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Chapter 14 Barbarian Invasion
Time flies, and the anniversary is approaching.

After a heavy snowfall, Shen Yuan traveled back and forth between the mountains and Jinliu Village every day. Through hard work, he finally cleared all the trees from his family's five acres of forest.

They spent a great deal of effort digging out the tree stumps buried in the rocks and clearing out a piece of land suitable for planting fruit trees.

Once spring arrives, the composted manure will be brought up, and then the fruit trees can be planted.

"After this heavy snowfall, the price of firewood will definitely rise further."

"Tomorrow I need to go up the mountain to cut some more and take them to town to sell."

At night, the cold wind howled outside. Shen Yuan held Hu Yufen in his arms and stroked her slightly protruding belly as he spoke.

Hu Yufen held her husband's hand with some concern and said, "The roads are slippery with snow, it's dangerous to go up the mountain. Why don't we wait a little longer?"

It snowed heavily for two days, and the snow on the roads was already quite thick.

"In the past month or so, we have sold our firewood for twenty taels of silver, which is enough for now."

Shen Yuan smiled bitterly after hearing this.

He sold firewood for twenty taels of silver, which seemed like a lot, but in reality, it was because he had exhausted all resources to exploit the people.

In the past, when cutting firewood, we only trimmed the dead branches off the trees and removed some thorny bushes.

This time was different; he cut down all the trees in those five acres of forest.

The remaining five acres of forest produce only enough firewood for their daily cooking and heating needs.

If you plant fruit trees in the spring, you won't get a harvest in the first year.

We need to find a way to get more money to make ends meet.

Without continuing the discussion, he tucked Hu Yufen's slightly cold feet under his lap, gently kissed her cheek, and said, "Go to sleep."

Late at night.

Shen Yuan, who was groggily awake, habitually glanced at the divination symbols in his mind.

[The divination result has been updated!]

[Today's Divination - Extremely Inauspicious]: As winter deepens, the barbarian tribes of the Western Wilderness are facing a severe food shortage. A barbarian squad of one hundred men crosses Hidden Dragon Mountain and infiltrates the territory of Dayu. You go to the mountain to chop wood and unexpectedly encounter the barbarian squad. You discover that they plan to plunder Yunshui Town. To prevent the news from leaking out in advance, you are brutally killed!
Blood-red characters flashed in his mind, and Shen Yuan immediately lost his drowsiness.

The Western Wilderness Barbarians have invaded!?
They even plan to plunder Yunshui Town!

Jinliu Village is only about 20 miles away from Yunshui Town. The barbarians are notoriously fierce and brutal.

Their target is Yunshui Town, and Jinliu Village is highly likely to be affected.

The thought of those ferocious barbarians storming into Jinliu Village sent chills down Shen Yuan's spine.

No!

This matter must be reported to the patrol captain's camp as soon as possible!
By the time these barbarian warriors storm in and the patrol battalion mobilizes its forces to intercept and kill them, it will probably be too late!
With a heavy heart, Shen Yuan finally made it to dawn.

When Hu Yufen was getting ready to get up and cook, she found that he had already put on a thick cotton coat.

"Husband, you're up so early?"

Shen Yuan found a felt hat made of animal skin and put it on his head, saying, "I'm going to town. Don't wait for me to eat."

After saying this, he opened the door and walked outside into the wind and snow.

Shen Yuan arrived at the Yunshui Town Martial Arts School just after dawn.

"Brother Shen, Shi Tou still has two days before his holiday. What brings you here so early in the morning?" Huang Qingzhou asked with some surprise.

Shen Yuan cupped his hands in greeting: "Brother, I have come here with important matters to discuss with Brother Yun Xiao."

Huang Qingzhou's elder brother, Huang Yunxiao, is currently a patrol captain in the Mountain Patrol Captain Camp, and also a martial artist at the peak of the Acquired Realm.

"Looking for our elder brother?" Huang Qingzhou asked with a grave expression. "Did you discover those barbarian beasts in the mountains?!"

