Infinite Terror: This Middle Continent is Rebellious

Chapter 331 Cheng Xiao: I’m too lazy to reason with you, you don’t deserve to listen.

"With Wen Lie and Chu Xuan gone, the Zhongzhou team is indeed lacking a lot of fighting power. However... if someone gives their all instead of just slacking off, the pressure on everyone should be relieved a lot, right?"

Xiao Honglu hinted at something and was just about to mention Haotian's name.

In today's battle, Haotian only killed dozens of Mongolian soldiers on the edge of the battlefield. In Xiao Honglu's perception, his telekinesis, which was stronger than his own, did not perform at the level it should have.

Haotian couldn't help but complain, "Me? I'm just a newcomer! Isn't it too much to ask a high school student born in peacetime to kill everyone on the battlefield?"

Xiao Honglu sneered, "Haotian, the Immortal Emperor of the Immortal Thieves Group, is being too modest when he says that."

Haotian's expression froze on his face, and his face gradually became cold.

"How do you know my identity?"

He scanned the surroundings with telekinesis and found that there were not many strong men nearby. Among the remaining combat forces of the Zhongzhou team, only Qi Tengyi's skeleton was relatively troublesome.

Haotian spoke in a bad tone, and Zhan Lan, Qi Tengyi, Ming Yanwei, Zhang Heng and others couldn't help but become alert.

Faintly sensing the oppressive feeling emanating from Haotian, Xiao Honglu calmly said, "The Ninth Division of the National Security Bureau has your file. Don't forget, the Zhongzhou team has official personnel."

"Having access to my file isn't something that can be summed up simply as an official. Never mind..." Haotian shook his head, a serious expression on his face as he said to Xiao Honglu, "Since my identity has been exposed, there's nothing more to say. Just assign me tasks like you did in the past, and I'll do my best to complete them."

Haotian's transformation was so fast that Zhan Lan, Zhang Heng and others were stunned for a moment, and then showed some joy.

Haotian's attitude clearly means that I didn't trust you in the past, so I didn't put in any effort, but now that you have proved your official high-level authority, then as an official secret operation member, I will accept your orders.

"There's no specific mission. At this point, we only have one mission: to defend Xiangyang City until Wen Lie returns, or Chu Xuan brings troops to support us."

Xiao Honglu plucked a strand of black hair, wrapped it around his index finger, and spoke lightly.

He didn't even raise his head and didn't look at Haotian.

Haotian frowned. "We need a plan to defend Xiangyang City. If we hold on, the Mongolian army will be able to break through in ten days at most. Before that, many of our three Samsara teams will die."

Neos bit the chocolate, looked at Haotian thoughtfully, and agreed with Haotian's opinion.

"He's right. Unless we can confirm Wen Lie's return time, it would be better for Chu Xuan and the others to abandon the survival army and bring a small number of elite troops to support them."

Xiao Honglu said coldly, "If Chu Xuan could escape, he would have told me long ago. Wen Lie's situation is unknown, so we can't rely on him. As for the plan to defend the city, it's meaningless to just talk about it on paper. Let's rest today. Tomorrow, when we get to the tower, we'll discuss tactics with Huang Yaoshi, Huang Rong, Guo Jing, and the others based on the current situation."

"That's right. We can't be like Zhao Kuo. The battlefield situation is ever-changing. No matter how much we discuss now, it will be useless when the situation changes."

Haotian slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

This person doesn't seem very smart.

Zhan Lan sighed and said tiredly, "That's all for today. The monitoring task will be handed over to Sophia and Xue Ling'er. The psychics of your two teams will take turns monitoring the movements of the Mongolian army and the Celestial God team. I'm seriously injured and need time to recover. I won't be able to use psychic scanning for an extended period of time until three days later."

Gunniel nodded silently, and Neos looked at Zhan Lan's expression without expressing any objection.

The three teams dispersed, some to recuperate their wounds, some to rest, all to conserve their energy and prepare for the next attack by the Mongolian army.

The battle here has just come to an end, and another battle is about to begin in Guangnan East Road, thousands of miles away.

"The magistrate of Nanhai County allowed his steward to forcibly marry a commoner named Chen, severely injured and killed Chen's father, burned to death the family of Chen's fiancé Jiang Da, allowed the servant Ma Sandao to seize 10 mu of Mao's land, extorted taels of silver from Manager Yuan, and broke the right hand of Manager Yuan's second son..."

In Nanhai County, a high platform was built at Caishikou.

