Volume 1: Jiangzhou Chapter 44: Field Investigation
"You two." Ling Xin'an called Sun and Lu to the map. Ling Xin'an recalled the map she saw at Wei Yan's last night, spread out the map in her hand again, and drew out some of the missing areas.
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"If you were the underworld's commander this time, what would you do?" Ling Xin'an asked the two of them.
Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian looked at the map in Ling Xin'an's hand. Xunjia Village was clearly marked on it, and they were also informed of the village massacre that occurred last night.
"Sir," Sun Wu said, "Let's go and see how the scene goes."
Ling Xin'an was surprised and looked at Sun Wuda: "Why?"
"Only the scene can tell us the information we can't get."
Lu Fengxian on the side also said the same: "Let's go to the scene. If we ride fast, the round trip will only take three or four hours. We can make it back in the evening."
Ling Xin'an nodded: "Okay, I'll go and talk to Mr. Hu. Feng Xian, you go and prepare the three of us' luggage. When we come back, we will set off. Sun Wu, you go and tell the captain below to keep walking at a constant speed today. We can do it at noon."
Take a proper rest for two-quarters of an hour to maintain your strength."
"Yes, sir."
When Hu Bing heard Ling Xin'an tell him to go to Xunjia Village to investigate, he thought about it and agreed.
The three met again, and Lu Fengxian found three horses that were most suitable for running in the forest. This kind of horse needs short legs, not too big, average speed, but extremely strong endurance.
The three of them immediately headed towards Xunjia Village. Following the map, it took them more than an hour to find the rural road. The next road was much faster. An hour later, they were still two kilometers away from Xunjia Village.
Then they stopped, tied their horses in a hidden den, and the three of them approached quietly.
From a distance, I could smell the smell of blood all over the sky. Even in late autumn, I still couldn't cover up this smell.
There was a faint sound of crowds of people.
The three of them looked at each other and continued to quietly approach to observe the situation in the village. It was clear that the police from Shuzhou Prefecture were cleaning up the aftermath.
Ling Xin'an stood up and immediately heard a loud shout: "Who is it?"
Dozens of people immediately ran out of the village, holding weapons, and instantly formed a formation, facing him, ready to shoot him.
"I am here to check the enemy's traces under the command of the captain of the guard. This is the token." Ling Xin'an said.
Throwing the token over, a strong man standing in front reached out to take it, looked at it, and then said: "Why did the school captain send you here?"
"My lords, the Lieutenant Colonel just asked us to report the situation in Xunjia Village truthfully. As for what to do, I don't know what I am going to do."
The strong man obviously knew Wei Yan's military badge. With a slight wave of his hand, the policemen at the rear immediately dispersed, beckoning the three of them to come over and said: "There are one hundred and seventy-nine people in the village, and five people survived. We ran here this morning."
We only discovered it when we found the garrison in the next village."
Ling Xin'an walked into the village with the strong man. What she saw was that even a person like Ling Xin'an could not restrain her anger.
Regardless of gender, they were all killed with one knife. Among them were infant babies, dead girls, and old men filled with grief and anger. The expressions left by these last breaths were still clearly visible. The eyes of Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian were slightly red.
, the clenched fists were squeaking.
The strong man patted the two of them on the shoulders: "This is a mortal enemy, so kill a few more Hades for me when you have the chance."
The detectives had collected all the corpses together and were digging a huge pit, while Ling Xin'an observed carefully along the path.
The ground can clearly see that the footprints extend to each house, there is no mess. The windows and the doors and windows are not damaged. Ling Xin'an walked from the village entrance to the end of the village, and then turned to the livestock area.
Cow and sheep were slaughtered, the flies flew all over the sky, and the bloody smell went straight to the nostrils. These cattle and sheep were not taken away, but the chickens and ducks were gone.
Ling Xin'an went to see the livestock area of each household. There was no chicken and duck. He asked, "What about this adult, how do you call it?"
Zhuang Han said: "Surname Wu. Just call me Angkor."
"Wu Cathe's head, have you taken these chickens and ducks?"
Wu Gao's head shook his head: "No."
"Xiao Wu, immediately passed the book to the pigeon, inform Wei Xun, and told them that letting all the spies pay attention to the chicken, duck feathers found along the road, follow the chicken and duck feathers, they can't hide."
Hearing the words, Sun Wu immediately cursive, took out a pigeon from the backpack, and quickly finished writing in the sealed copper.
When Wu Gaotou heard Ling Xinan's words, he couldn't help but say, "Brother Ling, what do you think."
Ling Xin'an smiled faintly: "Xiao Wu, Feng Xian, what do you think?"
Wu Gao was shocked. Now he found that the young man in front of him seemed to be the head of them.
"It is not an ordinary tourist, an organization, a disciplined army, with strict discipline, and the combat power cannot be underestimated." Su Wu replied.
"The number of people should be around 300 people. Look at the windows, the house in the house, there is no trace of fighting or struggling to escape.
In other words, they first attacked the Soldier of the village, and then entered the village together. Each house was stared at each other, and at the same time, it broke the house and murdered. "Lu Feng first replied.
