The new battalion achieved a great victory and successfully annihilated the bandits of Yunze Village who had been obsessed with Yunze for many years. This was a great achievement. The battalion commander Cao Zhen reported to the court on rewards for merit while ordering everyone to catch up with the small group that escaped. bandit.
As for the deputy commander Sima Chi, this time he had a conflict with Cao Zhen in full public view, so he should be punished. But Cao Zhen did not pursue the matter, and Sima Chi also chose to stay in the dark these days, almost disappearing from everyone's sight.
For the past two days, the army has temporarily stayed in Yunze Village, and Ye Ying has been recuperating in the barracks. In fact, what he suffered was just some superficial injuries, which did not affect his movements at all. Compared with the pain in his body, the pain in his heart was not good. The pain is the most difficult part for Ye Ying.
We know that being a soldier will lead to death, but the first official battle has cost so many brothers. These brothers’ dream of being a soldier has ended before it even started. But these living lives could be completely avoided being sacrificed, but because of some people's personal grudges, they were sacrificed in vain.
After joining the army for half a year, Ye Ying began to doubt for the first time whether his ideal of serving as a soldier and making contributions since he was very young was correct?
The back mountain of Yunze Village is really vast. The officers and soldiers spent a lot of effort but were still unable to find more than 20 remnant bandits headed by Chen Tianshun, the second master of Yunze Village. In desperation, Cao Zhen had no choice but to burn them. After arriving at Yunze Village, the army began to return to the military camp.
Arriving at this small village by the lake again, the residents living in the village had obvious fear in their eyes when they saw this group of officers and soldiers. Obviously, these people have received the news that Yunze Village has been destroyed, but it can be seen that these villagers do not look happy.
All this in his eyes made Ye Ying a little confused. In his mind, the bandits were all extremely cruel. They should be rejoicing after they eliminated the ruthless bandits entrenched here. Why shouldn't they have such an expression?
The new army returned to the military camp, but Ye Ying stayed in the village by the lake because Cao Zhen temporarily assigned him a task, which was to accompany the caravan to clean up the remaining bandits.
According to Cao Zhen's request, Ye Ying's mission is not only to find a way to find the remnant bandits headed by Chen Tianshun and completely eliminate them, but also to find people in the fishermen's village who are related to the bandits and catch them all to completely eliminate this place. of banditry.
Cao Zhen also knew that this matter was difficult to deal with, so he added some troops to Ye Ying, giving Ye Ying a total of six troops, which was more than the number of soldiers he had led before.
Sima Chi had not shown up in the past few days, and he did not dare to take any further action against Ye Ying in the near future, so Cao Zhen left this opportunity to make meritorious deeds to Ye Ying.
The injuries of the best brothers Qi Jiao, Shan Fu and Zhao Hu were not serious, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune. After two days of training, they have recovered almost completely. They all stayed with Ye Ying this time. Carry out this task.
"This time, Yunze Village suffered a disaster. Almost all of the thousands of people were killed. Those ruthless officers and soldiers did not even spare the young, old, women and children."
He went to the village to understand the situation. Before he entered the village, Ye Ying heard voices. He waved his hand gently to make everyone stop, wanting to hear what these people had to say.
"Yes, we all know the lot of these bandits in Yunze Village. Which one of them is not poor and has no way to live anymore?"
"Over the years, we have been so close to them, and we have never seen them harm us. Every time we need fish, others buy it with real money."
"The people in Yunze Village are much more upright than the businessmen outside. Every time they buy something, they don't even say much about the price. However, the businessmen outside just do some tricks. I think those evil-hearted profiteers should Being killed."
"I can barely get by, otherwise I would have gone up the mountain long ago."
"If your baby had gone up the mountain, he would have been killed by now. The soldiers raised by these bitches (that word must be banned) are really more ruthless than bandits."
"Shh... stop talking, someone is coming!"
The sound suddenly stopped. Ye Ying knew that a villager had discovered his group, so he had no choice but to lead a group of soldiers into the village.
Seeing a group of officers and soldiers approaching, the people sitting at the head of the village stopped saying a word, and some even left quietly. It can be seen that they have no intention of welcoming the arrival of themselves and others.
The soldiers went to inquire and the result was exactly as Ye Ying expected. All the people either said nothing or insisted that no one here was related to the bandits.
The people in the village seemed to have made an agreement. From the white-haired old man to the toddler, they all unanimously stated that no one in the village had any contact with the bandits, and there were no remaining bandits hiding in the village. .
"Chief, this is something fishy. Do you want to arrest a few people and interrogate them properly?" A soldier found Ye Ying and asked him in a low voice.
Ye Ying rejected the soldier's suggestion without hesitation and led the team to continue moving forward in the village. Along the way, the people ignored Ye Ying and his party. Some even took their children and hid back home when they saw them. Some crying children were frightened when they saw them. I don’t even dare to cry anymore.
Along the way, Ye Ying's mood became worse and worse. Why did he and others kill the bandits for the people and bring them some peace, but they did not enjoy the treatment of the people who were happy and grateful in every possible way.
