Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Mid-September.

cavalry units advanced westward along the Huangshui River valley.

Hundreds of black flags, each with a large Chinese character embroidered on the front and the character "Duan" embroidered on the back, fluttered in the cold west wind.

"Report!"

"Reporting to the military commander, our scouts have discovered a Qiang ethnic village in Mucheng Valley."

Zhang Xiu tightened the reins of his warhorse, stopping it beside Duan Yu, Cao Cao, and Yuan Shao, who were riding in the middle of the formation.

Several days have passed since we left Yunwu County.

The three men led seven thousand cavalrymen westward from Yunwu County, heading towards the westernmost part of Jincheng County, where the Western Qiang were most concentrated.

In the past few days, some Western Qiang cavalrymen who had fled after the battle of Yunwu County were also killed on the road.

Duan Yu reined in his warhorse and stepped out from the ranks.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao both followed behind Duan Yu.

"Now it's finally our turn to attack!" Yuan Shao patted his saddle excitedly.

Duan Yu smiled, then looked at Zhang Xiu and asked, "Have the scouts found out which tribe it is and how many people there are?"

Zhang Xiu frowned and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, our scouts have confirmed that there is indeed a Qiang tribe in Mucheng Valley ahead, but..."

......"

"But there are no survivors left; they've all been slaughtered."

Ok?

Duan Yu's brows furrowed instantly.

What's happening here?

They were all slaughtered?

"My lord...would you like to take a look?" Zhang Xiu asked.

Duan Yu nodded, then looked back at Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and said, "Benchu ​​Mengde, let's go and see what's going on."

After saying that, Duan Yu spurred his horse and rode towards the front of the cavalry.

Behind them, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and several hundred cavalrymen from Duan Yu's personal guard quickly followed.

.........

Before long, Duan Yu and his group arrived at Mucheng Valley.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Biography of the Western Qiang: At the beginning of the Zhanghe era, "Zhang Yu sent his subordinate Sima Fang with more than a thousand cavalry and Jincheng soldiers to fight at Mucheng Valley, where they confused our troops and caused them to flee in defeat."

Unlike Shehu Valley, Mucheng Valley is not a valley passage that runs through the river valley.

The Huangshui River, which originates from the Western Sea, flows through the entire Jincheng County, forming countless branches of varying sizes.

Over the years, the original plateau has been eroded into a series of river valleys.

In addition, thousands of years of silt accumulation on both sides of the river valley have created vast stretches of river valley wetlands.

Every spring and summer, the aquatic plants here are extremely lush, making it a natural pasture, and the banks of the river can also be cultivated.

The Qiang people learned farming from the Han people, and they also engaged in herding, fishing, and hunting in the mountains, where they have multiplied and thrived.

The canyon area formed by hundreds of river valleys has made this place a natural labyrinth.

In the early years of the Zhanghe era, the Qiang people here were called Miwu Qiang, simply because every time the Miwu Qiang came out of Mucheng Valley to plunder, they would disappear into the valley.

It is hidden among hundreds of river valleys of all sizes and cannot be found anywhere.

The Han army repeatedly besieged this area, but none of their attempts succeeded.

If we can defeat the Qiang people, we will fight them; if we can't, we will simply run away.

After the Yongqiang Rebellion, the Qiang people split into two parts: the Western Qiang and the Eastern Qiang.

The Western Qiang are a branch of the Qiang people who reside in places such as Jincheng, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Longxi.

The Dongqiang people migrated further inland, with some even migrating to the Fufeng region.

However, after hundreds of years of Tonghua, most of the Dongqiang people have become accustomed to the life of the Han people, and because their living environment is more stable, the tribe is also much more stable.

However, the Western Qiang people have continued the earliest fishing, hunting, and herding lifestyle of the Qiang people.

Following the Yongchu Qiang Rebellion, the Qiang ethnic group underwent a major reshuffling of its power structure.

More Qiang ethnic groups emerged like mushrooms after rain, and the Shaodang Qiang also ushered in a period of rapid development.

After the Shaodang Qiang became powerful, they occupied the Mucheng Valley area.

Duan Yu's journey was headed towards Mucheng Valley.

Since the goal is to wipe out the tribes of the Western Qiang, a major battle must be fought first.

