Chapter 21: The Choice of Life and Death
Because Deng Dang was once Sun Jian's personal soldier, his identity was different from others. He was the only one in this group who carried a sword and the only one who sleeps with a carry-on weapon.
Because he was carrying weapons and knew that Yin Kaishan was just an ordinary bandit leader, Deng Dang was full of disdain for Yin Kaishan. He believed that with his bravery and sudden attack, he could be more than 80% sure to capture the opponent's leader alive on the spot.
The other 20% of the unsure are not because they are afraid that they will not be able to beat them, but because they are afraid that they will accidentally kill the opponent. In his opinion, there is no suspense in this battle, and there is no possibility of defeat at all.
The moment Deng Dang launched the attack, Yin Kaishan was indeed a little worried, but his hand was not slow at all. He blocked with his right hand with a single sword. He originally wanted to block the opponent's attack, but he didn't expect that with a clang, the sword in the opponent's hand was directly shocked to the ground.
Yin Kaishan himself did not expect the effect to be so good. At this time, he didn't care about anything else. He waved a single knife in his hand and put it on Deng Dang's neck. At the same time, he grabbed Deng Dang's collar with his left hand and directly lifted the other party over.
"Why is this man so powerful? I'm afraid his courage is no longer inferior to his lord." Deng Dang didn't expect that in just one round, he would become a prisoner for others. This is really unacceptable. In his experience, it seemed that only his former master Sun Jian had such courage. He really could not have imagined that an ordinary bandit leader would have such strength. If he knew, he would never dare to attack the other party's clan just because of this person.
"Huh? No, since he is so strong, why didn't we chase us directly when we attacked the mountain village? But later he came to the end? Is his purpose to capture us all? Then, if he said so, is he really Yuan Shu's man, and his purpose is to execute us all?"
Thinking of this, Deng Dang immediately turned pale and shouted loudly: "Don't surrender. They are Yuan Shu's people. The purpose is to capture us all. After you surrender, you will definitely die. Anyway, no matter what, you will die. We might as well fight to the death. Maybe we can kill a few enemies."
Originally, the soldiers under Deng Dang were captured alive when they saw the leader in one round. They knew they were not opponents and were preparing to surrender. But now when they heard Deng Dang's words, they immediately changed their minds. They all looked resolute and slowly stood up, walked towards the door, preparing to fight to the death.
However, Yin Kaishan said loudly at this time: "Don't panic, I am not Yuan Shu's person. Our parcel has nothing to do with Yuan Shu, and we have no major revenge with you. It's just that because our parcel was attacked by you for no reason today, we were very angry, so we came to you again and took revenge on you. I dare to promise you with my life that as long as you are willing to surrender to our army, I will definitely save your lives. Your fearless resistance is useless. You have no weapons. So at most we only pay a few lives, which is enough to kill you all. So whether you want to survive is entirely up to your choice."
"No? Well, let me ask you, since you are so capable, why didn't you kill our army directly when we were in the village this morning, and didn't start chasing us when we retreat? With your ability, you may be able to kill us even if you are alone, right? So in my opinion, your purpose is not to take revenge at all, but to catch us all in one place so as to seek credit from Yuan Shu? I don't understand, we are all loyal to the former master, but because I am sick, the other brothers have their own reasons, so they have slowed down to return to the team and were actually chased by Yuan Shu like this? Are he afraid that we will reveal the secret that he brought the imperial seal to his own hands?"
Deng Dang's emotions became more and more excited, and he said in a deep voice: "Stop talking nonsense, kill if you want to kill, and we would rather die than surrender."
Yin Kaishan laughed and said, "I would like to emphasize again, I am really not Yuan Shu's person, otherwise I don't have to talk to you anymore. Just kill you directly? It's impossible to say that I really want to catch you all in one place, but it has nothing to do with Yuan Shu. This is mainly because, dare to invade our copycat, how could I let them live a good life? But I'm curious, what do you have to hate with Yuan Shu? Why did he chase you? I heard you just now and what's going on?"
"You are really not Yuan Shu's person? Yes, if you are really Yuan Shu's person, how dare you call him so name? Tell you, we were originally soldiers of Sun Gonghuijian, the governor of Yuzhou. Sun Gong died in battle a few months ago. We were ordered to chase after Yuan Shu because we were slow to return to the team. We hid in the deep mountains for several months. It was not until recently that Yuan Shu relaxed and escaped, preparing to detour Chen Liu to Shouchun to join the young master. Due to lack of food along the way, we had to rob everywhere and offend your village..."
Deng Dang immediately told Yin Kaishan about their experience, and he was very dissatisfied with Yuan Shu's behavior in his words.
After hearing their words, Yin Kaishan secretly planned it, and then said to Deng Dang: "I admire your loyalty very much, but I don't agree with you doing this, because you are purely going to die. Think about it, Shouchun is so close to Runan, even if he is not under Yuan Shu's control, he must have a close relationship with Yuan Shu. General Sun just died in battle. If your son wants to save the life of the whole family, he will definitely defect to Yuan Shu. Besides, how do you know that your son doesn't believe you have escaped in the battle? Or what do you use to prove yourself? So I dare to be sure that your son will not take you in 80% of you, but may you catch you. Even if he really takes you in, if Yuan Shu knows, wouldn't you cause trouble for him? At that time, did you turn against Yuan Shu against you or hand over you over to accept Yuan Shu?"
"This..." Both Deng Dang and other soldiers hesitated after hearing this. Most of them were local people in Runan. They had not followed Sun Jian for a long time. They also heard about Sun Jian's achievements in the fight against Dong Zhuo. They joined them out of admiration for Sun Jian himself, but they didn't understand the son Sun Ce at all. They were not sure whether Sun Ce was willing to accept and protect them.
"Then, what do you think we should do?" Deng Dang smiled bitterly and asked Yin Kaishan hesitantly.
"Anyway, you can't go to Shouchun anymore. Why not follow our boss? Since we dare to fall into the wollong mountain, it means we are not afraid of Yuan Shu. Moreover, our boss is the most amazing man today. He is not only wise and brave, but also has great ambitions and long-term vision. He will definitely take you to a new glory in his life in the future."
Chapter completed!