The road in the valley has disappeared, and the ground is full of dirt and gravel. Occasionally, some Snake Worship Cult warriors can be seen crouching on the ground, covering their heads with round shields and shivering.
More Snake Worship Cult disciples should have been shallowly buried by the sprayed soil.
In fact, it is certainly impossible for the tens of thousands of troops in the valley to be completely destroyed by just one man-made violent landslide.
Although most of the Snake Worship Cult disciples were buried in the mud, there were still many lucky ones who were still alive, and many of the Snake Worship Cult disciples were even uninjured.
But at this time, none of them dared to stand up or even raise their heads.
Although these snake worshipers are not afraid of death, they are very afraid of the power of heaven and earth, even more afraid than ordinary people.
After all, superstitious and ignorant people are more likely to blame all disasters on divine punishment.
In the eyes of the Snake Worship Cult disciples, the previous movements looked like they had offended the gods...
Until now, rocks are still falling from the cliff, but basically none of the Snake Worship Cult army in the valley dares to move.
Li Ang At this time, he didn't know how many people in Snake Worship Cult's army were still alive, but he had no intention of directly leading the troops to investigate - it was too dangerous. Who knew when the bombed places on the cliffs on both sides would collapse again?
And according to common sense, the direct casualties caused by mountain collapse and falling earth and rocks to the Snake Worship Cult army are at most half.
Those Snake Worship Cult disciples who are alive are currently afraid of Tianwei lying on the ground and dare not move, but if they lead the troops down the valley to face them directly, they may have to fight another uneconomical battle.
In fact, in order to ensure that all hidden dangers can be completely resolved, Li Ang had already asked the guards to make preparations.
Wendy had already appeared at the entrance of the valley with Noldo Guard.
The previous explosion was caused by her leadership - the valley is very large, and the fuse is not that long. To create such a large-scale explosion, someone must be arranged to light the fuse every short section.
This means that you have to climb to the top of the cliff to ambush, and you have to run away immediately after lighting the fuse. Only Noldo Ranger have such efficiency and skill to escape the landslide after the explosion in time.
At this time, Wendy had reorganized the guards together and blocked the entrance to the valley.
That is, behind the Snake Worship Cult army.
The entrance to the valley has also become extremely narrow due to landslides, with a large amount of mud and gravel mixed with trees blocking it, leaving only a gap of less than ten meters.
Wendy's mission is not to guard the gap. In fact, no one could have predicted what this place would look like before the explosion. It was also difficult to predict whether the Noldor would be able to reach this location in time after a large-scale landslide.
Li Ang arranged for her to try her best to light a fire at the entrance of the valley.
A fire that can keep burning all night and seal the entire valley entrance.
As Noldo Elves, Wendilf had never been exposed to fire before they met Li Ang, but they never expected that after meeting the lord, they would always commit murders, arson, and explosions...
With only about ten meters of gap left at the entrance of the valley, the task of lighting a fire to seal the entrance was indeed quite easy for the two hundred Noldor.
All kinds of messy trees were dragged over and piled together, blocking the entire entrance of the valley with their branches and leaves.
Then, fierce smoke filled the air from the pile of trees with their branches and leaves mixed with some soil.
The fire didn't look too big, the open flame was only three to five meters high, but the thick smoke made it impossible to get close.
But no matter what, no one can get out of here.
At the entrance of Fidne village, Li Ang himself was also preparing to light a fire at this end of the valley.
"Lord Fabius Your Excellency, please light the fire... As a lord, you must do one good thing for your own territory... although this may be the only one."
Li Ang handed a torch to Lord Fabius and motioned for him to light a few rows of wooden stakes.
The messy things stuffed between the wooden piles were actually fire starters.
The villagers in the village were dragging a lot of trees, apparently waiting to light the fire and add firewood to it.
"If you light a fire here, you won't be able to burn the Snake Worship Cult disciples in the valley, right?"
Lord Fabius obviously didn't understand what this meant, but he didn't dare to be disobedient, took the torch and started lighting it.
"Fire never easily burns people who can run and jump... The vast majority of people who die in fires die from thick smoke..."
