At dawn the next day, that is, on the 22nd of July, the advance army that had conquered Sanchuan finally really set foot in the land of Sanchuan.

And when Zhao Hongrun was still considering whether to invite the general Sima An to come over and discuss the countermeasures to defeat the Qianjiao tribe, the Dangshan army, which had not changed for five days, finally showed its unruly side.

"Your Highness! The Dangshan Army broke away from its own army! ”

A soldier of Shangshui, who hurried to the front of the team, panted and told Zhao Hongrun the news that surprised the latter.

"Are you kidding me?"

At that time, Zhao Hongrun's first reaction turned out to be this, because he really didn't expect that Sima An would leave without his permission.

"When?"

Zhao Hongrun asked angrily.

The merchant soldier lowered his head in fear and whispered, "I don't know when I left." …… It was the soldier who walked at the end, walking and walking, and found that there was no trace of the Dangshan Army behind him, so he ...... Therefore, I hurriedly reported ......"

"Actually, ......

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth and was speechless angrily.

You must know that the two armies were rushing one after the other, and suddenly the Dangshan army behind disappeared, and the Shangshui soldiers who were marching in front were unaware of it?!

Doesn't this mean that if the Dangshan army wants to sneak attack the Shang Shui army, it can easily succeed?

Although the Dangshan Army is one of the "six garrison battalions" of the Wei State, it is a veritable elite army, and it is not comparable to the newly formed army like the Shangshui Army, but the gap between the two is not so big, right?

"Deceived ......"

Raising his head and glancing at the bright sun in the sky, Zhao Hongrun's heart was cold.

I remember that he was still rejoicing last night, and the rumored general Sima An, who had always done his own thing, did not seem to have any intention of acting without permission this time, even if he was disgusted with the slow movement of the Shang Shui Army. It was just to order someone to come over and pass the word, which made Zhao Hongrun feel lucky at that time.

However, what I didn't expect was that after the army passed through Chenggao Pass, the attitude of the Dangshan Army immediately changed, and without any scruples about Zhao Hongrun, the commander of the army, he chose to break away from the army on his own initiative.

Until this moment. Zhao Hongrun was shocked to realize that the reason why Sima An was guarding himself a few days ago was just that he was going to lead the army through Chenggao Pass.

If he had abandoned Zhao Hongrun's army in the rush a few days ago and led the Dangshan Army alone to attempt to cross Chenggao Pass, then Zhu Hai, the general who looked down on him at Chenggao Pass, would obviously not pay attention to him.

Therefore, he honestly followed behind the merchant army.

And now, the advance army has crossed the Chenggao Pass. For Sima An and the Dangshan Army, it is a situation where the fish return to the sea and the birds enter the mountains and forests, and naturally, neither Sima An nor the Dangshan Army under his command need to borrow Zhao Hongrun's shadow.

"Although I had a premonition, I didn't expect him to dare to ......."

Accompanied by a sore spot like liver pain, Zhao Hongrun only felt as if he was angry from the bottom of his heart.

Sima An's reckless behavior made him angry and anxious.

Furious. Sima An, as a "deputy general", is good at making claims, and does not give him the face of the "boss" at all; Anxiously. If Sima An and the Dangshan Army get away, the situation will be bigger, from a "war like killing chickens and monkeys" to a "race annihilation campaign".

"The plan is completely disrupted......

Zhao Hongrun rubbed his eyebrow bone with a headache.

You must know that last night he had roughly considered the strategy of marching in response to the map of Sanchuan given to him by General Zhu Hai, but the Dangshan army suddenly broke away from his own team. All of a sudden, his strategy was completely ruined.

What the? Send an order Sima An to lead the army back?

Joke!

If Sima An was really willing to obey Zhao Hongrun's orders, he would never have been able to break away from the army with the Dangshan army without authorization.

"Suddenly it's passive......

Gritting his teeth hatefully, Zhao Hongrun shouted in a deep voice: "Chuan Wu Ji came to see this king!" ”

"Yes!"

When Zongwei Muqing heard this, he immediately slapped his horse and sent the order.

Not long after, Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Water Army, came to Zhao Hongrun with a puzzled face.

"His Royal Highness King Su. I wonder what His Highness has commanded to summon the last general? ”

"That's the ......" Zhao Hongrun held back the anger in his heart, and told Wu Ji about the behavior of the general Sima An, only to hear the latter's stunned face.

After half a sound, Wu Ji reacted and asked in amazement: "General Sima An, is this going to divide the troops without authorization?" ”

"Ahh …… According to this king, I am afraid that he has already made up his mind, and after passing through the Chenggao Pass, he will leave this king and the merchant army behind, and crusade against the people of Sanchuan alone......" Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun Zhengse said: "Wu Ji, so far, this king can only go to see Sima An in person." ”

"Does Your Highness know where General Sima An is going?" Wu Ji asked curiously.

Zhao Hongrun chuckled in his heart when he heard this.

Indeed, because the soldiers of the Shangshui Army only realized that something was wrong after the Dangshan Army completely disappeared from the rear, they hurriedly reported it, which made Zhao Hongrun not know where the general had gone.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun's eyes widened, and he took out the "Sanchuan Map" handed over to him by the general Zhu Hai yesterday from his arms, beckoned Wu Ji to step forward, pointed to the map and said to him: "According to the king, Sima An is going to the station of the Qianjiao tribe nine times out of ten, and this map is left to you by the king, and you lead the merchant army to get here." He gestured to a location on the map.