Dozens of men, women, old and young had their hands and feet tied with ropes and knelt on the stage in a miserable state. Ten executioners in the uniforms of the Survival Army stood around them, holding long knives. They surrounded the richly dressed county magistrate and his family, with cold murderous intent in their eyes, as if they were looking at pigs and dogs to be slaughtered.

The officers of the Survival Army had grim expressions as they read out the collected evidence one by one, their resounding voices echoing in the streets and alleys around Caishikou.

Thousands of local people gathered at Caishikou, looking at the family of the county magistrate, who used to be high and mighty, kneeling and trembling on the execution platform. Excited and fiery emotions were jumping in people's hearts. Some were worried, some were afraid, some were crying with joy, some were furious, and some were full of expectations.

No one was willing to leave Caishikou, no one took their eyes off the execution platform. Everyone was waiting. After the officer read out the charges against the county magistrate's family, he beheaded the entire family in public.

After reading out the crimes of the county magistrate and his family, the officers of the Life-Saving Army raised their hands, bowed to the people gathered at the market entrance, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, everyone knows that in the current Song Dynasty, the emperor is extremely licentious, the eunuchs are monopolizing power and harming the country, and the officials are incompetent. The county magistrates in various places also regard themselves as local emperors. They are corrupt and abuse the law, oppress the innocent, extort money, and bring disaster to the villagers. They have done so many evil things that have made the people of Nanhai County suffer unspeakably and prevented the villagers from living in peace. Everyone, tell me, should this county magistrate and his family be executed?"

There was a commotion among the crowd. Everyone looked in agreement, but they didn't dare to speak.

"Deserves to be killed!"

"Deserves to be killed!"

"Deserves to be killed!"

Several survival army soldiers arranged in the crowd shouted.

"Deserve to die! Deserve to die! Deserve to die! Deserve to die!"

Someone took the lead, and the anger of the local people gradually overwhelmed their awe of the county magistrate and the court. They clenched their fists and shouted in unison.

For a time, the sound of killing was deafening in Caishikou.

The roar of the people made the county magistrate and his family on the stage turn pale. The big knife hanging high up seemed to be ready to fall at any time in response to the people's call, which made these people in Nanhai County feel a strong fear.

"Wow! Daddy! Daddy!"

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Master, save me, Master!"

"Master, please spare my life! I'm willing to give up the ten thousand taels of silver I've hidden away, just to spare my life!"

"Master, I swear to the Living Buddha that I will never do evil again in this life. Please have mercy on me and forgive me. I will do one good deed every day to atone for my past sins! If I break my oath, I will be struck by five thunders from heaven!"

The county magistrate's wives, concubines, and children could no longer bear the pressure and began to cry out. The servants and housekeeper collapsed on the ground, and the urine leaking from their crotch soaked the ground. The county magistrate and his legal advisor begged for mercy in panic, promised huge profits, swore poisonous oaths, and wasted their words.

Both the swordsmen around and the officers in the rear had indifference on their faces.

They had heard countless similar pleas for mercy. In the past, they would have felt pity for the women and the young officials, but after witnessing the brutal and inhumane crimes committed by the county magistrates and the gentry, they gradually learned to ignore the pleas. "Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The people surrounding Caishikou were dancing with joy and excitement. Seeing these big men who usually treated them like ants and trampled on them showing their ugly behavior, the shouts for killing became louder and louder. With red eyes, people raised their arms and shouted, urging the executioners to chop off the heads of the county magistrate and his family.

"cut!"

The officer puffed out his chest and gave the order majestically.

The executioners walked up to the criminals, raised their swords high, and chopped them down with all their strength.

"boom!"

At this moment, an arrow broke through the air and pierced through the big knife that was about to chop off the county magistrate's neck. The arrowhead passed through the blade and pierced the executioner's chest.

"what!"

The swordsman screamed, his sword dropped from his hand, and he staggered back a few steps and fell on the wooden board.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

One arrow flew past, and then nine arrows flew past.

Nine arrows drew streaks in the sky, and almost within a second, they hit the swords of the nine executioners. The arrows that passed through the swords prevented the executioners from killing the criminals and also shot the executioners to the ground.

"who?"

The officer was horrified and quickly drew his sword and held it across his body. The soldiers around him raised their rifles, drew their swords, and were alert in all directions.

The people in the audience were also panicked by this sudden change, screaming and fleeing.

At this moment, a thin man with a green face and fangs, riding on wind and fire wheels and holding two whips, flew over from a great height and laughed loudly, "Haha! Just so you know, my grandfather's name is Tang Kuo, and his given name is Jie. I am a cavalry general of the Song Dynasty, and I have come here specially to quell the rebellion!"