Li Ang said calmly, "Just like the good deeds you and your son did, although you didn't say you wanted to kill people when you forcibly requisitioned food, your men killed most of the elderly like smoke in a fire..."
Lord Fabius's hand holding the torch trembled violently. "Lord Li Ang, you said you would let me go... otherwise my father would definitely kill all the women and children!"
The fire was finally lit, but Lord Fabius's heart probably went cold.
The wooden piles at the entrance of the village had all ignited, forming a wall of fire, and the villagers continued to throw trees and corpses into it.
The violent smoke accompanied by the stench began to sweep across the entire valley, gradually covering the entire valley bottom - this is what will inevitably happen after a fire is lit at the mouth of the valley. The valley is the outlet of the wind, and the wind will continue to pour smoke into the valley. In addition, the smoke cannot be dissipated when fires are lit at both ends. The thick smoke continues to accumulate in the valley, forming a rolling gray carpet within a few minutes.
Coughs and heart-rending wails sounded one after another, along with the dull sound of falling stones from time to time, adding another layer of torture to the valley that was already a purgatory.
The coughing sound in the valley lasted for less than half an hour, and then completely fell silent.
Fires were ignited at both ends of the valley, completely blocking all exits. The Snake Worship Cult disciples who were afraid of the power of the landslide before and could not climb out of the mud and rocks in time were now completely unable to climb out.
The sky gradually darkened, but the firelight illuminated the entire valley, and the thick gray smoke gradually accumulated in the valley and formed a rolling cloud of smoke, burying everything at the bottom of the valley.
Snake Worship Cult's tens of thousands of troops were buried in this valley without having much direct contact with Li Ang's troops.
At night, in Fidne village.
"Lord Fabius, to be honest, it is stupid for you, father and son, to threaten me with the women and children in your own territory... Do you think I will accept such a threat?"
Li Ang is now basically certain that the Snake Worship Cult army is definitely doomed. Although they cannot go to the valley to check now, as long as they are not the walking zombies of the Fear Legion, they will definitely suffocate to death in the valley.
He looked at the fierce-looking Lord Fabius and began to think about how to deal with this father and son.
Livius is not actually here. The governor is still hiding in the mountains, in the same place as the women and children in the village - he has not put the women and children back.
After knowing that Lord Fabius was captured and forced to release the young man in the mine, Livius probably wanted to use those women and children to ensure the safety of their father and son.
In order to deal with the Snake Worship Cult army first, Li Ang had no time to deal with them before, and letting women and children hide in the mountains was considered the way to go when facing the enemy.
But now, this matter has to be solved.
"This is not a threat, I just want to save my life... You asked me to put Qingzhuang back, and I put them all back. I don't want to go against you... Now that the Snake Worship Cult gangsters have been killed, you should keep your promise and let me go!"
Lord Fabius explained weakly.
"Lord Fabius, I said that I will let you go only after killing all Snake Worship Cult disciples - all of them, understand? And now, there are still so many Snake Worship Cult disciples standing in front of you..."
Li Ang pointed at the two hundred soldiers wearing Snake Worship Cult warrior uniforms who were surrounded by villagers.
Those are the private soldiers of the Livius family, wearing green burqas, but now they are all unarmed.
"This! But they are not Snake Worship Cult disciples! They are..."
Lord Fabius Halfway through his words, he sat down on the ground slumped, then turned his head and closed his mouth, no longer looking at the soldiers.
"Aren't they the Snake Worship Cult gangsters?... They were the ones who kidnapped the villagers, right? They were the ones who forcibly confiscated food, right? They were the ones who killed people and set fires, right? Isn't this what the Snake Worship Cult gangsters did? It seems you have understood..."
Li Ang turned to look at the panicked soldiers. "Then... do you understand?"
"Sir... we are just following orders... we... please don't kill us! This is not fair!"
One of the wiser soldiers fell to his knees and began to cry.
Obviously, he has understood that Lord Fabius wants them to die!
"I did it under orders, whose order was it? When did I give you the order to kill the old people in the village? When did I let you burn down the houses in the village?! I only asked you to recruit troops and food, not to kill people or set fire to them!"
Lord Fabius turned around and retorted, obviously unwilling to take the blame.
