After cremating Leng Qinghe's body, he hurriedly packed it up. Judging from the look of the deputy general, he must have already begun preparations.
Sure enough, he turned around, walked up to Xiao Yao and whispered, "Are you ready?"
Xiao Yao specially investigated Vice General Wang. He was usually domineering in the military camp, but he was very timid and fearful of getting into trouble.
He was able to become this deputy general only because of his really good abilities. He was just a loser and anyone could take refuge in him, so Xiao Yao did not answer his question and just pretended to think.
The man continued: "Now that the general is dead, you have no choice. Follow the new emperor. How can you be subordinate to others in the future? Think about it yourself."
After saying that, the man left, and Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief, but it seemed that he was planning to take advantage of General Leng's death and lead his troops to Beijing to join Xiao Boyuan.
But looking at it like this, they seemed to be preparing to directly eliminate the troops that did not belong to them. The deputy general gave the order, and the rebels directly pulled off the red tassels on their heads.
Then he picked up his saber and started to slaughter the soldiers with red tassels on their heads. Xiao Yao's heart sank and he asked: "Why is this different from what we planned before?"
Jiang Fang said: "Who knew he was so cruel! You go and hold him back first, and I'll find a way."
Xiao Yao looked at the soldiers who were being massacred by his companions before they were ready. He gritted his teeth and rushed forward. When the man saw Xiao Yao coming, he thought he had changed his mind.
"Just think about it. You are here to serve the new emperor. In this deserted river, you are a woman's benevolent one."
Xiao Yao said: "If you find the tiger talisman, can you add more troops to the new emperor? If you slaughter them all now, aren't you breaking your own wings?"
But the man said with a nonchalant expression: "If we could find it, we would have found it long ago. Why bother to fight here? Leng Qinghe, an old fox, still refused to hand over the Tiger Talisman even after he died?
But it’s okay, we have a thorough plan for this matter, and they are already leaderless and in chaos, so it is only a matter of time before they can capture them.”
Xiao Yao said: "The soldiers in this military camp were all brought out by us. I really don't want to see the blood flowing like a river. I know where the Tiger Talisman is."
The man glanced at Xiao Yao and didn't know what he was thinking, but the order had been given. It wasn't a matter of whether he could stop. It was because he couldn't.
But Xiao Yao's words always seemed strange to him. How could this man named Wang, who was usually a common man, still feel sorry for these soldiers? It was true that he was lustful and timid, but how could he still be kind?
So he couldn't help but give Xiao Yao a big look, and then said: "Hand over the tiger talisman, and naturally the blood will be avoided."
Xiao Yao didn't know that the man had begun to doubt himself. Looking at the carnage below, he couldn't help but said: "Follow me."
Jiang Fang rummaged for herbs in the wounded barracks, and then mixed the herbs with the collected wolf dung to burn wolf smoke, which could stun a cow just by smelling it.
The man followed Xiao Yao for a while. Just when Xiao Yao was about to take action, the man took a step back with his sword, pointed at Xiao Yao and said, "You are not Wang Hui, who are you?"
Xiao Yao spread his hands innocently and said: "I am, otherwise who am I? Look, why am I not? Hurry up and put the sword away, don't hurt me for a while."
But the man said: "Wang Hui and I lost a leg when we went up the mountain to suppress bandits. It's not healed yet. How can you walk so lightly like you? Who are you?"
Xiao Yao said quickly: "That's the medicine from the fellow villager I brought back. I took it a few times and it was all good."
But the man sneered: "We never go up the mountain to suppress bandits, and Wang Hui's leg is not injured. You are indeed not Wang Hui. Who are you?"
Xiao Yao saw that he was deceiving him, so he stopped pretending and said directly: "It doesn't matter who I am. You know that I am not Wang Hui, but you dare to follow me to the back. You are very confident."
After saying this, the man looked around here and there. He had been observing Xiao Yao on the way, but he didn't pay attention to where he was taking him.
Xiao Yao rushed forward and struggled with the man. He subdued the man in three strokes, five divided by two, tied the man up, and then said: "Should I praise you for being smart, or should I call you stupid?"
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At this time, smoke was rising not far away. Xiao Yao frowned. Could it be that the rebels still had reinforcements? Then he had to hurry up and stop the melee first.
But when Xiao Yao led this man to the high platform, he felt something was wrong all over. There seemed to be poison in the smoke? He held on, but he still couldn't resist the smoke.
"What the hell, why do you get caught in this smoky way every time?"
When Jiang Fang rushed over, he saw Xiao Yao falling down. He took out the antidote in the bottle and gave it to Xiao Yao to smell, and he woke up instantly.
After seeing Jiang Fang, he quickly said: "I saw the smoke in the distance. Will there be reinforcements from this group of rebels?"
Jiang Fang shook his head: "I lit the smoke, and I put some medicine in it. He should have led all the rebels out, so I made this move.
Otherwise, those unprepared soldiers would probably be massacred by them. Only then did I think that since they don’t have Tiger Talisman, these soldiers would be a hidden danger to them and they would naturally not let them go.”
Xiao Yao stood up, saw a large fallen area below, and then said: "But if the smoke is lit in this military camp, will it alarm the people nearby?"
Jiang Fang nodded: "Indeed, but I have no choice. I can't watch these soldiers being slaughtered. Let's wait for General Leng to explain. We will just clean up these people."
After saying that, Jiang Fang handed Xiao Yao a bundle of hemp rope: "Let's do it. There are a lot of people here. Don't wait until they wake up. We haven't finished our work yet."
Xiao Yao said: "These rebels should not be so merciful. Since the founding of the Yong Kingdom, the attitude towards prisoners of war has been to kill them without mercy."
Although Jiang Fang knew this unwritten rule, looking at so many people, she really couldn't bear to kill her, so she said: "But so many people..."
Xiao Yao said: "If you are so kind in marching and fighting, then you will only lose. These rebels are here for your life and mine. Those soldiers who were massacred are also innocent."
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Jiang Fang sighed and said, "Since Yan Qing asked you to take over the military camp, and now that General Leng is unconscious, you have the final say in the military camp."
Jiang Fang acquiesced to Xiao Yao's statement, and Xiao Yao continued: "I know you will think this is very cruel, but you have subdued them now.
What about when they wake up? Can you ensure that they surrender sincerely? If they don't surrender and another riot breaks out, maybe we won't be as lucky as we are now."