The next battle is a decisive battle that everyone must fight desperately, and Nord Stream does not want to participate in it anymore. Baoyu glanced at Xiao Tian at the door, the dog had just gone out for a walk, and asked with a sigh: "That gang of rogues did not live on the other side of Baixi today, but lived in an empty house outside the wall. ”

After the Liukou retreated today, they did not return to the other side of the river to assemble. Since the villagers of Baixi Village did not pursue over the wall, they calmly moved to the vacant houses outside the wall. The purpose of this is obvious, that is, they don't want anyone in the village to have a chance to escape at night.

The circle of houses in Baixi Village near the wall has been demolished, but there are still many villagers' homes further away, which have now been occupied by rogues. Whoever walks out of the village will be immediately spotted and killed. The leader of the Rogue Bandits had apparently realized that their identities might have been revealed, and they would never leave them alive again, but to slaughter the village of Baixi.

If the rogues originally came for the treasures buried in the village, then even if they couldn't grab the treasures at this moment, they couldn't stop it, and if the news came back to the city, they would all be guilty of capital crimes, or even the crime of destroying the door. Nord Stream only wants to leave now, it's too late, Liukou has already made desperate arrangements, can he leave alone?

Beixi obviously understood what Baoyu meant, and his shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly in the dark. Baoyu said: "You don't have to worry too much, it's not us who can't afford to spend time, but them." They are also the ones who must take the initiative to attack and launch a decisive battle. Nearly half of the casualties of those rogues were lost, and since we were able to defeat them twice with the help of the village, we could also win the last battle. ”

Beixi said in a trembling voice: "Little Sir, you should know the difference between the elite military formation and ordinary villagers. Relying on the walled wall and having a master to press the formation, Baixi Village can still hold it. But once we can't stand it, the villagers will be defeated, and the difference between victory and defeat is only instantaneous. If you want to win, you must deal with me first. ”

Baoyu comforted him again: "Of course I know the strength of the military formation, but they are also human beings, and they have been hungry for so long in fierce battles. Even if they want to fight hard, how can they still have the original combat strength? Although the villagers within the walled walls suffered heavy casualties, their strength was not really damaged. ”

Nord Stream was surprised: "They have been hungry for a long time?"

Baoyu: "Of course, they didn't expect to spend so much time with Baixi Village, and it would be nice to be able to carry dry food for a meal." And around the village, can you find food to feed so many people?"

Baoyu was right. Those rogues had been hungry all day. Every spring, summer, autumn and winter, the city will send a team of troops to routinely inspect the roads connecting the villages throughout the territory, which is a symbol of protecting the territory and the people. This year's routine patrol after the beginning of winter, it happened to be the turn of the first team led by Nongneng to be in charge, and the ransacking of Baixi Village was planned for a long time.

The military formation walked to a place where no one was on the way to the routine tour, and suddenly entered the wilderness to change their costumes, interspersed near Baixi Village. If you plan to return quickly after the raid is successful, and then recover your face and continue to patrol the city, no one will find any flaws. The planned operation was very short, and they didn't even bring a long weapon or bow and arrow, so how could they carry a lot of dry food on their backs, and at most they had one meal with them.

The villagers of Baixi Village have long moved all the grain stored by their families to the wall, and the only food outside the village is the sweet potatoes grown on the western slopes. However, the potatoes have been dug up by the pig-headed people, and there are many empty houses left by the villagers. But there was nothing to eat.

There are no large wild animals around Baixi Village, and they can't find much prey if they want to hunt, and besides, they don't have bows and arrows, so it's very difficult for them to hunt with knives and shields, even if they are lucky enough to catch a few rabbits and other small beasts nearby. How can there be enough for so many people to fill their stomachs?

The rogues could have withdrawn, but at the moment they had no way to retreat, so they could only stay outside the village and try to win the decisive battle in the shortest possible time. Because as long as they leave, there is no way to prevent Baixi Village from spreading the news, at least masters like Beixi and Baoyu will soon be able to rush to other villages or cities to report the news.