"It seems that you want fairness... Let me give you fairness. You take the villagers to find all the properties that the Livius family has looted over the years, capture Livius, and rescue all the women and children. After doing all this, I will let you go, otherwise, you will all be Snake Worship Cult disciples."
The lord smiled sarcastically and used Bax's usual tactics when nobles harmed the common people.
Early the next morning, the villagers came back.
They brought back most of the women and children, as well as the food that originally belonged to them.
Livius was also brought back, but he was brought back sideways.
He died, died miserably.
The bald governor had many small scars on his face, and a huge gap in his neck - it looked like he had been bitten, and more than half of his entire neck was bitten off.
In addition, most parts of his body seemed to have been smashed, and his body was almost turned into mud.
It looked like this was even worse than those Snake Worship Cult disciples who died under the collapse of the mountain. If Li Ang hadn't said that they would be captured, it is estimated that the governor would not even have a complete head left.
In the distance, many villagers still did not rest, surrounding the group of soldiers and did not leave.
Lord Fabius sat among all the soldiers, shivering.
"What's going on? Did he meet an ogre?"
Li Ang seemed quite calm. He didn't care about Livius's life or death, but he died so tragically that he had to ask about it.
"It was bitten by a villager..."
Risadiran explained, "Many women died in the house where Livius was hiding. They were all naked, and there were signs of abuse on their bodies... The same was true for some young girls. The situation at that time could not stop the villagers..."
In order to avoid accidents, Risadiran brought some troops to follow the villagers and witnessed the whole process.
Originally, the villagers were only rescuing their wives and children, but then they found out from the cries of the women who were still alive that many women had been abused, and then they saw corpses everywhere behind the house in the mountains.
A villager went crazy after seeing the body of a young girl. He rushed into the yard and bit Livius's throat like a wild beast, and never let go.
That was his daughter, said to be only seven years old.
Other villagers immediately swarmed over him. It was hard to say whether Livius was bitten to death or beaten to death.
"He doesn't even let the young children go?"
Li Ang frowned and looked at Livius's rag-like corpse.
Risadiran shook his head. "Sir, there are not just a few female corpses, but hundreds - I saw hundreds of female corpses myself, and the youngest girl among them looked to be only five or six years old. After the villagers came back, there were at least three to four hundred families who did not find their wives."
"Three to four hundred?! In two months... he certainly can't harm so many women by himself!"
Li Ang turned to look at the two hundred soldiers who were tied up at the other end of the village. "I'm afraid none of them are innocent!"
Risadiran nodded. "Yes, sir, I think so too... But you said last night that you would let them go, so I tied them up first and waited for you to deal with them."
Those private soldiers really wanted to capture Livius in order to survive, and they seemed to work very hard when leading the way, and even brought back several cartloads of property.
But they never mentioned before that so many women died...
"Go, throw that body into the fire... it's an eyesore."
Li Ang walked to the group of soldiers and gave instructions.
The soldiers' eyes lit up. They probably thought that Li Ang was going to keep his promise and give them a way to survive. Several soldiers worked together to lift Livius's body and planned to throw it into the still burning fire.
"... No! What are you doing?"
Lord Fabius rushed over and pushed away several soldiers, trying to snatch his father's body.
But even though several soldiers had ropes tied to their hands, they still worked together to subdue Lord Fabius.
Subsequently, Livius's body was thrown into the fire.
"Livius was burned to death by these Snake Worship Cult disciples. Are you just watching? Why don't you kill these Snake Worship Cult disciples quickly?"
Li Ang said calmly, and took a few steps back to make room.
The villagers didn't understand.
But the old tribune understood.
He stood up and shouted, "Burn them..."
The villagers already hated these soldiers, but now that they had received clear instructions, they all swarmed forward and drowned the two hundred soldiers together with Lord Fabius in the crowd.
"Since we want to kill them... it's natural to kill them, but why do we have to let these villagers do it themselves?"
After returning to the manor on the mountainside, Amy looked at the villagers who kept throwing bodies towards the fire, and asked Li Ang strangely.
"Because I want to take away all these villagers..."
Li Ang replied, "Let them kill the local lord and the lord's soldiers with their own hands, and they can only follow me... Speaking of which, my behavior is not noble, but at least I can let them live..."