Chapter 544: Victory in the Ambush Battle, Interrogating the Enemy

"The enemy captain has been defeated!"

Weier shouted loudly, and this moment made the other Defeated Soldiers still entangled nearby even more desperate.

Bata'er Jiaoshi held his Amber Metal Long Staff, specifically using the opportunities when the Warriors' forms crossed to thrust the long Amber Metal Long Staff out from behind them. He did not use the power of the amber Gems on it too much, only letting the enemies shrouded in the dim yellow light slow down by half to a quarter of their speed, but clearly, in the midst of intense combat, being suddenly slowed down was an extremely terrifying thing.

The friendly Warriors instantly seized the advantage in the battle, killing the enemy Soldiers they were engaged with in two or three moves.

"Too amazing! Bata'er Jiaoshi!"

"Ha! They suddenly became so weak! Did you see that? I chopped his neck off with one axe! That man was still trying to defend slowly!"

The Warriors said excitedly, gathering one after another to surround the four people still entangled and wrestling on the ground.

At this time, the battle on the other side had also basically ended; of the twelve enemies in total, only the two on the ground remained.

"Hit! Twist his wrist!"

"Use your head to bash the enemy's head!"

"Kick his lower body, there is no Armor there!"

The Warriors nearby offered advice one after another, but no one went up to help the two Shield bearers at this moment, unless the two Shield bearers showed clear signs of losing.

And at this moment, the two enemies still entangled on the ground saw that they were surrounded by enemies, and they were completely desperate, opening their mouths to shout: "I surrender!"

"Yes, yes, yes, please accept our surrender! We surrender! Don't kill us!"

The two said, relaxing their strength and giving up resistance.

"Eh? Why did you give up? Fight!" someone who hadn't seen enough clamored.

But Weier nearby was wiping his Long Sword with Linen Cloth, adding: "Isn't this a good thing? Capturing living enemies seems to earn more rewards? I remember it being five Silver Coins more than before?"

When the others thought about it, it seemed indeed as Weier said, so they began to feel annoyed one after another, blaming themselves for only caring about the thrill during the fight and forgetting that capturing enemies alive could earn more rewards.

"Besides, Bata'er Jiaoshi seems to have questions to ask these two surrendered enemies. Does anyone have a Rope to tie these two up?" Weier surveyed the entire battlefield and nodded with satisfaction.

The entire battle was swift and intense; because they ambushed the other side, the enemies were taken by surprise and were at a complete disadvantage in morale from the start.

Coupled with the fact that they suddenly charged from the high ground of the hills, the attack from top to bottom gave them a huge advantage. The enemies could basically only line up to meet the enemy on the spot, while they could use the speed of charging down from the slope to knock the enemies over in one go.

Coupled with the powerful assistance of Bata'er Jiaoshi on their side, the enemy's formation was broken in an instant, causing the enemies to fall into a state of rout.

As for the battle on the other side, Weier had also glanced at it a few times, and it was also a crushing victory.

It was even solved faster.

Aoni, Sipulu, and Bawei almost each took one enemy's head. And the remaining two enemies were pitifully divided among the other Warriors.

It was an almost one-sided battle, even though the weapons and equipment of both sides were about the same, and the enemy Soldiers' formation was even prettier.

The two surrendered enemies were not tied with a Rope in the end; after a Warrior knocked away their weapons, he forced them to take off their weapons and equipment, and finally used the enemies' own Armor leather belts to tie their arms behind their backs.

This simply restricted the two enemies' ability to resist.

Of course, their legs were not tied, and they could escape if they wanted to, but the three archers in the team didn't mind getting an extra bounty. Don't look at how enemy Soldiers could barely block one or two Arrows after wearing their Armor; once they had no Armor, relying solely on their flesh to withstand Arrows?

That would be underestimating the power of the Arrows shot by a Soldier Bow.

One Arrow down, as long as it doesn't get stuck in the bone, shooting through a person at close range is no problem.

At this time, the Warriors were reporting their respective battle results to Bata'er Jiaoshi, but the Priest was restless, his handwriting sloppy, clearly very eager to end this troublesome and long-winded process and hurry off to interrogate the two surrendered Defeated Soldiers.

Weier was leading people to actively fill in the pits dug earlier; it was estimated that apart from this grain transport team, no other enemies would head to Changmai Cunzi during this period, and if everything went smoothly afterward, the people walking on this road would be the large number of Villagers captured and taken away from Changmai Cunzi, so these troublesome pits had to be filled in advance.

