RWNEFE -Chapter 60 Massacre!

Having the women and children recall events was cruel, but the intelligence they provided was promising!

The number of able-bodied fighters inside wasn’t as high as they initially feared.

The Wei family troops guarding outside, upon hearing this, breathed a mental sigh of relief and hurried to report back.

On the battlefield, they normally counted all enemy numbers indiscriminately—men, women, or children didn’t matter.

Soon, Wei Dongzhu’s revised strategy arrived.

“Have twenty people disguise themselves as refugees and sneak inside to rescue the hostages first.”

“If the refugees inside hide the hostages, the people outside split into two groups—one coordinates with those inside, the other rescues the hostages.”

“If the refugees don’t hide hostages, we rescue them first, then rush in to support each other.”

As soon as Wei Dongzhu finished explaining, the prisoners immediately objected.

“No way! We’re nothing like you. We don’t have your skills. Those refugees are vicious—if we go in, it’s suicide!”

“Exactly, I think we need to lure more people out. There are still too many inside. Even women and children hit hard enough to hurt!”

The speaker was instantly stared down by everyone else.

“Why are you looking at me? Women hitting people already hurts plenty. None of you ever been hit by your own wife?”

After a suffocating silence, the man was shoved to the back.

He had assumed every wife was like his own.

True, Lady Song was fierce. If there were several inside like her, things would indeed be tricky!

The Wei family troops hadn’t expected the young general’s plan to be so easily overruled, so they quickly returned.

Without giving them time to think, over twenty people emerged.

“Don’t split up, hold your weapons tightly!”

“Do you think there are ghosts?”

“Bah, it’s broad daylight, don’t talk nonsense!”

Once the twenty moved out of sight, the hidden prisoners ambushed them, taking their weapons.

Some were too timid to act, constantly glancing at Liu Laohu.

“Now’s the time to save your own lives!”

With Liu Laohu’s command, the hesitant men steadied, gripping their knives firmly.

While the outsiders argued strategy, Shen Lanxi had already infiltrated the house.

Like a wolf among sheep, twin blades in hand, she treated these people like nothing but livestock. Today, they would taste what it meant to be slaughtered like sheep.

Her swordsmanship was lightning-fast and forceful. She didn’t want them to die too easily, so she avoided deliberately striking lethal points—but she struck ruthlessly nonetheless.

Anyone confronting her had no chance: one strike to the bone, an arm severed, limbs torn apart.

This was not killing—

This was slaughter.

Screams erupted instantly. The refugees had never seen such brutal skill, and their morale collapsed immediately. Terrified, they didn’t even dare rush forward, fleeing in panic as if a monstrous weapon had appeared.

“Run! They’re killing people!”

Shen Lanxi sneered. She was killing? And they thought that was bad? It was like tickling them.

In no time, the ground was littered with refugees—some screaming in agony, clutching severed limbs; others pressing wounds to stem bleeding.

All combat effectiveness was gone.

The wives and children left behind realized things were going wrong; the children abandoned, they turned to save themselves.

Shen Lanxi coldly watched their backs and kicked over the boiling cauldron on the fire.

Outside, hearing the screams, the others hid immediately.

“What’s happening?”

“Did they kill people inside again?”

They didn’t have to guess long—soon the refugees were seen fleeing in terror.

Their only thought: what strategy? Is it even needed now?

“Kill these bastards!”

“Charge!”

Liu Laohu roared, leading with his great sword, followed by the other squads jumping out to intercept.

In the blink of an eye, all the refugees fleeing this way were wiped out.

Those fleeing in other directions were dealt with by the Wei family troops.

When the battle ended, everyone was soaked in refugee blood.

The prisoners’ hands trembled from exhaustion—but not from fear. Excitement and disbelief filled them instead.

So many people… and they had actually done it.

Liu Yanhui knew the truth: if the refugees hadn’t lost morale in panic, they wouldn’t have succeeded so easily.

What had happened inside?

Though exhausted, the prisoners couldn’t rest. One step slower and the spoils would be gone.

They scrambled to search the houses.

Wei family troops pushed Wei Dongzhu inside, curious about what horrific events had terrified the bloodthirsty refugees so.

Liu Yanhui and Liu Laohu quickly went in as well.

Inside, only the trembling villagers remained, children wailing endlessly, blood everywhere, and some refugees still not fully dead.

Liu Laohu asked hoarsely, “Who did this?”

No one answered for a long moment.

“What’s next?” Liu Laohu wiped his face, voice lacking confidence.

The Wei family troops pushed Wei Dongzhu away.

Liu Yanhui looked at Liu Laohu’s expectant eyes. “Brother Liu, you’re the only official here. You’re in charge—we all follow you.”

Liu Laohu blinked. He the biggest? He felt like he was the grandson in the room.

“Fine, go help clean up too!”

Liu Yanhui dashed out—not to clean, but to find Shen Lanxi! There was no one else here with such overwhelming combat ability.

“Sir, the hostages are all rescued. All male refugees are dealt with. What about the women and children?”

Shen Lanxi: “Leave them to the villagers to handle.”

Liu Yanhui raised an eyebrow—he had guessed correctly.

“Search the village. Find a water source!”

“Yes!”

After finishing village matters, Liu Laohu immediately sought out Shen Lanxi.

“All the adult men in the village have been killed. Only women and children remain. If they stay here, they won’t survive long!”

Food and water aside, there could still be more refugees outside. If they encountered them again, these survivors would only prolong their lives by a few days before becoming another meal for the refugees.

“Tell me your plan.”

Liu Laohu glanced at her cautiously. “Can we take them with us?”

Shen Lanxi: “Heard about Moon Lake from Liu Yanhui?”

Liu Laohu lowered his head awkwardly.

The greatest luck for the Shen family’s exile was meeting officials like Liu Laohu—people with conscience and justice.

“You’re the official here. You’re the boss—we all follow you!”

Liu Laohu twitched his lips. Please don’t say that again—he was too embarrassed to even lift his head.