Chapter 449: Vulcan (I)
There is a persuasion phase in a normal war, and here it is dealing with a group of bandits who have gathered together for the king, and there is no need for that kind of procedure.
In a normal war, the defender must have a normal defensive ability, which is not available here.
The bandits of Mustang Ridge do not live in tents, many of them live in burrows like wild beasts.
There is not much wood on the grassland, and it rarely rains here in Muzhou, so living in a cave is a common choice for many people.
Under the dark night sky, the firelight began to spread gradually, accompanied by a short gunshot, and the bandits, who had been sleeping soundly in the cave, quickly opened their eyes.
Whose gun went off?
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Shan Hailiang's heart tightened, and he quickly pushed away the woman beside him, and quickly touched his iron dagger in this dark hole.
As a person who does some special business all day long, Yamakailiang, like many people here, does not take off his clothes when he sleeps at night.
Even if they play with women at night, they will only take off their pants up to their knees, and they will not even take off their clothes.
This habit is the instinct of survival, and it is a good habit that has been left behind after screening.
There is no need to take a bath, unless it is summer, and even if there is water, it will not bathe.
They don't need to wash their faces, brush their teeth, comb their hair or anything like that, they just wake up every day, and lie down to sleep.
After clenching the dagger, Yamakailiang looked at the location of the door.
No matter what kind of grudge there is on this side of Mustang Ridge, you can't block the door, otherwise if it is known, you will get rid of this kind of person who is unwilling to follow the rules.
Shan Hailiang was able to breathe the cold air outside, and although he couldn't see the surrounding places, Shan Hailiang still skillfully bit the dagger, and quickly tied his pants around his waist with rope with both hands.
After the robe of the coat was lowered again, Yamakailiang cautiously approached the outside.
"What's wrong?" The woman on the bed was a little scared.
Shan Hailiang ignored the snatched woman, this woman was already docile and could live.
But he can't live a stable life, and this is not a place where he can live a stable life.
Shan Hailiang didn't know what was going on outside, but the continuous gunshots of several times in a row already showed that something big would happen.
Just as Shanhailiang cautiously approached the entrance of the cave, a frightened shout came from outside.
"The people from Shanhai County called! Everyone, hurry up! Hurry up and put out the fire! ”
"It's on fire! Get up and put out the fire! ”
"Men hurry up and assemble at the big tent! Men from all walks of life gather quickly! There was a war! ”
The sounds outside became more and more chaotic, the screams of cattle and sheep, and the shouts of people.
Shan Hailiang thought about it, no one should have such a hard time dealing with him, so he moved the fence door blocking the entrance of the cave.
After the wooden door, which was simply connected by branches and vines, was removed, the sky-high flames that looked like a wall of fire in the distance came into Yamakailiang's eyes.
Fire can be seen in all directions, and it is a fire that is gradually approaching this side.
Shan Hailiang was able to dissipate the black smoke in the night sky, and those black smoke gradually dissipated higher in the firelight.
The woman in the cave soon came out, she fastened her clothes in a panic, looked at Shan Hailiang and said in horror: "What's wrong?" How did it catch fire? ”
This woman was snatched from Jinshan County, so I don't know about Shanhai County.
In the past year or so, the people of Yemaling have not gone to Shanhai County, especially in the vicinity of Shanhai County and Mushroom Mountain.
But there is no escaping all this.
"Run! There are a lot of people over there! A group of men with guns quickly ran past Yamakailiang, and these people ran away after firing a shot.
On the other side, it seems that someone is approaching this side.
Bang!
Bang!
Not far away, there was another burst of gunfire, Shan Hailiang quickly looked over, only to see that on the half of the ground in the direction of the firelight, there were constantly sparks!
Someone is shooting here!
Shan Hailiang was about to say something when he suddenly saw something in front of him, as if it was a small black dot.
The next moment, he felt like time had stood still.
After dozens of seconds, I felt that I was slowly falling on the grass, and my eyes seemed to see something, but gradually it was dark again......
Two minutes later, Fang Xuan led someone past Shan Hailiang, and he walked forward while changing bullets.
"Don't kill to the east!"
