HLnovel Chapter 849 Determination
Chapter 849 Determination
As the firewood was lit, Chang Yong ordered his men to put all the barbarians, who had already been tied up like rice dumplings, into the pot. Like boiling frogs in warm water, they made the barbarians feel the fear of the rising temperature and the approaching death!
Because of the barbarians' strong physique, even when the water in the pot boiled to 100 degrees Celsius, the barbarians inside did not die immediately. Instead, their bodies turned red, and they struggled in the pot like cooked crabs, constantly emitting desperate and shrill cries!
The wailing was absolutely terrifying!
However, neither the Great Wall soldiers on the scene nor the townspeople watching showed any fear or sympathy; on the contrary, they clapped and cheered!
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth has always been the guiding principle of the Great Wall Army. Since these barbarians dared to cruelly murder the people of Youzhou, they should be prepared to bear the wrath of the Great Wall Army.
The people of Youzhou have suffered persecution from barbarians since ancient times and are filled with hatred for them. Therefore, when they see barbarians being tortured, they not only do not feel sympathy, but feel extremely happy!
In this way, Chang Yong threw dozens of barbarians into boiling water one by one, boiling them alive in the pot!
On that day, the barbarians' cries of pain and wails never ceased!
Afterwards, upon learning that the Great Wall Army had avenged Qishui Village, Feng Mu and the others felt great satisfaction, but this satisfaction did not lessen their sorrow in the slightest!
The murderer who massacred the village is indeed dead, and his death was extremely gruesome!
But their deceased relatives, neighbors, and friends will never come back!
With heavy hearts, Feng Mu and his companions numbly buried all the bodies of the slaughtered villagers together. After that, the only remaining elderly farmers in the village did not choose to leave Qishui Village, but stayed and lived there.
Looking at the elderly people inside the house, their faces streaked with tears and filled with grief, Butcher Zhu felt an immense heaviness in his heart and said through gritted teeth, "Barbarians are indeed all beasts!"
Zhu the Butcher had seen countless evil people in his life, but even the most wicked person he had ever met had done far less evil than the barbarians!
The crimes committed by the barbarians against villages like Qishui Village are far greater than even the most cruel and wicked Xia people could have committed!
"General Chang did a great job!"
Qianli'er was also furious and said, "These barbarians should be treated with the cruelest methods! If you ask me, boiling them alive is too lenient for them. General Chang should skin them off piece by piece and distribute the flesh to the people to eat!"
Feng Mu and the other old farmers didn't speak, but the expressions on their faces clearly showed that they agreed with Qianli'er. For those barbarians who destroyed their village and cruelly killed their relatives, friends, and neighbors, even eating their flesh and blood wouldn't be enough to ease the resentment of Feng Mu and the others!
"Old Feng, have you ever resented General Tian?"
After Feng Mu and the others calmed down a bit, Qianli Er asked.
Why blame General Tian?
Feng Mu countered with a question.
"Was it because General Tian failed in his defense of the Great Wall that those barbarians were able to slip through and enter Youzhou?"
"General Tian is a man, not a god!"
Feng Mu shook his head and said, "The Great Wall stretches for thousands of miles. Even if General Tian were a god, he probably couldn't watch over it all! We are already very grateful that General Tian was able to avenge us!"
Although Feng Mu lacked education and experience, he knew that the massacre of Qishui Village could not be blamed on General Tian.
In fact, Feng Mu was already very grateful that Tian Yu was able to cook the barbarians to death to avenge the villagers who died in Qishui Village!
If it were the former commanders of the Great Wall Army, they probably wouldn't have stood up for these lowly people!
"We don't hate General Tian!"
Another old man said bitterly, "We only hate those damned barbarians and the Lu family who colluded with them! It's just that I'm old. If I were twenty years younger, I would definitely have joined the army to kill the barbarians!"
After saying that, the old man added, "But it doesn't matter if we can't join the army. We've already decided that all the grain we grow will be given to the Great Wall Army so they can kill the barbarians for us!"
Zhu Tu Fu and Qian Li Er had no doubt about the old men's determination. Although they were too old to join the army and fight, their strong hatred for the barbarians always filled their hearts. Therefore, even though they could not join the army to kill the barbarians, they still chose to help the Great Wall Army kill the barbarians in their own way. This determination was something that could not be seen in the people of other states.
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As the sun was about to set completely, dinner was ready!
Zhu the butcher and Qianli'er did not mind the simple food at the old man's house. Even though the food provided by the old man was hard to swallow and even though weeds could be seen in the rice, the two of them still ate all the food in the bowl with the other old men!
Afterwards, the two returned to the cleaned-up house, lay on the straw-covered bed, and found it difficult to calm down for a long time.
As a man with a strong sense of justice, Zhu the Butcher was undoubtedly extremely distressed when he heard about the events in Qishui Village. He even wished he could rush out of the Great Wall immediately and kill a few barbarians to vent his anger.
Fortunately, a sliver of reason remained in his mind, preventing him from acting impulsively!
There are many strong people among the barbarians. Once they venture deep into the grasslands, even a third-rank martial artist might not be able to return alive!
"The Lu family is truly disgusting!"
Qianli'er said with a face full of disgust: "Colluding with the barbarians, to the point that the barbarians entered Youzhou territory and brutally murdered the people of Youzhou, and you did nothing about it. How is this any different from that of a beast?"
"The Lu family..."
Upon hearing about the Lu family, Zhu the butcher gritted his teeth. Before today, he had already heard of many of the Lu family's evil deeds, such as enslaving the people of Youzhou and kidnapping children to make longevity pills, all of which were worthy of being condemned by both gods and men.
The evil deeds of the Keluke family went far beyond this. They also colluded with the barbarians, selling them all kinds of supplies, helping them to grow stronger, and even allowing the barbarians to wreak havoc on the people of Youzhou...
This kind of family is truly disgusting!
Zhu the Butcher remained silent for a long, long time before suddenly speaking: "Thousand-Mile Ear, I intend to join the army!"
"what?"
Qianli'er was stunned, seemingly never expecting Zhu the butcher to have such a thought!
It's important to know that soldiers don't have a high status in Kyushu. There are even sayings in Kyushu like "soldiers are like combs, bandits are like hairpins," "good men don't become soldiers," and "good iron isn't used to make nails."
It's no exaggeration to say that the military register of the Xia Kingdom is so stinky that it can be smelled for miles around!
If ordinary people had even the slightest choice, they probably wouldn't choose to join the army!
And Butcher Zhu...
The fact that a dignified third-rank martial artist would have the idea of joining the army surprised Qianli Er greatly!