The next morning.
Liu Shan told Xia Tianqiong that more than ten people had deserted the group last night.
Xia Tianqiong waved his hand, not paying any attention, and then led more than 10,000 people in a grand procession to Luoxia Village.
Yesterday, they annexed three villages, and the number of troops is gradually increasing.
With so many people, no village dared to resist.
He believed that once he reached them, the other side would surrender.
Several hours later, when they arrived outside Luoxia Village, they were stunned by the scene before them.
The village entrance was blocked by a bunch of messy trees and rocks, making it impossible to pass through.
Luoxia Village is located at the top of the mountain, and there is only one narrow mountain road in and out of the village, which is now completely blocked.
The trees and rubble were piled together, about three or four meters high and five or six meters thick, like a city wall.
On and behind the wall stood men armed with weapons; they had received word of the danger and made preparations accordingly.
Xia Tianqiong, leading more than 10,000 people, stopped at the foot of the mountain. Seeing this scene from afar, she sensed something was wrong.
At that moment, a soldier in military uniform ran out from the nearby woods.
"Captain Xia, yesterday afternoon someone spread rumors in Luoxia Village, saying that the people of Taoyuan Village were massacring other villages in order to seize the magical artifacts and upgrade their levels. They said that they killed the old and the young, leaving no survivors."
At first, not many people believed it, but later, people from several other villages came and said the same thing. So everyone believed it to be true and worked through the night to cut down trees and move stones to block the village entrance.
Captain Zhang is still in the village. He said that after you arrive, he will explain our true purpose to the villagers and try to persuade them to give up resistance, but the chances are slim, so he wants you to be prepared for a strong attack.
The soldier finished explaining the current situation in one breath, and everyone frowned after listening.
Liu Shan stood to the side, looking furious. "This is someone deliberately smearing us. We haven't killed a single person."
Qiu Ziren was also near Xia Tianqiong. He looked at the obstacle made of wood and rubble and said softly, "This obstacle is not difficult to climb. Let me lead a hundred men to rush up first, and the main force will follow behind."
Xia Tianqiong looked at him with some surprise. This kid was very polite, but he always had a lot of drive.
"It's not difficult to rush up, but many people will die."
Liu Shan chimed in, "They're on higher ground; even if they just throw stones, it could cause a lot of casualties. Captain Xia, we absolutely mustn't attack blindly, otherwise too many people will die, and we won't be able to explain it when we get back."
Liu Shan, after all, is an official ghost hunter, so his perspective is different.
Xia Tianqiong didn't say anything more, and then led the main group slowly along the mountain path, stopping a dozen meters away from the pile of wood and stones.
"Taoyuan Village declares war on Luoxia Village!"
He stepped forward alone and, as before, formally declared war.
A number of people from Luoxia Village were standing on the pile of wood and stones. They immediately pointed at him and started cursing, hurling all sorts of insults.
At this moment, Zhang Luyang and the others in the village also knew that Xia Tianqiong had brought people over.
So he stepped forward and, in the place where the most people in the village were, began to explain the true purpose of this action, trying to persuade the people of Luoxia Village.
But this time it had no effect. The people of Luoxia Village had already formed a preconceived notion that so many people from outside had come to massacre the village.
Instead, they suspected Zhang Luyang and his group of being spies who had infiltrated the area. They not only hurled insults and accusations at them, but also took direct action to capture them.
Xia Tianqiong waited outside, unaware of what was happening inside, only hearing shouts and cries of battle.
Then Zhang Luyang and two other people flew out of the village, looking a bit disheveled.
The words above their heads changed from villagers to bandits.
In order to escape, they all used trickery.
“A bunch of troublemakers, they’d rather believe rumors than believe me.” Zhang Luyang landed next to Xia Tianqiong and sighed helplessly, “Captain Xia, I can only leave the rest to you.”
In fact, after he became a bandit, he could use trickery at will and was fully capable of wreaking havoc in the village, allowing the main force to enter the village smoothly.
But since he was an official, he couldn't just kill ordinary people indiscriminately.
Xia Tianqiong understood his meaning and smiled faintly, "I was the one who organized this plan, so it's only right that I do the killing."
As he spoke, he strode forward alone, casually took out the Golden Horn Spear, and suddenly shot a beam of golden light at a person on the pile of wood and stones.
A small hole was immediately shot through the man's shoulder, and blood gushed out.
"ah!"
The man was only seriously injured, not dead, and he ran back to the village screaming.
Everyone else retreated, looking for stakes or stones to cover themselves; no one dared to stand in a conspicuous place anymore.
"I only want to kill the village chief and complete the annexation of the village. I don't want to kill anyone else. If you don't move aside, I don't mind killing you all."
Xia Tianqiong looked up and shouted to the people of Luoxia Village.
"We don't trust you. What if we let you in and then you start killing us?"
"That's right, you have more people and more experts. We are no match for you, so we dare not let you in."
"If you want to come in, you can come in alone. We'll let you challenge the village chief and won't stop you."
The villagers of Luoxia Village, hiding where they couldn't see, called out to each other, and finally agreed to let Xia Tianqiong enter alone.
This turn of events was rather abrupt.
Xia Tianqiong stood there, lost in thought.
Zhang Luyang, Liu Shan, and the others behind them also frowned and pondered, considering the feasibility of this.
Qiu Ziren reminded Xia Tianqiong, "Don't go, there's definitely a trap. They wouldn't let you kill the village chief."
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