Under One Person: One Person Goes

Chapter 29 Gun in Hand

Along with the warlord Cao Ying, an order was issued to set fire to the city.

Even though Zhang Yi, as a traitor, was reluctant, he had to lead his troops and charge into the city with fire.

Under Zhang Yi's order, he had people drive all the people in Pucheng to the outside of the tea hall in the county town and gather them together, and he had to give the order to set fire against his will.

The soldiers and bandits, who had been constantly beaten, scolded, shot and tortured to death by Cao Ying during this period, also transferred the anger that Cao Ying had inflicted on them to the unarmed people of Pucheng.

Holding torches high and carrying tung oil and kerosene looted from Pucheng County, they rode on tall horses and galloped wildly on the streets of the county, throwing the torches in their hands into houses.

In this hot and humid season.

The torches and tung oil ignited quickly, and in an instant, raging fire rose from all directions of the city and began to spread.

After setting the fire, the soldiers and bandits watched the fire slowly spread and began to spread towards the small county town. They rode on tall horses, or in groups of three or five, holding guns, and looked at the people in the city who had been driven to the tea hall in the county town by them in the light of the fire.

Watching the common people who hated and feared these soldiers and could only huddle together, watching their only shelter in the world being burned down in the fire.

But they could only huddle together like driven sheep, for fear of the guns in their hands, they dared not even cry heartbreakingly, and could only let their faces distorted by tears and emotions.

These soldiers and bandits were very happy.

Yes! That's how it should be!

Why did this group of untouchables get away with nothing after entering the city, but they had to be beaten, scolded and shot by Cao Ying?
Isn't this the fault of these lowly people and that crazy alien Wang Yi? What does it have to do with them? They are just a bunch of people who are paid to serve as soldiers!
Since we are not having an easy life, you bunch of untouchables won’t have an easy life either!

This is what these soldiers and bandits think.

They not only think so, but also do so.

They gathered in groups of three or five, or on tall horses, pointing their guns at the unarmed citizens of Pucheng, forcing them not to act rashly.

And they will just sit here and wait for the fire to spread until it covers the entire city!
In this way, they could take advantage of their horses and guns to leave before the fire got out of hand, while the common people in Pucheng who were a step behind them would start to hide and put out the fire because the fire was too big.

With such a fire, a stampede is bound to occur.

Even if the last fire failed to kill all the people in Pucheng, a burned-down county town and a large number of corpses that could not be buried in time would inevitably cause an epidemic in such a hot season.

Once the plague appeared, the city of Pucheng was completely wiped out from history, and even the people of Pucheng had to become refugees. Maybe one day they would see a refugee from Pucheng in a brothel.

Thinking of this, these soldiers and bandits couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Their smiling faces looked so hideous and disgusting under the firelight!

Zhang Yi listened to the shrill laughter coming from his ears, looked at the appearance of these soldiers and bandits under the firelight, and clenched his hands holding the reins tightly, almost crushing them.

Now he finally understood why Wang Yi did this, because Wang Yi had to break the illusions of the people of Pucheng about these warlords and these soldiers and bandits!
No matter how you compromise, or how you offer them the little possessions you have left, they will never be satisfied.

It will only squeeze everything out of you bit by bit until it chews you up, swallows you into its stomach, and then goes to wreak havoc on the next city.

Faced with such oppression, there are only two choices: either resist or wait for death! Of course, you can also choose to join them and become a man-eating devil like them!
Zhang Yi didn't want to be such a man-eating devil, but he didn't know what to do. However, as he came into contact with Wang Yi, and saw Wang Yi forcing the people of Pucheng to shatter the last bit of fantasy and hope in their hearts about these warlords, soldiers and bandits, he knew what he should do.

However, these soldiers, bandits and warlords like Cao Ying also made a fatal mistake.

They thought that these people were just lambs to be slaughtered and they could prey on them at will.

Yes, they can be sheep, or they can be a group of wolves in sheep's clothing!

Now, the sheepskin has been peeled off by these soldiers and bandits, and what will be revealed next is the sharp teeth and claws of the wolf! And now this group of wolves are waiting, waiting for the call of the leader.
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"Very unwilling, huh?"

Amid the laughter of the soldiers and bandits, amid the sobbing of the people of Pucheng, and amid the flames of the fire that was burning the houses, Wang Yi's voice was heard slowly.

Along with Wang Yi's voice, the gravity that was suddenly applied to these soldiers and bandits caused all of them, who were riding tall horses and gathered in groups of three or five to watch the various lives of the people in Pucheng, to fall into the dust in an instant.

They couldn't figure out what was going on, but they were very familiar with Wang Yi's voice.

