After days of fighting, Ergou's locust-sweeping team had enough food every day, and his team had gathered thousands of people. So far, the locust swarms in the entire Daqing Township have been wiped out by them. But the remaining locust swarms all gathered together to form a super large swarm. Ergou observed from a distance that there were at least 100 mutant locusts more than five inches long in the large swarm. This mutant locust is not easy to deal with. It is fast and powerful. The serrations on its legs are sharp and can easily cut the flesh. Ordinary people have almost no ability to resist when encountering a mutant locust. It is definitely a nine-to-one death. With their current two geese, only five warriors, and more than 1,000 ordinary people, if they fight the swarm, at least five hundred people will die. These refugees are all scattered. It's okay to fight a favorable battle. If one or two hundred of them die in the battle, the rest will have to flee. At that time, the lives of these warriors will be in danger. Therefore, he has not dared to act rashly. He has let everyone rest for a day and use this day to make more preparations for the battle.
But now there are more than 1,000 people, and there are only nearly two buckets of food every day. It is equivalent to two or three buckets of food for one hundred people. They used to survive by eating locusts. Now not fighting means that everyone will go hungry. I just had a full meal for a few days, and I started to go hungry again today. Since ancient times, luxury has become more difficult than frugality, and everyone has fallen into a panic of hunger. After not eating much for a day, these people are not depressed, but their eyes are red and their fighting spirit is high. In addition, this locust meat is a little bit toxic. It doesn't matter if you eat a little, but if you eat more, you will become stronger, and you will be irritable and aggressive. However, for these refugees who can't get enough food, this poison is just a minor disease. In the eager anticipation of everyone, the next morning, Ergou asked people to fry all the locusts that they had saved in the past few days, and cook two buckets of grain into porridge. After everyone had a full meal, they asked everyone to carry a large bundle of firewood and grass. In Ergou's hand, he was holding a tightly sealed wooden barrel, and no one knew what was inside. "Captain Zhang, the locust swarm is on the hill in front." The constable was responsible for tracking the movement of the locust swarm, and at this moment he pointed to a hill in front and said. In fact, even if he didn't say it, everyone could see that there were too many locusts. Several surrounding mountains have been eaten up, not even a leaf is left. Above this hill, countless dense black dots are connected together, like a big black cloud rising and falling, which makes people's scalps numb. The refugees who were still clamoring to kill locusts yesterday are now sweating on their foreheads and their fighting spirit is half gone. At this time, I can only be glad that I followed the right person and the captain had a plan. Ergou asked people to put the firewood on their backs in an open place nearby and spread it on the ground.
More than 1,000 bundles of firewood were spread out, covering more than two acres of land. "Zhao Xiucai, bring all the green grass you prepared." Ergou gave an order, and Zhao Xiucai soon came with a few refugees, carrying large bundles of green leaves. It is a drought now, and it is not easy to find these green leaves. It took a lot of effort. Everyone piled the green leaves on the ground, and then Ergou opened the mysterious wooden barrel in his hand. Everyone stretched their necks curiously to look, and it turned out that the barrel was just a bucket of water. Ergou sprinkled all the water in the barrel on the green leaves. These green leaves were exposed to the sun for a day, and they were originally sluggish. After absorbing some water, they immediately exuded vitality and looked more green. Then let everyone sprinkle these green leaves on the dry firewood. After arranging all this, everyone quietly retreated to the firewood and waited quietly for the locusts to arrive. They didn't wait long, and some locusts found the green leaves here, and seemed to find that these green leaves were delicious, and soon spread from one to ten and from ten to a hundred. A huge black cloud rose from the hill, and all of them flew towards this side. I saw a thick layer of locusts on the two or three mu of firewood pile, and they would even fight for it. Many refugees have begun to touch the flint and fire, ready to light a fire at any time. "Captain, can we set the fire?" Zhao Xiucai asked softly beside Ergou. "Yes!" Ergou nodded and was about to light the fire. At this time, dozens of five-inch-long insect kings were seen flying with a large locust more than one foot long. The whole body of this locust was as green as jade, and its abdomen was swollen and thicker than a fist. With the appearance of the large locust, the swarm of insects that were still snatching green leaves on the firewood suddenly became quiet, and all lay in place, not daring to move. The big locust landed on the firewood and devoured the green leaves. At this point, the other locusts dared not eat a single bite. "Wait!" "Don't set the fire first!" Er Gou hurriedly stopped Zhao Xiucai, because he had just seen a strong breath on the big insect king through the Qi-seeing technique. This breath is somewhat similar to that of human Qi-training cultivators, but it is more violent and fierce. He didn't know if he was the opponent of the insect king, but few of the people in the locust-killing team could escape. The strength of the insect swarm was far beyond his expectation.
