Chapter 112: White Snake Village Destroyed
Chapter 112: White Snake Village Destroyed
In the evening, the twilight spreads like ink.
A war horse galloped across the plain, leaving puffs of dust behind it. Jiang He held the reins with one hand and passed by a dense forest. Dense horse hoof prints led to the left. His expression became slightly stern. The direction of this group of cavalrymen was heading towards the village where they rested last night.
The speed of the war horses increased again, the sounds of horse hooves overlapped, and the dense forest quickly retreated.
A quarter of an hour later, a faint glow of fire appeared in sight, illuminating the sky above the White Snake Village with a bright orange-red color. As it got closer, the warm wind stirred up sparks, the wildfire spread, and the wild animals fled.
When I arrived at the gate of White Snake Village again, the sun had already set in the west. The whole village was engulfed in flames. The wooden houses had turned into braziers emitting blazing hot light, the thatched roofs were ignited and flying, and heart-wrenching screams could be heard occasionally.
Jiang He dismounted and took out the Scarlet Baptism. The sniper rifle was of ancient style, covered with carvings and wrapped with layers of coarse cloth. He loaded alchemical bullets as he moved forward. Bringing modern weapons into the real mission world would significantly increase the difficulty of the mission, including commonly used bullets, but the alchemical piercing bullets as props were not included.
On the dirt road at the entrance of the village, a team of cavalrymen had a great harvest and were preparing to return to the outside of the village to wait. The leader's face had obvious features of a barbarian from outside the Great Wall. Tied to the horse's back was a ragged woman from the south of the Yangtze River and several pieces of silk.
Seeing the person coming, the barbarian leader was stunned for a moment, then he raised his lance and blurted out the elegant language of Daqian Jiuzhou.
"catch him!"
The so-called elegant language is the standard language used uniformly.
The five cavalrymen accelerated at the same time. They were tall and strong, and looked very powerful. If they did not have extraordinary powers, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to deal with regular cavalry on flat ground.
Jiang He calmly raised the Scarlet Baptism, then pulled the trigger. A stream of blue-red light shot out from the muzzle and hit the barbarian leader's chest.
The bullet instantly penetrated the flesh and blood body, and the sniper's armor-breaking effect caused the prey's upper body to explode, blood splattered, and the bullet disappeared. It then hit the left chest of a cavalryman in the rear, still smashing it violently. A blood hole the size of a human head appeared, and the cavalryman flew backwards, his body still in mid-air, and most of his chest was corroded.
One shot, two kills.
The sudden loud noise seemed to make the White Snake Village silent for a few seconds, and a sharp whistle sounded.
At the village gate, three cavalrymen were shocked by the power of the strange firearms. They looked at each other and then fled. Firearms had already been born in this era, but their power was not as good as expected. For warriors, bows and arrows were more convenient for exerting their strength and skills.
Jiang He fired three shots in succession, demonstrating his sniping skills honed on the battlefield. Three streams of light flew out almost simultaneously as he turned quickly. After mastering the dark power, his sniping limit reached a distance of one thousand meters.
Three blood mists exploded.
On the main road of White Snake Village, more than twenty people rode their horses and charged. A thin young man led the way, holding a heavy axe and looking fierce.
Jiang He narrowed his eyes. It was another mixed group of northern barbarians, bandits and gangsters.
After two attacks, looking back now, some seemingly normal places have revealed their weirdness. When the convoy was attacked for the first time, the enemy gave up halfway. Of course, it was because the situation was hopeless, but assassinating the only daughter of King Anbei was a life-threatening act, and it was particularly strange that they were willing to sacrifice their lives at the critical moment.
Generally speaking, such risky missions are usually completed by death squads. It might be understandable if a few of them escaped in the face of the enemy, but if a small number of them withdrew in the end, it could only mean that the person behind the scenes had poor methods of maintaining soldiers, or that the enemy was simply "not interested in this."
At this moment, the second team massacred the village and then set fire to it. Although this could cover up their traces, it also exposed their whereabouts. If they want to continue their actions, this move will undoubtedly alert the enemy.
"Their target is not the princess."
"This is a force that specializes in hunting down caravans, or rather, merchant caravans."
Jiang He secretly speculated that [Action is for results], this principle applies to most situations. As long as he continues to follow the enemy's thinking, the situation will become clear.
"Merchants were killed wantonly, and the merchants were terrified. However, as Damingfu is the second largest city in the world, the benefits involved made them risk their lives. As land routes were blocked, they switched to water routes."
"In essence, with the Hangming Canal, it is normal for southern merchants to travel by water, but the Yan family controls the checkpoints and the fees are high, which is why many merchants take the risk of traveling long distances."
The cavalry was approaching. Jiang He did not take out the Long Regret Spear, but said coldly:
"A bunch of lowly servants, blind and blind!"
"I am the Yan family's servant."
The thin young man's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He immediately pulled the reins and the horse raised its front hooves high. He raised his hand to stop the cavalry behind him and said in doubt:
"I don't know your name, but I have never seen you before."
Big families recruit martial arts masters, often in the name of offering them gifts. They usually provide them with gold, silver, jewelry, luxury cars and beautiful girls for a period of several years or even more than ten years. They will be sent out at critical moments. Many people in the martial arts world are willing to fight to the death for them, even at the risk of their lives.
Because they stopped in haste, the two men fell off their horses, but the thin young man didn't pay any attention.
"Why set the fire?" Jiang He asked coldly.
"Please identify yourself..."
Before he finished speaking, a stone was kicked out.
The power of the dark energy was applied to the stone, passing across the thin young man's cheek, leaving a trace of blood.
The thin young man's pupils constricted. A top-grade martial artist may not necessarily master the dark power, but one who masters the dark power is definitely a top-grade martial artist. At the very least, he has control over the power of the dark power, and the barrier from middle-grade to top-grade can be broken with a snap of a finger.
Jiang He ignored the other party's question and asked a second time with an even colder tone, as if he was the commander of this operation.
"Why set the fire?"
The thin young man dismounted and clasped his fists, and the cavalrymen also dismounted.
"My Lord, there is a white snake demon in this village. It is difficult to deal with and afraid of fire. Right now, my brother is leading people to fight it. It is surrounded by fire and it will definitely not be able to escape."
"Then do you know why I kill people?" Jiang He said calmly, pointing to several corpses on the ground.
The thin young man's face turned pale. "Robbery and killing of foreign merchant caravans, the surrounding counties can turn a blind eye, but slaughtering a village is far beyond the tacit understanding. But you don't know, this white snake has been practicing for three hundred years. Although the snake gall has liver poison, it is also a good medicine for the eldest son to treat his illness. I am also loyal."
You actually explained such a big doubt... Jiang He looked calm.
"Do you really think the eldest master is ill?"
Jiang He gave the other person a mocking look, then walked towards the center of the village, passing by the cavalrymen.
As for whether it was true or not, he certainly had no idea.
"Tell everyone to follow me. I want to see what the White Snake is capable of."
The thin young man was shocked.
It has long been a well-known fact that the eldest son has been suffering from a long-term illness and missed the imperial examination and has no chance of a career in officialdom.
But if you think about it carefully, the medical expert who treated the eldest son has never publicly acknowledged it.
The thin young man could not help but sigh. Such secrets might only be known by a core figure like you. The other party was probably the shadow who had been doing the dirty work for the Yan family. Famous sects and wealthy families all had similar characters, and they were highly trusted.
(End of this chapter)