"My lord, there is still no life!"

On a dirt road leading to a certain village, a knight on a tall horse shouted to the opposite side as he ran.

"My lord, we don't have it here!"

"My lord, they're all dead! All dead! ”

……

One after another, several knights galloped out of the village, and each reported the same result, that is, there was not a single living person in the village.

Wang Cheng sat on the back of the sweaty BMW "Qinglei", and said expressionlessly: "This should be the fourth village to be slaughtered, right?" ”

"Yes! Four villages, more than 2,000 people, not a single one is alive! Zhu Pengfei on the side gritted his teeth and said.

Wang Cheng said: "If we don't do this, we can't still find their traces after chasing them for so long." ”

"It's ruthless." Zhu Pengfei couldn't help but say.

In order not to reveal their tracks, the Black Hawks slaughtered every village they passed, leaving not even a trace of it.

It may be cruel or inhumane, but it is indeed the most effective way to avoid revealing their traces.

Because only the dead keep their mouths shut forever!

After all, this group of Black Eagle Army is a Xia person, even if the language and writing are the same as those of the Great Zhou, but the accent, habits, body odor and other characteristics cannot be completely concealed, and the people living in Yinshan County have dealt with the Xia people for generations, how can they not recognize it?

"So the only way to avoid revealing their tracks is to kill all the people who have seen them."

Wang Cheng's face was solemn, and he suddenly snorted coldly, and said, "It's true that dead people can't open their mouths, but that doesn't mean that they can cover up all clues. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Pengfei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Could it be that Brother Wang has already discovered their traces?" ”

Wang Cheng stared at the village and said, "The people in this village should have died no more than twenty-four hours, and it is about two o'clock in the afternoon, so this group of people should have made a move last night." To be exact, it should have been around eight o'clock last night. ”

"What twenty-four hours? What was eight o'clock last night? Zhu Pengfei couldn't understand this modern notation of time.

After Wang Cheng explained, Zhu Pengfei understood, but he was puzzled: "What can you see from this?" ”

"We passed through four villages, and the people in all four villages were killed in the night, which means that their next operation is tonight." Wang Cheng said.

Zhu Pengfei's eyes lit up and said, "Not bad!" There are a lot of wandering summer dogs in this group, and they can only move at night because they are easy to be spotted during the day. ”

Wang Cheng nodded, and continued: "This group of Black Eagle Army is very strong, and the weakest ones are all Qi and Blood Realm warriors, and they eat a lot. They raided our Great Zhou, and the logistical supplies were already insufficient, so they could only starve them to death by plundering the villagers. ”

Zhu Pengfei got through at one point, turned around and said to a young man in his thirties behind him: "Old Gao, bring the map." ”

Lao Gao took out a sheepskin map from his arms, spread out his hands and erected it in front of the two.

This is a detailed map of Yinshan County, which marks the location of each county and clearly marks the villages and towns under the jurisdiction of Liuyun County, which is very detailed.

Zhu Pengfei pointed to the village with "Erhe Village" written on the map, and said, "We are here now, if according to what Brother Wang said, that group of people is likely to raid this ...... tonight Here...... Here! ”

He ordered three villages in a row, and these three villages were the closest to "Erhe Village", each of which was only about ten miles away from "Erhe Village", and the farthest was less than twenty miles.

This may be a bit far from the distance between villages on the earth, but that is in modern society, densely populated, in ancient times, the distance between villages is generally twenty or thirty miles.

Da Zhou has been recuperating for more than ten years, the people have also lived and worked in peace and contentment for more than ten years, the population has ushered in a substantial increase, and there has been another village within ten miles.

"Brother Wang, which village do you think they are most likely to raid?" Zhu Pengfei turned around and asked Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng pondered, shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, every village has the possibility of being raided. You're also a cunning Black Hawk, and we thought he would raid the nearest village, and he would probably travel long distances to raid villages farther away. ”

Zhu Pengfei, who was already in control, immediately collapsed his face after hearing this.

At this time, Wang Cheng said again: "However, even if it is a long-distance raid, the distance will not exceed fifty miles. For each village they raided, they should have looted enough food for one day, or they wouldn't have raided a village every night. Running fifty miles away in one night, or even farther away, they themselves would be half exhausted to death. ”

Just like the large carnivores on the grassland, they generally do not prey on small animals, because the energy consumed by predation is greater than the energy brought by food, and it is a loss-making business.

"Brother Wang means that we have to expand the scope of the target a little more?" Zhu Pengfei asked.

Seeing Wang Cheng nodding, Zhu Pengfei's eyes focused on the map again, and he thought: "In this case, it won't be three villages." ”

He pointed to an area on the map and said, "This whole whole area, six villages could be within the range of their raid!" ”

Wang Cheng nodded, a look of difficulty on his face.

