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Cai Qiang is a night warrior, but he has now changed his name to Scout in the Mawei Army. In the Mawei Army, the scouts were treated as the highest, and there was no one of them, and even the artillery could not compare to them. Some people say that as long as you can work as a scout for two years, you can earn the rest of your life's pension money! Of course, this statement is only applicable to combat periods, such as the previous two years after returning from the conquest, there has been no war, and the scouts in the Marine Army are idle and only have training left, so there is no money to be made. But at this time, it was wartime, and the high risk of scouts was also well known, especially in those battles that took Guangdong and fought Jiangxi to fight with the Qing army, there were many losses, not 300, but 200, and the battle loss rate was as high as 30%, which can be called the most dangerous type of troops.

But even so, every time the Scout recruits new people, there are still countless people who desperately squeeze into the Scout. There is no other reason, in addition to the high salary of the military and the fact that some of the seized property can be withheld, there are also quite many opportunities for meritorious service, and the military rank is promoted quickly. Therefore, the status of scouts is also higher than that of sergeants of other arms, and in the territory of Fujian, scouts and their families have to walk a little higher.

Now Cai Qiang and his companions have touched a village under the jurisdiction of Yongxin County, Ji'an Prefecture, which is located at the mouth of the western valley of the canyon between Yongxin County and Ji'an County, which is thirty miles long from east to west. Just looking at the village in front of them, Cai Qiang and his companions couldn't believe their eyes.

The scene in front of them was a big surprise, the village was now in ruins, and the small square in front of the village was still densely covered with corpses. There were at least 200 men, women, young and old. Cai Qiang could see it at a glance. These civilians were the victim of organized and premeditated massacres. And Cai Qiang also saw that among these corpses, the vast majority of them were men, and even if there were women, most of them were old people and children, many of them had different heads, and some were even disemboweled, and the scene was terrible. But Cai Qiang also found that among these corpses there were very few young women. Even if there is, it is naked. The body is full of messes, and at first glance, you can tell that you have been defiled in life.

"Who did this, who the did it?" Cai Qiang's heart seemed to be pinched violently, and he had never seen such a tragic scene. He has been in the army for five years, has suppressed pirates and fought against pirates, and has also found poignant scenes in the pirate village, but he has never seen so many ordinary people die tragically at one time like today. Looking at the state of these people, it is clear that they have been dead for a day or two.

Since he was beaten, he was transferred to the cavalry division as a squadron leader of the reconnaissance team, and took dozens of brothers out to find out the news. Nor has anyone been found to have slaughtered ordinary people at will. In the current situation, ordinary mountain bandits would not do such a thing. Because even mountain bandits have a bottom line in their hearts, that is, even if they kill people, they will not do such a tragic thing as slaughtering the village, after all, the mountain bandits in many places are also people from nearby places not too far away, even if they are bad, they will not be bad to this extent, which will cause public outrage.

"I know who did it!" At this time, a cold voice sounded beside Cai Qiang.

"Who is it?" Cai Qiang's face was ugly, although this was not his hometown in Quanzhou, Fujian, but any soldier with a conscience, seeing the people being slaughtered like this, no one felt uncomfortable.

"Wu Sangui's people!" The scout's subordinates behind Cai Qiang said in an affirmative tone: "We have already investigated out the powerful mountain bandits in this vicinity, the Qing army was scared by our cavalry division, and they didn't dare to go out of the city at all, so the only one left who has the ability to do this kind of thing is Wu Sangui's army!" "The name of the person who said this is Yuan Bin, he is nearly forty years old, and he used to be an old scout, so he can be said to be an old scout. In addition to obtaining military merits, the cultural level of the Mawei Army has been an important indicator of the examination, because he has always dragged his feet in the cultural area, although he has made a lot of achievements, so he has not been promoted, but the military rank has been raised two levels and Cai Qiang is the same, but the position is still a squad leader. Yuan Bin has been doing this investigation work for more than ten years, and the fact that he has not had an accident so far means that he is very experienced, even Cai Qiang, the squadron leader, respects his words very much in ordinary times.

"What, Wu Jun? There is also this possibility, only the army can slaughter the people of a village so cleanly and calmly in this scene, and almost all the young women here are gone, there is only one possibility, that is, they were taken captive, and the Wu army does have this strength. But this is not right, after all, the Wu army is also a regular army, and our people have reported before, the Wu army has not done anything to occupy Yongxin County, and has been appeasing the people, they are here to grab land with us, will they ruin their reputation like this? Cai Qiang said with wide eyes and disbelief.

"Hey, my squadron leader, if this was put ten or twenty years ago, the Qing army, the Ming army, and the previous Dashun army and the Daxi army had never done such a thing! Yes, Wu Jun wants to grab territory with our Mawei Army, but they are doing well in the county, but they want to make some benefits on their own, so they go outside the city. It's so remote here, they surround the village, and then kill all the men and the old and weak in the village, what is the use of the rest of the women? Can they still run away if they get into the barracks? Yuan Bin frowned and explained, he had seen such a scene, when the Qing army was fighting against the Southern Ming army, although he had just entered the Geng family's army, but he had indeed seen such a scene.

"Then why are you sure that Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses did it?" Cai Qiang nodded slowly, and then asked.

Looking at him like this, this is a time when his head is not clear. "The forces around us, the Qing soldiers dare not go out of the city, the mountain bandits dare not go out of the mountain, and we will not do it, then only the Wu army will be left!" Yuan Bin was not impatient and explained carefully.

"I understand, nine times out of ten it is Wu Jun, maybe they have deeper intentions!" Cai Qiang's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous aura, these Wu soldiers are really shrewd enough, robbing the wealth of the village, and it is very likely that we or the Qing army did it, and then it makes them more likely to arouse the anger of the local people, and their Mawei army may not be able to stay here. Well, that might be the case.

"Regardless of whether Wu Jun is simply robbing property or something else, squadron leader, do we want to send some brothers to investigate first. In short, this matter can't be finished, we have to go back and report to the general, let his old man call the shots, and we must eradicate these scourges! As long as it is determined that Wu Jun did it, Lao Tzu will definitely ask him to pay for his blood debt. Yuan Bin waved his fist and said fiercely, as if he was angry.

"In the past two days, we have sent a few brothers to keep an eye on the Wu army in the direction of Yongxin, our position is in the Rongjiang section, and dozens of miles of valleys and rivers cannot be passed by the army, and if the Wu army wants to go to Ji'an Mansion to capture the city, then it has to take a detour. I didn't set out for the past two days, but I was afraid that I would go to rest and retreat first, and send someone to explore the way. In this way, Lao Yuan, you take a few brothers to find clues, and I will take a large group of brothers to Zhouhu to take a look, if you are lucky enough to meet Wu Jun, let's swoop" Cai Qiang made a movement to wipe his neck. (To be continued......)