Shan Youjun on the side said: "I heard that the country of Mian has been in the country for nearly a hundred years. These royal families can't do anything else, and they give birth to more and more cubs quickly. More than 100 years have been spreading, and there are more than 30,000 or 40,000 people. ”

"These are the princes who died in the capital and the surrounding areas, as well as their relatives, slaves, and so on."

Well, he forgot that people with power and money are usually better than rats. "You really have long legs, and you have to go to the scene if it's not the battle of the Bega Kingdom?"

"This is a task assigned by the national teacher, and it must be done." The captive bowed his head, "Like last night's battle, it happened between you and the Xunzhou people. I was only sent as an emissary of the Bega Kingdom to collect demonic energy. However, the amount collected was pitifully small. ”

"Are you one of the few people who hate death?" Jiao Tai sneered, raised his hand and smashed his fist on his belly, "What a cub!" ”

The captives were beaten and retched, and Shan Youjun scolded his companions: "Nonsense, the owner is questioning!" ”

He Lingchuan's focus is on the four words "pitiful":

"What do you mean by a pitiful few?"

"At least nearly two hundred people died last night." The captive finally relented, "It stands to reason that I should have collected at least a hundred or so red lights—you saw them—but there were very few, at most ten. Otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here that long! ”

"Less?" He Lingchuan's eyes rolled slightly, "This hasn't happened before?" ”

The captive shook his head.

In other words, what is there here that is hindering the Dragon Torture Staff from salvaging the "Demonic Qi"?

At least from the outside, Xinhuang is an ordinary town.

He changed the subject: "Your purpose, Xunzhou people don't know?" ”

The captive shook his head.

"But they let you go along." Nian Zanli took refuge in the Bejia Kingdom, that is, the Northern Demon Kingdom, so there was obviously no reason to refuse the envoy sent by the latter. "So, do you know which general is the one who attacked White Deer Town?"

"He was originally a general of the Bejia Kingdom, called Hong Chengluo, and he had made countless military exploits. Some of the demonic energy I collected came from the battles he waged. The captive's voice was hoarse, and he reached out again for water.

"Give it to him."

After drinking water to moisten his throat, the captive continued: "Later, he avoided the war and lived in seclusion, and I have not heard rumors of him for a long time. This time, I don't know what happened to him, and he came out to lead the operation of the Xiazhou Ranger again. ”

"He made the plan for the sneak attack?"

"Yes. Xun Zhou Mu ordered the rangers here to obey his command. ”

"You know where they lurked before, right?"

"I've been there, but, but I'm not familiar with Xiazhou, and I can't find it after I leave." The captive snorted: "I knew they had a stronghold north of White Deer Town, which seemed to be a forest farm. It was there that I met Hong Chengluo. ”

"Have they discussed what to do if the sneak attack fails?" To plan any attack, it is necessary to prepare for defeat in advance.

The captive shook his head again and again: "I don't know, they discussed the battle plan and didn't let me participate." ”

"Also, why did the demon puppet master Dong Rui act with the Xunzhou Rangers?" He Lingchuan was puzzled, "Isn't he a wanted criminal in the Bejia Kingdom?" ”

"Well, I heard that he can get amnesty as long as he participates in our operation."

He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Oh? He has committed a felony and this can be forgiven? ”

The captive sneered: "I don't know the details. ”

"What you said, does Manager He know?"

Before the captive could answer, Shan Youjun had already said: "The only people who have heard the confession are the owner and me." ”

He Lingchuan smiled slightly, knowing that Shan Youjun was showing loyalty: "Okay." ”

Next, he went to He Chunhua and repeated the newly obtained information.

Hearing that Beijia sent someone to collect "demonic qi" and go back to transcend, He Chunhua sneered: "What about deceiving fools? Unprofitable will do this? ”

"I think so too." Sure enough, it's not a family, and it doesn't enter a family. "But these people sent by Bega seem to be convinced of it."

"The most clever scam must not even let go of your own people." He Chunhua ridiculed, "Not to mention the five hundred years of cultivation, as long as you say that the tradition is so, no matter how stupid it is, the Baijia people themselves will not question it." ”

He held the short staff handed by He Lingchuan and observed it repeatedly, and rubbed it several times. When the eldest son began to talk about "Hong Chengluo", he took the short staff into his arms, and behaved very naturally.

He Lingchuan frowned secretly when he saw it, but his father wanted this short staff, and he didn't seem to have any reason to object.

"Hong Chengluo? I've really heard the name. He Chunhua showed a thoughtful look, "Make good use of soldiers, come and go like the wind." It is not a blessing for Xia Zhou to have such an opponent. Well, it's better that this march can lure him out and kill him, otherwise it will always be a good disaster for him to cause trouble behind the northern front. ”

He looked at He Lingchuan, and suddenly said, "Chuan'er, your Mao Tao and Shan Youjun are both good at spying on news, so you can go to Bailu Town for me." I need more information about Hong Chengluo. ”

The Xia Zhou army will stay here until tomorrow morning, and there is plenty of time. He Lingchuan agreed, and he ordered someone to come out of the account.

