At this time, the villagers who had fled far away, especially the people of Songshan Village, did not know anything about Lü Tu.

Seeing that Lü Tu had taken control of the situation by himself, they angrily gathered around, carrying hoes and other tools, and shouted, "Squad leader, kill him!"

Lu Tu ignored the noisy villagers around him. He knew that although there seemed to be many people, only Liu Yang, Liu Hu and Nie Yun could be considered as combat power, since they had actually worked together to take down a Wuhuan cavalryman.

Zhao Liang, who also received military pay, had long since mingled with the villagers. Lu Tu was very disappointed in him. He had thought that Zhao Liang would go crazy and seek revenge for his mother's murder after she was killed by the Wuhuan people, but a coward is still a coward, a hopeless piece of mud!

Lu Tu raised his hand, silencing the villagers' roars, and looked at the burly Wuhuan man, saying, "Since you are wearing chainmail, I can gain a lot of military merits by killing you. Since you want to give me your head, then I won't be polite!"

The burly Wuhuan man laughed arrogantly, "You're much braver than those cowardly border soldiers. You're the first Dayu man to dare to fight me one-on-one! It seems that the men I sent to plunder were killed by you, weren't they?"

Lu Tu's face was cold and stern as he held his sword horizontally in front of his chest: "That's right! Those dogs deserve to die!"

The burly Wuhuan man was also enraged by Lü Tu's words. He didn't care if his men died in battle, but he couldn't tolerate Lü Tu's insults! For the Wuhuan people, who prided themselves on being warriors of the desert, this was a great disgrace!

He was the first to swing the two iron chains in his hands, and after swinging them a few times above his head, he aimed straight for Lü Tu's head!

Lu Tu never underestimated his opponent in battle. The moment the burly man's shoulder moved, Lu Tu's feet began to move.

To counter this whip-like weapon, he, wielding a long sword, could only have a chance to break through by getting close. Lü Tu used difficult tactical maneuvers to constantly change his direction of movement and dodge the attacking chains.

The burly man missed several times in a row, growing increasingly alarmed!

He had never seen Lü Tu move like this before; it was strange and mysterious, making it impossible for him to predict Lü Tu's movement trajectory.

Even though Lü Tu was not much worse than him, his agility was several times greater! His pupils contracted sharply, but he continued to attack with all his might.

With a swing of the chain, he caught Lu Tu's attacking broadsword. With his other hand, he quickly wrapped the chain around his fist and slammed it towards Lu Tu's head.

Lu Tu dared not take the blow head-on, so he simply released his knife and used the Dragon Girl Looking in the Mirror from the Black Dragon Eighteen Fists. He sidestepped the iron fist that the strong man was throwing, grabbed the upper part of the man's tiger's mouth, locked his arm with his elbow joint, swept his foot low on the strong man's leg, and then used his shoulder to forcefully push against his chest.

The burly man's massive body crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust. Taking advantage of the fraction of a second the man was on the ground, Lü Tu pounced on him and locked him firmly in an armbar.

Lu Tu rarely had the opportunity to use this move before, but he never expected to have the chance to use it in hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield.

Nie Yun exclaimed in surprise, "Why is the platoon leader engaging in close combat with the Wuhuan people? That would negate his advantage of agility!"

Although Liu Yang was also very puzzled, he knew Lü Tu better, so he said with certainty, "The squad leader must have his reasons for doing this!"

Liu Hu suggested from the side, "Why don't we go and help?"

Liu Yang shook his head: "No! The squad leader said it has to be a one-on-one duel, so it has to be a one-on-one duel. We can't steal the squad leader's military merits." He said this, but he also exchanged a glance with Nie Yun, carefully approached with his knife, ready to prevent Lü Tu from being defeated at any time.

Only Lü Tu knew how lethal the armbar was. Even if the opponent was much larger than him, once locked in, under the full force of the attack, a normal person would be completely stunned in less than 5 seconds and die in 10 seconds!

Lu Tu, of course, would not give the other party any chance to retaliate. He used his feet to firmly press down on the strong man's two arms and tightly strangled his neck. No matter how the strong man struggled and stirred up a cloud of dust, Lu Tu's arms did not move an inch.

The surrounding crowd was shocked. They didn't know whether they should step forward to help. The battle between the two had been too amazing and completely exceeded their expectations.

Where in battle could you find such fighting power? They had seen many people die under the Wuhuan sword in their daily lives, usually just by being slashed to death or pierced by an arrow. How could there be such a spectacular scene?

Liu Yang and the others rushed forward to check, and were shocked to find that Lü Tu had gone berserk!

The burly man in his arms was already dead beyond any doubt, his eyes were bulging out, but Lü Tu still held on tightly and wouldn't let go.

"Squad leader, he's dead!"

"No, quickly separate them! The squad leader is exhausted from killing!"

The surrounding people looked at Lü Tu's still-childish face. He was just a child who had come of age, but he had fought against a group of Wuhuan cavalrymen on his own to protect them, and he was exhausted by the end!

"Squad leader, we were wrong! We shouldn't have run away!"

Tears welled in the eyes of the people, and they rushed forward to separate Lü Tu from the strong man's body. They quickly placed the body on the ground, and some brought water to feed him, while others brought firewood to warm Lü Tu.

Many more people formed a circle around the area to shield Lü Tu from the cold wind.

At this moment, Lu Tu himself could not have imagined that his body would be so weak and malnourished.

Two consecutive days of intense fighting had completely exhausted his physical strength, and it took him a while to open his eyes.

The first thing he saw was Liu Yang, Liu Hu, and Nie Yun staring at him with tears in their eyes. He felt a long-lost warmth in his heart, as if he had found the feeling of fighting side by side with his comrades in his previous life.

He struggled to his feet and said, "You three lads, you did a good job!"

Liu Hu, the youngest, burst into tears upon hearing this: "Squad Leader, if it weren't for you, we would surely be dead today! The first thing you did when you woke up was to praise us, I feel unworthy of such praise!"

His words also touched some people, who felt a pang of sadness and unease.

Lu Tu patted his shoulder and said, "Don't blame yourself. As long as you dare to kill the Wuhuan people, it proves that you are a real man, unlike some spineless cowards who only dare to run away when the Wuhuan attack!"

These words were extremely harsh. Most of the people present were men, and upon hearing them, they blushed and lowered their heads in shame.

Lu Tu shouted, "Liu Yang and Liu Hu, you two take the Wuhuan man's head and ride to Wuchuan to collect your military merits and rewards!"

"Yes, sir!"

Lu Tu waved his hand and said, "The rest of you, keep digging! The families of those who died in this attack, come to Kuishan Village and collect 50 jin of grain from me."

These words shocked everyone: "Being killed by the Wuhuan people and receiving compensation? There has never been such a precedent since the founding of the Great Yu Dynasty!"

Although Lu Tu was not very willing, he had no choice but to do so in order to win over the hearts of the people in both villages.

In my memory, those who rose to power in my past life all did this: they had to make themselves stand out from the other border troops so that they could raise their own banner in the future.

The villagers all knelt down in unison: "Your Honor, the magistrate is truly righteous and loves the people like his own children!"