Seven or eight clan soldiers were killed by traps, Orion's bows and arrows and Zhong Wuregret in a moment, and although the two clan soldiers who rushed to the front were armed with long knives, they didn't have the skill to lift the knife, only to see the figure in front of them flash, and they had been severely injured by Zhong Wuregret, one dead and one wounded. Zhong Wuregret was stunned as he watched the two Orions in hand-to-hand combat.

Zhong Wuregret quickly put away his fighting knife, dragged the only injured clan soldier to the bushes, pulled out a long arrow and asked him, "How dare you risk the world's disapproval and send a private army to rob a beautiful woman?" ”

The soldier looked dismissive and twisted his head.

Zhong Wuregret straightened his head, and the arrow in his hand pierced his eye socket, and before he could scream, a ball of weeds had been stuffed into his mouth.

Although the little hunter saw a lot of blood, it was all animal blood, and when he saw Zhong Wuregret's cruel methods, he immediately retched. On the contrary, the middle-aged hunter watched all this calmly, but the gaze in his eyes could not hide the pleasure of revenge in his heart.

Before the clan soldier could wake up from the pain, Zhong Wuregret's arrow was aimed at his right eye again: "You still don't want to say?" The soldier shook his head with intense fear in his eyes.

"You're going to say?" Zhong Wuregret asked.

The soldier nodded hurriedly.

The establishment of the soldiers of the capital (county) and the soldiers of the Qing Dafu Caiyi family was one of the characteristics of the military system in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Dr. Qing "has the honor of the country and the army". In the event of a military operation in the country, the ruling minister must prepare a hundred chariots to accompany the action. At the stage of Lile's conquest from the princes, these Qing Dafu's mining armies were an integral part of the national army, especially the "clan soldiers", who were the main force or personal soldiers in the army on the battlefield, so the Qing Dafu Chen Ming sent this time can be said to be the country's regular army.

However, the first serious consequence of the armed private ownership of the fiefdom was to endanger the public office and weaken the power of the king, and the casual use of the miner's soldiers would be suspicious of the king; In addition, the entry of the Caiyi soldiers into the Chu State can be said to be an invasion, which is likely to cause a war between the two countries, while the invasion of the village by diners does not have these problems. Why Chen Guoqing's doctor Chen Ming dared to take this risk is exactly what Zhong Wuregret is puzzled about.

Zhong Wuregret pulled out the weeds from the mouths of the captured soldiers, and asked viciously: "Say, tell everything you know, so that you can still keep an eye to go back." ”

The clan soldier gasped and said, "I really don't know why we sent troops here this time, Lord Chen asked us to dress up as diners to do only two things, one is to bring Cao Weng's daughter back to Chen Kingdom, and the second task is to find something called 'candle', which is the first time we have heard of this thing." ”

Zhong Wuregret only then understood the reason why Doctor Qing Chen Ming dared to use the family soldiers.

It turned out that after Cao Weng let go of Cao Er, as soon as Cao Er returned to Chen Guo, he told Chen Ming about Cao Weng's invention of "candles".

Chen Ming rushed into the palace the next day to report to Chen Guojun, who was already in a daze, and listened to Chen Ming, the doctor of Renqing, falsely accusing Cao Weng of stealing Chen Guoguo's national treasure.

Chen Ming designated Cao Weng's family as traitors, in addition to recovering the national treasure, he would also kill his entire family, with men as slaves and women as maids, all of whom were sent to the mining of Chen Ming, the secretary of the emperor, in order to cover up the purpose of robbing Cao Yun'e and getting the nod of the faint king, which made Chen Ming dare to secretly use two hundred "clan soldiers".

Chen Ming's original intention was to wipe out the Cao family unconsciously, but he just didn't know that Chen Ming, who was regarded as a proud soldier, was actually beaten by the Cao family's guard.

Ma Zheng Chen Ming had heard Cao Er say that Zhong Wuregret was brave in fighting tigers, but he thought that Zhong Wuregret was just a brave man, how could an Orion's ability compete with his elite soldiers?

These clan soldiers have the obligation to defend the suzerain, the clan and the clan, and they can be said to be at home on the battlefield, and their blood can make their families gain respect and wealth in the clan, so they are absolutely loyal to the suzerain, and after the baptism of blood on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary guards.

