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Chapter 20

On the wall of the village, Mr. Guo personally operated the cannon. This thing has not been used much since I bought it. After all, gunpowder and cannonballs don't cost money?

That is to say, when the cannon was just bought and needed to be inspected, Mr. Guo watched someone shoot it. The shot shocked him and he said that the five hundred taels of silver were worth it.

After struggling for a long time, it was finally loaded. I leaned on the torch and heard a bang. A hot shell flew out of the muzzle and plowed a bloody path among the crowd.

In an instant, blood and flesh splattered, and screams echoed throughout the battlefield.

"Mother, mother, are you okay?"

"father"

On the wall, the tenants watched helplessly as their relatives were hit by cannonballs. They could no longer keep calm. Each one of them wanted to get out of the village like crazy and go to find their relatives.

"Brothers on the wall, this Master Guo really wants to kill our parents. How can we just watch our parents being brutally killed by this Master Guo?" Seeing the unstable morale of the soldiers on the wall, the soldiers of the forward battalion were mixed in the crowd.

Begin to incite the tenants.

"Brothers on the wall, think about it, how did your family's fields be taken away by Mr. Guo? How can you still protect this person named Guo?"

"Brother tenants, think about it, where are your wives and children? They are all being bullied by this guy named Guo. Let's rebel against this guy named Guo and save our own wives and children."

As they shouted one after another, the tenants looked at Mr. Guo more and more unkindly. Finally, a sad cry was heard from under the wall, "Baby, your mother is gone." One tenant finally couldn't bear it anymore.

He opened his red eyes, picked up the knife in his hand, and rushed towards Mr. Guo, "Give my mother her life."

There was a sudden chaos on the wall of the village.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pei Xiaoer ordered an all-out attack.

Several strong men, carrying huge trees that had been prepared, banged against the village gate. After a while, the gate of the village was knocked open, and everyone around him immediately rushed in.

Guojiazhuang was finally broken two days after Pei Xiaoer arrived.

In the village, the fires burning in some areas have not yet been extinguished. But Mr. Guo has also been caught, and a group of Guo family relatives, including Guo Guanjia, have been imprisoned by Liu Zhizu. It can be said that the overall situation has been decided.

At this time, the soldiers of the vanguard battalion who had already invaded Zhuangzi began to be unable to hold back the desire in their hearts. The looting was almost as smooth as drinking water.

Pei Xiaoer, who had just entered Zhuangzi, was extremely angry.

"Pei Xiaosan, you temporarily act as a military judge and take your people to have a look. Anyone who burns, kills, loots, or hides the loot in Zhuangzi will be arrested. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy."

"Yes." Pei Xiaosan took the order and left.

Soon there were voices of resistance everywhere in the village.

"What are you going to do?"

"Why should you arrest me?"

"Fight him."

Pei Xiaoer kept a cold face the whole time and walked to the Guo family mansion. Here, some robbery sergeants were fighting with Pei Xiaosan's men.

"Liu Zhizu, take your people and capture them all. If you resist, they will be killed without mercy."

"Follow the order." Liu Zhizu waved his hand, and the soldiers who followed him swarmed up and directly overwhelmed those who dared to resist.

Finally, Zhuangzi gradually became quiet. The people who had escaped the disaster hid in their dilapidated homes and looked timidly at the army that invaded the village.

Pei Xiaoer was ordering those who violated military discipline to be imprisoned first. Father Pei came over with a few people. He smiled and said to Pei Xiaoer: "Xiaoer, we have made a big deal this time. You know this Guo Juren

How much food is there in the basement?

You won’t believe it when I tell you. There are more than 50,000 stones, more than 200,000 taels of silver, and some antique calligraphy and paintings that I don’t understand. Wow, with so much food and silver, we can go to Peijiazhuang to buy them.

How much land!”

Pei Xiaoer was a little speechless. He had already rebelled and still wanted to buy land. Will Mr. Chongzhen let you farm the land honestly? He said helplessly: "Dad, don't think about buying land now. How many people will you bring with you?"

Go and get some denarii and grain, and I will pay the money for hiring the people myself later."

"Pay? What to pay? Zhuangzi has been defeated, why give them money? You can save a little, but you are young and don't know how to save." Father Pei was a little unhappy.

"I am the coach and I have my own concerns," Pei Xiaoer patiently explained to Father Pei.

Father Pei muttered and left. This was Father Pei. If it were anyone else, Pei Xiaoer would have had an attack.

Outside the village, a large number of people were eagerly waiting for today's reward. Some people were already impatient. Some people said sarcastically, "Zhuangzi has been defeated, and everyone is useless. The reward is probably gone."

"Everyone, please go back. It seems that today's work was in vain. Everyone died in vain."

"Who said that today's work was in vain?" But at this moment, Pei Xiaoer arrived with the money, "I, Pei Xiaoer, will never break my promise. Come, come, I will give out the reward."

Everyone immediately became happy after hearing this. Although there were some casualties today, they were only a few unlucky ones. Most of the people still stood here with their heads down.

Seeing Father Pei reluctantly handing out rewards to everyone, Pei Xiaoer walked up to a high place and said to everyone: "Today, the soldiers of my forward battalion will do justice for heaven and crusade against this unkind and unjust Guo Juren. I invite you all to come to the east tomorrow morning.

In the open space at the door, we will publicly interrogate Guo Juren. There are also some scum in our forward camp, and we will deal with them when the time comes."

"Okay, we believe in the general." Everyone cheered.

Sometimes trust is built bit by bit like this. Although it may be successful just by forcing others, it is not what Pei Xiaoer wants. What he wants is the kind of freedom where everyone can do whatever they want without going beyond the rules.

In the evening, Pei Xiaoer was checking the account books in his room, and Boss Pei Zhuer shouted outside the door, "Second brother, I want to find second brother. Why do you stop me?"

Pei Xiaoer sighed. He understood Pei Zhuer's purpose of coming. Most of the people detained during this trip were his subordinates. If he didn't come, it would mean that he was not a qualified general.

"Let him come in." Pei Xiaoer ordered the soldiers at the door.

"Second brother, my subordinates are all men who dare to fight and kill. Do you want to kill them all just because they make a small mistake?" Pei Zhu'er looked anxious.

"Small mistake? They killed people and set fires. What's the big mistake if these are small mistakes? Pei Zhu'er, we all come from poor families in Peijiazhuang, and we have all experienced that kind of precarious life.

The bandits want to kill people and steal food when they pass by, and the officers and soldiers pass by and want to kill good people and take credit for their merits. How innocent the people are, and they have to be killed like this. Are they inherently guilty and should they all be killed?

Why did you and I raise the army? Isn't it just to let you and I survive and let more people survive?" Pei Xiaoer roared.

"Tomorrow you will personally escort them to the execution ground for trial. I won't believe that you can stop this trend of burning, killing and looting."

"Second brother..."
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