C345 The Condition to Retreat
Lan Tian continued walking towards Yue City with the old and young duo. This afternoon, they finally arrived at Yue City. They had entered from the back door of Yue City, which was the north door. As soon as they entered, Lan Tian immediately furrowed his brows.
It was a mess everywhere. Along the way, it was not the houses that were burned down. A dead man who can be seen at any time. There were residents of the Yue City and soldiers of the Yue City. Occasionally, there were also corpses of Yue Country soldiers. It seemed like the city had been lost some time ago.
"Grandma, where is your home? I'll send the two of you there!" Lan Tian took the lead and asked the old lady in the carriage behind him.
Under the old lady's guidance, they finally arrived at the old lady's house in about half an hour. As soon as the grandfather and grandson got out of the carriage, an old man walked out from the pile of firewood next door, trembling.
The old man asked in surprise from afar, "Grandma Wang, didn't you escape with your son? Why did you come back?"
"Aiya, you didn't know that the soldiers from Yue Country attacked the city the day before yesterday. They killed a lot of our men. If it wasn't for the reinforcements, they would have lost another ten million gold coins. They even promised to let some of the soldiers of Yue Country rob our city for three days, but they refused to retreat! "
"Are you stupid? You shouldn't have come back. Until now, there are still some bandits who are causing trouble in our city. Nothing good will happen to them if we meet them!"
The old lady sobbed as she recounted what happened on her way to escape. The old man trembled and was stunned for a long time. "So, my son might have met with misfortune too?"
"Hey, why is that? Foreign soldiers are calling. Our own people are not helping our own people. Instead, they are harming our own people. Why is that?! Open your eyes!" With a plop, he knelt on the ground and stretched out his hands helplessly towards the sky.
Lan Tian felt a sharp pain in his heart. He walked over and helped the old man up. He gave him another 100 gold coins and took care of the three of them for a long time. He did not ride a horse. Instead, he jumped onto the roof and occasionally jumped on the roof. Sometimes he jumped on the tree and ran towards the south gate.
Just as he was about to reach the Southern City Gate, he suddenly saw a dozen or so Yue Country soldiers. They were robbing a family. Not only did they rob the family's chickens and ducks, but a bearded soldier also dragged the wife into the house.
The family was so scared that they squatted on the ground and shivered. The wife's sharp husband was so angry that his face turned green. He was angry but did not dare to say anything.
"Dayang, Dayang, save me! Beast, let me go! Help! Wu..." The wife was struggling in the arms of the bearded man.
The man with the pointy head held his head with both hands as he squatted on the ground. His eyes were almost bleeding from anger. However, in the face of a dozen or so large blades, he could only bear with it. He knew that if he moved, not only would he die, but he would also die. His parents and grandfather, as well as everyone else in the family, would all die.
What was even worse was that the general who was guarding the city had just given the order to allow some of the Yue Country soldiers to stay in the city for three days. In these three days, as long as the Yue Country soldiers didn't kill anyone, they wouldn't be able to resist. Otherwise, no one would protect them.
At this time, as long as the sharp-headed man placed all his hopes on the soldiers of his own country and could not resist, then the soldiers of the Yun Country should be able to, right? Thus, he kept praying in his heart.
Perhaps it was the mercy of God, but at this critical moment, a group of soldiers from Yun Country happened to walk over. Seeing this, the sharp-headed man hurriedly shouted, "Lord Bing, help! There are soldiers from Yue Country snatching things and robbing people here!"
However, what made his heart turn cold was that the group of soldiers acted as if they didn't see or hear anything. They actually turned around and left swiftly.
"Lord Bing, you can't just ignore it. Lord Bing, I beg you!" The man sat on the ground and cried in despair.
"Shout, kid! Shout with all your strength! Let's see who in the Yun Country dares to bare their teeth! Humph, I'm not afraid to tell you, do you know why we retreated?"
"That's because your reinforcements have arrived, and we haven't deployed our troops yet. Plus, your reinforcement general is a coward who is afraid of death, and he actually took the initiative to give us ten million gold. He can also let us play in the city for three days. Tell me, can we not take this opportunity to play with the women of Yun Country? "
" Haha, when we have had enough fun with your women, our reinforcements will arrive. At that time, this place will still be our world! Now, your grandfather won't drag your woman into the room anymore. I'll play for you right here in front of you! "After saying that, the bearded man started to tear his wife's clothes like a beast.
"Dayang, Dayang, save me, save me!" The wife screamed as she struggled. But how could she be a match for an experienced soldier? With a whoosh, her shirt was torn apart. Her man and her in-laws all lowered their heads helplessly, crying.
"Stop!" Lan Tian knew that it was impossible to count on those Yun Country soldiers. He jumped off the tree with a swoosh.
The bearded soldier panicked when he saw Lan Tian firmly landing in front of him from the tall tree. He hurriedly let go of his wife and took two steps back.
With a choking sound, he pulled out his saber and mustered his courage to shout, "Warriors of Yun Country, I advise you to mind your own business. If I, Great General, know about this, I will definitely kill my way into your city again! When that time comes, I will make sure you will not be left alive!"
"Is that so?! I don't believe it!" After Lan Tian finished speaking, a sword light flashed and cut open the bearded man's neck.
The bearded man clearly did not expect Lan Tian to be so bold as to directly intercept and kill him. He clutched his neck and said with difficulty, "You will regret it!" He fell to the ground.
"Kill this martial artist!" The other Yue Country soldiers shouted and rushed forward with their swords raised.
Lan Tian coldly snorted and his body flashed. The dozen soldiers did not see how he did it. They all held their necks and fell to the ground.
"Warrior, thank you for saving my life! Wuwu..." The wife trembled and knelt down in front of Lan Tian.1
"No need to be so polite. This is what everyone in Yun Country should do!" Lan Tian pulled the woman up and her pointy man walked over.
What made Lan Tian speechless was that the man with the sharp head did not come to thank him. Instead, he pointed at the corpse on the ground with a frightened face and shouted in anger, "You, you have the nerve to kill them all?"
"Do you know that the general who guarded the city yesterday gave the order to kill them? He told us not to fight back. We just need to survive these three days. And you actually killed them. My family is really in trouble now. I don't care, you come with me to meet the officials!"
Lan Tian was instantly speechless." I say, brother, can you still have some backbone? They robbed your family property and your woman. You only know how to be angry, but you don't know how to resist. Now that I've helped you kill them, you actually want to drag me to meet the officials. What do you want me to say to you?"
The sharp-headed man's face turned red from Lan Tian's words. He pointed at the family behind him who had been scared silly. He roared hysterically in despair, "Do you think I don't want to fight back? But look, my family is here? If I resist, will they still be alive? Besides, my wife is gone, I can marry another one. But if my parents are gone, how can I find another one? Huh?"
Just as he finished shouting, the group of Yun Country soldiers who had just retreated ran over with large strides.
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