A few footsteps full of mountains stepped on the unique mountain saffron on Maiji Mountain.

A group of scouts in a hurry, cautiously running through the mountains.

They had to be as careful as possible not to attract attention, because this was the territory of the Maijishan barbarians, and once they alarmed the other party, the consequences would be unimaginable......

At this time, more than three months have passed since Lin Yuan announced a trade war in Yangcheng, and the local season has entered late autumn, and on Maiji Mountain, it is even a little cold, and the leaves of some big trees have begun to yellow.

In the past three months, Lin Yuan never sent a trade team again, but only frequently invited the barbarians around the Gobi Desert to Yangcheng as guests, and by the way, he negotiated several important business, so that these barbarians could continue to carry out trade with Yangcheng as the center.

Originally, these barbarians stayed away from Yangcheng after hearing that Yangcheng had changed hands, but because of the special geographical location of Yangcheng and the center of the Gobi, almost all roads would eventually converge here, so in the Gobi, where there was no farmland to cultivate, the barbarians who relied on trading commodities for a living were living increasingly difficult.

Lin Yuan's move only gave these barbarians a step, he invited everyone to Xianyang City, and told them that there was no threat here, and that the door would always be open and everyone was welcome to come to trade.

In contrast, Lin Yuan promised many barbarians that his soldiers would protect everyone's transactions from interference, and would protect all those who traded in Yang City, and the price was only a little bit of the venue fee for each transaction.

Lin Yuan called this venue fee a tax, but other people obviously didn't understand it very well, and everyone still agreed to become a venue fee.

Lin Yuan asked to pay this venue fee with food as much as possible, so in the past few months, relying on these taxes and food stocks, the people in Xianyang City have been able to avoid hunger.

However, during this time, King Yan was unusual, and began to pay special attention to the movements of Maijishan, and their small reconnaissance team was specially sent by King Yan.

According to King Yan's orders, their task was to find the hostile barbarians in Maijishan, then observe and report the situation back.

Very simple task.

The captain who led the team was a feudal commander of Yuanyang City, who had lived in this barren mountain since he was a child, so he was very familiar with the terrain of this generation.

The four barbarian tribes here are really not easy to mess with, they have been relying on the support of the Huang clan behind them for a long time, burning and looting everywhere, sweeping away the natural tribes around the entire Maiji Mountain, and thus becoming the four hegemons in the mountains.

It is precisely because of their existence that the Gobi has severed contact with the Central Plains on the eastern side of Maijishan, and the only way to reach the Central Plains is to take the northeast and bypass the territory of the Huang people.

Therefore, this vast Gobi Desert has always been in isolation.

Until the arrival of King Yan, three months ago, he once released a bold statement that he wanted to open up Maijishan and directly contact and trade with the tribes in the Central Plains......

Is this possible? Don't send a single soldier?

The leader of the reconnaissance team thought as he wandered around the rubble.

Suddenly, a foreign object appeared in front of his eyes, and he immediately reflexively squatted down, and then waved his hand back desperately, signaling his teammates to pay attention to concealment.

Then, slowly, he lifted himself up and walked forward, poking his head out from behind the stone to take a closer look.

It turned out that the foreign object he had just observed seemed to be right in front of him, it was a member of a hostile barbarian tribe wearing an earthy yellow animal skin! At this time, the enemy was facing away from the scouts, leaning motionless under a large tree, seemingly napping.

The captain immediately made a few quick gestures backwards, and there was only one person on the other side, and it seemed to be a lone deserter, a good opportunity.

Seeing the captain's gesture, the scouts behind him quickly moved into action, they divided into two columns, spread out in all directions, carefully formed two fans, circled to the opposite side, and surrounded the napping enemy.

Everyone slowly took one step at a time, trying not to make a single sound, the captain's breathing became cautious, the encirclement had not yet shrunk, once the other party woke up and was blown by the other party to call the alarm, it would be troublesome......

"Bang dang!"

There was a sound of the ground, and there was a sound directly opposite the captain, where there was a stone that rolled down the hillside, and it turned out to be a teammate of his own, who accidentally slipped and fell.

"It's broken!"

The captain only had time to say this, and then rushed forward with an arrow, such a loud sound, the enemy must be able to hear, he must preemptively strike before the enemy reacts, and he cannot be allowed to call the police.

The scouts around saw the captain burst out, and immediately began to charge, and everyone rushed towards the big tree with their weapons in hand.

