Luo Shiyin, Shi Tianji and a group of seven people settled the injured Shi Lang on that day, and after many days of trekking, they arrived at Euiju, a small town in the northwest of Pyongan Province, North Korea, where the Korean king Li Hao temporarily lived.

According to the prior arrangement, Li Ruzhu did not alarm the hundred officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee who were temporarily residing in Yizhou, but secretly led the team to the Longwan Pavilion for placement. On the evening of the same day, the king of Joseon, Li Hao, accompanied by Yoo Chenglong, quietly rushed to the Longwan Pavilion to meet with the team led by Luo Shiyin, and welcomed and thanked the team for its arrival. Then he ordered someone to prepare a banquet to entertain the team members who came from a long journey. After the banquet, Liu Chenglong briefed the squad on the troop deployment of the invading Japanese army.

According to the introduction of Liu Chenglong, the governor of Zuo Yizheng, the total number of Japanese troops invading Korea was about 160,000, and they were divided into two routes: water and land. The headquarters of Konishi Yukinaga of the First Army of the Japanese Army was the vanguard of the Japanese army that invaded Korea. The ministry landed in Busan in the early morning of 13 April, and in just two months, it visited Busan, Wangjing, Kaesong, Pyongyang, and other large and medium-sized cities. Almost all of the country's territory in Hachido was occupied by the invading Japanese army. At present, Governor Konishi is leading his troops to Pyongyang and look at Yiju. Governor Konishi originally wanted to take advantage of the situation and take Uiju in one fell swoop. However, the armies of the waterway were repeatedly defeated by the Korean naval division led by the Korean naval general Yi Sunsin, and were blocked on the southeast coast, unable to rush over to echo with Konishi Yukicho. In addition, Governor Konishi knew that he was alone and that the follow-up army had not yet caught up in time, so he gave up his plan to attack Uiju and stayed in Pyongyang City.

After listening to Liu Chenglong's account of the current war situation in Korea, Luo Shiyin already had a general plan of action in his mind, and judging from the location of the major cities occupied by the Japanese army, Pyongyang is undoubtedly the closest to the Sino-North Korean border. As soon as the Ming reinforcements arrived, the first to fight would definitely be the First Army of the Japanese Army led by Governor Konishi in Pyongyang. Therefore, at present, the detachment must find out as soon as possible the situation of the Japanese garrison in Pyongyang.

After resting for two days, at Luo Shiyin's repeated insistence, the DPRK side agreed that the detachment should immediately set off to carry out reconnaissance operations against the Japanese army in the DPRK.

Luo Shiyin made arrangements for the next move of the detachment: Hua Xianzu, Du Heng and the two black brothers were arranged by the North Korean side to be guides, marched thousands of miles, and rushed to the southeast coast to meet with the Korean naval division Yi Sunsin, and reconnoiter the actions of the Japanese army's waterways and coastal army units, which were commanded by the Huaxian group; Shi Tianji, Bau and Xie Yuan worked with him to reconnoiter the garrison of the Japanese army in Pyongyang. Luo Shiyin asked the North Korean side to arrange reliable personnel to inform Shi Lang and Ye Ruliu: If his health allows, he will rush to Pyongyang to meet peace.

As soon as the meeting ended, the team immediately acted separately according to Luo Shiyin's arrangement.

The DPRK side has arranged for a competent guide for the reconnaissance team in Pyongyang, and this person is none other than Li Ruzhu, a former staff general of the Pyongyang garrison who went to the Yalu River to meet the team, and he is quite familiar with the topography, landforms, customs, and customs inside and outside Pyongyang.

In just a few days, Luo Shiyin led a small detachment to find out the distribution of the Japanese army in the outlying areas of Pyongyang, such as Suchon and Sunan, with the unique reconnaissance efficiency of Jinyiwei. Seven days later, we arrived at Mt. Ishida, northwest of Pyongyang City.

Mt. Ishida is lush in June with trees. Walking along the rugged and winding paths in the mountains, small animals such as hares and squirrels occasionally emerge from the bushes on the side of the road. Some unknown birds sing in the branches of the trees.

If it weren't for the wartime, walking on this beautiful mountain path, the members of the team would have been able to relax and enjoy the charming and exotic mountain scenery.

It was nearly noon when a few people came to a small mountain village nestled in a mountain col. Luo Shiyin decided to go to the village to rest and inquire about the surrounding situation by the way.

The village is not large, with about a dozen families. Almost all of the houses are nestled in tall and dense woods. If you are too far away, it is really difficult to find this small village in the forest.

"Is there anyone at home?" When he came to the door of a family, the guide Li Ruzhu came forward and knocked on the door.

"Is there anyone at home?" Seeing that no one in the courtyard answered, Li Ruzhu continued to knock on the door. But there was still no sound in the courtyard.

Li Ruzhu gently pushed the door, the courtyard door was hidden, and he pushed the door and walked into the courtyard.

