The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

The ten men shouted with great emotion.

"General!"

At this moment, Tie Niu pointed to the battlefield not far away, where a few warhorses stood alone, and the ground was a mess. In addition to the corpses of the imperial armored soldiers, several human heads were also lying on the ground.

Those were all scouts of the rebel army, and because they were not as well-equipped as others, they were easily beheaded.

General Chen abruptly closed his eyes, but when he opened them again, his expression was indifferent, and he said calmly.

"Bury all the brothers, so that they may die in a worthy place."

In chaotic times, human life is as cheap as grass, and General Chen was already used to such things.

"What a pity about Wang Dalaizi, he still owes me ten copper coins!" Tie Niu muttered to himself as he walked toward the bodies of his brothers.

The remaining soldiers remained silent, following Tie Niu's footsteps, running to the woods to dig a hole and hastily burying the bodies of their brothers.

As for those few imperial armored soldiers, the rebels threw their corpses into the woods to be devoured by wild wolves, which was a kind of closure.

"We should go check on those refugees!"

After burying the rebels' corpses and gathering the armored soldiers' warhorses, General Chen strode towards the nearby woods.

Li Tian and the others naturally followed.

In the forest, a dozen or so refugees huddled together, shivering.

Upon seeing General Chen and his entourage arrive, the refugees all knelt down in unison.

"Thank you so much, sir, for saving my life!"

"Sir, we are all old, weak, sick, and disabled; we cannot go to the battlefield. Please, sir, spare us!"

The old man leading the group wept bitterly, mistaking Li Tian's army for another force.

At this time, wars were frequent. In addition to the imperial army and the righteous army, some mountain bandits and local thieves also formed their own armies and often went down the mountain to plunder the people.

According to General Chen's knowledge, there are two large bandit groups in the Nankai area, led by General Tianbao and General Tianen!

Judging from the current situation, these mountain people clearly consider themselves bandits in the mountains.

"Sir, look carefully!"

"We are a righteous army, not bandits!"

General Chen frowned slightly as he explained, pulling a bronze token from his pocket and waving it in front of the old man before asking a question.

"The rebel army has captured Nankai City! Aren't you aware of this? Why is the news so poorly received?!"

at this time,

Mountain bandits rose up everywhere, and warlords fought each other.

Ordinary people can't tell who's on whose team.

But right now there are only two organized military units on the ground.

First, the imperial army!

The other one is the rebel army!

Looking at the gleaming yellow token, the old man took a while to react, and then exclaimed in surprise.

"Ah! So it really is the righteous army lord who has arrived."

"They're not bandits! They're not bandits! Sha Hu, Er Gouzi, get up!"

The refugees were immediately overjoyed. Good for the rebels! They won't kill civilians.

They stood up again amidst laughter and chatter.

His face wore a numb yet honest smile.

It was clear that they were afraid of government soldiers and bandits, but not of the rebel army.

General Chen, being a military commander, knew how to win over the hearts of the people. He helped the old man sit on a blue stone and asked him in a kind and gentle manner.

"Old folks, which village are you from? Why were you arrested by the imperial soldiers, and why are you heading towards Stone Village?"

"Our lives are miserable! Alas, this damned world!"

The old man burst into tears at the mention of this matter.

Through his intermittent narration, Li Tian finally understood the ins and outs of the matter.

These people are all from Peach Blossom Village. Li Tian knows about Peach Blossom Village. It is four or five villages away from Stone Village. There were several hundred people in the village, but due to years of war, the population of Peach Blossom Village is now less than two hundred.

Because the village was mostly populated by elderly people, some of them were unable to farm. Upon hearing that the militia was helping the villagers harvest wheat, the old village chief led some people to Stone Village to investigate the situation.

They also asked the rebels to help them harvest the wheat.

Who knew that they would encounter imperial scouts on the way?

The imperial army consists of wolves and tigers.

Upon seeing that there were no young women or able-bodied men in the group, he immediately became enraged and wanted to take the group of old men to the military camp to chop wood and feed the horses.

Of this group of people, probably half of them would die on the way to the army camp.

Fortunately, they encountered the rebel army.

"A bunch of beasts!"

Upon hearing the old man's account, General Chen and his entourage were so enraged that they gritted their teeth and cursed him vehemently. Even Li Tian was filled with hatred for the imperial army.

They actually conscripted people in their seventies and eighties to fight in the war.

Is there no justice left? Is there no law left?

"That's not all!"

At this point, the old man gritted his teeth and suddenly said something that shocked Li Tian and the others.

"If the imperial court is wicked, then the bandits are a thousand times worse!"

"The imperial army only robs our food and captures our people, but when the mountain bandits come, they really kill!"

"They abuse women; dozens of women in our village have been abused by them."

"They killed people, they hung the dead people on trees!"

"They even set fire to our houses, threatening to kill us and burn our houses down if we couldn't produce enough food!"

"Damn! These people are really wicked."

When he got to the point of getting excited, the old man knelt down in front of General Chen again.

"General, we beg you to do justice for us common people and kill all the bandits in this area!"

"Please, General, do us justice and kill all the bandits in this area!"

……

"General, General, something terrible has happened!"

"A villager from Mopan Village just came to report that a group of bandits have entered their village and are killing and burning people!"

"Please, General, go and save them!"

Just then, a messenger hurriedly ran into the woods.

"What?!"

General Chen stood up abruptly, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.

"Are these bandits really that arrogant?"

"This general is exactly what I'm looking for!"

With that, General Chen suddenly turned around, looked at Tie Niu and the others, and shouted sternly.

"Tie Niu, Liu Hu, do you dare to fight me again?"

Tie Niu was so angry that his eyes turned red.

"You sons of bitches, what are you afraid of? I'll tear these bandits to pieces! You sons of bitches! They don't deserve to be human!"

Liu Hu shouted, "We're not even afraid of the imperial army's barbarian troops, why should we be afraid of a few petty thieves? General, let's go and kill them all!"

"Alright! Brother Li Tian, ​​please take these elders and fellow villagers to your Stone Village for some time to hide!"

"This time, I will only bring my personal guards to fight the enemy."

General Chen assigned Li Tianxia a mission that was not too dangerous.

Li Tian shook his head. "General, I also want to achieve great things!"

"Sigh~" General Chen knew Li Tian's temperament and didn't force him. He changed his mind and said, "Then let Qin Shan take the villagers back to Stone Village. Li Tian, ​​you come with us."

drive!

General Chen led ten cavalrymen and hurried towards the direction of Mopan Village.

Corporal Qin Shan led a large group of refugees toward Stone Village.