Chapter 82 Dark Harvest
"It's impossible for a small army to have such a master!" Jin Yao said. He had fought against the grassland barbarians at the border of Yan State. Generally, such masters were captains of a thousand men or even captains of ten thousand men. Such masters would also be followed by a large army and then be watched by the border troops.
"You mean an army of a thousand people appeared near Chuisha Town?" Gu also reacted.
"It is even possible that an army of tens of thousands secretly crossed the border!" Jin Yao said solemnly.
"What you two said are the facts!" Jin Yao and Gu did not avoid the old mortuary, so the old mortuary asked directly and solemnly.
"If our analysis is correct, it's like this!" Gu nodded.
"I will report to General You Jiao immediately!" Laoguan ran out of Yizhuang in a swift and decisive manner.
Although General You Jiao was called a general, he was actually just the captain of a militia that roamed the roads.
However, such people are directly under the command of the army and serve as early warning scouts to prevent the barbarians from sneaking in.
Soon, a middle-aged sword-wielding soldier captain arrived at the charity cemetery, followed by five militiamen who were simply dressed and had messy weapons.
"Can you two knights confirm this?" You Jiao looked at Gu and asked .
"Yes!" Gu nodded, then pointed to the neck of the headless corpse and explained, "To cut off a head with one sword, only a master at the level of a barbarian centurion can do it."
“Please follow me to Yanmen Pass to see the general!” You Jiao’s expression also became solemn. They knew very well what it meant that a barbarian master above the level of a thousand men appeared in Chuisha Town inside Yanmen Pass. Therefore, they had to report it and ask Yanmen Pass to send out a large army to assist in the defense.
This is no longer something the place can defend.
"It's too late!" Jin Yao shook his head. By the time they arrived at Yanmen Pass and dispatched troops, the round trip would take at least a day and a night. However, the body was found on the official road thirty miles away from Feisha Town.
There was one thing Jin Yao didn't say, which was that this barbarian army had blocked their way to the Yanmen Pass camp.
You Jiao was not an ordinary person either, and he understood Jin Yao's meaning. He couldn't help but look at him a little longer. He thought Jin Yao was just a young man who came here with his teacher to gain experience, but he didn't expect him to have such knowledge.
"How many available people are there in Feisha Town?" Jin Yao asked.
You Jiao frowned. He was directly under the command of the Yanmen Pass military camp. He didn't know much about local affairs. He only knew roughly, "Probably three hundred!"
"These three hundred are made up of government soldiers and local young and strong men!" You Jiao continued to explain.
Jin Yao and Gu looked at each other and then fell silent. Three hundred young and strong soldiers who were barely considered guerrillas had no chance of winning against a barbarian force of at least a thousand people, especially since even the guerrilla troops did not have decent weapons, let alone these young and strong people who were temporarily organized.
"Let's gather the townspeople and evacuate!" Jin Yao sighed.
"There are at least a thousand people in Feisha Town. How can we relocate them?" You Jiao hesitated. Time was too short. Where could they relocate to?
"Let everyone who can leave be the first to do so. Let's hide in the mountains and forests. If there are more than a thousand barbarians, they must be mainly cavalry. Maybe we can escape the disaster by hiding in the mountains!" Jin Yao had no other choice.
You Jiao nodded, then took his men away to inform them.
Soon, the government office in Feisha Town sounded the drum, ordering everyone to move into the mountains. As for how many people could go, they didn't know.
"Alas! In times of chaos, human life is cheaper than grass!" Jin Yao sighed.
However, many elderly people are unwilling to leave, and because of their inconvenient legs and feet, it is difficult to leave, so they can only hide in the cellar of their home, hoping to escape the disaster.
Night fell quickly , and then there was the sound of horse hooves and arrogant shouts, and flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the entire Feisha Town.
"It's really a force of a thousand people!" You Jiao followed Jin Yao and Gu and stood on a high mountain outside Feisha Town, watching the barbarian army appearing below.
"How many can escape?" Jin Yao was very angry but helpless. It was already autumn now. If they left the town, it would be cold in the mountains. How many people could survive?
The Hun's captain was also very angry because they came to the town and didn't find anyone, and most of the food and livestock were taken away.
The Huns did not burn down the entire town directly, because they also wanted to spend the night in the town, but they searched every corner of Feisha Town and took away all the wealth and food that could be taken away.
Most of the old people who had been hiding in the cellar were found, and were forced to ask where all the people in the town had gone.
The bravery of the border residents was also revealed. The old people did not reveal any information about the people who had evacuated, and then they were all killed and piled together by the Hun soldiers.
On the top of the mountain, Jin Yao, Gu, You Jiao and a group of young and strong men could only watch in anger as the old men died tragically at the hands of the Huns.
"Let's continue on our journey with the townspeople. Don't light the torches, or they will definitely find us tomorrow!" Jin Yao made arrangements while suppressing his anger. He was well aware of the bloodiness of the barbarians, and the townspeople could not move fast while driving their livestock and property.
These Hun soldiers will be able to track us soon, and that will be a real disaster.
"Is there no way?" Gu looked at Jin Yao almost pleadingly. He believed that Jin Yao must have a way.
"This is an army of thousands of people, what can I do!" Jin Yao said sternly.
If there were dozens or hundreds of them, he could find a way to kill them all, but this was an organized group of a thousand people, so how could he resist?
I kept silent, there were too many people!
"But they can't expect peace!" Jin Yao looked towards the town with cold eyes. He did not evacuate with You Jiao and the townspeople, but chose to stay alone.
"Aren't you leaving?" Gu looked at Jin Yao and asked.
"I'll stay here to buy you some time!" Jin Yao said.
"Then I'll stay and help you!" Gu said.
Jin Yao shook his head. Although Gu was very powerful, he had never killed anyone after all. There were many commander-level masters of the Mohist School who died on the battlefield. Therefore, it was not suitable for Gu to stay now.
"Okay! Be careful!" Gu didn't insist .
In the darkness of the night, the townspeople were still evacuating, only Jin Yao changed into night clothes and quietly returned to the town the same way he came.
The arrogant Huns did not expect that anyone would dare to launch a surprise attack on them, so they did not even have a proper night patrol. They gathered in groups of three or four, occupied the houses of the townspeople to rest, and imagined how they would ravage those two-legged sheep after catching up with them tomorrow.
Sneaking into a private house silently, Jin Yao waved the cold dagger in the darkness with a cold look in his eyes, slashing the bodies of the Hun soldiers one by one.
"Hmm~" The Hun soldiers groaned one after another. The sleeping Hun soldiers only had time to tense their muscles before death, and then relax, and then they died.
After killing a dozen soldiers in a courtyard, Jin Yao continued to climb over the wall and entered the next courtyard.