Otherwise, it would actually cause obstacles for the team later.

Although it wouldn't be a big deal, Weier was cautious and careful not to make mistakes, so as not to affect his image and status in the team.

The weapons and equipment on the enemies were all removed and loaded into empty Plowing Ox carts, and the enemies' stripped corpses were also conveniently loaded into an ox cart carriage.

During this time of fighting, these Plowing Oxen pulling the carts were left unattended, not caring at all about the slaughter of Humans around them, only gulping down the wild grass and wild flowers all over the place.

Their mouths opened, and with a roll of their tongues, they could roll the wild flowers and grass around their mouths into their mouths. Sometimes even the bees and small insects on the flowers would be rolled into their mouths by the Plowing Oxen without care, chewed up, and then quickly swallowed into their first stomach.

And when the Warriors drove them to turn back, these Plowing Oxen, accustomed to being driven by Humans, knew that the happy time of eating to their heart's content had ended, so they regretfully set off on the journey, only this time, their masters had changed again.

The Handcart used by the enemies just now was also ordered by the Priest to be brought along; of course, everyone had no use for these empty Handcarts, so six were loaded directly into the ox carts, and the remaining six were pushed by the Warriors in turns.

On the way back to the Temporary Yingdi and the Forward Yingdi, Bata'er Jiaoshi began his interrogation.

"What are your names?" Bata'er Jiaoshi asked the two Defeated Soldiers with their hands tied in front of him, frowning.

He actually hated these Defeated Soldiers very much and wished he could bite them to death, but in order to ask the questions he cared about, he had to endure the extreme annoyance in his heart and talk to these two people at this moment.

"Pr, Priest-sama, please spare us! Please spare us!"

Although the two Defeated Soldiers were cowards who would surrender, they still had an eye for things; they saw that the person with the highest status in the entire team was this Priest, and what was worse, this young male Priest happened to be an Agricultural God Church Priest.

The two of them knew which church the Church in the center of Changmai Cunzi belonged to, and they also knew what they had done to the whole village.

At this moment, the two of them were terrified, fearing that even though they had surrendered, they would still be executed by the furious Agricultural God Church Priest.

If these two knew that the young Priest in front of them was not only an Agricultural God Church Priest but also the Cunzi Priest of Changmai Cunzi, they probably wouldn't have surrendered even if they had to fight to the death.

Because the former meant they still had a chance to live and go to jail, while the latter meant they would suffer a long, endless torture.

Do not think that the kind-hearted Bata'er Jiaoshi could not do such a thing.

Hatred.

It is the easiest thing to change a person.

"I am asking you, what are your names? Just answer honestly, do not repeat asking me to spare you. Whether you will be spared or not largely depends on whether you cooperate with me."

Bata'er Jiaoshi stared unkindly at the two Defeated Soldiers in front who were turning their heads to curry favor, and his tone of voice gradually became impatient.

Aoni, who was patrolling and checking in the team, walked over and directly grinned, saying loudly: "Priest! You can't do it like this; if you want to ask questions, you have to be fierce, you have to make them fear you, slap them a few times before they speak, and then let them answer!"

The two Defeated Soldiers immediately glared at Aoni, this meddlesome bystander, but Aoni did not indulge these two captives; he went up and punched both of them in the stomach with his gloved fist.

"Ugh..."

The two Defeated Soldiers immediately curled up in pain, trembling all over, half from anger and half from pain.

These two Defeated Soldiers would never have cared about a guy like Aoni who looked like a farmer; not to mention anything else, just yesterday in the Mine, there were plenty of farmers like this who wanted to curry favor with them in various ways just to beg for a little more food.

Some Farmer families, in order to survive, even disregarded shame and let their daughters and wives take the initiative to curry favor with them, only to be taken away and repeatedly ravaged and ruined by them, the Soldiers responsible for food rations.

In order to obtain a little more food, these women dared not show even a hint of reluctance, lest they annoy them, which would not only result in getting no more food, but also having the rations they could have exchanged for their Mineral Ore withheld.

But after only one day, the two of them were stripped bare, tied up like livestock, and had to endure beatings from these foul farmers from time to time.

They wanted to lash out, but upon seeing the ox cart nearby filled with the corpses of their companions, they quieted down again.

Although they would suffer humiliation, it was still better than their dead companions, right?

