As the sun set, the people of Bansheng City watched a long string of ropes leave with people on the head of the city, the women and children left earlier, and they seemed to be light cavalry, wearing only chain mail or cotton armor, or even no armor, they were wearing beautiful military uniforms, with long muskets on their backs, sabers around their waists, and as if there were firecrackers on one side of the pockets, these cavalrymen moved flexibly, escorting a long captives who were wrapped around their necks, and slowly left. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The people at the head of the city watched the captives leave, and a few women seemed to see their relatives taken away, and after a while of crying, the women fainted, and the people were busy calling the doctors to save them, but there were very few doctors in the city, and there were many people who fainted, and the doctors were too busy at all.

People are in a heavy mood, and Yusheng's lancers have killed a lot of people in front of their eyes not long ago, which is really ruthless, and the captives were captured because the other party took the initiative to announce that the surrenderer would not be killed, otherwise these men would have become corpses long ago.

The enemy cavalry was raging not far from Qingcheng, but Xi Lingse and other Taiji put on a posture of defending the city, which really made people laugh and cry. The Mongolian iron cavalry, the descendants of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, who were once invincible in the world, were forced to defend the city by an army composed of a group of Han merchants!

"This bunch of shit!"

"It's better to leave, or it will be too unjust to be killed."

"Well, when I go back in the evening, I will prepare my luggage, and I heard that those who defect on their own will not be treated as prisoners, and will help us settle down and help us to do business."

"He Yusheng needs merchants to settle down and prosper the territory outside the Saiwai as soon as possible, of course, a large number of merchants are needed. In addition, although Lord Zhang has such a power now, after all, he is also a businessman, so he naturally has a passion for incense. ”

"I'm really blinded by lard," someone looked at Zhao and Rong hatefully and scolded: "I was deceived." ”

"Not really."

Many people scolded, Zhao and Rong didn't hear it, but the people of the Zhao family around him were also full of anger in their eyes, and after a while, several women who woke up were even more excited, they rushed over and pointed at Zhao and Rong's nose and scolded, if they were usually dragged away and persuaded by someone, or beaten away by Zhao and Rong's clansmen, but at this time, no one cared about this at all, everyone turned their heads, and let this gray-haired old man be abused by everyone.

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When the sky was getting dark, Zhao Wen and the others had already walked more than ten miles.

Zhao Wen never thought that he would have such potential, he could go so far in one go, usually he went out on a horse or in a car, and he would choose to ride a horse for more than two miles, and he was so wrapped around his neck, as long as he walked a little slower, the person in front of him would drive him to breathe, and if he fell, he would be insulted or even beaten by the soldiers escorting......

Zhao Wen noticed that it was no longer those serious lancers who were escorting them, but a group of lightly armed light cavalry escorts, most of these light cavalry were not wearing armor, but the number of weapons on their bodies was very large, just two fire guns, as well as sabers, short knives, short throwing spears, or broadswords and axes.

These cavalrymen have some evil on their faces, and they don't even look like serious soldiers with Yusheng, and some of the captured people hid in the military fort last year, and they didn't hide out again after being bewitched this year, or they may have seen that the people who didn't leave last year were safe and sound, and this year they had the wrong idea for a while, and the result was like this.

While regretting it, they looked at these soldiers, indeed, the demeanor of these soldiers did not look like He Yusheng's soldiers, but judging from their mannerisms and skillful riding skills and excellent equipment, there was no doubt that these people were indeed He Yusheng's cavalry.

After dark, people finally got a chance to rest.

Everyone collapsed on the ground, Zhao Wen felt that his legs were about to break, his feet hurt his heart, and his waist was also very sore.

He couldn't help but take off his shoes and socks, and sure enough, his feet were worn out and drenched in blood.

A light cavalry happened to pass by and saw this scene, and immediately smiled on the horse: "Boy, there is no hot water for you to soak, bear with it, don't lose your socks, good thing, how can your feet rot with this thing." ”

The light cavalryman's face was full of schadenfreude, but he could still hear the bad words, and Zhao Wen struggled to say a few words of gratitude.

"Look at your kid is fine-skinned and tender-skinned, white and clean, and his family background is quasi-good." The light cavalry continued to smile in a very unpleasant tone that Zhao Wen listened to: "When you go to the copper mine, but you are guilty, boil it, fortunately, you are Han, and you will be released in a year." ”

Zhao Wen's heart sank when he heard this, and he almost cried.

