Piranhas

Zhou Wanwan looked at them curiously and asked, "Is the Northern Desert Kingdom very powerful? Is it even stronger than our Great Xia Kingdom?"

Pei Yong explained in detail:

"The Northern Desert Kingdom is a nomadic country on the grasslands, without a fixed capital. Its tribes are scattered across the grasslands and Gobi Desert on the border."

They live a nomadic life, moving with the water and grass, growing up on horseback from childhood, and almost all of them are proficient in riding and archery, making them extremely mobile.

"They don't have the orderly military system of our Great Xia. When they fight, they don't follow any rules. They rely entirely on their bravery and are good at long-distance raids, flanking maneuvers, and guerrilla harassment."

They usually operate in small groups, sending small cavalry units to raid across the border, plundering supplies and valuables before immediately retreating, never engaging our main army in direct combat.

By the time our border troops assembled and arrived, they had long since vanished.

Zhou Wanwan understood; these people were using guerrilla warfare.

She smiled and said, "Then we can lure them in, right?"

Pei Yong sighed and said:

"It's not like we haven't tried to deal with them before. We specifically selected people to disguise themselves as the elderly, weak, women, and children."

There are also seemingly wealthy caravans that are actually trying to set a trap to lure them in.

But these people were very shrewd; they somehow saw through the deception and weren't fooled at all.

One of the soldiers also spoke up:

"The people of the Northern Desert are also particularly skilled in using poison, and their methods are extremely ruthless."

In the Gobi Desert on the border, there are countless poisonous creatures, including Gobi scorpions, rattlesnakes, and all sorts of unidentifiable poisonous spiders and lizards.

They can tame and utilize them, and even extract deadly poisons from these poisonous creatures and desert weeds.

They are experts at night raids, sneaking into the camp while our soldiers are sound asleep.

They either released poisonous smoke, or poisoned the water and food.

"After being infected, people become so unaware that they can't even make a sound and die without realizing it."

Back then, I had hundreds of brothers under my command, an entire squad, and they all fell victim to their poison.

By the time we found them, they were all beyond saving; they didn't even have a chance to fight back. It was a truly tragic scene.

Zhou Wanwan nodded, looking at them and said, "These people from the Northern Desert Kingdom are too cruel! Why don't we go and have a go at them? We've got nothing better to do anyway."

Pei Yong said helplessly:

"Young master, it's not that we're being mean, but even though we outnumber them, we won't get any benefit from going to the Northern Desert."

We were also bullied there, and sometimes it was really frustrating.

Zhou Wanwan pouted and said, "Then I definitely have to go! I want to go right now."

Liu Su'e stormed in, angrily saying, "Those people from Zhou Family Village are shameless! They want everything, and now they're even catching fish from our pond!"

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes; she had already forgotten about these people.

Zhou Wanwan led the group up the city wall, where they saw the villagers of Zhou Family Village gathered around a pond, exclaiming, "Wow, the fish in here are really fat! There are even red fish! Have you ever seen anything like them?"

"We've never seen, never seen, a red fish before."

Do you think these fish might be poisonous?

"What's poisonous about them? They all look delicious to me. How come these fish are raised so well? Let's have grilled fish tonight!"

They said I was visiting the mountain stronghold, but I haven't even had a proper meal. Zhou Wanwan really knows how to fool people this Zhou Wanwan.

These people were all fishing by the river when suddenly they felt a chill down their spines and were pushed into the water by something.

All I could hear were continuous thumping sounds all around me.

All of them fell into the pond, splashing water everywhere.

Old Scholar Tree's men laughed heartily, "These bandits dare to steal from our village! Let's teach them a lesson!"

The crowd cried out for help, "Who... who pushed us? Please come and save us!"

"Help! I can't swim, why is this pond so deep?"

"What is that thing's head? It's terrifying!"

Then they saw several crocodiles slowly swimming over, Zhou Wanwan watched them with great interest.

These crocodiles are usually kept in cages, but today someone must have opened the fence.

The crocodiles opened their mouths wide, revealing sharp teeth.

"Agh... What kind of monster is this? Run!"

"Who on earth is raising so many monsters here?! It's terrifying... Waaah, I want to go home."

Zhou Wanwan stood on the city wall, watching helplessly as someone released the piranhas into the pond.

In just a moment, crimson blood appeared in the pond.

As soon as the smell of blood spread, the piranhas went berserk, chasing after people and biting them viciously, their teeth gripping the flesh tightly and refusing to let go.

The people in the pond were terrified and scrambled desperately to the shore, covering their heads and running around in panic, their screams echoing everywhere.

When they finally scrambled ashore, they were all covered in wounds, their clothes torn to shreds, and their bodies soaked in blood.

Zhou Wanwan then stepped down from the city wall, and said with a half-smile, "Oh, what's wrong with you all? Did you just take a bath in the pond?"

Zhang Guilan was covered in wounds. She clutched her arm and said, "Zhou Wanwan, you're a lunatic! How could you keep these things here?"

"You're a monster! Why do you keep these things? They bite!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them calmly and said, "Are these fish going to come ashore and bite you? I don't understand why you went to the river to catch them?"

Those people looked at her and said, "Who went down to catch them? We don't even know how we ended up in the pond!"

"What exactly are those monsters in there? They have sharp teeth. Let's catch them, roast them, and eat them."

Zhou Wanwan walked straight down and patted the heads of the crocodiles, saying:

"These crocodiles are so well-behaved! Look at them, look at them, how obedient and well-behaved they are!"

Little Good One, take your friends and go play!

Little Good One nodded and swam back with the other crocodiles.

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "I told you, don't cause trouble in my stronghold, or you'll regret it."

Zhou Wanwan turned and left with a group of people. That night, the people from Zhou Family Village started causing trouble again.

Zhou Wanwan was going to take them back, but these people actually didn't want to go back.

"This mountain stronghold is really nice. I wish we could live here."

"Fortune teller, this is your son and daughter-in-law's family. Why don't you have a good talk with them?"

Old Madam Zhou smiled faintly and said:

"How could an old woman like me possibly make decisions for them?"

As you all know, my fourth child has always had some issues with us, so you'd better not say anything!

The people from Zhou Family Village looked at Zhou Fusheng and said:

"Fusheng! We're from the same village."

Now that you're successful, you haven't really forgotten about us, have you?

"Of course! We consider you a brother. During our toughest times, I even gave you half a pancake!"

"Yes, yes, I helped you too, haven't you forgotten? I even took you to work at Liu Bapi's house!"