Watching the busy crowd, Wang Yao summoned a young officer and asked, "On the way here, I heard from the messenger that there are Hu people infiltrating the city?"
The young general nodded and said helplessly, "Those barbarians disguised themselves as Han Chinese and sneaked into the city. At the time, the barbarians were attacking the city, and my forces were limited. I allowed those thirty-plus people to break out of our encirclement during the chaos. I don't know where they are hiding now!"
These barbarians were brutal by nature, and they roamed around in various villages, with the victims being the innocent, unarmed civilians.
Wang Yao casually summoned his deputy general and said, "Deputy General Li, immediately count one hundred soldiers and quickly lead them to check every village in the county for any trace of the Hu people!"
The deputy general immediately bowed his head and responded to the order. He immediately turned around to count the soldiers, and a team of more than a hundred people quickly assembled and were ready to go.
Qin Yue, who was standing aside, heard this and immediately walked over to Wang Yao: "Captain Wang, I want to go too!"
Wang Yao originally thought that Qin Yue was a playboy who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun. However, he had witnessed the scene on the battlefield just now and found that this young master was not as brave as the previous rumors said.
Wang Yao glanced at Qin Yue, whose eyes were filled with longing, and finally nodded and warned: "Be careful!"
Qin Yue was very happy to get the consent. He immediately jumped on his horse and rode to the villages under his jurisdiction with more than a hundred soldiers including Lieutenant General Li.
The group came to a fork in the road and stopped. A local soldier reported, "Lieutenant General Li, these forks in the road lead to different villages. Which one should we go first?"
Qin Yue was riding on his horse, looking at the two forked roads leading to different directions, and then he said to Lieutenant Li beside him: "Deputy General Li, time is running out, we should act separately. You go east along this road to explore the nearby villages, and I will take people to the west to explore the nearby villages. If you find any suspicious situation, just light this thing towards the sky to convey the information!" After that, he took out a bamboo tube-like object from his arms and threw it to Detachment Li.
Lieutenant General Li took the object thrown by Qin Yue and put it in his arms. He had also seen how this kid charged into battle just now. In the army, no one cares whose son you are, strength always speaks.
Obviously, Qin Yue's heroic performance just now was recognized by Lieutenant General Li.
Time was pressing, and no one knew when the Hu people would attack the city gate again. This matter could not be delayed and had to be resolved quickly. Lieutenant General Li nodded to Qin Yue and said only one sentence: "Be careful!" Then he led a team of more than 50 people along the eastern path and headed towards the nearby village.
Qin Yue took the remaining fifty soldiers and set out along the western path.
Qin Yue held the reins tightly and led the soldiers to gallop through dense woods and rolling hills. They passed a vast field and looked at the village in the distance.
As they advanced, Qin Yue remained highly alert, always paying attention to the movements around him. He and the soldiers had a tacit understanding and coordinated with each other. Their every move was effortless, not like it was their first time leading troops into battle.
When Qin Yue and his party arrived at Qingshi Village, what came into their sight were large areas of burned-down villages. Anger and grief surged in the hearts of the soldiers. They were still too late!
It was obvious that the Hu people fled from the fork in the road to the west. Qingshi Village, located on the side of the main road, was the first to suffer the looting and revenge of the Hu people. Houses were broken, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and none of the villagers were spared.
Qin Yue led the soldiers to search, hoping to find surviving villagers. They carefully inspected every corner of the village.
The soldiers saw the villagers' miserable deaths and gnashed their teeth in anger: "These beasts, I will skin them alive!"
Qin Yue mounted his horse with a heavy heart and said to his soldiers, "Since we have discovered traces of the Hu people, they must be causing trouble in other villages. Let's set off immediately!"
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