Among these subordinates, Shan Youjun has been more in the limelight recently, and He Lingchuan takes him everywhere. The old man Mao Tao was unconvinced, and when he heard that the owner was going to Bailu Town, he said without waiting for the distribution: "Take me with me!" I have to deal with the villagers' slang women. ”

He Lingchuan smiled, and with one more Jiao Tai, he made up three pillars. It doesn't hurt to go to a foreign land to find out the news, and bring more people.

Lingguang also jumped on the horse stock, sitting more steadily than a person. As for such a scary monster as the rock wolf, it was placed in the camp.

The crowd went all the way to the west.

……

There were strangers in Bailu Town, and the townspeople looked at them with guarded and unfamiliar.

He Lingchuan and the others came from the east, and they could find lying corpses along the way, most of them wearing Xiazhou military uniforms, and some had been gnawed by coyotes and other wild beasts.

By the time they entered Bailu Town, the camp temporarily set up by the Xiazhou Army had already been burned to charcoal ashes, and the corpses were scattered all over the place.

At that time, Wu Shaoyi was driven away and did not come back, and it was impossible for the Xunzhou soldiers to clean up the aftermath of the opponent, so the body of the Xiazhou army was still in the open air. As soon as He Lingchuan and the others arrived, they frightened away many crows and sneaky wild dogs in the woodland.

Everyone investigated the battlefield and found not a single live mouth, some of the corpses were obviously mended, obviously Hong Chengluo's team did a very fine job, and none of them were missed.

The techniques he used here were similar to those used by Bailiqing in Xinhuang, which was to blow up the head first, and then beat the rabble, and Wu Shaoyi lost half of it before he could react.

As for the latter half, with the quality and standard of the current Xunzhou army, it is difficult to keep it.

According to the feedback given to He Lingchuan by Shan Youjun and others, more than half of the deceased were fatally injured in the back. That is, they were killed when they turned around and fled for their lives, and they could not even organize decent resistance.

Of course, the grain and grass were burned clean. However, Mao Tao still found fresh footprints on the side of the grain cart, which were stepped on on the burnt charcoal ash, apparently after the battle.

And, it is a civilian shoe print.

This means that the people of White Deer Town have entered the battlefield, looked for something to eat and use, and left.

Unable to find more useful information on the battlefield, He Lingchuan entered the town.

Unexpectedly, except for five or six houses close to the temporary camp, Bailu Town was not greatly damaged. The steamed bread shop in the town opened in the morning, and the shop was mixing multigrain noodles, and the street walkers were still walking the street.

He Lingchuan and the others came, and the townspeople were far away from them, and their eyes were extremely cold.

He pouted at Mao Tao, who understood, raised his leg and went to the bread shop.

The others walked around the town for half a circle, and Shan Youjun whispered: "I see that the doors and windows of the houses here are complete, and they have not been robbed." ”

Xunzhou people don't rob civilians? It's a big strange thing.

These rangers went deep behind enemy lines and had little supply of their own, usually grabbing and eating wherever they went.

Who's robbing? Those who rob civilians and local large households are called war in the name of war.

Bailu Town is fine, could it be that the people of Xunzhou relied on the grain and grass in Wu Shaoyi's camp yesterday to get enough of it?

Jiao Tai pointed to a gate in the alley and said, "Who said that?" Look at this one. ”

The two ebony doors of this house are quite imposing, and they should be the gateways with heads and faces in the local area. There was even a plaque on the lintel, but it had been smashed in half, and the door was not half open, so anyone could enter and exit.

Jiao Tai went inside, and after a while, he came out:

"It's a mess inside, it's been robbed. The worthless ones were also broken, and there were blood and hair on the ground. ”

He Lingchuan nodded, and ordered his subordinates to scatter around to inquire about the news.

He himself asked someone, but the townspeople he met kept their distance from him, and as soon as he approached them, he ran away, or else he shook his head and said, "I don't know if I really saw anything."

He touched his face, how handsome a young man, can he look as fierce and vicious as the rock wolf Lu Xin?

Later, he saw a six-year-old boy with a large head and a small body graffiti in the alley, and the "works" on the wall were all drawn with long charcoal strips.

Well? Charcoal bars?

He Lingchuan walked over and put on the expression of a kind wolf grandmother: "Little pot friend, where did you pick up this charcoal?" ”

The boy turned back at the sound and looked at him warily, but did not say a word but did not leave.

"Do you want to eat sugar?" He Lingchuan stabbed Lingguang with his finger, and the latter reluctantly took out a wrapping paper candy from his medicine pocket and handed it to the child.

The child snatched the candy, peeled it with his charcoal-drenched hand and stuffed it into his mouth, and pointed in the direction of the camp with his other hand: "I picked it up there." ”

"The robbers came last night, did they come into the town to steal something?"

The child shook his head.

He Lingchuan asked him again: "Do you recognize those robbers?" ”

The child stopped squeaking, his eyes were rolling, and he was obviously using his brain.

Lingguang didn't need to be reminded by the owner, and took out another candy and dangled it in front of his eyes. The child reaches out to grab it, but where can he catch it?

It's not easy to be more flexible than a monkey.

"Candy is there." Lingguang is too stingy, he should take out a handful, "As long as you tell the truth." ”