It wasn't until the captain rushed to him that he noticed that something seemed to be wrong, and he frowned and slowed down......

Why did this person stay motionless? Not even a reaction at all?

It is said that with such a loud voice, ordinary people must have jumped up a long time ago, but why is this person still leaning against the tree?

The captain stretched out his fist, and everyone stopped charging.

There seems to be something strange about this!

The captain tried a few colors, and with two men holding weapons, he cautiously approached the man's side.

After walking a few steps, the captain suddenly sighed, strode over, and kicked the other party violently.

The man fell to the ground without any response.

"! It's a damn thing! I'm scared to death! ”

The captain cursed in his mouth, he suddenly thought of something, bent down, rummaged for a while, and then seemed to say to himself:

"Hmm...... The blood on his body has not dried yet, and it seems that he has been dead for a few days......"

Then he looked at the blood stains on the ground, which seemed to have climbed up from a ravine not far away.

"Let's go, everyone, pick up the guys, come with me!"

The captain frowned, waved his hand, and traced the blood trail on the ground.

"Captain...... Should we pay attention to the formation? A scout asked.

"If you want a fart formation, run after me! Looks like something happened! ”

The captain's innate vigilance made him feel that this matter was extraordinary, and with that, he trotted all the way down the canyon.

The canyon of Maijishan is not as dense as the Qinling Mountains, it is a barren mountain, and there is only a short yellow vegetation in the canyon.

They ran for a while, and suddenly found that there were some other blood stains on the ground, some of which were even dragging.

The captain's brow furrowed even deeper......

Something seems to have happened here, someone has killed a lot of people in the Maijishan barbarians, and they have also moved the corpses......

"Quick! Come on! ”

The captain kept urging and led everyone along the bloodstains, and after that, they made a big turn and came to a totem made of gravel.

The captain knew that this was the belief totem of the Maijishan barbarians, and this was their holy place.

However, the situation at this time made the captain speechless in shock.

Because the original earthy yellow stones here are all painted bright red, and judging by the smell of fish in the air and the flies flying around, it is human blood that is smeared on these sacred totems......

This is the biggest insult to these barbarians who believe in totems!

Who exactly? Do these things?

The captain became more and more uneasy, although this Maijishan barbarian had no friendship with him, and they were still potential enemies in Xianyang, but now someone annihilated the Maijishan barbarian, what a powerful force this is? Is this force friend or foe?

That's a problem.

Just when the captain was worried, suddenly, not far away, there was an exclamation!

It was the voice of his subordinates.

The captain hurried over, and this time, he was so frightened that he almost screamed.

It turned out that in front of them was a small ravine, and at this time, this ravine had been almost filled with corpses, all of which were the corpses of the original Maijishan barbarians......

The Maijishan barbarians have been exterminated!!

The captain's eyes widened!

Who exactly did this?

……

"Wahaha......"

Suddenly, a creepy voice came from behind the captain, and his hairs stood on end.

The captain hurriedly turned around, only to find that the hillside behind them, for some time, was already full of heavily armed people.

The equipment worn by these people has never been seen by the captain, and there are many green plants tied to their bodies, and it seems that they are not the native tribes in this area.

"Below! Register your name!! Where did it come from! ”

Among the unknown troops on the hillside, someone shouted.

The captain took a deep breath, and at this time, they were like fish lying on the board, at the mercy of others, and he could only answer each other:

"We are scouts from Xianyang, just here to investigate, and there is no malice!"

The captain's heart was pounding, because he saw that there were still several archers among the other party's people, and the arrows of these archers were already aimed at him at this time.

"Xianyang? Which Xianyang? Is that the Yang City? The other party suddenly shouted.

The captain was visibly stunned, and then replied:

"Uh...... Yes, we used to call it Yangcheng......"

"Wowhaha! Say it earlier! It's so nervous! ”

There was a burst of hearty laughter from the other party, and then it seemed that the other party had given some order, and in the blink of an eye, the enemies on the hillside put away their weapons one after another, and then a dark and stout man, surrounded by everyone, slowly walked down the hillside.

The man touched his oily hair, and said anxiously:

"Oops! Are you from Yangcheng? Fast! Go and tell your chiefs! The Central Plains Grass Clan has already helped them kill all the roadblockers! Let them hurry up and bring us the salt! Oh! No! Come, you tell me how to go, I'll change it myself!!! If there is no salt to supply our people, it is estimated that some people will rebel! Hurry up and !! ”

The leader of the Grass Clan urged anxiously. (To be continued.) )