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Looking at the villagers on both sides of the road who were shouting in unison with satisfaction, he felt that people's hearts could be used.

He waved to Xiao Paji.

Upon receiving the signal, Xiao Paji jumped on the spot and flew over to block the retreat of most of the deserters. Only a few deserters were deliberately let go.

The knights and soldiers who had been blocked by Xiao Paji and had no time to escape were in a desperate situation.

They turned around and wanted to break out from the direction of Xuanyuan, the masked man.

They saw Xuanyuan turn around and run, jumping a straight distance of nearly 30 meters in one breath, and lightly stepped on the back after landing.

The camouflaged ground collapsed in a large area, revealing a gully.

The new gully connected with the gullies on both sides of the road, forming an impassable natural chasm, cutting off the soldiers' hope of escape.

In the rectangular trap, there were gullies that could not be crossed on three sides and surrounded by enemies, and the only retreat was blocked by the invincible spherical monster.

The villagers' shouts also changed to:

"Surrender and you won't be killed!"

In desperation, the soldiers didn't know who was the first to put down their weapons and kneel on the ground.

Soon, all the soldiers chose to surrender.

Xuanyuan led Xiaopaji to the soldiers and ordered them to take off their weapons and equipment and tie themselves together.

During this process.

Some soldiers tried to sneak attack Xuanyuan, who looked like the leader, but was knocked to the ground by Xuanyuan's punch.

Xiaopaji sat on the other person and knocked him unconscious on the spot.

After that, no soldier dared to sneak attack Xuanyuan again.

After all the soldiers were tied up, the villagers who were in ambush also rushed over.

Facing the group of soldiers sitting on the ground with their hands and feet tied.

A group of village chiefs walked up to Xuanyuan and smiled bitterly:

"Stranger, you really tricked us."

"Now, even if we don't want to rebel, we have to."

The old village chief stood up:

"Don't blame this stranger. Everything before was planned by the stranger. The only idea of ​​forcing you to rebel was mine."

The other village chiefs were shocked when they heard this:

"Why is that?"

The old village chief sighed:

"Life is unbearable."

"At the beginning, we just handed in more and more grain, and then we had to hand in more and more property, and now even the essence Don't let them go."

"It's already like this, do you still have ridiculous fantasies about the king?"

Xuan Yuan nodded in approval:

"It seems that there are still choices, but in fact you have no choice."

"Whatever the king's purpose is, he obviously doesn't want you to live, otherwise he would not have implemented such a ridiculous breathing tax."

"My arrival is a variable, and also an opportunity for you."

"If you give up this opportunity and continue to choose to endure, you will definitely die slowly."

Hearing the words of the old village chief and Xuan Yuan, the other eleven village chiefs were all silent.

Xuan Yuan didn't care what these village chiefs were thinking.

Turned around and continued to arrange the next step.

After rescuing the trapped villagers, he asked each village chief to select people with strong martial arts and agility in the village, and start a power duel such as arm wrestling with this group of cavalry and soldiers in batches.

Due to the guards of Xuan Yuan and Xiao Pa Ji.

Although the soldiers could easily defeat these villagers who had long lost their muscle essence, no soldier dared to win, and they just went through the motions and decisively admitted defeat.

Just as the old village chief had explained when he discussed the plan with him.

If the villagers could defeat the soldiers in a duel of strength, they could absorb the muscle essence of the soldiers and restore their original strong physique.

Then let the villagers wear the full set of equipment and weapons left by the soldiers and knights, and their strength would be greatly improved immediately.

Few villagers could ride horses.

Xuanyuan only got 23 cavalrymen in total, but got 221 infantrymen.

Among the captured soldiers, the man with the goose down hat was not found, and he obviously took advantage of the chaos to mix into the cavalry and escape.

After completely transforming the strength of the captives and having a certain amount of troops, Xuanyuan was thinking about how to attack the capital and defeat the king next.

From a distance, he saw the old village chief leading four village chiefs striding over.

Xuanyuan asked: "What's wrong?"

Several village chiefs looked a little guilty, lowered their heads and dared not look at Xuanyuan, and the old village chief did not want to explain, waiting for them to speak to Xuanyuan themselves.

