Nothing happened overnight.

In the early morning, Ma Hao washed early, and under the stimulation of cold water, his groggy head that he drank yesterday finally sobered up a little, and he called Shen Yue to go to the camp together.

Most of the soldiers in the camp got up to do things, and the rest was a hairy boy like Gan Yi Ganye who was still asleep, and Ma Hao walked in and kicked one by one, all of them kicked awake, showing no mercy.

Gan Yi and the others, who were kicked awake, didn't dare to complain, and stood in a row, Ma Hao stared at the row of people two or three times, and the row of people who looked at it felt furious.

The last backhand, the Adam's apple started to scold as soon as it moved, the spitting stars were unusually clear in the early morning sun, Gan Yi and the others watched the spitting stars slowly fall on their heads and faces, and they didn't dare to hide, they really wanted to die.

Ma Hao didn't care about this, and continued to scold his head and face, just as he was scolding, someone from the county government broke in in a panic, and Ma Hao grabbed the person and asked what was the panic.

The person who came trembled and said: "In front of a pillar of incense, a group of merchants went straight to the county government as soon as they entered the city, saying that they found the bodies of more than 20 military personnel in the Dahua Gorge twenty miles away from Zhuoni in the early morning, and the death was miserable. ”

Ma Hao was struck by lightning, stood in place, grabbed the arm of the visitor tightly with both hands, and shouted loudly in pain in the arm of the visitor, Ma Hao reacted at this time, threw away the arm of the visitor, and shouted: "Pass the order, one hundred fine horsemen are lightly armed, and immediately set off to the Big Bottle Gorge!" ”

Before Ma Hao's words fell, he turned around and strode towards the stable, Shen Yue and the others picked up a hundred people and followed closely behind.

Hundreds of horsemen rushed to the Big Bottle Gorge at full speed.

Big Bottle Gorge, a canyon twenty miles outside Zhuoni City, because of its small mouth and large belly, the locals call it Big Bottle Gorge.

The area around Zhuoni is mountainous, there are many canyons, the big bottle gorge is the largest canyon among them, and it is also the only way for Zhuoni to pass through other towns.

Ma Hao led the team to gallop all the way, and arrived at the Big Bottle Gorge an hour later, turned into the mouth of the canyon and went deep for a hundred steps, and the terrain suddenly opened up.

Ma Hao saw at a glance the corpses in the canyon, the death was miserable, the blood seeped into the ground, the ground was filled with a terrifying black light, the swords were scattered all over the ground, and the corpses were full of arrows, which was unbearable to see.

Ma Hao slowed down and searched carefully, until he saw a headless corpse, Ma Hao could no longer suppress his anger, a roar pierced the silence of the morning, he dismounted and walked towards the headless corpse with trembling hands.

When he got closer, he didn't realize that it was already a sob, he recognized at a glance that the headless corpse was wearing the armor of Shen Tishan's family, Ma Haobei came from it, holding the bloody corpse and crying silently, silently pulling out the arrows on Shen Tishan's body one by one, and muttering: "In the cool autumn season, drink rice wine, taste crab roe, a great joy in life, this time you are in a hurry, I only have a few pots of rice wine, but I don't have crab roe, you don't say it's fun, I said I will make it up for you next time, I didn't fulfill my promise, but you are lying here." You said that you didn't dare to die, you didn't dare to leave your brothers and relatives, but why are you so different? What about retreating twenty miles, you have to make a comeback, why do you have to be brave for a while? Brother, you are confused! ”

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"If they dare to cut off your head, I will cut off their heads, one is not enough to cut off a family, not enough to cut a city, there must be enough people to go down to accompany you."

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"You have been hit by forty-eight arrows, eleven arrows into the bone, twenty knife marks on your armor, and seven swords to break your armor, this is your account, I will help you get it."

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"I know that brother, you are suffering, you are not happy to live, you will be liberated after death, you tell your comrades, I have picked up the burden you want to carry, and I will do what you can't rest assured."

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Ma Hao just stayed motionless, like a clay wood sculpture.

Shen Yue took Gan Yi and others to search the scene of the crime inch by inch, looking for clues, but nothing was found, and the enemy did not leave a trace of clues to search, so he had to collect his body for his robe and prepare to transport it back to Zhuoni for burial.

