In the battle of Kano Lake, the Han army annihilated more than 800 enemies in a very short period of time, and captured more than 200 old and weak women and children in the camp.

They all huddle in the corner of the camp that has been confined near the shore of the lake, waiting for your fate.

All of them are leaning close to each other, and in the light of the torches, they look at you with fearful eyes. In fact, they already knew their fate, and in the process of invading the Han land many times, they generally disposed of the useless women and children of the Han land in this way. In the disputes of the Beihu tribes, it has long been common for the defeated tribes to be killed without leaving chickens and dogs. You must have traveled thousands of miles to achieve the greatest and most amazing results. In order for the results to have a psychological effect on the enemy, you will definitely slaughter them.

Sure enough, you're here.

You rode slowly toward them in the lightening sky.

You rode your horse around the captives and walked slowly. Among them were children, young men, old men, pregnant women and maidens.

Your eyes pass over their faces.

You and they look at each other.

After you have seen them one by one, you give an order to the Han army: "Take them to the lake and shoot them all." ”

Although these Beji captives did not understand your orders, they sensed the arrival of the end from the fierce murderous aura of the Han army.

Suddenly, the crowd panicked and cried. Everyone hugged each other to the death, not letting the Han army drag anyone out. For a time, the Han army's drive and drag and their desperate resistance made the scene very chaotic.

You stand fifty paces away from the chaos on horseback, watching with no expression as this happens.

In the midst of the chaos, a white-haired old woman crawled out of the encirclement of the soldiers. She cries and runs towards you.

Your guards have spotted her and are trying to stop her.

You reached out and stopped them.

You let the old woman climb to your horse.

She kneels there in despair, crying out to you for something.

"What did she say?" You tilt your head and ask Wu Shun.

Wu Shun translated: "She begs you to spare her two youngest grandchildren. She said that such young children, still nursing in swaddling clothes, they have not made any mistakes, their hands are not stained with the blood of the Han people, and they will not remember what happened today in the future. She didn't dare to beg you to spare these adult men and women, nor did she ask you to spare the white-haired old man who was useless to die, she only begged you to spare such a young child. She said that you were also born and raised by your mother, and she believed that your mother was very kind, and that your mother would be able to understand her bloody heart. ”

Your horse moves.

Wu Shun continued: "She said, you don't look like a vicious person, she said, if you kill even such a young child, you will be covered in blood, and you will never be able to wash it off. She asks you not to do anything that would make your mother frightened, and not to make her ashamed of you. ”

Your horse takes another light step. You didn't speak, and you didn't change your expression.

The old woman cries out in despair before you. Her white hair fell out and obscured her face.

"Tell her not to cry. Listen to me. You said to Wu Shun.

After Wu Shun translated, the old woman had a little hope in her heart.

She quiets down and kneels there with tears on her face, looking at you.

You look at her face, which is mostly obscured by gray hair, for a moment.

Then you say to her, "Ma'am." I didn't come all the way to kill your children and grandchildren. I'm here to stop this war. Let all people leave this war. ”

Say, "Because your Khan, your husband, your father, and your firstborn will not leave this war alive, I have no other choice but to let them go like this." I didn't do anything particularly cruel either. I only did what your men did in our homes. I only did the same thing as them. If you think it's too cruel and unreasonable, then don't inflict it on others. If you inflict it on others, you must know that it will come back to you. What you inflict on others you will end up with what you are. There will be no confusion, and there will be no escape. ”

You raise your voice and say to the old and weak women and children over there, "Now, I'm just inviting you to see what war is. It's not glory, it's not wealth, it's not future, it's not security. It's nothing. It's just painful. Intolerable pain. Other than that, nothing. ”

You say, "Remember this." If there is an afterlife, never choose to go to war for any reason. Please don't use this method to harm others and yourself. ”

Say, "When your people see your corpses, they will figure out what war is." War will cost you everything, and all you will gain is pain. It's a pity that they don't listen to good advice, and can only understand the textbook written in blood. I was forced to use this textbook. ”

You stand indifferently, waiting for Wu Shun to translate your words sentence by sentence.

Then, again, you order: "Take them all and kill them all." ”

The soldiers took the captives to the shores of Lake Kano, drove them in groups of ten, to knee-deep depths in the water, and fired arrows at them.

Throughout the slaughter, you stood by the lake, watching the arrows pierce their bodies, watching them fall in rows, soaking and floating in the water, staining the shore a blood-red color.

You witnessed the whole process of the massacre without saying a word. No one knows what was going on in your mind at that time.

When the sky was completely bright, thousands of people in Shoutuobu disappeared from the grassland forever.

As they fell asleep, none of them thought that the history of the tribe would end like this.

When the last man is shot at the lake, you ride away from the shore.

You ordered the Han army to be armed, and to rest and eat in batches.

The lights in the yurt came on and on, and then gradually went out.

The Han army rested for two hours in the enemy camp on the shore of Lake Kano, slept well, and replenished their provisions.

You ordered the horses that had been tired from the long march and those that had been wounded in the battle to be abandoned in the camp and replaced with the enemy's horses.

Then, you lead the Han army out of the camp at Lake Kano and run to the next target of the raid.