Another female general rode up on her horse, her steed leaping high through the crowd. After a few leaps, she landed in front of the execution platform. She looked coldly at the officers of the Survival Army on the platform, raised a spear, pointed it at them, and sarcastically scolded them, "You rebels, you are here spouting nonsense. What business do corrupt officials have with you? Punishment, reward, demotion, and promotion are the duties of the Emperor; impeachment and reporting are the duties of the ministers; and investigation and prosecution are the duties of the prefects. What position do you hold now that you are trying to interfere?"

The officer glared at the female general and cursed, "Who are you? To come and talk such stinky shit!"

The female general frowned and said angrily, "You are a vulgar man who doesn't understand reason. Using ignorant and foolish people like you, what kind of survival army can you call them? In my opinion, they can only be rampant for a while."

The officer cursed directly: "What's the difference between your dog eyes and your assholes? What can you see?"

"Shut up! Go to hell!"

After being scolded twice in a row, the female general could not help but fly into a rage. She jumped on her horse again, jumped over the heads of the county magistrate's family, and stabbed the officer with her spear.

Although she is a female general, her spear power is extremely fierce. The spear head blasts out like thunder. Even the top masters in the world would retreat when seeing this spear.

However, the officer was not afraid at all. His sword was as powerful as the wind and waves, and the blade flashed. In the blink of an eye, he made four moves. The extremely powerful sword pressure made the female general's arm numb, the gun tip deflected, and the accuracy was lost, revealing a flaw on her chest.

The officer immediately gave chase, swung his sword, and released a fierce sword energy. A black dragon with bared fangs and claws pounced on the female general.

The female general hurriedly put away her spear and returned to defend. The spear circled, shaking out pear blossoms that enveloped the black dragon.

Mo Long was stabbed all over by the female general's spear skills, but his sharp claws grabbed her chest against the female general's spear skills.

Suddenly, the female general's breastplate broke, and several hideous sword marks fell on her body. The force contained in them blasted her off the horse.

But the warhorse was not as lucky as the female general, and was shattered into pieces by the surging sword energy.

The officer sneered and used his lightness skills to chase after the female general. The cavalry general who called himself Tang Kuojie was startled and hurriedly waved his whips to block the officer's attack, giving the female general a chance to catch her breath and raise her spear to regroup.

"You have beautiful swordsmanship. If you were in the martial arts world, you would definitely be a master who founded a new school. You are definitely not an ordinary man or a crude and uncouth person. May I know your name?"

At this time, another Taoist priest carrying a sword walked in the air. Among the misty clouds, the Taoist priest's figure flashed and landed on the high platform, bowing to the officer.

"My name is Cheng Xiao, who the hell are you?"

The officer announced his name, and it turned out to be one of the most powerful melee fighters in the Zhongzhou team. For some unknown reason, he was not in the Lin'an Palace, where he was supposed to protect Zhu Wen, but instead came here to criticize the county magistrate.

"The sword is a gentleman's weapon. You possess such powerful swordsmanship, and you must be a well-read person. Why act like this and degenerate yourself?"

The old Taoist sighed and shook his head, seemingly feeling sorry for Cheng Xiao, but there was also a hint of anger between his brows.

"I am Wugulun Xizhen, the co-director of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty. This is my daughter, Wugulun Liqing, the general of the Song Dynasty."

Cheng Xiao complained, "Gurgle? What a messed up name!"

"Your Excellency is a master swordsman and a high-ranking general in the Survival Army. You should know some principles and shouldn't be so absurd as to pester me. I have something to say, and I beg you to listen carefully."

Although Uguluxi was really unhappy, he did not lose his temper immediately. Instead, he started to reason with Cheng Xiao.

"If you are loyal and righteous, you will not be a traitor; if you are a traitor, you cannot be considered loyal and righteous. If you are disloyal and unrighteous, how can you have the face to punish the officials of the Great Song Dynasty? I wonder if what I said is correct. What advice do you have?"

Cheng Xiao spat and said contemptuously: "I'm too lazy to reason with you, you don't deserve to listen."

"you……!"

The corner of Ugrunhi's eye twitched.

As a general of the imperial court and a loyal and righteous man, before the two armies engaged in battle, he angrily rebuked the disloyal and unjust rebels, poured blood on their heads, and was so ashamed that he vomited blood and covered his face with his hands.

This was Uguluxi's psychological expectation, and he had already prepared a lot of arguments, waiting for Cheng Xiao to argue with him and then refute Cheng Xiao's words one by one.

However, he never expected that Cheng Xiao had no intention of arguing with him at all, and just one sentence blocked all his knowledge.

(End of this chapter)