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Chapter 1001
It is a natural law that one year old and one dry and flourishing. It seems that it will be late autumn, and the green ocean will no longer be seen on the grassland.The cold wind blowing from the north has already made people feel a deep chill.

In the far north, on the edge of a river, a large group of cavalry soldiers stopped their horses one after another, all exhausted.The person at the head turned out to be a beautiful woman.At this time, she was more haggard than the people around her, but she still forced herself to say calmly: "Let's spend the night here today!"

Hearing this, everyone got off their horses. Although they were exhausted, they still took care of the horses first.However, the horse feed they brought with them had already been eaten, and the war horses had already lost weight after eating only grass.Originally, there were one person with two horses when they set off, but now there are many people with only one horse left.

"We have traveled such a long way, and we are almost at the northernmost point. Jianlu has long been abandoned. What we have to do now is to return to the Ming country safely." Seeing that the morale of the team is not high, the woman forced a smile, "We have made great achievements, and the emperor will reward us with great rewards. There are sturdy houses in Guihua City, and we don't have to worry about heavy snow or starvation anymore..."

Naturally, she led the rest of the cavalry back to Hai Lanzhu from the north. Hearing what she said, the cavalry of the Horqin tribe couldn't help but have more expectations for the future, their morale has obviously recovered a lot, and their movements have become more agile stand up.Just by the small river, wash myself and the horses, and set up camp to prepare for rest.

At this time, there is still some time before the sun sets.The Horqin people were resting in small tents one after another, or several of them burned a small fire and roasted dry horse meat to satisfy their hunger, and talked at the same time.

"If we meet Jianlu again in the future, they will definitely come to us desperately, right? They must have hated us for stabbing them all of a sudden!"

"It's for sure. They have always believed in our Horqin family. If they are suddenly betrayed by their allies, they will definitely be hated even more by others!"

"What you say there, each is its own master! Don't forget, our Horqin tribe and Jianlu were also enemies in the past. It's just that Jianlu is so powerful that we had to form an alliance later!"

"What's the matter with the alliance? Didn't Jianlu just find an excuse to destroy several tribes without seeing Jianlu? Tell you, Jianlu is a wolf. If he is hungry, do you believe he will eat our Horqin tribe?"

"..."

The encampment of the Horqin army, especially the encampment of this cavalry army, is far from being as strict as the new army of the Ming Dynasty.Most of them are tribesmen, and they have traveled so far. Now that there is no threat of Jianlu behind them, they feel relaxed, chatting and talking, it seems that they are not the army at all, but have returned to the status of herdsmen.

Among them, some of them seemed to be unable to bear this action.But more people are very open-minded, and they have answered those who are struggling.

"No matter what, we can go back safely. To be honest, I think our grassland should be like Guihua City, where the Han people farm the land and we graze. This combination will never The cattle and sheep froze to death, and the plague came out, which caused great disasters for us!"

"That's right, every winter in the past was so difficult, but it will be fine in the future, and I don't have to worry about it anymore!"

"It's true to say so. In fact, after I heard it before, I envied those tribes who took refuge in the Ming Kingdom. I felt that our Horqin tribe and Jianlu were too close to be accepted by the Ming Kingdom. Think about Jianlu It's impossible to give us the same treatment as Guihua City, and I feel annoyed in my heart. Unexpectedly, the patriarch has already planned and led us to this road!"

"..."

Their conversations are more about their vision for the future and their yearning for a better life.No longer have to worry about starvation, no longer have to worry about the murderous Jianlu.Chatting and chatting, they all became happier, and their morale improved significantly.

As the sun set, it sprinkled a layer of golden afterglow on the grassland.There was peace in the camp.Hai Lanzhu was lying in her simple tent, chatting with Emperor Chongzhen for a while, and after reporting today's situation, she had just withdrawn from the chat group when she suddenly heard something strange outside.

Before she had time to go out of the tent to check, she heard hurried footsteps coming.Immediately, Hai Lanzhu's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't seen Jianlu's shadow for many days, so he probably got rid of him. Could it be that Jianlu calculated the distance to his side and came after him again?
As soon as she opened the curtain, she saw a clansman approaching her with a serious expression, and even said with a bit of worry: "Don't beg, a dead body was found in the river, it came down from the upper reaches!"

