Looking at the villagers on both sides of the road who were shouting in unison, he sighed with satisfaction.

Wave to Xiao Pao.

After receiving the signal, Xiao Pa Ji jumped on the spot and leaped over to block the retreat of most of the deserters, but only a small number of deserters were deliberately let go.

The knights and soldiers, who had been blocked by Xiao Pa and didn't have time to escape, were in a desperate situation.

They turned, trying to break out in the direction of the masked man.

I saw Xuanyuan turn around and run, jump out of a straight line distance of nearly thirty meters in one breath, and lightly step on the back foot after landing.

The camouflaged ground caved in large areas, revealing a ravine.

The new ravines joined the ravines on both sides of the road to form an impenetrable moat, cutting off the soldiers' hope of escape.

In the rectangular trap, there are impassable ravines and surrounded enemies on three sides, and the only way to retreat is blocked by the invincible spherical trolls.

The shouts of the villagers also became:

"Surrender or kill!"

In desperation, the soldiers were the first to lay down their weapons and kneel on the ground.

Soon, all the soldiers chose to disarm and surrender.

Xuan Yuan led Xiao Pai Ji to these soldiers and ordered them to take off their weapons and equipment, and tie their own people together.

in the process.

Some soldiers also tried to sneak attack Xuanyuan, who looked like a leader, but was knocked to the ground by Xuanyuan with a punch.

Xiao Pa sat on top of each other and stunned him on the spot.

After that, no soldier dared to attack Xuanyuan again.

After tying up all the soldiers, the villagers who had laid in ambush also rushed over.

Facing the group of soldiers sitting on the ground with their hands and feet tied.

A group of village chiefs walked up to Xuan Yuan and smiled bitterly:

"Outlander, we were really put on a hard set by you."

"Now, even if we don't want to rebel, we have to rebel."

The old village chief stood up:

"Don't blame this stranger, everything in front of you is a foreigner's plan, but I came up with the idea of forcing you to rebel together."

The other village chiefs were shocked when they heard this:

"Why?"

The old village chief sighed and said:

"I can't get by."

"At the beginning, I just handed over more and more food, and then I had to hand over more and more property, and now I don't even let go of the essence."

"It's already like this, do you still have ridiculous fantasies about that king?"

Xuan Yuan nodded in approval:

"It seems that there is a choice, but in fact, you have no choice."

"Whatever the king's intentions, it is clear that he does not want you to live, otherwise it would not have been possible to enforce such a ridiculous breath tax."

"My arrival is a variable and an opportunity for you."

"If you give up this opportunity and continue to choose patience, you will surely die a slow death."

Hearing the words of the old village chief and Xuan Yuan, the other eleven village chiefs were all silent.

Xuan Yuan didn't care what these village chiefs were thinking.

Turn around and continue to plan your next move.

After rescuing the trapped villagers, he asked each village chief to select the people in the village who were strong in martial arts and agile skills, and launched a duel with the group of cavalry and soldiers in batches.

Because there are guards of Xuanyuan and Xiao Pao.

Although the soldiers could easily defeat these villagers who had long since lost their muscle essence, none of the soldiers dared to win, and they just took a form and then decisively admitted defeat.

Just as he explained when he discussed the plan with the old village chief.

If the villagers can defeat the soldiers in a duel of strengths, they can indeed absorb the muscle essence of the soldiers and restore their original strong physique.

Then let the villagers wear the full set of equipment and weapons left by the soldiers and knights, and their strength will be greatly improved.

Very few of the villagers can ride horses.

Xuanyuan only got a total of twenty-three cavalry, but two hundred and twenty-one infantry.

Among the captured soldiers, the man in the goose-down hat was not found, apparently taking advantage of the chaos to blend in with the cavalry and escape.

Xuanyuan, who has completely transformed the strength of the captives and has a certain number of troops, is thinking about how to attack the royal capital next and defeat the king.

I saw the old village chief from a distance, leading four village chiefs to stride over.

Xuan Yuan asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Several village chiefs looked a little weak-hearted, and they didn't dare to look at Xuanyuan when they lowered their heads, and the old village chief didn't want to explain, waiting for them to speak to Xuanyuan themselves.

