that Lingbao's orders to drill the villagers were strict. Although the soldiers were muttering in their hearts, the formation of the gun array was not chaotic at all, and no one was whispering to each other. Although the villagers were talking at home, no one ran out.
Looking at the excitement, they are still waiting for the order from Lingbao, who is commanding the villagers.
Nong Neng knew Beixi before and had also met Bai Xiying. Since he stopped pretending and planned to reveal his identity and negotiate with Baixi Village, he directly named the two other parties. The villagers may not fully understand this for a while.
However, Beixi and Bai Xiying realized what they were saying and knew what the bandits wanted to do.
Lingbao ordered the spear array to remain in a state of readiness for war. He himself followed Bei Xi and Bai Xiying and walked to the village wall. He was accompanied by Huwa and Bai Xihong, and the old man Tian Xiao who was leaning on a cane. Tian Xiao was recovering from his injuries and was not available at this time.
Ability battle, but when something like this happened, of course he came out.
Lingbao held the long-handled cleaver that Shigure had used, pointed the tip of the knife at Nong Neng and angrily shouted: "Nong Neng, as the captain of the military formation guarding the city, you actually led your soldiers to disguise themselves as rogues and loot the village.
, What kind of crime is it to slaughter villagers?" These words were also said very loudly and with full force. All the villagers in the whole village heard it. Everyone understood what was going on and felt uncontrollable grief and anger.
Nong Neng was well prepared and replied loudly: "Lingbao warrior, I know your brother Cunbao. You two brothers are both good men. You should not lose your lives here. If what you just said is true, do this."
Anyone who commits such a crime will of course be punished with death or even the crime of extermination!"
Lingbao: "Now that you have committed a capital crime, how dare you stand here and speak?"
Nong Neng suddenly let out a long laugh, which made the snow on the nearby trees fall. Then he replied: "Lingbao Warrior, if you insist on saying this, then I will wait for everyone to return to the city wall."
There is no doubt that he will die, and even his family will be implicated. Since he knows that he will die, he can only give it a try to survive in a desperate situation. If he can kill all the insiders in Baixi Village, there is still a glimmer of hope. The villagers of Baixi Village, lead
Experts in the village war effort, do you really plan to force us into such a desperate situation?"
At this time Huwa spoke, his voice was not loud but very clear, and it also spread far away, so that every villager could hear: "Nong Neng, you and the soldiers you led, disguised as
When the gangsters committed the first murder, they had already pushed themselves into a desperate situation. This is a road of no return, and it has come to an end today. It was not forced by others, but because you have trapped yourself in a desperate situation. There is no more nonsense to say at this moment.
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Nong Neng raised his voice again and said: "Are you really going to force us to kill the village to death? Have you ever thought about what price Baixi Village will pay if things really come to that point? If you don't give us a way to survive, we will not
It will give Baixi Village a way to survive!"
Beixi opened his mouth at the right time and said: "Master Nongneng, since you have revealed your identity, you probably want to negotiate with us. If you don't tell me secretly, the matter has come to this. Apart from fighting to the death, do we have any other choice?
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This Four Realm monk had already begun to think about quitting yesterday, and wanted to encourage Huwa to escape at night with him, taking with him the newly acquired magic weapons and precious elixirs. However, Huwa told him that he couldn't leave at that time, and tried to comfort him.
After talking to him, Beixi felt a little relieved and stayed.
After daybreak, when the bandits were preparing for a decisive battle in the west of the village, Beixi also had a chance to escape from another direction, but in full view of the public, he had no choice but to turn around and leave. After all, Beixi was a famous figure in the city wall.
, a respected monk, if he does this, it will be difficult for him to raise his head again if the news reaches the city walls in the future.
Just now, Beixi was still thinking that the final decisive battle would begin today, and the opponent would definitely regard him as the primary killing target. He should do his best to protect himself during the melee, and if it was impossible, he would choose an opportunity to evade.
But as soon as Nong Neng opened his mouth, Beixi understood the other party's plan. It seemed that the young gentleman was right. This group of bandits was in a desperate situation, so they had to negotiate with the villagers for peace. Beixi couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It would be great if he didn't have to risk his life, but he never wanted to suffer the same fate as Yun Xi.
Nong Neng knew there was something in Beixi's words as soon as he heard it. The other party's fighting spirit had been shaken. He quickly replied loudly: "Yes, of course we all have a choice. We don't have to lose so many lives. All the soldiers I lead
I swear together with all the villagers of Baixi Village to report to the city wall as I just said, and there will be no more casualties here."
Lingbao shouted angrily: "How lucky you can say such shameless words! Baixi Village is innocent, but it was you who came to loot and kill. Shigure and Yunxi's two loyal helpers died in the battle, and the villagers also died.
There are more than forty people. Now that you have failed to attack the village, your identity has been exposed, and you are in a desperate situation in the heavy snow, you actually want to beg Baixi Village to spare your lives?
You slaughtered the villagers but begged them for their lives and threatened to fight to the death. Are we still afraid? There are things in this world that are far more important than life and death! What did Shigure and Yunxi do after they were killed? Three years ago, two years ago
Before, including the innocent people who died under your sword in the past two days, who will pay for it? If you really want to beg for mercy, just tie yourself and kneel down, and let Baixi Village take you to the city wall to plead guilty." (To be continued...)