"Oh no, murder!" After a while, Li Ruzhu's frightened cry came from the courtyard.

Li Ruzhu is a somewhat handsome man, and along the way, he always talks to the team members with a shy smile like a big girl. Judging from the sound coming from the courtyard, Li Ruzhu seemed to have seen a very terrifying picture, and when he ran out of the courtyard, his face was so frightened that there was no blood.

Shi Tianji was the first to rush into the courtyard, and several other people followed behind and entered one after another. What unfolded before everyone's eyes was a horrific scene: the courtyard in the courtyard and the main house to the north were littered with corpses, including three underage children. The facial expressions of all the deceased were expressions of extreme fear. It is conceivable that the deceased must have experienced an extremely horrific scene during his lifetime. The floor of the main house to the north was stained red with blood from the deceased.

Luo Shiyin checked it, and although it was in a hot flash, the body had not yet decomposed. From this, he deduced that the time of death of the deceased should have been in the last two days.

Luo Shiyin bent down to carefully examine the bodies of the deceased, and he found that all the dead had been killed by heart.

Luo Shiyin stood up and listened attentively to the movement in the village, and there was no sound in the entire village. A sense of foreboding arose from the bottom of Luo Shiyin's heart, and he quickly led the team members to quickly inspect the courtyards of other residents in the village. As he expected, nearly 80 people in the village, young and old, were killed, and the cause of death was without exception.

Did the Japanese do it? But if it is a Japanese slaughtering village, under normal circumstances, they will usually use knives and guns to slash and shoot, not so cruel that they have to take out everyone's heart, unless the Japanese who committed the murder are perverted murderers. It doesn't look like a thief did it.

Basically denied the possibility of the Japanese people killing people, another speculation flashed in Luo Shiyin's mind, he called Li Ruzhu, who was still frightened, to his side and asked: "Is there a beast in this mountain that eats people's hearts?" ”

Li Ruzhu replied: "There are fierce beasts in this mountain, such as tigers, leopards, wolves, etc., but they can't only eat people's hearts!" ”

After listening to Li Ruzhu's answer, Luo Shiyin silently walked under a tree, thoughtful. Who did it? Luo Shiyin was puzzled.

Don't stay here for long!

Luo Shiyin turned to everyone and said, "Everyone be more careful, get out of here quickly!" ”

"There seems to be someone in the forest on the ridge." As soon as Luo Shiyin's words fell, Xie Yuan suddenly noticed that there was a figure shaking in the woods on the west ridge, and he quietly reminded everyone.

Luo Shiyin immediately made a gesture, and several people dispersed, outflanking the ridge on the west side of the village.

"Help......" As soon as they climbed the ridge, they heard a woman's cry for help from the woods on the ridge. Several people quickly ran for help.

In the woods of the ridge, a young woman is chased and bitten by a wild beast. The beast was the size of a wolf, with a red head and eyes like a mouse. It stared at its prey, making a sound like a cow's meow. The woman was cloaked and running desperately, her clothes torn by the beast.

"It's a snipe!" Bau recognized the beast. An elder of the clan told him about the beast in front of him. This beast, known as the Sniper, feeds on human hearts and can tear out human hearts with a single blow from its sharp front claws. The monster has a ferocious temperament and often goes out in groups to forage for food. This beast has been extinct in the territory many years ago, but I did not expect it to appear in North Korea today.

"Your grandma's!" Shi Tianji saw that the woman was chased by the monster and was embarrassed, so he cursed, pulled out a double gong from his back and pounced on the monster.

When the monster saw that someone was in front of him, he immediately grabbed the ground with his front legs, pulled his body back, and made a movement that was about to pounce forward.

Shi Tianji clenched the double hammer in his hand, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the monster when it pounced in front of him.

The monster didn't rush to attack, and a pair of rat eyes on its red face shot out two cold lights and looked at Shi Tianji.

Luo Shiyin and others quietly surrounded him.

Seeing the members of the squad coming around, the monster did not immediately flee for its life, it slowly retreated to a big tree, backed by the big tree, and confronted the team members.

Shi Tianji couldn't bear it, and smashed it at the monster.

"Hmph—" The monster suddenly brought its mouth to the ground and let out a long, low, long, cry that echoed through the valley.

"Not good!" Bau seemed to understand something, and he couldn't help but scream. Immediately afterward, the jumpers who followed Bau began to get restless.

As soon as Bau's screams fell, he saw a group of snipers rushing towards him in the woods around the ridge. In an instant, countless snipers approached in front of the team members.

The team had to escort the woman to a rock. Everyone leaned back against the rocks and prepared for the battle.

The entire ridge was crowded with snipers, all of them staring at the small rat-like eyes and sharp teeth, ready to attack the squad.

"My mother! Why are there so many dead rats? Shi Tianji clenched the weapon in his hand tightly, and he couldn't help but be shocked into a cold sweat. He has always been afraid of heaven and earth, and he is also timid.

It seems that there is more luck today! Shi Tianji muttered to himself in his heart.