The soldiers mounted their horses and followed Qin Yue towards the next village. They walked along the path by the river, crossed a long bridge, and continued to explore.
Invisibly, Qin Yue became the leader of this team, and the soldiers unconsciously followed Qin Yue's steps.
After walking quickly for about half a minute, they found another village. The air was filled with the smell of burning after a fire.
Qin Yue's heart trembled, and he quickened his pace. The group quickly drove towards the village where thick smoke was billowing.
When the soldiers arrived at the village, the entire village was empty except for the burned houses. Seeing this scene, the soldiers' hearts calmed down a little!
Qin Yue dismounted and carefully inspected the traces left by the villagers as they fled. Looking at the deep ruts on the muddy road at the entrance of the village, Qin Yue mounted his horse again and said, "Go over there!"
Qin Yue and his soldiers followed the wheel tracks all the way. When they reached a fork in the road, there was a dense forest on the left and an official road leading to the county town on the right, but the wheel tracks went in the direction of the forest.
The mountain roads are difficult to travel, but it is easy to find hiding places. In order to avoid being hunted down by the Hu people, the villagers may hide in the mountains.
Fearing that he might make a mistake in judgment and miss the opportunity to rescue people, Qin Yue divided the remaining fifty men into two groups. Qin Yue ordered the twenty or so men beside him: "You follow the main road, and the rest of the soldiers follow me to the mountain!"
Qin Yue led the remaining soldiers carefully into the dense forest. The trees were towering, and the place was eerie and silent, with only the whistling cold wind echoing in their ears.
They walked through the mountains and forests, sometimes climbing up steep slopes, sometimes crossing winding paths. They rushed through the jungle for a long time, and suddenly a scream came from the jungle.
Qin Yue and his group hurried to the place where the sound came from, only to see a Hu man lying on the ground wailing, covering his injured eye. The Hu man's companion standing nearby saw the villagers hiding behind the tree, and angrily waved the scimitar in his hand, slashing at the young man's face.
In panic, the young man was unable to avoid the attack and was tripped by a branch beside him. The Hu man's scimitar was about to fall on his chest. Knowing that he was powerless to do anything, the young man closed his eyes in fear.
After waiting for a long time without feeling any dull pain, the young man opened his eyes and saw that the burly and ferocious Hu man was shot through by a sharp arrow from behind, and the scimitar in his hand fell to the ground.
The sudden change happened at this moment. When the Hu people in the forest realized that they were about to be ambushed, they all fled. The soldiers who followed them acted quickly and killed the Hu people with their swords.
The dense forests allowed some fish to slip through the net. Under the cover of trees, two Hu people successfully escaped from the pursuit of Qin Yue and his group.
At this time, the young man who was rescued by Qin Yue stood up and said to Qin Yue in the direction where the two Hu people fled: "They ran that way, follow me quickly!"
After all, they were local villagers and were very familiar with the mountain roads. They took Qin Yue and others and followed the direction in which the Hu people fled.
After struggling through the dense forest, the young man led Qin Yue to stop in front of a cave: "Those two people just ran in."
"Is there any exit from this cave?" Qin Yue asked.
The young man nodded.
Qin Yue: "I will go in from this cave entrance to intercept and kill them. Please take your men to the cave entrance in front to block these two people. Don't let them escape!"
The young man nodded without hesitation: "The view in the cave is blocked, you must be careful!" After that, he quickly led more than ten soldiers to another cave entrance.
After everyone left, Qin Yue walked into the dark cave without hesitation, and the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind.
The cave was dark and damp, with only a faint light shining through the entrance. Qin Yue groped his way forward along the rock wall when he suddenly heard a rapid panting sound in front of him.
Qin Yue suddenly stopped, and suddenly, a cold scimitar came out of the darkness and went straight to Qin Yue's heart.
Qin Yue reacted quickly, dodging the attack by turning sideways, and at the same time swung his sword at the attacker, but the Hu man dodged it nimbly. At the same time, the sound of swords clashing suddenly rang out in the cave.
Qin Yue and the Hu people started a life-and-death struggle, with sharp moves and flashing swords. The warriors following Qin Yue joined the battle one after another and fought against the Hu people.
Although the two Hu people were strong, they were no match for the outnumbered Qin Yue. In the end, Qin Yue killed them both in the cave.
The smoke of battle gradually dissipated, and silence returned to the cave.
Qin Yue was panting heavily, his face covered in sweat and blood. He looked around, checking to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.
The soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, they killed the Hu people and avenged the villagers who had died unjustly.
After pulling the two dead Hu people out of the cave, Qin Yue asked the soldiers to count the number of dead Hu people to confirm whether there were any who had escaped.
Suddenly, a soldier brought a torn sheepskin scroll to Qin Yue and said, "Sir, we found this on this Hu man!"
Qin Yue took the parchment scroll, which was covered with Hu characters. He frowned and looked at it for a moment, his expression becoming more solemn.
The young general beside him looked at Qin Yue's increasingly gloomy face and asked boldly, "Master Qin, what did it say?"
Qin Yue put away the parchment scroll and said seriously, "This siege was premeditated. We must quickly resettle the villagers and return immediately. The Hu people may gather a large force to attack the city again at any time!"
Qin Yue frowned. He knew that this battle was far from over. The Hu people had united with several tribes and were about to launch an attack on Lulu County! With only more than 2,000 soldiers in the city, how could they resist the tens of thousands of troops assembled by the Hu people?
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