The fist slammed into the round table made of mahogany, and suddenly let out a loud sound, causing the tea set on the table to shake unnaturally. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Throwing his fist out is one of the actions that the owner uses to vent his inner dissatisfaction. Although the owner of this fist is just a weak man, and he is not usually famous for his martial arts, but at this moment, under the urging of his own anger, his fair-skinned fist has swung out a force that is even a little timid. No one dared to underestimate him under the anger, except for his brother-in-law, everyone around him was far away and far away.

"Bastard, how dare you ...... us like this," he annoyed. The fire in his chest made his breathing become rapid, his fair face rose red, and the green tendons on his face were hideous*, which made people understand that he was already extremely excited at the moment. He was so angry that he completely lost his ability to judge. Unlike his brother-in-law, he doesn't get angry very often, but when he gets angry, he makes a lot of noise. Perhaps, this is more terrifying.

Facing his anger, the people around him took a deep breath. This person is usually much more angry than him, but he can quickly regain his composure after getting angry. Two hours after they had listened to the man, his anger continued, but the anger of the man beside him had long since dissipated. Right now, he just sat quietly like this, helplessly watching him get angry.

"Aji, I think you'd better calm down first." After a long while, the man saw that his anger still did not subside, and he kept scolding here, and finally couldn't help but comfort him, "You are angry here, do those guys in the back understand?" They are only afraid that they are still floating on those little leather girls, where do they want to get you and me? Don't be angry, don't be angry, if you are really angry, I'm afraid it will be more in line with their minds! Those people always want us to die as soon as possible. Do you want to be what they want? Instead of cursing people all the time, you might as well use your brain and think about how to regain control of this group of arrogant guys. Now that our power is weak, they are a little unstable. ”

When someone said this, he was angry, and he was involuntarily stunned for a moment, and then gradually came back to his senses and quickly realized his gaffe. His eyes, red from the rage, slowly regained their former peace and shrewdness. He tried to calm his anger, gradually slowing down the rapidly heaving chest, letting the heavy wheezing sound fall and return to its normal state little by little.

"yes, why am I mad here alone? They did not feel my anger. He thought carefully about what he had just done, and couldn't help but feel amused. He felt a little stupid. As Zhou Yan beside him said: "Instead of being angry here alone, you should think about how to reuse them." After all, in their hands, there are still a lot of troops at this moment, and these are very helpful for our revenge. ”

"Thank you." Liu Ji, who had regained his original demeanor, patted his wife and brother on the shoulder and said gratefully.

He wouldn't have been so polite. It's just that his hometown has been ****, and his power has been greatly weakened. In such a situation, he could not be too aggressive in any way, and could only lower his posture a little to seek help from his allies. But because of his "pride" in the past, those who fear him and those who hate him account for the majority. In a short period of time, he was unable to find his firm ally, so he valued Zhou Yanlai, who had the same experience as him, more and more.

"What's polite?" Zhou Yan smiled faintly and said helplessly: "Our current losses are the heaviest of all forces. Many of the guys who used to be slightly weaker than us now have the strength to compete with us. They're all thinking about redistributing the rights here. If the two of us don't cooperate with each other, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to suppress them. At that time, I'm afraid that those guys on the other side won't come and beat us, and these people behind us will kill us. ”

The rough-looking Zhou Yan is actually not as scheming as he usually appears. Behind his irascible personality is his perceptive eyes. He usually just didn't want to talk about it, but in fact, the whole situation of the battle had already been clearly understood by him.

"Well, I know that, too. It's just that I really can't get used to their behavior. Liu Ji frowned tightly at the mention of this. He thought of what the so-called allies were doing right now, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart: "What was that last night? It's obviously a defeat. They still have the heart to enjoy it right now? I don't know what they're thinking. Could it be that they ever saw this defeat as a victory? That's ridiculous. As he spoke, his voice slowly grew louder again, and he saw that another storm was about to be struck.

"Maybe that's what it looks like." Zhou Yan nodded helplessly, he looked at Liu Ji's cloudy face, and hurriedly relieved: "Actually, these things don't have to be too urgent." The enemy's strength will be so much for a while. Sun Ce in the east was planning to fight Huang Zu, and it was impossible for reinforcements to come over to support these people on the other side. Although our army suffered heavy losses in operations, it was only in terms of quantity. The contrast between the advantages and disadvantages of friend and foe has not changed, and they still have no way to directly attack this Xiyang City, so we still have time to wait. ”

"But ......" Liu Ji was still a little worried in his heart: "If we deal with these things here, I'm afraid that those guys behind us will give our nest to ****." ”

"it. It couldn't have been worse for us. Zhou Yan blinked his eyes slightly, and there was a sudden smile in it: "Boxiang is really in a hurry." Have you forgotten that we have no home for a long time? If you keep it, I'm afraid it's their nest. ”

"I see!" Liu Ji smiled wryly, and he gently patted his head, as if realizing the gaffe in front of him. "Looks like I'm really stupid." He muttered secretly, pouted his lips self-deprecatingly, and finally sat down with complete peace of mind.

