Zhang Yi smashed it down with a stick, and the whole world fell silent.
There are no more harsh clashes of weapons, no sparks from steel strikes, no more cheers and cheers.
Everyone saw that the overlord General Cao died, but it was hard to believe that the invincible overlord died like this? The onlookers were as if in a dream, imagining that it would take three days and three nights of fighting to kill General Cao.
In fact, General Cao could still fight and even kill many people, but his will collapsed. The siege of thousands of people and the well-trained attacks of the five brothers destined him to die.
General Cao lost his fighting spirit, just like Overlord Xiang Yu committed suicide. He accepted his fate and did not want to fight anymore. The moment he drew his sword to commit suicide, Shi Gandang found an opportunity.
Zhang Yi raised his head. The midday sun penetrated the dense clouds, and the sun was shining brightly. The first thing that came to his heart was not joy, but a sense of relief, finally getting out of the nightmare.
He took a long breath, lowered his head and saw the four brothers Xiaolong, Niu Ben, Xiao Han and Shi Gandang squatting on the ground, looking up at him and smiling, all with sunshine on their faces.
"Dead." Zhang Yi said.
"Really, he's dead," Niu Ben said happily, "Do you want Brother Yi to give him another blow?"
"It's not necessary. The villain has entered the underworld and there is no overlord in the world." Xiaolong said.
"How about cutting him into pieces?" Shi Gandang shouted.
"To learn to forgive, it's better to burn it all with fire." Xiao Han said quietly.
"Yes, we are different from them," Zhang Yi nodded, then looked at the thousands of people around him and said loudly, "The overlord is dead, and our nightmare is over!"
The people immediately burst into earth-shattering cheers to celebrate this miraculous victory, as the almost impossible became a reality.
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Firewood was piled up in the open space in front of the castle. General Cao, Donkey Kong and the bandit soldiers had their armor and weapons taken away, and their bodies were stacked on top of the firewood.
A fire will burn these evil people to ashes.
Xiaolong and Xiao Han flew up to the city wall. All the archers in the tower put down their weapons and knelt on the ground trembling.
Xiao Han opened the Thousand Jin Gate, Xiaolong took off the black tiger head flag, rolled it up into a ball and threw it into the blazing fire below the city.
General Cao's reign of terror ends, and the era of heroes arrives.
Zhang Yi ordered a team of men to go down the mountain to guard the entrance and exit to prevent the profiteers and bullies from escaping in the chaos. There will be a liquidation operation, and all those who harmed the people will pay the price for their evil deeds.
The iron gate slowly opened, Zhang Yi and others entered the castle. The surviving bandits were detained, all slaves became free people, and those who were in charge of the treasury, grain depot, weapons depot and sundries were driven out of the castle.
Zhang Yi ordered to reward those who participated in the war. In addition, the people of Mopan City were given food and meat. This was a complicated task, and the meticulous Zhang Pingan was responsible for it. Anu and Yue Yaer recorded the list, and others cooperated.
Everything unfolded in an orderly manner, and people queued up to receive them, chatting and laughing happily. Among the crowd, Zhang Yi saw the little girl who gave him the eggs, her clothes were torn into strips, so he asked Su Baobao to take the little girl to the warehouse to find suitable clothes. clothes.
After generally settling in, Zhang Yi came to the general's mansion surrounded by everyone. Everyone looked at the iron chair covered with tiger skin and was filled with emotion.
Everyone asked the Lord of Heroes to sit on the chair, but Zhang Yi didn't want to sit in this chair.
He had the iron chairs moved away and dozens of wooden chairs brought in.
Zhang Yi sat down in the middle and arranged the seats for everyone.
Song Laohei sits first on the left, followed by the 17 village leaders of the People's Alliance.
On the right are Xiaolong, Niu Ben, Xiao Han, Shi Gandang, Li Guaizi, Hu Tiejiang, Jiang Hua, Zhou Rui, Liao Fan, Zheng Qiang, Su Baobao, Zhang Pingan, Anu and Yue Yaer.
The above 32 people are Zhang Yi's team. Everyone helped him in the most critical moment and shared the joys and sorrows with him until today.
Song Laohei was the eldest among the people. He stood up and said: "I am more than sixty years old this year. I have seen with my own eyes the changes in the mountains and rivers. After the great catastrophe, people turned into wild beasts. I finally became a human again, farming and herding sheep." A way to survive. Who would have thought that when the overlord General Cao came, he would do evil for more than ten years, and people would not be able to survive. God has eyes, and sent us heroes to advocate righteousness, get rid of the overlord, and benefit the people. I want to ask my sworn brother to become the king and lead the people. This land of mountains and rivers!”
People who didn't know Zhang Yi nodded in agreement, while people who knew him were silent.
Zhang Yi smiled, stood up and stepped forward to help the old village leader sit down. The old village leader was his benefactor. He raised all the soldiers in the village to help him kill the enemy. He also worked tirelessly to form a people's alliance and made great contributions. His great kindness will last forever. memorable.
The old village leader has a deep-rooted idea of royal power. You can't blame him for this. You can only slowly help him change.
The same goes for Li Guaizi. Zhang Yi did not instill many ideas of civilization into him because he could not be sure of his final position. Surprisingly, Li Guaizi was a man who understood current affairs. He saw that General Cao was losing the battle and stood by Zhang Yi at the critical moment. The side of righteousness.
Li Guaizi stood up and said: "I knew this day would come. The overlord is a reckless man and will not go far. Only Yi Ge can achieve great things. The leader of Song Village has said well. Please ask Yi Ge to be our king and govern. What a beautiful place!"
More people started to nod.
Zhang Yi had to explain his thoughts in public and said.
"The victory over General Cao was not due to me alone. You all have seen that the five of us worked together to defeat the overlord, with your help. We risked our lives, not for glory and wealth. Today, I swear an oath."
Zhang Yi stood up, and everyone stood up immediately, listening to what he said word by word.
"From today on, I will dedicate my life to these mountains and rivers and share the joys and sorrows with the people. I will never be king, and I will never allow anyone to dominate others. We are the guardians of the mountains and rivers, and we are the sharp swords of the people. and shield, we will spend our lives creating a new civilization."
These words struck home loudly, shocking everyone and leaving everyone moved.
Zhang Yi will never be king, nor will he let anyone be king. The mountains and rivers belong to everyone living on the earth, except the wicked.
"I'm so ashamed," Song Laohei finally understood Zhang Yi's thoughts, "No matter what, Brother Yi is the master of heroes and our leader. Please lead Brother Yi to tell us that each of us must stand up Make such an oath."
I don’t want royal power, but I can have glory. Zhang Yi smiled and nodded, leading everyone to take an oath.
Call it the Civilization Pledge.
After the oath was taken, everyone clapped and laughed, and everyone felt that their realm had reached a higher level. This was an unprecedented breakthrough, and there had never been such a concept in this barbaric land.
Everyone cheered, swearing for civilization and for today's victory.
There was a banquet to celebrate, and everyone came to the banquet hall talking and laughing.
The giant snake skin was still spread on the dining table. It welcomed its real owner. Zhang Yi sat down and stretched out his hands to caress the snake skin.
In order to survive, he could exchange snake skin for a cornbread. In order to develop, he could give it to General Cao without hesitation. Zhang Yi never put any property in his heart. What he held in his heart were irreplaceable memories and emotions.
"We need to have a flag, Brother Yi," Xiaolong suggested, "and give our civilization a name."
"The dragon is our symbol. It has been since ancient times. We are the descendants of the dragon," Zhang Yi patted Xiaolong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Our civilization is called Chinese civilization."