Chapter 279 [Take a boat]
There are dozens of military short crossbows. This kind of short crossbow is not equipped by ordinary armies. Only the elites of the empire's main battle legions or the elites of the imperial guards are equipped with them.
This kind of short crossbow is fired with a mechanical noose. It can break through the armor of soldiers in twenty steps. It is known as an "armor-breaking arrow". Each one costs a lot of money, and only a person with Du Wei's status can give it to him.
All the guards around him are equipped with such lethal weapons. These grassland people are just a mob. Let alone armor, it is very rare to have a leather armor on the ship. Most of them are just wearing leather robes and coats.
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Moreover, Du Wei was even more sinister. He secretly ordered the arrows of the short crossbows equipped by his men to be modified and designed into a three-diamond shape. In this way, once the arrow hits the target, it will miss the target.
, the person who was shot will also bleed more severely, and it will be extremely difficult to sew up afterwards!
Du Wei gives the order and kills people freely. These Tulip family guards will not show mercy!
After a round of short crossbow volleys, half of the prairie people had fallen. Seeing the other party firing short crossbows and their companions being hit with arrows, these prairie talents turned from fear to resistance. They finally understood: These Roland people were going to
So cruel!
The prairie people howled loudly. Most of these prairie people were fierce people. Seeing helplessness, they waved their scimitars and rushed towards the guards of the Tulip family. At this time, most people had made up their minds. Only
Only by fighting to the death can there be a way to survive!
It's a pity that their stunned efforts just now and the distance of about twenty steps were enough for the Tulip family's guards to complete the second volley!
The second volley of short crossbows left less than half of the grassland people still standing. Most of the people who were hit by the arrows fell down. Even those who were not dead fell down bleeding and moaning softly.
The guards all threw away their short crossbows, and everyone drew their swords and rushed towards the remaining prairie people!
Although these grassland people are ferocious, they are not regular troops after all, but a mob. How can they stand up to Du Wei's guards? Many of these guards have formal imperial warrior levels, even if they are to deal with ordinary people
Soldiers, one can fight several!
Thirty guards rushed into the crowd of prairie people. They slashed with their swords without leaving any room. These prairie people originally wanted to rely on their fierceness to fight for a chance of survival, but they soon became desperate. These tulips
The family guards were just like chopping melons and vegetables, and blood and flesh flew everywhere among the crowd.
In less than a cup of tea, there was no longer a prairie man standing on the deck!
None of the thirty guards died, but everyone was covered in blood. Du Wei was still standing on the second deck, squinting his eyes and a gentle expression on his face.
The river transport officer next to him had never seen such a bloody scene in his life. After all, he was just an official from a small town. How could he have seen so many people die in front of his eyes in a matter of seconds? What's more, these guards of the Tulip family were like
He was like a madman, attacking fiercely, slashing and slashing. Just now he saw with his own eyes two severed arms of prairie people flying over. Some of the flesh and blood was splashed on the railing of the second deck.
The river transport official looked pale and almost wanted to vomit. Du Wei seemed to have a happy expression on his face.
Some of the guards of the Tulip family were selected from veterans who had experienced the battle of Gilliat City. Many people stood on top of the city that day and saw the cruelty of the prairie people. They chopped off their dead colleagues.
The head was turned into a human head frame. How could these people be soft on the prairie people when they took action?
Rivers of blood flowed on the deck, and broken arms and limbs were everywhere. There were also some prairie people who had been hit by arrows and were rolling on the ground in pain. They didn't care to cry out in pain at this moment. Some of them were already trying desperately to pull them apart.
His voice screamed for mercy.
But these guards carried out Du Wei's orders very faithfully! Several guards carried swords and walked back and forth among the corpses everywhere, whether they were alive or dead. Each one added a sword! Then they chopped off their heads.
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Of course, the river transport officer was so frightened that he couldn't help but whisper: "Duke, Your Majesty the Duke... Well, they are all dead, so there is no need to...don't need to chop this head off..."
Du Wei didn't answer, just smiled, and Lao Yan said coldly: "Mr. River Transport Officer, you don't know. Building human head towers is the grassland people's favorite custom! If you want to object, you can go down and ask me about this.
Brothers, there are many of them. Their brothers and friends were built into towers of human heads by the prairie people!"
When the river transport officer heard this, he quickly shut his mouth.
At this time, there was a splashing sound of falling into the water. Du Wei thought it was a dying prairie man jumping into the river to escape, but someone immediately reported it.
But it was the sheriff who had been down below who was so frightened when he saw such bloody massacre that his feet gave way and he fell into the river.
Du Wei smiled disdainfully, and then while asking people to go down to salvage and rescue the sheriff, he patted the shoulder of the river transportation official beside him and said with a smile: "Okay, the smell of blood here is too pungent, you and me
Let me go to the cabin and talk."
"No... no need." The river transport officer took a few deep breaths, and then solemnly said: "Sir, this happened here... Well, there are still two or three prairie people's business groups in the town. These prairie people are the most
They are in a group. Once they learn the news here, I am worried that they will make trouble..."
Du Wei's eyebrows were the same and he smiled lightly: "Oh? Is that so?"
Then Du Wei called out to Lao Yan loudly: "You personally take half of the brothers and follow this river transport officer off the boat to the town to help him deal with the matter. If any prairie people dare to provoke and cause trouble, you know what to do."
