When Chao Gai, the leader of the village, looked at the countless corpses lying between the wooden houses.
He felt so distressed that his whole body was trembling uncontrollably.
At the same time, he kept angrily complaining in his heart about the despicable and shameless behavior of this group of officers and soldiers.
He didn't dare to have an upright duel, but he thought of such a clumsy sneak attack, which was really despicable and shameless to the extreme.
At this time, Chao Gai had only one idea in his mind, which was to search for the commander of this army as soon as possible, and then chop off his head to avenge the dead brothers in the village.
But it was really dark at this time.
Even with weak moonlight, it was still impossible to see objects ten meters away.
While Chao Gai and his party were waiting and searching extremely anxiously, they suddenly heard a shocking roar coming from the direction of the secret passage.
Immediately, it attracted the attention of Chao Gai and others.
Just as Tong Guan's shouting stopped, very dense footsteps came from behind him.
That voice was very urgent.
After a while, it stopped not far behind him.
At this time, Tong Guan was filled with fear.
If those people behind him are his generals, then when they walk near him, they will definitely bow to him respectfully.
But those people were standing not far behind him, making no movement at all.
This couldn't help but make Tong Guan's heart tremble.
Then I secretly thought, could it be possible, could it be that the people standing behind me at this time are those bandits from Qingfeng Mountain?
So, all the thousands of troops and horses I led this time have been killed or injured?
No, this is impossible!
When Tong Guan, whose face was full of despair, slowly turned his head, he saw a group of murderous burly men standing five or six meters away from behind him.
All of them were holding sharp knives and covered in blood.
And that expression was even more gloomy and terrifying.
Tong Guan was so frightened that his face turned green.
He crawled backwards, trembling all over.
But at this time, his hands and neck were already tied extremely tightly with thumb-thick hemp rope.
No matter how hard he tried to crawl backwards, he couldn't crawl very far.
"You, you grass bandits, what do you want to do?"
"I, I am Tong Guan, the bandit-suppressing marshal appointed by the imperial court!"
"You, if you want to..."
When Tong Guan said these words, he immediately regretted it.
If the other party didn't know his identity, he might let him go for other reasons.
And now, since those grassroots thieves already know his identity, it is absolutely impossible to let him go easily.
Maybe he would use his identity to blackmail the court and do something even more egregious.
Just when Tong Guan was filled with regret, the burly man closest to him slowly walked towards him with a simple knife in his hand and a sneer on his face.
"Just now, I took my brothers and looked for you everywhere."
"I'm afraid that you, the chief culprit, will escape quietly after seeing the army collapse."
"I didn't expect that you, the guy, would actually lure us here with your voice."
"Now, I reveal my identity again."
"If I, Chao Gai, don't chop off your head today, I will be sorry for the thousands of brothers who died innocently in Qingfeng Mountain Stronghold."
After Chao Gai finished speaking, he came to Tong Guan with a quick stride.
Waving the simple knife in his hand, he was about to chop at Tong Guan, who was firmly tied to the big tree.
But at this moment, an extremely high-pitched voice suddenly came from far away.
"Brother, brother, wait a minute and do it!"
"Little brother, little brother, I have something to say!"
When Chao Gai heard this, he frowned, and then looked for fame.
Immediately afterwards, I saw a short man with a dark face in the distance, leading seven or eight minions, running towards this side panting.
As soon as the black-faced man ran over, he blocked Tong Guan's face with his body.
"Brother, wait a minute and do it!"
At this time, not only Chao Gai was very confused, but also the dozens of leaders standing behind him couldn't understand what the black-faced man meant.
Chao Gai slowly put down the sword in his hand and looked at the black-faced man standing in front of him with a gloomy expression.
"Brother Song Jiang, do you know who the dog official is kneeling behind you at this moment?"
Song Jiang used his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his face.
Then he slowly turned his head and looked at Tong Guan, who was kneeling on the ground and shivering.
He nodded slightly and said:
"Brother Chao Gai, it is precisely because Song Jiang knew the name of the official behind me that he came here to stop what my brother was doing."
After hearing this, Chao Gai couldn't help but frown even deeper.
Shen Sheng said displeasedly:
"In this case, my dear brother still dares to stop me, but what's the point?"
"Don't you know that it was because of this dog official that thousands of our brothers died tragically in Qingfeng Village?"
"Why are you stopping me today to avenge the death of more than a thousand brothers in our village?"
At this time, Song Jiang's face looked a little unnatural.
After being stunned for a while, he continued:
"It is important to avenge the brothers who died on our mountain stronghold."
"However, this Master Tong will never die."
"Although our village has withstood the attack by the army this time, it has also severely damaged our vitality."
"If this Lord Tong dies in our hands, what will the officials in the court and the official family think of us?"
"We will definitely send another general to lead an army to attack our stronghold."
"If that time comes, how can we with few soldiers and generals be able to resist?"
"When the time comes, not only will the family fortune of Qingfeng Village be unsustainable, but even we will surely die under the iron hooves of the imperial army."
"If we can put this young man back today, for one thing, it will show that we have no intention of rebellion. What we did in the past was just forced."
"Secondly, you can also ask Lord Tong Guan to intercede on our behalf. Maybe then, the officials will forgive our sins."
"It is possible to even order a recruitment order."
"Once that time comes, all the leaders in our village will be able to receive rewards."
"At the same time, I also have the opportunity to serve the country."
"So, King Chao Tian please think twice before acting."
This Chao Gai had no interest in the so-called recruitment.
At this time, in my heart, I made up my mind to avenge my brothers.
So he really couldn't listen to a word of Song Jiang's words.
"Kill to pay for life, debt to pay for money!"
"Since ancient times, it has been a matter of course!"
"I don't care if this Tong Guan is an official of the imperial court!"