The Shaodang Qiang, Xianling Qiang, and Baima Qiang are the three most powerful tribes among the Western Qiang tribes.

However, the Bai Ma Qiang were active in the Longxi area, and this time they did not participate in the Shao Dang Qiang rebellion.

In the labyrinthine Mucheng Valley, led by cavalry scouts, Duan Yu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao soon arrived at a spacious river valley.

When the distance is still far.

Duan Yu then saw a large area of ​​camp that had been burned black.

Only after getting closer and more intimate did Duan Yu see it clearly.

The campsite contained not only tents burned to ashes.

There were also countless charred corpses.

The bodies appeared to have been killed first and then thrown into the tent.

Then they set the tent on fire.

All the charred, blackened corpses were stacked one on top of the other.

From a distance, they look like rows of black burial mounds.

"this......"

Yuan Shao was momentarily stunned.

They clearly came to wipe out these Qiang tribes.

But they haven't even made a move yet, so how come the Shaodang Qiang are gone?

And yet, they met such a tragic end.

"Could this be some kind of inter-tribal annexation?" Yuan Shao asked, frowning.

Duan Yu shook his head with a gloomy look in his eyes.

"No, absolutely not!"

Duan Yu said with certainty, "Although the Qiang people also fight and annex each other, their methods would never be this cruel."

"For the Qiang people, population is also a kind of resource. The women and children of those tribes that were annexed were the spoils of war of other tribes."

“Look at these charred corpses. A large portion of them are women. If it were a merger between tribes, it would never be like this.”

But then the problem arises.

If it wasn't a conflict and annexation between different tribes of the Qiang people, then who did it?

Duan Yu dismounted from the Crimson Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast and walked towards the charred pile of corpses.

Looking around, this is the scene all over the valley.

There was no end in sight.

Who on earth would resort to such methods?

Are they the sworn enemies of the Shaodang Qiang?

Or is there someone else?

Just as Duan Yu was thinking about it.

The scouts ahead reported again.

They said they had discovered a mound of Jingguan ahead.

Duan Yu mounted his horse again and rode through the burned-out Qiang camp to the end of the valley.

At the end of the valley, there is a mound of human heads made up of thousands of heads.

After the killings, they piled up human heads into a mound.

There are two main purposes.

One is to vent anger, and the other is to deter others.

Shocking.

If you hadn't seen the line of words written on a cliff face in the valley...

Duan Yu really didn't know what this guy who had wiped out the Shaodang Qiang tribe was up to.

However, when Duan Yu saw the large characters that were clearly written in blood, he finally understood.

"The killer... was... Duan Yu?"

Cao Cao looked at the words on the cliff face, then turned to Duan Yu, who was riding on horseback: "Ziyi, this... this is an attempt to frame you!"

Anyone can figure out what's going on now.

Someone had wiped out the Shaodang Qiang tribe before Duan Yu and his group, then cut off their heads, burned their bodies, and wrote "Duan Yu, the killer" on them.

This is clearly an attempt to frame someone.

But why do that?

Who did this?

"Someone come here..." Yuan Shao frowned and pointed to the large characters written in blood on the cliff face, saying, "Someone come here and wipe them off! Isn't this just throwing mud at Ziyi? Wipe them off!"

Although it is true that they came to attack the Western Qiang, Yuan Shao did not want to admit that this was a frame-up, and that such a low-level framing was used.

But Duan Yu stopped Yuan Shao.

"Please wait, Benchu." Duan Yu shook his head.

Yuan Shao looked at Duan Yu in confusion and said, "Ziyi, although we are here to attack them, this person's actions clearly indicate ill intentions."

"He's trying to smear Ziyi."

Duan Yu remained silent.

Are you trying to smear me?

Duan Yu doesn't know who this person is at the moment.

However, this person's general intention is already quite clear.

This person clearly wanted to use this method to warn the Qiang people that Duan Yu was a ruthless and inhuman killer.

The person who did this must have been one of the defeated leaders of the Western Qiang camp outside Yunwu City.

This person wanted to use this method to unite the Western Qiang people and resist him.

Is this a clever tactic?

That's not clever at all.

Duan Yu smiled and looked at the words on the cliff face.

“Benchu, sometimes the dirtier you are, the more others fear you,” Duan Yu said, smiling at Yuan Shao.