"We just want our things back. If you return them, we won't hold it against you." Su Xun had no way out now, so he could only shout at them with a stiff upper lip. But his body betrayed him as he took a few steps back. He knew that these people had not only guns, but also bows and arrows.
But he didn't tell Dong Ge any of this, for fear that Dong Ge wouldn't help them.
"You said these were tools you used to harm people, right? We burned them all to the ground. Where am I supposed to find them for you?"
"Impossible, you definitely wouldn't want to destroy them." Su Xun was also agitated when he heard that the sleeping potion had been destroyed, but he immediately calmed down when he remembered how much the doctor in their team cared about these sleeping potions.
"Even if it wasn't destroyed, it's not going to be returned to you so you can continue to harm people."
Dong Ge and his group might have a doctor on their side, and those who had climbed the wall earlier were quickly taken aside and given simple treatment nearby.
Hou Yunhai continued to chat with him leisurely, pausing deliberately each time he spoke.
At this moment, he saw Yun Xun giving him a signal from the other side, and he knew that Captain Liu and the others had returned to Pinghe Village via the small path, which put his mind at ease.
"Alright, now you've seen the person and know you weren't wronged. Besides, you're not innocent either. Tying them up and dumping them by the mountainside could lead to wild animals. That would be tantamount to murder for money."
"If that's the case, then it doesn't really concern you. This is between us and them." Hou Yunhai put his hands behind his back and gestured for Captain Liu and the others to climb onto the wall. They would probably have to stall for time and wait for reinforcements.
"Alright, enough with the nonsense. Since you won't listen to reason, then you'll have to suffer the consequences."
"I think it's quite interesting to talk to these people. They came to our village without even introducing themselves, and they still want to come in like this." Yun Mingwu, as the previous village chief, has to continue to take over now that Si Cheng is not in the village.
“I am the village chief of Pinghe Village. Actually, we have no deep-seated hatred with you. If you continue to confront us here, you will not gain anything.”
“There was no deep-seated hatred between us before, but just now you took a few of my brothers down from the wall. This is right in front of you, and you don’t want to admit it?” Dong Ge pointed at Lao San and the others beside him. This was a grudge that had just been formed.
The people of Pinghe Village were shocked by their shamelessness. Has the world changed too much, or have they fallen behind the times?
Perhaps because the standoff had lasted too long, and it was getting dark, Dong Ge became completely impatient. He took out a grenade from his bag and was about to pull the pin.
"Wait," Hou Yunhai called out to him when he saw his actions, and made a gesture at the same time.
In an instant, more than ten guns on the wall were pointed at Dong Ge, with more than ten crossbows sandwiched in between.
When Dong Ge saw the row of weapons in front of him, he turned to look at Su Xun in disbelief. Su Xun avoided his gaze. What else did Dong Ge not understand? It seemed that this kid was definitely hiding a lot from him.
"I just don't know if your guns are faster or my landmines are more powerful. Besides, do you think I only have this much stuff?" As soon as Dong Ge finished speaking, several pistols were raised behind him.
At this moment, Meidi also walked to Dong Ge's side, took out a pistol from his waist and pointed it at the people on the wall.
"What are you doing here? You're definitely not going to get away with this today. Wait a minute, take some people and get out of here via the other side path. Remember the path I told you about before you left, whatever you do, don't take the main road."
"Impossible. Since I came with you, I'll definitely leave with you. Besides, we might not even be able to leave."
Dong Ge really didn't expect that such a remote little village would have so many weapons. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hate Su Xun and the others even more.
"Let's go. Don't waste time with them here. The people who went to the city should have received the news from the county by now and are probably on their way back. We can't spare any men to ambush them on the road. If we do, we'll definitely be attacked from both sides. It's not too late to retreat now."
"Let's leave together now, or we'll definitely suffer if we keep waiting." Meidi refused to leave first no matter what.
Dong Ge gritted his teeth; this was no time to worry about saving face.
"Let's get out of here, brothers. We need to prepare to leave. Find some men to take Lao San with us, and let's get out of here quickly."
"Brother, we've been setting things up here for days, are we just going to leave like this?"
"Are we just going to wait to be made dumplings by them if we don't leave? Judging from their appearance, they were already on guard. Maybe the people who went to the city earlier are on their way back now."
"Stop nagging! Just do what the boss tells you to do, and hurry up." By this point, everyone was getting impatient with the murmurs.
Dong Ge gritted his teeth in hatred when he saw his men below still staring at him.
"We don't have enough weapons to fight them. Even if I blow down their walls, we won't come out on top. So we need to prepare to evacuate immediately." He uttered the last words one by one.
Seeing Dong Ge's resolute attitude, the other brothers quickly followed suit.
"It's a misunderstanding. We just heard Su Xun and the others trying to sow discord. Now you can negotiate with them."
After saying that, he pushed Su Xun and his group in front, while he and his men slowly retreated.
"Let's go." Before Su Xun and his group could react, Dong Ge and his gang had already turned around and retreated along the other route they had come from.
"Brother Hou, what should we do? Should we shoot or go down and chase after them?" Yun Jianying and the others became anxious when they saw the man run away.
"Why chase after them? We don't even know when Zhizhong and the others will arrive. If we follow them out now, we'll both suffer heavy losses." Yun Mingwu was also a little anxious when he saw that the people had run away. He understood better than anyone the principle that letting a tiger return to the mountain would lead to endless troubles.
Su Xun and his group were also stunned by Dong Ge's actions. Their previous boastful words and their current hasty retreat were completely different.
"Boss, let's run!" Xiao Shan nudged his boss when he saw that everyone else had run far away, but his boss was still standing there in a daze.
"Yes, let's run quickly too." Coming to his senses, Su Xun also wanted to turn around and catch up.
But since the people of Pinghe Village had been robbed by Dong Ge and his large group, they certainly wouldn't let them go.
Yun Jianying and his men had already aimed their bows and arrows at Su Xun and his group the moment they were about to turn around.
"Stand still, or we'll never know where our guns and arrows will land." Hou Yunhai had let them go last time, but they ended up causing trouble in the village. This time, he was determined to teach them a lesson and vent his anger.
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