Unexpectedly, these elite soldiers actually suffered heavy casualties under the hands of the nursing hospital, and Chen Ming reined in his heart of underestimating the enemy and re-examined his strategy against the enemy.

He took it step by step, and his step-by-step tactics began to work, and the resistance of the nurses became weaker and weaker.

Seeing this, Zhong Wuregret was anxious, and he asked the little hunter and the middle-aged hunter, "With your archery skills, can you shoot the archers on the lookout?" ”

Orion shook his head, and the middle-aged Orion said: "The main reason is that the bow in my hand is too soft, and it is not as good as the good bow in the army, if there is a hard bow of more than three stones, it should not be a problem." ”

Zhong Wuregret glanced at him in surprise, due to the urgency of time, it is undoubtedly nonsense to go to find a hard bow now, and the top priority is how to save Zhuang Zhongzhi.

He whispered a few words to the two hunters, and the three of them went their separate ways.

Many nurseries have been killed in Zhuangzhong, and the situation is becoming more and more critical.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of gongs from all around the vicinity: "Team Chen ** is coming, Team Chen is coming!" ”

"Everyone, run away!"

"Team Chen ** is killing people in Caozhuang!"

The sound of gongs and shouts came and went.

Zhong Wuregret quickly sneaked back to Cao Zhuang, but the enemy had broken through to the vicinity of the main building, and before the army formation, he could not enter the inner house to rescue Cao Yun'e's family, and could only watch Cao Zhuang being slaughtered.

The shouts around made Chen Ming very anxious, and he had to fight quickly! If the covert operation turns into an open invasion, Chen's national fortunes will also come to an end. He was murderous, no longer caring about the lives of his soldiers, and desperately launched a strong attack on Cao Zhuang, and in front of the superior and powerful forces, Cao Zhuang's defense quickly collapsed.

Cao Weng's figure suddenly appeared on the main building, he actually reversed his usual gentle and elegant state, and scolded Chen Ming: "Chen Ming, you dog slave, the person who slaughtered my Cao family today, tomorrow I will become a ghost and will want your Chen family to cut off your children and grandchildren!" ”

"Hahaha......" Chen Ming laughed wildly, and shouted at Cao Weng: "I don't care about tomorrow, as long as today, you first watch me slaughter the people of your Cao family, and then watch you kidnap your baby daughter, if you don't close your eyes after death, I will help you close your eyes." After speaking, he shouted at the soldiers: "Kill me!" Kill! Kill! ”

At this time, Cao Zhuang was like a frail Confucian with his bare hands, and in front of the sword, he only had the share to be slaughtered. In addition to leaving the core attack and defense as a guard, the rest of the soldiers scattered with a bang, and they all began to be busy killing and looting, Cao Weng looked at it, sighed, and walked into the house.

After a while, the main building burst into flames, and in an instant it turned into a raging fire.

Chen Ming took thirty elite soldiers and went straight to Cao Yun'e's residence.

The door of Cao Yun'e's house opened, and as soon as the pretty maid Lingxiang handed out a sword, she was knocked out by Chen Ming, and all the soldiers immediately became a mess, and stepped forward to grab Lingxiang with a lewd smile: "She is mine, she is mine!" ”

"Let her go, or I'll die in front of you at once!" Cao Yun'e suddenly appeared in his hand with a short knife against his chest.

Chen Ming looked at it, hesitated slightly, and immediately ordered the soldiers: "Let her go." ”

Ling Xiang hurriedly returned to Cao Yun'e's side.

Chen Ming said to Cao Yun'e: "As long as you follow us quietly immediately, I can let go of the rebels in the village." ”

At this time, the screams of the villagers being killed came and went.

Cao Yun'e said resolutely: "I'll go with you, and you immediately tell the soldiers to stop." ”

I didn't expect Cao Yun'e to be so easy to speak, Chen Ming was secretly relieved when he heard it, and immediately gathered the soldiers and hugged Cao Yun'e and Lingxiang into the carriage. Some soldiers had already taken the candles found from Cao Yun'e's embroidery room and handed them to Chen Ming.

It turned out that this was the first time Cao Yun'e got a candle from Zhong Wuregret.

The other candles have been destroyed according to Zhong Wu's regrets, because she is reluctant to leave her a souvenir that shocks her soul for the first time, but this one was not destroyed, but she didn't expect it to fall into Chen Ming's hands, but now it's too late to regret it, Cao Yun'e had to watch Chen Ming collect the candles and lead people to rush to the outside of the village.

