Chapter 33: The Village is Destroyed by Soldiers

Chapter 33: The Village is Destroyed by Soldiers

In the dark night, five figures bent over and groped their way towards the village where flames were shooting up into the sky.

The five people were sweating profusely as they walked, and they stopped only when they were about a hundred meters away from the village.

Lin Youcai lay in the field, looking at the village with a telescope.

A burning house, a swaying figure, a knife rising and falling, blood splattering, and a head falling to the ground.

Crying, shouting for help, laughing, and the crackling sound of burning wood came with the wind and poured into the ears of the five people.

The hot sweat all over the body instantly makes people feel cold on their backs.

Lin Youcai handed the telescope to Tian Daniu, "Focus your eyes here, yes, look like this..."

“Ah! Ugh…”

Lin Youcai reacted quickly and covered Tian Daniu's mouth, "Shh~ don't make any sound."

Fortunately, the noise in the village was loud enough to cover up Tian Daniu's exclamation.

Lin Youcai asked the four people to take turns to look at the situation in the village. They covered their mouths in advance to avoid making any exclamations.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!" Lin Youxing, the eldest grandson of the village head, immediately turned to the side and vomited violently.

Tian Daniu lowered his voice and asked, "Then... what should we do now?"

Lin Youcai twitched his nose. "Let's stay still and wait for them to leave. We'll see what happens next."

"I don't think these people look like thieves..." Zhu family's son-in-law Tao Mingyuan said softly.

Lin Youcai held up a telescope, staring at the people who committed crimes in the village, carefully distinguishing their clothes and said: "They really don't look like ordinary thieves... They are all young and middle-aged, and the clothes they wear... are almost the same. Fuck..." Lin Youcai closed his eyes tightly. As a person living in the peaceful era of the 21st century, the scene was too shocking and exciting. "Ugh~ Ugh~ Ugh~"

"Ugh! Ugh!!!" After Lin Youcai vomited, Lin Youxing couldn't help but vomit again.

"Let's go back first. Everyone is waiting anxiously." Tao Mingyuan patted his chest and held back the urge to vomit.

A heart-wrenching scream was heard not far away. The five people heard it clearly and their hair stood on end.

He got up, his hands and feet as weak as a shrimp, and stumbled back in the dark.

He walked in a straight line and walked back in a straight line. Lin Youcai would use a telescope to check his location from time to time, so he would not forget where he was.

Lin Youcai sniffed his nose, wondering why there was a urine smell. He blurted out, "Why does it smell like urine? I smelled it as soon as I lay there. I've come so far, why is there still..."

"I...I...pee...pee..." Lin Youxing said hesitantly.

"I...I...I peed too." Lin Youcai's second uncle's eldest son Lin Youfeng, who is also his cousin, said with a red face as he walked beside him.

Lin Youcai rolled his eyes in the dark. Two people who had wet their pants were walking beside him. No wonder...

When a few people walked back to the team, everyone was indeed waiting anxiously.

The five of us talked one after another and told what we saw.

Lin Benshu couldn't help but ask, "Did you see clearly? Is it a soldier?"

Tao Mingyuan nodded, "Lin Youcai and I looked at it again and again. There were probably dozens of soldiers wearing military uniforms and holding swords."

"Yeah. Most of the houses are on fire. We can see clearly with the firelight. They should not be ordinary bandits. This village is next to the official road. Ordinary bandits would not dare to rob houses and slaughter people in the village next to the official road in such a high-profile manner." The raging fire illuminated the tragic situation in the village, allowing the five people to see it clearly.

In the darkness, some people hugged their families tightly, while others couldn't help sobbing.

The headman lowered his voice: "If you don't want to die, don't make any noise! ​​There is no moon tonight, and it's very dark. We can hide to one side, don't light a fire, and don't make any noise. We should be able to escape. Take care of your family and children! Rest where you are, don't walk around, and we'll see what happens in the morning! If you want to die, go to one side, don't implicate everyone else!"

After her father Lin Youcai returned safely, Lin Zisu sat in the driver's seat and fell asleep peacefully. She didn't see the tragic situation in the village ahead, and she had no way or ability to save people. She definitely couldn't leave tonight, so she might as well get enough sleep first.

What Lin Youcai and his men didn't know was that the Huicheng County in front of them had already been attacked by the soldiers of the Second Prince Qi Wang. The city sent out hundreds of soldiers to check the situation in the villages outside the city, which was actually to sweep the villages and rob the houses.

Prince Qi captured the prefectural capital Ancheng and continued to attack without stopping. Nan County was already a piece of meat on the chopping board. Huicheng County was occupied, and the troops of the third prince, Prince Yi, could not come, leaving Nan County completely isolated and helpless.

At about 11 o'clock in the evening, the official road became busy. A group of people came from the direction of the slaughtered village. Some rode horses with torches, some rode mules, and some drove ox carts. The ox carts were piled with looted food and tied up women.

There was no gold, and the silver and copper coins they received were hidden on their bodies. The gold, silver and jewelry found in the city belonged to the superiors, and the small silver coins collected were the welfare of the soldiers below.

On the official road, there were loud laughter and obscene words that were unbearable to hear.

The group hid away from the official road, and in the hot night, their clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

He covered his mouth tightly, curled up into a ball, and let the insects bite him without daring to move.

In the distant village, the fire was still burning and thick smoke rose into the sky.

The night wind blew, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke, a faint smell of blood, and the smell of burning fire.

At 1 a.m., there was no other sound except the croaking of frogs and the chirping of insects.

The heads of each family gathered together to discuss whether to leave now or wait until daybreak.

Lin Youcai: "We should leave while it's dark and get away from this troubled place."

Lin Benshu said with a worried look on his face: "It's better to leave before dark. I'm afraid there are soldiers at the other end of the official road. That would be the end of us!"

The village chief looked at the burning village and couldn't help but sigh: "Alas..."

Tao Mingyuan was puzzled and asked, "We came from a direction where we came from. Apart from a few wolves, we didn't encounter any soldiers along the way. Logically, these soldiers shouldn't be heading in the direction we came from. They should be returning to Huicheng County with the spoils!"

Lin Youcai: "Huicheng County? You mean, according to the official road we are taking, we will pass through Huicheng County?"

Tao Mingyuan nodded, "We are probably not far from Huicheng County."

"That's right! They are carrying the spoils, so they should be going back to the city or the military camp. We haven't encountered any fighting or marching along the way!" Lin Youcai frowned, it was indeed very strange, could they be advance troops?

Butcher Zhao clapped his hands with his back, and said with a worried look on his face: "That means there are soldiers on the other side of the official road, and there are soldiers on the way back? What should we do?"

"Alas, there's nothing I can do! I said I would go into the county town to buy some food when I passed by it. I don't know when I will encounter a town on the road. It's good enough that I can save my life now." Lin Youcai touched the telescope and suddenly an idea came to him. He raised the telescope and looked at the path he had just walked along.

In the dark night, under the night vision function of the telescope, a narrow dirt road extends into the distance.

Lin Youcai pointed to the small dirt road next to him and said, "I see this path extends very far. Why don't we take this road and bypass Huicheng County?"

"I just don't know where this road leads to?" Tao Yuanming turned his head and looked at the path he had just walked on. It was pitch black everywhere. Without any lights, he could not see anything.

Lin Benshu: "I think it's okay. No matter where the road leads to, we just need to leave this troubled place first. Dad, what do you think?"

The village head puffed on his unlit pipe and said, "Okay, let's take the small road. If we run into soldiers along the official road, we will definitely end up in trouble! Alas!"