Chapter 327: Chapter 276: Come, All Can Come
Although Bai Wujiu had always been managing the various affairs in Dengzhou City, he had never relaxed his surveillance over these barbarians.
Since these barbarians liked to play their games of treasure hunting, let them play; after all, no matter what they discovered, it was all within the territory of Dengzhou—anything found in Dengzhou belongs to Dengzhou, and these barbarians wouldn’t be able to take even a single hair.
Just like now, do these barbarians really think their movements are flawless?
"No wonder these barbarians have come all this way to seek... this place is simply a natural fortress!"
The more Bai Wujiu examined the surroundings, the more alarmed he became. This valley was surrounded by mountains on all sides, easy to defend and hard to attack, essentially a natural fortress—but unlike those city states that needed the surrounding resources to sustain them, the valley itself was incredibly resource-rich.
No shortage of grain, no shortage of timber, and in the distance, the village even had its own mines. But what shocked Bai Wujiu most was the river flowing through the countryside, which wasn’t really water, but more like sweet and thick milk and honey.
"This..."
Attracted by the sweet scent, Bai Wujiu tried dipping his fingers into the river and licking them.
It wasn’t just like; it clearly was milk and honey, flowing like rivers of milk and honey... How is this possible?
"No wonder those barbarians came here seeking..."
Bai Wujiu’s face turned grave at that moment.
Such land used merely as a fortress would be a waste; this place is the foundation of a natural empire. Whoever controls this place controls an army of a million—without even considering anything else, just how much honey and cheese can be extracted from this sweet river? The price of cheese isn’t cheap to begin with, and as for honey, in today’s age...
Bai Wujiu was starting to sweat a bit.
"Whoever controls this place will never worry about food and clothing."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Bai Wujiu had never been so excited.
Not worrying about food and clothing might not seem related to battle, but if two armies were confronting each other, and one needed massive amounts of grain to move while the other could supply resources regardless of cost... even in a world filled with many Evil Qi lunatics, these lunatics need to eat.
One side struggles to farm, while the other doesn’t worry about food and drink. Who can support more Evil Qi lunatics?
The answer is evident.
"Moreover, this land is home to our compatriots."
Bai Wujiu looked up and saw those villagers.
Though in theory, these villagers who neither paid taxes nor accepted royal governance couldn’t be considered Chen people, Nanchen mostly couldn’t be bothered to deal with them. But never mind, since they look like Chen people and speak like Chen people, they are Chen people.
Damn barbarians dared to attack Chen people right in front of him; how could he tolerate this?
"Slay them! Slay them all!"
While shaking his fan, Bai Wujiu ordered the soldiers filled with Evil Qi beside him.
"Kill! Kill them all! You are Dengzhou people! How can you stand by and watch them bully your fellow villagers!"
With Bai Wujiu’s shout, the soldiers picked up their weapons, and filled with Evil Qi, they were already extremely murderous. Moreover, now they had a justified reason to act—on one side were villagers who looked like them, on the other were clearly different barbarians; could these barbarians still count as people in their eyes?
"Slay these monkeys!"
The soldiers roared as they charged forward, bearing no burden in slaughtering the barbarians.
However, while the soldiers charged forward, Tao Wuli shrunk back.
Initially, Tao Wuli intended to come out; holding a flowerpot, he thought help had arrived when he saw these people—until he heard the slogan shouted by the leader, which made him realize something was amiss.
These were Dengzhou people who had come, but if he remembered correctly, didn’t Dengzhou rebel?
Not only did they rebel, but he was even captured alive by Dengzhou. Seeing Dengzhou soldiers appear before him once more, Tao Wuli quickly shrank back into the cellar.
Encounter the barbarians and die, or face Dengzhou soldiers and fare no better; how long will these damnable days last?
Above ground, the battle ended quickly. Just some vanguard barbarians were no match for a group of soldiers filled with excessive Evil Qi, so in moments, the barbarian vanguard was slaughtered like pigs and sheep, leaving corpses strewn across the ground.
"The villagers have suffered."
Stepping over the corpses, Bai Wujiu shook the village elder’s hand with a face of profound sorrow.
"We should have come sooner to protect you."
"It’s good you’ve come, it’s good you’ve come."
The villagers warmly gathered around, welcoming Bai Wujiu and his men.
Since the battle was over, Bai Wujiu wasn’t in a hurry to leave; facing the villagers’ enthusiastic hospitality, he planned to stay at least one night, partly to observe the valley’s environment and partly to reward these brave soldiers.
Bai Wujiu didn’t leave, so Tao Wuli naturally couldn’t go either. Hearing the clamor of the banquet above, Tao Wuli had to make do for another night in the cellar.
Tao Wuli didn’t expect that when he woke again, he would find himself back in his bed.
If not for the pot of chrysanthemums still in his arms, he might have thought everything before was an illusion. Especially since when he opened the door, his neighbor was greeting him—though that seemed right since he remembered the neighbor wasn’t killed yesterday, so being alive now was normal.
But for those barbarians to come back to life was too abnormal.
He clearly remembered those barbarians were slain, yet here they were again, before him, and after seeing the villagers, the barbarians once more drew their swords, charging forward with frenzy.
"How could it be possible?"
Tao Wuli gaped in shock, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"How... could it be possible?"
Just risen, Bai Wujiu was also astounded, unable to believe what he was seeing.
"How... could it be possible?"
Having just squeezed through a rock crevice, Du Chengfeng also couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
He clearly remembered he flew out from Forget Sorrow Village, so how did he end up in such a place after following the usual path in?
"Even milk and honey..."
Glancing at the river exuding a sweet scent, Du Chengfeng frowned deeply.
It reminded him of those green bottle flies.
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