Smoke and dust billowed and war horses galloped.

Dong Zhuo led the elite iron cavalry of the 5,000 Wind Battalion to speed up the horses and whip all the way, marching rapidly, traveling more than 300 miles a day, and galloping in the desert for three consecutive days.

"Lord, through the stone forest in front, twenty miles away, there will be Hutu City." Zhang Xiu held a horsewhip in his hand, pointed ahead, and said to Dong Zhuo with excitement on his face. This time, the march of the army was too hasty, and it was rushing on the Gobi Desert for several days in a row, and no one could stand it.

Dong Zhuo looked at the vast stone forest protruding from the ground in front of him, and was a little melancholy.

This place is the Tengger Desert in later generations, and this stone forest in front of you is a typical Yadan landform, which is a kind of wind erosion landform formed by the erosion of wind quicksand for tens of millions of years. It's just that the wind erosion stone forest in front of you is not too spectacular and grand, there are only thick wind erosion mounds and stone forests, and there are not even wind erosion mushrooms, like some deserts in the western regions of Xinjiang, there are villages of wind erosion castles. Wind erosion castle is formed by long-term weathering and denudation, on the basis of the loose geology formed by the original rainstorm erosion in the desert, such as castles, pavilions, palaces and other wind erosion sand and rocks.

Their Northwest Military Region had conducted military exercises here, and that year he had just graduated from the military academy and entered the reconnaissance company as a lieutenant platoon commander, during that exercise, he led the team to destroy a missile brigade command center of the Second Artillery Corps of the Blue Army, but in the end, on the way to retreat, he misjudged that this stone forest was a safe way to retreat, but was ambushed by a six-person squad of the Blue Army Special Forces, and the entire platoon of 33 people was annihilated, either killed on the spot or captured, and none of them survived.

That time, he knew the mystery of the special forces and experienced the power of the special forces. Therefore, he chose to accept the layers of selection of special forces, entered the special forces, and dedicated the rest of his life to the special forces for more than ten years.

For special forces, Dong Zhuo has an extraordinary feeling, he has always wanted to build a special forces belonging to this era and open up the world's first special operations force, but because of the problem of the selection of generals, this plan was shelved.

Although the stone forest is vast, the stone pillars in it are not dense, and the two nearest stone pillars are ten steps away from each other, not to mention that Dong Zhuo only has 5,000 cavalry, even if it is 50,000 iron cavalry, he can quickly pass through this stone forest.

Quickly passing through this stone forest, a clear stream appeared in front of the eyes of thousands of people and horses.

"Lord, there is really a water source in front, brothers, we have water to drink!"

"Whoa...... There's water! ”

"Hahaha...... We see the water! ”

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Thousands of soldiers cheered excitedly, and even thousands of war horses quickened their pace, and without waiting for their master to remind them, they thought about the water source in front of them.

Dong Zhuo was a little stunned at this time, there is really a small river here!

Previously, he saw that the soldiers were marching in the desert, and their mouths were dry after drinking water, which reduced the speed of the march, and he was afraid that he would not be able to rush to the city of Hutu within three days, and then he had a plan, learning the story of Cao Cao Wangmei to quench his thirst, and coaxed the soldiers to say that there was a water source in front of them, and the soldiers who were attracted quickly accelerated the march, but he really did not think that there would be a river ahead.

Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Dong Zhuo also urged the black unicorn to gallop quickly towards the river.

People drink and watch thousands of people and horses...... No, the sum of people and horses is more than 10,000, Dong Zhuo watched tens of thousands of people and horses swallowing cattle and drinking by the river, and couldn't help but think, if there were 100,000 soldiers and horses, this small river would not be able to drink dry.

"My lord, how did you know there was a river here?" Zhang Xiu drank a full bag of water in one gulp, and then asked Dong Zhuo suspiciously, he, the guide, the locals of Wuwei didn't know that there was a river here, and he didn't understand how Dong Zhuo knew.

In front of so many soldiers, of course Dong Zhuo can't say that this is my nonsense, just to deceive you to hurry up and march. Putting the mouth of the water bag to his mouth and drinking a large sip of water, Dong Zhuo said: "When a certain family was a teenager, he traveled all over Xiliang with a sword, and he also came here. ”

Dong Zhuo's explanation is very normal, and no one doubts it, even if it is Zhang Xiu, he is just a little curious, because he has heard some soldiers in the army talk about whether the lord is a god of heaven, not only is his martial arts invincible, but also can predict the prophet, originally he didn't believe it, but after seeing Dong Zhuo's world-famous martial arts two days ago, he couldn't help but not believe it, and he just wanted to confirm whether Dong Zhuo would be an unpredictable prophet, and he didn't have any other ideas.

After taking another sip of water, Dong Zhuo said to Zhang Xiu: "Zihua, pass the order to let the army rest for half an hour and a half, and then you send some scouts to the front to inquire about the situation. ”

"Yes, the last general understands, and the last general will personally lead people to investigate!" Zhang Xiu nodded and volunteered.

