Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

Chapter 337 Look at me, Jiang, and someone!
At the same time that Dadalia released the vortex demon god Oser, Huai'an and Jiang Xue rushed to Qingcezhuang with three Qianyan army squadrons, and were instantly shocked by the disaster scene before them.

The originally beautiful and neat crops were trampled into disrepair, and the flames that could not be extinguished by the rain burned slowly along the buildings. The doors of the houses were open, and the footprints in front of the houses were messy. Stop spinning.

The smoke was everywhere in the mountains, and the heavy rain covered up the traces of the villagers retreating on the mountain road, and also diluted the horseshoe marks of the cavalry army entering the bamboo forest path.

"The No. [-] and No. [-] Squadrons followed Jiang Xue, and dispersed in groups of three to search for the location of the villagers and the enemy."

"The others and I go to the watchtower."

Huaian frowned, and said to Jiang Xue who was still thinking.

He had served in the Qianyan Army for decades, and he knew the distribution of outposts and watchtowers in Qingcezhuang.

Although for the sake of being the shopkeeper of the inn, he deliberately wiped off the military aura on his body, but his experience and strength will not be easily worn down by the years.

At such a critical moment, he who was born in the army immediately arranged tasks for everyone, and then led a few soldiers of the Qianyan Army towards the watchtower at the highest point of Qingce Village.

Then saw a scene they will never forget.

The watchtower under the heavy rain was completely burned to ruins by the flames. Dozens of Qianyan soldiers guarding Qingce Village fell between the ridges. The puddles formed by the heavy rain were stained with blood, and broken leather armor and weapons were everywhere.

And in the middle of the ridge path next to the watchtower, half kneeling was a Qianyan army officer holding a half-half spear. The blood-colored spear pierced his chest, and he had obviously been dead for a long time.

However, this officer still insisted on the unshakable integrity of the Qianyan Army. Before he died, he supported his body with a broken weapon, blocked the enemy's advance, and stared at the distant mountains with angry eyes.

Most of them are the direction of the enemy's attack.

"Isn't that Chief Economics?!"

"And Ayang, Yunjiang..."

In the Qianyan Army Squadron, acquainted soldiers recognized each other based on the only remaining body features, and then gritted their teeth to find the nameplate engraved with identity information.

After confirming that there were no omissions, the squadron leader came to the ashen-faced Huai'an.

"Qingcezhuang Standing Patrol Squadron has a total of 18 people, including one officer. Except for Huaqing and Dahuang, the two are missing, and all the rest of the soldiers... all died in battle."

The squadron leader reported the casualties to Huai'an with the loudest voice.

Although Hua Qing and Da Huang were not found, everyone felt that they were also killed in battle, but their bodies could not be found.

After all, with such a rare storm and the collapse of rocks, the possibility of being buried is not small.

All the Qianyan troops who came to support looked solemn. After the captain finished speaking, he clenched his spears with both hands and slammed to the ground to pay tribute to the departed predecessors.

"Qianyan is firm and unshakable!"

Seeing the tragic death of their colleagues in battle, the Qianyan Army later felt all kinds of complicated feelings welling up in their hearts, but no one flinched from fear.

After a brief silence, Huai'an began to direct the soldiers to restrain the remains of heroes that could be found at the moment.

Only then did he realize that there were only Liyue soldiers' corpses on the entire battlefield.

After he saw the beacon fire in the corridor of Wangshu Inn, he immediately led his troops to support. It took less than half an hour on the way, and the enemy had already ended the battle like a ghost.

Judging from the deep horseshoe prints in the rain shelter, this is a cavalry unit of no less than a thousand people, even equipped with powerful heavy armor.

As far as he knew, the country of freedom closest to Qingcezhuang, the Pearl of the North, Monde, did not have such a well-equipped cavalry unit.

Especially the cavalry captain of a foreign country is more like an honorary title.

"Huai'an, the soldiers reported that all the boats transporting daily necessities at Zhulin Wharf have been driven away."