"Gather all of them to Savage Town!"
"Resist killed! Kill those who come closer! Kill those who carry weapons! ”
Shan Hailiang died very unlucky, he was killed by a stray bullet fired crooked in the battle between Fang Xuan and others and the bandit resisters.
There are no innocents on the battlefield, and those who are guilty are those who choose the battlefield.
Wang Lanling took all the responsibility, he didn't fire a shot, he didn't kill a person, but all the responsibility and sins were attributed to him.
"I don't think I'm at fault, but when I think of a man named Bai Qi, legend has it that when he died, he felt that he was a heavy murderer, so I didn't think about it."
Wang Lanling led the horse, walked past a man who had been hit in the face by a bullet and died, and continued to talk to Hu Santu next to him.
"The time I saw a dead person, it was actually my father's corpse, and then I found that I slowly got used to this kind of thing, and I even visited some of the more tragic scenes when I was in school."
"Do you know what my fear is?"
Hu Santu said quietly: "I don't know, but I really want to know how you deal with this kind of thing, my lord." ”
Wang Lanling listened to the gunshots in the distance, and could vaguely hear the cries of some women and children.
"It's not a smart way, it's just that I've seen too many people who can find fun in that kind of scene, and I think these people don't go to hell, what am I afraid of?"
"People say that people are good and are bullied, if those unjust souls are bullied by the soft and afraid of the hard, why be afraid?"
Hu Santu said: "The adults are doing benevolent and righteous deeds, we all know this, the sages have their own righteousness to protect their bodies, and demons will not invade." ”
Wang Lanling smiled, "I don't believe this, I just think I don't have the need to repent, and I'm not that kind of bad person." ”
The two of them continued on their way with a few other guards, and along the way fell the corpses of many horse bandits, as well as the corpses of some women.
In this special atmosphere, Hu Santu asked: "How do adults distinguish between good people and bad people?" ”
Wang Lanling didn't think about this problem, he thought about it at this time, and said: "This depends on the environment, for example, now, whether it is a resistor or an attacker, it is to kill people for life." ”
"I said they were bad people, and they said I was bad people, and maybe the kids here would hate me too."
"If I had to set a standard, I think they were bad people, but I wouldn't feel happy when I killed them, and I didn't think it was a just thing to kill them, then I was a good person."
"Fighting a war is a very cruel thing, I don't like this kind of thing, this time it is mainly for the future development of Shanhai County, and also for the sake of those people here in Muzhou who want to live a stable life, so this kind of killing is created."
Hu Santu really felt that Wang Lanling was just using this battlefield as a tool, and he didn't care too much about it from the beginning, but he always cared about this battle.
"My lord, you don't have any special hatred for this place, and you don't have the idea of punishing these people, so how are these people going to be placed?"
Wang Lanling said directly and decisively: "Death to those who kill and sin!" Whether it is those who have been robbed, or the families of horse bandits who have not killed anyone, or those who have simply moved to live here, they are destined to be unable to escape the influence of the people here for a period of time. ”
"Transform them! They must be transformed! Give these people a period of time to adapt to the common sense and habits of our Shanhai County, and wash away the bad habits of these people through labor and education! ”
Hu Santu thought for a while and said, "My lord, you don't have insignificant kindness, and in the face of greater kindness, you will sacrifice even the slightest degree of kindness. ”
"Not really." Wang Lanling said directly: "I have always been against the idea of sacrificing a small number of people to satisfy the majority of people, although I think about Shanhai County, but I also did not say that I would not give the people here a way to live." ”
"I reformed them because this matter is a necessary thing, not just for Shanhai County."
When necessary, Wang Lanling will transform the entire Shanhai County!
Hu Santu once again refreshed his opinion of Wang Lanling, the man in front of him, who was not a few years older than himself, had a boundless will like the sky and the abyss.
I can't see it, I can't figure it out, but it's always there.
Wang Lanling sensed the approach of the fire and led the horse out of the wheat field area.
It doesn't take a few hours for the high winds to burn most of the grass and farmland here.
There are also people farming in the Savage Ridge, and the wheat stalks in the wheat fields have become the best fuel at this time.
