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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 280
Chen Ziang and the others besieged Tianfeng Village with heavy troops. Not only did the bandits in the village face the danger of running out of food and water, but they also had to face Chen Ziang's powerful propaganda offensive.
Although the bandit leaders tried their best to suppress the bandits, and promised them that once the Qinghe army was repelled, they would be rewarded heavily.
It's a pity that the bandits are not fools. Under such circumstances, whether they can survive or not is a matter of opinion. Who cares about illusory promises?
With the passage of time, the bandit leaders were unable to solve the problem of water and food shortages. Faced with the propaganda of the Qinghe Army, the desperate bandits finally decided to give it a go.
A group of people who were threatened to go up the mountain suddenly rushed to the gate of the village at night, killed more than 50 bandit backbones who were guarding here, and then went down the mountain to surrender.
? At the beginning, the bandits were in groups of three or four, sneaking down the mountain to surrender, but now they have openly attacked the guards and surrendered down the mountain.
The bandit leaders were also furious, but facing the bandits who had gone down the mountain, they could only get together urgently to discuss countermeasures.
But before their countermeasures were discussed, there was a loud shout of killing outside.
"what happened?"
The bandit's second master heard the shouts of killing outside, stood up abruptly, and asked loudly towards the outside.
"It's not good, it's not good, the Qinghe army has entered the village!"
A bandit covered in blood stumbled into the gathering hall, shouting in panic.
After hearing this, the bandit leaders who were sitting there urgently discussing countermeasures also changed their expressions suddenly, and hurriedly went outside, wanting to see the situation.
They stood at the door of the Juyi Hall and saw a large number of Qinghe troops pouring into the second cottage like a tide.
It turned out that bandits in the second village opened the gate from the inside and let Qinghe directly into the village.
Seeing that the second cottage had also fallen, the bandit leaders hurriedly mobilized their men to defend the last cottage while panicking.
However, when the leaders arrived at the last village, instead of going up to the wall to defend, a group of bandits brandished swords and charged towards them.
"Do you want to find death?!"
Seeing these subordinates who suddenly rebelled, the leaders also changed their colors in astonishment. While drawing their swords, they shouted loudly.
"Brothers, kill them and take them to ask for credit!"
Someone in the crowd was shouting, and the bandits came from all directions to surround and kill them.
The bosses retreated towards the Juyi Hall while fighting, but they suffered heavy losses in the face of the bandits who continued to kill them.
Before the leaders and the backbone bandits withdrew to the Juyi Hall, they were beheaded to death. Blood and corpses were everywhere in the village, and the scene was horrible.
After besieging and killing the leaders of these bandits, these bandits also opened the gate of the village and let the Qinghe army in.
Zhou Ba, head of the first banner of the Qinghe Army, personally led the troops to occupy the second and third cottages in one fell swoop, completely controlling Tianfeng village.
"Take them down the mountain first."
Seeing those bandits throwing away their weapons and kneeling on the ground, Zhou Ba ordered a thousand generals to personally escort them down the mountain.
Zhou Ba personally led people to count the spoils on the mountain, and prepared to transport the things down the mountain.
The bandits have been operating here for a long time. There are many houses on the mountain, and countless weapons and money have been accumulated.
Although the money and food at the foot of the mountain had become Zhou Ba's spoils of war, they still seized a lot of good things in the second and third cottages.
"General, there is a cave over there. It's very windy, and the brothers dare not go in."
When Zhou Ba was personally supervising the collection of the loot, a soldier hurried over and pointed to the mountain road on the left to report.
"what is inside?"
"The entrance of the cave is locked with an iron gate, and it's dark inside, so you can't see clearly."
"Go, go and have a look."
Zhou Ba frowned when he heard the abnormal situation, and immediately went straight to the cave along the mountain road.
This cave is a naturally formed cave, and then it was excavated by bandits a series of times, so it looks very large.
When Zhou Ba arrived at the entrance of the cave along the rugged mountain road, a group of Qinghe Army soldiers had already occupied the place.
It's just that this group of soldiers from the Qinghe Army didn't enter.?, but guarded at the entrance of the cave, as if a little afraid of the inside.
The inside of the cave is also dark, dark and deep, and there are countless figures faintly inside, and there are constant low-pitched sobbing and whimpering, which makes the scalp numb of the listeners.
Although it was broad daylight, the Qinghe Army brothers standing at the entrance of the cave felt a chill rising from the soles of their feet.
"There shouldn't be something evil inside, right?"
Hearing the faint sobbing and whimpering inside, and feeling the gust of wind, some brothers shrank their heads and guessed in a low voice.
"I heard that some evil things can seduce the soul, and people will die without knowing it" A brother added.
After hearing the words of these Qinghe army brothers, Zhou Ba, the head of the banner, also frowned. He had never encountered such a situation.
But as the head of the banner, he can't show his cowardice in this situation, because once he shows his cowardice, his majesty will disappear in the future.
"Go find some torches." Zhou Ba ordered.
"No!"
An officer hurried away with a few soldiers, and after only a moment, they found torches.
Zhou Ba drew out his saber, and cut off the chain that locked the iron door with a clanging sound.
The soldiers of the Qinghe Army also drew their sabers and stared at the dark cave, as if they were facing an enemy.
"Enter!"
Holding a torch in one hand and a sword in the other, Zhou Ba, the head of the banner, was the first to walk towards the cave.
Seeing their banner commander lead the battle, these soldiers of the Qinghe Army also hurriedly followed. Several personal guards passed Zhou Ba and guarded him behind him.
The light of the torch was extraordinarily bright in the dark cave. There was a musty smell of damp in the cave, and the air seemed very turbid.
They walked about a hundred steps into the cave, and their sight suddenly opened up, and a huge naturally formed cave appeared in their field of vision.
"General, look!"
A sharp-eyed brother suddenly yelled, Zhou Ba and the others looked over and found that there were countless cages placed in the cave.
Zhou Ba and the others walked cautiously to the nearest cage. There were five or six people with disheveled hair in the cage. Seeing the firelight, they curled up in the darkness, appearing terrified.
Zhou Ba and the others moved forward with their torches, and quickly saw the faces of these people clearly. They were all ragged and skinny women.
"These damned bandits!"
Seeing these women being imprisoned here, Zhou Ba also realized something, and couldn't help cursing.
"Spread out and look around for bandits."
Zhou Ba looked at the women with disheveled hair imprisoned in the cage, and gave instructions to the soldiers behind him.
The soldiers of the Qinghe Army quickly searched the entire cave and found that there were no bandits except for countless cages, which made them heave a sigh of relief.
"Open all the cages!" Zhou Ba ordered. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com