Chapter 118 Mountain Tracking
Old Bill's teenage granddaughter is called Carol, which in another world means a bird that always sings cheerful songs.
However, this cheerful bird is now crying loudly. From her intermittent narration, Tang En and the others knew that about two nights ago, a group of bandits suddenly arrived and surrounded the village.
The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was originally a place of chaos, and there were as many bandits and robbers as a cow's hair. Shahe Village has not been visited once or twice by these people, but they usually only take some food and water and then leave. Tucun still doesn't do such things as killing chickens and taking eggs.
But this time when the old village head stood up to offer food, he was cut off with a single knife, and then the brutal burning, killing, and looting began.
Due to time constraints, little Carol's mother only had time to hide her in the cellar and told her not to speak. Then a big man with a ferocious face broke open the door and rushed in... There were gaps in the wooden boards, and the little Carol, who was covering her mouth tightly, watched her mother fail to commit suicide, was repeatedly raped, and then killed with a knife... The matter did not end there Well, it is quite normal for a farm to have a cellar. The robbers seemed dissatisfied with this harvest, so they began to search the cellars of every household. Of course, many people who were hiding were killed. A robber found the cellar under the wooden boards after searching the woodshed of the little Carol's house.
But what happened next was a bit unexpected. The robber stepped on the trap originally prepared for mice and some dirt-penetrating animals. While he was crying out in pain, little Carol bravely rushed out from the darkness, and slashed at the robber with a scythe.
Originally, the trap only caused the robber a little injury, even if he was stabbed again, he still had the power to fight back, after all, little Carol's strength was too weak. But the robber may have been a wicked man for a long time, and now he has suffered retribution. Little Carol's knife happened to slash him on the neck... Then there were all kinds of random slashes, and when little Carol came back to her senses, the robber had been cut and deformed! Then little Carol closed the door of the cellar, and stayed inside with the robber's corpse for two days, until Tang En and the others arrived... At this time, David's search work had been completed, and there was no one alive in Shahe Village except for little Carol. The remains of the villagers were all gathered by the small river at the east end of the village, where a pit had been dug.
After finally persuading the crying little Carol, the young woman's body was also put in, and then buried with soil.
Except for little Kaluo's mother, none of the other villagers erected stone monuments. This is also something that cannot be helped, but it is better than the result of being exposed to the outside and being eaten by various scavengers.
After finishing all these arrangements, Tang En walked up to the dazed Carol, "Carol, do you have any relatives?"
"No more, I only have mother and grandfather. Huh..." Little Carol lowered her head, her red eyes were still dripping with tears.
Tang En nodded and said in a harmonious voice, "Then you will follow Brother Tang En from now on, okay?"
"I, woo, woo, I don't know..." Little Carol's mind was blank when she learned that her two relatives had died.
"Then it's settled!" Dunn said bluntly, dusting off Carol's head.
David also came over, knelt down and said, "Sister Carol, my name is David. Your grandfather, Old Bill, once saved our lives, so don't worry, everyone here will take care of you. If you If anyone bullies you, your brother David will definitely help you out!"
"..." Little Carol opened her blind eyes and nodded unconsciously with tears in her eyes.
"Oh..." David stroked Carol's soft hair, stood up and sighed silently.
After a while, Mi Xiu and the others also returned to Shahe Village. After learning that Old Bill still had relatives left in this world, he felt a burst of joy again.
"Boss, I got it! This group of robbers is passing by. There are about a hundred of them. They passed by here two days ago, and now they are heading south."
"Very good!" Tang En nodded. If you know the direction, you are not afraid of not being able to catch up with the other party.
"Boss, what are we going to do now?"
"It's very simple!" Tang En narrowed his long and narrow eyes, "Track him, find him, and kill him!"
......... Although Tang En's words are simple, it is still quite difficult to actually operate. After all, the other party has been away for two days, and no one knows if there has been a change of direction during that time. So in the end Tang En simply broke up the gray space, and formed a group of three to search forward in a fan shape.
When the gray space was established, there were eleven people, one was sacrificed, and one was seriously injured. Now counting Tang En, David, and Mi Xiu, there are only twelve people in total, and they can only be divided into four groups. At this time, Tang En also strongly felt that the gray space must be expanded. Otherwise, what is the difference between doing everything by yourself and not establishing this organization?
After being divided into groups, the members of the gray space quickly rushed into the continuous mountains. Tang En led Carol and the other two on the mountain road, supporting them. The target of their search now is of course not the group of passing robbers, but the people sent by the bandit group in the high mountains. If you ask anyone who knows the terrain and what happened here best, it is undoubtedly them.
