There is a piece of land in the southwest of Chenggao Pass that is now called "Hu", and before that, it was a nameless land.

It wasn't until one of the 'Hu' tribes of the Shan tribe settled here that the land had its own name.

And the "Hu tribe" is also the people of Sanchuan who are closer to the Wei State among the Yi tribes.

Although the "Hu tribe" did not send representatives to participate in the talks during the hunting a while ago, nor did they express their support for the Wei state's use of the road, it was only because the Hu tribe was just a small tribe with only a thousand people, and it could not afford to offend the powerful Qian.

At least on the map given by Zhu Hai, the general of Chenggaoguan, the Hu tribe is marked with the mark of "goodwill".

However, such a tribe that obviously had a friendly attitude towards the Wei State was wiped out by an army today, and it was all slaughtered!

"Your Highness......"

Zongwei Lu Mu beckoned in the distance.

Zhao Hongrun stepped forward and looked at the chaotic horse's hoof blood marks in the place Lu Mu pointed to.

You must know that the military war horses of the Central Plains countries need to run for a long time because the war horses need to run for a long time, so in order to prevent the horse's hooves from wearing, the horse's hooves are nailed with horseshoes, which are commonly known as nail horseshoes.

However, the horses ridden by the people of the Three Rivers did not have a horseshoe.

Therefore, through those horseshoe-shaped blood marks on the ground, Zhao Hongrun could see through the murderer who attacked the Hu tribe at a glance, which was a cavalry team of the regular army.

And here and now, the nearest cavalry team, which is undoubtedly the cavalry of the Dangshan Army, has almost no other possibilities.

What's more, all the corpses in the camp were mended afterwards - in order to prevent the corpses from being mixed with the still breathing mouths, some army soldiers would stab the corpses again with their blades at the heart of the corpses after the fighting. Make sure there are no live mouths - Of all the armies of the Wei State, the Dangshan Army's "no prisoners, no live mouths" killing method is the most famous.

『……』

Zhao Hongrun looked at the tragedy around him and slowly closed his eyes.

After a long time, he opened his eyes and asked, "Is there a living mouth?" ”

Su Wangwei, who was inspecting the corpses all over the place, looked at each other, maybe they said in their hearts at this moment. Facing an army that will mend its swords after the battle, and trying to find survivors?

To their surprise, however, in the depths of the camp, they heard the sound of weeping.

Following the cry, Zhao Hongrun and his party walked to the depths of the camp, only to find that in the depths of the camp, there was an open place full of corpses, and there were about 200 women still alive.

Some of them sat on the ground with dead faces. Some hugged the remains of men who might have loved ones and sobbed silently.

"Hey ......"

A Su Wangwei shouted at them, but they were greeted by the complicated gazes of the two hundred or so women who hated to the point of despair and numbness.

The Su Wangwei was also a veteran of the Junshui Army, an old pawn who had seen the mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, and was also frightened by the indescribable gaze of those women, and swallowed back the words he wanted to ask.

"Your Highness."

At this time, Cen Zhan, an old soldier who served as the head of the guard in Zhongsu Wang Wei, quietly walked to Zhao Hongrun's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness." There is also an entrance and exit on the west side of the camp, judging by the corpses that have fallen there. The people of this tribe were probably preparing to flee......"

"In other words, did you go west, Dangshan Army?" Zhao Hongrun asked expressionlessly.

Cen Zhan opened his mouth, as if he was a little surprised that Zhao Hongrun had bluntly called out the military horn of the 'Dangshan Army' in the current situation, but the surprise was fleeting, and he nodded. Affirmed: "It should be to the west." ”

"Hmm...... Let's go. ”

Nodding silently, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the women who were looking at them with hatred, despair, numbness and other complicated eyes, and looked away.

He knew very well that the current behavior of the group of them to show favor to these women and appease them was nothing more than hypocrisy. The murder caused by the Dangshan Army is no longer something he can undo.

Rather than pretending to stay here and try to appease them, it is better to simply leave and leave this tribal camp that belongs to them as soon as possible as the "Slaughterer's side".

But just as Zhao Hongrun turned around, Cen Zhan reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, these women ...... I think it's better not to stay. ”

"......" Zhao Hongrun stopped and glanced at Cen Zhan coldly, his cold gaze made Cen Chong dare not look at him, and lowered his head.

"Let's go."

“…… Be. ”

In fact, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun knows it in his heart.

He knew why the Dangshan Army, which was famous for its slaughter, kept these women, in addition to the reason that "these women are no longer a threat", the main thing was nothing more than Liwei, to put it bluntly, Sima An just wanted to let Sanchuan's Yin Rong understand, "This is the end of being an enemy of Wei!"

And what was proposed by Cen Zhan, the head of Su Wangweiwei, Zhao Hongrun also understood his intentions.

It is nothing more than that Cen Zhan felt that General Sima An's method was too bloody and might damage the reputation of the Wei State, so he felt that it would be better to "cook" a little and deal with the aftermath for the Dangshan army.

After all, the massacre is not a glorious thing, like this kind of scandal, in addition to the prestige of the very moment, it is better to avoid it, which is related to the image of the entire Wei State in the hearts of other countries and in the hearts of all the people in the world.

