mtl008 Chapter 582 Revenge
Chapter 582 Revenge
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Chen Shi stared at Chief Li in shock: "This is utterly lawless!"
Chen Shi's expression immediately turned serious. This wasn't the first time he had followed the general in suppressing bandits, but he had never seen such rampant bandits before.
However… Chen Shi looked at the chief of Miao village in front of him and couldn’t help but have doubts. If the other party was really a bandit as the chief said, then why would he stay at Crescent Mountain after he had already committed the massacre of the village?
There must be a reason for besieging the Miao region.
However, this is not something Chen Shi should worry about right now. Regardless of the bandits' purpose, Miao Village is the territory of Da Zhao. Those bandits are so rampant that they have no regard for the imperial court or the Jinzhou army. Fortunately, the general arrived with his men. Otherwise, if such a thing had happened under the nose of Jinzhou, the consequences would have been unimaginable!
This is the most important!
Chen Shi immediately cupped his hands and said, "Please, Chief Chief, arrange for a few men to accompany me to meet the General. I also ask the Chief Chief to immediately mobilize the people of Miao territory to be on high alert. The General will definitely wipe out the bandits and protect Miao territory!"
Upon hearing this, Chief Li immediately knelt down with his hands clasped: "Thank you for your great kindness, General. Miao territory will cooperate fully!"
Without delay, Chen Shi immediately led his men to meet with General Mu.
Meanwhile, Chief Liao, stationed at Crescent Moon Mountain, received a report from his subordinates and angrily kicked one of them, yelling, "Did I send you to teach them a lesson, only to have you mindlessly go and chop people up? These Miao barbarians are really strange. Otherwise, with so few people, would I have needed to bring thousands of men here!"
Steward Liao was utterly exasperated by these idiots. His Highness held leverage over the Miao people; a little punishment and pressure would surely force them to yield. But these brainless fools were just taking action, inviting resistance! Useless!
The subordinate was kicked to the ground, too cowardly to utter a sound. They were clearly doing what Steward Liao had ordered. Who could have imagined that those things were so wicked!
The person standing nearby mustered up their courage and asked, "Master Liao, what do we do now?"
Chief Steward Liao glanced at them coldly: "What? You're scared now that a few people have died? Go, tell all the brothers to get ready. Spread the word that if they still don't compromise before nightfall, have the archers ready and set them on fire. A few little bugs are nothing. I can wipe out their entire village in less than two hours!"
The subordinate hurriedly replied, "Yes, yes, I'll go right away!"
When Chen Shi and his men met up with General Mu, it was already dark. General Mu had already led his men to the vicinity of Crescent Moon Mountain. When Chen Shi saw General Mu, he was about to speak when he saw a signal coming from the direction of Crescent Moon Mountain.
This was an agreement Chen Shi made with Chief Li before he left: if the other side started to make a move, he should immediately send a signal.
Upon seeing the signal, Chen Shi's expression changed drastically: "General, those bandits have already begun their attack!"
General Mu had already received Chen Shi's message on the way, but he didn't expect the situation to be so urgent. Fortunately, he made it in time. He waved his long arm and shouted, "Go!"
As night fell, Steward Liao led his men down the mountain and approached the Miao village. Arrows coated with kerosene flew into the village one after another. Most of the houses in the Miao village were built of wood and bamboo, and once the fire gathered, it would quickly catch fire.
After the incident at noon, Chief Li ordered all the villagers to gather together and begin to retreat towards the dense forest. At this time, there was no one in the Miao village, but watching their homes being destroyed, the villagers were furious and wished they could kill all these shameless bandits!
Flames shot into the sky, but the expected screams and pleas for mercy did not come.
Manager Liao's face was so dark it was almost dripping with water.
The subordinate rushed in to report: "Master Liao, there is no one in the Miao village at all! Something is not right! We have already surrounded Crescent Moon Mountain, and now there is only the exit through the dense forest. However, the dense forest is full of poisonous creatures and wild beasts. I have already inquired and found that even the Miao people would have a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying if they went in. As long as they do not want their clan to be wiped out, they will never go out that way!"
"Damn it!" Manager Liao cursed, but quickly regained his composure. "Don't worry, they're not that stupid. They have nowhere to retreat, they can't go far. Chase after them. If they really escape, that's good. Burn everything that needs to be burned and surround the salt wells!"
His Highness has given orders to take Miao territory at all costs, but if they really refuse to compromise, then kill them all; they're just a bunch of rebels.
As long as they are charged with a specific crime, they are acting under orders to arrest traitors.
However, at that moment, someone came to report: "Lord Liao, something bad has happened! The Jinzhou army, the Jinzhou army has entered Crescent Moon Mountain!"
"What did you say?" Steward Liao drew his long sword and pointed it at the messenger.
The messenger knelt down with a thud: "The person who just gathered the information saw it with his own eyes, it was the flag of the Jinzhou Army!"
"How many people have come?" Manager Liao asked urgently.
"No, I don't know..."
Enraged, Manager Liao slashed at the man with his knife, cursing, "Damn it! This is impossible, absolutely impossible!"
It wasn't that he was arrogant enough to bring so many people to besiege Miao territory; with the Crown Prince's token, bribing nearby officials to turn a blind eye would have been incredibly easy. At worst, he could simply have the local officials controlled, and no one would dare escalate the situation. Even if someone did report this to the Jinzhou army, mobilizing them with a legitimate reason wouldn't be easy; it would absolutely take three to five days!
The reason he gave Chief Li three days was because he was certain that no one could mobilize the Jinzhou army within three days, unless it was the Southwest Governor himself! But the Southwest Governor was not in Jinzhou at the moment, so it was absolutely impossible!
What the hell is going on?!
Three days, just three damn days! Who ruined his plans?!
"Master Liao, what... what do we do now?" The subordinates also panicked.
They had a lot of men, but they didn't even dare to think about facing the Jinzhou Army. Many of them were bandits in the southwest in their early years, but they were later recruited by General Liao. The bandits in the southwest had been wiped out by the Jinzhou Army time and time again!
Chief Steward Liao looked at the fat meat that was right in front of him. If he failed to complete the mission, he would be skinned alive by the Crown Prince. But now, facing the Jinzhou army, he couldn't explain himself no matter what.
"Retreat! Take your men and retreat immediately. Run as many as you can. If you fall into the hands of the Jinzhou army, you know what the consequences will be!"
Illuminated by the firelight, the sky was filled with them.
"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!"
But it was too late.
Chief Li stood on the watchtower and sent out the signal once again.
"Kill them all! Kill as many as you can! Avenge the 154 lives lost by the Miao people of Yuhua Village!"