After breathing, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little hungry, so they ordered someone to bring some food to satisfy their stomachs. Since all the thieves had returned to their chambers to enjoy themselves, the only sound of the two of them eating was in the whole hall.

While eating, suddenly a person outside the door hurriedly rushed in and reported: "Lord Zhou, Lord Liu, the enemy ...... The enemy put our brothers back. ”

"What?" Liu Ji put the bowl in his hand on the table, and the whole person stood up steeply. On the surface, it's not a bad thing, but it's strange.

"Why do these guys want to put back all the soldiers who have been captured?" This strangeness made Zhou Yan wonder.

The captured subordinates let the family back, which is definitely a big deal for the various bosses in Xiyang City. It's much more important than Liu Ji and Zhou Yan to find themselves. Although after hearing the news, they were still a little reluctant to be fascinated by the wonderful artistic conception, but they still got up from the couch with a mutter, Shi Shiran got dressed, and prepared to go to the front hall to discuss the issue of returning these prisoners. Of course, they never forgot to lock their doors when they left, nor did they forget the charming sentence in the vicious confession: "Lie down for me obediently, and continue when Lao Tzu comes back." ”

After ordering everything, they came to the hall in front of the county office. After a hasty salute with a few allies or enemies they knew, they sat down on either side of the hall, leaving only the throne vacant. They never think they are inferior to others, they are the kind of masters who do not obey discipline. In order to prevent their own people from throwing themselves into disarray before the enemy came, they were very "democratic" and did not set up the position of the leader of the coalition army, and only set up two military divisions. That is Liu Ji and Zhou Yan. After all, the two-man team was the toughest of all, and they had to put it on the high seat.

Tuan Tuan looked around and saw that all the people in the hall had arrived. They asked their men to propose from among the captives a man who could speak here. They were desperate to know what was going on. And the reason why I want to find those guys who have some status and can speak is mainly because among the people here, all the guys who can speak have some level. They have the ability to make things clear.

After a while, a man was brought from below. Although his appearance was a little flattering, it surprised the hall a little.

"Yan Zhong, how could it be you?" There was a strange look on everyone's faces.

This guy named Yan Zhong is a villain with a sharp beak and monkey gills, and his favorite thing in his usual life is women. It's a guy who wants to pounce on a beautiful woman when he sees it. Although he is also a member of the entire resistance coalition army, his poor appearance, too low strength and unusually dirty behavior make his popularity in the real coalition army not ordinarily bad. It's also a villain, but everyone just hates the existence of such a guy. If it weren't for him, he would be more or less a boss, but I'm afraid that when I walk out of this hall, he will be slaughtered.

Everyone looked at his extremely thin figure, and suddenly understood in their hearts: "Why did such a No. 1 boss-level figure fall to the point of being captured?" I guess he couldn't run because he was in poor health. When the boss is the boss, when the body has stepped over, this guy has probably put all his experience on women. What a trash-like guy. "Everyone can't bear to depict Yan Zhong's various behaviors in their hearts. They looked at him, but the disdain in their eyes deepened.

Either way, his status and eloquence were indeed the highest of all the returned captives. It is indeed the best choice for him to explain the whole thing. Of course, his interpersonal relationships, which almost no one likes, are also very important to him at the moment. Because he has a very bad relationship with everyone, no one thinks that he will distort the real facts. They all agreed that his next words were very true.

"What the hell is going on with you? Did the enemy let you out? Why are they letting you go? Are all of you being returned this time? "The bosses gathered don't seem to know what order is. When Yan Zhong was brought up, and You Zi stood aside and brewed the topic in his chest, a series of questions rushed at him at the same time, making him suddenly overwhelmed.

"This ......" Yan Zhong, who was frightened all of a sudden, swallowed his saliva unnaturally, and only then began his explanation a little timidly: "What's going on with us? Quite simply, we are just a bunch of captives who have been released by the enemy. As for why did they let us go? In their words, their food and grass will not be sufficient for tonight. It would be enough to supply their own army, but if we were to add our captives, it would not last more than a few days. They see us as a burden. They are desperate to shake off this baggage. So they screened us. ”

"Screening? What screening? Someone immediately asked urgently.

