Chapter 536: Chapter 236: White Dew Gu, Despairing Yuwen Dao, Yang Lu
After all, Yang Lu is a giant camp, with a population of just over thirty thousand.
Six days ago, the Wushuang and Hanqiong families joined forces to capture Yangyuan Peak, killing almost three thousand people in total. This number is certainly not small, but compared to the total population, it’s only a tenth.
The annexation between camps, at the end of the day, is all about territory and population.
This principle is naturally understood by Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli.
So, if they can avoid killing, it’s best not to kill.
Of course, not killing doesn’t mean letting things be.
Firstly, there are many in the camp who are absolutely loyal to leader Peng Bo; if these people are allowed to incite a large-scale riot among the captives in secret, the cost of cleanup would be significant.
Secondly, Yang Lu still has over 600 Earth-digging Realm captives; in the short term, to make these people work, helping to fend off Li Xuantiang’s forces, there’s no other way than threatening their families’ lives.
Therefore, after capturing Yangyuan Peak, Wu Xiong and Han Jiuli detained all the remaining people of Yang Lu in batches and assigned dedicated guards.
The families of the Earth-digging Realm, a total of over two thousand people, were most strictly guarded;
Next were over three thousand Logging Realm and their families, more than nine thousand people;
The remaining thirteen thousand were all ordinary people.
These three groups were separately detained inside two mine tunnels on the inner side of Yangyuan Peak, and in a large wooden house used for gatherings at the center of Yangluo Base.
In the large wooden house, over two thousand family members of the six hundred Earth-digging Realm captives were all looking outside the house mournfully, filled with suffocation and unease.
The battle that happened tonight started early around the ditches and gorges by the mound. Even if Li Xuantiang has brought his men up now, the battlefield remains limited to the surroundings of Yangluo Base’s buildings.
Though it hasn’t affected the internal personnel, the earth-shaking battle sounds had already reached this wooden house. Everyone knows their family outside is risking their lives for Wushuang and Hanqiong, driven by a hostage crisis; who wouldn’t feel stifled?
The problem is, being stifled is helpless.
The situation is stronger than them; among these over two thousand people, most are just ordinary people. On the second floor of the wooden house, over a hundred Earth-digging Realm holding strong bows are staring at them menacingly.
It’s not that they haven’t resisted before; they launched two riots already, but both were bloodily suppressed. Their sense of suffocation and fear grew simultaneously, no wonder they felt so desperate at the moment.
However, today, the situation seemed noticeably different!
Within the crowd, a small group of active-eyed people exchanged subtle movements, clearly whispering information to each other.
"The commotion is quite big; it seems to have already reached the base’s periphery. It must be Long Mountain’s people attacking."
"The guards on the second floor seem a bit distracted!"
"Definitely, they’ve been glancing south on purpose; it must be that Long Mountain’s people are about to break in."
"My dad is still serving them, if Long Mountain breaks through, we’ll all be considered criminals, won’t we?"
"We can’t just sit there and wait to die. Before Long Mountain breaks in, if we rush out, even if for merit, perhaps Long Mountain might pardon my brother’s crime."
"Exactly, the sounds are getting closer, let’s try again."
"Quietly inform the others, one more rush."
"Okay, I’ll go right now..."
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These family members of the Earth-digging Realm, due to their broader knowledge, had their own judgment on the situation. Realizing that the fierce battle sounds from the outside were getting closer to the base, their thoughts started to become active.
After several breaths, following the whispered exchanges, the gazes of most of the young men in the crowd turned sullen, often looking up at the guards on the second floor, clearly receiving the message of a mutiny.
"Brothers, our family is fighting outside, we can’t just wait here and die, break through the wooden house to help Long Mountain suppress the rebellion, maybe we can find a way out for our family, and ourselves, charge!"
A sudden roar echoed from the back of the crowd.
The crowd which had been whispering earlier suddenly gathered followers.
"Exactly, brothers, break through and there’s a way out!"
"Charge!"
"Help Long Mountain suppress the rebellion!"
"Knock down the wooden wall with me!"
Pft...Pft......
"Anyone who dares to move again will die!"
As soon as the first voice sounded, the guards on the second floor began shooting arrows at the mutineers, quickly shouting stern warnings.
But this uprising was clearly much more serious than the previous two.
At a glance, almost eighty percent of the people in the house stood up, crazily crashing into the wooden house walls, even involving some clueless women and children, causing the whole wooden house to wobble, making it hard for the second-floor guards shooting arrows to stand.
"Stubborn fools, attempting it a third time, half of you come down with me, the rest continue shooting on the second floor. I want to see how tough they are!"
Seeing the hostages below start mutinying again, Wu Ming, an archer on the second floor, was instantly engulfed in rage. After shooting a youth crashing into the wall, he immediately ordered all his men on the second floor in a stern voice.
His uncle Wu Xiong had entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of guarding the hostages, so Wu Ming dared not slack off at all; even knowing that external events weren’t favorable, he understood the importance of these two thousand hostages.
The more unfavorable the external events, the more he had to control this group of hostages. If any issue arises, the six hundred Earth-digging Realm of Yang Lu would immediately rebel, further complicating the external situation.
Therefore, facing the third uprising of the hostages, he no longer had any hesitation, directly jumping down with everyone to start the bloody suppression.