The Emperor is Above

Chapter 28 The Respectable Remnants of the Left Division

"Howling——"

"Rumble--"

"Jiejiejie——"

"cry--"

The eastern night sky was almost covered by blood clouds. The scarlet blood light flickered, and strange howling sounds were heard from time to time, like ghosts or night owls.

It was as if there were two huge beasts fighting not far away. The violent collision made the ground shake constantly, and the livestock and poultry in the entire locust hill were screaming in panic.

“Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka—”

Erhei couldn't help but get closer to Da Niu, and his teeth couldn't help but knock against each other.

Qing Yi could also express his understanding. Even though he knew that there were four dragon claw locust tree spirits guarding him, he still felt his scalp tingling and his entire spine going cold from his tailbone up.

"Brother, I'm scared!"

Niuniu, who was held in the arms of Aunt Bo, had a worried look on her pretty face. She stared at the bloody night sky in the east with wide eyes, "Grandpa said yesterday that he would go there to do some work in the evening. I want to go find him."

"Don't be afraid, Niuniu. Big brother and Auntie Bo are here with you!" Qing Yi said to comfort her softly, "Grandpa will be back to find Niuniu tomorrow."

"Ah wu——"

The little white fox jumped onto Niu Niu's shoulder and stroked her little face with its fluffy little tail, quickly diverting the girl's attention, but her brows still frowned from time to time.

However, the civet cat was still sleeping soundly on the kang at this time. Its round body occupied the warmest spot on the kang, and it rolled over lazily.

"Chief, Chief, what should we do?"

The fierce fighting at night woke up the villagers, and soon there was a noise outside the yard. With Chai Yong appearing first, fifty militiamen quickly dressed neatly and gathered in the yard, their faces full of worry.

There have been too many bad news recently. This time the commotion was so loud, whether it was the blood clouds that flickered in the night sky or the fierce sounds of fighting, it was obviously not a good thing.

"There's such a big commotion in the distance, and it's late at night. We can't help much after all. Let's get everyone out of the house first, in case the house collapses and hurts people!
The old, weak, women and children temporarily hid in animal sheds and straw huts to avoid the cold, and the young and strong men were organized into several teams to patrol everywhere. If they found any dangerous houses or walls, they would tear them down in advance. "

Qing Yi arranged everything in an orderly manner, and no villagers objected. Fifty militiamen took turns to stand guard on the high wall according to the duty order, and the rest of the young and strong men also did their own things.

The battle in the east was still raging. Qing Yi came to the top of the high wall and looked into the distance. Under the reflection of the blood cloud, he could vaguely see the shadows of a group of beasts running in panic in the darkness.

Fortunately, there are four dragon-claw locust tree spirits guarding the locust hill, so there is no need to worry about attacks from powerful alien beasts. Instead, a small number of beasts can deliver the goods to the door.

Sometimes a wild beast would be frightened out of its wits and fall into the deep trench outside the locust hill, unable to climb out, so there would be another big harvest the next day.

When the morning star was about to rise, the fierce battle finally stopped and the blood cloud was slowly dissipating, but no one knew who was fighting, let alone who would win or lose.

"Village head, village head, today is such a great harvest!"

The militiamen shouted loudly and excitedly worked together to kill three bison that fell into the trench, as well as a wild boar, seven wild deer, and hundreds of smaller beasts.

"Huh? There are so many? Give it to everyone to calm them down."

Qing Yi calmly commanded, "Big Bull, harness the reindeer to the sled, and assign twenty people to follow me to the east to check and pick up prey along the way.

On the one hand, the others should not relax, there should be someone on guard at all times on the high wall, and on the other hand, they can look for prey within a few miles around, and pay attention to safety. "

The militiamen had some concerns about going east to investigate, but when they heard that Qing Yi was going to lead the team himself, they all expressed their willingness to follow, and soon a convoy of five sleds set off.

