Chapter Sixteen: The Mainstay Has Arrived

  Fiery sparks, crackling sounds.

  Hundreds of people gathered on both sides of a narrow street, surrounding a group of blond-haired and blue-eyed men, some of whom had their hands tied behind their backs and were kneeling on the ground.

  "Let them go, Tong Genyou." A sturdy man with brown hair commanded in a deep voice.

  "Which country's joke are you talking about?" A tall and sturdy young man stepped forward, "You broke into our village in the middle of the night, beat people up without saying a word, and stole things. You think a few words can get you off scot-free? What makes you think that?"

  "Tang Genyou," the sturdy man gritted his teeth and said: "This time we, the Mongols, have lost. This batch of spirit mice will be yours."

  Tang Gen laughed loudly and pointed at the hundreds of men, women, old and young people present, saying: "Gu Te, Gu Te, in this form today, do these spiritual mice still need your permission?"

  A sturdy dwarf named Gorth gruffly said: "What do you want?"

  Tang Gen smiled and said: "It's not bad, put down the Ling mouse, leave ten people to work for us for a year, and let you go." The condition was stated very smoothly, obviously it had been thought out early.

  "Tang Ren You," Gu Te said angrily, "This time we've fallen, but don't think of us as easy to bully."

  In a village, there were originally only forty or fifty young and strong laborers. If ten of them are taken away, the farm work in the village cannot be done properly, and the villagers will have to starve next year. This is equivalent to cutting off other people's way out.

  "Don't blame us for being impolite then," Tang Genyou's face sank, and he ordered: "Take Tang Liang out."

  With this loud shout, a young man with a swollen face like a bun was supported out by others. Tang Genyou pointed at him and said: "You people from Montel came uninvited, hurt my villagers, according to the Hundred Village Code, you should all be arrested and punished. Brothers, take them away!"

  "Screw you, let's go at it." Gurt was just as fierce.

  The atmosphere between the two sides became tense again, and Gutte's group now had less than ten people left with fighting power. The others were either captured or lay on the ground with injuries all over their bodies. But their eyes were extremely ferocious, and in front of their sworn enemies, they would never yield or show weakness. Otherwise, including their children and descendants, they would never be able to hold their heads up again in front of the people of Tangjia Village.

  "Kill!" More than a dozen villagers of Montel, led by Gute, rushed towards the direction of the village head.

  "Beat him to death!" Tang Genyou let out a cold hum, took the lead and moved forward, swinging the wooden stick in his hand with a loud whoosh.

  Suddenly, the crackling sound of sticks and flesh colliding was incessant. On one side were the Montel villagers who vowed not to be humiliated, on the other were the Tang family villagers taking advantage of the situation to suppress their opponents.

  One fierce battle, it was quite an astonishing sight.

  In my eyes, their fight was completely lawless, but apparently, this kind of brawl relies not on technique, but on momentum.

  Two groups of people were shouting and fighting, the fight was very lively. Unfortunately, there were too few people from Montreal, after more than ten minutes, less than three people could still stand up, Gut, as a key protected person of Tangjia Village, had been lying in a pool of blood five minutes ago.

  "Halt!" Tong Genyou saw that the situation was already under control and attempted to stop it.

  "Damn it!" The remaining few people from Montreal had already killed their eyes red, and they didn't care if there were still a few people around them. They just rushed into the crowd with one voice in their hearts: This time is considered loaded, but I admit defeat without admitting defeat.

  Tang Renyou was a rather calm person, and although he and the village of Montel were sworn enemies, they couldn't be too extreme. After all, the two villages were only separated by a ancient ridge, and many fields adjoined each other. If things really got to the point where enemies would draw their swords upon meeting, it wouldn't be good for either side.

  Facing several Montel villagers who were blinded by rage, he waved his hand and shouted "Make way!" The young men of Tangjia village didn't want to fight with these desperate people either. Hearing the order, they scattered to let them rush past.

  However, those who had just broken out of the encirclement and charged for a while found no obstacles and gradually calmed down.

  They turned their heads, gazing at the not-too-distant lights of Tangjia Village, where people were packed tightly together, and then looked ahead at the dark emptiness leading to Montre Village, hesitating for a while.

  "Ma Zi, go back and report to the village chief, just say we've been defeated."

  "Kali brother, you're back..."

  "Get out of here!"

  Looking at the few people from Montel village who rushed out and killed their way back, Tang Genyou stopped, were they seeking death?

  "Seize him!" Tang Genyou shouted in a cold voice.

  The villagers of Montel, who were already exhausted and encountered little resistance, fell down in the blink of an eye with just a burst of energy.

  "Hmm..."

  As they watched their last enemy fall, including the women and elderly who were watching from the periphery, the people of Tangjia Village all let out a sigh of relief.

  Then, cheers echoed through the night sky.

  "Yes! We won!"

  "Gen You Ge, you're my idol!"

  "Haha, now the village of Monter is doomed."

  ……

  A small village, with only a hundred or so young and strong men, now more than thirty of the strongest Montel villagers have fallen into their hands, today's victory is the greatest in nearly ten years.

  I carefully sized up Tang Genyou in the crowd, his face didn't show much joy at this moment, looking at the villagers of Montel lying all over the place, groaning constantly, he furrowed his brow.

  "Brother Genyou, what about these people?" Tang Ning said.

  Tang Genyou hesitated for a moment, "Lock them up first, and we'll talk about it when the village head comes. Yes, treat them well with food and drink, cure their wounds, and cure their illnesses. We can't let one person die in our village."

  "Understood!" Tang Ning responded and then withdrew from the battlefield.

  "Get out!" Guder struggled to get up, and suddenly pushed away the Tangjiacun woman who wanted to help him walk.

  His mouth was full of fresh blood, his knee was beaten by someone and swollen like a football, supporting his body trembling slightly.

  "Gutte, you've already lost!" Tang Genyou walked up to him, his face ashen, and said: "Be a man, admit defeat when you lose."

  Gut let out a cold laugh, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. "Lose? I'm still standing, so I haven't lost..." As soon as he finished speaking, with a loud thud, his swollen knee gave way under the weight of his body and he crashed to the ground.

  Tang Genyou hummed softly and waved his hand: "Take him away!"

  Minor skirmishes had been happening all along, and I watched absent-mindedly as the battle ended in a complete victory for Tangjiacun Village.

  Tang Renyou gathered the people of Montel Village together, instructing them to vacate several rooms. As the gradually regaining consciousness villagers sat back-to-back in a row, they cursed incessantly.

  I was secretly thinking that tomorrow would be a shocking news for the village of Montel, and the whole village would be in chaos.

  At this time, what is needed is a mastermind who can come up with a solution.

  Thinking of this, I couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

  What a great opportunity!

  My smile suddenly froze, and a strong force came from behind me, pushing me forward violently.

  PS: It was originally updated in the morning, but I couldn't open the background all morning. Sorry about that.