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Chapter 121: Burning the Camp

The lonely cold wind whirled and blew up snowflakes. The howling sound seemed like a fierce ghost crying. Several Han army scouts carefully approached the quiet village.

The morning in the north is particularly cold, and the rising sun has not yet had time to bring warmth to people. It is cold, but the scouts' hearts are even colder. After nearly a hundred miles, their foreheads are covered with sweat. But now their hearts are shivering.

Although he didn't believe in Jie Da and Jie Er's words, the guards of Shenmu still sent twenty scouts, and the order they received was to find out the truth as soon as possible. If thousands of Huns really appeared in their defense zone, it would be a big deal.

Who knows how many undiscovered Huns sneaked in? The Great Wall defense line is always tight on the outside and loose on the inside. If they attack from the rear without preparation, God knows whether they will defend it. If these Hun cavalry showed signs of attacking Shenmu, they would probably have to send wolf smoke to ask for help.

The Huns had seen the village of the Huns, but never seen such a miserable thing. A female corpse with stripped naked on the old locust tree at the entrance of the village was hung on the old locust tree. The belly of the body was digged open. A fetal corpse was hung next to the pregnant woman's body. The frozen umbilical cord was still connected to the mother. Before this poor child could even take a look at the world, he was ruthlessly seized his life.

This is just a small part of the entire Wangjiazhuang. The breath of death covers the entire Wangjiazhuang. The old horns croak on the trees, and these messengers of death always gather in places with corpses.

It is no exaggeration to describe this village as devastated. There are corpses everywhere. There are people in every yard, and there are animals. Many yards have traces of bonfires. There are bones of chickens and sheep, and the internal organs that the Huns do not eat.

It seems that the Huns not only rest here, but also eat a looted meal here. The scouts were very experienced in counting the number of bonfires, and from the number of bonfires, they could roughly infer how many of this group of Huns were. These were experienced old scouts, and they soon inferred that there were indeed less than a thousand Hun cavalry stationed here.

Jie Da and Jie Er ran back home frantically, and the heart-wrenching cry sounded immediately.

The scouts couldn't bear to see, and they didn't dare to see. They could only search from house to house to find out whether there were living people. They hoped that there would be, but everyone knew that there would be no living people in this dead village. These scouts were just doing their best.

The result was exactly the same as they imagined, and there were no living people. Even if there was no dog or chicken, there would be no chicken or dog. When the scouts got on the horse, they needed to report the situation here to the guardian of Shenmu as soon as possible. There was a team of thousands of Huns moving nearby, which made them afraid to stay for a long time.

Amu led the team to travel continuously, and because he ran to the east bank of the Yellow River and marched south along the Luliang Mountain. They had to take more than 300 miles away than the scheduled route, and the circle was a little bigger. However, Amu thought it was still worth it. After all, he avoided many Han army camps along the way, and before he reached Yulin, he did not want to expose his target.

Then the soft moonlight, Amu rushed for a night. The cold wind blew the sound of horse hooves as if it was about to break. When the red sun rose again, the scout had already seen Yulin City in the distance.

Amu had beads of sweat hanging on his face, and the horse's body seemed to be wet with water. Such a team cannot fight, so his subordinates must give them some rest.

"Let's go to that valley to avoid the limelight. We will burn Yulin Camp tonight." Amu pointed to the valley not far away.

It was already afternoon when the scouts returned to Shenmu. The guards of Shenmu were shocked when they learned about the situation. However, since it was not the Huns who attacked the city, it was not time to cast wolf smoke. After thinking about it, the guards submitted a letter to Shangfeng to know.

He didn't know that his delay caused the disaster to collapse.

The Huns did not have a house to sleep today, and many people and horses squeezed together to keep warm. Some smart guys took out roasted chicken from leather bags and roasted lamb. These were all made from the Han family, and the dried meat in the bag was dry and hard. They were far less than the roasted chicken, and they were sprinkled with salt.

Amu chewed half of the chicken, moistened his throat with snow in his mouth. He then slept in a crack in a stone for a while. This might be the last rest. He didn't know how to fight he would encounter next. As long as he attacked the Yulin camp, the Han army would go out to search for him like a poked hornet's nest. At that time, he wanted to sleep like this, which was simply a dream.

The messenger of the Han army was running constantly, conveying the warning message of the activities of the Huns' army. When the messenger arrived in Yulin, it was almost dark.

"General, my general has found that there is a group of about a thousand Xiongnu moving under the Luliang Mountains. I'm still looking for investigation and I'm asking the generals to be on guard."

