Under the scorching sun, there is no one outside the red sand valley, and the rice fields are full of life.

General Liu led 250 forbidden troops all the way to the outside of the village, and when he was about a mile away from the gate of the village, he stopped the team and rested for a while.

"One team captures the walled gate, and after the attack, it defends on the spot."

"Order."

"The second and third teams, after entering the village, quickly exterminate all the bandits within fifty zhang."

"Order."

"The fourth team, the fifth team, followed the second team and the third team into the village, and went out seventy zhang forward, attacking and killing the bandits, thinking that they should respond."

"Order."

"After the second team and the third team exterminate the bandits, except for the first team, all teams will go forward together to clear out the bandits in the village as soon as possible, and they must not flinch."

"Order."

"Let's go!"

At the sound of an order, the first team took the lead, the second team and the third team followed, and the fourth team and the fifth team went straight to the gate.

A team approached the gate first, only to see the more than three inches thick gate hidden, and could not see the situation inside. The escort officer waved the knife forward, and four soldiers put away the swords, and immediately stepped forward and pushed the gate suddenly, only to hear the sound of "squeak", and then pushed the gate inward, and the gate was suddenly opened.

The two bandits on duty inside the gate were stunned by the sudden appearance of the officers and soldiers, and before they could come to their senses and raise an alarm, they were hacked to death on the spot by the forbidden soldiers who then rushed into the gate.

A team of fifty forbidden soldiers quickly rushed in, guarding the gate within ten zhang of the walled gate, leaving only the exit to the walled area.

The second and third teams then entered the village, shouting the word "kill" and rushed to every house where the bandits might be hidden.

After the fourth and fifth teams entered the village, under the leadership of General Liu, they directly went forward for 70 zhang to guard the various intersections leading to the gate of the village, giving the second team and the third team time to destroy the bandits.

The second team and the third team of forbidden soldiers were in groups of three or five, rushing into the small courtyards and houses in the line of sight, cutting people when they saw them, some people came out head-on, and they were slashed in the neck by a knife in a stunned state, some people were shaking a fan to enjoy the cool and were stabbed to death by a knife, some people were about to escape and were stabbed in the back, some people screamed and reacted, picked up a wooden stick casually, some picked up a hoe casually, and some picked up a knife and gun, but in front of the well-trained forbidden army, they could not escape the fate of a knife to death.

For a time, the moment the forbidden army entered the village, the villagers were in a mess, running around with the terrain, adults and children crying and screaming, but soon everything was calm, and no one alive could be found.

The escort officer called out the soldiers who were still rummaging for their belongings, and continued to join the four and five teams in the village.

When the bandits heard the terrible movement at the gate of the wall, they rushed from all over the place, armed with weapons, knives or guns, sticks or sticks, and fought with the defending forbidden army at the intersection. I saw General Liu charging forward, the shadow of the knife flying, flashing left and right, one by one, like chopping melons and vegetables, killing the bandits who rushed up did not dare to approach. The other forbidden troops followed General Liu in front and behind, defending and entangled with bandits, forming a tug-of-war.

As the second team and the third team quickly ended the clearing of the area near the walled gate, and came forward to join the battle group, the bandits gathered from all over the place were gradually killed, and some turned around and fled directly.

The four teams of forbidden soldiers divided into multiple routes and rushed in all directions in one go. The whole village was frightened by the news of the forbidden army's attack on the village, and for a time they cried frantically and howled in despair, filling every corner of the village.

The forbidden soldiers will not be merciful for young children, nor will they be merciful for begging for mercy, and they will be killed wherever they go. Not allowed to let go of a bandit, this is the order they were given, the manpower is limited, the bandits want to surrender, they don't have time to take care of it, besides, who knows if they will stab them in the back, it is better to kill them cleanly.

For a while, the cries and shouts in the village came one after another, followed by the bloody atmosphere everywhere, and gradually pushed from the front village to the back village.

In the courtyard, the old man stopped the two brothers: "You hurry up and leave the back village, if you can go out, don't cut off the incense of the Zhou family!" ”

"Dad, what are you talking about, so many people are here, can I leave them behind? We went out and fought with them! ”

"The officers and soldiers are here, what are you going to fight! Listen to Daddy, hurry up. ”

"Everyone's here, where are we going!" The big man's eyes were filled with anger, and he pushed the old man away and rushed out of the courtyard with a knife.

I saw that not far away an official soldier was chasing and killing a frightened child who was running away, the big man roared angrily, rushed forward to meet the official army, raised his knife and chopped the officer to death, and the child ran into the yard.

Dahan saw that the officials and soldiers were chasing the villagers everywhere to kill, and the familiar villagers lay down one by one, but they didn't know who to save, so they had to find the officials and soldiers to fight desperately. There were too many villagers who fell, and he couldn't bear to look at it, and every time he killed an official soldier, more villagers fell, and his anger accumulated more and more, and he began to chase after the officials and soldiers as if he was retaliating.

After dozens of officers and soldiers fell, the officers and soldiers who rushed over were a little frightened, and after a few steps forward, they were killed by the big man, and the officers and soldiers hesitated for a while, and then formed a confrontation with the big Han.

The villagers who escaped the catastrophe behind the Han gathered more and more, mostly old and young, women and children, so he did not dare to casually step forward to fight with the officials and soldiers.

"Go from the back village!" The big man roared angrily.

Hearing the shouts of the big man, the villagers still hid behind them and did not dare to leave.

"Let's go." The big man roared again, raised his knife and rushed towards the official army, breaking the brief confrontation and forcing the villagers to flee for their lives.

