Caught in the hands of a mercenary
Shen Li could not run with his pregnant belly. Thus he could only hide behind the mammies as they rushed towards the carriages but the mercenaries were even faster, they knew that those who had carriages and horses would try to run away. Thus they burned the carriages and killed the horses first, fortunately, the horses raised by the Yu family were sentient beings after eating and drinking water and fodder which was filled with spiritual energy.
Thus they shook off their reigns and ran to the back of the house where they took the rest of the livestock and went to barren mountains. Though the horses were not killed they were no longer in the village either leaving the Yu family in trouble.