"They made us choose to follow the great forces of the earth on our own. All those who belong to the 'chasing group' are on the left, and all those who belong to the 'defeated group' are on the right. The so-called 'chasing group' is the subordinates of Boss Liu Ji and Boss Zhou Yan, and their number is the largest among all of them. And the 'defeated group' is the remaining subordinates of these bosses, most of whom are very embarrassed. I wanted to stand on the right, but the right side was so chaotic that my thin body was squeezed several steps deep by a guy, crashing into the line on the left, and then there was chaos. I wanted to struggle and get back to the right team. But just as I stumbled to my feet. Those damned enemies actually made a crazy decision......" Yan Zhong said, and here he involuntarily shrunk his neck, and the fear in his eyes was deeply revealed. He seemed to be restrained by something, and the whole person froze for a moment. Clearly, he seemed to have something terrible in mind.

"What's wrong? So what kind of decision made you have such an expression? Everyone looked at Yan Zhong's frozen expression, and couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts, and when they had a bad feeling, they hurriedly asked.

"They said, 'Because the army is short of food, they can't afford to feed us waste.'" I was going to kill them all. But thinking that God has the virtue of a good life, he decided to kill some of them and let the other part go back. So they cast lots, and finally chose the one we were with to release and kill the other. They told us to wait, saying they would not let us go back until they had killed the team on the other side. I guess they're going to demonstrate to us. Yan Zhong came back to his senses under the questioning of everyone, and continued to recall the whole thing: "They subdivided the team that was going to be killed into three teams, and killed them in three different ways: the first team died relatively simply, that is, beheaded; The second team was responsible for digging the pit, saying that it was going to bury the bodies for the first team, but in fact the pit where the bodies were buried was ordered to be dug very large and deep. Under the coercion of the bastards, not only did they bury the corpses of the first team, but they also covered themselves down - the second team was killed in a pit. This was originally a 'normal' way to die, and it wasn't too bad compared to the last third team. You would never have imagined how the third team died......! He shuddered at his voice, his eyes tightly closed, as if the tragic death of the third group was dangling before his eyes.

"Speak up......!" Someone spoke sternly. Although Yan Zhong's words were only due to his own fear and became so intermittent, as far as others were concerned, he had divided one thing into several passes to sell, and he had raised everyone's appetite.

"The third team is ...... The third team is the ...... who was delayed! Yan Zhong couldn't bear the terrible memories that came to his mind. He lowered his head in pain, crouched, and clung to his head.

"What? Ling Chi? When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked and began to discuss.

Ling Chi, also known as a thousand cuts. Although the number of knives varies according to the death penalty order, and sometimes it may not be as many as a thousand knives, the horror of it is chilling. It was a horrific form of death, and the torture was often inflicted on the last stab after suffering and fright. Because such criminal laws are often applied to felons and cannot be watched, they are widely known among the people because they have become synonymous with cruel death in the hearts of all people.

"Yes, Ling Chi." After a long time, the discussion stopped slightly, and Yan Zhong also raised his head again to continue his explanation, "We people are just robbers at most, and we can't afford this grand punishment in the first place. So, they conveniently used another excuse to carry out such a killing. 'Give the soldiers a chance to see blood' is their reason. A full thousand and twenty-four soldiers walked in front of the third group, each of them slashed a knife on their bodies with their weapons, although they were not real executioners after all, and it was difficult to guarantee the severity of their swords, but because the melee general on the other side had already ordered not to greet the prisoners, this made the soldiers who were stabbed survive the cut of a thousand and twenty knives in extraordinary pain, and then killed on the last knife, and died with a scream to the point of a hoarse voice. Everything, they did it in such a short morning. It wasn't until they had done this that they pretended to be generous and let us go. They thought it was a mercy to us, but they didn't expect that after such kindness, we would not have the courage to continue fighting. ”

"I see!" Everyone was stunned. They gasped quickly. The enemy on the other side is a ruthless, but calculating guy, which makes them really scared. They are all wicked people, but they are not the kind of people who are so evil that they die unrepentant, so they are especially afraid of the ones whose methods are more cruel than themselves, and whose minds are more shrewd than themselves.

"Alas, it's a pity for our brothers. They died really miserably! Yan Zhong cried with a sad face, and wailed helplessly. He and his men were captured together, and because of such an accident, he was the only one who survived, and his men were completely killed by the other side, and now he has undoubtedly become the first of all the bosses to have no troops of his own, and has become a single force. This made him very uncomfortable and very frightened. Because he was afraid that if he went out like this, with his own popularity, he was afraid that he would be killed if he didn't walk much.

Saddened by the death of his men, worried about the dissipation of his power, and afraid that his life would not last long, he finally cried uncontrollably. For a while, the atmosphere of the entire hall was sad. Even the bosses who sat on both sides and listened to him were a little sour when they heard it. They recalled last night's death and the tragic death of today's captured men, and their hearts became more and more sad, and a few of them who were a little more emotional also involuntarily shed tears.

