After resting for a while, he came to his senses, he was no longer the soft-hearted, timid and fearful Yu Xiang who had just crossed over, and he passed down the order: "Rescue the wounded of Mujiazhai, give preferential treatment to the prisoners who surrender on their own initiative, and do not beat, scold and abuse, and kill all the other bandits, leaving no one behind." ”

When the people of Mujiazhai got the order, the villagers of Mujiazhai, who had already gritted their teeth with hatred from the bandits, stabbed some dying wounded soldiers and killed them, and only then did they breathe a bad breath in their hearts.

Through this battle, some young people in Mujiazhai have grown into real warriors through blood baptism.

After a while, the red lady pushed the two wounded bandits to Yu Xiang, and the legs of the two bandits were smashed, and their lives were worry-free.

The bandit knelt in front of Yu Xiang, his eyes were frightened, he was jumping on the ground and kowtowing, begging for mercy. His forehead was broken, and blood was flowing down his head, all over his face.

The red lady asked Yu Xiang: "What to do with these two bandits?" ”

Yu Xiang knew that it was clearly the red lady who came to intercede for the two, and it was not good to disobey his orders in public, so in the name of asking for advice, he asked himself to stop killing, after all, it was a woman, or soft-hearted, and wanted to intercede for these two bandits! It's just that it is not my intention to fight violence with violence and create killing.

So Yu Xiang said: "Take him down, how to deal with it, and discuss it later." ”

The sky was already bright, everyone dug three big pits, and threw the body of the thief into the big pit to bury it, of course, the body of the first evil Gu Batian was transported back to the village, and Yu Xiang also used Gu Batian's body to make a fuss and rescue Mu Xiao'e.

After cleaning the battlefield and counting the spoils, 33 bandits were killed in this battle, the bandit leader Gu Batian was killed on the spot, nine people voluntarily surrendered, two bandits were wounded and captured, a total of 44 bandits were annihilated in the Budai Valley ambush, the invading enemy was all annihilated, 42 weapons of various types were captured, and one dead horse was killed.

Mujiazhai also suffered heavy losses, killing eleven young and strong people, seriously wounding three people, and lightly wounding dozens of people. At the cost of the lives of eleven people, the well-equipped and extremely effective Gu Batian bandits were eliminated, and the lives of hundreds of men, women, and children in Mujiazhai were defended, and brilliant achievements were achieved, and the news of the total annihilation of Gu Batian will soon cause repercussions in the local area and will shock the martial arts world.

After cleaning the battlefield, everyone returned to Mujia Village, the old people and children had already stood outside the village to greet them, the people who died in this battle were the young people in the village, and they were the pillars of those families, and the heart-rending cries of some families who lost their relatives resounded throughout the village.

Yu Xiang arrived at the entrance of the village, just wanted to comfort the villagers who had lost their relatives, but unexpectedly, a white-haired old man pulled his grandson forward and knelt and kowtowed to Yu Xiang.

Yu Xiang hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, the old man stubbornly refused to get up, and said: "Thank you for the grace of the owner of Yu Village, you saved the lives of men, women and children in the village, although the old man lost his son, but the son died worthily, he saved the lives of the people in the village with his life, he died worthwhile!" ”

Yu Xiang was at a loss, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, he didn't dare to bear such a heavy gift, he was not mentally prepared to become a king, and he did not have the demeanor of a king. In modern society, he is at the bottom of the society, he has always been humble and polite to others, and now he has been worshiped by hundreds of people, how can he afford it, perhaps, he thinks, with a kneeling way to return the salute, perhaps the best way, this is this sling otaku from the heart of humility, awe of people's hearts. It is the greatest respect for the people who died defending Mujiazhai.

When those captives saw this scene, their admiration came from the bottom of their hearts, in Gujiazhai, Gu Batian beat and scolded them, cut off their heads, and treated them as slaves, and their treatment was not as good as that of pigs and dogs, and they never regarded them as human beings, and they lived under the authority of Gu Batian all day long. And the owner of the village who defeated the invincible Gu Batian knelt down in public, what kind of bearing was this, they secretly made up their minds that if they could work for him, although they died, they would die without regrets.

Finally, Yu Xiang stood up, picked up the white-haired old man, and asked everyone to get up. Yu Xiang followed the white-haired old man, one by one to check the body of the deceased who stopped at the entrance of the village, condolences to the family of the deceased, Yu Xiang came to a corpse, and saw a child lying on the person's body, crying in a childish voice: "Daddy, Daddy, don't sleep, wake up, wake up." A young woman next to her covered her mouth with her hand, desperately trying not to cry. Yu Xiang bent down and touched the child's little head, not knowing how to comfort the child.

