January 22, 293 in the continental calendar, night!

On a hillside 3 miles away from the village of the brave, more than 30 black-clothed cavalrymen pulled down their black visors, their deep eyes looked into the dark distance, and the horses under their crotches were all black horses, and the leather vests completely protected all important parts of the horses, and the iron chews on the horse's mouth were tightly buckled and could not make any sound at all.

"Rush!"

As the leader snorted softly, the pop of raindrops falling on the ground continued to sound, and the war horse trotted forward quickly.

More than 30 cavalry poured out from the hillside like a black mud stream! Under the faint moonlight, more than 30 horsemen advanced forward in an orderly manner, and all the knights and horses did not make the slightest chaotic sound, this behavior undoubtedly did not show the combat effectiveness of this cavalry.

In recent years, there have been no large-scale bandits and bullies in the jurisdiction of Nanyang City, so the general army rarely performs any secret missions at night, but looking at this group of cavalry, it can't help but make people think that in addition to the Nanyang City garrison army being able to send such a team of cavalry, other organizations have not been so skillful.

Some mercenary groups also have their own cavalry teams, but this kind of cavalry regiment is often formed only by mercenary groups above the D level, don't look at these more than 30 horses, just the daily consumption of these war horses is a lot of expenditure, and the general mercenary group really can't support it.

There were basically no pedestrians on the road at night, but there was still a mercenary squad on the way, and a large number of cavalry were seen running from a distance, all of them were fully prepared, for fear that some horse bandits or something would commit a late-night attack.

The more than 30 cavalrymen didn't stay on the road for a moment, and galloped away from this mercenary team, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Phew, I think this must be the fucking cavalry of some army, right? Really dragging, don't you see that we have 5 big living people? just rushed over, if they hadn't found it early, they would have really killed us!" The middle-aged man who was almost hit by these cavalry scolded at the cavalry team that had just passed.

The 5-person mercenary team on the road was walking in the direction of Mount Myanlun, and when they saw the black cavalry running over, they quickly flashed to the side, and those cavalry galloped through the middle of the road they had just walked in between breaths, and it was also fortunate that they and others flashed quickly, otherwise depending on their meaning, there was really no intention of slowing down, but even if they stood on the side of the road, they were still squeezed by those cavalry to the wasteland on both sides of the road.

If you don't dodge, people will bump into you like this, how can people hit a horse?

"Where are they going, it's not a good night!" said the man with a hemp on his face in the ranks, pointing in the direction where the cavalry had disappeared.

The cavalry went to the front, got off the road, and ran northeast.

"It's not the direction leading to Nanyang City, it seems that there is a village not far ahead, which is the brave mercenary group established to settle the refugees who fled here last year!"

Since the Brave Mercenary Group took over the mercenary mission of relocating refugees, the Mercenary Guild in Nanyang City has become famous, not to mention whether it can earn much commission, just doing these good deeds and accumulating virtues has also been made into a joke by several storytellers, and it has been talked about in various teahouses in Nanyang City.

However, some mercenary groups also think that the brave mercenary group is just a group of fools who "spend money to make money".

After approaching the village of the brave, more than 30 cavalrymen did not turn around and passed around the village, but stopped near the edge of the village. In the cavalry ranks, there was a knight with angry eyes in his eyes, holding the reins of his horse in his left hand, and his exposed right hand was completely missing from his wrist, but there were still several black jars hanging from his right arm.

The reason why this incident is shocking is that anyone wonders why someone would attack a newly established village, and it was founded by a group of poor refugees.

Even if the horse bandits rob money, they will find some wealthy Zhuangzi to go, and they will not come to this bitter village to show their sense of existence, right?

At night, for the villagers living in the village, they have already fallen asleep, and the conditions of the simple and dilapidated village are compared with an important city like Nanyang City.

Magic lamps are not possible in villages, and such extravagant lighting items are generally only found in the homes of nobles.

There are oil lamps, but a few villagers are willing to use them regularly, let alone for lighting at night.

After shouting once or twice, he found a corner to fight haha, how can there be so much attention in the village, sunrise and sunset and rest this is the habit of the villagers, who cares when he is at night.

"Just set fires!Try not to get into any conflict! 10 of you stay and wait, and then rush in when you see the fire!—Remember not to leave anything behind!" After the leading cavalry finished speaking to the people around him, he gave the order, and he took the lead in raising his torches and rushing into the village.

The cavalry kept taking out canisters of fire oil from their horses, and after lighting oil twists on the torches, they kept throwing them onto the wooden houses, and then there was a bang!