After a few seconds of silence, the village chief with a beard on his face was the first to stand up and say:

"We didn't want to rebel, but we were cornered by you."

"If you don't defeat the king, our family will have to pay for it, I am not afraid of death, but I will never implicate my family."

Xuan Yuan nodded and asked:

"So?"

The bearded village chief lowered his head:

"There is a secret passage that only generations of village chiefs know, and it can cross the border to the outside world."

"Several of our villages want to leave here and rebuild the village outside the border."

"There, the king's soldiers will have no rule over us."

Xuan Yuan nodded:

"Of course, I can come and go freely."

"If you want to go, you can just go directly, you really don't want to participate in the battle, and it doesn't make sense for me to force you to participate."

"In the original plan, I didn't think of forcing you to rebel, it was the old village chief's request."

"He said that you must be forced to rebel, otherwise some of you will join the team on the surface, but in fact, they will secretly report to the royal capital, or stab their own people at a critical moment."

"When the old village chief discussed the plan with me, he had already told me about this secret border passage, so I agreed to force you all to rebel."

"As long as you don't join the King's side, that's enough."

Hearing this, the village chief and the other three village chiefs breathed a sigh of relief.

They looked at each other and continued:

"However, there are always dangerous monsters roaming the border paths."

"You have to have enough people to keep your lives safe."

"Therefore, the people of the four villages combined, they need the protection of at least a hundred strong soldiers to guarantee a safe passage through the trail."

Speaking of this, the bearded village chief seemed to feel embarrassed himself, and hurriedly explained:

"Just a hundred soldiers to escort it."

"Once we've settled down in the outside world through the trail, the hundred soldiers will be able to return the way they came."

"However, it will take at least four days to go back and forth."

Xuanyuan pondered for a while and said:

"Count yesterday."

"I'm only here for three days, and then I'm leaving."

"So, after these soldiers are lent to you, they will not be able to participate in all the battles that follow."

Hearing this, several village chiefs immediately showed disappointment.

However, Xuan Yuan's words changed:

"In this way, let the villagers from other villages who want to leave go with you to find a safe place to build a village, so that there can be a way out."

"I can send all the infantry, except for the cavalry, to escort you to the outside world."

"Will this keep you safe?"

Hearing this, several village elders nodded happily:

"The number has increased, but more than 200 heavily armed soldiers are enough anyway."

Xuanyuan instructed the old village chief:

"Go and inform the other villages."

"Count the list of people in the village who don't want to fight, want to leave, and want to go to the outside world."

"Don't force it, tell everyone the truth."

"Only those villagers who are still willing to fight with me and overthrow the king together."

Hear these words.

Several village chiefs were very moved and a little ashamed, and after thanking Xuanyuan, they left happily.

Looking at the backs of several village chiefs leaving.

The old village chief looked at Xuan Yuan, made a decapitation gesture with his hand on his neck, and asked quietly:

"Do you want me to find a few soldiers and secretly do these village chiefs?"

Xuanyuan looked at the old village chief and said with a smile:

"You are all compatriots, don't be so murderous."

"For me, instead of leading a thousand strong soldiers with different hearts, it is better to lead 50 villagers who have lost their muscle essence and are still united with me."

"At least, the latter know that they are not fighting for me, but for their own ideals and future, and even if they unfortunately die in battle, they will have no regrets."

"Only such a person can I be willing to be their commander."

"I don't want to manipulate others into serving me through violence and deception, I just want to gather a group of warriors who are willing to fight for pure inner convictions."

"Otherwise, I might as well do it alone."

The old village chief said with emotion:

"Your character is really admirable."

Leaving these words, the old village chief walked away.

It didn't take long to see the old village chief leading the other eleven village chiefs, including those who had already indicated that they were leaving.

They walked up to Xuan Yuan together, knelt down on one knee collectively, and said in unison:

"We are willing to be loyal to you and are ready to be at your disposal!"

Xuan Yuan looked at these village chiefs with a strange expression:

"What's wrong? What happened? ”

The old village chief bowed his head and said:

"I'm so sorry."

"What happened just now, it's really just that we want to test your strength."

(End of chapter)