Chapter 39 The Fellow Villagers Have Come To Inspect

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  At this time, the battle in Liushugou was still ongoing.

  However, there is no longer any suspense.

  Cornered beasts of burden, in the face of ferocious bamboo spears and triangular blades, have only two options.

  Either die under the bamboo spear.

  Either die under the trident.

  It's impossible to be captured.

  Because of this, none of the warriors in the Imperial Guard would accept these prisoners.

  Zhang Yatie should not be captured, Li Jiaxi should not be captured, Wu Xinshui should not be captured, and Zhang Zhun should also not be captured.

  It's not time to be captured yet.

  Killing people to establish prestige!

  "Hah!"

  The last surviving thug was simultaneously stabbed by five bamboo spears and died instantly.

  The battle is completely over.

  Seeing the bloody scene, the warriors of the guard corps hugged each other and wept.

  Yang Zhiyuan and others also took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled.

  The Black Panther, the largest fighting group on this floating mountain, was completely annihilated.

  Li Jiaxi and Zhang Yatie were hugging each other and crying bitterly.

  The two of them finally avenged their father's murder.

  The wind blew by, dispersing the thick smell of blood, but the pool of blood on the ground grew deeper.

  "Yang Zhiyuan, sweep the battlefield!"

  "Zou Mingjia, take stock of casualties!"

  Zhang Jun calmly issued the command.

  The warriors who had taken a short rest were busy again.

  The purpose of Hei Bao and others was to destroy Yangjia Village, so they wouldn't bring any valuable goods with them. The money and treasure that were finally seized weren't even as much as what Lao San had brought, only a meager thirty or more taels of loose silver. The most valuable thing was a jade pendant on Hei Bao's body, which seemed to be quite old. If I'm not mistaken, it should have been dug up from some ancient tomb.

  Jimo was an important town in the state of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period, where nobles liked to wear jade and were buried with jade objects after death. As a result, ancient tombs are often found around Jimo, containing some jade objects. For a time, tomb raiders were rampant in Jimo. It is said that Tian Dan's tomb was also nearby, but no one has discovered it yet.

  However, the weapons of these people under Hei Bao were not bad. The guards took them over as spares. Roughly counting, a total of twenty-three long spears and fifty-seven waist knives were seized, all of which were standard Ming army weapons. Unfortunately, there were still no firearms.

  Zou Mingyan also quickly got some statistics.

  In this battle, the guards killed a total of 69 enemies including Hei Bao. All the thugs brought by Hei Bao were annihilated and none escaped. The guards themselves sacrificed three men and eleven wounded. The three sacrifices were all new recruits who had just joined the guards, two surnamed Yang and one surnamed Liu. The bodies of the three have been sorted out and are ready to be carried back to Yangjia Village for burial.

  Three warriors sacrificed, the members of the guard team were somewhat sad, everyone surrounded the body and mourned silently. However, they also knew that since it was a battle, there would be a price to pay. With the lives of three people, the evil Black Panther gang was eliminated, every person in Yangjia Village was willing, all the poor military households in Fushan Village were also willing.

  After killing the black leopard, every warrior in the guard also established a strong confidence in defeating the enemy. They killed the black leopard gang with simple bamboo spears and three-edged thorns, which fully shows that the enemy is not invincible. The captain was right, all reactionaries are paper tigers! Wang Shixin is the biggest paper tiger.

  The next target of the guard is Wang Shixin!

  "Captain, Miss Yang has arrived!"

  Yang Zixuan, who was on guard duty at the outer perimeter, hastily came forward to report.

  Zhang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, how did she come here?

  Doesn't she know this is a battlefield?

  Zhang Zhun walked to the front and took a look, under the grass slope stood a slender figure, if it wasn't Yang Yinghuan who was it? The early summer grass slope's green grass was like a carpet, setting her off as elegant and refined, with an otherworldly charm. However, Yang Yinghuan's expression was unusually tense and uneasy, until she saw Zhang Zhun appear, then she slightly relaxed. Zhang Zhun walked down the grass slope, saying in a low voice: "How did you come here?"

  This is a battlefield, what did she come here for?

  Yang Yinghua now sees Zhang Zhun, no longer as shy as before, her face would turn red when they meet. The relationship between the two is basically known to everyone in the village, but she still dares not look directly at Zhang Zhun, and says softly: "I came to deliver something to you."

  As she spoke, she pulled out two colorful wristbands from her bosom and handed them over to him.

  It turned out that she had heard that Zhang Zhun was leading the guard team to set out, seemingly to participate in a battle, so she hurried over. Her purpose for coming was only to hand this wrist guard to Zhang Zhun. She didn't know at all that the battle had already ended. Moreover, she didn't know that what Zhang Zhun and the others were dealing with was the extremely ferocious black leopard. Haozi only reported the information about the arrival of the black leopard to Zhang Zhun, no one else knew.

