choke element

Chapter 241 Human Life

The hundred households turned their heads and yelled a few words, waved their hands as a signal, and then steered their horses back to the side.On the grass twenty steps away from the trestle bridge, servants had already spread out blankets and served wine and meat.Several nobles sat cross-legged, cut off the cooked meat with the knife in their hands as if no one was there, stuffed it roughly into their mouths and chewed.

The Mongols in the pen began to pick.They rode their horses fiercely into the crowd, whipped their whips left and right, selected the strong and energetic people with the most brutal methods, and drove them out of the fence one by one.Then screen out the elderly, those with handicapped hands and feet, or those with serious injuries or even disabilities, and charge them with horses to drive them to the other side of the fence.

Zhao Xuan looked at this scene indifferently and did not stop it.

In the past ten years, from Chang, Huan, Fu and other prefectures to the west, including Datong Prefecture, Dongsheng Prefecture, Yunnei Prefecture and other places, many people have fled to the grassland.

This is due to years of natural disasters, coupled with government oppression, the number of bankrupt herdsmen and border Han children who have lost their land and cannot make a living is very large.The weaker among them either sold themselves into slavery, or died of starvation and freezing, while the stronger and bolder fled north across the Jiehao Great Wall, trying to find a way out on the grassland.

However, the economic situation on the grasslands was far behind that in the interior. Most of the Han children who went to the grasslands became slaves, and their lives may not be better than before.

Therefore, on the one hand, many people flee to the grassland every year, and on the other hand, many people intend to flee back to the south of the Great Wall every year.It was easy to go, but difficult to come. Many people were caught by the Mongols on the way to escape, or were executed on the spot, or tied up and taken back to the depths of the grassland.

Zhao Xuan's family used to sell porcelain on the grasslands and visited several border trade towns north of the Great Wall.He has seen many such scenes.

Later, as the Mongols became stronger, a small group of Mongolian troops broke into the defense line of the boundary trench and plundered more people.Along with the looting, there was a large number of massacres, and families were destroyed, and ordinary people were heartbroken, and even died unexpectedly.

And Zhao Xuan's family business was unsustainable at this time.After all, the Mongols have already robbed them with knives, so why bother to exchange them honestly with you.

The situation in front of him is just like what Zhao Xuan saw in the border area when he was young.He has long been used to it, but it is obvious that Ding Haijun, who has won the battle, came forward to rescue the people, but these Mongolian cavalry still have a fierce posture, which is really hateful.

The Han people, being driven here suddenly, were already terrified, but at this moment they were even louder and crying.

It's normal for them to panic.They may have been diligent farmers, merchants who were good at calculating, and officials who lived a good life, but now, all of them are just wandering souls left after the tragic massacre. In the eyes of the Mongols, their status It is no different from cows and horses, even lower than cows and horses, and it will not feel bad after death.

What else can they do but cry and make noise?
Zhao Xuan was about to negotiate with the hundred Mongolian households, but suddenly stopped.

He thought for a while and pointed to a sign: "Anyone who is singled out is ours. Immediately take fifty soldiers to guard the fence!"

The head of the brand followed the order and went away, and immediately took 50 people, and inserted them between the common people and the Mongolian cavalry.

Several Mongolian cavalrymen rode their horses and walked in front of the people, looking at the women among them with squinting eyes, and complaining regretfully from time to time.After being charged by the soldiers, the Mongols shouted and waved their whips, angrily posing various threatening gestures.

But these fifty soldiers were the members of Tie Futu who accompanied Monk Luo to storm the Mongolian cavalry that day.They were all tall and brave, and they had just killed a group of Mongols chopping melons and vegetables, so why would they be afraid?
Fifty armored soldiers directly held their guns on guard, but the Mongolian cavalry dared not approach.

Zhao Xuan thought about it, but still felt that it was not enough.He pointed to a brand leader again: "You go and pick fifty loud voices, and tell the people loudly and loudly that we are the Laizhou Dinghai Navy, and we are here to rescue them! The Mongols have been defeated by us!"

Fifty men with loud voices came in a moment, including soldiers and sailors, and they stood by the fence and shouted in unison.The people were indeed a little more stable.