The wooden house drenched in fire oil was a sea of fire for a moment, and Lao Zhang, who was sleeping in the house, heard the noise outside and the erratic light, and opened his eyes.

The sight of his eyes made his sweat pores stand up, and he saw that outside the house he was in was a sea of fire, slowly approaching him with his terrifying fangs.

Lao Zhang's son, who had just turned 3 years old this year, was awakened, rubbing his eyes that were so smoked that he couldn't open them with his hands, opening his mouth wide, and crying. My son, who had just cried a few times, began to lose his breath and coughed violently.

"Ahhhhh What to do... What to do....." Lao Zhang's wife was stunned when she saw this scene, and she didn't know what to do, and screamed loudly in panic.

The burning flames had already reached the house, and there was a crisp creak on the roof, which was the sound of the beams being burned, and as soon as the main beam broke, it was all over.

Lao Zhang still cared about how his house suddenly caught fire, held his only son in his arms, and rushed naked towards the burning door frame.

It was a burning wall of fire, as if it was a demon from hell, opening its huge mouth, revealing its sharp fangs waiting for Lao Zhang to send it into his mouth, and Lao Zhang was like a moth to a fire, and without the slightest hesitation, he hit it with his own flesh.

Lao Zhang, who was naked, revealed his thin and somewhat detached figure, and the countless scars on his body were too many to count, only to see the remaining scars looming under the firelight.

No one knows where these scars came from, only Lao Zhang himself understands that the scars are worth it to be able to bring his only son safely to this place where he can live along the way. It's just a pity that his three daughters, now Lao Zhang's mind suddenly flashed the shadow of his three daughters who had starved to death, they were all very young, the eldest daughter was only 10 years old, and they all starved to death in front of his eyes.

Lao Zhang didn't want his daughter to starve to death, and the tiger poison didn't eat her children! Not to mention people. However, the rations that he stole and stole were not enough to take care of this big family! He could not die, and his only son would not be able to live if he died.

In this way, Lao Zhang desperately saved his only son, but he wronged his three daughters, and now Lao Zhang still chose his son without hesitation, without hesitation about his wife's panic, picked up his son and rushed to the burning fire wall, which was the only way for them to escape.

Bang!

Lao Zhang bowed his body, the ninja scorched pain rushed out of the house, the wooden door that was burned through the fire collapsed without the slightest resistance, and when Lao Zhang got up from the open space outside the house, his shelter disappeared with a "boom!" sound!

"Cui Niang, I'm sorry for you!ah~~~~" Lao Zhang roared loudly like an angry lion at this time, Lao Zhang, who had not shed tears in the difficult escape road, actually choked in pain at this time, and his rickety body was even thinner at this time.

The choked old Zhang felt the touch of his son in his arms at this time, and only then came back to his senses, he couldn't give up now, as long as his son was there, everything would be fine.

Son is now Lao Zhang's only thought, Lao Zhang hugged his crying son and looked around, except for the noisy sound in the firelight, and the figure running back and forth, there was no normal scene, Lao Zhang didn't feel his burnt hair and skin that began to peel and turn outward, so he stood in place and looked around.

"Where are you!"

"Mother~Mother~ Woo woo!"

"Who's going to save my house! If it's gone, how will I live!"

The surroundings were filled with the sound of cries one after another, and these sad voices brought Lao Zhang's consciousness as if to purgatory, there was a little girl naked and covered in black and dirty crying for her mother, an old woman with a wooden stick looking for her son, and a father holding the dead child in his arms crying bitterly......

Lao Zhang didn't know what to do now, he had never experienced this purgatory-like scene, so he could only run to a place outside the village where there was no fire, where it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything, but it was the only safe place that Lao Zhang felt.

Darkness has always been a source of fear for human beings, because darkness represents the unknown, it represents helplessness. Since the discovery of fire, humans have relied on the light of fire to defeat the darkness and defeat all the beasts that sneak in the darkness.

But now Lao Zhang's fear of the fire has reached the extreme, as if the fire is death, and the darkness beckons to him like hope.

Lao Zhang, who had just run away from the village with his son in his arms, suddenly noticed a few black spots in front of him, and before he realized anything, he felt that his eyes were dark, and his body flew out to the right like a kite with a broken string.

Until he fell to the ground, Lao Zhang, who was weak, gasped and spit out the blood accumulated in his mouth one by one, and used his last strength to move the son in his arms to his eyes.

Time seemed to stand still, and his trembling right hand failed to touch his son's cheek after all, and Lao Zhang lay there quietly with an unwilling expression.