Chapter 367 : Bring out the butcher's knife! The disappearing Dangshan Army!
At dawn the next day, July 22, the advance army to attack Sanchuan finally set foot on the land of Sanchuan.
While Zhao Hongrun was still considering whether to invite General Sima An over to discuss the countermeasures against the Jiejiao tribe, the Dangshan army, which had not moved for five days, finally showed its unruly side.
"Your Highness! The Dangshan Army has separated from our army!"
A Shangshui sergeant who hurried to the front of the team breathlessly reported the news to Zhao Hongrun, which shocked the latter.
"Are you kidding me?"
At that time, Zhao Hongrun's first reaction was this, because he really didn't expect that Sima An would leave without his permission.
"When did it happen?"
Zhao Hongrun asked with a look of shock and anger.
The Shangshui soldier lowered his head in fear and whispered: "I don't know when I left... I was the soldier walking at the end. As I walked, I found that there was no trace of the Dangshan Army behind me, so...
Therefore, we reported it immediately..."
"Surprisingly, unexpectedly..."
Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and was speechless in anger.
You know, the two armies were rushing one behind the other, and suddenly the Dangshan Army behind them disappeared, and the Shangshui soldiers marching in front didn't notice it at all?!
Doesn't this mean that if the Dangshan Army wants to attack the Shang Shui Army, it can easily succeed?
Although the Dangshan Army is one of Wei's "Six Garrison Battalions" and is a veritable elite army, not comparable to a newly established army like the Shangshui Army, the gap between the two is not that big, right?
"Being cheated..."
Zhao Hongrun raised his head and glanced at the bright sun in the sky, his heart felt cold.
I remember that he was still rejoicing last night. It was rumored that General Sima An, who always had his own way of doing things, did not seem to have the intention to act without authorization this time. Even if he was disgusted with the slow movement of the Shang Shui Army, he just ordered people to come and pass the message. This made Zhao Hongrun feel even more at the time
lucky.
However, what they didn't expect was that after the army passed through Chenggao Pass, the attitude of the Dangshan Army immediately changed. Regardless of Zhao Hongrun, the army's commander, he actually chose to leave the army on his own initiative.
It was only at this moment that Zhao Hongrun suddenly realized that the reason why Sima An had kept his composure in the past few days was because he wanted to lead his army through Chenggao Pass.
If he had abandoned Zhao Hongrun's army during the journey a few days ago and led the Dangshan army alone in an attempt to cross Chenggao Pass, then Zhu Hai, the general at Chenggao Pass who disliked each other, would obviously not pay attention to him.
his.
Therefore, he followed the Shang Shui army honestly.
But now, the advance army has passed through Chenggao Pass. For Sima An and the Dangshan Army, this is a situation where fish return to the sea and birds enter the mountains and forests. Naturally, neither Sima An nor the Dangshan Army under his command need to fight again.
Borrow Zhao Hongrun’s shadow.
"Although I had a premonition, I didn't expect that he would actually dare..."
Accompanied by a pain like liver pain, Zhao Hongrun felt as if he was getting angry from the bottom of his heart.
Sima An's wanton behavior made him frightened, angry and anxious.
What is shocking and angry is that Sima An, as a "deputy general", is good at making decisions and does not give him any face as a "coach"; what is anxious is that if Sima An and the Dangshan Army escape, the situation will be big.
A "war to scare the monkeys" suddenly escalated into a "battle of genocide".
"The plan was completely disrupted..."
Zhao Hongrun felt a headache and rubbed his brow bone.
You know, last night he had roughly considered a strategy for advancing troops based on the map of Sanchuan given to him by General Zhu Hai. However, the Dangshan Army suddenly broke away from his own team, which suddenly ruined his strategy.
What? Send an order to Sima An to lead the army back?
joke!
If Sima An was really willing to obey Zhao Hongrun's instructions, he would never be able to lead the Dangshan Army away from the army without authorization.
"Suddenly I became passive..."
Gritting his teeth bitterly, Zhao Hongrun shouted in a deep voice: "Call Wu Ji to see me!"
"yes!"
After Zongwei Mu Qing heard this, he immediately slapped his horse and sent the order.
Not long after, Wu Ji, the general in charge of the Shang Shui Army, came to Zhao Hongrun with a puzzled look on his face.
"Your Highness King Su, I wonder what your Highness's instructions are for summoning the general?"
"That's it..." Zhao Hongrun suppressed the anger in his heart and told Wu Ji about General Sima An's going his own way, but the latter looked dumbfounded.
After a while, Wu Ji finally came to his senses and asked in shock: "Is General Sima An going to divide his troops without authorization?"
"Ah!... According to my opinion, I am afraid that he has already made up his mind. After passing through Chenggao Pass, he will leave me and the Shang Shui Army behind and attack the people of Sanchuan alone..." said
At this point, Zhao Hongrun said seriously: "Wu Ji, now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to go see Sima An in person."
"Does Your Highness know where General Sima An is going?" Wu Ji asked curiously.
Zhao Hongrun's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
Indeed, because the soldiers of the Shangshui Army realized something was wrong only after the Dangshan Army completely disappeared from the rear and hurriedly reported it, Zhao Hongrun had no idea where the general had gone.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun opened his eyes and took out the "Map of Sanchuan" given to him by General Zhu Hai yesterday. He called Wu Ji to come forward, pointed at the map and said to him: "In my opinion, Sima An is very lucky."