"I know." Lao Yan's cold voice made the river transport officer next to him tremble: "If someone makes trouble, we will just kill him!"
"Very good, go ahead." Du Wei nodded.
The river transport official suddenly felt that his legs were weighing a thousand pounds, and he kept praying in his heart, asking those grassland merchants to be more honest and peaceful, otherwise... something big might happen in this town today.
Oh! If these Tulip Duke's men kill several prairie business groups in the town at one go, then... Goddess of Light bless you. Let these prairie barbarians know how to behave...
Du Wei's men were very efficient in their work. In less than an hour, all the heads of the prairie people were chopped off. Du Wei had people set up several tall wooden stakes on the pier.
All the heads were pierced on sharp wooden stakes and turned into several large human heads.
This incident has already spread throughout the port and town, and all the people watching around have been frightened by this bloody scene. No one thought that this noble lord could be so cruel and ruthless, killing hundreds of living people.
Just kill him! Even if he kills him, he chops off his head and hangs it on the dock to demonstrate!
Many people were inquiring about Du Wei's background. Some of them were close. When they saw the tulip flag on Du Wei's boat, they immediately understood and secretly said that it was no wonder! I am afraid that only the young Duke would dare to do this to these grassland barbarians.
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And the river transport official's prayer seemed to have an effect. The other two or three grassland caravan members in the town originally heard the news, and some of them wanted to draw their swords and fight for their lives when their minds were hot. But then they saw Lao Yan carrying all the weapons
Armed and murderous guards came over. Many of the guards' armors were still stained with blood. They were deliberately not scrubbed off.
Dozens of guys covered in blood and full of murderous intent lined up and surrounded them. The prairie people were originally bullies and afraid of the strong. I heard that more than a hundred people in a business group were killed. The opponent was the Tulip Duke who the prairie people feared the most.
, everyone suddenly lost all thoughts of resisting, and stayed in their camp honestly, not daring to cause trouble at all. Some quietly sent people to the pier to inquire about the news, and the people who came back talked about the pier,
Hundreds of heads were rolling around, and a human head rack was built. Speaking of that scene, these prairie barbarians, all of them were discolored, their courage was gone, and they would never dare to cause trouble again.
After Du Wei was killed like this, the grassland people who came and went in Mingfan Port Town no longer dared to pick fights and make trouble. Such scenes inspired the courage of many imperial business groups. Occasionally they had disputes with the grassland people.
They also dared to fight loudly with each other, often saying the last word. They pointed at the straight chest of the dock and loudly said: "Last time, a hundred heads were chopped off and hung in that place! Do you want to be a hundred and one?
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Often when these words are said, the prairie people don't dare to act helpless anymore.
After such an incident, the public security in Mingfan Port was improved. The people in the town, the river transport workers on the dock and the caravans all felt grateful for the Tulip Duke. Although they all felt that the Duke was ruthless, he was really cruel.
People are afraid of him. But the more he is like this, the more he feels full of awe for this fierce Duke.
After killing so many people, Du Wei couldn't leave right away. He asked people to clean up the corpses, and brought up the river water to wash away the blood on the boat. He was so busy that half a day passed. Moreover, if he did it himself, if
Once he left, the river transportation officials here were in bad luck. After all, Du Wei was not the kind of person who did things regardless of the consequences. After he was satisfied, there was no need to ruin the career prospects of others. After the river transportation official wrote the report
, Du Wei read it and signed his name on the bottom. In this way, the matter was reported to the authorities, and the officials above saw his signature and knew what to do. No one dared to embarrass this river transport official.
As for the Sheriff, Du Wei didn't bother to care about that guy. Judging from today's performance, as a Sheriff, although this guy is low-level, he can be regarded as an official and ranked military attache of the empire! But when facing the prairie people,
Weak and incompetent, in the end he was a dignified imperial military attache, and he was so frightened that he fell into the river!
As a military attache, Du Wei would not protect him if he was such a fool! It would be better if he was withdrawn!
In this way, after staying in Mingfan Port for another day, Du Wei's ship set sail.
When leaving the dock, they originally had to wait in line on the berth to go out, but as soon as the other ships saw Du Wei's flag, they immediately turned around and gave way to the river. After entering the canal, other merchant ships saw Du Wei from a distance.
Wei's ships all took the initiative to give in.
The sailors below informed Du Wei, and Du Wei realized that this was all because of his massacre yesterday, which made these imperial merchants who had suffered so much from the prairie people very happy. This was all a sign of gratitude and respect from these merchant ships to him.
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"Your order yesterday is different from what I know about your human customs."
On the deck, facing the gentle wind, Queen Medusa and Du Wei stood side by side. She whispered her own question.
"Well, tell me." Du Wei smiled.
"According to what I know, most of you humans believe in the goddess of light. The teachings of the goddess of light are mainly forgiveness and kindness. She does not advocate taking violent actions. Well, and I also heard that a philosopher among you humans said a very famous saying: 'Violence
You can't solve all the problems, can you? But yesterday, you directly adopted the most violent and bloody method to solve the problem. I always feel that you seem to be different from the descriptions of human nature in the books I know.
, big difference.”
To be continued...