Mingshi

Chapter 1372 Li Zhendao scolds Luo Xin

The gate of the No.17 village was also open, but it was held by someone.When they saw someone coming, they smiled because they saw their acquaintances Zhang Long and Wang Gao.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Wang, why are you here?"

"Let me inquire. Has there been any specific news about the fire over there?" Zhang Long and others came to the gate of the village while talking.

"I don't even need to ask..."

"Pfft..."

The four bandits at the gate of the village were instantly killed, and more than 100 people immediately occupied the gate. Zhang Long waved behind him, and Luo Xin's army rushed over silently.

The next day.

Luo Xin left another hundred Hao Datong's men, and let them see No.16 village burning, and immediately set fire to No.17 village, and then left No.17 village with the army, and headed towards No.16 village. Go to the village.

"My lord, why didn't you burn down the Seventeenth Village and the Eighteenth Village?" Hao Datong asked Yun Zhiqiu softly.

"When there is a fire here, the cottage in front will know it. Isn't it prepared?"

"Oh!" Hao Datong was stunned.

"My lord, are we marching in a hurry?" Yun Zhiqiu said softly, "While the bandits are in a panic, break through all the way?"

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "No need, I believe that General Li and the others will definitely kill all those reinforcements, and now only the people in the tenth village know that it was the fire that ignited in the canyon and organized them. The reinforcements were all killed, and the rest of the villages were far away, so they probably thought that the bandit coalition forces and the ninth village should cooperate with each other to kill all our officers and soldiers. Therefore, only the tenth village should be in chaos at this time, and the other villages should be in the celebrate.

We have been marching for days, and the soldiers are already very tired. It is enough to keep this speed.Even if we march in a hurry now, we won't be able to raid a few cottages. Presumably the tenth village has already sent people to notify the cottages.

so……"

Luo Xin glanced at Yun Zhiqiu and said: "Tough battles will be fought sooner or later, so that the soldiers can maintain their physical strength and be able to fight at any time. The most important thing is that apart from the cottage, those tribes don't know their attitude towards us. to deal with emergencies.”

Yun Zhiqiu suddenly realized that Luo Xin was worried about those tribes.On reflection, it is indeed worrying.Those tribes are like a mess of scattered sand, but once they really gather, the number of them will be much larger than that of the Eighteen Villages.

"I asked Hao Datong to send people to contact each tribe." Yun Zhiqiu said softly.

"You've done a good job. I don't expect them to defect to the government right now. I just hope they can hesitate. When I destroy the Eighteen Villages, they won't have the right to choose. By the way, do we have enough food? "

"Enough, the food we got from the eighteen villages and the seventeen villages is enough for us to use for seven days."

"That's good. When we get to Sixteen Villages, we will replenish the food and feed the war. Any news from the scouts?"

"Not yet, my lord, you sent a large number of scouts, just thinking that if you encounter bandits delivering letters, you will kill them immediately, leaving no one behind, in case they go back to report the letter?"

"Correct!"

Two days later.

When the army arrived at the Sixteenth Village, it turned out that the Sixteenth Village had not received any news from the Tenth Village, and the atmosphere in the whole village was very relaxed.When Zhang Long and Wang Gao led 100 people towards the gate of the village, although the dozen or so bandits in front of the gate did not know Zhang Long and Wang Gao, they were not vigilant, and one of them approached Zhang Long. shouted:

"Brother, that copycat?"

"Eighteen Villages!" Zhang Long walked forward, pointing to Wang Gao and said: "His Seventeen Villages, let's ask if there is any news from Dalongtou, and whether the fire is burning the officers and soldiers." Corpse?"

"Is this still a question? Of course it is."

"Have you already got the news?" Zhang Long was startled. He had already walked to the gate of the village, but his heart became flustered.

"Could it be that the officers and soldiers were really defeated by the dragon head again?"

"Guess."

The bandit said calmly, and Zhang Long breathed a sigh of relief, then became ashamed and angry, almost frightened, and immediately swung the knife in his hand.

"Puff puff……"

More than 100 people rushed forward and killed more than a dozen bandits in an instant.Without their waving, Luo Xin led the army and rushed forward.

One by one among the mountain people, the people they sent out to observe the battle between the officers and soldiers and the village came back one after another.However, the patriarchs of their tribe had all died in the canyon, but these tribes didn't know that those who came back were those who were observing the sixth village and the seventh village.

After these people brought the news back, the elders in the tribe were silent.

"It seems that the officers and soldiers are coming fiercely this time!"

"So what if it's fierce? Can they really kill the dragon head?"

"Even if they kill the dragon head, what good is it for us? Aren't we still being oppressed?"

"But... this is related to the life and death of the tribe! Think about it, the patriarchs of our tribe are now going to the Ninth Village under the order of Da Longtou. This is to fight the officers and soldiers again. It's okay if the officers and soldiers are defeated. The big dragon head always has some rewards. If the big dragon head loses and the officers and soldiers win, will the officers and soldiers let us go?"

"Why can't we let us go? We didn't participate in the war?"

"But our patriarch has gone, maybe the patriarch will come back soon to mobilize the tribe's elite to kill the officers and soldiers."

"You said, what happened to the fire that is still burning now?"

"Send someone to investigate. By the way, ask the patriarch, what should we do next?"

The tribes scattered in the old forest had similar things happening one after another. The people who were sent out to observe the officers and soldiers fighting with the village were sent out again to head towards the Ninth Village.

Before the first village.

Under the protection of fifty soldiers, Li Zhendao came to the first village and saw the burnt village.There is still a faint smell of barbecue in the air.

Li Zhendao's face turned pale, and he cursed loudly.

"Luo Xin, you butcher, you really slaughtered the mountain people. This old man will definitely impeach you until you are dismissed from office..."

Li Zhendao was chattering there, and the fifty soldiers standing behind him looked at Li Zhendao's back with murderous eyes, and a middle-aged man at the head waved his hands quietly, and all the soldiers held back their anger.Li Zhendao cursed there for about a quarter of an hour, then turned around and shouted:
"Where is Luo Xin?"

No one responded, and the fifty soldiers all lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.Li Zhendao stared at them, thinking that he still needs the protection of these people, took a deep breath and said:
"Lead the way to the second village."

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(End of this chapter)