More than a dozen officers and soldiers fought with the Han Dynasty, and the Han slashed over several officers and soldiers, and there were more wounds on his body, so he used all his strength to entangle the remaining officers and soldiers and create a chance for the villagers to escape.

The villagers lost their protection, were chased by the officers and soldiers who followed them, and fled directly to the back village. And the big man took a few stabs desperately, dragged the chasing officers and soldiers, and continued to fight. However, what he didn't know was that at this moment, there were also two hundred forbidden troops in Houzhai who had already begun to kill them.

General Liu led more than a dozen people to kill all the bandits in sight, and went all the way to the village. When the other forbidden soldiers saw that the main general was moving forward, they naturally did not dare to lag behind, and rushed to catch the bandits' blades and cooperate with the attack. All the bandits who dared to resist died outside the house, leaving a small number of forbidden troops to sweep the tail, and the others directly followed the master to the back of the village.

Dahan killed a number of officers and soldiers, there were also many wounds on his body, blood flowed, looking at the villagers who kept running and falling to the ground, he was sad and indignant, roared again and again, and after cutting down an officer and soldier with a knife, suddenly his arm holding the knife flew out, and he screamed in pain and took a few steps back. When I raised my eyes, I saw a person who looked like a chief general on the opposite side, surrounded by many officers and soldiers, and asked angrily: "What did we do wrong!" ”

This person is none other than General Liu. I only heard him say loudly: "If you don't respect the king, you should kill all of them." Hiding in the mountains and everything will be fine? ”

Dahan suddenly burst into tears and begged, "Even if we deserve to die, can we spare the women and children?" ”

General Liu said: "No, I said, all of them should be killed." ”

As soon as he heard this, the big man roared angrily, suddenly erupted, and rushed straight towards General Liu.

General Liu did not take a step back, and cut off his head with a knife.

"You continue to chase after the back village, don't let one go!" General Liu ordered again.

The forbidden soldiers were ordered to not dare to stay, and immediately chased back.

A lot of bandits were killed in front, and most of the bandits who dared to take knives and guns were dead, and the bandits who fled basically didn't have the strength to fight, and it was tasteless to kill, so let the soldiers chase it. General Liu, escorted by several soldiers, came to rest under a big tree not far away. Looking at the corpses of bandits in one place, he didn't feel anything in his heart, it was similar to killing Jin Bing, they were all enemies anyway, but they were much weaker than Jin Bing.

After another quarter of an hour, the sound of crying was barely heard in the village, and occasionally one or two cries came and then stopped.

The nine detainees returned one after another and reported the battle situation to General Liu under the big tree.

"General, none of the bandits in the Qianzhai escaped." A detainee reported loudly.

"General, none of the bandits in the back village have escaped." Another detaineer reported.

"The bandits in the village have all been killed, and nothing has been missed." The other guards reported.

"Okay, everyone's happy. How many casualties do we have, how many bandits are there, can there be a number? General Liu asked.

"I haven't had time to count it yet." A detainer replied.

"Let's be lucky, let's find out our casualties and the number of bandits, I want accurate numbers. The first team continued to guard the front gate, the ninth team guarded the back village in case anyone slipped through the net, the second team, the third team, and the sixth team cleaned the battlefield to collect the corpses, the fourth team and the fifth team dug pits to dispose of the corpses, and the seventh team and the eighth team collected the materials with me. Let's split up. ”

General Liu gave an order, and the detention officer, who didn't have time to rest more, took the order and left.

In two hours, all the cleaning work of each team was basically completed, and in a courtyard, the officers made a report to General Liu.

"The rice collected is preliminarily estimated to be about 300 quintals, and the gold, silver and copper coins are worth about 300 quintals. Fifteen cattle, hundreds of pigs and sheep, about 300 chickens and ducks, more than 100 knives and guns, and other materials have not been counted for the time being. ”

"Forty-nine were lightly wounded, twelve were seriously wounded, and thirty-seven were killed. Exterminated 257 bandits. ”

"The dead brothers and the exterminated bandits have been buried separately and cleaned up."

"Brothers are fortunate, although there are casualties this time, we have achieved a fruitful and unprecedented victory. Tell the brothers that when they go back, they will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds. General Liu was very happy to hear that he had collected so much money and food, and the bandits also wiped out more than 250 people, which was a great harvest, and immediately made a promise, after all, so many things still have to be brought back by everyone, and if you don't promise a little sweetness, the way back will not be smooth.

"It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, everyone pack up, take the collected supplies, and leave the Red Sand Valley today and return to Nitou Mountain." General Liu originally wanted to rest in Hongsha Valley for one night and leave tomorrow, after all, everyone was very tired, but when he thought that there were still a few powerful bandit villages nearby, in order to avoid extraneous branches, he decided to leave immediately and send the money and grain back to Nitou Mountain first.

Although the guards wanted to rest for the night in the Red Sand Valley, since the Lord had an order, they did not dare to raise objections, so they could only go back and pass the order.

Half an hour later, the forbidden army left the Red Sand Valley with money, grain, pigs and sheep, and fifteen cattle. As for the more than 300 chickens and ducks, they had all been roasted and eaten, and the sword soldiers dug pits and filled them.

The sun set, the sky gradually darkened, there was still no moon tonight, the sky was only full of stars, sprinkling a faint light.

There was silence in the Red Sand Valley, the smell of blood had not completely dissipated, and the village was pitch black, and there were no more lights.

There were two very small black shadows from the big tree in the village, quietly sliding down, and then there was a childish cry from under the tree, and they were stopped by their companions just a few times, and then the two little black shadows quickly disappeared into the darkness.