After traveling eastward for more than 20 miles, they began to see some dead animal corpses. Qing Yi threw some of the animal corpses away with disdain: "Wild dogs often eat carrion, we don't want these dead dogs! Load the wild donkey on the car, and go back to light a fire with everyone in the court."

This cold winter is a good time to eat hot pot. In addition to wild donkeys, there are also antelopes unique to the northern wilderness: white antelopes and green antelopes, both of which are top-quality game.

After walking eastward for fifty miles, they had left the densely populated area of ​​the capital. The team's gains became more and more abundant, but everyone's hearts became more and more frightened.

After walking eighty miles, it was no longer possible to find suitable prey here. It was not that there were no dead beasts here, but the corpses of the beasts here were all torn apart, and strangely enough, there was not even a drop of blood.

Even the corpses of some powerful wild beasts looked intact, but when they were moved, they were found to be broken into pieces, with bones, flesh, and leather all turned into fingernail-sized pieces.

After seeing the tragic corpses of more than a dozen teams of savages, the entire team dared not move forward even a step. The tragic deaths of those savages were too horrifying.

"Forget it, let's go home now!"

Even though Qing Yi really wanted to find the place where the fierce battle took place last night to see what had happened, he didn't dare to move forward at this moment. He had to be responsible for the lives of the people around him.

The return trip was quiet. Even though the five sleds were filled with wild animals, weighing as much as 30,000 to 40,000 kilograms of prey, no one was happy.

Judging from the deaths of the prey picked up along the way, the battle should have taken place near Jimingze, which is at most a hundred miles away from Huaiqiuli, which is very close to the monsters that fought last night.

Everyone, including Qing Yi, was wondering, if such a fierce battle took place near Huaiqiuli, would they be able to survive?

"Head, look over there!"

Chai Yong gently pushed Qing Yi who was in deep thought.

I saw an army slowly walking out of the morning mist in the jungle in the southeast, and the whole team was exceptionally quiet.

"It's the flag of the Left Division!"

Chai Yong, who had military experience, and two other militiamen whispered, "Could it be that the Zuo Division was ordered to encircle and suppress the monsters last night?"

The left, center and right divisions of the State of Xing were directly under the jurisdiction of the king. They had made great military achievements and were well-known. In the eyes of the people around the capital, they were a very prestigious army.

But as Zuo Shi's troops approached, Qing Yi couldn't believe his eyes. Almost everyone in the once-famous Zuo Shi was now injured, and many carriages even had bodies of wounded and dead soldiers.

Qing Yi silently saluted the team. Last night's battle did not affect the surrounding pavilions. It seemed that these people were guarding silently.

"Master Zuo's heroes are all real men!"

Chai Yong's eyes were red with excitement. The militiamen present could see that Zuo Division's troops had suffered heavy casualties, but they did not dare to get close due to Zuo Division's discipline.

"Unload the prey from our sled first and let the injured hero of Zuo Shi go back by car!" No one objected to Qing Yi's order.

He continued to give orders, "Send a few people to inform the pavilions along the way, and ask all the nobles who have spare capacity in their families to send people to take care of the wounded of the left division. They have finally survived the battle, so we must resolutely save them."

However, when he saw the last few cars that appeared, Qing Yi was still shocked. He didn't care about the heads of the wild people, but he was surprised that there was a hand on the largest car. No, strictly speaking, it should be a ghost claw.

The ghost claw had a ferocious appearance and was scarlet in color. It was more than two feet and five feet long and occupied an entire supply cart. It was apparently cut off by a sharp blade.

The captain of the left division who led the team suppressed his fatigue and nodded to Qing Yi, saying: "Thank you, little brother. The brothers have been tired all night, and you are the first group of people we have seen.

The brothers' injuries have been treated with elixirs, so there is no need to worry about recurrence. However, everyone is very tired and hungry now. Can you please give them some food first?"

It was a bit difficult to prepare food in this icy and snowy place, but it was not a problem for Qing Yi. He glanced at the pile of scattered stones around him and nodded solemnly, "I will treat Master Zuo's brothers to a stone hot pot."

(End of this chapter)