Everyone quickly came to their senses and killed the Rakshasa devils who had lost their backbone and fighting power!
For a moment, there was no sound in the camp except for the crackling campfire.
"Yong'an, you are going to become a god!" A familiar veteran laughed and slapped Yong'an on the back!
Tai Yongan's face was splattered with blood. He wiped it off and replied, "I saw them trying to run away, so I didn't think too much of it!"
Everyone laughed. Two people came forward to check and found that the two escaped Rakshasa devils were not dead. They were immediately tied up and prepared to be taken back to the camp for interrogation.
Some soldiers were curious and wanted to test the weight of the wood, but they couldn't lift it alone!
He Xiong shouted at everyone to quickly clean up the battlefield. "Don't be distracted. First, finish off the enemies, and then evacuate quickly. The smell of blood is too strong, and it might attract wild animals. We don't know if these Rakshasa devils have any helpers, so caution is the most important thing!"
"Yes, General!" Everyone responded quickly and got busy.
He Xiong's worries turned out to be correct. There really was a Rakshasa devil pretending to be dead. When he found out he was exposed, he still tried to resist and was beheaded with two knives.
The women and children who were rescued, perhaps knowing that they would no longer have to be slaves, could not help but cry bitterly.
He Xiong didn't bother to comfort them and asked directly, "Your village has been burned down, and there is nothing left. Do you want to go back or follow us to the border?
"If you go back, we can collect the bodies of your family members, but you might run into some Rakshasas. If you follow us to the border, if you want to get married, you can marry someone directly. If you don't want to get married, you can work in the workshop. Of course, we will be responsible for burying the bodies of your family members."
When it came to their future livelihood, everyone stopped crying. After a few whispered discussions, they all decided to go to the border.
In fact, if it weren't for their lives, the hunters would not be willing to live outside the Great Wall, and they would have to worry about being robbed by the Russians every year.
It was simply because there were many wild animals in the mountains outside the Great Wall, and they could get more furs and more money.
Now that everyone in their family has died, only women and children are left. They can't hunt, and going back to the mountains is tantamount to waiting for death. They have no choice but to go to the pass to find a way to survive.
As for the bodies of my family members, they are dead, and no matter how persistent I am, they will not come back to life...
Soon, everyone picked up their war items, abandoned the dead body of the Rakshasa and left quickly.
The thing that is most abundant in the mountains and forests is wild beasts, especially on a winter day like this, there are countless wolves roaming around.
I guess the wolves will come over and have a big meal before dawn tomorrow.
With the help of the light reflected by the snow, He Xiong and others took the women and children all the way to the farthest outpost of the border defense army, left the women and children in the care of their colleagues, and then returned to the hunting village, put the dead hunters on the pile of wood and set them on fire, thus fulfilling their promise to the women and children.
As winter deepens, the snow in the north accumulates more and more heavily. Often, the snow that was swept away the day before will be ankle-deep again in the morning after just one night.
Inside the border garrison camp, the general peered through the raised door curtain at the soldiers sweeping snow outside and asked his personal guard boiling water for tea, "How long has it been since He Xiong and his men left?"
The personal soldier thought briefly and replied, "It should be six days!"
The general frowned. Normally, someone going out to investigate military intelligence would be back in five days. After all, no matter how much rations they brought, five days was the limit.
It’s not that the soldiers don’t know how to hunt or replenish food, but they are conducting secret investigations, and hiding their whereabouts is the most important thing, so they won’t make a fire unless it’s absolutely necessary.
But the general didn't expect that He Xiong and his men not only set fire this time, but also set a big fire!
Near dusk, a personal guard suddenly came running to announce, "General, General He and his men are back! They've brought captives and rescued hunters!"
"Oh? They are fighting with the Russian devils!" The general was surprised and went out to meet them.
Just then, He Xiong rode up to the door, dismounted, tore off his mask, and saluted, "General, we're back. We've accomplished our mission and have a good harvest!"
The general gave him a hand, then looked at the soldiers behind him who were helping the surviving hunters, women and children down, and said, "Make proper arrangements first, it's not too late to talk later!"
He Xiong nodded and gave some instructions to his personal soldiers. Tai Yongan wanted to go back to the tent to rest, but He Xiong pulled him to catch up with the general.
The general personally poured hot tea for the two men. He Xiong recounted the events of the past few days and ended by praising Yongan, "This kid is truly a fierce general. Without him accompanying us this time, we would have been able to escape with those two Rakshasa devils!"
Yongan scratched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed by the praise. "I went there to kill the enemy, so I should put in more effort. Besides, I didn't expect the hit to be so accurate. It was all a coincidence!"
The general was pleased to see that he wasn't taking credit for anything and wasn't proud. He patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I'll give you another credit this time. Who knows, maybe after the New Year, you'll be promoted again!"
"Thank you, General. I will try my best to kill the enemy!" Yong'an was so excited that he said a few more words and hurried to show off to his brothers in the same tent.
The general then got down to business with He Xiong. "The Rakshasas have begun killing hunters. There are only two reasons for this. One is that they can no longer make ends meet and are starting to exhaust their resources. The other is that they want to provoke us and draw us into a fight with them."
He Xiong nodded, he thought so too.
"I don't think it's the first reason. I haven't heard of any major disasters in their country, so it should be no different from previous years. The second reason is that they want to fight with us and attract our attention. It's very likely...
"I just don't know what their intention is in drawing our attention to the north."
The general couldn't think of anything, so he could only say, "We need to investigate further. If it's just a small conflict involving a hundred or so people, we're not worried. I'm just worried they have other plans..."
After saying this, he thought of the two captives and ordered, "Interrogate them carefully and see if you can gain anything."
"Yes, General." He Xiong agreed readily.
That night, he did not rest. After eating and drinking, he took people to interrogate.
After years of garrison, especially after signing a truce treaty with the grassland, the Rakshasa became the biggest enemy of the border defense army.
Naturally, there were people in the military camp who understood the Rakshasas language. After spending a whole night torturing the two Rakshasas until they screamed and howled, they actually didn't get any useful information.
The order this Rakshasa devil squad received was to plunder the hunters' villages outside the border of the Wei Dynasty, the more brutal the better.
He Xiong was helpless and was about to go out again when he heard news that another hunter village had been looted and burned, and even a border post had been attacked!
Provocation, this is a blatant provocation!
Immediately, the general mobilized ten teams, each with 200 men, and rushed to the north side of the border.
News was sent back one after another, with some reports of victories and some of defeats. Fortunately, the victories outnumbered the defeats, and more than a hundred hunters were rescued.
These people must be sent to the border to settle down, otherwise the news will spread.
In the small town on the border, people were talking about it in teahouses and on the streets.
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