These soldiers were all terrified. The group of people in front of them was too terrifying. Whether it was strength or aura, they could not compare at all.
"Who…who are you? We…we are Prime Minister Cao's troops. Who…who are you? How dare you stop us!”A soldier shouted at the Xiang Family's Army in fear.
However, in the face of his question, he was met with a knife in his face. The saber cut him in half, and blood splattered all over him.
"Kill them!" The Xiang Family's Army did not give these soldiers a chance to react. He roared and raised his killing intent to the extreme.
In an instant, all the soldiers let go of the civilians and went to fight the Xiang Family's Army.
Fifteen minutes later, none of the soldiers could escape. All of them were buried under the spears of the Xiang Family's Army. Thousands of soldiers were wiped out, and only a dozen of the Xiang Family's Army were injured.
Seeing that all the soldiers had been wiped out, the expressions of the citizens quickly turned from excitement to fear and nervousness.
Were these people who killed without batting an eye really sent by the heavens? Would these people kill him as well?
Everyone was very nervous. They subconsciously took a few steps back, wanting to escape later.
"Alright, come back!" Hong Tianyu waved at the Xiang Family's Army.
"Yes, Chief!"
All the Xiang Family's Army soldiers responded and then retreated behind Hong Tianyu.
"Chief, this…this can't be a group of mountain bandits, right?”
"No…no way. Their attire, armor, and weapons don't look like they're something that bandits can afford!”
"Why not? Didn't you hear them call that young man chief? If he's not a bandit, why would he call him chief?”
"Heavens, we just escaped from these soldiers, and now we've encountered bandits. What kind of sin have I committed!”
Everyone was discussing softly, their faces full of fear.
"Grandpa, is this big brother a bad person?”Xiao Nan hid behind the old man and stared at Hong Tianyu with her big fan-like eyes.
She had never seen such a good-looking big brother.
"Sigh!" The old man looked at the little girl, his heart filled with sorrow.
After hearing the words of the people around him, he had already believed that Hong Tianyu and the others were bandits.
Immediately after, Hong Tianyu walked forward and said to everyone indifferently,""Who is the leader among you?”
Hearing Hong Tianyu's words, everyone looked at each other. They did not understand what Hong Tianyu wanted to do, so no one dared to stand up.
"What, no leader?" Hong Tianyu frowned and asked again.
After a while, no one in the crowd dared to stand up.
"Is that so? If you're not willing to step forward, then..."
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, an old man slowly walked out from the crowd." Little hero, I…I'm the leader. What do you want?”
"Grandpa!" Seeing the old man walk out, Xiao Nan quickly ran out and followed behind the old man.
"What are you doing out here? Hurry up and go back!”The old man said seriously to Xiao Nan.
"No, I want to be with Grandpa!”Little Nan tightly grabbed the old man's pants.
Then, she stole a glance at Hong Tianyu.
Hong Tianyu glanced at Xiao Nan, who immediately hid behind the old man in fear.
Seeing this, Hong Tianyu felt a burst of sweat. Did he look very scary? No way, he was so handsome.
"What is your name? Who are you? Tell me the truth!”Hong Tianyu asked the old man.
"My surname is Si, and my name is Teng!”Si Teng said slowly," We are all commoners who escaped from a small city in Xuzhou.”
"As for these soldiers, they are all Cao Cao's subordinates. After Cao Cao invaded Xuzhou, he ordered the massacre of all the civilians in Xuzhou. We risked our lives to escape, and then we were chased by these soldiers all the way here.”
Hearing Si Teng's explanation, Hong Tianyu was a little surprised. It was Cao Cao again. A few days ago, he had just intercepted a caravan under his command. Now, he had actually intercepted a group of commoners from his hands. It seemed that he was going to fight Cao Cao.
"I'm the Fortress Master of the Sealed Dragon Stronghold on the Resting Immortal Mountain. Now, all of you follow me up the mountain!”Hong Tianyu said loudly.
Just a few days ago, Hong Tianyu gave the order to not only change the name of the village, but also the name of the entire mountain.
"What?! They're really bandits!”
When everyone heard Hong Tianyu's self-introduction, they felt nervous.
They had hoped that Hong Tianyu was sent by the heavens to protect them and not a bandit. But now, this trace of luck was gone. The other party was really a mountain bandit.
"Hmph, if you don't want to follow me, then stay with these corpses!”Hong Tianyu looked at the group of people who did not dare to move and said a few words casually.
Si Teng looked at Little Nan and then made up his mind to follow Hong Tianyu. He thought that Hong Tianyu probably wouldn't kill him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved him.
When the others heard Hong Tianyu's words, they all thought that Hong Tianyu was threatening them, so they were forced to follow him.
"Chief, you're back!"
Hong Tianyu had just reached the entrance of the village when he saw Zhao Yun, who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time.
"Hmm, Zilong, have you been waiting here all this time?”Hong Tianyu looked at Zhao Yun with concern.
"Yun also just arrived!" Zhao Yun hurriedly said.
In fact, he had been standing here for a long time. When he heard that there were thousands of soldiers at the foot of the mountain, he was very worried about Hong Tianyu and the others. At the same time, he was very annoyed that he could not help Hong Tianyu.
Hong Tianyu saw through Zhao Yun's thoughts, but he didn't continue. Instead, he simply explained to Zhao Yun and said,""Zilong, you haven't recovered from your injuries yet. Go back and rest.”
"Yes, Chief!" Seeing that Hong Tianyu was fine, Zhao Yun left in relief.
"This…this Fort Master, can you…give us a bite? We haven't eaten for a few days!”Si Teng stood out shakily and said.
If it wasn't for the fact that Xiao Nan was so hungry that she had no strength left, he would never have dared to stand out. Otherwise, if he accidentally angered the mountain bandits, who knew if they would kill him?
"That's right, Fort Master. Can you be kind and give us some food to eat? We've been starving for a few days!”
"Fort Master, please do me a favor!"
With the first person speaking, the others followed suit. They had been fleeing all the way. They didn't even have time to sleep, let alone eat. They were hungry and sleepy.
"You guys are the only ones who are so troublesome. Our Fort Master saved you, but you didn't even say a word of thanks. Now, you actually want to eat? Who do you think you are?”Li San looked at the refugees unhappily.
The Fort Master had led them to rescue the bandits, but when these people heard that they were bandits, they acted like they were guarding against wolves and completely treated their savior as a villain.
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