When Baoyu pointed out the situation of the Liukou, Beixi finally felt a lot more relieved, and he praised: "Little gentleman, you knew that the Liukou didn't bring enough dry food, so you let those pig-headed people dig up the potatoes outside the village, so that they can only go hungry. ”

Baoyu smiled bitterly: "Earlier, I didn't know the identity of the rogue, how could I have thought of so much. Letting the Shanjiao people dig up the yams is just compensation from Baixi Village, so as to persuade them not to cooperate with the rogues to attack the village. And looking back now, thankfully it did!"

While the two were talking, snow suddenly fell in the courtyard outside the house. This is the first snow in this area since the beginning of winter this year, and it is actually very heavy, and the flying snow soon dyes the village and the mountains with a layer of white. This sudden heavy snowfall also forced the rogues into a desperate situation.

They had a house to live in, and they could make a fire in the house to keep out the cold, but they had nothing to eat, and it was impossible for them to evacuate, because the snow would clearly reveal their tracks. Beixi stood up and said: "The Liukou arrived before noon yesterday, if they only brought dry food for one meal, it is absolutely impossible to wait for long, and a decisive battle will be launched after dawn tomorrow at the latest, I will quickly inform Lingbao." ”

......

In the southeast corner of the village, in a large courtyard, there is a blazing fire with a skinned rabbit in a twig. But there was no one else in the house, only the two leaders of the Rogue Boss, the Boss and the Third Child.

The third child was injured yesterday, and his thigh was stabbed by Shi Yu's slasher, although the injury was not serious, but it was also a little inconvenient, so he did not participate in the raid at dawn today, and the second child who went with the boss lost his life.

I only heard the boss say: "There is no prey in this vicinity, the villagers have also transferred the grain, and the brothers have only caught a few rabbits and come back." You can't go hungry if you have a wound, and the decisive battle is imminent, so it's better to eat quickly. ”

The third shook his head and said, "My lord, you are the main force in the decisive battle, and you can't go hungry." There are no outsiders at the moment, and the mentality of the rogue has obviously changed, and he doesn't care if his identity is exposed, and the third child calls the boss "adult".

The boss waved his hand and said, "I am a cultivator of the Four Realms, and I can not eat in my cultivation." ”

Lao San: "Bigu is just a kind of cultivation, and it is not suitable for such a drastic fighting method consumption, you still need to eat...... It was supposed that the food should be given to the wounded, but the decisive battle was imminent, so the uninjured elites could only eat something first. ”

The boss was no longer wearing a mask at this time, and his face was Nong Neng, the captain of the first team of Feihong City's military formation, and he said with a gloomy face: "Now that we are in a desperate situation, we must slaughter Baixi Village. But even if there is not a single person left alive, how can you explain that there has been such a long delay and so many casualties on the way back after you go back?"

Even if they were able to kill people, they would not be able to explain it, and it was originally just a symbolic inspection of the city every season, and such an elite military formation could not have suffered such casualties unless it encountered a fierce battle with an extremely powerful enemy. The first two crimes of this gang of rogues went well, and the second time they encountered some trouble, there were no casualties, but this time they couldn't hide it anyway.

The third child said: "Today's plan, the brothers have only one way to live, which is to blame those pig-headed people, and announce to the outside world that the demon clan colluded to shed blood to wash Baixi Village, which happened to be discovered by us during the routine tour and started a fierce battle. At that time, even if those pig-headed people want to explain, they can't explain clearly, and the city lord will only believe in us, not the demon clan. ”

Nong Neng nodded and said: "This is indeed our only chance to live, and those demon clans also came to the village yesterday to attack and rob a lot of sweet potatoes, they can't get rid of it." I saw Nord Stream and Lingbao in the fierce battle, and as for our identity, they should have been able to guess who we were. But those pig-headed people can't be clear, they can only take the blame for the so-called rogues. ”

The third child frowned again and said: "Putting the matter on the head of the demon clan is the only option, but nearly half of our casualties in the two fierce battles are lost, and the brothers are also hungry." The villagers of Baixi Village have obviously been trained, and there are masters in charge, even if we fight with our lives to slaughter the entire village, I am afraid that we will not be able to survive a few of us ourselves. ”

Nong Neng: "Then what should we do? You have always had the best idea, is there any other way?"

