Chapter 138: The way back

With the help of magic, the three of them walked out of the mountains in the afternoon of the next day and walked to the side of the mountains near the kingdom.
The three of them walked all the way. Although they didn't last long, they hadn't slept over the mountains and the mountains, and they were full of wind and dust.
Because there is no sign to refer to in the field of vision, Kuroki Pass does not even know where it is. The three found a forest glade. Roger opened the map and pondered for a long time, drawing a large circle with his hand: "We are most likely to be in this area now, but the specific position cannot be determined. The only one now The way is to go south. It is best to find the road. If there is a road, you can find the town. Ask the people in the town to determine the direction. "
Unfortunately, there is no scroll of the Master's Eye in the ring, and Xiao Chen can't learn this magic, so they can only watch while walking, looking for roads or towns that may be around.
"The way is found! On the west side." The three of them walked south for more than an hour, and the first thing they found was Eveline, who had the sharpest eyes. That road is not the main road south of Kuroki Pass. According to Roger's judgment, they should be somewhere east of Kuroki Pass. But with the road there is a direction. As long as you follow the road, you can always go to a certain town or village.
The three walked through the sparse forest to the road, and Roger and Evelyn frowned as they looked at the ground.
"There are many footprints, horseshoes and ruts." Xiao Chen said. The imprints on the ground were dense and dense, covering the whole road from back to front, and Xiao Chen couldn't help but yawn, "It seems that a large group of people has passed by. Is it the Empire's army or our own?"
"Empire." Roger judged without hesitation. "It can be seen from the footprints that it is not the standard shoes of the guard. In addition, after the defeat of Heimuguan soldiers, the guard will retreat and will not retreat to this. Come on the road. "
"That is to say, if we walk along this road, it is very likely to hit the Empire?" Xiao Chen asked.
Roger said: "Judging from the imprints here, this is not a large army, it is likely to be just a force responsible for sweeping."
"You mean that the Empire sent teams to the villages and towns around the road to plunder?" Xiao Chen said.
"Yes. Their main force needs to guard against the black, but also to guard against our counterattack, so the weaker legions must be sent to rob and burn," Luo Jie explained to Xiao Chen, surprised. "For enemy territories that cannot be occupied, this is the most common practice. It can not only attack the enemy's economy, but also supplement a considerable amount of food, military resources, and slaves. I believe that if the kingdom enters the empire, it is the same. "
Xiao Chen said: "I want to see what happened to the town ahead."
Roger didn't say much nodded and led the two forward.

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The town ahead was about ten kilometers away from where they found their way. In order to maintain combat effectiveness, Xiao Chen and the three did not walk too fast. When they reached the periphery of the town, the sun had just begun to set west and the sky was a little dizzy.
That town is one of the many ordinary towns in the north. In the past, because of the protection of Heimu Pass, this town has been calm and peaceful for hundreds of years. At least it has never been harassed by the Empire. Therefore, the town built on the flat ground by the river does not have too high walls, and there are not many soldiers to guard.
The army that arrived today took it without much effort. The so-called little effort was just killing the baron and his dozen guards who tried to guard the town, and scared the militiamen who dared to climb the wall and fled.
The Empire paid a price of less than ten people and completely conquered this small town with hundreds of people. Then came the time when the army began to let go of its hands and feet in the town.
When Xiao Chen and three people were hiding behind a dirt and watching the city, they found that the town was filled with screams and crying.
Xiao Chen frowned and stared at the town. From their point of view, everything in the city was blocked by the wall, and no specific happenings could be seen, but the stern shouts and cry for help, but still tenaciously through The walls of the city got into his ears. He didn't need to see, just by the imagination of those voices, he could know what kind of tragic things happened inside.
Although these residents are still not the people of the Tower of China, and they are not related to them too much, how can a modern person be indifferent to such a bottomless matter?
He asked: "Roger, what kind of team is this, how many people are there, what is your strength? Can you tell?"
Roger observed some imperial soldiers who carried the looted supplies outside the town and said: "This seems to be a unit of the Imperial Second Line Corps. According to the Imperial military system, there are about 125 members.
Such a team may have one to two low-level knights as the leader. But most soldiers should be ordinary people. "
Xiao Chen asked: "According to the strength of the three of us, can we solve them?"
Roger glanced at him and nodded, "If it is a unit under standard circumstances, I would not dare to say that they would be wiped out by me and Evelyn in such a complex environment, but there must be no problem in defeating them. Do you want to save them? This will delay our evacuation and make us more likely to run into other empire troops. "
Xiao Chen stared at the city head at this time and saw a young woman running around the city in irregular clothes. Several screaming imperial soldiers were chasing her. The woman was forced to run away, and finally from the city wall Jumping down and falling on the ground motionless, the soldiers chasing him ran to the city head and looked down, one by one, out of anger, just like the hunter who fled the prey, two of them scolded loudly on one side, While spitting down, there was another who simply unbuttoned his pants and down. Xiao Chen closed his eyes, and Roger could see his eyebrows and eyelids twitch slightly. After a while, his eyes suddenly opened again: "Do you think I will order them to be saved in this world?"
Roger said: "He used to be you. I think he will make the same choice as you. But now he has realized the cruelty of the world and the ruthlessness of the battlefield, and he has become more mature. I think maybe not."
Xiao Chen shook his head and said: "I don't think it's mature, but helpless? Maybe the world puts too much pressure on him. But I believe that there are some places in his heart that still retain the original emotion. Even if the reality makes He couldn't do it, but he must have been in his heart to save these people. "