Wang Lanling walked to the side of the mountain, mounted his horse and looked at the fire in the distance, "The machine gun doesn't seem to be useful." ”
Hu Santu said: "This is a good thing, you also said that the weapon that is not played is the hole card." ”
This night was not peaceful at all, Wang Lanling did not interfere in too specific matters, nor did he stand in the first row to take risks.
He also added chaos in the past, and others would be distracted to protect him, so it was better to stand here and watch the excitement and talk to people about boring things.
Rather than fighting with the soldiers, what Wang Lanling should do more should be to stabilize the rear and reward meritorious deeds.
Wang Lanling suddenly remembered Wang Lanyun, this person used to keep accounts in the mine.
Compared with companions who share weal and pain, this world still lacks the kind of boss who can reward meritorious deeds and make these people's gains and efforts equal.
"My lord! It's against the wind! ”
When Wang Lanling was bored and waiting for time, Hu Santu, who was beside him, suddenly shouted.
Wang Lanling took a deep breath and rode on his horse to feel the direction of the wind.
"It's indeed a headwind, the mountain wind is deflecting, but this is also a normal thing, the temperature here has gone up, and the terrain here is easy to let the high temperature go up, forming a whirlwind."
"It's almost burning now, the wind direction is complex and changeable, let people retreat, this battle is already considered a success, and what needs to be done after that is how to hunt down those who escaped."
Now the wind direction is unpredictable, not only the bandits have to avoid the fire, but also the people on Wang Lanling's side.
Hu Santu quickly fired a few empty guns rhythmically with a few guards behind him, and several nearby teams that heard the signal would also stop and launch signals, spreading the signal of closing the team to another team nearby.
One team influenced the other, and finally more than sixty teams of people began to converge towards Wang Lanling's side one after another.
There are small rivers, woods, wheat fields, pastures and other places in Yema Ridge, and when these teams disperse, they will advance according to the terrain and formation, and on the way back, they will also walk through a safe passage stipulated by Wang Lanling.
Tong Yue and Tian Fearless's teams converged, and the two sides quickly ran towards Wang Lanling's side.
When these teams approached the predetermined location, Wang Lanling was leading people to stand on a hillside and watch the scenery.
Tian Buxing looked back and immediately showed a shocked look.
"Is that a dragon?"
Tong Yue also quickly looked over, only to see a pillar formed by flames appear in the distance, and the pillar was hundreds of meters high, like a pillar of flame coming down from the sky!
No one in Shanhai County had ever seen this thing, Hu Santu looked at the pillar of fire in the distance that kept twisting his body on the ground, and asked, "My lord, what is this?" ”
"Fire tornado, close to the dead." Wang Lanling looked up at this powerful natural disaster, "There are also tornadoes and waterspouts, waterspouts are dragons absorbing water, and this fire tornado is called dragon fury in Tongzhou, which generally occurs in times of drought." ”
It doesn't make sense to explain what strong air currents are, and Wang Lanling doesn't know how to explain this kind of thing.
The surrounding mountain winds continued to converge towards the fire tornado in the central area, and a large amount of oxygen fueled the spinning flame monster.
"Run! Passed in the direction of Savage Town! ”
The surrounding soldiers exclaimed!
This kind of flame monster that can move is far more shocking than ordinary disasters.
Wang Lanling was not sure how long this thing would last, but as long as it was close to a large building and close to a mountain, it would soon be extinguished due to lack of oxygen.
If you can take advantage of the victory behind this fire tornado, then the deterrent power brought by it will directly crush the resistance of those people.
But this thing itself is spinning and walking, there is no so-called direction of movement, in case you suddenly lean forward, rotate and turn behind you, then your side will be wiped out, and no one can run away.
"Detour! Go straight to Savage Town! ”
Wang Lanling didn't have to risk his net worth, and he didn't have time to waste this sudden advantage, so he quickly determined the next plan.
The sky-high fire dragon directly wiped out the mental energy of the entire Savage Ridge, and even on the side of Savage Town, he could see the changing and distorted red wind and clouds.
No one can compete with this power of nature, and if anyone can drive and summon this incomprehensible magical power, it must be God.