The alien Wang Yi, who single-handedly fought against thousands of troops and killed hundreds of their brothers at the gate of Pucheng five days ago, has appeared!
"You have already given up again and again. They took away your money, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, but they are still not satisfied. In the end, they even burned down your only house and wanted you to burn to death in the fire. Are you really willing to accept this?"

Wang Yi's voice echoed in the fire, but it did not appear in front of the people of Pucheng for a long time, because Wang Yi was also waiting for the answer from the people of Pucheng.

"I can not be reconciled!"

Tie Niu, the noodle shop owner whose life Wang Yi saved in Pucheng, was the first to respond to Wang Yi.

Not only did he respond, he also stood up and looked at the neighbors in front of him.

"I'm not willing to accept this! I know! I know that you've all been secretly blaming me and Captain Yang these days. If Captain Yang hadn't encouraged everyone to take in refugees from Stone City, if I hadn't taken in my cousin, this huge disaster wouldn't have happened to our Pucheng!"

The noodle shop owner Tie Niu became more and more excited as he spoke.

"But folks! Did you see that? Whether there are refugees from Stone City or not, Pucheng cannot escape the clutches of Cao Ying, the dog warlord! We have already kneeled down to them! We gave them everything we had, but they still won't let us go! Do we have to let Pucheng become like Stone City, and then we will regret it?! Don't forget! More than 20 years ago, our fathers were also refugees! It was the folks of Pucheng who took us in, so we can live a stable life here!"

Nothing is more convincing than the victims' personal stories, especially the last words of the noodle shop owner Tie Niu, which touched the hearts of the people of Pucheng.

Yes, isn’t their current miserable situation the same as that of their parents and others back then?
But at that time, our parents still had a choice and could settle down in Pucheng. But now, once they become refugees, where can they find a place to stay in such a big world?
Even if we start a new life on the ruins of Pucheng, who can guarantee that there won't be another Cao Ying coming?
With Tie Niu's first response, the people of Pucheng will respond second.

It’s not that they don’t know what Wang Yi and Tie Niu said, but when accepting everything becomes a habit, it is very difficult to change. Fortunately, there is still time.

For a time, the crowd was excited and countless people responded.

But there are also some clear-headed, or cowardly, people who point out a fatal problem in it.

"But they have people and guns..."

For a moment, the voice of Tie Niu, the noodle shop owner who had just responded, became much quieter, but soon, Wang Yi spoke again.

"You have people, too. You also had guns, but you threw them away. Now, I will give them to you again."

As Wang Yi spoke, the guns of these soldiers and bandits who were suppressed by Wang Yi's gravitational field in the human body's magnetic field flew out of their hands and scattered in front of the people of Pucheng, just like when Wang Yi threw the guns on the streets of Pucheng at the beginning.

And Wang Yi also walked out of the flames.

His magical skills and his usual calm expression made the people take a few steps back.

Wang Yi ignored their actions, walked up to them, leaned over to pick up a Hanyang rifle, pulled the bolt skillfully, loaded the rifle, and aimed at one of the soldiers. "Master! Master Wang, spare my life! I won't dare to do it again! I surrender! Really, I surrender! I beg you to be magnanimous and spare me!"

Looking at the black muzzle of the gun pointing at himself, the soldier had no idea that he had become the chicken to be killed to scare the monkeys. No, it should be the flag that was cut down to establish authority.

For a moment, even though he couldn't move, he was still crying and pissing and shitting as he begged for mercy from Wang Yi.

Wang Yi turned his head and looked at the people of Pucheng behind him. At this time, Wang Yi saw it.

He saw the gleam of hope in the eyes of the people of Pucheng. They already knew what would happen next, but they were still waiting, waiting for Wang Yi to fire the first shot.

Wang smiled.

The smile is like the spring breeze blowing on your face, the smile is like the blooming flowers in the mountains.

"Fellow villagers, see, they are also human beings. They will be afraid, they will die, and they will know they are wrong. But the mistake is not that they know they are wrong, but that they know they are going to die."

As Wang Yi spoke, the trigger was pulled and gunshots rang out.

The begging for mercy stopped abruptly. There was a bullet hole on the soldier's forehead. Blood mixed with brain matter flowed out of the hole. He died with his eyes open.

As for why he died with his eyes open, Wang Yi was too lazy to think about it. In this world, there are too many people who die with their eyes open.

Gunshots rang out, and seeing their companions die, more soldiers and bandits panicked. They kept begging for mercy from Wang Yi and the people of Pucheng who were watching all this happen behind him.

Their behavior further confirmed what Wang Yi had just said.

They are also afraid and they know they are wrong. The reason they know they are wrong is because they know they are going to die!
Wang Yi threw the gun in his hand away, and the noodle shop owner Tie Niu, who had just watched Wang Yi shoot and kill people, caught it in a daze. Touching the gun in his hand, Tie Niu looked at Wang Yi without saying a word.

