Tong Wen Yao dodged Hong Lian's attack with a backflip, and knocked down the soldier next to her and snatched a spear. The two of them started fighting back and forth. The more they fought, the more familiar Hong Lian felt with their moves, especially the backflip followed by a sudden attack. Isn't this move exactly the same as the Tong family's move?

After he calmed down, he asked, "Who are you to the Tong family?" Tong Wen Yao did not answer him, but stabbed him with the spear in her hand. Hong Lian endured the pain in his chest and took up the big knife to block it back.

"Clang!" The spear made a sound. The stick had bent to its limit. If this continued, the spear would break. Tong Wenyao took out the soft tendon powder from the space and scattered it. Hong Lian quickly covered his mouth and nose, but he felt his whole body was weak and he could not exert any strength.

"You, what did you do to me?" His tone was trembling. Tong Wenyao said nothing, but smiled and said, "Nothing, just some weak muscles in my hands and feet."

He choked out a word, "You...you despicable and shameless villain." She raised an eyebrow after hearing this. "Despicable? Shameless? He's just trying to use the name of restraining you because his own interests are being harmed. He's not as skilled as me, so he uses the name of righteousness to try to restrain me?" She looked at the soldiers around her and said, "You said you wanted to set fire to the mountain just a quarter of an hour ago. Why didn't you say it was despicable and shameless then?"

Many soldiers came out of the woods, but their eyes were dull, and it was obvious that they were being controlled. When Hong Lian saw the soldiers coming out, joy appeared on his face. He pointed at Tong Wen Yao and said, "Kill him for me!" As soon as he finished speaking, the person behind him stabbed his weapon directly at Hong Lian.

Blood from his stomach dripped onto the ground. He looked down and saw a knife in his abdomen. He turned his head in disbelief to look at his own people. He strained his throat but found that he could no longer speak. When he opened his mouth, blood gushed out.

The poisonous insect in the woods controls the soldiers and will obey orders. However, this insect also has a disadvantage, which is that the control time is not long, about a quarter of an hour. It only takes a cup of tea to walk out of the woods and reach the beach, so there is still some time left.

Hong Lian was dead, and the remaining soldiers looked at each other, not knowing what to do now. But the masked general stood up and said, "Now that the general has been killed, we are unwilling to be captured. Only by resisting to the end can we avoid the punishment of returning!"

If the people in Luzhou City knew that he had caused such a big disaster, he would surely die, so he could only trick others into joining him while he secretly slipped away. There were many mountains and dense forests here anyway, so he could hide in the mountains for four or five years, and it would not be too late to come out after the storm had passed.

Although he could only speak a few words, others were not fools. When they saw that he wanted to leave, they captured him directly. After all, the so-called general here only managed the people on the island, so how could he manage soldiers like them!

Tong Wenyao said, "You are the people of my country, so why do you have to be the Japanese pirates that everyone hates in Suihai?"

Everyone fell silent after hearing this. They had no choice but to be captured by Xuan Lu, and then trained every day on this island, and then were dragged away to become pirates. However, the people on Sui Lan Island would not think so. They were just newcomers to the island, and some of them had been pirates for three or four years. It would be impossible to ask them to stop now.

Tong Wenyao noticed their hesitation and said, "I think you all know that war has broken out on the border and the people are living in dire straits. Since you already have some skills, why not go and make achievements!"

Someone in the crowd sneered after hearing this, "Achieve great achievements? For that bastard emperor? I wish he'd be beaten to death by the barbarians! With such high taxes, it's clear he doesn't want us to live! And he still wants us to defend this country for him?"

After these words came out, the people behind him echoed, "That's right, that's right!"

Tong Wenyao waited for them to vent their anger before speaking, "If the barbarians attack us, will your families be able to escape? Can they? The barbarians are even more brutal than you pirates."

She looked at everyone and continued, "I imagine you've been on the island all year long, so you don't know the current situation in the Gan Kingdom. When the flood hit last year, some people revolted, chanting slogans to overthrow the Gan Kingdom and restore the Song Dynasty. The country is currently facing internal and external troubles. Generally speaking, only by stabilizing the country can we unite the nation and fight against it. But now the barbarians have launched several battles on the border. If the border can't withstand it, I'm afraid they'll soon spread to the south."

She continued, "You have lived in the Dry Country since childhood. Now that this country is sick, it is time for you to take action."

The crowd remained silent, but one man spoke up, "We are also citizens of the Gan Kingdom. If the barbarians become emperor, there will be no place for us. I am willing to serve as a soldier in the frontier."

Tong Wen Yao said with admiration on her face: "You have done a great job. I will specially reward you with fifty taels of silver. You can use this fifty taels of silver to settle your family!" A trace of envy flashed in the eyes of others. If they joined the army, they would also have so much silver to leave for their families, which seemed not bad.

Tong Wen Yao said: "The first one to sign up will get more silver. The rest who want to join the army will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver each to settle their families!" There are about 20,000 taels of silver on this island, so she can reward them directly with the silver on the island.

By this time, the soldiers controlled by the Gu had regained consciousness. The soldier who had killed Hong Lian was in disbelief, his hands stained with the general's blood! Upon seeing this, Hua Wu immediately took him away and settled him down to prevent him from being irritated. Leaving matters here to Hua Wu's attention, she took Dong Zi, Cheng Kuan, and Cheng Hong back to Luzhou City by boat. They had to quickly enter Yue State to search for pythons. It was spring, the season for them to seek mates. Bu Hou was also accompanying them.

Originally, Bu Hou didn't want to come, but when he heard her say that she was going to Yue State, he also wanted to see what Yue State was like, so he followed her.

Her current location on the island is close to Luzhou, so she will go to Luzhou and then take a carriage to Bailu City. She doesn't know how Helian Xi is doing now, but since she is going to Luzhou now, she will take Xing'er with her! Xing'er is more careful and can teach Dongzi.

After the boat docked, Cheng Kuan went to the dock and hired a carriage. They took the same official road as last time. The driver wasn't as talkative as last time, but that was fine, as it gave her some rest. The carriage stopped at the gate of the rented courtyard in Luzhou City, and someone from the escort agency immediately ran in and shouted, "Young Master is back! He's back!"