He looked back at his brothers, a total of dozens of cavalry, to search the area of fifty miles, can they be searched before dark?

Zhu Pengfei seemed to see through his thoughts at a glance, and said to Lao Gao: "Lao Gao, you immediately send a message to my father, and ask him to send all the cavalry nearby here, don't go to search the mountains first, and slaughter this group of summer dogs!" ”

Lao Gao immediately put away the map, his face was happy, and said, "Order!" Hey! Don't worry, this time, I promise to let those summer dogs stay here forever! ”

Then, he removed the bamboo box from his back, opened it and released a falcon.

The falcon flapped its wings and flew high, like an arrow off the string, and disappeared into the sky in an instant.

"Brother Wang, check it! It would be best to find the trail of the summer dogs before my father's cavalry arrives. Zhu Pengfei said.

"Good! Let's go to Zhonghe Village ten miles away first! ”

Wang Cheng immediately led a group of cavalry under his command to gallop towards the northwest.

Zhonghe Village.

It is located in the middle reaches of a river, and the downstream is the location of Erhe Village, so this village is called "Zhonghe".

There were also more than 100 households in the village, and when Wang Cheng and his party arrived, the villagers were collecting grain.

Their arrival immediately attracted the attention of the villagers, who were all nervously waiting for them on horses and weapons in hand.

An old man who was a little older walked out of the field, holding a sickle in his hand, and looked at everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, the old man is in the middle of the river village, I don't know what the lords are doing here?" ”

Wang Cheng jumped off the horse, hugged his fist at Muramasa, took out the identity token and handed it over.

The village is literate, and the three words "Jun Sima" on the identity token made his hands tremble, and he hurriedly prepared to kneel down and kowtow.

"The old man doesn't have to!"

Wang Cheng stretched out his hand to help Muramasa, and then whispered a few words in his ear.

Muramasa's face kept changing, and he said in horror: "This ...... Is all this true? ”

Wang Cheng nodded; "Wang and his brothers have just passed through those four villages, how can there be a fake?"

"That'...... What do you mean? The panic on Muramasa's face was unabated.

"Get out of here first! Hide all the food and drink at home, or destroy it directly, and never leave it to that group of Xia people! Wang Cheng said in a deep voice.

Muramasa's face showed embarrassment, those grains were all they had worked hard to save, if they were really directly destroyed, what would they eat in the future?

"Don't worry about the elderly! Our army will never let everyone die in vain, if we can kill all the Xia people this time, we should also record the merits of the people of Hecun! ”

Seeing that Muramasa was still hesitating, Wang Cheng took out two ingots of ten taels of gold from his arms and said, "These twenty taels of gold will be partially compensated first, regardless of whether this operation can be successful or not, these twenty taels of gold will be paid to the old man first." ”

After getting twenty taels of gold, Muramasa really moved, and nodded solemnly: "Lao Yu is not an unreasonable person, Lao Yu's eldest son died in the hands of Xia Gou more than ten years ago, and the adults agreed to what they said, and Lao Yu will notify the village people to transfer now." ”

"Then please old man!"

Wang Cheng saluted Mura Zheng and admonished: "The sooner the better!" Don't go to a remote place, it's best to take the avenue, in the direction of the county. ”

The village knew the importance of the matter, and after receiving the gold, he immediately notified the villagers to move it.

Originally, the villagers didn't want to leave, but now they heard that four villages had been slaughtered, and Wang Cheng personally promised that there would be compensation, so they finally agreed to transfer.

Seeing that all the villagers moved, Wang Cheng jumped on his horse and said, "Go!" Go to a few more villages! ”

The crowd galloped away again.

Just like Shanghe Village, they went to four villages one after another, and finally mobilized the villagers after a lot of words!

By this time, it was nearly evening.

Wang Cheng and the other brothers went to Shanghe Village, the westernmost village of "Erhe Village".

When the people came to the vicinity of the village, the village was filled with smoke and fire, and families were cooking on fires.

"Brother Wang, it's already so late, and the villagers of Shanghe Village are probably reluctant to move. And it's inconvenient to move at night, so I bumped into that group of summer dogs. Zhu Pengfei raised his concerns.

"No way! You can only tell them to be prepared first. Wang Cheng said with a solemn face.

Everyone can only take the trouble to enter the village to persuade them, but fortunately, the villagers in these border areas can understand, including the four villages they have persuaded before.

They have lived here for generations, and more than a decade ago, or even longer, there were frequent major wars here, and every time a big war came, they had to move, not for the first time.

If it is replaced by the hinterland of the Great Zhou, even if they wear out their mouths and give enough money, they may not be able to transfer the people of a village, and the idea of "relocate" has already been implanted in the hearts of the Zhou people.

No matter how broken and poor their homes are, that is also where their ancestors have lived for generations, and their roots are there.