"Now, the gun is back in your hands. I am going out now to kill that damn warlord Cao Ying and his son. You can choose to stay here, or you can choose to rush out behind me to Cao Ying's camp and take back what belongs to you. The road is right under your feet. It's up to you to choose."

Wang Yi said no more, but turned around and glanced at Zhang Yi, then stepped over the soldiers and bandits under his control and walked towards the outside of Pucheng.

With Wang Yi's departure, these soldiers and bandits, who had been suppressed by Wang Yi through the human magnetic field, could feel that the pressure on them was gradually easing.

In order to protect themselves and to stay alive, they began to struggle with all their might, trying to get up and take back their guns from the people!
At this moment, Tie Niu, the noodle shop owner who had just taken the gun thrown by Wang Yi and was the first to respond to Wang Yi, also tightened the gun in his hand, loaded the gun in the same way Wang Yi did just now, and pulled the trigger at a soldier in front of him.

Another soldier died. The death of their second companion made these soldiers and bandits struggle even more violently.

But Tie Niu ignored the other soldiers and bandits. He just looked at Wang Yi's gradually receding back and cursed angrily.

"Fuck! I've died with them!"

After saying that, he also followed with big strides.

With Tieniu as the second shooter, naturally, there will be a third, a fourth...

Seeing the soldiers and bandits struggling more and more fiercely, the people of Pucheng finally realized that the situation had changed from offense to defense, and it was now the turn of these soldiers and bandits to die!

More and more people picked up the guns on the ground, and before following Wang Yi, they would kill a soldier to give themselves courage.

The gunshots went from sparse at first to dense later on.

Zhang Yi was standing by and saw with his own eyes that under the leadership of Wang Yi, the wolf leader, these Pucheng people, who used to be as docile as lambs, were slowly turning into wolves.

At this point, he had to stand up. Otherwise, if he was attacked by some ordinary citizen, he would have no way to seek justice.

"That's enough, fellow villagers. They are still useful! The fire is not that big now. Let's keep them alive and let our friends in the security team watch over them while we control the fire in the city first! As for my guilt, Young Master Wang Yi will judge it for me. I, Zhang Yi, will not run away or hide. I will wait here!"

Looking at Zhang Yi, the only person on the field who was not controlled by Wang Yi's human magnetic field and was wearing Cao Ying's military uniform, the people of Pucheng were all confused.

Fortunately, Yang Kenan, the head of the security corps who was deeply loved by the people of Pucheng, stood up.

He had already seen that Zhang Yi was in cahoots with Wang Yi, but it was too troublesome to explain at this time.

"Fellow villagers, if you still trust me, Yang Kenan, then do as Colonel Zhang Yi said. Leave some people behind to help put out the fire, and the rest, follow me!"

Nodding silently at Zhang Yi, Yang Kenan picked up his gun and followed.

With the endorsement of Yang Kenan, the head of the security corps, the people of Pucheng spontaneously split into two groups.

A group led by Zhang Yi began to control the soldiers and bandits who had escaped from suppression following Wang Yi away, and commanded them to put out the fire.

With guns pointed at them from behind, no matter how unwilling they were, they had to do this life-threatening thing. And more of them followed closely behind Wang Yi as he ran away, heading towards the gate of Pucheng.
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Cao Ying’s camp outside Pucheng.

Cao Ying was very happy as he rode on a tall horse and looked at the fire in Pucheng.

But he was happy for less than a moment when he heard sporadic gunshots coming from Pucheng. At that time, he didn't know the situation and thought that Zhang Yi finally lost control and ordered his men to kill the people of Pucheng.

This is very good. Otherwise, how could he feel at ease to recommend Zhang Yi to his immediate superior, Marshal Sun? He had to let Zhang Yi kill these unarmed civilians like himself.

But Cao Ying's smile slowly froze as Wang Yi walked out of the darkness under the cover of the firelight and the night.

As figures appeared one after another behind Wang Yi, Cao Ying's frozen smile began to become dull, followed by confusion, and then fear and anger!
They were Pucheng citizens holding guns. They all stood not far behind Wang Yi, staring at Cao Ying and his minions, as if they wanted to tear them into pieces!

Wang Yi turned his head and looked around at the people of Pucheng who were following him, then he turned around.

Looking at Cao Ying, whose face was already filled with shock and anger, he raised his arm and shouted.

"Gun in hand!"

At this moment, many Pucheng people behind him also felt blessed and responded to Wang Yi.

"Kill Cao Ying! Seize the main camp!"

At this moment, Wang Yi could see from Cao Ying's face that he was afraid.

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