Where there are poor mountains and bad waters, there will be bandits and bandits. This is almost a law. Needless to say, the topography of the Shiwan Dashan here, so what kind of bandits, bandits, etc. can be said to be the specialty here.
The efficiency of the gray space members is pretty good. After all, they have followed Tang En for so long, and they have learned a lot of various methods.
Although you are out to mess around, you have to be moral. But the knives were all on their necks, and they were betraying others, so the bandits who were caught were very cooperative, and some even spoke in detail for fear of being silenced. A few hours later, news came to Tang En from all over one after another. Judging from the present, the bandits passing by have not changed their direction and are still heading south.
Bandits still have a strong sense of territory, and sometimes they need to say hello or something to show politeness when they pass by. So it didn't take long for Tang En and the others to know that this group of people was called the Bobcat Thieves. The leader's name is no longer available, but as for the nickname, it is Bobcat. Thin figure, ordinary face, sinister and cunning. The most eye-catching sign is a few mustaches around his mouth, which is also the origin of his nickname Bobcat.
This group of people used to be bandits, and lived in a dangerous terrain in the southeast, but for some unknown reason, they suddenly wandered here. This is probably the reason why they slaughtered Shahe Village without any scruples. Anyway, it is not their own territory, so there is no need to consider the issue of killing chickens to get eggs.
At night, Tang En put Carol, who was tired from crying, on his back and continued to track forward.
At this time, it is even more difficult to obtain information. There are few people at night, and most of the bandits call it a day and go back. Now it is only possible to get some information by touching the other party's stockade and catching a sentry.
... The next day, in the morning. The clouds are dark and the wind is cold.
On the rugged mountain road, a group of more than a hundred people were huddled up against the cold wind and kept moving forward. From the various weapons in their hands, we can know that these are not good people. Their attire is also very mixed, some are wearing half body armor, and some are directly wearing thick cotton clothes. The only similarity may be that they all seem listless and dragging their feet.
Walking at the front of the line was a thin, middle-aged man with a gloomy and ordinary face, only a few small mustaches around his mouth were quite conspicuous. He was wearing a neatly dressed brass armor which was rare.
"Head, how long do we have to go? I'm afraid it's going to rain later. Look, the brothers are all dead." A strong man with a steel knife leaned over and asked.
The skinny man glanced back and cursed, "Damn it, you'll be tired when you walk a little bit, and you'll be more energetic after being a bitch!"
"Hey." The big man touched his forehead and said with a lewd smile, "These two are different... Tsk tsk, head, when will we find another village to have fun, the addiction of the previous two days is over."
"Fuck. What else can you do besides playing with women..." The thin man said angrily, and then his expression eased, "Wait, wait until we pass this mountain range. If you always do this, you will be hunted down by your colleagues of."
"Oh!" The burly man suddenly became stunned when he heard the words, and sighed, "It's still better than before. A fat sheep will come to the door by itself guarding the intersection."
"Just talk nonsense. This is not the army fighting, and the roads are directly closed to search the mountains." The thin man gritted his teeth and said, "Damn, it's a bad time. It's not good to fight in other places, but here we are. "
After a pause, he continued: "Now it's in someone else's territory. Forcibly occupying the land would be a big taboo. You tell me to go down, and when I find a place to settle down, I will definitely take my brothers to find another village and have a good time." Refreshing!"
"Haha, that's great." The strong man was overjoyed when he heard the words, and responded repeatedly.
Crack - rumble! ! !
Uh... Hundreds of people only felt their eyes brighten up and raised their heads in astonishment. I saw that the originally gray clouds quickly turned black as if they had been dyed with ink. Immediately, little raindrops fell.
"Your mother, it's really raining!" The thin man beat his palm resentfully, with a gloomy expression.
"Head, the rain will not be light, let's find a place to take shelter." The strong man wiped the rain off his face and said, "It's easy to say, where can we hide!" This is right in the middle of the mountains, neither close to Villages, and no sloping canyons.
"Head, there, there is a forest there." The strong man had sharp eyes, looked left and right, and pointed to the treetops protruding from the mountain road in the distance.
"Okay, tell the brothers to speed up!"
……… The group of bandits eager to avoid the rain did not know that a group of about ten people were pointing to this side with delighted expressions on the hills a few miles behind them.
"Damn, I finally found you!"