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This wave of arrows fell, and immediately several screams rang out, and all the people's bodies suddenly trembled, obviously afraid, and when they heard the sound, they saw that the blood had fallen to the ground, and their bodies were also blood-red, and their faces were immediately much paler.

The soldiers on the city wall were not timid and afraid, and when they saw this scene, their faces immediately showed anger.

And the bandit leader ordered again with an expressionless face: "You must come here within three breaths, otherwise the strange arrow will have no eyes and hurt your life, and I will only let you cooperate." ”

The weak-willed among the people, when they saw the blood, immediately walked towards the bandit with a pale face, and as he went, he looked at the others, hoping that someone would join him.

Driven by him, many people were shaken, followed by the scale, the scale became larger and larger, under the influence of the herd mentality, most of the people went towards the bandits, and Tang Hong was also among them, he pulled Tang Qin into the bandits by pulling.

As soon as Tang Qin entered, there were immediately ill-intentioned bandits looking over.

At this time, the bandit leader said with a very satisfied expression: "Very good!" You are all very cooperative, I like people who cooperate with me! So now ......"

"Bump!"

The bandit leader suddenly threw a punch, and the bandit who was going to do something to Tang Qin was hit in the heart by this punch, and immediately let out a muffled snort, and he fainted to the ground without any resistance.

This sudden turn of events immediately caused a slight commotion among the people and the bandits.

"What I hate most in my life is the garbage that does things to orphans and widows!" The bandit leader knew that this character did not match him, and in a hurry, he could only make up a reason at will, and then said: "Do you want your wives and children to be bullied by this kind of scum after you die in battle?" ”

Originally, he thought that the leader was making a fuss about the bandits, but when he heard this, he immediately lost his opinion.

People are like this, only when the fire burns on them and damages their interests, can they truly empathize.

The bandit leader calmed his subordinates, and then continued to say to these people kindly: "Next, I may need your help, I wonder if you are willing to help me?" Of course, women and children don't have to. ”

At this time, a gray-bearded, skinny old man walked out of the column, dressed in a coarse cloth coat, and asked cautiously: "Dare to ask this leader, I don't know what you need our help with?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing, it's just to help attack Tobu County." The bandit leader laughed.

When a young man among the people heard this, he couldn't help but say, "What? Attacking Tobu Prefecture? Isn't that just sending us to death? You promised us not to kill us! ”

Immediately there was a commotion among the people!

"Hehe, I did promise you, as long as you cooperate, I won't kill you, but I don't guarantee that they won't kill you!" The one-eyed eyes of the bandit leader flashed with a cunning and cold light, and then said: "You are obedient, maybe it won't be, but if you don't cooperate, you will definitely die!" Do you want to try it? ”

For a moment, looking at the cold gaze of the leader, the people who were about to resist looked at the bandits around them, and immediately coaxed!

Despair permeated the crowd.

At this moment, it is March 11, 297 in Daxu, when the spring flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and inside and outside Tobu County, there is a sense of tension and despair.

With the development, the forests around the county have long been cut down, and on the endless new green fields, the bandits pushed the men among the people, forcing them to walk towards the city wall, and the people naturally did not want to cooperate, but the two heads fell to the ground, and the pace immediately increased.

At this time, Tang Hong saw that the atmosphere of despair had reached its peak, and saving them in this situation would definitely win the greatest gratitude, as well as the subsequent fame, so as to rationalize his next actions, and immediately said: "Wait! ”

When this sentence was said, all the thieves and the people looked at Tang Hong together, and there was expectation in the eyes of the people, but when they turned their heads, they saw that it was a young man with drooping hair who spoke, and the expectation in his eyes disappeared immediately, and some of them were even crying, shedding tears, and shouted angrily: "The way of this world!" ”

The bandit leader glanced at Tang Hong and said in a cold voice, "What? Do you want to go with them? ”

When Tang Qin heard this, he hurriedly pulled Tang Hong, the fate of their mother and son was already bumpy, and it was not easy to get to the place, but there was such a thing again, if the child went, she was alone, wouldn't it be more uncomfortable to live than to die?

Tang Hong was not afraid, and asked indifferently: "Dare to ask this leader, can you take a step to speak?" ”

"If you have something to say, let it go quickly, and when you're done, give me a siege."

"Chief, do you know how many soldiers there are in this Tobu County? And how many young people are strong? Tang Hong didn't seem to hear the threat, and asked.

"Hehe, I've already investigated clearly, Dongwu County has a population of more than 27,000, and Qingzhuang only has more than 9,000 people, as for the troops, hehehe, there are thousands of people on the surface, but in fact there are only more than 500 people, otherwise how do you think I will come?"

The amount of information in this sentence is huge, and the discerning person is terrified when he hears it, a leader of the thieves actually knows the situation in the county town clearly, how can this make them not frightened, but the people present did not notice anything, they only felt that at this moment, they hated those generals who ate empty salaries.

"Then the chief should know that there are no more than a thousand people here, and the Dongwu County government can gather the young and strong people in the city to defend the city, even if you hold the people hostage, but for the safety of all the people in the county, they will definitely not show mercy, and if they can't attack for a long time, the leader will definitely return empty-handed, why not negotiate peace between the two sides, so that the county will give the leader some food, and also avoid the hatred between the two sides, isn't it happy?"

The lines are prepared, although they are a little too taken for granted, but after all, the leader of the other party is his own person, so it is reasonable to say it.

The bandits looked at the leader, but they were influenced by Tang Hong's red snake, and felt that there was some truth, but it was their leader who took the idea, and naturally they didn't say much at this moment, and they looked forward to the leader of the horse.

The leader pondered for a moment: "What you said has some truth, I don't want much for this trip, a hundred stones!" Since you have such wisdom at such a young age, go and tell them, if you agree, I will retreat, and I will not come again for a year, and if you do not agree, I will immediately order the siege of the city, and your mother will be held here for the time being, and you can go! ”

Tang Hong appeased his mother Tang Qin, then crossed the people, went to the city in the eyes of everyone's expectation, pulled up the city wall by the hanging basket, entered the county seat, saw the county order, raised the matter, the county order has not yet spoken, the county lieutenant on the side sneered and categorically refused, and said righteously: "As an official, we have to share the worries for Your Majesty, how can we make peace with the bandits, you go and tell them, let them attack!" ”

The county magistrate said indifferently on the side: "The thieves who have more than 400 people's lives are in charge, and they must not let the people go up to the city wall, and there may be their relatives inside." However, there are thousands of elite soldiers under the name of the county lieutenant, and it is enough to think about it. ”

"......" The county lieutenant's face changed for a while, and he said indignantly: "The thieves are treacherous, holding the people hostage and attacking the city, which is despicable, this time I will let them go, and I will not spare them next time." ”

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