  Zhang Zhun took the armguard and found that it was made of thick cotton fabric, layered on top of each other, extremely sturdy. Even if a knife blade were to chop at it, it would probably be unable to cut through the armguard. The stitching on the surface of the armguard was extremely dense, almost no gaps could be seen, and its protective effect was naturally very good. However, such an armguard must have taken Yang Yinghua a lot of effort to make. Zhang Zhun nodded and said: "Good, I'll take it."

  Yang Yinghua looked very happy and carefully helped Zhang Zhun put on his wrist guard.

  She suddenly smelled the bloody smell on Zhang Zhun's body, slightly startled, and said: "You... have already..."

  Zhang nodded and said, "The battle is over."

  Yang Yinghua suddenly exclaimed: "Is it over?"

  Zhang nodded and was about to elaborate when Yang Zixuan came to report again: "Captain, the villagers have all arrived!"

  Zhang raised an eyebrow, looked ahead and said in a deep voice: "Is that so? Pass the order! Except for the guards, everyone else, fall in line!"

  Yang Zixuan hastily passed down the order.

  The team members who were cleaning up the battlefield hastily assembled and lined up.

  Yang Yinghua only then discovered that almost every guard soldier had bloodstains on their bodies, and some were even injured, limping as they walked, but their spirits were extremely high. She couldn't help but ask in astonishment: "Yulin, who did you guys fight against? Did you win?"

  "Black Panther is dead."

  Yang Yinghua was both shocked and delighted at the same time.

  Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Zhun had already quickly left.

  Although they had gone through a bloody battle, everyone looked somewhat tired and some were still wounded. However, the mood of the guards was extremely high, each one spirited and majestic, with their waists straight as if standing like spears.

  There is nothing more stimulating to morale than winning a battle.

  They defeated were not ordinary cats and dogs, but the first evil tyrant of Fushan Village: Black Leopard!

  Think of the fresh blood on Hei Bao's hands, and every team member feels extremely comfortable. Such a powerful figure fell under their bamboo spears and three-edged stabs. A solid victory, accurately telling every guard soldier that no matter how strong the enemy is, in front of the guard team, they are all vulnerable to attack.

  Soon, the villagers of Yangjia Village appeared in Zhang Zhun's line of sight. Running at the front were Yang Ruijing and several other young men, all holding clubs and other weapons. Yang Kaidao was being carried on the back by Huangshi's nephew. It turned out that they had heard about Hei Bao's arrival and instinctively took a fright, hastily putting down their work to rush over and provide support.

  These years, Yangjia Village and even the entire Fushan area have suffered at the hands of Hei Bao, with over ten lives lost. To be honest, everyone has been intimidated by Hei Bao, and just mentioning his name makes them turn pale, let alone think about resisting him. However, it was precisely because of this that when Zhang Zhun led the guard team to fight against Hei Bao, it had a particularly great impact on everyone. Yang Rui Feng and others, united in their hatred for the enemy, spontaneously picked up clubs and rushed over.

  They all made up their minds and went all out. No matter what, this time they would fight the black leopard to the end. The black leopard was not here to make friends, if he broke into Yangjia Village, probably not a single blade of grass would be left in Yangjia Village. Under Yang Kaidi's encouragement, everyone who had the ability to fight picked up their bamboo sticks and wooden clubs and came to Liushu Gou to help with the battle, including some robust women who were no exception.

  As a result, they received the good news from Haozi halfway that Hei Bao and his men had almost been eliminated. The villagers were even more excited and quickened their pace. Beating a fallen man was always the most enjoyable thing for the common people. Everyone hated Hei Bao so much that they wished to tear him apart alive, personally avenging themselves and their families' blood debts.

  Unfortunately, when they rushed to the willow ditch, the last of the black leopard's subordinates had already fallen into a pool of blood. What they saw was the guard team that had won the battle, and they were welcoming their fellow villagers to inspect with a victorious attitude.

  "Welcome, fellow villagers, come and take a look!" Zhang Quan said loudly.

  "Good hit! Good hit! Good hit!" Yang Kaidi and others exclaimed excitedly.

  Other fellow villagers, seeing their own children standing there with vigor and spirit, faces firm, eyes determined, spirits high, some with wounds on their bodies, blood still not dry, yet with a victorious smile. For a moment, they couldn't help but burst into tears, rushing up to hug their own children, excitedly crying.

  The guards, however, thought it was no big deal and casually said a few words. The bloody battle just now seemed to be nothing more than a lightly described game of house for children. Some people even comforted their loved ones by saying that the black leopard was not a big deal, and before they had encountered the guard team, they had the opportunity to be arrogant. Now, with the existence of the guard team, he would die immediately.

  Have to admit, such language has a huge impact on fellow villagers.

  The combat power of the guard has reached the point where it can easily deal with the Black Panther!