After crying so sadly, someone finally asked a very important question: "You can't be so sad anymore." Now that we have all suffered a lot, it is time to pick ourselves up. I hope that everyone will focus on how to prepare for war. It is a good thing that such a group of captives have been released, not only to offset the loss of some of our military strength, but also to give us a valuable experience. Soldiers who survive the battlefield, even if they have been captured by the enemy, are much better equipped than those who have not experienced any battles. I think it's time to think about how to distribute these returning warriors. ”

"Assign these people? Why even distribute? Hearing that someone wanted to redistribute most of these soldiers who originally belonged to him, Zhou Yan's eyes narrowed immediately: "Didn't you hear Yan Zhong say that these people were originally considered to belong to our two military divisions?" They used to be our subordinates, and now that they have returned, they naturally have to be re-listed. Just tell them to report to their respective leaders, where are there so many problems? ”

"Can't you say that? It is true that the original soldiers were yours, but the losses suffered in the war were everyone's. The enemy divided the captive team into two teams, one with the majority of your men, and the other with a majority of ours. The opponent chooses one of the two teams to slaughter. It can be said that before this, the slaughter of both teams may have been the same. After the choice, your team is released, either as your luck or as what you have exchanged for the lives of our captives. In this case, do you still dare to say that it is completely yours? They must have included at least the lives of our captives. If God hadn't helped you, I'm afraid it would have been your group of people who would have died. Someone retorted.

"It's ......"

"The battle is fought for everyone, and the losses must be borne by everyone......"

"Master Zhou, you can't hold these people up. Know that they have bought our lives for ......"

For a while, seeing that there seemed to be a advantage to be taken advantage of, everyone began to talk about it, persuading Liu Ji and Zhou Yan to distribute these returning soldiers according to the average number of each force.

"Bastard, I would never allow such a thing. My soldiers are all trained by me, so why should I give them to you? Zhou Yan roared angrily. He was irritated by the gossip of the crowd, and he refused without hesitation before he had time to think more.

"You're very unreasonable......

"It's ......"

"How can this be......

"Last night's battle, we fought for your revenge. You don't even have the sincerity to share some of the losses. Master Zhou, you have disappointed us too much, Ah ......"

Zhou Yan's strong rhetoric offended everyone's anger, and they retorted one after another. The voice rang in Zhou Yan's ears like a fly, making a lot of noise and quiet. Under everyone's words, he didn't have a chance to refute for a while, but his eyes widened and widened, his face became darker and darker, and the green tendons on his head bulged one by one, and he gradually had the urge to get angry. He was stirred up by the people here.

"It's going to be bad!" Looking at Zhou Yan's appearance, Liu Ji couldn't help but be secretly anxious. He was not as easily irritated as Zhou Yan, and he had already faintly seen the inappropriateness at the moment: "These bastard guys, I don't know what stimulated them, actually joined forces to force us to make concessions?" It's messy enough. But in any case, it is better not to clash with them head-on for now. ”

So, he hurriedly grabbed Zhou Yan and asked him to calm down for a while. Then he clenched his fists and said to everyone in the hall: "We have understood what everyone means. Now please give us some time to think about it. The well-being of those brothers is at stake in such a big matter, and I must go back to my precinct and consult with my men. In a few days, I think there will be a satisfactory answer to you. ”

"That's very good. If we are allies to each other, we should give you some time. After watching Liu Ji's movements, everyone also noticed Zhou Yan's strangeness. Looking at his appearance of wanting to choose people, they couldn't help but be shocked in their hearts, and they didn't dare to push it too far. Since Liu Ji came out to play the round now, they also borrowed the donkey to go downhill and gently exposed the matter. Although they are already dissatisfied with Liu Ji and Zhou Yan at the moment, their disobedience is only dissatisfaction, and they have not yet reached the point of wanting to fall out with the two.

At that moment, the two separated from the others, forcibly asked for the returning soldiers, and returned to the south gate defense area they were responsible for to settle down by themselves, and had no intention of redistributing the soldiers at all. Although everyone is even more dissatisfied with this, they are helpless about the two of them who have swallowed the meat completely. They had already thought of this on that day, but they could only watch it happen.

Perhaps, if there is no next incident, they will continue to form such a discordant alliance until the enemy on the opposite side is destroyed. However, the occurrence of this incident did make it impossible for everyone to be friendly on the surface. They all feel the threat from within themselves, and they have to solve their own internal problems first as their top priority.

It was the third day after the return of the captives, and on that day, the thieves in Xiyang County ushered in the first siege of the city by the official army.