The county government just gave him two buckets of grain. He had food to eat now, and he didn't want to fight for these two buckets of grain. However, his reaction was still a little late. In the distance, a refugee had already thrown a lit torch into the pile of firewood. With the first one, there was soon a second one, a third one... These people were not some undisciplined army. They were just refugees who got together to make a living. Soon, the more than 1,000 people did not listen to his call at all, and lit torches and threw them at the insect swarm. Since it has come to this point, Ergou had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead everyone to fight. "Increase the fire!" "Hurry up, throw more torches." Ergou felt that the fire was too slow. The locusts had already started to fly away before the fire was completely burned. This opportunity is rare. This fire must try to burn as many locusts as possible. Immediately, he used his magic power, and after a few breaths, a fireball the size of an egg rose from his fingertips. This ball of fire emitted a scorching heat, and as soon as it touched the firewood pile, it instantly ignited a blazing flame. At the same time, two big white geese flew into the sky, flapped their wings, and drove back the locusts that had just flown away from the sea of fire. Now there were people around with bamboo sticks whipping, and two more big white geese blocked the sky, and a large number of locusts fell into the sea of fire. "Squeak, squeak, squeak..." At this time, the big insect king that was more than a foot long rushed up from the flames. Behind it, followed more than a hundred insect kings that were several inches long, and a dense swarm of insects like a dark cloud. His two big geese were the first to bear the brunt. There were too many locusts, and they were alone and could not stop them at all. "Puff, puff, puff..." One locust king after another hit the geese, knocking the feathers of the two geese to fall with blood. If it continued like this, the two geese would die. "Come back!" The two geese got the order and flew back to Ergou. They were covered with wounds, but they still held their heads high and spread their wings to show off their might. The locust swarm rushed into the sea of fire under the leadership of the insect king, but did not leave. Like a dark cloud, it hovered in the sky. However, the total size of the insect swarm was much larger than before. At least half of it was burned by this fire. The locust swarm seemed to be enraged, and its wings fluttered rustling. Suddenly, all of them rushed towards the crowd in the direction. "Ahhh..." The crowd immediately let out a scream. The sawtooth on the insect king's leg easily cut their skin.
People kept falling to the ground and rolling and wailing. After a few breaths of howling, these people were completely dead. "Everyone, come closer to me!" "Anyone who dares to escape will be killed without mercy!" Just now, in order to set the fire, everyone was too scattered, and several people had no power to resist the swarm of insects. These refugees originally just wanted to make a living, but now facing the danger of death, they were so scared that they covered their heads and fled, and they didn't even listen to the call. The constable drew his waist knife at this moment and blocked the way. The knife flashed in his hand, and several heads fell to the ground. The blood dyed this mountain road red. The constable held a bloody knife to block it, as if the god of death had appeared. At this point, the frightened refugees were finally frightened again, and they just obeyed the call and returned to Ergou. It was much easier after everyone gathered together. The two geese circled and collided at low altitude, trying to disperse the swarm of insects as much as possible. The others gathered together and waved bamboo sticks desperately. Ergou waved his heavy sword and used a set of wind sword techniques. This set of sword techniques was performed like a violent storm, with heavy sword shadows that could not be splashed with water. Wherever the sword shadows went, whether it was an ordinary locust or a few inches long insect king, they were all chopped into pieces. When Ergou was performing with all his strength, a green light suddenly flashed on the left, and then a huge force hit the sword. The force of this collision broke the hundred-year-old heavy sword in his hand into two pieces. When the green light flew past him, he looked and found that it was the insect king that was more than one foot long. Sun Xiucai, who was originally standing on his left, had fallen to the ground at this time, with a fist-sized hole on his chest, bleeding. "Squeak..." This large locust king failed to attack the second one, and was not in a hurry to attack the second one, but hovered in the air, making a "squeak" sound. The locust swarm seemed to be driven by it, and all rushed towards Ergou like a tide. Even if he used the half-broken sword in his hand to prevent wind from blowing in and water from splashing, it was still difficult to resist. At this time, the broken sword in Ergou's hand shone brightly, and the sword light that stretched from the blade was about a foot long and stretched and retracted. Suddenly, a sword light flew like lightning and shot straight at the big locust, faster than the big locust. The insect reacted quickly, and moved sideways an inch in a hurry to avoid the vital point. This sword energy passed through the side of its abdomen, flowing green blood. The big locust was injured, and its ferocity was revealed. It fluttered its wings and pounced on Ergou. Ergou did not dodge or avoid, and used the set of wind swordsmanship in succession, and his spiritual consciousness was fully spread out to find the flight trajectory of the insect king. He used the Qi in his Dantian to cast only two sword beams. He had already used one just now, and now he only had one chance left. Until the man and the locust were ten feet apart, in his consciousness, the speed of the locust seemed to slow down, and its flight trajectory was clearly visible.
Now, Ergou immediately cast the second sword beam, which whizzed through the head of the locust king. The locust king's body was split into two, and green blood was scattered all over the ground. Once the largest locust king died, the insect swarm lost its restraint and suddenly became scattered, splitting into several groups, each doing its own thing. In the crowd's killing, only a few locusts escaped. So far, all the locust swarms in Daqing Township have been eliminated by him.