148 Head Flags
The horns of victory sounded on both sides of Peishui, at first only one or two, but then countless horns sounded one after another. Groups of soldiers were gathering towards Dawangzhuang, and all the broken military flags were raised, although everyone was wounded, but the fierce strength of the night of blood and fire was undoubtedly revealed.
When Liu Lao and the others came to Dawangzhuang, all the soldiers had already assembled, waiting for the review of the flowing fire with the scars of the bloody battle.
The soldiers behind the fire saw that their team had gathered, and they all ran over and walked into the queue amid the beating of everyone.
At this time, the entire army array sounded a dense number of reports, and this was the ten captains counting their men.
Liuhuo looked at the military formation in front of him, and his heart was bleeding in distress.
How to die so much, how to die so much. In the past, there was a neat and tidy hundred-man array, but now there is no one of the same size, and there are more than 30 people left in the worst hundred-person array.
The centurion died in battle, and there were ten captains, and the ten captains were dead and there were big soldiers. The battalion with the heaviest casualties no longer had a single officer left, and only more than 30 big-headed soldiers were left poking there.
However, the military flag is still flying, and their establishment is still intact.
After a while, Cheng Jun had already run over from the team, he flattened his chest and gave a military salute and reported loudly to Liuhuo.
"The guards of the water jade mine should have reached 3,000 people, but it has reached 1,502 people... Please review it..."
Speaking of this, Cheng Jun was already a little choked, and his red eyes held back tears and did not stay.
This is the family after the Great War, the family that survived the fire.
There are no righteous and awe-inspiring precepts, and there are no passionate speeches. Flowing Fire just walked to the front of the group, looking at these tired but resolute faces one by one.
All the language is pale, and the Flowing Fire doesn't know what to say and doesn't want to say. He patted the soldiers on the shoulders and wiped the blood from their faces, and he just looked at everyone, from the head of the line to the back of the line, and back again.
I walked it three times.
Flowing Fire returned to his master, stood on the high platform, looked at the soldiers, and shouted in his mouth.
"Put up the head flag for me, let's parade..."
As soon as the words fell, from behind the military formation, countless wooden poles were suddenly erected, and a string of bloody human heads hung on each wooden pole. It was the fire repair that the soldiers and civilians killed that night.
At this time, Liu Lao couldn't sit still, he jumped off the horse and asked Liuhuo nervously.
"What is that? What is that's the human head..."
Flowing Fire looked at the bloody heads and spat at the mouthful.
"Phew... It's all those dogs under Li Feiyang..."
"How many are these? How many have you killed..."
"More than 700 were slaughtered, and many heads could not be found, and only these 600 were intact..."
Not only was Liu Lao dumbfounded, but even those old men were dumbfounded, they really couldn't imagine how these mortals were killed.
The human head flag was erected, and a sturdy man walked at the front of the team with the human head flag, a full 60 human head flags, what a magnificent scene.
Behind the human head banner are the more than 1,000 surviving soldiers. They were exhausted, they were wounded, they couldn't get out of the neat queue, but they were able to walk with the most resolute steps.
No matter how many people survived in each battalion, even if there were only 30 fighters left, they all had their own independent formation, which was so conspicuous in the flow of people.
At this time, the Dawangzhuang was already full of people, these were all survivors, they looked at the black pressure of the crowd in silence, and looked at the blood-dripping head flag in front of them.
No one showed fear on their faces, because they had overcome it.
No one has mercy in their hearts, because those aggressors do not deserve mercy.
Suddenly, a shout erupted in the crowd, deafening and endless.
"Kill... Kill them ...."
"Blood for blood, life for life..."
The whole group fell into a hysterical frenzy.
Hundreds of people rushed to the edge of the human head flag, kept spitting at the mouth, and smashed it with mud and stones, they were venting, venting their anger at the loss of their loved ones.
At this time, on the roof of the half-tael gold, Pang Bucket was recording something in a notebook, which was what he wanted to report to the headquarters.
"In the military parade in Dawangzhuang, Lord Liuhuo unfurled 60 human head flags, and more than 600 heads of the awakened were picked on them. And what is surprising is that all the people did not have a trace of fear, but became more and more fanatical..."
"In this battle, only half of the 3,000 soldiers remained, and the 200,000 people were reduced by one-third, the cost of this bloody battle was too cruel, but I can confirm that after this battle, the mortals on both sides of the Peishui River will no longer be in awe of the Creation Gate, and the people's spirit has been mobilized..."
"We didn't guess wrong, Lord Drifting Fire has a killer weapon that has no fear, that is the strange set of black iron equipment, and from various intelligence analysis, the black iron equipment was built by Lord Flowing Fire himself in the swamp. Most of the money invested in half a tael is consumed here..."
"This is an epoch-making equipment, he will destroy the balance of power in the entire Zhongzhou Continent, and a once-in-a-millennium great change is just around the corner..."
"We were fortunate because we caught up with this change and successfully laid out ahead of schedule. Now I request, no, yes, I ask the shareholders' meeting to immediately increase the funds for the reconstruction of Peishui, and we must be tightly tied to the chariot of Lord Drifting Fire. Because Lord Driftfire is worth it..."
