Chapter 368 : The Three Rivers Tremble! They are all slaughtered!
There is a land southwest of Chenggao Pass that is now called "Hu", but before that, it was an unknown land.
It wasn't until a tribe of the Hu tribe settled here that this land got its own name.
The "Hu clan" are also the people of Sanchuan who are closer to Wei among the Yi tribe.
Although during the joint hunt a while ago, the "Hu's tribe" did not send representatives to participate in the talks, nor did they express support for Wei's use of the road, but that was only because the Hu's tribe was just a tribe with only a thousand members.
This small tribe of people cannot afford to offend the powerful Jie people.
At least on the map given by Zhu Hai, the general of Chenggaoguan, the Hu tribe was marked with a "goodwill" symbol.
However, such a tribe that clearly had a friendly attitude toward Wei was wiped out of existence by an army today, and the entire tribe was massacred!
"Your Highness..."
Zongwei Lu Mu waved from a distance.
Zhao Hongrun stepped forward and looked at the chaotic blood marks of horseshoes where Lu Mu pointed.
You must know that the military horses of the Central Plains countries need to run for a long time. Therefore, in order to prevent the horseshoes from wearing out, the horseshoes are nailed with horseshoes, which is commonly known as horseshoes.
However, the horses ridden by the people of Sanchuan did not have so-called horseshoes.
Therefore, through the horseshoe-shaped blood marks on the ground, Zhao Hongrun could see at a glance that the murderer who attacked the Hu tribe was a cavalry team of the regular army.
At this time and place, the nearest cavalry team is undoubtedly the cavalry of the Dangshan Army, and there is almost no other possibility.
What's more, all the corpses in the camp were stabbed afterwards - in order to prevent the dead corpses from being mixed with the living ones who were still breathing, some soldiers of the army would use their swords to stab the dead corpses in the heart again after the killing to ensure that there were no survivors.
——Among all the armies of the Wei State, the Dangshan Army is the most famous for its "no prisoners, no survivors" killing method.
"..."
Zhao Hongrun looked at the tragedy around him and slowly closed his eyes.
After a long time, he opened his eyes and asked, "Are there any survivors?"
The Suwang guards who were checking the corpses all around looked at each other. Maybe they were thinking at this moment that they were still trying to find survivors in the face of an army that would make up for the damage after the war?
However, what surprised them was that deep in the camp, they heard the faint sound of crying.
Following the faint cries, Zhao Hongrun and his party walked towards the depths of the camp. Only then did they discover that deep in the camp, there was an open area covered with corpses, and there were about two hundred women still alive.
Some of them were slumped on the ground with expressions of death on their faces, while others were sobbing silently while hugging the corpses of men who might be their relatives.
"Hello……"
A Su Wang guard shouted towards them, but what they received was the complicated looks of more than two hundred women who were filled with hatred, despair, and numbness.
Rao was the King Su's guard and a veteran of the Dredging Army. He was a veteran who had seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He was also frightened by the indescribable sight of those women. He was stunned and wanted to ask.
The words were swallowed back into his stomach.
"Your Highness."
At this time, Cen Chang, an old soldier who served as the chief of the guards of King Su, quietly walked to Zhao Hongrun and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, there is an entrance and exit on the west side of this camp. Judging from the corpses lying there, the tribe's
The person was probably preparing to escape at that time..."
"In other words, have you gone west, Dangshan Army?" Zhao Hongrun asked expressionlessly.
Cen Chang opened his mouth and seemed a little surprised that Zhao Hongrun directly called out the bugle call of "Dangshan Army" under the current situation. However, the surprise was fleeting. He nodded and affirmed: "It should be heading west.
Already."
"Well... let's go."
Nodding silently, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the women who looked at their group with complex expressions such as hatred, despair, and numbness, and looked away.
He knew very well that the current behavior of his group to show kindness to these women and appease them was nothing more than hypocrisy. He could no longer undo the killings committed by the Dangshan Army.
Rather than staying here hypocritically and trying to appease them, it is better to leave altogether and leave this tribal camp that belongs to them as soon as possible as the "slaughterer party".
But just when Zhao Hongrun turned around, Cen Chang reminded him in a low voice: "Your Highness, these women... think they are beneath the rank and it is best not to keep them."
"..." Zhao Hongrun stopped and glanced at Cen Chang coldly. His cold gaze made Cen Chang dare not look at him and lowered his head.
"Walk."
"……yes."
In fact, to be honest, Zhao Hongrun knew it all in his heart.
He knew why the Dangshan Army, which was famous for its brutal killings, kept these women. Apart from the reason that "these women were no longer a threat", the main reason was just to establish prestige. To put it bluntly, Sima An wanted to make the Yin Rong of Sanchuan understand that
"This is the fate of being an enemy of Wei!"
Zhao Hongrun also understood what Cen Chang, the chief of the Su Wang Guard, proposed.
It's just that Cen Chang felt that General Sima An's method was too bloody and might damage the reputation of the Wei State. Therefore, he thought it would be better to "fix it" a little and help the Dangshan army to deal with the aftermath.
After all, massacre is not a glorious thing. A scandal like this, in addition to establishing prestige at a very moment, is best avoided if possible. This is related to the image of the entire Wei State in the hearts of other countries and the hearts of all people in the world.