The third gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, there is another way to try, which is to negotiate with Baixi Village." ”

Nong Neng was surprised: "Now that it is a life-and-death situation, they are still willing to negotiate with us? And Baixi Village can't stay alive anymore, otherwise the news will spread, and the brothers will have no way to live." ”

The third child: "Why can't we talk about it? We can make it clear that we have been forced to the point where we must desperately slaughter the village, and if we do that, it will not be good for anyone." We can let Baixi Village go, but we must swear by the masters of the village and all the villagers to report to the city according to what we just said. As long as they do, they are guilty of the same crime, and it will be too late to change their words, and you and I have enough time to deal with it. ”

Nongneng: "In this way, we can be regarded as a great contribution to the city, and the brothers who were killed and injured can also be compensated." But can Baixi Village say yes?"

The third: "They don't agree, we have to try." Although their current casualties are heavy, they have not damaged the foundation of the village, and if we are forced to fight to the death, it will be an unbearable price. As long as I can retreat and keep myself alive, there is no possibility of agreeing.

Moreover, negotiations can also play a role, that is, to discourage the fighting spirit of those villagers, since they see a chance to live, who must go to the extreme? But there is only one consequence of doing so, that is, in the future, some people will not be strict in their morals and will leak the truth. ”

Nong Neng muttered: "The future can only be said in the future, we have to pass the current level first, if Baixi Village agrees, even if some villagers change their words in the future, it is not enough to win the trust, after all, they said it first, how can they slander the military formation guarding the city? And after this matter, you and I should not stay in Feihong City for a long time, pack up your things and find a chance to leave quickly." ”

After sunrise the next day, after the villagers finished breakfast, eighteen guns gathered in the center of the village in the broken snow, and experienced the test of life and death in the shadow of swords and swords, and the temperament of the villagers had changed significantly compared with a few days ago. They stood straight in the snow, lined up with spears in hand, their eyes resolute and confident, and none of them spoke privately.

Lingbao jumped onto the altar and announced to everyone that today would be the final battle against the Rogues, and that the time would come to defend his homeland and avenge the death of his loved ones. Those rogues have not eaten for almost two days, and they have suffered heavy casualties and can only starve in the snow, Baixi Village will definitely be able to achieve the final victory and kill all the murderers!

Such a pre-war mobilization was necessary, which could greatly boost the morale of the soldiers, and Lingbao finally shook his fist into the sky and shouted: "Kill!" and then countless voices shouted: "Kill ——!"

These voices came not only from the mouths of the soldiers of the eighteen spears, but also from the courtyards of every house in the village. The villagers all obeyed Lingbao's orders, except for the official combatants, the other villagers stayed in the courtyard and did not come out to run around, but they all clenched the bamboo guns in their hands. The voice of Ling Bao's words was so loud that it spread throughout the village, and all the villagers heard it.

After yesterday's incident, Bai Xi, the patriarch, has lost his prestige in the village, and he is no longer able to command and command the clansmen. But at the moment of the great enemy, the villagers still have to unite and unite with the outside world, and there is no time to investigate anyone for the time being, and other things can only wait until after the decisive battle.

During this time, Lingbao has been organizing the clansmen to prepare for war and leading the clansmen to fight, and he has now become the backbone of the villagers. As long as Lingbao gives an order, it seems that all the villagers will go to the soup with him. And Bai Xihong, the son of Bai Xi, is also one of the masters of commanding the gun array, and he needs to fight bravely in a decisive battle to reverse the situation of their father and son in the village in the future.