Someone lit the torch one after another, and then found a large pile of dead branches from the nearby bushes, lit a dozen piles of bonfires, there were too many wolves on the grassland, these light cavalry were also afraid that there would be wolves in the middle of the night to take people away, the first few escort tasks were carried out by the lancers, the captives ran away, some were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and there were broken corpses by wolves, and there were a lot of losses, and the military division was furious, and strictly ordered all departments to escort the prisoners to be careful and careful...... Of course, it is okay to kill on the battlefield, but if the prisoners who are not killed are precious human resources, the copper mine will be exhausted of open-pit ore in the next few months, and the next step is to quarry underground, and the number of existing workers is definitely insufficient, if a large number of prisoners come in as free labor, it is equivalent to solving the urgent need of the military department...... Datong is not only a problem of hiring workers is very expensive, but the manpower is close to exhaustion, if you recruit tens of thousands more, the movement is too big, the magistrates are anxious, the gentry have no one available, even in the dividend system of He Yusheng, it will be very dissatisfied, in this case, getting tens of thousands of captives is simply a business that cannot be earned, not to mention saving hundreds of thousands of silver a year, and there is no need to risk angering all strata in Datong, it is simply too much.

Recently, even the Lancers Regiment was warned not to kill at will unless necessary, and to capture as many young men as possible, and several military commanders even hinted that the number of prisoners was more advantageous in terms of merit and remuneration than killing and beheading.

Zhao Wen and the others smelled the aroma of food.

Eating well with Yusheng's soldiers is something that everyone knows, and Zhao Wen has long heard of it. It was an ordinary anecdote before, after all, with his family background, he had never been wronged in eating and drinking, unlike some people who heard that He Yusheng's soldiers had meat to eat, and the kind of canned food with vegetables and fruits to eat, and his eyes immediately turned red and saliva flowed.

But after walking for a long day, tired and half dead, he smelled the aroma of meat and rice, and Zhao Wen's stomach sounded like a drum.

He looked around, those ordinary vegetable farmers and small businessmen were very calm, and a middle-aged man saw Zhao Wen looking around, and said unconsciously: "Look at your appearance is a little young master, don't think about it, how can people give us food?" ”

"yes." Another person said with a depressed face: "Let's earn my life, I heard that there are more than 200 miles of land in the copper mine, and I have walked thirty or forty miles a day and five days of hard work, as long as there is water to drink, I will not die." ”

"I'm afraid I don't even have water." The middle-aged man who spoke at the beginning said with a worried face: "My grandfather was caught by the northern captives on the grassland, and he didn't give him food at all, and even the water happened to pass by and gave him to drink, and he didn't care if he didn't pass by, one or two hundred thousand people were caught and brought to the grassland, and when he arrived at Banshengdi, there were only a few thousand people left, and more than half of them died on the way." ”

"Damn," someone said dissatisfiedly, "don't say bad things." ”

"As long as no one drags behind." There was a man with a meaty face who stared at Zhao Wen viciously, and said angrily: "You kid, you have fine skin and white flesh, you don't walk fast, you tripped a few times on the road, and almost strangled Lao Tzu." If you do this tomorrow, I will strangle you to death in advance. ”

The captives are definitely forbidden to fight privately, and this man is also scaring Zhao Wen, but even if he knows that the other party is scaring himself, Zhao Wen is still scared enough, tears blinked in his eyes, and he hurriedly agreed, everyone saw that he looked like this, and they turned their heads, and the evil man was a little embarrassed, and muttered softly: "Damn, like a girl, it's really a waste without eggs." ”

This scolding like this seems to have eliminated the evil spirit, and the evil-faced man couldn't help but say: "I saw that my mother, wife and children were taken away, saying that they were going to work in the military fort, and I don't know what happened." ”

"Don't worry about this." The middle-aged man said: "He Yusheng has always been a good talker, I just inquired with a military master, women and children are to do some scattered things, such as cleaning, looking after the store, making shoes, embroidery, etc., and will also go to the army to choose vegetables or wash clothes." Food and accommodation are provided by Yusheng, and if you are not afraid of your annoyance, I am afraid that it is stronger than when you are at home. ”

There is no need to doubt He Yusheng's financial resources, the evil-faced man actually laughed when he heard this, he scratched his head and said: "That's good, but if you suffer a little, you should go to help others." ”

"I'm going to survive." The evil-faced man said again: "It's only a year, and it's over." ”

Everyone agreed when they heard this, Zhao Wen felt speechless on the side, these people are too fickle, and when they mentioned He Yusheng and Zhang Han in the morning, they still scolded him, and they were tied up with a rope and walked for more than ten miles, but they actually completely changed their attitude, which is too casual.

"Wheat cakes, two pieces per person, one water bladder, full, tomorrow when you encounter a water source, you can fill it yourself."

The hussars were well fed and drunk, and rode their horses to and fro on either side of the long procession.

They threw wheat cakes and water to the captives, all of them were hungry for most of the day, wheat cakes were about two taels and one heavy, although the two cakes with water had no taste at all, but half of this cake was made of flour, half of it was miscellaneous grains, and it did not taste bad, and most of the captives could not eat refined grain several times a year, except for a few merchants and people like Zhao Wen.