Yu Xiang asked the red lady, "What is the name of this child?" How old is it? ”

"His name is Mu Xiaohui, he is four years old this year, and the deceased's name is Mu Huozhuang." The red lady next to her replied.

Yu Xiang looked at the deceased, his body turned into a bloody man, his head was pieced together, he recognized this person as the person who resisted Gu Batian in front of him, and his head was cut off by Gu Batian, his eyes were still open, and he was unwilling to die.

Yu Xiang went up and closed his eyes for the deceased! said to the deceased: "Brother, don't worry, you died for me, I will always remember this love, I will take care of your wife and children, and I will not let you die in vain." With that, he continued to visit and comfort the families of all the victims.

Yu Xiang inspected all the dead, checked the injuries of the wounded, looked at the eyes of the men, women and children in the village, a sense of mission rose from his heart, he felt that he not only had to help these people through the immediate crisis, but also help them deal with the upcoming drought, famine, and war.

Yu Xiang shed tears, choked up and said to everyone, "Fellow villagers, Yu Xiang is ashamed of the deceased and did not fulfill his duty of protection, but I swear, I will never let them sacrifice in vain, I will let their parents have something to rely on, their children have something to support, and their names will be engraved on the merit tablet for future generations to worship and pay respects, and leave a name for eternity!" ”

Everyone said: "This is not to blame the owner of the village, the two armies are fighting, how can there be any reason for immortals, exchanging the lives of a dozen people for the lives of two hundred people, they are worth dying!" Some of the family members of the deceased also stopped crying and came to comfort the owner of the village not to be sad.

Yu Xiang wiped away his tears and announced loudly: "Everyone has settled the deceased properly, and in three days, a funeral will be held and a grand burial will be held." ”

Everyone in the village listened to Yu Xiang's words, and their eyes flashed with the fanaticism of following the owner of the village. At this moment, Yu Xiang has absolute prestige in the hearts of everyone in Mujiazhai, everyone will listen to every word he says, and everyone will desperately implement every order.

Yu Xiang continued: "Settle the deceased, and after two hours, everyone will gather in the ancestral hall for a meeting!" I have something important to announce. "The people received the order and were busy, and they were to go to the ancestral hall in two hours to have a meeting. At that time, Yu Xiang Yu Xiang will announce a major decision.

Yu Xiang came to the red lady's wooden house, he regarded this place as his office, and it was also his home in his heart, and he ordered someone to bring Zhang Erhu here.

Li Gang volunteered to bring Zhang Erhu up in person. Yu Xiang went to change back into the clothes that the red lady had prepared for him, not to mention.

Zhang Erhu entered the house, quickly knelt down, and said in his mouth: "Thank you for the grace of the owner of the village not to kill!" ”

Yu Xiang stretched out his hand to help Zhang Erhu and said: "I have heard Li Daxia introduce your situation, although I am forced by life to do things under Gu Batian, but it is always wrong to act for the tiger." ”

Zhang Erhu was ashamed and humbly listened to the blame. Kneeling down again and kowtowing: "The villain knows his mistakes, and in the future, he will change his past, if the owner of the village does not dislike it, the villain is willing to follow the owner of the village, saddle the horse before and after, and listen to the dispatch." He looked at Yu Xiang again, and saw that he was elegant and handsome, gentle in appearance, and elegant in demeanor, and felt very surprised, which was far from the village master who commanded the image of a general of thousands of troops and horses he saw last night.

Yu Xiang said: "When I am employing people now, I need a strong man like you, if you want to be obedient, I can't ask for it." ”

Zhang Erhu kowtowed, thanks.

Yu Xiang asked Zhang Erhu to sit down on a chair, Zhang Erhu insisted on refusing, willing to stand and obey, Yu Xiang thought to himself, it seems that the ancients paid attention to etiquette, since this is the case, there is no need to be too forceful.

Yu Xiang asked Zhang Erhu to give a detailed introduction to the situation in Gujiazhai.

Zhang Erhu introduced the situation of Gujiazhai in detail, Gujiazhai was originally Zhangjia Village, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is only one mountain road leading to the entrance of the village. The village is only two miles away from the famous and prosperous town of Dongshuanghe, and the villagers go to the town to do some small business and subsidize their families during their leisure time, and for many years, the life of this villager is quiet and peaceful.