When everything was in order, it was already noon, Shen Yue saw that General Ma was still motionless, so she had to set up General Ma with Qin Ben and the others, and asked Gan Yi and them to collect Shen Tishan's body, Ma Hao did not resist, and calmly watched them carry Shen Tishan wrapped in a mat and carried it to the cart.

In the end, he shook off Shen Yueqin Ben's arm that was supporting him, climbed into the cart carrying Shen Tishan's corpse, raised his whip, and drove the horse back the same way.

Qin Ben led a team of soldiers to escort Pao Ze's body back with Ma Hao, while Shen Yue led the rest of the people to continue to search for Shen Tishan's disappeared head.

After returning to Zhuoni, Ma Hao regained his clarity, he gathered all the carpenters in the city, and began to break the coffin overnight, and the people of the city spontaneously joined in without complaint.

After arranging everything, Ma Hao went to the county office, Liu County Ling was already waiting at the door of the county office, and the two walked into the middle hall and sat down.

Liu Xianling said in a deep voice: "General Shen was killed in my Zhuoni territory, it was my dereliction of duty, please punish the general!" ”

Ma Hao waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with you, you can tell me what happened, and I will deal with this matter." ”

Liu Xianling said: "This morning, a caravan arrived at the Ya, to report that there was a bloody case in the Great Bottle Gorge, I immediately asked people to go to check that there was indeed this matter, and then I personally led people to the Great Bottle Gorge did not destroy the scene at that time, everything was as the general saw, and the head of General Shen was not found from beginning to end, and then the general also arrived, I don't need to say more." ”

Ma Hao nodded and said, "The caravan that came to Yamen early in the morning, are the people still there?" ”

Liu Xianling replied: "It's still in the city, but I've checked its identity, and it's a caravan." ”

Ma Hao paused for a moment and continued: "General Shen's head has not been found yet, what do you think about this?" ”

Liu Xianling sighed and said: "This is really puzzling, but if someone does this, it shows that General Shen's head is useful to them, and it will definitely not disappear for no reason, and it will surface sooner or later." ”

As he was talking, the sergeant outside the door had a military report, and Ma Hao got up and went out to listen to the military situation.

After a while, he strode into the house and said: "You said yes, Shen Tishan's head appeared in Yunwu, Yunwu was breached, now please strengthen your defense in Zhuoni, I will lead the troops to attack the traitors, and Zhuoni will be handed over to you!" ”

Liu Xian Ling got up and hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the general is here, the city is here, and the city is dead!" ”

Ma Hao didn't dare to delay, and immediately led the battalion to the expedition and killed Yunwu.

The army of Zhuoni galloped all the way, and arrived at Yungo in the second half of the night, when Yungo was quiet, the city gate was wide open, and no one was seen.

Ma Hao waved his army into the city.

I saw that the streets and alleys were in disarray, and the scattered corpses of soldiers could be vaguely discerned in the moonlight, and the people were scattered.

Ma Hao led his troops to garrison, and then sent scouts to spy on a radius of twenty miles, and he led people to count the losses, register them, and so busy until early in the morning.

Ma Hao counted out the city break, the local treasury silver 5,000 taels were robbed, since the autumn harvest all the warehouses were also swept away, only the people's home grain was untouched, the city was broken, it can be said that it was a heavy loss, hurt Yunwu's vitality.

It was also at this time that the people of Chengpo who had fled to the mountains and the remnants of Yungo began to return to Yungo one after another under the appeasement and persuasion of the scouts sent by Ma Hao.

The first to return to Yunwu was Shen Tishan's deputy general Hua Yun, who knelt down and choked up when he saw Ma Hao: "The last general is incompetent, he failed to defend Yunwu, failed to protect my people, and I hope the general will punish him!" ”

Ma Hao helped him up and said: "It's not your fault, the Lord will be killed, and the army's heart is naturally unstable, please stand up and tell me who is attacking the city." ”

After Hua Yun calmed down, he said: "Today is close to noon, I was patrolling the city, suddenly heard the sound of thunderous horses' hooves, I was still wondering when General Shen left with only twenty horses, how could there be such a big movement, I didn't think about it for a while, a large number of cavalry poured out of the city, not our army decoration, but Qiang costumes, I quickly ordered the city gate to be closed, and all the soldiers gathered to prepare to resist the enemy. ”

"When the Qiang people came to the city, the flying halberd nailed a linen bag to the city gate tower, it was the burden that I untied with my own hands, inside was the head of General Shen, his eyes were blood-red, his face was hideous, the soldiers on the city wall saw what the burden was and suddenly became in chaos, and then had no intention of defending the city, only the last general alone could not organize an effective defense, the Qiang people two or three arrows rained down, they collapsed, we had to abandon the city and flee to the mountains, and then the general's scouts found us, I knew that the general was coming."

