Chapter Twenty-Six: A Feast for Crows
"Let's take a detour......"
Yulun said with a sigh.
"Once there is a conflict, casualties are secondary, and there is a high probability that the livestock in the team will not survive......"
You Lun seemed to be explaining to Lin Yi, he knew that Lin Yi's strength was really terrifying, so he was afraid that he would not be satisfied with such a decision.
But in fact, Lin Yi didn't care about it.
"I understand."
Lin Yi nodded, then his face turned grim, and he looked at You Lun and said.
"But the speed of the convoy is too slow, and I'm worried that something will happen to the other side of the wall after a long time, so I ......"
Really......
Hearing Lin Yi's words, Yu Lun sighed in his heart.
"I'm going to send you across the Trident, and then take Arya to her brother."
“…… Huh? Yu Lun was stunned.
"There should be someone in the northern army who knows how to get to the Great Wall, with my strength and status, I don't think Robb will refuse to help me with this." Lin Yi explained.
Yuren knew that this identity was not only Arya's teacher, but also the Demon of the Kingkiller and the Red Hand.
Lin Yi has never been a naïve person.
Yuren was silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Well, you've made the right decision, the lords of the North do care more about the Great Wall of Desperation than those idiots in the South, but I'm going to take these boys to the Wall as well, so ...... You're left alone. ”
Lin Yi laughed, and then hammered Yu Lun's chest.
"Old fellow, are you still worried about me? Rest assured, after I kill those damned creatures of darkness, prepare a good wine for me at Castle Black. ”
"Haha!" Yuren also laughed, "No problem, the best beer in Mole Village is here!" ”
"Then I'll wait for that day."
……
……
Tyrion's team traveled faster than Lin Yi had imagined.
Fortunately, the convoy made an early turn, and the two sides narrowly passed by, only Lin Yi and the Lannister's scouts took a look.
Luckily, Tyrion didn't want to meddle in his business, so he didn't care about the scout's return.
By evening, the convoy was not far from the town that Yulun had said, and if it was in a hurry, it would probably be there before it was completely dark.
However, God doesn't seem to want them to arrive in town today.
Lin Yi rode on his horse, frowning slightly, looking at the red light on the horizon in front of him.
"Hah! If it's not that we're going the wrong way, then the sun is setting from the north~"
Koth, who was also assigned a horse and was arranged as a scout by Yolun, said with a smile.
"No ......"
Lin Yi shook his head and looked at the red light that seemed to be fluctuating in the distance, which was completely different from the "Red Sword".
"It's fire."
Yuren said this, then rode his horse to the side of the dirt slope, looked north, then licked his thumb and raised it into the air.
After doing all this, Yuren hit his horse and ran back.
"There is a fire in the north, and according to the current wind direction, it should not burn to our side, but for the sake of safety, it is better not to move forward, and set up camp on the dirt slope here."
Everyone nodded.
As time passed, the sun had completely set, but the sky was not as dim as it used to be.
The fire in the north grew brighter and brighter, and at last the whole sky seemed to be on fire, and even in the camp on the southern slope of the mound, you could smell a trace of burnt smoke.
Although the fire is getting bigger and bigger, fortunately, the wind has not been blowing in this direction, and the convoy is still safe.
The raging flames burned all night until the sky grew brighter, and then they were gradually extinguished.
Arya opened her eyes punctually and sat up from the ground, her thick dark eyebrows tightly wrinkled together, her eyes bloodshot.
The people in the convoy woke up one after another, but no one spoke, everyone got up in silence, washed their faces in silence, and buried their pots in silence to cook.
No one slept well that night.
Arya buried her face in the water, feeling the coldness of the water.
She looked up, but her eyes involuntarily looked at the figure on the dirt slope looking north.
Teacher......
Arya silently looked at Lin Yi's back, not choosing to walk over as usual.
Yu Lun walked behind Lin Yi with the wine jug and said in a slightly hoarse voice.
"Let's go, let's see if there's anyone alive."
Lin Yi turned around, his eyes were calm, and he couldn't see clearly what expression was under the mask, but Yu Lun, who had been with him for a long time, knew that this guy was in a bad mood.