Hai Lanzhu was slightly relieved when he heard that Jianlu was not found.At the same time, she was also curious, how could there be dead bodies in such a remote northern river?

Thinking of this, she also forgot her fatigue, and immediately followed the people who reported the news to the river in a hurry.

At this time, by the river, many clansmen had already gathered, and when they saw Hai Lanzhu approaching, they gave way one after another.

Standing still by the river, Hai Lanzhu really saw dead bodies floating in the river, already floating on the water, obviously not the kind that had just died.

"Don't beg, there are more over there." A tribe pointed to the upstream and said, "I have sent people to look up the river. These corpses don't look like people from the Khalkha tribe. They were all killed. thrown into the river."

They want to detour back to the Ming country, so naturally they will not go through the sphere of influence of the Khalkha tribe.Of course, on the northern grasslands, not only the Mongolian tribe lived, but also many other small tribes lived there.

Hai Lanzhu looked intently, and saw several dead bodies, which seemed to be middle-aged men, some without heads, some without hands and feet, and it was obvious at a glance that they were abnormal deaths.

At this moment, a clansman returned from the upstream position, quickly came to Hai Lanzhu, and said with a serious expression: "Don't beg, there are still many corpses floating down the river. Something must have happened upstream. The dead bodies of men, women and children."

Hai Lanzhu's face was very serious when she heard that, without further ado, she reached out to ask for a horse from the tribe, and quickly went upstream to check the situation with her own eyes.

When she saw what the tribe said and saw the corpses of many children in the river, she immediately became a little angry.There have always been tribal fights on the grassland.However, women and children are generally not killed.The growth of a tribe is inseparable from women and children. After all, women can give birth to children, and children grow up to be warriors of the tribe.

However, what kind of tribal wars are these that are so cruel to the enemy that they can even kill women and children who acquiesce that nothing will happen?And judging from the scars on the corpses, it seems that they were not just killing, these corpses were tortured before they died!
Therefore, Hai Lanzhu ordered to send scouts to go upstream to see what was going on.On the camp side, hurry up to rest and stay alert, waiting for the news to come back.

These soldiers of the Horqin tribe were very angry about this.They lost the relaxation they had before, and they stopped chatting, and took the time to rest so that they could cope with the possible next situation.

Waiting quietly, with a little tension while waiting.Under the night, the guard rangers were released far away.But until the next morning, everyone got up, and there was no return.

When Hai Lanzhu saw her, she couldn't help feeling a little worried.If it wasn't for the long distance and no time to return, it was that they might have encountered some danger.

At this time, Hai Lanzhu couldn't help feeling a little regretful.Or I shouldn't be nosy, my first task is to bring the remaining [-] riders back to the Ming Kingdom, to reunite with my family.

She was a little uneasy, but she tried to keep her composure, so she used inspections to distract her.

All the Horqin tribesmen have already packed up. In this camp, if you remove the traces of burning, it is almost impossible to see that there was a camp here just now.They comforted their war horses and did not speak to each other. They just saluted politely when they saw Hai Lanzhu approaching.

It can be seen that everyone is a little nervous or uneasy.But no one wanted to go back quickly, they were all just waiting quietly.

The sun in the east rose higher and higher, and suddenly, the sound of horseshoes came faintly.Almost everyone was very sensitive and immediately turned their heads to look upstream of the river.

Sure enough, four or five riders appeared on the undulating grassland.Although he was far away, he could recognize at a glance that Tan Ma, who went out last night, had returned.

The crowd suddenly became agitated, and they gathered around Hai Lanzhu, leaving a passage, watching Tanma and going straight to Hai Lanzhu's side.

"Don't beg, there is a small lake fifty or sixty miles away from here. It should have been a place where small tribes gathered, but it has been completely destroyed now. Over there... there are quite a few children stuck on wooden stakes It should have been stabbed to death." Tan Ma reported with anger and exhaustion, "From the traces, it seems that the massacres went north, but the number of people should not exceed one hundred. It will take about half a day!"

After speaking, he pointed in the direction again.Hai Lanzhu looked in that direction for a while, as if she wanted to see clearly in the distant place, who did this murder?