The Yulin Camp is actually no longer considered the front line, and there are several lines of defense guarding it in front of it. It is not easy for the Huns to break a line of defense, let alone several lines.

So there is a large amount of food and grass stored here, but there are only more than 3,000 defenders. The Yulin guard generals have a large forage factory and several warehouses that store weapons and grain. These warehouses are for the support of tens of thousands of garrison troops along the Great Wall. Once a surprise attack is caused, it will be a major event that will shock the overall situation.

The Yulin guard general was very nervous and panickedly ordered his subordinates to strengthen their guards. However, it was too late to strengthen their guards at this time.

Before the order could be heard from the commander's tent, a row of moving torches appeared on the horizon. A thunderous sound rolled. The soldiers guarding the village gate were stunned for a moment. They never thought that so many cavalry would appear here no matter what.

Could it be that the reinforcements sent by the court were because there was something wrong in the front? The reinforcements must be the reinforcements when they were rushing to the road. The soldiers of the guards thought this way.

"Close the door, close the village gate quickly." The guard of Yulin camp looked at the fire dragon rushing towards him in horror.

The soldiers guarding the military camp were just about to push the gate, but the arrows like rain had already fallen. A soldier guarding the gate screamed and was shot through his head by the arrow.

Three or four corpses hindered the closure of the village gate, and Amuma rushed into Yulin camp first.

A thousand Hun cavalry rushed into the camp like a flood. They held weapons in one hand and torches in the other, either using weapons to chop people or using torches to ignite tents and forages.

The forage stored in winter is all dried hay. After being lit by torches, a huge fire immediately burned. The entire forage farm became a burning torch in a short while, and the guards of Yulin were guarding by their own soldiers. I was angry that why I didn’t stay in the city today and would be thrown away my great lives here.

Amu looked at the fire in the forage yard that could no longer be curbed, and he did not want to fight with a whistle. The Hun cavalry blew out the forage camp like a gust of wind.

There are at least seven camps nearby, so I don’t have time to waste, so I’ll burn him to have fun today.

When the Yulin guard saw the Huns retreat, his body weakened and collapsed on the ground. However, he quickly reacted and slapped his hands on the ground and howled, "Put the fire quickly, put out the fire quickly."

The Huns burned the forage farm, which was also a serious crime. After the court pursued it, his head would have to be finished. However, the fire had become a prairie fire, and no one had the ability to put out the huge fire. I am afraid that only by inviting the Dragon King to put out the fire at this time can the fire be put out.

The soldiers of the Han army were not willing to put out the fire. The sky-sky fire had heated the air in the forage yard to the point where it could be roasted. If you don't run away at this time, you may be roasted to death here.

The Yulin guards cried and watched the crowd running around, but not long after, he was also taken out by his personal soldiers. If he stayed here, even the general would not be able to escape the fate of being roasted.

Amu's goal is the next camp, which is far from the strongest camp. The so-called walls are just some nailed wooden fences. However, the soldiers here saw a fire igniting from the forage camp and a drum alarm was heard. The village gate was closed as soon as possible, and it was almost impossible to rush into the village gate as easily as before.

A dozen flying claws hit the so-called village wall, and the Huns men exerted their strength. The wooden fence-like village wall was pulled away like a layer of soft eggs. Amu waved his hand, and the Huns rushed in again. Faced with the panicked Han infantry, they slashed and killed the military tents, and from time to time they used the torch of the other hand to light the military tents directly.

Bags of grain were piled up in the tall shed, and the Hun cavalry threw the torches directly in. Anyway, their main task was to set fires, and the bigger the fire, the more successful they were.

There were more than 3,000 defenders in Yulin, but half were in the city. There were only more than 1,000 soldiers guarding the six or seven camps outside the city. These Hun cavalry had an absolute advantage in number wherever they went. The garrisons who were frightened were either killed or fled in the dark.

The defenders in Yulin City did not dare to go out of the city to fight, but just stood on the city wall and watched the Hun cavalry traveling nervously. Warehouse camps were ignited, and the fire soaring into the sky reflected the red sky. The soldiers fleeing in all directions were just a personal black dot in the background light.

Amu's heart was very happy. He was like a child who was interested in playing with fire. Today there were so many flammable things in front of him, but he didn't feel good about it. The camp was broken one by one, and then it was killed and burned.

The seven camps outside the city were lit without exception, and the sky-sooning fire rushed to the clouds with rolling smoke. The smell of roasted millet and wheat was emitted in the air. Amu knew that the grain would soon be burnt. Then it turned into black coke and could no longer be eaten.
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