Ma Zhongtian looked at the scene in front of him. He was defeated like a mountain. The old, weak, women and children who were at the front as cover had been frightened by three heavy artillery shells. They lost the courage to move forward at the beginning. One by one, they turned around and fled to the rear. Those who were hiding in the
The formation of the minions behind them also began to become chaotic.
Ma Zhongtian secretly complained in his heart, God must die for me! The advantageous situation that he had just managed to manage was reversed in an instant. He said to Wang Boxi: "Commander, what other plans do you have?"
Wang Boxi shook his head and looked blankly at the melee scene ahead. His heart was shrouded in great sadness. He suddenly realized that wisdom was so insignificant in the face of absolute strength. His strategy only slowed down the opponent's attack on Blackwater Stronghold.
The process cannot change the outcome of victory or defeat at all, and Ma Xingkong and Bixinshan's decision to live or die together is actually equivalent to pushing the subordinates and family members in the village into fire and water, and it is extremely irresponsible for their lives.
At this time, Hu Xiaotian's latest order had been conveyed, and the soldiers shouted loudly: "Raise your hands and surrender, let bygones be bygones, and resist stubbornly, you will die!"
Ma Xingkong was hung high on the mast. He could see the whole battlefield clearly and shouted crazily: "Fight them! Brothers, we will live and die with Bixin Mountain..."
An arrow flew from the side, and with a bang! it shot into Ma Xingkong's right leg. Ma Xingkong grunted in pain. He looked in the direction of the arrow, but saw that the opponent's main ship had already entered.
In the channel inside the water village, this arrow was shot by Hu Xiaotian.
Although Hu Xiaotian's archery skills were not very good, it was impossible to miss such a big target. At this time, Hongtianlei was reloaded again, this time aiming at the iron gate sealing the inner harbor, and there was a loud "Peng!"
The shells hit the iron gate and exploded the entrance to the inner harbor. The warships tied up in the waterway filed into the inner harbor. Controlling the inner harbor was equivalent to controlling the center of Blackwater Village.
Hu Xiaotian said loudly: "Everyone, listen, as long as you surrender, what happened today will be forgotten. I want Bixin Mountain, not to drive you all away. Ma Xingkong sacrifices your parents and wives for his own selfishness. Let's
Your family is ruined and your wives are scattered! You can really bear to send your family into the abyss of eternal destruction. I, Hu Xiaotian, will do what I say. As long as I surrender, I will never hold you accountable for anything you have done before. I will also send you a letter.
I’ll send you a package of dry food and get you settled on the road!”
His breath was strong, and his voice was carried far away by the mountain wind. The sound of fighting on the battlefield could not cover it up at all.
After hearing Hu Xiaotian's words, some of the bandits dropped their weapons and raised their hands to express their unwillingness to fight again. In fact, Ma Xingkong's decision to put old, weak, women and children in front as a cover was unpopular, and many of his subordinates were dissatisfied.
I was quite disgusted with this, but because Ma Xingkong's prestige in Heishui Village was extremely high, few people dared to question his decision. When the war first broke out, the blood of the bandits surged and they rushed forward regardless of their own safety. But their relatives
The blood and death made them immediately understand the cruel fact.
The continuous bombardment of Hongtianlei gradually made their hot-blooded minds gradually clear up. Survival is always more tempting than death.
Once the defenses in the heart began to collapse, they immediately became defeated. The water pirates on the battlefield knelt down in groups, threw away their weapons and raised their hands in surrender.
When Ma Xingkong saw the scene in front of him, his eyes were about to burst. He yelled crazily: "Cowards? You are all cowards. Whoever dares to retreat will be killed without mercy..."
Another arrow, this one hit Ma Xingkong's throat. The arrowhead passed through Ma Xingkong's throat and nailed him to the mast. Ma Xingkong's eyes widened and he was breathless. Hu Xiaotian threw the bow and arrow in his hand to
Gao Yuan said coldly: "Because this bastard killed so many innocent lives!"
When the Yongjiang naval officers saw Hu Xiaotian decisively executing Ma Xingkong, they burst into joy and cheered: "Ma Xingkong is dead! Ma Xingkong is dead!" Their own morale was like a rainbow. On the other hand, the water bandits in Heishui Village witnessed Ma Xingkong.
Xing Kong was killed and suddenly fell into a leaderless state.
"Dad!" Ma Zhongtian saw his father being shot and let out a heart-wrenching roar. He rushed towards the river desperately. Wang Boxi grabbed his arm and was thrown away by him.
Two subordinates rushed up from behind and hugged Ma Zhongtian tightly. Wang Boxi shouted loudly: "Young master, run away! The situation is over, we can't stand it anymore!" Ma Zhongtian's influence cannot be compared with Ma Xingkong.
Ma Xingkong's death completely shattered the hearts of the bandits in Heishui Village. The water bandits who originally insisted on resisting stubbornly lost their fighting spirit and abandoned their weapons and surrendered. Seeing that the overall situation was decided, Yu Tianxing breathed a deep sigh of relief and looked up.
, but saw Ma Xingkong's body still hanging on the mast, the state of death was extremely horrific, he couldn't help but shudder, and while panicking, he suddenly realized that he had lost his calmness when the battle situation suddenly changed, and he became confused.