After a few seconds of silence, the bearded village chief took the lead and said:

"We didn't want to rebel, but you forced us into a corner."

"If you don't defeat the king, our whole family will have to pay for it. I'm not afraid of death, but I don't want to implicate my family."

Xuan Yuan nodded and asked:

"So?"

The bearded village chief lowered his head:

"There is a secret passage known only to the village chiefs of all generations, which can cross the border and lead to the outside world."

"People from several of our villages want to leave here and rebuild the village outside the border."

"There, the king's soldiers can't control us."

Xuan Yuan nodded:

"Of course, you can come and go freely here."

"If you want to go, just go directly. If you really don't want to participate in the battle, there's no point in me forcing you to participate."

"I didn't think of forcing you to rebel in the original plan. It was the old village chief's request."

"He said that you must be forced to rebel, otherwise some of you will join the team on the surface, but secretly inform the king's capital, or stab your own people at a critical moment."

"When the old village chief discussed the plan with me, he had already told me about this secret border passage, so I agreed to force all of you to rebel."

"As long as you don't join the king's camp, it's enough."

Hearing this, the bearded village chief and the other three village chiefs breathed a sigh of relief.

They looked at each other and continued:

"However, there are often some dangerous monsters wandering on the border trail."

"We must have enough manpower to ensure our lives are safe."

"Therefore, the people from the four villages combined need at least a hundred strong soldiers to protect them to ensure safe passage through the trail."

At this point, the bearded village chief seemed embarrassed and explained:

"It's just a temporary loan of a hundred soldiers for escort."

"After we reach the outside world through the trail and settle down, these hundred soldiers can immediately return by the same route."

"However, it will take at least four days to go back and forth."

Xuan Yuan pondered for a while and said:

"Including yesterday."

"I will only stay here for three days in total, and then I will leave."

"So, after these soldiers are lent to you, they will not be able to participate in all the subsequent battles."

Hearing this, several village chiefs immediately looked disappointed.

However, Xuanyuan changed the subject:

"How about this, let the villagers from other villages who want to leave go with you to find a safe place to build a village outside, so that there will be a way out."

"I can send all the infantry except the cavalry to escort you to settle outside."

"Will this guarantee your safety?"

Hearing this, several village chiefs nodded happily:

"The number of people has increased, but more than 200 fully armed soldiers are enough anyway."

Xuanyuan instructed the old village chief:

"Go and notify other villages."

"Make a list of the people in this village who do not want to participate in the battle, want to leave, and want to go outside."

"Don't force it, tell everyone the truth."

"Only those villagers who are still willing to fight with me and overthrow the king together will stay."

Hearing these words.

Several village chiefs were very moved and a little ashamed. After thanking Xuanyuan, they left happily.

Looking at the backs of several village chiefs leaving.

The old village chief looked at Xuanyuan, made a beheading gesture with his hand at his neck, and asked quietly:

"Do you want me to find a few soldiers to secretly kill these village chiefs?"

Xuanyuan looked at the old village chief and smiled:

"You are all compatriots, don't be so murderous."

"For me, it is better to lead 50 villagers who have lost their muscle essence but are still united with me than to lead a thousand strong soldiers with their own thoughts."

"At least, the latter know that they are not fighting for me, but for their own ideals and future. Even if they die in battle, they can have no regrets."

"Only such people would I be willing to be their commander."

"I don't want to manipulate others to serve me through violence and deception. I just want to gather a group of warriors who are willing to fight for pure inner beliefs."

"Otherwise, it's better for me to do it alone."

The old village chief sighed:

"Your character really makes me admire you."

Leaving this sentence, the old village chief walked away.

Soon, the old village chief led the other eleven village chiefs, including the ones who had already indicated that they were leaving.

They walked to Xuanyuan together, knelt on one knee, and said in unison:

"We are willing to be loyal to you and are ready to serve you at any time!"

Xuanyuan looked at these village chiefs with a strange look on his face:

"What's wrong? What happened?"

The old village chief bowed his head and said:

"I'm very sorry."

"What happened just now was actually just us wanting to test your ability."