The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 537 Soldiers' Anger

"Quack quack..."

A few crows flitted through the air, making hoarse and ugly calls.

They yelled and flew not far away.

But that direction is now a dead and silent village.From the direction of the village, one can see puffs of black smoke rising into the air, even mixed with the crackling sound of burning wood from time to time.

A figure emerged from a dense forest.

The figure is wearing a short gray military uniform, with a leather belt around his waist, a bullet box, two revolvers on both sides of the belt, a carbine with a shorter barrel in his hand, and a black tiger on his head. The cap emblem and the big brim hat fully illustrate his identity - a new soldier of the Qin Army.

The soldier of the new army looked around for a moment with a pair of vigilant eyes, and after confirming that the surrounding environment was safe, he waved behind him, and then several figures with the same equipment came out of the woods quietly.

They are just a few scouts from the reconnaissance brigade directly under the New First Army, who were sent by their superiors to scout the enemy.

"Squad leader, there is a situation ahead." The scout who appeared first looked at the village that was still smoking and burning in the distance, and said in a deep voice.

In fact, it doesn't need to be said by him, several other people have discovered the abnormality in the distance.

The squad leader who led the team picked up the binoculars hanging on his chest, observed for a while, waved his hand, and said in a low voice, "Go, go and have a look."

Several people formed a guard formation, moving towards the village with their carbine in hand.

As they gradually approached the village, they began to smell a faint smell of blood.

As they got closer and closer to the village, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger.

Several people looked at each other, and they all saw solemnity and worry in each other's eyes.

As a scout, the most basic qualities are calmness and sufficient vigilance.

The increasingly thick smell of blood made several people raise their vigilance. They moved forward alternately, covering each other and moving towards the village.

Finally, they came to the edge of the village.But everything in front of them made them stunned.

This is a village that has just been looted.

The village is not big, with only dozens of families, but almost all the houses have been turned into ruins, some are still burning, and some are just blackened.From time to time, black smoke columns are thrown towards the sky, like ghosts wandering in this Shura field.

A group of crows "croaked" and flew around the village looking for food, making hoarse and unpleasant calls from time to time.

Their food is the corpses scattered all over the village in various forms at this moment.

These corpses are old and young, male and female, with different methods of death and different shapes.

What's more, several scouts were so angry that there were many dead women, their lower bodies were naked, and they were in a mess.Even though many people are dead, their eyes are still wide open, and there is still strong unwillingness and humiliation in their eyes.

A skinny big yellow dog suddenly jumped out of a burning ruin, whimpering and trotting along the path in the village.From time to time, I lowered my head and sniffed, not knowing whether I was looking for the owner's whereabouts or the direction of home.

After confirming that there was no threat in the village, several scouts quickly searched and investigated the entire village.

When they met again, everyone's face was full of solemnity and anger.

Especially for a few young recruits, their eyes were already red, and some even had tears in their eyes, but they gritted their teeth and endured it.

From squad leader to above, the officers of the New First Army are all veterans from the Qin Army's fortress base.

And all recruits are basically the children of ordinary people recruited.

These recruits have never experienced real combat after enlisting.

They had such a huge reaction in the face of the tragedy that the village said.

But for the veteran squad leader who has experienced bloody battles and is not surprised at all, his expression is much calmer.

With calm eyes, he swept over each soldier, and said in a deep voice: "You will see more of this kind of thing in the future. Put away all your anger and sympathy for me for now, and talk about what you have seen .Don’t forget that our mission is to investigate. After finding out the identity and whereabouts of the murderer, the time to avenge these people is not far away.”

Driven by the veteran squad leader, several people quickly adjusted from the emotions just now, and reported the situation they had checked one by one.

After the summary of the veteran squad leader, several important clues were summarized:

First, all these villagers were killed by cold weapons.

Moreover, judging from the shape of the wounded corpse, the weapons that caused the wounds were of different styles.

Moreover, a few corpses with obviously different clothing characteristics were also found among the villagers' corpses.After analysis and judgment, it is very likely that the bandits who looted the village left behind after encountering resistance from the villagers.

Second, judging from the proportion of corpses left in the village, young women have the least proportion of corpses.

Obviously these young women were most likely taken away by bandits.

And judging from the stiffness of the corpse and the situation at the scene, the bandits who ransacked the village did not go far, no more than half a day at most.

After summing up these clues, the veteran squad leader thought for a while and immediately made the next deployment.

"Dapeng, you go back immediately and report what happened here to the captain. The others follow me. This group of bandits is very arrogant, so they must leave many traces along the way. We will follow these traces and we will definitely find them." Their lair. I will leave a mark along the way, Dapeng, when you come up with the main force, follow my mark."

The soldier named Dapeng was the first scout who showed up just now. He nodded, looked back at the messy village, and immediately returned along the original road to report to the large army.

The veteran squad leader led the rest of the scouts to follow the traces left by the bandits.

At this time, on a mountain road 30 miles away from this village, a group of bandits in mixed clothes were walking, holding various cold weapons such as broadswords, spears and even maces.

Few of them rode horses, most of them walked.

In the middle of the line, a group of women with their hands tied and their mouths gagged walked staggeringly.

The bandits surrounded these young women, went up to touch them from time to time, and said nasty words in their mouths, which drew bursts of laughter from other accomplices from time to time.

Those young women were full of shame, resentment and sorrow, but because their hands were tied and their mouths were blocked, they could only cry helplessly, avoiding the bandits' hands in vain. .

Walking in front of the bandits was a man with a one-eyed dragon riding a yellow pussy horse.

He wore a nondescript piece of ragged scale armor, but no helmet.With a bow and arrow on his back, and a scimitar hanging from his waist, the whole outfit looks like a four-faced one, with a fierce and arrogant look on his face.

"Boss, we have gained a lot from this vote. This time, the little girls alone have robbed more than 20. When the time comes, word will spread that the grandson of King Guo Yan will never dare to show off his power in front of you, Boss."

A guy with a full face and a horse riding a horse followed beside the one-eyed dragon, and said with a flattering smile.

"What is King Guo Yan? Our father is a man from the Dashun Army. When he was with King Chuang, he beat the officers and soldiers to pieces. Now that we are bandits, we also want to be the bully among the bandits. Just wait, it won't be long before I have to give Guo Yanwang to his mother."

The one-eyed dragon was full of pride, and said brazenly
"That's right! Boss, you were a fierce general under the command of Chuang Wang back then, and it was easy to deal with a small Guo Yan Wang. Brothers following you, it must be burning high incense. When Guo Yan Wang is killed After we are wiped out, the number one leader on the Green Forest Road in Beizhili is none other than you, the boss."

The guy with a full face said flatteringly.

　One more chapter.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)