Xue Shen also sensed something was wrong and instructed Pang Lai, "Go and find out what's going on."
Pang Lai responded, and his horse caught up with the refugees. The refugees, seeing him suddenly catch up, were terrified and immediately knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
Upon seeing this, Pang Lai dismounted and handed them the rations he had brought, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am under the command of the King of Qin, and I am currently accompanying the King of Qin to annihilate the remnants of the Northern Rong army. I just want to ask you for some information."
The refugees, seeing that although he had a fierce face, he was kind and the dry rations he offered were substantial, hesitated for a long time before carefully accepting and dividing them, saying respectfully, "Sir, please feel free to ask whatever you wish."
"Where did you flee from? What exactly happened? Tell me everything."
The oldest of the refugees was an old man who seemed braver than the others and spoke clearly. He replied tremblingly, "We originally lived in Fangjia Village on Tamu Mountain. A couple of days ago, a group of Northern Rong soldiers suddenly attacked and slaughtered the entire village... We were lucky enough to escape because we weren't in the village at the time. But we heard from people in other villages that those Northern Rong soldiers were still killing people everywhere, so we didn't dare go back. We thought of going to Xizhou. There are more people there, and maybe we can beg for some food and survive."
Upon hearing this, Pang Lai's face darkened: "It's true that the Northern Rong soldiers massacred the village?!"
The old man wiped away his tears and said, "How could I dare to lie to you, sir? My whole family of six was in the village, and they're all gone. I didn't even dare to go back to collect their bodies. I just looked at them from afar on the mountain. They were all burned. Nothing is left."
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