C412 No Villagers!

"Your Highness, Vice-general Soong, we've uncovered something new over there," an officer reported as he approached.

Zhao Yu nodded in acknowledgment. "Let's have a look," he said.

Together, they followed the officer to the western edge of the village.

By a well, they found a heap of decomposing corpses. Swarms of flies buzzed overhead like dark clouds, while maggots squirmed across the dead