After defeating Hu Zongxian, the remaining thirteen villages simply ignored the five cottages that had been destroyed.

On the one hand, the five cottages have been burned down by Hu Zongxian, and it is not easy to repair them, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Moreover, the thirteen villages have their own cottages, and they are not interested in the five cottages in ruins.

On the other hand, there is the tradition of the mountain people, if the cottage loses its owner, then everyone can fight, and the final winner is the owner of the cottage.

And Hao Datong is the owner of the third cottage in the end, that is to say, he was originally a bitter haha among the mountain people, or he was the cannon fodder of the eighteen cottage trend. In this way, he sat in the position of the owner of the village, but before he had time to enjoy life, Luo Xin entered the mountain.

The third village has not been repaired yet, and when he learns that the first and second villages have been burned down, and Luo Xin has killed everyone, he is afraid.

The most important thing is that he was not the owner of the village, just a bitter haha, so he did not store food, and because of the war, their cultivation was delayed, so after they occupied a burned cottage, they faced a grim situation, that is, they were about to starve to death.

At this time, hearing that you went to Luo Xin to slaughter the two cottages without mercy, and at this time they were coming to their third village, Hao Datong was afraid.

So, after much deliberation, he decided to come to see Luo Xin. Surrender to the imperial court, willing to go down the mountain and out of the old forest, subject to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

Anyway, this is not the first time, Hao Datong thinks very clearly. Take the clansmen down the mountain first, even if they are a little wronged, according to the past practice, after they go down the mountain, the court will definitely arrange a place for them to live, and some food will be distributed. So that they don't starve to death.

After this pass, it is a big deal that they will return to the old forest.

Even......

Before they returned to Lao Lin, they could still grab a handful, anyway, the officials of the imperial court had no way to take them for the sake of political performance.

Therefore, at this time, Hao Datong knelt in front of Luo Xin, with a sincere attitude, and said his request.

"Hehe......" Luo Xin listened to his request, sneered twice, and said, "Do you think there will be such a good thing in the world?" ”

"Big ...... My lord...... What is the meaning? ”

"The fact that you can occupy this stockade means that although you also belonged to the bitter haha among the mountain people before, you also have some strength, right?"

"Yes!" Hao Datong had to nod, this is all an obvious fact.

"People like you also contributed a lot when they ambushed Hu Zongxian in the first place, right?"

Hao Datong's face changed: "Big ...... My lord...... The villains are all forced to ......"

"I don't look at the process, I only look at the result." Luo Xin rudely interrupted him and said: "You led people to kill our Ming soldiers, but now you think that by relying on your mouth, you can go to the bottom of the mountain, eat and drink to your heart's content, and then grab a handful and escape back to the old forest, right?" ”

"I ...... Not ......"

"Shut up!" Luo Xin snorted coldly, and said with a gloomy face: "You have to understand one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" The uneasiness in Hao Datong's heart was magnifying.

"This official is not here to surrender you, but to slaughter you, and it is not right......"

When Hao Datong heard Luo Xin say that he was here to slaughter them, his heart had already risen to his throat, and then he heard Luo Xin say that it was not right, so he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Luo Xin with blank eyes. I heard Luo Xin say slowly:

"I'm here to slaughter you. The court has always been a headache for you mountain people, you are capricious, and there is no doubt about robbers. Since I have come here, I have to solve this problem once and for all, and the best way to solve this problem is to kill you all. ”

"You, you...... You can't ...... like that," Hao Datong began to tremble all over.

"Why can't I do this?" Luo Xin looked at Hao Datong coldly: "When you raise the butcher's knife against the Ming soldiers, you should think of today." ”

"No, no, no...... Didn't the court always say that it would treat us well and surrender us? We surrender, surrender ah......"

"That was before!" Luo Xin said lightly: "From the moment you slashed the butcher's knife at the court soldiers, you blocked your own way. ”

"My lord, you can't do this, many mountain people are innocent......"

"Huh...... You're trying to say that your family is innocent, right? Neither your wife nor your young children have ever killed any of the court's soldiers, have they? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"I can give you a chance, but this is an opportunity for you to fight for. And...... After all, you are not the people of the original Eighteen Villages, and you are not the main force that attacked and killed the soldiers of the imperial court, as long as you take out the letter of surrender, this official can give you a chance. ”

Hao Datong's eyes showed hope and uneasiness, and he looked at Luo Xindao:

"My lord, what do you want the villain to do?"

"I want you to make atonement for your crimes!" Luo Xin said coldly: "The first cottage was burned down by us, and even the grain was burned down. However, in the second cottage, some grain has been seized, which can be distributed to you, and these grains can be distributed to those old and weak women and children in your clan, so that they can leave the third village immediately with the food, and go wherever they want, anyway, you are used to the old forest, and you can always find a place to survive, but you can't get out of the old forest. ”

"Why?" Hao Datong asked puzzledly: "We surrendered to the imperial court, why don't we let them go down the mountain?" ”

"Huh...... Because before the official entered the mountain, he had already asked Lord Hu Zongxian to block the mountain with his cavalry, as long as someone came down from the mountain, regardless of whether they were indiscriminate, they would be killed! ”

"Huh?"

Hao Datong was so frightened that he sat on the ground, feeling like he was about to pee. He has also dealt with the Ming government many times, don't look at the officers and soldiers after entering the old forest, like blind flies, but when the officers and soldiers are under the mountain, those cavalry are the division of tigers and wolves, and they are the lambs to be slaughtered.

"You have two choices now, one is that now I will let you go back, and you go back and prepare to fight us. The other is to do what I say. ”

"Adult ......"

"Go on!"

Luo Xin waved his hand, then turned to leave.

"My lord, how to deal with this thief?"

"Leave him alone."

The army opened again, Hao Datong sat on the ground in a daze, watching the boundless army pass by him, everyone who passed by him was hateful, eager to look at him with Ling Chi's eyes, making him feel cold all over his body.

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