The official road surrounded by mountains and rivers was blocked, so Li Zhang and the others could only find another road. Fortunately, the guide knew that a small road could barely walk, so Li Zhang immediately led people to take a detour. However, he also notified the nearby government to clean up the official road, because the material team behind wanted to enter the disaster area, they had to walk on the main road. The other roads were rugged and difficult to pass, and the cars could not pass.

Originally, Li Zhang should have stayed to command nearby civilians to clear the roads, and waited until the materials from behind followed and entered the disaster area before entering the disaster area. However, he could no longer wait to know the situation in the disaster area, because the intensity of the earthquake was far beyond his previous imagination. After all, even such a large mountain collapsed, and this place was just the periphery of the earthquake area. So what was the scene of the center of the earthquake?

The roads in the mountains were difficult to walk. At first, Li Zhang and his team were still riding horses. After all, the speed was faster. But when they moved forward, they found that the road was cut off and some hillsides had completely slipped down. It was impossible for the horses to move forward any further. Fortunately, it was not very far from Xinzhou, so Li Zhang and his team dismounted and walked.

However, at night, they still did not see any people. Moreover, it was already an earthquake zone. It is said that there would occasionally be aftershocks and the surroundings were full of mountains and forests, so it was not safe. Li Zhang did not dare to rest here, so he asked someone to light a torch and move forward overnight. He waited until dawn that they found an open area to rest for a while, and then started rushing again.

When it was almost noon, Li Zhang and the others walked around the official road again. However, although the official road here was not blocked by the collapsed peaks, it was also distorted. The whole road was like a piece of paper tape that was kneaded into a ball and unfolded. The ground was full of cracks, and the collapse of the forests on both sides of the road was like a scene of apocalypse.

"There is a village in front!" At this moment, a wild dog suddenly rushed from the front. He went to explore the way forward. After all, the terrain of the mountains and rivers was complicated and had experienced major disasters. No one knew what would happen. Even Li Zhang brought a lot of guards and did not dare to be careless.

At that moment, Li Zhang and the others also accelerated their pace. The village in front was the first time they saw people after entering the disaster area, so Li Zhang also wanted to ask someone about the local situation. However, when Li Zhang and the others came to the village, everyone was silent because they saw that the entire village had been shaken into ruins, and some places were burned into white ground due to fire.

Li Zhang stepped into the village and found that there was no one in the village. Sometimes some broken limbs could be seen in the ruins, which meant that there were many corpses buried below. Because the weather was hot, the corpses had already begun to smell.

"Brother, look, there is something happening here!" At this moment, the wild dog in the distance suddenly shouted to Li Zhang.

After hearing this, Li Zhang immediately walked over quickly, but he saw that the place where the wild dogs were standing should be the threshing ground in the village. Although it was destroyed by the earthquake, its effect could still be seen from the grass beside it. However, there were more than a dozen corpses on the grass beside it. These people did not die because of the earthquake, because there were wounds left by swords on their necks, and blood flowed all over the ground.

"The ones who were killed were all men and the elderly, and the children and women were gone." The wild dog said in a deep voice.

Li Zhang's face darkened when he heard this. No matter how heavy the earthquake was, the people in the village could not all die. These people should be the survivors of the village. But now they all die here, and there are only men and elderly people, but they have not seen women or children. It is easy to understand that robbing women can provide them with venting. But what are they doing to catch children, or are there no children in the surviving village?

"Check the traces nearby and find these people to be killed without mercy!" Li Zhang gritted his teeth and said hatred. This is the situation he feared the most. After all, under such a major disaster, all social order disappeared, and the evil in human nature is the easiest to erupt.

Wild dogs are masters of tracking. After hearing this, they immediately checked the traces of the murderers. Although the earthquake in the village almost destroyed everything, because there were few people living, it was easy to find the traces of the murderers. Moreover, these murderers did not go far. They were in another village several miles away. I guess they didn't expect anyone to come here. There were too many people who died in the earthquake, so they felt that no one would pay attention to the killing of a few people.

After learning the news, Li Zhang immediately led people to the village where the murderers were. When they rushed into the village, they found that there were a group of victims gathered here. However, these people had already lost their human nature and the stolen women were ravaged by them. Li Zhang could not understand why they snatched the children, but when he saw the food cooked in the pot, he couldn't help but close his eyes in pain.

"Kill them all, no one left, and the rescued woman arranged for someone to be sent out for resettlement!" Li Zhang turned around and ordered. Everything in front of him had a great impact on him, making him unable to bear to look back, even the cruel scene on the battlefield was far less than what he saw.

With Li Zhang's order, the wild dog immediately led people to clean up these scumbags. Although it was a natural disaster, it was not an excuse for these people to lose their human nature. When they feed on their same kind, they no longer deserve to call them humans!

Li Zhang brought all the elite troops from the imperial guards, and the number of people was large. It didn't take long to deal with a group of inhumane victims. Soon the victims inside were emptied and buried on the spot. In addition, they rescued dozens of women. Li Zhang arranged a few people to escort them away, and then the group set off again to Xinzhou.

The closer they get to Xinzhou, the harder the road is. Fortunately, they are not far from Xinzhou, so it took another day and they finally came outside Xinzhou City. However, when they saw the situation in Xinzhou City, Li Zhang was shocked again and couldn't speak. Although he knew that the situation in Xinzhou must be very bad, the situation in Xinzhou City in front of him was still far beyond his imagination.

Li Zhang had never been to Xinzhou, but this place was the prefecture on the border of the Song Dynasty. There were more than 30,000 people living in the city, and thousands of troops were stationed outside the city, so the scale of Xinzhou City should not be small, especially the city walls must be very strong to prevent enemies outside the border from coming.

However, the Xinzhou City that Li Zhang and the others saw has completely changed, and they cannot even be called a city, because the entire city was destroyed, and the tall and majestic city walls completely collapsed. Everything they saw was full of ruins, especially a large river next to Xinzhou was blocked, causing the river water to flow back into Xinzhou City, and nearly half of the entire Xinzhou was flooded.

"How could this happen?" Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Li Zhang couldn't help but be shocked. He finally knew why the person who reported the news said that tens of thousands of people died in Xinzhou City. After all, the entire city was completely destroyed, and it was impossible to even rebuild it. So what kind of scene would the people in the city look like?

Thinking of the above, Li Zhang couldn't help but shudder and then accelerated. However, when he entered the city, he found that the city gate had collapsed long ago. After all, even the city walls collapsed, let alone the city gates, and there were even big gaps everywhere on the ground. God knows what the intensity of the earthquake was at that time? Li Zhang even suspected that this major earthquake might not be worse than the Tangshan earthquake in later generations.

"Brother, the city is too dangerous. There are collapsed houses everywhere. If you accidentally bury people, you may not be of use even if you enter." The wild dog was the first to enter the city, but soon turned back and warned that even with his ability, it would be very dangerous to walk through such ruins that collapse at any time.

"Look for someone first, there will definitely be survivors in the city. If we find someone, we can understand the situation in the city!" Li Zhang immediately ordered that although the entire Xinzhou City was destroyed, there must be living people. After all, someone had escaped from Xinzhou to report the news before, so Li Zhang estimated that there might be someone in the government here.
Chapter completed!