"Bajiu is going to the Jiejiao tribe's headquarters. I leave this map to you. You can lead the merchant navy here." He pointed to a certain location on the map.
"General Mo will lead the troops?" Wu Ji was shocked when he heard this.
"Yes!" Zhao Hongrun nodded and said seriously: "The king now appoints you to be in charge of the Shang Shui Army. In order to entrust you with the authority, you will be the one to decide all matters during the march."
After hearing this, Wu Ji's face was even more surprised.
After all, appointing a Chu State surrendered general who was only a thousand-man general at first, taking charge of an army composed of 20,000 original Chu people, carrying the latest weapons developed by the Wei State Smelting Bureau, and marching alone in the land of Sanchuan, this is
What trust and respect!
"Don't let me down, Wu Ji!"
Zhao Hongrun patted Wu Ji hard on the shoulder.
Wu Ji was a little nervous at first, but looking at Zhao Hongrun's serious expression, he seemed to remember what he had said when he expressed his loyalty a few nights ago, and his mind suddenly cheered up, and he responded seriously: "The last general takes orders!"
After giving the instructions, Zhao Hongrun immediately took Mi Jiang, Shen Yu and other ten clan guards, as well as a hundred Su Wang guards, and immediately left the Shang Shui army behind, and more than a hundred riders headed south.
During this period, Zongwei Shen Yu asked in confusion: "Why did Your Highness conclude that the Dangshan Army was heading south?"
Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard this and said: "To the west of Chenggao Pass, there is an ancient city that was left behind by our great Wei Dynasty, 'Gong'. It is now the residence of some Yi and Yi people, and it is also the third march route in my king's strategy.
One stop...this incident happened when the army came out today
Before setting off, I had already sent someone to convey this to Sima An. Therefore, if Sima An wanted to leave me and the Shang Shui Army behind, it would be impossible to take this road again... Since there is a river (Yellow River) to the north, instead of
In other words, the Dangshan army can only go south, towards the land of ‘Hu’.”
Shen Yu suddenly realized what he said. He was about to praise His Highness, but unexpectedly found that His Highness' expression was gloomy.
"Your Highness? What's wrong with you?" From the side, Zongwei Lu Mu also noticed His Highness's expression and asked in confusion.
"..." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and just galloped away while looking at the land called "Hu" in the distance.
More than a hundred riders galloped for about half an hour.
Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun discovered a group of sheep being grazed on the grassland in front of them.
"Shepherd...no?"
After reining in the reins and slowing down the horse, Zhao Hongrun looked around, only to find that there was no shepherd among the sheep that were munching on the grass.
You know, according to Zhao Hongrun's understanding of the people of Sanchuan, these nomadic people regard the sheep as the wealth of the tribe, and it is absolutely impossible for "no one to graze" the situation.
Suddenly, Shen Yu who was beside him seemed to have discovered something. He pointed in the distance and said in a solemn voice: "Your Highness!"
Looking in the direction pointed by Shen Yu, Zhao Hongrun discovered that there were several sheep in the distance licking a corpse. A corpse was covered with arrows and its leather jacket was stained red with blood.
"..."
With mixed feelings, Zhao Hongrun rode his horse slowly to the body, dismounted, and inspected the body.
Only then did he realize that the other person was just a young man of similar age to him. However, this young man of similar age could have had a brilliant life, but at this moment he was lying in a pool of blood, with arrows all over his body. The look of death with eyes open to death.
"Your Highness, there is also a corpse here..."
"Your Highness, there is more here..."
Zongwei Gao Kuo and Lu Mu respectively found two more corpses, both of which were young men younger than Wen Guan.
"..." Zhao Hongrun remained silent, stretched out his hand to close the eyes of the young man in front of him who was staring blankly, and immediately stood up, ignoring the handkerchief handed over by Wei Jiao from the next clan, and directly grabbed the reins with his blood-stained hands. , get on the horse.
"Keep on going!"
"..." Everyone looked at each other and immediately followed their Highness to continue riding south.
After about a quarter of an hour of driving, everyone vaguely saw the outline of a tribal campsite emerging in front of them.
But when they moved forward, the smell of blood in the air made their expressions change slightly.
Especially Zhao Hongrun, whose expression at this moment looked gloomy like his father's.
After about half a stick of incense, Zhao Hongrun and his party slowly approached the tribe's camp.
The smell of blood in the air had become particularly pungent at this moment, but it was not as shocking as when Zhao Hongrun and his party saw the corpses scattered all over the camp.
"..."
Looking at the corpses scattered all over the camp, Zhao Hongrun subconsciously tightened his grip on the horse's reins.
To be fair, when Zhao Hongrun led the Junshui Army to ambush Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu's army in the Yanling area, he killed nearly 30,000 Chu soldiers in one battle. At that time, the scene of battle corpses strewn all over the ground and the red ground was ten miles away was truly amazing. Shocked. And the corpses in the camp in front of me were obviously not as shocking as those on the Yanling battlefield.
However, what really shocked Zhao Hongrun were the remains of the elderly and young children among the corpses.
"Your Highness, this is..." Zongwei Shen Yu asked with a frown.
"The Hu tribe..." Zhao Hongrun slowly closed his eyes after taking a look at the corpses that stretched all the way to the front of the camp.
"...a group of the Yi people whose existence was wiped out not long ago."