The villagers have assembled. And the rogues outside the village are also gathering. As long as they were able to move and fight, they all walked out of the house with swords and shields in hand, the camouflage on the weapons had been removed, and everyone no longer wore the strange masks. The rogues came in the snow but did not attack immediately, but formed an army on the slope to the west of the village.

The rogues are no longer pretending. At first glance, it is a real elite military formation, in the vast mountains covered with snow, with a desolate and solemn atmosphere. Of the original forty-nine rogues, there are still twenty-eight people holding swords and shields in the array. The second of the three leaders is dead, and the eldest and third are standing at the front of the group.

The third child had an injury on his thigh, but after bandaging and treatment, it was no longer a major problem. It's just that he is still a little limp when he walks, and as a master of the Three Realms, he can completely control the magic weapon to fight.

The place where the rogues set up the battle formation is the place where the former Tianbao Jade and Zhu San fought the method, which is the only place around the village that is suitable for setting up a battle. Judging by this stance, they should have given up on raiding or raiding. It is necessary to fight head-on, obviously snatching treasures is secondary, and slaughtering the village is the primary task at present.

Since the Liukou has set up such a decisive battle formation, Lingbao is easy to command, sending five gun formations to guard the other five gaps in the wall, just in case, and the remaining thirteen gun formations are arranged on this side to wait for the formation.

However, after the rogues were assembled, they did not attack. The boss left the military formation and walked to the village, and saluted with his fists outside ten zhang: "I am Nong Neng, the deputy military division of Feihong City and the captain of the first team of the army formation defending the city.

I and the two deputy captains led the army to fight side by side with the villagers of Baixi Village, and after two days of hard fighting, we finally killed the Liukou and repelled the demon clan. Now that the rogues have been wiped out and the demon clan has retreated, it is time to compensate the fallen soldiers and bury the dead villagers, and discuss how to report the matter to the city. Mr. Nord Stream, Patriarch of Baixi, please come and discuss the matter!"

Nongneng's voice came far away with the mana. Every household in the village can hear clearly. Many people felt a little confused, and did not understand what he meant by these words? The soldiers in the spear array guarding the village could clearly see that although this group of people had taken off their masks and removed the camouflage of their weapons, they were indeed the rogue who attacked the village two days ago, so how could they claim to be the military formation guarding the city?

Yesterday, Beixi and others guessed the identity of the rogue. But he didn't want to shake the villagers' determination to fight, so he didn't tell the news. And these rogues are good, today they simply stopped pretending to be and reported their identities and origins, and their leaders even told such nonsense in public.

Those ordinary villagers who were hiding at home did not see the situation outside the village, and many of them were in a burst of ecstasy when they heard these words, could it be that the army array guarding the city had arrived? Then Baixi Village would be saved! But then the people felt that something was wrong, and the man said that the army formation and the villagers of Baixi Village fought side by side for two days, and finally killed the rogues and drove away the demon clan, which is obviously nonsense!

At this time, it was seen that Lingbao drilled the villagers' orders to be strict, and although the soldiers muttered in their hearts, the gun array was not chaotic at all, and no one exchanged heads. And although those villagers were talking at home, no one came out to see the excitement, and they were still waiting for Lingbao, who commanded the villagers, to give an order.

Nong Neng had known Beixi before, and had also seen Baixi, since he was no longer pretending to be and planned to reveal his identity to negotiate with Baixi Village, he directly named the names of the other party. The villagers may not fully understand the meaning of these words for a while, but Beixi and Baixi reacted and knew what Liukou wanted to do.

Lingbao ordered the gun array to remain in a state of readiness, and he himself followed Beixi and Baixi to the wall, followed by Baoyu and Baixihong, and the old man Tian Xiao with a cane. Tian Xiao is recuperating from his injuries, and he is not capable of fighting at this time, but when something like this happens, of course he also came out.