But Zhao Hongrun didn't want to do that.

Because he felt that if he still tried to cover up something ugly for the sake of the so-called glamorous image of the country in this situation, then he would lose something "things" as a human being.

Stepping on the war horse again, Zhao Hongrun left silently.

Foreign wars are already ugly, and Zhao Hongrun can't blame Sima An, after all, the latter is loyal to Wei and Wei Tianzi.

But from the bottom of his heart, he was very disgusted with Sima An, a general who pursued the practice of 'slaughtering people who are not of my race'.

Subdivided, whether it is Baili Ba of the Junshui Army, Xu Yin of the Fencheng Army, or Zhu Hai of the Chenggao Army, these three generals can all be called swords to protect the country, but Sima An is a butcher's knife.

An unruly butcher's knife.

I may not have thought so in the past, but after seeing the tragedy of the Hu tribe with my own eyes. Only then did Zhao Hongrun realize that if a vicious sword like Sima An did not have a scabbard that could restrain him, his existence would not bring much convenience to the Wei State.

"A sword is a good sword, but it is a double-edged ......"

Shake the reins. Zhao Hongrun didn't look at the corpses all over the road along the way, and drove the war horse to continue to the west.

He was desperate to catch up with the Dangshan army and prevent Sima An from continuing to carry out similar massacres in the land of Sanchuan regardless of friend or foe, because this was not a good thing from a humanitarian point of view or in the interests of the entire Wei state.

However, in the process of chasing the whereabouts of the Dangshan Army along the way, Zhao Hongrun and his party still found the second Yinrong tribe that was slaughtered by the Dangshan Army.

This tribe may have only recently migrated to this area, after all, in Zhao Hongrun's memory, General Zhu Hai was on that map of Sanchuan. There is no information on this tribe.

However, unexpectedly, judging from the appearance of the 'sheep's horn' totem in the tribal camp, this seems to be a tribe of the Qiang people.

In all fairness, because of the relationship between the Qiangjiao tribe and its patriarch Bitatu, Zhao Hongrun had a very poor impression of the Qiangjiao people, but this does not mean that he can accept the massacre of the Dangshan army in this Qiangjiao tribe.

Similar to what happened to the Hu tribe, the Dangshan army slaughtered the men of this tribe, leaving behind some women who were not a threat. Walk away.

In addition to being outraged by the unscrupulous massacre of the Dangshan army, Zhao Hongrun was also amazed by the incredible speed of the army's march.

To know. Although it is possible that the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army reacted for a long time after the Dangshan Army quietly left, this interval will not exceed half a day's work at most, and it stands to reason that Zhao Hongrun's party should be able to catch up with them with the speed of their horses.

However, so far. Zhao Hongrun and his entourage have not yet caught up with the tail of the Dangshan Army, but they have only witnessed the scene of the Dangshan Army's massacre of the Sanchuan tribe twice.

The speed of the march is incredible!

No wonder the Dangshan Army couldn't stand the slow and leisurely itinerary of the Shang Shui Army.

On the same day, Zhao Hongrun finally failed to catch up with the Dangshan Army.

"Your Highness, it's getting late. Let's find a place to camp. ”

Seeing that the sky was already dark, Shen Yu, the head of the sect guard, put forward the suggestion of camping, after all, the black lights were swaying blindly on this land, not only was it very unlikely to find traces of the Dangshan army, but it was possible to encounter the unfriendly people of Sanchuan.

At that time, there will be more than 100 people around Zhao Hongrun, but they may not be able to survive.

"Well, let's find a place to camp."

Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun nodded and agreed.

So, the group looked around for a suitable place to camp, after all, camping in the open wilderness, the light of the bonfire at night was enough to spread ten miles, which was simply self-exaggeration, extremely unwise.

After looking for about half an hour, Zhao Hongrun and his entourage came to a low concave broken gorge, which may have been formed by the impact of the ancient river, and then the river was diverted, so this canyon was formed, which is not uncommon in the land of Sanchuan, and it is an excellent place for camping naturally formed.

The group ate some dry food in the broken gorge and rested for the night.

After waiting for the next day, Zhao Hongrun and his party continued to set off and chased the Dangshan army west.

By noon they had met several groups of shepherds grazing their flocks.

This means that there is definitely a Yin Rong tribe in this vicinity, after all, it is impossible for a shepherd to drive the sheep away from the tribal camp to graze.

But what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that they didn't find out that the Yinrong tribe was slaughtered by the Dangshan Army today.

Could it be that the Dangshan Army suddenly changed sex?

Of course it can't be!

The only explanation is that they are chasing in the wrong direction.

At this moment, it may be said that the Dangshan Army is still slaughtering the tribes in the land of Sanchuan, but Zhao Hongrun and they have not passed.

"Damn!"

What Zhao Hongrun didn't want to happen happened after all.

However, at the same time, the Yinrong tribe in the entire land of Sanchuan had already spread the news that the Wei army was frantically slaughtering the people of Sanchuan.

After learning the news, the high-spirited people of Sanchuan, such as the Qian, are quickly gathering their own warriors to form an army to meet this enemy army.

And those relatively weak Sanchuan tribes trembled under the name of the Dangshan Army. (To be continued.) )