"Led by the last general?" Wu Ji was shocked when he heard this.

"Hmm!" Zhao Hongrun nodded, and said with a straight face: "This king now appoints you to be in charge of the merchant and naval army, and in order to entrust power to you, all affairs during the march will be decided by you." ”

Hearing this, Wu Ji's face was even more surprised.

After all, it is so trusting and important to appoint a general of the Chu State who was only a thousand generals at the beginning, to take 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!

"Don't let this king down, Wu Ji!"

Zhao Hongrun patted Wu Ji's shoulder heavily.

Wu Ji originally had some drumming in his heart, 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 heart suddenly perked up, and he replied: "The last general is ordered!" ”

The command is over. Zhao Hongrun immediately took Mi Jiang, Shen Yu and other ten Zongwei, as well as a hundred Su Wangwei, and immediately left the Shangshui army, and more than 100 horsemen went to the south.

During this period, Zong Wei Shen Yu was puzzled and asked, "Why did Your Highness conclude that the Dangshan Army was heading south?" ”

Zhao Hongrun frowned when he heard the words and said, "Chenggao Pass is west." There is an ancient city left by our Great Wei Dynasty, "Gong", which is now the residence of some of the Qiang and Qiang people, and it is also the first stop on the marching route of this king's strategy. …… This matter had been conveyed to Sima An before the departure of today's army, so if Sima An wanted to leave the king and the Shang Shui army behind, it would be impossible to take this road again. …… Since to the north is the river (Yellow River), in other words. The Dangshan army had no choice but to go south, towards the "Hu" land. ”

Shen Yu suddenly realized when he heard this, and was about to open his mouth to praise his Royal Highness, but he unexpectedly found that his Royal Highness was gloomy.

"Your Highness? What's wrong with you? From the side, Zong Wei Lu Mu also noticed the expression of His Royal Highness, and asked puzzledly.

"......" Zhao Hongrun shook his head, just riding his horse and galloping, while looking at the land called "Hu" in the distance.

More than 100 riders. The whole horse galloped for about half an hour.

Suddenly, Zhao Hongrun was on the grass in front of him. A flock of sheep being grazed was found.

"Shepherd...... Nope?'

Pulling the reins of the horse and slowing down the speed of the war horse, Zhao Hongrun looked around, but found that the flock of sheep that were gnawing on the grass did not have a shepherd.

You know, according to Zhao Hongrun's understanding of the people of Sanchuan. These nomads saw their flocks as the wealth of their tribe and could never have been left untended.

Suddenly, Shen Yu beside him seemed to have discovered something, pointed to the distance and said in a condensed voice: "Your Highness! ”

Looking in the direction that Shen Yu was pointing, Zhao Hongrun found out. In the distance, several sheep were licking a corpse, a corpse covered in arrows and a blood-stained jacket.

『……』

With mixed feelings, Zhao Hongrun rode his horse slowly to the corpse, turned over and dismounted, and examined the corpse.

Only then did he realize that the other party was just a teenager of the same age as him, but this young man of the same age as him could have had a brilliant life, but at this moment he fell in a pool of blood, full of arrows, and looked like he was dead.

"Your Highness, there is also a corpse here......"

"Your Highness, there is still ...... here"

Zong Wei Gao Kuo and Lu Mu respectively found two more corpses, both of which were teenagers who were not as old as the weak crown.

"......" Zhao Hongrun was silent, stretched out his hand to close the eyes of the dead young man in front of him, and immediately stood up, ignoring the handkerchief handed over by Zong Wei Jiao from the side, directly grabbed the reins with his bloodstained hand, and turned over on the horse.

"Keep on your way!"

"......" Everyone looked at each other, and immediately followed his highness to continue riding south.

After about a quarter of an hour's journey, everyone faintly saw the outline of a tribal camp in front of them.

But when they went further, the smell of blood in the air made their faces change slightly.

Especially Zhao Hongrun, at this moment, his face is gloomy and resembles his father.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zhao Hongrun and his party slowly approached the camp of this tribe.

At this moment, the smell of blood in the air had become particularly pungent, but this was not at all shocking when Zhao Hongrun and his party saw the corpses all over the camp.

“……”

Looking at the corpses all over the camp, Zhao Hongrun subconsciously clenched the reins of the horse.

In all fairness, when Zhao Hongrun led the Junshui Army to ambush the army of Pingyujun Xiong Hu in the Yanling area, he killed nearly 30,000 soldiers of the Chu State in one battle. And the corpses in the camp in front of him were obviously not as shocking as they were on the battlefield of Yanling back then.

However, what really shocked Zhao Hongrun was the remains of the old people and young children in the corpse.

"Your Highness, this is ......," Zongwei Shen Yu asked with a frown.

"Hu tribe ......" glanced at the front of the corpses that continued to the depths of the camp, and Zhao Hongrun slowly closed his eyes.

“…… A branch of the Qiang people that had been wiped out of existence not long ago. (To be continued.) )