Shen Yuan hesitated for a moment and then nodded slightly.

He didn't actually see the barbarian squad, but since the divination indicated that he would encounter the barbarian squad and be killed when he went into the mountains to chop wood today, it proved that the barbarian squad had already infiltrated the vicinity of his family's mountain forest.

The system definitely won't make a mistake. "Brother, did you see how many people they have?!" Huang Qingzhou asked excitedly.

Shen Yuan glanced at the divination in his mind and noticed that it showed "a team of one hundred people." He then sorted out his thoughts and said, "Many, probably no less than one hundred people!"

"A hundred people!?" Upon hearing this, Huang Qingzhou stood up abruptly and paced around the hall.

moment--

"Brother, come with me!"

Braving the wind and snow, the two arrived at the entrance of the martial arts school, boarded a carriage, and headed out of town.

The patrol captain's camp has a government office a dozen miles away from Yunshui Town. On weekdays, the soldiers in the camp live in this government office.

The government office in Yunshui Town, including Huang Yunxiao's office, has a total of two patrol captains and 150 soldiers, responsible for patrolling the area within 200 li around Yunshui Town.

When the carriage arrived at the entrance of the government office, two soldiers dressed in armor with long swords at their waists were about to reach out to stop it when they suddenly noticed that Huang Qingzhou was getting out of the carriage. They immediately smiled and cupped their hands, saying, "So it's Master Huang. Are you here to see the Captain?"

Huang Qingzhou nodded and asked, "Is my elder brother in the yamen?"

The soldier cupped his hands in greeting: "The mountain is blocked by heavy snow, so there is no patrol duty. Both captains are here."

"Let's go in," Huang Qingzhou said, leading Shen Yuan inside.

The government office barracks.

Approaching fifty, Huang Yunxiao, dressed in a crimson casual robe with a black fox fur coat over it, looked at Shen Yuan with a solemn expression: "Brother, did you see it with your own eyes?"

Shen Yuan pondered for a moment and made up an excuse: "I didn't see it with my own eyes. I just found a lot of footprints when I went into the mountains to chop firewood, and I judged it from the footprints."

Living off the mountains, Jinliu Village is adjacent to a branch of Yinlong Mountain, and most of the villagers have some hunting skills.

Judging the number of humans and animals based on footprints is a fundamental skill.

Although Huang Yunxiao had doubts, he knew that Shen Yuan would not joke about such a thing.

More importantly, the fact that the Mountain Patrol Battalion does not assign patrol duties when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow is indeed an opportunity for the barbarians.

"Brother, the information A-Yuan brought should be correct."

"A barbarian squad of a hundred men—this is no ordinary scout squad; they're likely to target Yunshui Town and the surrounding villages."

Huang Yunxiao nodded slightly.

"You all go back first. I will immediately invite Captain Zhang to come and discuss this matter."

"If needed, bring the martial arts instructors from your school to help."

After bowing, Huang Qingzhou left with Shen Yuan.

Not long after the two left, all the soldiers of the patrol captain's battalion assembled at the sound of a bugle call.

Two captains whose strength had reached the peak of the Acquired Martial Realm, along with 150 elite soldiers, braved the wind and snow and headed towards the distant mountains.

Shen Yuan followed Huang Qingzhou back to the martial arts school and did not rush to leave.

It was the afternoon.

A soldier from the patrol battalion, covered in blood, rode his warhorse to the martial arts school.

"Master Huang!"

"My lord, please take the martial arts instructors from your school to help!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Qingzhou immediately shouted and ordered more than ten martial arts instructors from the martial arts school to take their weapons and follow the soldier into the distance.

According to the laws of the Great Yu Dynasty, although martial artists or ordinary people could not earn merit by killing enemies, they could exchange an enemy's head for fifty taels of silver.

Therefore, the martial arts masters were quite willing to take action.

The patrol officers had already encountered the barbarian squad, which proved that their intelligence was accurate. Shen Yuan did not stay at the martial arts school any longer and rushed back to Jinliu Village while it was still light.

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