The female prisoner was fierce

The Northern Barbarian camp, early morning.

The snowstorm stopped overnight, and as dawn broke, the camp came alive with activity.

After counting over a thousand people, Harbala and Baturu led their men towards Dongshuang City.

It is expected to take three to four days to arrive.

After all, it was a distance of two or three hundred miles, and the mountain roads were blocked by heavy snow, making it very difficult to travel.

At this moment, Baturu's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Since suffering a major loss at Table Mountain, he has lost most of his face in the tribe.

Although Yelü Deguang didn't pursue the matter much afterward, he knew in his heart that if it weren't for his seniority and Yelü Deguang's trust, the losses from that battle alone would have been enough to cause him serious trouble.

He's been dreaming about getting revenge lately!

Now, the opportunity has finally arrived!!

"However, we can't be careless this time. We must be careful with that thing called divine punishment."

When I first heard about this thing, that it could blow up city gates and kill several people with a single pottery jar, I was amazed.

Baturu's first reaction was disbelief.

They even thought the spies were probably terrified and were exaggerating.

But Yelü Deguang's tone was very serious, and considering the strange pulley crossbow he had seen in Xiaojiazhai, Zhuoshan, he was about 70-80% convinced.

"Such a divine object! Our Northern Di army, with over a thousand men, is sure to seize it. That would be a great achievement!"

As Baturu pondered, the murderous intent in his eyes was gradually replaced by greed.

And Harbala.

At this moment, he was riding a tall horse, traveling alongside him.

He was in his early thirties, broad-shouldered and burly, with a square face that exuded an air of fearlessness.

As Muter's direct subordinates, the more than nine hundred Tiger Banner Cavalry under his command were the elite of the Northern Di. They had followed Muter all the way from the grasslands to the city of Youzhou and had not suffered any losses.

As for Baturu?

He glanced at the dark-faced man beside him and snorted inwardly.

"As the second bravest warrior of the grasslands, you couldn't even handle a group of Han bandits last time. You've truly disgraced the Northern Barbarians!"

If the fourth prince hadn't specifically asked him to go, he wouldn't have bothered to team up with him.

"They're just a bunch of Han Chinese bandits, what can they possibly do?"

Harbala was disdainful, but he did not relax his behavior.

They dispatched numerous rangers and scouts, doing everything in their power to gather information about Xiao Jianyang and Dongshuang County.

After all, blind arrogance and conceit will not get you to the position of the fourth prince's confidant.

Splash splash~~~

More than a thousand cavalrymen marched out of the camp and made their way along the mountain road.

The horses' hooves pounded on the frozen snow, producing a dull rumble that sounded like thunder from afar.

Just then, the wind picked up again on the snowfield, whipping up snowflakes that rustled against the cavalrymen's fur robes.

With astonishing momentum, they marched majestically towards Dongshuang County!

……

at the same time.

Dongshuang County, morning, at the vegetable market entrance.

All the open spaces were completely packed with people!

There were at least a thousand people; almost all the residents of the county town had come!

At this moment, all the people's eyes were fixed in the same direction: the very center of the open space!

A wooden platform was erected there, and two people were kneeling on it.

It was none other than Qian Youde and Commandant Zhou.

Qian Youde's official robes had been stripped off, leaving him only in a white undergarment.

His hair was disheveled, his face was covered in bruises, his lips were purple from the cold, and he was shivering like a leaf.

Lieutenant Zhou knelt beside him, his face ashen, his eyes staring blankly at the ground, his lips twitching incessantly.

Two rows of Xiao family soldiers and women soldiers stood on either side of the platform, numbering a full sixty or seventy people.

Each of them stood ramrod straight, wearing captured cotton and leather armor, gripping knife hilts, their eyes cold and sharp.

Xiao Jianyang sat in the judge's seat in the center of the platform, holding a judgment document in his hand, which was densely covered with various charges.

That's what Defang found out after visiting every household for three days!

