Chapter 591 Mountain Village

In a secluded small village dozens kilometers away from the south of Wangshen City, hundreds of cavalry of the Holy Empire quietly walked along the road to the small open space in the center of the village.

Some village women looked at the hundreds of men in horror with baskets. There were still dry blood on their armor, and their faces were full of fatigue.

"Let's get out of the way! We are the generals of the Holy Empire! There is also a bishop here! Find us a house! Otherwise, you will be blaspheming!" A knight at the beginning shouted at the onlookers, "Get us something to eat!" You! Go and watch them and don't let them play tricks!"

"General! Generals!" An old man came out and looked like the village head of the whole village: "This place has been occupied by the army of the Holy Sword Empire a few days ago! It's really not safe! The generals should retreat all the way north! I heard that there are also armies of the Holy Empire more than 120 kilometers to the north.

John jumped off his horse, and the other soldiers also turned down: "So, have you defected to the Holy Sword Empire?"

"I dare not! Don't dare!" The old man hurriedly said, "The gods are on top! We are all God's people! Just for the safety of the generals, it is recommended that the general retreat north.

"I don't need it! Let's stay and find us something to eat! And! There is a house next to this village. Whose? John pointed to a nice yard in the distance and asked.

"It's a villain." A middle-aged man in good clothes came forward and said, "The little man is a baron of the Holy Empire, named Francis. If the generals fall in love with that house, the villain will offer it.

"Good! Very good! I'm very satisfied that you are indeed a believer of God. John nodded, but pulled out his sword and stabbed Baron Francis with a sword: "Since you are so pious, do more."

The villagers screamed and were surrounded by several cavalrymen who had not disared. John stood next to the body and laughed and said, "Don't be afraid! As long as you are obedient, I will never kill anyone again! From now on! I am Baron Francis! Do you remember?"

"Remember, remember!" All the villagers nodded quickly, and no one wanted to follow Francis. In the afternoon, Francis' family was killed and his bodies were buried in the dense forest not far away.

"What? Do you think there are no 100 strong men in the village? There are more than 700 people in the village, how can there be no 100 strong men! Don't you support my counterattack plan?" John looked at the old village head and roared with the hilt of the sword in his hand.

"In the past few months, the officers recruited by the Holy Empire have come several times. Some of the young men in the village went to fight in the north and some went to the south to fight. Up to now, there is no news. Now those who stay in the village are all old people, children, and a group of widows." The old village head looked very sad and said to John, "We have dedicated everything to God. General, please forgive us for God's sake..."

He kicked the old village head to the ground. John narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Huh? For God's sake? How many years? No one dares to disobey me! If there is no man, use children to make up the number! If you don't have children, use the elderly to make up the number! If there are no old people, use women to make up the number! Do I still need to worry about this? I am the bishop of the Holy Empire! It's the commander-in-chief! The most powerful general of the Holy Empire!"

"When General Leon Barton was here, he never dared to be so rude to the people of God! We have dried our blood for God! You! Do you still have to kill it all?" The old village head was trampled under his feet, but his mouth became more and more unconvinced. A defeated general fled here and was so arrogant and domineering that his face really made people unable to breathe.

The ancestors of the people here have been ruled by the Holy Empire, and their loyalty is still very high. If John asks well, most of the people here will find ways to help, but John, who has been in power for a long time and arrogant and rude, has been this virtue since he was a child. He was restrained when it was smooth, and now he is depressed, so I can't hide this temperament anymore.

As a result, the next day, the blacksmiths in the village, only a dozen farmers left, and three 17-year-old children were concentrated in the square at the entrance of the village. These people were assigned weapons and asked them to train to chop in the square at the entrance of the village every day.

The old village head was beaten and couldn't get up when he got home. There was no master in the village. Everyone was panicked and didn't know how long these arrogant soldiers would be stationed.

The farce did not last long. Soon more and more soldiers of the Sword Empire passed by. At first, there were large-scale combat troops. These troops were ordered not to disturb the locals, so most of them did not enter the village, but rode a tall horse, driving cars and tanks from both sides of the village. It has been opened on the wasteland. The dense black armor made the villagers despair.

Now no one has any hope for the counterattack of the Holy Empire. These villagers are used to the scattered soldiers of the Holy Empire. Those soldiers fled in a hurry when they were defeated, hoping that those people would come back to defeat such a well-trained steel army in front of them, which is obviously tantamount to a dream.

followed by appeasing the local troops, which distributed some food, sent people to register the existing number of people in the village, and read some provisional war bills, including orders not to leave the village.

The appearance of these sword empire soldiers made John and others, who were already a little flustered, more frightened, and they felt that their current habitat was becoming more and more unsafe.

Early this morning, a group of soldiers of the Sword Empire passed by, and more than a dozen infantrymen escorted two carriages of food. They were supposed to distribute these things to the victims of the war, but they unknowingly crashed into the encirclement of John and others.

After a scuffle, John lit the material held by a sword empire soldier and burned three of the last stubborn soldiers. Looking at the more than 30 corpses lying on the ground, the air seemed to smell of blood.

Out of loyalty to the Holy Empire and fear of John and others, the villagers helped deceive the soldiers of the Sword Empire into the village, and later helped to bury their bodies.

But for fear of the revenge of the Sword Empire, John finally decided to leave quickly with the cavalry. They took away almost all the food in the village and insulted the widows and girls in the village on the grounds of condolences to the imperial soldiers. At noon, they packed up their things and left hastily, leaving a crying village.