Chapter 55: Only when they die can we live!
what to do?
Li Shiyue crouched in the grass, looking at the six people in total, one, two, three, four... In the firelight, she could see the long knives they had placed at their feet.
Moreover, judging from the style of the knife, it was similar to the official knife that Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian had obtained from the refugee Dazhuzi. This indicated that although no one could tell from their clothes, the fact that they possessed an official knife suggested that they had some connection with the government.
It shouldn't have been obtained by killing government soldiers, since refugees like Dazhuzi usually got their government knives from blacksmiths by chance.
If this group were that powerful, capable of seizing six official knives at once, they wouldn't have just captured and tied up Ma Zi and Mo Zi; they would have killed them long ago.
So, the most likely explanation is that this group of people are auxiliary soldiers. If they were regular soldiers, the number wouldn't match up. Regular soldiers would usually have at least ten or more men on a mission.
So they could only be auxiliary soldiers, sent out to conscript men for some reason, and Pockmarked and Mole were unlucky enough to be among them.
That's how they got tied up.
Li Shiyue didn't know if Ma Zi and Wei Zi had revealed the location of the people from Li Family Village. They probably hadn't. If they had, the six of them would either have gone back to report and find more people, or they would have ambushed them at the place where the people from Li Family Village had just settled.
Then, the two people with pockmarks and moles must be saved!
Li Shiyue's mind raced. She had a plan in mind. She turned around, squatted down, and said to Li Wangshui and the others, word by word, "Those people must be soldiers. They're here to arrest people."
For the sake of everyone in our village, we must save Ma Zi and Mo Zi.
Let's do it!
Let's kill all six of them together!
After Li Shiyue finished speaking, he stared intently at Li Wangshui and the other three.
Li Wangshui's expression was easy to understand: "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
But the other three, even though they had also killed refugees with their own hands that night, were still just ordinary people.
I know you're feeling uneasy.
The refugees attacked us; those who were slow to react were killed, and only those who dared to resist survived.
Do you think that if we let these six people go, they won't be able to get the whereabouts of our villagers out of Pockmarked Man and Mole?
Even if Ma Zi and Mo Zi didn't say a word and were killed by them, at such a close distance, only a dozen miles, they could find us on a jog. How could the people of our village run away?
"If we're caught by the soldiers, do we even have a chance of survival?"
Li Shiyue turned to look at the six people by the fire three zhang away. "They must die. Only when they die can we live!"
The three men's parents, wives, and children were all waiting for them to return more than ten miles away. What other choice did they have?
They didn't.
They had no choice but to listen to Li Shiyue.
With the moon high in the sky, Li Shiyue and her group of five had been on the grass for almost two hours.
Five of the six men had already lay down to sleep, leaving only one man sitting guard not far from the fire.
Li Shiyue was waiting for an opportunity, a suitable time to strike and kill.
Enduring mosquito bites, Li Shiyue, whose legs and feet were already somewhat numb, finally waited for this opportunity!
The person on guard kept nodding, a sign that he was on the verge of exhaustion. Li Shiyue stared at the person.
This is the moment!
Li Shiyue stood up, gripped the wood-chopping knife, and walked forward quietly. The fire crackled, and the person seemed to be awakened by the sound, opening his tightly closed eyes a crack!
Knowing she couldn't wait any longer, Li Shiyue rushed forward and arrived behind the person who hadn't even reacted in a second. She raised her knife over her shoulder and forcefully slashed down at the person's neck, causing hot blood to spurt out.
Li Wangshui was equally ruthless. Just as Li Shiyue made her move, Li Wangshui's knife had already slit the neck of a person lying on the ground.
Before the man could even utter a sound, hot blood in his throat blocked his trachea, and he died within a few breaths.
But the other three hesitated, giving the three sleeping on the ground a chance. "Who?"
Who are you?
How dare they lay a hand on officers and soldiers!
One person reacted quickly, flipping over and rolling away, shouting, "Grab him!"
The man had intended to fight back with his knife, but when he saw the number of people and that two of his companions had already died, he turned and ran without looking back, disappearing several feet away in a few breaths.
Li Shiyue immediately turned around and removed the foul-smelling cloth strip from Ma Zi, who had already been awakened: "Can you still run?"
As Li Shiyue spoke, she used a knife to cut the hemp rope binding Ma Zi's hands.
Upon seeing him, Li Shiyue noticed that Ma Zi's face was covered in bruises and one of his eyes was swollen.
"able!"
Li Shiyue picked up a knife from the ground—it belonged to one of the soldiers—and handed it to Ma Zi. “Brother Ma Zi, just run after them and take care of these two. Then we’ll head over.”
Ma Zi took the knife, stood up, stomped his foot, and chased after the fleeing soldiers.
In just a short while, Li Wangshui and another villager had killed one of the soldiers.
Li Shiyue untied the rope from the mole and removed the gag from the mole's mouth. Without saying a word, he stood up, didn't even take his knife, and chased after the man with the mole in the direction he had run.
The rest was simple. Li Shiyue said to Li Wangshui, "I'll leave these two to you. I'm going to chase after Ma Zi and Mo Zi."
Four against two, Li Wangshui remained calm, drew his knife and stepped forward. The other three, whether they knew that his hesitation had prevented them from successfully launching a sneak attack, or they were simply emboldened, the man who had answered Li Shiyue earlier yelled "Ah ah" twice and pounced on the other side.
He pinned the person down and, before the person could react, stabbed them.
He died.
Thus, only one person remained. The man was terrified by the sight before him, and he dropped his knife and knelt down directly in front of Li Wangshui and the other three.
"Hero, spare my life!"
Hero, spare my life!
"I've never killed anyone. I was captured. Please don't kill me, hey, spare my life!"
Li Shiyue jogged after him and saw Ma Zi and Mo Zi surrounding the fleeing man from the front and back.
Who are you?
I am a member of the Shence Army!
You dare kill me!
"Shence Army?"
Although Li Shiyue was thinking about what the man said, she didn't hesitate to slash with the knife in her hand.
Actually, Li Shiyue's movements weren't fast; if the person had been more agile, they could have dodged it.
However, surrounded by three people and alone in a state of extreme panic, he couldn't dodge. With the added strength of Li Shiyue, he was actually beheaded by Li Shiyue with a single stroke.
A round, wide-eyed head rolled around on the ground with a "glug-glug" sound.
Hot blood spurted from his carotid artery, spraying all over Li Shiyue, and a strong smell of blood filled the air.
"Let's take the body and go back."
Li Shiyue lowered her head, grabbed the head, and said this to the pockmarked face and the mole.
After a moment of surprise, Ma Zi and Mo Zi obediently stepped forward, one lifting an arm and the other a leg, to follow Li Shiyue, who was carrying a head, back.
Just as Li Wangshui finished gagging and tying up the guy who was kneeling and begging for mercy, he turned around and saw Li Shiyue walking towards him with his face covered in blood, his clothes stained red, and carrying a human head.
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