After glancing around, Xiao Jianyang realized it was almost time. He picked up the complaint and began to speak loudly:

"Qian Youde, the magistrate of Dongshuang County, has embezzled 1,200 taels of silver during his three years in office, seized 340 mu of farmland, forced five tenant farmers to their deaths, colluded with the Northern Barbarians to betray Dawu, and killed 11 members of my Xiao family army."

The voice was loud, and with the quiet square as a backdrop, everyone could hear every word clearly.

"There is also Commandant Zhou, the county military commander of Dongshuang County. During his four years in office, he forcibly conscripted laborers, embezzled military pay, beat the people, and followed Qian Youde to defect to the enemy and betray the country."

The following are detailed case studies.

Although it is only a portion, there are still twenty or thirty items, and each one is beyond description.

A clean prefect for three years, accumulating 100,000 taels of silver.

This scene in Dongshuang County was absolutely perfect!

It drove countless people to their deaths.

If it weren't for the geographical advantage of being close to the Jurchen people, the county town would probably have withered away and its entire population would have migrated elsewhere long ago.

After a full half-stick of incense had burned and more than ten cases had been read aloud, Xiao Jianyang concluded by saying:

"According to the laws of the Great Wu Dynasty, based on the aforementioned crimes, Magistrate Qian Youde and County Commandant Zhou are sentenced to death!!"

The audience fell silent the moment the word "death penalty" was uttered.

woohoo~~~

Only the northwest wind was still blowing.

Thousands of people were stunned!

The experience of the past three days, and the feeling that the Xiao family army had not harmed the people in the slightest, have been etched into the hearts of all the people.

But now, they're actually going to kill corrupt officials to stand up for them—something they never even dared to dream of before.

But now…

"Really...really??"

Instinctively, I don't believe it.

However, with Xiao Jianyang's order, the execution token was thrown out.

The executioner, who was already prepared, decisively raised his sword and began preparations for the beheading.

Seeing this, more than a thousand people were completely convinced.

Then, someone shouted first, I don't know who it was.

"Kill him! Kill him!!"

Immediately afterwards, the shouts surged like a tidal wave, unstoppable!

"Kill that damned corrupt official!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill! Kill!!"

The shouts of battle were deafening, and the eyes of the people were filled with extreme hatred, as if they wanted to devour them alive.

Magistrate Qian Youde was so frightened that he went limp and couldn't even speak. His crotch was soaked, and his eyes were filled with despair.

Commander Zhou still tried to struggle, so he quickly opened his throat and cried out:

"Lord Xiao, please spare me! I was blind before, I will never dare to do it again."

"If you release me, I'll serve you like a slave, I'll do anything you ask, please spare my life, Lord Xiao!!"

Xiao Jianyang pretended not to hear, and the executioner was already ready.

He spat a mouthful of strong liquor onto the broadsword, then gestured towards Zhou Xianwei's neck before raising the decapitation blade sharply and bringing it down high.

wow~~

Blood splattered everywhere, and the body was dismembered!

hiss~~

hiss~~

Upon witnessing this scene, the people gasped in shock.

They had been shouting and threatening to kill, but now that they had actually killed someone, they were momentarily stunned, as if by conditioned reflex.

But what followed was a deafening roar, like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting apart:

"Well done! The Xiao family army is mighty!!"

"Lord Xiao is mighty! A just and upright official!"

"Kill them! They deserve to die!!"

It didn't stop.

Next was Magistrate Qian Youde.

His body trembled violently, and his teeth chattered.

"No, I don't want to die, no!!"

Driven by the instinct for survival, his adrenaline surged, and he somehow found the strength to quickly stand up from his kneeling position, wanting to escape.

But the next moment.

Splash splash~~~

He had barely stood up when the executioner's blade came crashing down.

The body was decapitated, and blood splattered on the scene once again.

Hot blood gushed wildly down his neck, steaming hot.

Then, its body collapsed to the ground with a few symbolic thuds, and then it remained motionless. ...