Jiang Xue tightened the vines of the coir raincoat, and pressed down the bamboo hat to prevent it from being tossed by the strong wind.

The mysterious guy who only knew fishing before became serious and analyzed clearly.

"The Qianyan army searched all the houses, but they couldn't find the missing villagers. I'm afraid they have been taken away as prisoners by the enemy..."

"impossible!"

Huai'an resolutely shook his head to refute, carefully recalling the data he saw in Phil Godet's ledger.

"There are eleven boat people's cargo ships moored in Qingcezhuang for a long time, which is enough to carry more than a thousand people, not to mention hundreds of useless old and young."

He led Jiang Xue to the nearest house, pointing to the open drawers and cabinets while talking.

"You can see that although the inside of these houses is chaotic, it doesn't look like they were robbed, but rather like the owners hurriedly packed up their belongings and fled here in a hurry."

Looking in the direction of Huai'an's finger, Jiang Xue found that the door locks of the house were indeed not damaged by brute force, but were opened with keys instead.

"The old people and children in the village must still be hiding somewhere, maybe it's the emergency refuge of Qingcezhuang."

Looking at the suspension bridge under the terraced fields in the distance, Huai'an folded his arms and thought.

More importantly, report the information here to Lord Ningguang as quickly as possible.

"Don't let go of any traces, even dig three feet to find the villagers."

Huaian just stood in the heavy rain, looked up at the sky, and moved his fingers resting on his elbows.

Among the busy Qianyan army, a soldier who was paying close attention to Huai'an's movements rolled his eyes, found the right opportunity to sneak to a corner where no one was paying attention, and quietly called the bird that was specially designed to deliver information.

And in the hidden cave under Qingcezhuang Waterfall, dozens of people who had fled from refugees hid here.

At this moment, Hua Qing was sneakily spying on the enemy at the entrance of the cave, and led Ah Zhi back to the cave lightly.

Several torches were burning on the ground, and the extremely weak flames were flickering, as if they were about to go out soon. Around the fire were sitting old people and children with their backs against the rock statue.

Theoretically speaking, these statues of rocks can be activated by the power of rock elements, but there is no one who holds the eye of God among the crowd.

Seeing Huaqing return safely, the wrinkled faces of the old people stretched a bit.

The enemies they encountered in the village before were unimaginable to ordinary people like them, and even these old people who had lived most of their lives to see the world had to worry.

"There is no movement outside, it is estimated that the cavalry did not find this place."

Hua Qing carefully helped Ah Zhi grind the medicinal materials, and told everyone about the situation outside.

"Okay, okay, it's fine if you don't catch up..."

Grandma Ruoxin nodded with lingering fear.

Hearing Huaqing's words, the old people breathed a sigh of relief, and even the children regained some anger and started playing around in the cave.

Just as the elders in the clan wanted to tell the children to keep their voices down, there were several calls from outside the cave.

"Village Chief Ruoxin!"

Jiang Xue's voice.

"Uncle Kai, Xiao Liu, where are you?"

This is the voice of the rest of the Qianyan Army.

The old people who heard the shouts were about to respond, but they didn't know which child had triggered what mechanism, and there was a strange sound of mechanical creations turning deep in the cave.

"boom!"

The sound of collapse, which was louder than the sound of machinery running, reached everyone's ears, followed by the sound of the giant falling to the ground.

The deep and secluded cave shook a few times, and gravel and dust fell one after another.

"Get out!"

Ruo Xin hurriedly told everyone to leave the cave, but several relic hunters appeared in front of the villagers wielding rusty blades.

"Village Chief Ruoxin..."

Hearing the movement, Jiang Xue, who broke into the cave with a bamboo hat on her back, happened to join the villagers.

"no need to worry."

"Close your eyes and stand back."

Jiang Xue stared at the relic hunter who was ready to go, and waved her hands indifferently.

(End of this chapter)