Chapter 71: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 71 Humiliation
After hearing Captain Sun's words, many people began to waver. After all, what he said made a lot of sense. Escaping from the exile convoy meant certain death.
Although they had endured the bullying of the bailiffs while in the convoy, they knew that the bailiffs wouldn't easily kill them, and in some cases, they even needed to protect them. After all, the number of people in the exile convoy was limited. If too few people were sent to the southern barbarians, the bailiffs would be punished.
So, staying in the convoy meant they could still survive. Leaving the convoy would make them wanted throughout the country, and unless they hid deep in the mountains, they would be captured as soon as they entered a city.
But just as Captain Sun had said, hiding in the mountains like wild animals wasn't much different from being true criminals.
For a moment, many people put down their weapons.
However, some saw this scene and panicked. They had had enough and didn't want to experience this anymore.
"Are you crazy? Do you really think they will spare you? They're just deceiving you. After this is over, they will come after you sooner or later."
"And we've already come this far. Are you really going to give up? This is your only chance. If you miss it, there won't be another."
The people who had been swayed by Captain Sun's words were swayed once again. Many of them picked up their weapons again.
But there were still some who remained hesitant.
"Kill!"
Seeing this, those who were still hesitant stopped talking and rushed towards Captain Sun and the others.
"Captain!"
The bailiffs were afraid, and Captain Sun didn't have time to check whether the Chen family had really escaped. Their priority was to save their lives.
"Let's retreat!"
Retreat? Where could they retreat to? These prisoners were simply insane. Didn't they know the consequences of escaping?
If it weren't for someone inciting and deceiving them, this wouldn't have escalated to such a degree.
"It must be the Chen family!"
Captain Sun gritted his teeth. "It must be them. After they escaped, they left their servants behind to confuse us and even incited these prisoners to revolt, all to delay us and create an opportunity for themselves to escape."
The others nodded, finding this explanation very plausible.
They cursed at the Chen family while backing away. Faced with the rioting prisoners, their small group couldn't stop them.
"Kill!"
"Kill the leader!"
A man pointed at Captain Sun and shouted. Everyone knew who Captain Sun was and understood the principle of 'capture the ringleader first'.
Upon hearing this, Captain Sun narrowed his eyes and stared fiercely at the man. If looks could kill, that man would have died countless times.
"Get lost!"
Although the prisoners were shackled, there were many of them. They picked up stones and threw them at Captain Sun and the others.
Bang! A bailiff was hit in the head by a stone, and blood gushed out. He quickly covered his head with his hands, giving up the attack.
Seeing this, the prisoners surged forward and beat the bailiff with sticks. Caught off guard, the bailiff was struck in the head again and fell to the ground.
The prisoners were inflamed with bloodlust, and their targets shifted to the other bailiffs. The bailiffs, seeing their comrade die before them, felt both shocked and angry, and a sense of despair crept over them.
"What should we do?"
"Captain, we can't hold them back!"
The bailiffs retreated to Captain Sun's side, watching the densely packed crowd in front of them, feeling powerless.
Captain Sun also felt some fear, not of the prisoners, but of their numbers.
A multitude of ants can kill an elephant!
Captain Sun fled first, followed closely by the others.
But the prisoners pursued relentlessly. Seeing the bailiffs who had once bullied and dominated them now running like frightened mice, they felt extremely pleased and even joyful.
Compared to their joy, Captain Sun and the others looked very grim. They had nowhere to hide.
There were prisoners everywhere.
"Are we going to be killed like this?"
A timid bailiff swallowed hard, his voice trembling.
"Nonsense!"
Other bailiffs became anxious and angry. "We are bailiffs, and they are prisoners. Just like we are cats, and they are mice..."
But they couldn't finish their words.
After all, even if there were too many mice, they could still kill a cat.
"Captain, what should we do?"
The bailiffs looked at Captain Sun, hoping he could come up with a way to save their lives.
Who should I ask when everyone is looking at me?
At this moment, Captain Sun was sweating profusely. Although he had experienced prisoner riots before, it had never been this serious. In the past, he could easily calm them down and suppress the riot, but this time was different. They were surrounded by the prisoners.
He thought of various ways to escape, but none seemed feasible to get them out of this predicament. He felt a sense of despair creeping over him.
Am I going to die here?
Damn it!
If he could survive this, he would never let the Chen family off the hook. He would make them pay, make them suffer, and not let them die easily.
"Hahaha, you can't escape now!"
The prisoners surrounded the bailiffs, very happy, but they didn't attack immediately. The man who seemed to be their leader stepped forward and taunted Captain Sun.
"Didn't expect this, did you? Fortune favors the bold!"
"As long as you kneel down and beg for mercy, maybe we'll let you go." The man turned to the others. "What do you think?"
"That's right!"
"Yeah, kneel down and beg for mercy, and we'll let you go!"
Seeing the opportunity to humiliate and retaliate against these bailiffs, the prisoners naturally wouldn't miss it and began to mock them.
"Tsk tsk, that's not enough. Let them crawl between our legs, and we'll let them go."
"Hahaha!"
Everyone laughed loudly.
The bailiffs dared not speak out, their hands tightly gripping their swords. If any prisoners dared to charge at them, they would kill without mercy.
"What's your decision?" The leading man squinted at Captain Sun, thinking to himself that the master should have escaped by now, and he had delayed enough time. Once he dealt with these bailiffs, he could go find the master and regroup.
Thinking of this, a cruel smile appeared on his face. "I'll count to ten. If you haven't made a decision by then, don't blame us for being ruthless."
"Ten!"
"Nine!"
"Eight!"
...
"Three!"
"Two!"
Before the last word fell, everyone felt the ground shaking, as if an earthquake had occurred, and their faces changed drastically.
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"Oh no, look over there!"
A prisoner pointed to the distance, and everyone was shocked and frightened. Even their legs trembled.
Meanwhile, Captain Sun and the others showed joy on their faces.
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