Chapter 274

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Ever since receiving the Young Master's order, Yuan Zuozong had been rushing toward the Great Qin border without a moment's rest.

Their goal this time was very clear: they must completely eradicate the entire Xiongnu.

Just as the sky was dawning, Yuan Zuozong led the deep Snow Dragon Cavalry and set off toward the border again.

But when encountering a forest, he suddenly smelled a rich bloody smell.

This bloody smell immediately made Yuan Zuozong realize that something was wrong.

Because this bloody smell was too rich; it could not be emitted by one or two people.

This bloody smell would only appear in one scene, and that was the battlefield.

Only after a large number of people died could such a rich bloody smell be formed.

"Stop."

"Check the situation around me."

Yuan Zuozong stopped the advance of the entire army and said to the Snow Dragon Cavalry below.

Although he had approached the Great Qin border, he had not yet reached the border location.

This bloody smell appeared too strangely.

The Snow Dragon Cavalry immediately spread out toward the surroundings.

Everyone was looking for the source of this bloody smell.

"Chieftain, found it."

Soon,

Yuan Zuozong came to the entrance of the village.

The whole village looked incomparably dilapidated.

Yuan Zuozong, with a gloomy face, led the Snow Dragon Cavalry and rushed into the whole village.

The congealed blood had long since become dark brown.

Walls, streets, stones.

All were dripping with blood.

The further inside he went.

The more corpses there were on the ground.

When walking to the center of the field, he saw the dark corpses of the villagers.

These people all had fear and anger on their faces.

"Go and check the situation around, see what exactly happened."

Yuan Zuozong said with a gloomy face.

Anger was jumping in his eyes.

These Snow Dragon Cavalry entered the whole village again and began to check the situation.

Yuan Zuozong also pushed open the door of a house and walked in.

Just after entering, he saw various furniture and ornaments scattered on the ground.

Ceramics and earthenware jars also turned into fragments and fell to the ground.

Pushing open a room door, he walked in.

Obviously, it was the place where the owner slept.

This place had obviously been rummaged through by someone, and it was a mess everywhere.

Just after coming in, Yuan Zuozong discovered a woman lying in the center of the courtyard.

Unfortunately, the body had long since cooled down.

After checking roughly, the whole house had been turned upside down, and all grain and useful things had been taken away.

Just about to leave.

Yuan Zuozong's gaze shifted to a position, and he heard some faint sounds.

"Who?"

"Get out quickly, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Yuan Zuozong shouted sternly.

Just after the words fell, he immediately heard a faint sound.

"Don't kill me."

Hearing this voice, it was a tender child.

Yuan Zuozong's brows raised, although the killing intent in his eyes faded somewhat, he still remained cautious.

He approached the position where the sound came from step by step, and then saw under the bed of the room.

A tattered straw mat was spread there casually.

Before, Yuan Zuozong did not notice anything different about this piece.

He used the long sword in his hand to pick up this straw mat.

Afterward, he saw three children hiding in a small hole in the center of the bed.

Three children looked at Yuan Zuozong with fear in their eyes.

The slightly older one hugged the two children below.

Yuan Zuozong's brows immediately furrowed when seeing these three children.

"Are you the children of this family?"

He asked in a low voice, trying to keep his voice as low as possible.

The slightly older child was silent for a while, then nodded.

"Then do you know what exactly happened last night?"

Yuan Zuozong did not know if these three children were the survivors of the entire village.

But he knew that these three children should be able to know what happened last night.

Just after his words fell, the eye sockets of the three children immediately turned red.

Looking closely, it was obvious that these three children were holding back their tears last night.

"Wah!"

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The oldest child was only five years old, and at this moment, he could no longer hold it back and cried directly.

The two little boys held in his arms felt their brother's crying.

They also couldn't hold it back and cried together.

Yuan Zuozong looked at the three crying children with furrowed brows, but did not say anything.

The female corpse lying in the courtyard should be the mother of these three children.

Obviously, they should have also seen everything that happened last night.

The three children did not know how long they cried.

Finally, they slowly stopped crying.

"Last night, Dad said mountain bandits came, so he hid us."

"Then Dad went out, leaving Mom alone to cry."

"Then it seemed like many people came, and Mom wouldn't let us go out."

"Then Mom was also taken away by those people."

The oldest child said stutteringly.

Through his narration, Yuan Zuozong roughly understood what happened last night.

"Are you saying that the group of people who came to your village last night were mountain bandits?"

Yuan Zuozong furrowed his brows slightly.

In his mind, he was thinking about which mountain bandits were nearby.

"No... wuwu..."

The little boy couldn't help crying again.

"It was the Xiongnu."

Although he was still young, he recognized the Xiongnu.

Usually, when children in the village played games, they would also play games of the Great General defeating the Xiongnu.

Plus, their village was located at the border, so they naturally recognized what the Xiongnu looked like.

When Yuan Zuozong heard the three words "Xiongnu people," his eyes immediately became sharp.

"Are you sure it was the Xiongnu?"

"Hiccup..."

"I'm sure... they stole Mom away last night."

The five-year-old boy said very firmly.

"Are you a Great General?"

"Will you kill these Xiongnu?"

Looking at the armor on Yuan Zuozong's body, the little boy asked with some expectation.

"Someone, send them to a safe place."

Yuan Zuozong gently patted the little boy's head, and then said to the Snow Dragon Cavalry behind him.

He had already checked the entire village.

The entire village was estimated to have only these three little boys left.

"Xiongnu."

"You deserve to die."

Walking out of the courtyard, Yuan Zuozong said viciously.

He didn't expect that in just one night, he would encounter such a thing.

He regretted that he had rested not far ahead last night.

If he hadn't rested last night but continued on his way.

I'm afraid such a tragedy wouldn't have happened.

An entire village was slaughtered.

Not only was Yuan Zuozong angry, but the entire Snow Dragon Cavalry was also full of hatred for the Xiongnu.

Looking at the fellow countrymen lying on the ground, they wished they could kill all the Xiongnu immediately.

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