Dong Zhuo bowed, Zhang Xiu is a good seedling, and he needs more experience, so he agreed to his request, "Well, it's so good, it's not a bad thing for Zihua to sharpen a lot!" ”

Soon, Zhang Xiu found more than 20 soldiers who had drunk water with horses and left.

Half an hour later, Dong Zhuo led five thousand iron horsemen to continue to advance, but unlike the previous gallop, this time Dong Zhuo ordered the troops to march slowly.

After all, the situation ahead is unknown, and the intelligence says that the Xiongnu have 50,000 cavalry to the south, and the strength is ten times that of him, and he does not dare to take 5,000 iron cavalry to take the risk.

"Lord ......"

"Lord...... Lord ......"

A horse galloped in front of him, looking at the costumes that were the scouts sent out by Dong Zhuo earlier.

"Lord...... Lord...... Lord ......"

The scout Pegasus came to Dong Zhuo, turned over and fell to his knees, panting, and pale, calling the lord vigorously, but did not speak.

Seeing the young scout's panicked look, Dong Zhuo had a bad premonition in his heart, but according to the guess in his heart, he turned over and dismounted, picked up the scout who was spread on the ground, and asked softly: "What's the matter, don't worry, you get up first and talk slowly, did you encounter an ambush by the Huns?" ”

"I didn't ...... No...... But ......"

"But what?" Dong Zhuo heard that Zhang Xiu and they did not encounter the Hun cavalry, and a hanging heart suddenly relaxed, Zhang Xiu was his important talent, if it was damaged like this, then his loss would be too great.

"But...... But even more terrible than our encounter with the Huns, they are a bunch of brutes...... Brutes! Lord, you better come with me to have a look......" The scout talked intermittently for a long time, but he didn't finish speaking.

"Lead the way!" Dong Zhuo frowned, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and his face turned pale.

Thousands of horsemen once again rolled up billowing smoke and dust, and galloped away at a rapid pace, led by the scout.

Gradually, several faint black smoke could be seen fluttering in the wind, and as we approached, a ruined wall appeared in front of me, and it was vaguely recognizable that it was a village.

Dozens of feet away, you can smell a strong fishy smell spreading in the air, even in the howling north wind, it has not been diluted.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly came to Dong Zhuo's approach, his face was also pale, and he said with a crying voice: "Lord, it's so miserable, there's nothing left......"

"Let's go, take a certain family to see." Dong Zhuo's face was gloomy, he turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the ruins full of death.

"Lord, don't go, too...... ...... vomit" Zhang Xiu seemed to remember something, and some couldn't say it anymore, so she bent over and vomited on the side.

Dong Zhuo ignored Zhang Xiu and strode in alone.

As soon as he entered the ruins, a tragic and abnormal scene appeared in front of him, although Dong Zhuo had been mentally prepared before, he was still shocked by the tragic scene in front of him.

There were corpses everywhere, including old people, children with their hearts gouged out, men in the prime of life with their arms cut off, and naked women...... This tragic scene may not be far behind the heinous crimes committed by the Dongying Wokou in later generations.

The blood has dried up, and looking at the scene, it shouldn't be a few days.

Dong Zhuo's heart was burning with anger, at this moment, he questioned for the first time his previous idea of promoting national integration and making all ethnic groups coexist peacefully, he now only wants to be a scholar Yue Fei, ambitious to eat Hulu meat, laugh and thirst for Hun blood, lead hundreds of thousands of Xiliang iron horsemen, kill into the thousands of miles of desert in the north, and kill all the Huns, Xianbei people, and Wuhuan people quickly, so that these races will completely disappear from the long river of history.

"My lord, they are all dead, and there are three hundred and eighty-seven people in the village, and none of them are alive." Zhang Xiu didn't know when he came in, standing behind Dong Zhuo and said slowly, he had been in the army for less than two years, but he had also seen the tragedy of the war, but he had never thought about such a tragic scene.

"Lord, give the order, we will kill all those beasts!"

The soldiers who followed Zhang Xiu looked at the scene in front of them, and they no longer felt like vomiting, all they had was the anger in their chests.

"Please give the lord an order, we are willing to kill all the Hun beasts desperately!"

"Please give the lord an order, we are willing to kill all the Hun beasts desperately!"

"Please give the lord an order, we are willing to kill all the Hun beasts desperately!"

All the soldiers knelt on the ground, the hatred in their hearts was crazy, at this moment, they wanted to kill into the northern desert, with the other way, and give back to the other, and kill the Hun beasts without leaving a chicken and dog.

The two fists were clenched tightly, the hard nails had pierced into the palms of his hands, and the blood continued to flow out, but Dong Zhuo didn't feel it, he raised his head and closed his eyes, tried to calm himself, and said slowly: "Zihua, let the soldiers bury all the people, and let the dead be buried in peace." ”