Sima Yi, Jia Xu, Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia, and the others also hurried over. Hearing this, they all looked curiously at the soldier bearing the message.
"Reporting to Your Majesty-"
The soldier bowed respectfully, then said, "Scouts previously reported discovering traces of the rebels at the Qiang Royal Court, so General Zhang led the Mo Dao Army there on his own, intending to fight the rebels to the death."
"The Qiang sent a great army to meet him, but General Zhang routed them."
"General Zhang then pressed his advantage and led his troops into the Royal Court, but found no trace of the rebels. Only after questioning people did he learn that Ma Chao had already led the rebels to Shang Commandery, deep in the Qiang Lands."
"The leaders of the various tribes of the Qiang Royal Court had also gone to Shang Commandery, leaving the Royal Court very poorly defended."
"Unwilling to return empty-handed after learning this, General Zhang took the opportunity to rescue the civilians trapped in the Royal Court and capture a number of Qiang nobles. Aside from that, he also..."
The soldier stopped, looking as though he wanted to speak but was holding back.
Liu Xie raised an eyebrow at this and asked, "What else did he do? Why have you stopped?"
The soldier hesitated briefly before answering, "Aside from that, General Zhang also ordered the slaughter of the entire Qiang Royal Court. Men and women, old and young-he had them all killed."
"Not only that, General Zhang set fire to the entire Royal Court, the grasslands, and the mountains, and cast corpses into all the major water sources, fouling all the Qiang's clean fresh water..."
After recounting what Zhang He had done in the Qiang Lands, the soldier mustered his courage and added, "Your Majesty,