Chapter 36: The Trail Is Clear

The sky was gloomy and gloomy, and the scenery was foggy, but the heavy rain had just stopped.

This is a small rural village, and from a distance, the village surrounded by wooden fences is lined with houses.

It was just before noon, and it was supposed to be the time for families to make lunch, but in this village, there was not even the slightest trace of cooking smoke.

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Against the gray sky, the chirping of insects is particularly clear.

On the muddy country road, the muddy muddy water flows through the cracks of the tunnel, bringing out a different kind of bright red!

Following the dazzling muddy water, I saw that there was an arm under the fence outside the village!

The arm was claw-shaped, and there were many different handfuls of hair between the fingers!

Where the arm is broken, the tendons stretch out, and the skin muscles are tangled, as if they have been torn off and then torn off!

'Boom'

The sound of thunder was getting closer and closer, and finally, I saw a black line on the official road not far from the village, and a thin line became thicker and thicker.

"Wu Chang, there's a small village over there, I've been here before, let's go over and have a look?"

The loud sound actually suppressed the muddy thunder of the horses.

"Good!"

The voice of the answer was crisp and decisive.

"Just behind this wood, huh? The smell of blood! Wu Chang"

"Alert!"

The chief of Wu choked and pulled out the long knife at his waist, and pulled the reins of his horse, slowing down his speed.

"Little Liuzi, take two people, touch them and take a look!"

"Yes!"

Several knights grabbed their horses' bellies, got out of the queue, clenched their blades tightly in their hands, and went straight to the small village!

"Ahh Bastard! Damn it! Damn it! ”

After a while, there were suddenly a few terrible roars from the other side of the woods, Shi Chang's eyes tightened, and with a wave of his big hand, he led dozens of his men through the woods, looking in the direction of the sound.

Shi Chang could hear that the voice was made by Xiao Liuzi and the others.

The saber and gun of this army were unsheathed, and their posture was lowered, and their backs were bent over, like a large bow with a full string, taut and tight, and the momentum was as sharp as a feather arrow that was about to shoot out at any moment.

"What's long! What's long! You want to avenge the folks! ”

At the entrance of the village, several mud monkey-like figures stumbled out, covered in black armor and messy, and immediately cried when they saw the team.

As soon as Shi Chang pulled the reins of his horse, the soldiers behind him all stopped for a moment, and the movement was like a person.

"What's going on!" Shi Chang's face sank, and he drank: "As a soldier, as a cavalryman, you actually abandoned the cavalry weapon, like a monkey rolling in the muddy water, shouting bitterly, like a word!" Stand still! ”

"Yes!" Obviously with a hoarse cry, several people immediately stood up straight.

"Now tell me what's going on!"

"Report to the chief, the whole village has been slaughtered and dismembered!"

"Huh?"

Shi Chang's face froze, and an unbelievable light appeared in his eyes: "You mean, all of them were divided!?" ”

"What's the report, yes!"

Shi Chang reined in the reins of his horse, beat the horse and walked into the village, and when he looked around, he saw that on the muddy village road, there were heads all over the place, a pair of desperate eyes were dead, one arm was pale and weaker by the rain, a large intestine hung on a small tree on the side of the road, and half of a heart was missing!

'Dangchang! ’

The spear fell to the ground and slammed into the stone with a crisp chirp. The tendons of his left hand, where he held the reins, protruded and the joints were blue and white, and his right hand was grasping as if he was about to grasp something.

"Huhuhu" heavy breath came from Shi Chang's nostrils, and a huge roar startled countless birds in the forest.

"Who is it! Who did this to you! ”

The entire group of soldiers, looking at the miserable village in front of them, all fell into a rampage, roaring and shouting one by one, and searched the village inside and outside with their swords, and only after not finding the enemy did they calm down.

"Shi Chang" Xiao Liuzi's eyes were crimson, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was fierce, but he was hesitant.

"What have you found?" Shi Chang's face was expressionless, and his voice was faint, as if nothing had happened, but the tightly pursed lips showed his turbulent mood.

"Shi Chang, the villagers of the entire village were not killed by sharp blades, looking at the wound, it should have been torn to death by brute force. There were many messy but very large footprints on the ground, all barefoot, without shoes. Also, the enemy killed people and robbed grain and grass, but they did not touch the copper coins, gold and silver, but took all the agricultural tools and kitchen utensils. ”

"In this case," Shi Chang tried his best to recall all the enemies of the Han Dynasty, but he didn't think of even the slightest bit of information.

"Don't touch everything here yet, we will rush back to the main army immediately, report it, and let the general decide!"

With a wave of his hand, the chief gathered his soldiers together, and then immediately left the village and went to the official road.

As soon as the cavalry left, several tall figures suddenly appeared in the woods, and a few cruel eyes stared at the back of the cavalry until they disappeared.

Outside the barracks.

Liu Yuan was dressed in a military uniform, standing straight, staring at the map hanging on the wall with a pair of eyes, and his fingers unconsciously touching his chin.

Guo Jia was beside him, calmly lifting the wine jug, and drank the wine one after another.

"Fengxiao, do you think I'm worried too much?" Liu Yuan didn't look back, he kept staring at the map.