But Zhao Hongrun didn't want to do this.
Because he felt that if he still tried to cover up something ugly for the sake of the so-called glorious image of the country under such circumstances, then he would lose some "things" as a human being.
Mounting his horse again, Zhao Hongrun left silently.
Foreign war is an ugly thing. Zhao Hongrun cannot blame Sima An. After all, the latter is loyal to the state of Wei and the emperor of Wei.
But from the bottom of his heart, he was very disgusted with Sima An, a general who pursued the practice of "killing all those who are not our own race".
Broken down, whether it is Bailiba of the Dredging Army, Xu Yin of the Fenxing Army, or Zhu Hai of the Chenggao Army, these three generals can all be called swords for protecting the country, but only
Sima An is a butcher's knife.
An uncontrollable butcher knife.
Maybe he didn't take it seriously in the past, but after seeing the tragedy of the Hu tribe with his own eyes, Zhao Hongrun realized firsthand that if a vicious sword like Sima An didn't have a scabbard that could restrain him, his existence would be useless.
What kind of convenience will it bring to Wei State?
"A sword is a good sword, but a sword is double-edged..."
Shaking the reins, Zhao Hongrun continued to drive the horse toward the west without looking at the corpses scattered along the way.
He desperately wanted to catch up with the Dangshan Army and prevent Sima An from continuing to carry out similar massacres in the Sanchuan area regardless of friends or foes, because this was not a good thing either from a humanitarian perspective or from the interests of the entire Wei State.
However, while chasing the whereabouts of the Dangshan Army along the way, Zhao Hongrun and his party discovered a second Yinrong tribe that was massacred by the Dangshan Army.
This tribe may have recently moved to this area. After all, in Zhao Hongrun's memory, General Zhu Hai did not note any information about this tribe on the Sanchuan map.
But surprisingly, judging from the appearance of the "ram's horn" totem in the tribal camp, this seems to be a tribe of Jie people.
To be fair, Zhao Hongrun had a very bad impression of the Jie tribe because of his relationship with the Jiejiao tribe and its leader Bitatu, but this did not mean that he could accept the massacre of the Jie tribe by the Dangshan army.
Similar to what happened to the Hu tribe, the Dangshan army slaughtered all the men in the Jie tribe and left after leaving some women who were no threat at all.
In addition to being shocked and angered by the reckless massacre of the Dangshan Army, Zhao Hongrun was also surprised by the incredible marching speed of this army.
You know, although it is possible that the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army did not react until a long time after the Dangshan Army quietly left, the distance could not exceed half a day at most. Logically speaking, Zhao Hongrun and his group relied on their horses to
The speed should be able to catch up.
However, so far, Zhao Hongrun and his party have not caught up with the Dangshan Army. They have only witnessed the Dangshan Army massacre the Sanchuan tribe twice.
This marching speed is simply incredible!
No wonder the Dangshan Army couldn't bear the slow pace of the Shang Shui Army.
That day, Zhao Hongrun finally failed to catch up with Dangshan's army.
"Your Highness, it's getting late, let's find a place to camp."
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Zongwei Chief Shen Yu proposed to camp. After all, wandering around this land in the dark, not only was it very unlikely to find traces of the Dangshan Army, but there was a possibility of encountering the unfriendly people of Sanchuan.
.
When the time comes, the hundreds of people around Zhao Hongrun may not survive.
"Well, let's find a place to camp."
Considering this, Zhao Hongrun nodded in agreement.
So, the group of people looked around for a suitable place to camp. After all, camping in the open wilderness, the light of the campfire can be heard for ten miles at night. This is simply exposing their whereabouts, which is extremely unwise.
After searching for about half an hour, Zhao Hongrun and his party came to a low-cut canyon. This place may have been formed by the impact of the ancient river water. Later, the river water changed its course, and this canyon was formed. This is in the land of Sanchuan.
It is not uncommon, it is a naturally formed and perfect place for camping.
The group ate some dry food in Duanxia and rested for the night.
Waiting for dawn the next day, Zhao Hongrun and his party continued to set off to pursue the Dangshan Army to the west.
By noon that day, they met several groups of shepherds tending their sheep.
This means that there is definitely a Yinrong tribe nearby. After all, it is impossible for shepherds to drive their sheep far away from the tribe's camp to graze.
But what surprised Zhao Hongrun was that they did not find out that the Yinrong tribe was massacred by the Dangshan army again today.
Could it be that Dangshan Jun suddenly changed his gender?
Of course this is impossible!
The only explanation is that they were chasing in the wrong direction.
At this moment, it is possible that the Dangshan Army is still massacring the tribes in Sanchuan, but Zhao Hongrun and the others have not passed by.
"Damn it!"
What Zhao Hongrun least expected to happen, finally happened.
But at the same time, news about the Wei army's crazy massacre of the people of Sanchuan had already spread throughout the Yinrong tribe in the Sanchuan land.
After learning the news, the highly motivated people of Sanchuan, such as the Jie people, were quickly gathering their warriors to form an army to fight against the enemy.
The relatively weak Sanchuan tribe trembled under the impressive name of the Dangshan Army.