When Pang Bucket hurriedly finished writing the intelligence report, the marching team had already walked through Dawangzhuang and was now patrolling both sides of Peishui along the official road. According to the requirements of the flowing fire, these soldiers must circle the north and south banks of Peishui in half a day, so that all the people can see the results of our battle.
I have to say that the eyes of businessmen are keen, and their vision is far greater than that of ordinary people, plus half a tael of gold is a secret chamber of commerce that has been inherited for thousands of years, and a large amount of top-secret information is kept inside.
Under the influence of ears and eyes, Pang Bucket's vision is very vicious, and even better than the Awakened in some aspects. The black iron equipment was born, so that mortals are finally no longer grassroots, and now these people have evolved into clumps of thorns, whether they can evolve into dense forests depends on their creation.
At this time, Liuhuo did not march with the soldiers, and he was nervously arranging disaster relief with them in daydreams.
"After the catastrophe, it must be a great plague, although it is late autumn, but we must not relax, after the parade, all the lightly wounded soldiers are all devoted to the work of burying the dead..."
"Now we are in urgent need of medicine and food, notify Pang Bucket, let half a tael of gold hurry up to prepare reconstruction materials, and be sure to let the people have shelters to live in, food to eat, and winter clothes before the first snow falls in winter..."
"This winter seems to be very difficult, it is not enough to rely on relief alone, we must use work for relief, and find a way to distribute our gold coins to the people... In this way, you plan in a daydream, and the walls of Dawangzhuang will be built immediately, and all the remaining villages with a population of more than 1,000 will also be built with earthen walls..."
"I want to turn both sides of Peishui into fortresses, into huge fortresses that can be attacked and defended, and I want to deter all villains with evil intentions, if they dare to come, we will dare to kill..."
"Chengjun, arrange it, in the spring of next year, we will implement a compulsory soldier system, all young and strong people must be trained regularly, Lao Tzu has money, I am not afraid to go down..."
"Daydreaming, I'm going to restructure in Peishui, I only have a general plan, you go back and help me add it..."
"The people of Peishui are divided into three levels of people, the lowest class is the displaced people, who do not enjoy any benefits of the Peishui administration, and the taxes are on par with the Chu State. The second class is a commoner, who has lived in Peishui for more than three years, and those who abide by the law are automatically converted into commoners, and enjoy the paid education of their children, as well as half of the preferential treatment of taxes paid by the state of Chu..."
"The highest level is citizenship, children are educated free of charge, and taxes are only one-fifth of the normal one-fifth. There are many conditions for citizenship, first of all, you must have a family member to join the army, and those who do not serve in the military are not eligible to be citizens. In addition, the family must have one month of volunteer experience every year, and the person who can give is the one who can really be relied on..."
"In addition, only citizens are qualified to be officials, and only then can they be knighted..."
As soon as Liuhuo said this, the pen that daydreamed of frightening fell off.
"Big... Big... My lord, do you want to build a country? Do you want to list the land and seal the territory?"
It's no wonder that they were surprised by daydreaming, Liuhuo actually wants to be knighted? Do you want to knight your subordinates? This is not the opposite of creating the Chu State, or what? When the time comes, the Creation Gate will not allow him.
Liuhuo shook his head and said, "I don't want to do that now, these are all plans for the future, besides, let's do what we want, just change the term..."
"I'm not interested in being an emperor..."
Flowing Fire and his men gathered around, while his master Liu Lao was watching from the side, and the group of old monsters also stared at Flowing Fire.
After a while, the old fish head walked up to Lao Liu and said in a low voice.
"Your apprentice is promising, but he doesn't look like you, it seems that fame and fortune are a little heavier..."
"Shit, my apprentice has no desire for fame and fortune, he was forced, he was forced by those bastards... I won't compromise again this time, these grandsons are used to scaring people with the so-called big picture..."
"What bullshit about the overall situation, they want to take care of the overall situation, how can they ignore the overall situation, want to kill my apprentice, dream..."
Liuhuo was busy until the second half of the night, and when he wanted to rest, he found that he was homeless, his house had been demolished, the mansion of Dawangzhuang had not yet been built, and the remaining houses of Peishui were also inhabited by the wounded. I really don't know where to go now.
Fortunately, the thoughtfulness of daydreaming has already picked a clean vacant land and set up a lot of military tents for Liuhuo and Liu Lao's friends, so that the tragedy of sleeping on the street has not been achieved.
When the tired Liuhuo walked to the master's tent, he suddenly realized that he hadn't said goodbye to the master today.
Damn, damn it, I actually forgot about the master, I'm really busy.
Liuhuo got into the tent, solemnly kowtowed to Liu Lao, and said in his mouth.
"Thank you to the master for saving countless people in Peishui, this head I knocked on behalf of the people, and the following is the disciple to say hello to the master..."
After speaking, he gave the master another kowtow, but just as he was about to get up, he suddenly found that Liu Lao's face was dark, and the anger on his face was about to set the tent on fire.
"Let me ask you, what the hell is going on with that strange suit of armor of yours, tell me honestly..."
Liu Lao's words made Liuhuo dumbfounded at that time.