Soon, the governor and his party arrived at the outskirts of the village.
Just to be cautious.
Zhu Yue asked Dudagula and his men to go up first and surround the village, while Zhu Yue and his men hid outside the village.
Dudagula and his group entered shivering.
At this time, they had completely lost their previous arrogance. From the 10,000 troops, there were only more than 2,000 people left, and they were all frightened.
Entering the village, I was afraid of another accident.
Every step I took was cautious, like walking on thin ice.
But after entering the village for a long time, I didn't find anyone. I gradually became more courageous. I finally found three old ladies squatting under a wall in the middle of the village. They immediately walked over with their chests held high and their heads raised.
"Hey, hey, hey, old guy!"
"Where are the people in your village? Did a group of people hide in before?"
Dudakula stepped forward and pointed his riding crop at several old women and said.
"What the hell?"
"what's that?"
"Old Dong what?"
The three old ladies have lived a long time and have nothing to fear.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have stayed to die while everyone in the village fled to the south.
At this time, I saw several prairie people coming, but I didn't bother to pay attention to them.
"What?"
"Old man, you actually bullied me like this!"
When Dudagula heard this, he was so angry that he thought the three old ladies did it on purpose.
As he spoke, he took out the scimitar in his hand.
"Chief, there are only three living people in the village now. I think it's better to hand them over to Zhu Xianren."
"If I kill him, there will be no clues at all."
A grassland warrior next to him tugged on Dudagula's sleeve and said.
"The stone in the hut!"
"Stinky sheep shit egg!"
"Go and tell Zhu Xianren that we haven't found anyone in the village and ask them to come in quickly."
Dudagula put away the knife angrily.
Dealing with a few dead old women really damages the honor of the prairie warriors.
at this time.
Zhu Yue, who was outside the village, quietly looked at the situation inside the village with his hands behind his back.
"Let's go, Zhao Da will bring a small team of people in with me."
"The rest are on alert."
Zhu Yue said slowly.
"ah?"
"Sir, what if there is an ambush in the village?"
Zhao Da is also scared now.
Following the governor all the way out, the governor was almost killed by his own people, which almost made Zhao Da's heart skip a beat.
If the governor really gets into trouble at his own hands, he won't go back.
"If there had been someone, they would have started fighting long ago. The people in the Klei tribe are frightened now and will never be so honest."
"Let's go."
Zhu Yue said as he walked towards the village.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Da quickly settled down and followed with a team of men.
"Zhao Da, look at the fields outside this village. It seems that someone has been cultivating it. You can't tell. These people from Heyang County are really calm in the face of danger and are very good at acting."
Zhu Yue pointed to the furrows in the field and said.
"Sir, this... maybe it was done by the people before..."
Looking at such neat farm work, Zhao Da didn't believe that it was done by a group of soldiers hidden here.
"We came all the way from the south, and there were just sporadic refugees. Most of the people who fled had already left."
"These things can explain two problems."
"One of them is that these people from Heyang County seem to have been farmers before. At least they have not forgotten their ability to cultivate the land."
"In other words, they are either newly recruited soldiers, or they have not been in the army for too long."
Zhu Yue slowly said to Zhao Da.
"Sir, you mean that there is a massive recruitment drive in Heyang County?"
"Their actual number of men and horses is far beyond our control?"
When Zhao Da heard this, he understood something.
"No, no, no, that's not what I'm talking about. I heard from the people in the Kled tribe that the men and horses they fought against were well-trained and had good riding and archery skills. A group of newly recruited soldiers could reach this level in a short time. This level is what we should be afraid of."
Zhu Yue said to Zhao Da in a solemn tone.
"hiss--"
Zhao Da took a breath of cold air.
If it is true as the governor said, then Heyang County's military strength will far exceed what they thought.
Many times, numbers are not an absolute advantage.
Just like the ten thousand cavalry in the grassland, if they really charge, the thirty or fifty thousand infantry may not be able to stop them.
And similarly, if you are a veteran, you will not take it seriously when dealing with recruits who are several times your size.
If the new recruits have the strength to fight with the prairie people, the horror level will be self-evident.
"As for the second point, maybe it's absolute confidence."
"Knowing that the prairie people are nearby, yet still being able to cultivate the land calmly is either due to absolute confidence in one's own strength, or absolute confidence in the general."
"No matter which aspect it is, it's troublesome..."
Zhu Yue said as he led people into the village.
"Huh?"
As soon as Zhu Yue entered the village, he walked into a nearby house. Upon seeing this, Zhao Da quickly followed him in.
As soon as I entered, I was overtaken by the smell of horse manure and horse urine.
"It seems that they are hiding here and actually put the horses in the house. This is really..."
Zhu Yue was speechless.
He didn't know that from the beginning, Zhang Bao and his subordinates cherished horses as much as ordinary people.
"Sir, it's better to go out quickly, the smell here is really a bit..."
Zhao Da said to Zhu Yue.
Zhu Yue nodded with a smile and followed Zhao Da and the others out.
I happened to meet the men of the Kled tribe who came out to report.
"Zhu Xianren, we found three old people in the village, and everyone else is gone."
"The previous team was not found."
The people from the Klie tribe said to Zhu Yue.
"I know, let's go, take me there."
Zhu Yue nodded.
He followed the man to the three old women.
"Old man, don't be afraid, we are here from Hezhou to rescue you."
"Did a group of bad guys come in before? Where have they gone now?"
Zhao Da took the lead and came to the three old women and asked.
When these three old women met, they turned out to be from Daxia.
They thought that Zhao Da and the others were prisoners captured by the prairie people and had taken refuge with the prairie people, so they immediately became angry.
"You beasts!"
"He actually became the lackey of the prairie people!"
"I'll beat you idiots to death!"
The three trembling old women raised their crutches and hit Zhao Da on the head.