Wu Caitou looked at the two in shock. When he came to Xijia Village, it was true. Except for the soldiers who guarded the soldiers, almost all the villagers' bodies were found in the bedroom in the house. A small part was in the living room.
He thought it was a fast -speed person. The villagers in the back were killed to the room when they had time to ask for help, but they were a little puzzled. No matter how fast it was to kill, some people would scream.
get away.
It wasn't until he heard Lu Feng first that he found that the facts were so, and it also explained why the only five people could live, because they went to hunt in the middle of the night, and they were not in the village at all.
Then, then
"Why is it about three hundred people?" Ling Xin'an.
"Please see." Lu Feng first pointed at the side of the door of the house and said: "There are three footprints here. They are tied up and back on the side of the door. Obviously, they have already hidden here.
There are forty -seven households in total, three people at the door, and then duties in the livestock area. They also see the footprints of the three people. One household and six people arranged at the same time, so plus the people who look outside the wind, it is humble to speculate about 300. "
Ling Xin'an nodded, but Wu Caitou saw the ghost. Looking at Lu Fengxian, he couldn't speak.
"No!" Su Wu said: "This unit should be around 500 people."
Lu Feng frowned first, looking at Sun Wu and Ling Xin'an, and said: "Why do you see?"
"Killing guards are archers, slaughter villagers are cavalry, archers can start cleaning up the battlefield after the archer shoots the guard soldiers, and then the cavalry enters the village."
"There are nearly fifty soldiers guarding the village. Although they are not a large defensive force, they are better at defense and early warning. They can shoot these soldiers at the same time. At night, there must be at least four times their number, so the force last night
At least five hundred people, and they are only one of them or the vanguard."
Ling Xin'an nodded and said: "Yes, but let's assume again that the number of this army should be around five hundred. Among these five hundred people, have you checked the food in the house? These fifty households, all added up
Less than a thousand dan, five hundred people each have a horse, an average of 20 dan. If this is the case, how fast can they go??"
Su Wu and Ling Xin'an were immediately stunned, and they replied: "My lord, is it possible?"
"Well, there should have been nearly a thousand people in this army last night, otherwise it would be impossible to transport so much grain. A group of war horses can carry a hundred kilograms of adult weight at a flying speed, but it is impossible to carry two stones of grain and a hundred kilograms of grain at the same time.
Soldiers running fast through the forest."
Note: One stone weighs about 120-140 kilograms, which is the weight that an adult can lift.
"It has only been five hours since the massacre. If there were five hundred cavalry, they would have been seen by our falcons, but they still can't be seen. In other words, they have enough time to run far or reach a certain distance in one night.
After hiding it, this place must be relatively far away."
"To do this, one must ride one stone per horse, because this is a mountain forest, not a hill. The horses must be loaded with heavy loads. If one horse is injured, part of the grain will be lost. This determines how much grain they will grab as many horses as they have."
After hearing the words, Sun Wu and Lu Feng thought for a while and then nodded in agreement, while Wu Captou and others on the side were completely stunned.
"Captain Wu, stop looking for evidence at the entrance of the village. Go to the mountain behind the village and see if there are any traces of war horses. No matter how hard they clean up the traces, it is impossible to remove the imprints of horses carrying heavy loads."
Capt. Wu immediately nodded and followed Ling Xin'an towards the end of the village. Sure enough, soon he heard a police officer's voice: "We have discovered something!"
When everyone came on patrol, they saw the policeman pointing to an extremely hidden small slope and saying: "Sir, please take a look."
A clear horse print was left on the ground. Along the road, more horse prints appeared until they reached a dense forest.
Wu Captou said excitedly: "Follow the horse seal and you can find them, hehe."
Ling Xin'an said: "Captain Wu, it's too early to speak. It's useless. These people are moving in different directions to avoid being followed, so there is no need to check. We know the number of people and the enemy soldiers.
The rest is just waiting for them to fall into the trap themselves.”
Wu Captou was surprised and asked: "Master Ling, what do you mean by this?" After hearing Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian's analysis and their attitude towards Ling Xin'an, Wu Captou couldn't help but become respectful and polite.
"The mountains and forests are so big, finding them is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It's so difficult to find them!" Ling Xin'an said: "Since it's hard to find them, why don't we just force them out?"
"force?"
Ling Xin'an nodded: "Captain Wu, please send a letter to all the villages in Feige, asking them to organize the villagers to evacuate to Shuzhou and evacuate with food. Only the guard soldiers need to be left behind."
"Sir, we have already made arrangements." Wu Captou said.
"Okay, let all guard soldiers buy fireworks and firecrackers."
"Fireworks and firecrackers!"
"right!"
"What do you buy?"
Ling Xin'an laughed: "Fried Mountain!"
Wu Gaotou was puzzled, looking at Ling Xin's peace of mind, so it was unknown.
Ling Xin'an smiled, so he began to explain it. After listening, Wu Gaotou was excited, and quickly thanked Ling Xin'an: "Master Ling, I don’t know how the adults are called."
Chapter completed!