Guo Jia shook his head and said softly: "Jia and the lord have the same feeling, the fact that Panxi happened is too weird, the enemy is dark and I am clear, it is really difficult to start." ”

"I can't figure it out, there is no news coming out of the huge Panxi County, it's unbelievable!"

"yes!" Guo Jia sighed and said, "Throughout the ages, nothing like this has ever happened!" ”

The two of them were heavy and silent.

"In this way, the order will go down, let the two counties of Qianping and Pinggu immediately enter a state of alert, and send the standing county soldiers in the city to block all the traffic arteries in the east."

"Well, that's the only stupid way to do it."

Guo Jia took the order.

Time passed slowly, and by the afternoon, the clouds in the sky had dispersed, and wisps of blazing sunlight were like sharp swords, piercing the earth to the ground and cracking.

Liu Yuan didn't eat lunch and sat quietly in the tent.

At this time, Guo Jia came back.

"Lord, there's news!"

Liu Yuanluo stood up and hurriedly said, "Come quickly." ”

"Lord, the scouts under General Zhang Fei have come to report that there are villages in Panxi that have been slaughtered, and the methods are very cruel, and they are all torn apart!"

"The signs left by the enemy are incomprehensible, and in Yijia's opinion, it doesn't look like it is man-made, but it should be attacked by wild beasts!"

Liu Yuan frowned and said, "What beast has such skills?" Kill at least 100 people in a village, and not let a single person escape alive? ”

"Besides, the ones that can tear apart people with brute force are at least large beasts, but large beasts survive alone, and one or two can't cause the slightest harm to any village." The northern people are fierce, which village does not have hunters?

"But the lord, even the murderous Xianbei and Wuhuan have never used this method!" Guo Jiadao: "And Buyeo and Goguryeo in the northeast are not so ferocious, and these two countries are very far away from Yuyang, and there are Wuhuan, Xianbei, Xuansu, Liaoxi, Liaodong and Youbeiping in the middle, so it is impossible to fight here." ”

Liu Yuan nodded slightly, and said, "Fengxiao, you said, is this just the work of a few murderous generals?" The scout only probed this place, and the rest of the world was unknown. ”

"I don't rule it out." Guo Jia's eyes narrowed, and he said, "But Jia still thinks that this should be done by the 'beast'!" ”

"Why?" Liu Yuan was puzzled: "Didn't I explain it just now?" ”

"The main guild is wrong," Guo Jia said, "Jia's meaning, we may have encountered the ethnic group that appeared in the eyes of the Great Han for the first time!" If Jia's expectations are good, the entire Panxi County, nearly 100,000 people, I'm afraid"

Liu Yuan was silent.

He remembered the phrase - the butterfly effect!

He rummaged through all the events in his mind about the end of the Han Dynasty, and it was certain that there had never been a similar incident, so the only reason was that because of his crossing, some unpredictable elements had been added to the long river of history!

Liu Yuan clenched his fists, a little hesitant in his heart, but then he became even more determined!

"I, Liu Yuan, have come from thousands of years later, am I still afraid of the natives! Whoever dares to stand in my way will die for me! ”

"Feng Xiao, immediately give an order, all the scouts are pouring out, you must make the situation clear to me. In addition, gather a large army and drive to Panxi immediately, you must arrive before dark! ”

"Yes, my lord."

Panxi County New Town.

The old city of Panxi was burned to ruins by Liu Yuan a few years ago, but now Panxi is a new city built at the same time as Yuyang City. From a distance, the two-zhang high city wall made of cement, blue bricks, and boulders is smooth and flat, and the knife is sharpened and axed.

When I looked closer, the walls were covered with mottled black spots, which were actually patches left after the blood had dried up!

In the city, Pan Xi ordered Lin Li to take off his Confucian robe and put on a military uniform. His right hand had been tightly pressed against the hilt of the sword at his waist, and he was patrolling with a cadre of officials behind him.

An old man staggered forward, trembling and giving a salute, raising his dry face, staring at Lin Li with a pair of anxious eyes, and said hoarsely: "My lord, can Pan Xi still hold on?" ”

Lin Li took two steps forward, helped the old man, a reluctant smile flashed on his face, and said: "Three or four days after the accident in Panxi, I have sent a large number of people to Yuyang to report the news, thinking that Lord Taishou's army is about to arrive, and then those savages will all be strangled, and the old man is relieved." ”

"Hmm" When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but nodded, and most of the anxiety on his face disappeared: "As long as Lord Taishou comes, everything will be fine!" ”

The people around him nodded in agreement.

"But before Lord Taishou comes, I hope that the villagers can cooperate with me and keep Panxi firmly and not let the wild man cross the thunder pond, Lin Li is here to thank everyone!" As he spoke, Lin Li bowed to the end, making the old man panicked.

The surrounding people didn't even dare to say it, but the county order was relieved that this was their home, and they would naturally protect it.

Lin Lixin said, as long as the people's hearts are still there, they can stick to it, but they are too guarded, when will they come to those sons and daughters who have been summoned, I am afraid that his heart is sour, thinking of the wild people who are overwhelming in the woods outside the city, he has no confidence in his heart, and only hopes that Liu Yuan can find out about Pan Xi's abnormality as soon as possible, and lead his troops to rescue him as soon as possible.

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