Chapter 49 - Kill Everyone
Although Xiaohei was not a smart man, he still managed to report what had happened in the past two months to Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng, though he did it using the simplest words.
After Yan Bugui brought all strong warriors away from Little Meng City, Liu Suifeng’s remaining personal guards, which were under the command of Liu Zhong, became the strongest force in Little Meng City. No matter whether it was their equipment, spirit, cultivation level or even the level of their training, this team of guards had the ability to defeat all of the several thousand City Guards.
Besides having such a powerful force, Liu Zhong also had the official documents and tokens of Liu Suifeng, which allowed him to supervise all the military-related affairs.
When Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng left Little Meng City, Liu Zhong became overbearing and domineering. He openly asked those auditors to make up some fraudulent transactions and blame them on Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng. After that, he burned all the original account books to ashes.
Then he bribed and threatened all the wealthy tradesmen in Little Meng City, asking them to frame Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng, and made up over a hundred crimes, which involved taking bribes, bending the law, abduction of innocent girls, disturbing the order of business, and much, much more. All of them had motives, evidence, and witnesses, and they all became undeniable cases.
Lastly, he called upon all those previous military officials, who were expelled by Wu Qi from the City Guards, asking them to stand out and blame countless crimes on Lu Chengfeng. Those crimes including the burglary case of coffer room, when Yi Yan was the mayor, and Lu Chengfeng had become the main culprit of them.
After spending almost a month’s time, Liu Zhong had laid out an almost perfect trap. A trap full of crimes that could make Wu Qi and Lu Chengfeng die a thousand times. Next, he immediately took out the token of the Supervisory Officer, preparing to take over the authority of Little Meng City’s City Guards by force.
Those expelled City Guards officially became his footmen, one after another were following behind Liu Zhong happily to take control over the city.
Although Xiaohei was not a smart person, he had remembered Lu Chengfeng’s order, and tried his best to hold back the City Guards and avoid fighting with Liu Zhong’s men. But Liu Zhong just kept stepping over his limits. When Liu Zhong had lead his men and broken all the limbs of few City Guards who didn’t want to follow his order, Meng Xiaobai, and the rest of the men from Meng Village, exploded in anger.
How could these simple and upright villagers from Meng Village be tolerant of someone like Liu Zhong? For the past month, all those messy matters had really pissed off these villagers. No one knew who was the first one to strike, but these villagers lead nearly thousand City Guards and clashed with the guards lead by Liu Zhong.
After the fight, over eight hundred City Guards were killed, seventy of whom were from Meng Village. On the other side, only a couple dozen of Liu Zhong’s guards were seriously wounded, and another dozen of them had some minor injuries. The powerful nine-bolts crossbows had caused great damage to the City Guards, and, at the same time, helped Liu Zhong’s men conserve their manpower.
More than two hundred City Guards, including Meng Xiaobai, were captured and imprisoned. Liu Zhong had his men keep torturing these City Guards, and some of them were beaten to death. From time to time, Liu Zhong would ask his men to dragged a few dead bodies and hung them on top of the City Gate as a warning.
Since it was the villagers from Meng Village who ‘lead the charge’ against Liu Zhong, he furiously made up an accusation and claimed Lu Chengfeng and Wu Qi were trying to stage an armed rebellion with City Guards. Those ex-officials of the City Guards and some of the wealthy tradesmen within the city all signed their names on the accusation decree.
The incident became abominable when Liu Zhong lead a huge group of men to capture Laohei and Xiaohei. Xiaohei immediately brought all the City Guards and the other soldiers and ran out of the city. After that he went to the boot camp within the woods and called out all the new recruits, charging towards Little Meng City and besieged the city.
Although Xiaohei lead a huge group of soldiers, they lacked in training and equipment. Those personal guards, lead by Liu Zhong, were much more powerful than them, and had better equipment. They also obtained the help of some of the personal guards of the wealthy tradesmen, but, since they were outnumbered, they could barely hold their defense in the city.
Both parties dared not to strike carelessly, so it had been a standoff for the last seven days.
After learning of the situation, especially when he learned that the villagers from Meng Village were killed and Meng Xiaobai was imprisoned and tortured, Wu Qi was so furious that he exploded like a bomb. He immediately jumped onto the City Gate and kicked off a few guards,. Afterwards, he gave out the order to begin the siege.
Lu Chengfeng frowned when he learned the current situation. He gritted his teeth furiously and said, “The barbarians struck out for revenge revenge! They attacked Little Meng City and killed these few hundred personal guards of Marquis Liu. The city wall of Little Meng City was broken through by these barbarians and they killed many wealthy tradesmen within the city!”
Emitting a harsh killing intent, Lu Chengfeng snapped, “Begin the siege! Siege the city! No mercy for those who fight back!”
Xiaohei had waited for this moment long enough. After the order was given by Lu Chengfeng and Wu Qi, he swung his halberd and shouted out loud.
Over twenty thousand of City Guards roared at the same time, and started charging toward Little Meng City.
Wu Qi was like a wolf among sheep. He quickly proceeded to slaughter everyone on the city gate. He repeatedly struck out with both palms, each strike carrying a few hundred pounds of force. Although those personal guards of Liu Suifeng were considered elite soldiers, how could they defend themselves from the attack of a Xiantian realm cultivator? Guard after guard was slapped by Wu Qi’s powerful attack, falling off the gate while screaming out in pain. Soft innate water energy entered into their bodies and shattered all their internal organs in an instant.
Liu Zhong was wearing a red robe and standing on top of the city gate. Previously, he had been scolding Xiaohei in a condescending manner, but now his face turned pale and he was falling back under the protection of his guards. At the same time, he pointed his finger at Wu Qi and snapped, “Wu Qi, where is my Marquis? Since you are back, our Marquis should also be back? If you dare to act recklessly, my Marquis won’t let you off! Who do you think you are?!? How dare you challenge our Marquis!”
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