After all, they were still alive, while their Squad Leader—that guy who had to forcibly sleep with several young female Villagers in the Mine every day—had long since turned into a corpse with a severed arm, his blood-filled mouth agape, unable to close his eyes, staring at the sky.

Seeing that the two seemed to have figured things out, Bata'er Jiaoshi repeated once more: "Tell me your names; I do not wish to repeat my question again. If you do not wish to say anything, then keeping your tongues seems superfluous."

Seeing the look of astonishment on the faces of the two Defeated Soldiers, Bata'er Jiaoshi added: "Rest assured, if I cut out your tongues, I can use a healing Prayer to treat you. Although your tongues will not grow back, at least I will not let you bleed to death."

The two swallowed hard and hurriedly spoke: "Lord Priest, Lord Priest, I am Dusinuba."

"I am Kelisilaow."

Bata'er Jiaoshi recorded the two men's names on the paper in his hand, and he then asked: "Where are you from?"

This question put the two in a difficult position; clearly, even as Defeated Soldiers who possessed no morality, they did not want people to know where they were from, lest these matters be spread throughout their hometowns in the future. If that happened, their families back home would not be able to remain in the local area.

Their wives, children, and parents at home would be subjected to massive condemnation.

Yes, even Defeated Soldiers who committed all sorts of evil deeds actually had families and friends, but that is how war is, that is how violence is—it easily alienates people, making them think that as long as they are not in their hometowns, they can easily expose their dark sides without receiving any punishment.

"Where are you from? This is the last time I will ask."

Bata'er Jiaoshi's tone was devoid of emotion; clearly, it was not that he had no emotions, but rather that it was the precursor to an impending outburst.

Realizing this, the two Defeated Soldiers immediately shouted: "Lord Priest, I will tell you, we will tell you!"

"I am from Kangbilisi County, under the rule of Baron Beliers in the north of the province. My home is in a village on the east side of the county, called Rotten Shoe Cunzi. Because the village originally developed from a cobbler's shop, it was given that rotten name."

One Defeated Soldier mumbled his hometown reluctantly.

The other Defeated Soldier grinned and said anxiously: "My Lord, my Lord. We are both from Kangbilisi County under the rule of Baron Beliers. My home is also in the east, but not in a village; it is a small roadside settlement. There are only a few households there, all making a living by serving the merchant caravan next to the settlement. I beg you not to pass on what we have done here back home. You can even make me do hard labor, go dig Stone, anything."

One must know that being sent to a quarry to dig Stone is a punishment reserved for criminals who have committed serious crimes; basically, criminals forced to work in quarries everywhere do not live for more than a few years.

Firstly, the work intensity in a quarry is high and the food is scarce; it is very difficult for the body of an ordinary person to sustain such high-intensity work.

Secondly, even among the criminals working inside the quarry, there are organized gangs. Ordinary people without a gang to protect them can barely keep the small amount of food issued to them daily. Basically, their bodies collapse or they die of starvation within the first month.

And a quarry is a punitive place, not a place that actually relies on mining Stone for profit, so if a criminal in the quarry dies, they die; the person in charge of the quarry does not care whether more or less Stone is mined.

As long as the criminals sent from various places do not escape from their quarry, no one cares if they rely on internal gang oppression to bully other criminals or if they die early.

Bata'er Jiaoshi heard the man's plea and remained unmoved. He simply recorded their hometowns and then asked a new question: "Tell me, what happened on the battlefield last year? And how did you end up running here afterward?"

This was nothing difficult to talk about, and the two Defeated Soldiers blurted out everything they knew.

But unlike the Refining Qi soldiers previously responsible for the Scout duties, these two soldiers were just ordinary members. In the chaotic battlefield, they barely understood what was going on before they were pushed to flee, and then they just followed orders from above, doing whatever they were told.

It was not as if they hadn't complained about why they had to take the huge risk of crossing the Southern Mountains, but as two ordinary soldiers, they could neither question the higher-ranking officers nor did anyone pay them any mind.

The two were lucky enough to have only been sick a few times during their trek through the mountains, but after eating the Monster meat obtained by other soldiers who had killed the Monster, their illnesses quickly cleared up.

And then, it was the discovery of the Mine and the attack on Changmai Cunzi under the orders of the Soldier squad leader.

Bata'er Jiaoshi suppressed his emotions and asked the question he was concerned about at the moment in as steady a voice as possible: "After that? You captured so many Villagers; how did you make the Villagers mine, and how did you manage them?"

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