Ye Ying's hearing is very good. He can hear what others are saying clearly from a long distance, even through walls? As he walked and listened to the speeches of the people here, Ye Ying became more and more depressed.
It is not difficult to hear from the words of the people that the ferocious bandits described by the military officials are like family members in the eyes of the people, but their status among them is like that of the bandits.
Ye Ying repeatedly rejected the suggestions of his soldiers to arrest the people who supported the bandits. Without the sincere support of the people, what was the use of using force alone to deter them?
Join the military camp and fight to kill the enemy. Like the hero Ye Shuai and his Eagle Army soldiers, he becomes the object of admiration of the people. This is Ye Ying's dream since childhood, but now that he has become a soldier, Ye Ying feels that this is far from the military camp life he imagined.
The group of people searched the village for a long time, but failed to find a single bandit and received a lot of blank looks. This made all the soldiers less interested and they were a little listless when they came back.
In the evening, Ye Ying and his soldiers set up camp in an open space by the lake. The air near the lake was very good. The ripples of the lake water and the moonlight in the sky mixed together. It was originally a beautiful scenery that made people feel comfortable.
But Ye Ying's mood never got better. He called his good brothers Qi Jiao, Shan Fu and Zhao Hu, walked slowly along the path by the lake, and then zigzagged to the outside of a small courtyard.
"Boss, how do you know there is a small courtyard here?" Qi Jiao on the side was very surprised, because the location of this small courtyard is relatively remote, and it stands to reason that Ye Ying, who is not familiar with this place, cannot find it.
"Last time, we were here when we were following Chen Tianshun." Zhao Hu said softly from the side. When he said this, he suddenly thought of Gan De, who was still together at that time. The voice immediately became a little deeper.
"Oh, I heard that Chen Tianshun has a sweetheart who lives here." Qi Jiao immediately recalled.
At this time, they were very close to the small courtyard, and they stopped their conversation with gestures. A group of four people quietly came outside the small courtyard.
In order to save lamp oil, people in the countryside usually go to bed early, and this is also the case in this small courtyard. At this time, the owner has already turned off the lights and gone to bed.
Ye Ying seemed to have been prepared for this situation. He quietly found a place to sit down and motioned to others to stop talking. The group sat down quietly in the dark night.
Although such a night was slightly chilly, it did not bother these young people who had entered the realm of warriors at all. They had nothing to do, so they simply meditated on the spot to improve their internal strength. This was a must for warriors almost every day. Prepare homework.
Time passed little by little, and the first watch gong sounded. Four young people, one of them, sat motionless, as if they were four statues.
At this time, the oil lamp in the small courtyard suddenly lit up. This abnormal situation immediately attracted the attention of the four people who were meditating in the dark night. They all stopped operating the internal force in their bodies and focused on the small courtyard.
The lighted oil lamp has not been blown out for a long time. Logically speaking, if someone got up at night, the oil lamp would not be so bright. Although the tung oil in the lamp is not particularly expensive, the people are still reluctant to waste it.
As Ye Yingren paid close attention, there was movement in the small courtyard. A figure appeared in the kitchen, seemingly cooking something. Judging from the outline on the paper window, this should be a woman.
Ye Ying gently signaled to the others, then came to the base of the wall closest to Yanzhong and stayed there quietly.
The woman in the kitchen obviously didn't notice anyone outside the wall and continued to be busy in the room. After a while, she stopped what she was doing, then took out a basin and filled it with something. Next, she strangely blew out the oil lamp in the room.
After a while, the sound of the door opening suddenly came from the small courtyard, and then the woman's figure appeared in the moonlight. She was holding a large wooden box in her hand. It was not difficult to guess that the pot was what he had cooked at night. Eat.
Although it was dark night, with the moonlight in the sky, she could barely see the road on the ground clearly. The lady carried the wooden basin and walked towards the back of the small courtyard. Since she was very familiar with the road here, she walked very fast.
As the woman walked forward, she looked back behind her from time to time. It seemed that she was worried that someone was following her, but as an ordinary commoner, she would not be able to discover these masters in the martial arts realm.
Nothing unusual was found along the way, so the woman felt more at ease. Her pace became faster and faster, and she soon reached a sweet potato field only about two or three hundred meters away from the small courtyard.
Standing next to the sweet potato field, the woman turned her head and looked around again, but still found nothing. She finally relaxed and crawled away some grass vines on the edge of the field, then lifted a wooden board from under the grass vines, and a hole appeared in In her eyes.
This kind of hole is very common in the countryside. It is a underground kiln where people store sweet potatoes and tools. However, at this time of year, the sweet potatoes should not be mature yet, so the cellar should be empty.
"Here we come!" At this moment, a figure suddenly came out of the cellar, and he lowered his head and said to the woman.
Hearing this voice, Qi Jiao and others who were hiding aside immediately became energetic, because the owner of this voice was none other than Chen, the second master of Yunze Village who led the bandits to fight with them in Niujiaopo for several hours a few days ago. Tianshun.