Looking at the raging fire in the main building, Cao Yun'e shouted, "Dad! I wanted to jump out of the carriage, but was stopped by Chen Ming.

Due to Zhong Wuregret's great movement outside them, Chen Ming was also afraid that something would happen, in case a Chu soldier appeared, he had no choice but to leave Cao Yun'e and run away.

Fighting a Cao Zhuang, his elite soldiers actually suffered heavy casualties, according to his mood, if he did not slaughter the village, it was really difficult to vent the anger in his heart. But Chu is a big country, and soldiers often come to Chen, and Chen Ming does not want this attack on Cao Zhuang to become an excuse for Chu to start a war against Chen. Now, despite the heavy casualties, the two things that Doctor Qing Chen Ming explained to him have been successfully completed, and he did not want to make any more trouble, so he hurriedly left with the clan soldiers.

It can be said that Zhong Wuregret's bluffing strategy saved Cao Zhuang and avoided the disaster of destroying the village, but the death of the owner of the village, Cao Weng, still made him feel sad and guilty.

When Zhong Wuregret used the stragglers to burn and loot, he quietly killed some clan soldiers, but he couldn't solve the problem fundamentally, so he could only watch Chen Ming leave with Cao Yun'e.

Zhong Wuregret hurriedly grabbed a few old Zhuang Ding of Cao Zhuang and asked them to cooperate together, save people and save people, and finally stabilized the hearts of Cao Zhuang a little.

Looking at the smoke-soaked ruined walls and bloody corpses, as well as those men, women, and children with broken feet and arms, Zhong Wuregret's heart was full of anger, especially looking at the charred black corpse of a swaddling child less than a year old on the side of the broken wall, his heart was tense.

Zhong Wuregret was busy until dark, and finally settled everyone down. Among the surviving Zhuang Ding, there are still Chen Guo's internal traitors, and Zhong Wuregret can't afford to lose anymore.

He found an elderly man to help temporarily preside over the affairs of Cao Zhuang, and he quietly left Cao Zhuang with the little hunter and the middle-aged hunter, and followed Chen Ming's line back to Chen Guo overnight, tightly interspersed.

On the way, Zhong Wuregret asked about the situation of the little hunter and the middle-aged hunter.

The little Orion's name is Wu San, he originally had two elder brothers, one brother chased the beast, accidentally fell off the cliff and died, the other brother and his father were killed by a fierce beast while hunting, and now there is only one old mother in the family, in order to serve the old mother in this remnant family, therefore, the little Orion every time he hunts to save himself as the first.

Since Zhong Wuregret gave him encouragement, he felt that Zhong Wuregret was the first person to understand him, so he followed Zhong Wuregret with all his heart.

Another middle-aged hunter is called Tang Zhong, he is also a native of Chen Guo, originally had a happy family in Chen Guo, unfortunately, once his wife was favored by Chen Ming, a doctor in the bazaar, in order to occupy his wife, Chen Ming's doormen pretended to be robbers, managed to rob Tang Zhong's parents and son, and snatched his wife.

After Chen Ming got tired of his wife, he rewarded his subordinates, and Tang Zhong's wife committed suicide in anger.

Tang Zhong's ability to escape from Chen Ming's violent disciples was due to his combat experience. In Chen, the system of "integration of soldiers and peasants" was also practiced, and military service personnel were scattered in villages and communities to serve as farmers in peacetime, and were temporarily recruited as soldiers in wartime. Tang Zhong was an armored soldier, and his archery skills were outstanding, so he escaped his life.

Chen Guo couldn't stay any longer, Tang Zhong came to Chu State incognito, this time he happened to meet Zhong Wuregret and lead them to defend against the enemy, his hatred was all vented on Chen Ming's private soldiers, and there was no one left alive under him, throughout the battle, he behaved extremely calmly, maybe the hatred after the mourning was deeper and more intense.

Although they have been together for a short time, he has identified a way, and only by following Zhong Wuregret can the blood feud of the family be avenged.

It is not difficult for Zhong Wuregret and the three of them to catch up with Chen Ming, the key is that under the strict defense of the enemy, it is even more difficult to rescue Cao Yun'e and Lingxiang unscathed.

Chen Ming paid such a big price, and he would never take the prey in his hands lightly, not to mention that he was also an experienced and battle-hardened professional soldier.