"Since it was the burden that you untied with your own hands, what about the burden now?"

Hua Yun was stunned, his face was like earth, and he knelt down again, and said in a trembling voice: "The last general is guilty, when the city was broken, I planned to flee to the mountains with the burden containing General Shen's head, who knew that there was a Qiang man hanging behind me, since the siege of the city, he stared at the whereabouts of General Shen's head, after the city was broken, he chased me all the way in the mountains and forests, and shot the soldiers who fled with me one by one, and finally I was the only one left, he was still hanging behind me unhurriedly, I knew that the person who ran down and died was me, I had to stop the horse, Looking back at him, but no one saw anything, only heard a hoarse voice telling me to hang the burden on the treetops, he let me go, I had to do as he said, it was the last general who couldn't stand General Shen, and the last general was willing to be punished! ”

Ma Hao smiled bitterly and said: "What is the punishment, you are not my subordinate, you can still remember to take Shen Tishan's head on the way to escape, it can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness, get up." ”

Hua Yun stood up guiltily, didn't dare to look at Ma Hao, and stood aside with his head bowed.

Ma Hao continued to ask, "Who is the leader of the Qiang people this time?" ”

Hua Yun replied: "The leader is a piercing hair in a left-hand outfit, I think it should be the man with hair in the city that came out recently, and this person is also chasing me." ”

Ma Hao said to himself: "This person seems to have something to do with the recent wars, and the Qiang thief who acts so carefully and ruthlessly has never heard of it before. ”

Hua Yun hesitated for a moment and continued: "According to the observation of the last general, this person prefers to be alone, this person only appeared in front of the battle when the Qiang people were attacking the city, and disappeared after the deployment of troops, and the Qiang people seemed to be a little afraid of him, and few people dared to come to his horse. ”

Ma Hao said: "This was the case in the underworld, we don't care about him for the time being, now the top priority is to appease the people, since you are the commander of Yunwu, you will temporarily recall the people as a general, consolidate the city defense, and choose an auspicious day for the zodiac to let the soldiers enter the earth for peace." ”

Hua Yun clenched his fists and led away.

On the sixth day of the seventh month, dawn, it is suitable for burial.

There are no less than 50 coffins on the street in front of the Yaqian in Yunwu County, accompanied by Shen Tishan, who was ambushed, and there are also soldiers who were killed by Yunwu this time.

The coffin of Shen Tishan, because its head has not been found, has to be replaced by carving the head of Nanmu.

Ma Hao led the people to stand on both sides of the street, and the people of Yunwu also gathered here to see off the soldiers for the last time.

When the time came, Shen Tishan sealed the coffin, and Ma Hao nailed the last falcon head into the coffin.

When everything was over, the master of ceremonies shouted, "Spirit! ”

Ma Hao personally carried the coffin and walked out of the city......

After burying the soldiers, Yunwu had no owner, Ma Hao asked Qin Ben to return to Zhuoni, and he stayed in Yunwu to stabilize the army's heart.

He recorded the incident in detail and ordered someone to present it to the Assassin's Mansion.

After a sleepless night, he took Shen Yue to Huayun's military tent, ready to understand the situation of the people and discuss the curfew of Yunwu.

Unexpectedly, he found that Hua Yun led his troops to drink in the tent, and when Ma Hao was furious and was about to rush in, he suddenly heard someone say: "General Hua, congratulations on being promoted to general, this is about to set a precedent, that is the youngest general in Liangzhou!" ”

Ma Hao stopped rushing forward, sneered, and continued to listen to Shen Yue.