Five years ago, the village was suddenly wiped out, and overnight, the entire village was killed to the ground, and it is said that only one child was saved from being killed at his grandfather's house in another village, and more than 300 people in the entire village died overnight.

The government sent someone to investigate, but no results were found. Some desperate people wanted to settle down in the village, and they were also killed in mysterious circumstances. Rumors spread that this village was haunted, and no one dared to approach the village in broad daylight, and this village became a well-known **.

At this time, Gu Batian stationed in Zhangjia Village in the name of eliminating ghosts, pretending to be gods and ghosts, worshiping immortals, expelling evil ghosts, occupying the village in a grand manner, and renamed Zhangjia Village Gujiazhai. He built a city wall and a mountain gate in the village, turning the ancient village into his base camp.

Gu Batian recruited people who practiced martial arts, and the people who threw themselves under him were mixed, there were warriors like Zhang Erhu who were forced by life, and more Jiangyang thieves who were chasing and killed by the enemy, ** Gangsters, Gu Batian accepted all these people, and carried out militarized management, and improved their combat effectiveness through intensive training.

Gu Batian walked the rivers and lakes, did a lot of evil, and made a lot of enemies, and at the beginning came to seek revenge from all walks of life masters from all walks of life, all of them came back and forth, and in the past two years, no one dared to seek revenge from Gu Batian, and Gu Batian became more and more arrogant. He intensified his efforts to plunder everywhere, and soon accumulated a huge fortune, and the fertile land around Dongshuanghe Town was almost occupied by him, and he had thousands of acres of fertile land and several tea mountains under his name, monopolizing the nearby tea trade and earning a lot of silver every year.

In the past few years, there has been a famine everywhere, people who died of starvation abounded, and the entire village of some villages was almost starved to death, Gu Batian took this opportunity to wantonly put usury, these people had to borrow money to survive in order to survive, but once they borrowed usury, they had to sell their fields and land to pay off their debts, and these people finally had to sell themselves as slaves, and their families were ruined.

Gu Batian is even more unscrupulous, if he falls in love with someone's yellow flower daughter, he will take the initiative to send it to his house that night to be ruined by him, otherwise, that person's whole family will be wiped out. Gu Batian treats human life like a mustard, and his methods are extremely cruel, and every year he dies in the poor people under his hands, no less than dozens, within a radius of dozens of miles, Gu Batian's name makes people change color.

Despite years of famine, many of his tenant slaves starved to death, and Gu Batian would never provide relief, allowing these people to struggle on the line of death, he still exploited and oppressed these people. The grain of Gujiazhai is piled up like a mountain, and there are countless cattle with gold and silver treasures, which are extremely rich.

Therefore, this time, Gu Batian came to attack the village, but he didn't bring all the people out, he asked Gu Batian to lead more than 20 people to guard the village.

Yu Xiang learned about these situations, and was even more determined to take down Gujiazhai and rescue Mu Xiao'e. He is determined to bring the wealth and materials that Gu Batian has plundered over the years to help everyone survive the upcoming natural disaster**.

Yu Xiang squinted and thought for a moment. asked Zhang Erhu: "Have all the people brought by Gu Batian been wiped out this time, will anyone leak the news that Gu Batian was killed?" ”

Zhang Erhu said, "This time, Gu Batian brought a total of forty-four people, and none of them escaped by death or capture. ”

When Yu Xiang heard this, he thought for a while and asked Zhang Erhu: "Are there any other people who are willing to submit to Mujiazhai?" ”

Zhang Erhu replied: "Qiyu village master, the other eight people who were captured, five of them are my former fa xiao, and two of them are my friends, they usually just work under Gu Batian, eat together, and their conscience has not been extinguished, which can be testified by the locals in the future." Before I left, they had asked me to take the opportunity to intercede with the owner of the village, saying that I was willing to follow the owner of the village, but only one of them was unfamiliar with him and did not know his attitude. ”

Yu Xiang nodded and said: "That's good, Li Daxia, I'm sorry for you, you go and find out the true thoughts of those who are willing to surrender, their surrender is very important, and you must choose someone who is really willing to change your life." Li Gang took the order and left.

Yu Xiang said to Shengying and the matchmaker: "I have decided to break through the ancient village, rescue Mu Xiao'e, and avenge the common people who were brutalized by Gu Batian." As for how to attack, we have to think about it. After that, they discussed the details of the attack on Gujiazhai together.