Lingbao held the long-handled chopping knife that Shi Yu had used, pointed at Nong Neng with the tip of the knife and scolded angrily: "Nong Neng, as the captain of the military array guarding the city, you actually led your soldiers to disguise themselves as rogues, ransack the village, and slaughter the villagers, what crime do you know?" These words were also said very loudly, with full neutrality, all the villagers in the entire village heard it, and everyone also understood what was going on, and they all felt sad and indignant.

And Nong Neng was already prepared, and replied loudly: "Lingbao Zhuang, I know your brother Cunbao, you brothers are both good men, and you shouldn't give your life here." If what you just said is true, the person who does this kind of thing is, of course, a capital crime, or even a crime of destroying the door!"

Lingbao: "Now that you know that you have committed a capital crime, you still dare to stand here and speak?"

Nong Neng suddenly let out a long laugh, and the laughter shook the snow on the nearby trees to fall, and then replied: "Spirit Treasure Zhuang, if you insist on saying this, then I will definitely die when everyone returns to the city, and even my family will be implicated." Since he knew that he would die, he could only give it a go, in order to survive in a desperate situation, if he could slaughter all the people in Baixi Village, there would still be a glimmer of life. Fellow villagers of Baixi Village, all the masters who led the villagers in battle, do you really intend to force us into such a desperate situation?"

At this time, Baoyu spoke, his voice was not loud but very clear, and it also came far away, so that every villager could hear: "Nong Neng, you and the soldiers of the army you led have already forced themselves into a desperate situation when they disguised themselves as rogues and committed the first bloody case three years ago. This is a road of no return, and today has come to an end, not forced by others, but you have fallen into a desperate situation, and there is no nonsense to talk about at this moment. ”

Nong Neng raised his voice again and said: "Do you really want to force us to slaughter the village desperately? Have you ever thought about what price Baixi Village will pay if things really come to that point? If we don't give us a way to live, we won't give Baixi Village a way to live!"

Bei Stream said at the right time: "Master Nongneng, since you have revealed your identity, you should want to negotiate with us. Ming people don't say secret words, the matter has come to this point, do we have any other choice than a desperate battle?"

This monk of the Four Realms had already had the idea of retreating yesterday, and wanted to encourage Baoyu to flee with him at night, taking with him the newly arrived magic weapon and precious elixir. But Baoyu told him that he couldn't leave at that time, and comforted him again, so Beixi felt a little relieved to stay.

After dawn, when the rogues set up a decisive battle on the west side of the village, Nord Stream also had a chance to escape from the other direction, but in full view of everyone, it was not good for him to turn around and leave after all. After all, Nord Stream is a well-known and respected monk in the city, and if he does this, it will be difficult for him to raise his head again when the news reaches the city in the future.

Nord Stream was still thinking that the final decisive battle would be launched today, and he would definitely be regarded as the primary target to deal with him, and he would do his best to protect himself during the melee, and if he couldn't do it, he would choose the opportunity to avoid it.

But as soon as Nong Neng spoke, Nord Stream understood the other party's plan. It seems that Mr. Xiao is right, this gang of rogues has fallen into a desperate situation, so they have to negotiate peace with the villagers, Beixi can't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, if he can not take the risk of desperately, of course it is better, he never wants to suffer a fate like Yunxi.

As soon as Nong Neng heard it, he knew that there was something in Beixi's words, and the other party's fighting spirit had been shaken, so he quickly replied loudly: "Yes, of course we all have a choice, and we don't have to lose so many lives." ”

Lingbao shouted angrily: "You can say such shameless words! Now that you have failed to attack the village, your identity has been exposed, and you are in a desperate situation in the heavy snow, you still want to beg Baixi Village to spare your lives? You slaughtered the villagers but begged the villagers to spare their lives, and threatened to fight to the death, are we still afraid?"