It seems to feel the inexplicable atmosphere that envelops the team, this morning is the most neat move of the team in these days, and even when it is rushing, it has accelerated its pace.
After walking for more than an hour, the convoy arrived in the town.
This small aristocratic property in Yulun's mouth is only a piece of scorched earth at this moment.
There was a fence around the outside of the farmland, but it turned out to be of little use.
The miles of farmland had long since turned red, all the crops had been harvested, leaving only burned ashes, charred livestock and human corpses scattered across the shocking land.
Even now, puffs of smoke can still be seen coming out of the town and drifting into the sky.
Before he could get close to the town, Yulun stopped the convoy, and then instructed a few more reliable adults and children to stay in the convoy and take a few people in to investigate.
But Lin Yi did not obey Yu Lun's order, he did not stop at all, his strong right arm tugged on the reins, urging the horses under his crotch to run towards the town.
When he really got close to the town, Lin Yi found that there were charred corpses stuck in the sharpened wooden stakes in the town.
The color of the corpse is the same as the charred stake beneath it, and the face has long been blurred, and the shape of the body is extremely distorted.
Even after a night had passed, Lin Yi could still feel the pain and despair of being slaughtered.
War......
Lin Yi looked at all this with a calm face.
When Lin Yi walked into the town, a field of black crows suddenly flew from inside the wooden walls of the town, and they quacked, flying up from the charred and rotting corpses like black blankets.
【A Feast for Crows】
This is the first time that Lin Yi has truly realized the meaning of this subtitle.
Hmmm-
A sword light flashed, and those crows who did not dodge or dodge, and dared to provoke Lin Yi, suddenly fell one by one, black feathers fluttered all over the sky, and the smell of blood stimulated the crows in the town to quack.
Lin Yi was unmoved, shook the Tang Sword in his hand, and rode along the road, and the sharp sword intent that suddenly rose up aroused a larger flock of crows.
But this time, not a single crow dared to approach Lin Yi, but in the blink of an eye, there was no trace of a crow within twenty meters of Lin Yi.
Yu Lun led the two of them through the dilapidated gate, followed Lin Yi, and walked into the town.
The town's houses were in tatters, and both wood and stone had been burned to the ground, leaving only charred and broken walls.
It's a hell of fire and killing.
You Lun was a little silent, although his heart also fluctuated a little, but it was far inferior to Lin Yi.
Yuren understands that wars are always accompanied by carnage and force, both for the Lannisters and for the Northern armies.
After all, Lin Yi came from an era of peace and security, and the deterrence of high-end military force made the war more into the field without gunpowder, and all the arms and arms races were nothing but deterrence.
Even if some weak countries have become a chessboard in the game of great powers, Lin Yi has always only seen relevant news from the Internet, and has no real sense of reality.
Therefore, the shocking tragedy in front of him had an unparalleled impact on Lin Yi's heart.
Before, he was like a traveler who came to this world unexpectedly, admiring the exotic scenery unhurriedly, observing the changes of this era with a casual attitude, and intervening in the fate of the aborigines.
It seems to be gentle and humble, but in fact it is extremely arrogant.
Even if he took Arya as an apprentice, he was more impulsive than thoughtful.
But at this moment, looking at the tragic situation in front of him, the thoughts in Lin Yi's mind gradually changed-
He suddenly wanted to do something he wanted to do......
Lin Yi tugged on the reins and urged the horses under his crotch to turn around.
"Yolun."
Lin Yi looked at Yu Lun calmly.
"You take someone to search the town to see if there are any living people, and if you don't, you can find something that can be used, axes and sickles will not burn out after all."
"Understood." Yoren nodded, "I'll let them search separately." ”
"There's also the dock, which is close to the Lake of the Divine Eye, and there may be remnants of ships that can cross the Lake of the Divine Eye."
Lin Yi continued.
But Yu Lun didn't reply this time, he looked at Lin Yi with a frown, and asked seriously.
"What about you...... What are you going to do? ”
Lin Yi glanced at him, then kicked the horse and crossed Yulun.
"Do what I have to do."