"Yes, yes! Master Bing!"
Two armored bandits were holding weapons and forcing the villagers of Dashi Village to move forward. If they delayed even a little, they would be scolded or even beaten.
"Hmm~"
"Brother Dayong, are you okay with your injury?"
Wang Yong was at the end of the team. He had just been pushed and his wound had been pulled. His expression became even more silent. Wang Zhuang, who was standing next to him, saw this and asked a question.
"I'm fine." Wang Yong replied, covering the wound on his chest.
Originally, Old Man Wang and he were going out together today to deliver money to the homes of the hunting team in the village who went up the mountain. However, they were inexplicably captured by these soldiers and bandits who broke into the village. They didn't know where they were going to be taken.
Old Man Wang was pushed to the front of the team, and he was at the back. He was not in any danger for the time being, but he was inevitably terrified and uneasy because of the obvious threat of force.
After walking for a while, the group arrived under a big tree at the entrance of the village, and the two escorting soldiers and bandits finally stopped.
"General Gu, everyone is here."
One of the soldiers holding a spear stepped forward and walked under the tree, and reported to the old man in a red robe sitting on the horse.
"Are all the young and strong men in the village here?"
"Yes, all the men I found in this village are here."
Gu Bin glanced at the young and strong men who were being pushed over. There were only a few dozen of them, and they all looked timid. It could only be considered better than nothing.
After thinking about it, he waved his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat.
He tilted his head and said to the guards behind him, "Go, let these people join the team."
"Yes, General." The guard bowed and accepted the military order.
To organize into a team means to separate the people and put them into a team with the original soldiers. The personal guard turned around and passed the order to the lieutenant general. Three lieutenant generals in armor took only a dozen soldiers and went to select people.
"You! You! You! Get out of line!"
After being pointed out, the oppressed villagers stepped out of the line in confusion and were pushed to stand in the line of soldiers holding weapons. They were surrounded by unfamiliar soldiers and could only obey what they were told.
This scene happened many times in a short period of time.
Wang Yong saw the villagers gradually dispersing, and sensing something was wrong, he shouted, "What are you doing? We are ordinary people, we are not joining the army!"
"What...join the army?!"
"I still have my family, I don't want to be a soldier!"
"...Sir, I can't join the army. I have children waiting for me at home!"
Dashi Village issued a conscription notice a few years ago, and almost every family that met the requirements was taken away by the conscriptionists. The remaining people were the only able-bodied laborers in the village. They had elderly parents and young children to support, and if they left, their families would basically be destroyed.
When the dozens of remaining villagers heard the words "join the army", their originally frightened expressions suddenly changed. They murmured softly and waved their hands. A few brave ones clenched their fists and pushed against the soldiers who were coming to pull them away.
The scene suddenly became extremely chaotic.
Old Man Wang had been called out and had stepped out of the ranks to be assigned to the army. Upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically. He took a few steps back to the ranks and eagerly waved his hand to refuse, "Sir, I'm the head of our village. We just recruited soldiers in this village, so we can't recruit anymore."
The soldiers were only responsible for following orders, but no matter what the villagers said, they would raise their weapons and force Old Man Wang to join the team.
The three lieutenant generals heard the noise and looked over. One of them was impatient and said with disdain, "Letting you serve in the army is to give you an opportunity. Hurry up and join the team, otherwise don't blame me for giving you lowly people a hard time."
"Hurry up, everyone."
After saying this, the general glanced impatiently at his soldiers, his expression showing disdain for their poor performance.
The soldier shuddered at the thought of his superiors' tactics and quickly bowed, "Yes, Lieutenant General Li."
Then he turned around and raised his long sword, slashing at the crowd several times with a fierce and unfriendly expression: "Everyone, obey my orders quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless."
“Ah! It hurts so much…”
Several villagers were unable to dodge and were suddenly hit by the knife. The knife wounds on their arms and shoulders were bloody and they couldn't help but scream. The others were frightened by the tragic scene.
This tactic of killing the chicken to scare the monkey has to be said to be extremely effective.
Just when the situation was at a stalemate and some villagers were about to compromise in the face of the choice of obey or die, there was a commotion behind the army.
"There's an assassin, come and protect the general."
The guards beside Gu Bin shouted, and at the same time, there was a sound of weapons clashing.
In an instant, it attracted the attention of three mounted lieutenant generals. They had been in the army for many years and reacted quickly. They picked up their weapons and turned around.
"What's going on?!"
"drive!"
The three of them rode back quickly.
Fortunately, the two were not far apart, and it took only a few minutes of riding to return to the tree at the entrance of the village. He also saw the situation around his commander clearly and was forced to stop his horse.
The three lieutenant generals were all filled with disbelief at what they saw.
A short and thin figure wearing soldier's armor, holding a long sword, killed everyone who stood in his way. In just a few moments, he chopped down seven or eight of the commander Gu Bin's personal guards, jumped on his horse and put the sword to Gu Bin's neck.
The commander of their army has been kidnapped!!!
The three lieutenant generals could clearly see that this short and thin assassin with great martial arts skills had his long sword tightly held on the neck of the main general Gu Bin. The cut was slowly oozing blood. If he moved again, his head and body would be separated.
"stop!!"
The sturdy man who was the leader of the three lieutenant generals roared and rushed forward, looking anxious to ride his horse forward to save people.
Gu Bin had been very kind to him, and he had always been loyal to him and wanted to repay him with his own life. Seeing this situation, he could not sit still for a moment and just wanted to rescue his general.
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