The one who should take on the responsibility of command was reduced to a frightened spectator.
At the most difficult moment, it was Li Yongfu who stood up and assumed the responsibility of command. Yu Tianxing felt secretly ashamed in his heart. The rain stopped and Ma Xingkong's body was projected on the ground, covering his face. Yu Tianxing looked over from the body with some fear.
Coming out of the shadow, he began to think about Hu Xiaotian's approach of shooting Ma Xingkong.
Hu Xiaotian had obviously thought carefully. To capture the thief first, capture the king. Ma Xingkong was the spiritual support of the bandits in Heishui Village. His life was an encouragement to the bandits. Why didn't he think that if he killed Ma Xingkong at the first time?
Kong, maybe he would not have suffered such heavy losses and caused so many casualties. When it comes to controlling the overall situation, he is not even a little bit behind Hu Xiaotian.
Li Yongfu glanced at Yu Tianxing and said nothing. Yu Tianxing's performance just now has disappointed many people.
When night fell, Hu Xiaotian's side finally took full control of Heishui Village. Hu Xiaotian asked the prisoners of war to be divided into two parts, and the old, weak, women and children were sent to one place for custody. Because of what happened today, no soldiers dared to be careless.
Hu Xiaotian passed on the order and tried his best to appease the emotions of these prisoners. He kept his word and let go of what happened today. Starting from tomorrow, these people will be sent out of Yunze one after another, and they will be given money to go their separate ways.
After counting, they found that there were more than 5,000 casualties in today's hand-to-hand battle, and the number of casualties on the spot reached 2,370. Since Hu Xiaotian moved to Dongliang County, there have never been such heavy casualties.
What makes Hu Xiaotian even more depressed is that all this happened under the premise that they had all the advantages.
The battle of Heishui Village made Hu Xiaotian calm down completely. He remembered a saying, even a small stone can hurt your feet. Standing on the battlefield where death was everywhere, he looked at a dead body on the ground.
Suddenly, he heard a cry of a baby. Hu Xiaotian followed the sound and found a baby waiting to be fed under a woman's corpse. He picked up the baby and looked at the baby's tear-filled face, feeling in his heart
He felt guilty, as it was the war he started that caused him to lose his parents and relatives.
But he had no choice. If he wanted to gain a foothold in the Yongjiang River Basin, occupy Yunze, and increase his own strength, he had to capture Bixin Mountain.
Xiong Tianba's rich voice sounded behind him: "Lord! More than 6,000 people died in Heishui Village."
Hu Xiaotian nodded and handed the baby to Xiong Tianba: "Go and find a wet nurse for him!"
"What?" Xiong Tianba looked at loss while holding the baby.
Hu Xiaotian glared at him fiercely, and Xiong Tianba said helplessly: "Yes!"
Li Yongfu, Gao Yuan, Xia Changming and others came to Hu Xiaotian. Li Yongfu said: "Lord, the situation is under control."
Hu Xiaotian said: "There are heavy casualties!"
Gao Yuan said: "Lord, we found a treasure cave in the back mountain. All the gold and silver treasures that Ma Xingkong obtained through burning, killing and looting over the years are hidden in it, and there is also a lot of food." This is considered good news.
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Hu Xiaotian said: "How many people were captured in total?"
Li Yongfu said: "Including family members, there are about 23,000 people. How to deal with these people?" According to Li Yongfu's idea, he simply slaughtered all these people. After all, it caused so many casualties to them, because the water thieves were responsible.
His stubborn resistance cost him so many brothers.
Hu Xiaotian did not speak. He raised his head and looked up at the bloody sky with the setting sun. He thought to himself that although massacre was a way to eradicate the roots once and for all, if the news of the bloodbath in Heishui Stronghold spread, wouldn't the people in the world regard him as a person with hands stained with blood?
Butcher?
Li Yongfu said: "If we let them go, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles."
In the distance, two soldiers escorted a ragged scholar over. This person was Wang Boxi, the military advisor of Blackwater Village. He was originally among the prisoners, but this time he was exposed after someone reported him.
After Hu Xiaotian heard about his identity, he had someone bring him to him.
Two soldiers scolded Wang Boxi for kneeling down. Wang Boxi stood there proudly. Instead of kneeling, he raised his face high and said coldly: "Kill if you want, why humiliate me?"
Hu Xiaotian said: "You are Wang Boxi. You are the one who made suggestions for Ma Xingkong. You are the one who deceived him into resisting!"
Wang Bo said happily: "The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. No need to talk nonsense, just kill me!"
Li Yongfu drew his sword with a clang! and said angrily: "You bastard, how dare you disrespect my lord!"
Hu Xiaotian stretched out his hand to stop him and said softly: "I wonder how Mr. Wang felt when he saw the tragic situation in front of him?"
Wang Boxi bit his lip, with a look of guilt on his face. Seeing the miserable situation in front of him and seeing so many casualties on his side, he had already begun to regret in his heart. Perhaps surrendering could avoid paying such a heavy price. He whispered: "
They are all innocent people. If they were not forced by the imperial court to have no way out, who would be willing to fall into the trap and become a bandit? If you want to kill me, please kill me. I am the one who advises the leader of the village, and I am also the one who caused the current situation. I
You should take responsibility.”
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