I only heard Hua Yun say: "Where is it, I am just a temporary acting general, and the promotion of military generals has to be decided by the Assassin Shifu, and it depends on the eyes of others." ”

Hua Yun's subordinates, who had spoken before, continued: "This General Shen is dead, this Yunwu has one, can anyone compare with the general?" Don't be modest, just wait for the promotion, then we will have to rely on General Hua! ”

Hua Yun laughed and said: "Okay, you Bai Yin, this mouth can bloom, then borrow your auspicious words, when I am promoted, I will definitely not forget everyone, come and come, drink and drink!" ”

The atmosphere in the tent became even more enthusiastic.

At this time, Ma Hao stepped into the camp tent and walked to Hua Yun, who was drinking, and whipped Hua Yun in the face, Hua Yun fell on his back, and as soon as he wanted to get up, Ma Hao stepped on his neck and couldn't move, Ma Hao bent down and looked at Hua Yun under his feet and said: "Hua Yun, thanks to you not being my person, if you are my person, it will not be a whip." ”

Then Ma Hao ignored him, but looked around at the people in the tent, everyone was so frightened that they woke up, and a layer of white sweat came out of their backs, and they didn't dare to come out.

Ma Hao stared at them and said, "Go on, why don't you drink, isn't it very happy to drink in the army!" ”

Bai Yin was the first to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, and immediately knelt in the tent.

Ma Hao snorted coldly and kicked Hua Yun away, and said to Shen Yue, who rushed in with the troops: "Beat the drums, gather in the school field after a pillar of incense, and those who are late will be killed!" ”

Shen Yue said: "Yes! ”

Then he turned and left.

Ma Hao put away the whip behind him and shouted, "All tied!" ”

Hua Yun and the others were tied up and escorted to the school yard.

After a pillar of incense, the school field.

A few large pillars were erected under the stage, binding Hua Yun, Bai Yin and others.

Ma Hao stood alone on the platform, watching the soldiers in the audience not speak, and the entire school field was as silent as death, leaving only the moonlight flowing on the armor of these born and dead people.

After about half an hour, after surviving the silence, Ma Hao began to say: "Most of you don't know why I summoned late at night, I tell you, it's because your general Hua ignored the decree and gathered his subordinates to drink and have fun, your General Shen was ambushed and killed, and his head is still missing, Yunwu was attacked by the Qiang people, Hua Yun, as the highest military general of Yunwu, is not ashamed, but drinks and has fun, and covets the position of general of the department, you say, should these people be punished?" ”

"Deserve the punishment!"

"How should I be punished then?!"

"According to military regulations, drinkers in the army will be whipped one hundred!" The soldiers replied in unison.

"In that case, come on, execute!" Ma Hao shouted.

Out of the army, a group of soldiers wrapped in red cloth with hair-edged whips in their hands lined up in front of the pillars and began to carry out the execution.

The entire school field was filled with the crisp sound of whips whipping their torsos and the screams of Hua Yun and the others.

Ma Hao was unmoved, and when the execution was over, he looked at Hua Yun and the others who were peeling and asked sharply, "Do you know it's wrong?" ”

Hua Yun and the others weakly expressed their mistake before they were released from the rope and sat on the ground against the pillar.

Ma Hao ignored them anymore and continued: "Lord Yunwu will be killed, the dragons have no leader, Hua Yun and others covet the position of the main general, and I shouldn't be in charge, but Shen Tishan and I are robes who have fought on the battlefield for ten years, and I can't watch the soldiers he brought up be destroyed, I still have to take care of this idle matter, you all think that the general is a piece of fat, and everyone wants to eat it in their mouths, in this case, we might as well play bigger!" ”

Ma Hao paused and continued: "I announce that from now on, all the children of my Han family, if there is anyone who brings the head of Shen Tishan back to Yunwu, the general of the consular department, I Ma will personally write a document and submit it to the Assassin Shi Mansion!" ”

As soon as Ma Hao's words fell, there was an immediate commotion in the army, and the soldiers couldn't help but make noise, their eyes were hot, and such a way to ascend to the sky in one step would only happen once in a lifetime, and they naturally reacted strongly.

After Ma Hao and the other soldiers' voices weakened a little, they asked sharply, "Would you like to?" ”

The soldiers roared like thunder: "Wish! ”

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Who doesn't want to climb high,

Everyone wants to eat in the bowl and look at the pot,

That being the case, I promise you as a high officer,

You take the head and give me back,

It's not a loss, right?