"Don't beg, this tribe seems to be the tribe of the Buriya tribe." Tanma looked at Hai Lanzhu and looked at the north, and then added, "Such vicious methods must not be done by people of the same tribe. It is estimated that the Khalkha tribe will not come here. Most likely, only the Keliya tribe can do it!"

In this far north, the Buriya people are Mongolian, and they belong to the same language family as the Horqin people.The Keliya people belong to the Turkic language family, and they are completely different from the Buriya people.This explorer's analysis is the most likely.

When Hai Lanzhu heard this, she was very angry, and immediately waved her hand and said, "Go, go and have a look first!"

The other clansmen were very angry when they heard it, and they had been waiting for a long time. After hearing her order, they immediately got on their horses, surrounded her, and went up the river.

During the day, it takes less than half a day to ride a horse and march for sixty miles.Sure enough, there is a small lake here, the surrounding environment is very good, it is a place suitable for grazing.But what is incompatible with this beautiful scenery is that not far from the lake, a tribal camp was burned, and some people who died of torture were tied to the stakes one by one, or children were stuck on the stakes Come on, die with peace...

Everything in front of him was even more tragic than Tan Ma's description before, and the perpetrator's methods were simply outrageous!
These Horqin people are all selected elites. They can escape from the pursuit of Jianlu and ascend to heaven, and they are the elites among the elites.They inspected the scene and all confirmed Tan Ma's words, that is, the assailants were less than a hundred people, and they would go north with the looted things, and it would not take more than half a day.

"Don't beg, catch up and see who is the one who treats women and children so inhumanely!" Someone couldn't help it, and immediately asked Hai Lanzhu.

When the people around heard it, they immediately followed up and asked for a fight.

"Don't beg, we have more than [-] riders, and they have less than [-] riders. Let's chase after them?"

"This kind of people is simply not human, don't beg, go kill them and avenge them!"

"..."

The tragedy of the scene made Hai Lanzhu afraid to look at it. She couldn't bear to look at it. She had lived for more than 20 years, and this was the first time she saw such a cruel person.Hearing that the clansmen were asking for a fight, she couldn't help it anymore, and immediately waved her hand and said, "Go, catch up!"

With this order, all the Horqin cavalry immediately got on their horses and chased north along the trail left by the assailant.

Although angry, this cavalry army was elite after all, and they did not lose their minds, chasing regardless.Before the main cavalry, there were scout horses galloping forward and on both sides, acting as the eyes and ears of the cavalry.

When night fell, Hai Lanzhu's troops had to stop to rest.The scout horses who had been scattered also returned one after another.The detective horses on both sides didn't find anything, but when the outpost detective horses returned, they brought back news of the assailant.

"Don't beg, I've caught up." As soon as Tan Ma said this, the guards around Hai Lanzhu immediately came over to listen, "Those people are camping about 20 miles away from here, about [-] horses away. On the left and right, there are about a dozen large carts. Looking from a distance, some are wearing tall round curly hats, and some are wearing black cloaks. I have never seen such clothes before. It seems...it seems..."

"Looks like what?" Hai Lanzhu hurriedly asked after hearing this.

Tan Ma replied with some doubts: "It's a bit far away, and the light is not good, so I can't see it very clearly. If you look vaguely, it looks a bit like Xiyi!"

"The kind of person who looks like a ghost?" A guard couldn't help interjecting when he heard this.

After asking, seeing Tan Ma nodded, he suddenly realized: "No wonder, it's them, no wonder they do these bad things like evil spirits!"

When the people around heard this, they challenged Hai Lanzhu again.

He was only in his [-]s, Hai Lanzhu didn't hesitate, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, let's pass on the order, everyone has a good rest, and at dawn tomorrow, surround them, and don't let any one go!"

"Yes, don't beg!" All the people around who heard the order responded almost in unison. Obviously, they couldn't wait.

　After that, the two chapters will be updated together. I will get used to it first. If possible, even if it is a [-]-word chapter, try to update it twice a day.This is equivalent to [-] words a day. It is a bit difficult for me as a part-time job. Let's try it first!

　　
　
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