A few clever people also inquired about the situation in Laizhou from the soldiers and determined the background of the navy.

The soldiers immediately proudly talked about their own achievements, saying that Guo Ning, the Jiedu envoy, was a warrior in the northern border. This time he defeated the Mongolian army, killed thousands of people, and captured the fourth Mongolian prince. He exchanged the lives of the four princes for tens of thousands of people.

When the people heard the news, they couldn't help exclaiming. Some people were skeptical, and couldn't imagine that those beast-like Mongols would be defeated.So several soldiers who were on the battlefield described the details of the battlefield one by one, and deliberately described the tragic situation of the fourth prince Tuo Lei, making him look cowardly and extremely unbearable.Many people never believed, turned into half-belief, and some people knelt down on the spot and kowtowed to thank Guo Ning for his kindness.

The soldiers preached in this way, and naturally some translators passed it on to the hundreds of Mongolian households who drank and ate meat.

The Mongolian family jumped up violently, stood next to Zhao Xuan and yelled repeatedly, Zhao Xuan raised his chin, but ignored him, and the Mongolian family could not do anything to him.

By the time of Shenchu, all five thousand Han men and women had been counted.

Many of these people are here with their families.When the Mongols selected, they were very simple and rude. It was inevitable that some sons would be picked out, fathers would be left behind, wives would be picked, and husbands would be driven back into the pen.

As the crowds on both sides gradually separated, many people were suddenly seized by the pain of parting from life and death. There were people crying on both sides, some trying to run back from outside the fence, and some trying to climb over the fence to go outside.

The Mongolian cavalry rode their horses back and forth, beating them all over the ground with whips.And the officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy were strictly ordered in advance that they were here to reap benefits, not to fight, and they were not allowed to make trouble unless it was absolutely necessary, so everyone looked ugly, but they didn't intervene.

Liu Yue carried some food and water from the boat, and led people to distribute them in the crowd. While trying to appease the people, he made a temporary formation for them.

Zhao Xuan nodded to the Mongolian hundred households and started to leave.

This one is just the beginning, and there are many more to come.So many people, craftsmen, and money and food have to be handed over on the Xiaoqing River, and the time is so tight.The first game can reach this level, and the two sides did not fight each other, which is already very good.

He was about to go to the direction of the people outside the fence to give Liu Yue a hand, when suddenly he heard a few Mongolian families shouting.

The Mongolian cavalry suddenly moved.

The remaining old and weak people who were selected were all driven to the other side of the fence, while the Mongolian cavalry suddenly drew their swords and drew their swords, and slowly pushed towards them!

Liu Yue discovered this situation first, and yelled at Zhao Xuan repeatedly.Zhao Xuan turned his head to look, his face paled in shock.

He could see the killing intent in the gray eyes of the Mongols, and feel their undisguised violence.The Mongolian army is going to kill!No wonder they brought so many people here... They wanted to kill people to deter them from the very beginning!Except for 5000 people, the rest of the men who were selected will not survive!

He turned around and rushed straight to the Mongolian hundred households, shouting repeatedly in Mongolian: "Stop! Stop! No!"

The Mongolian Baihu and several companions stood up slowly from the blanket, everyone raised their chins and sneered repeatedly.

The hundred Mongolian households didn't even look at Zhao Xuan, and shouted to the knights: "Hurry up! Kill them all!"

Wherever the Mongolian army went, there was blood and blood, and massacres seemed to be commonplace.To them, killing an unarmed civilian is no different from killing an ordinary livestock.Different tribes on the prairie killed each other and exterminated each other. This has been the case for thousands of years.

And when they discovered that such an easy thing could actually intimidate outsiders, they used this method to intensify it outside the grassland.

At this moment, seeing Zhao Xuan's restless but powerless expression, the hundred households couldn't help but want to laugh.

In the final analysis, you are all weak people, only fit to eat grass like rabbits!And Mongolian fighters are always fighters even if they miss occasionally.Today we killed a group of Han Chinese as a warning, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and many days to come, we will continue to kill!

Not far from the fence, Zhang Rong, who sneaked up here along the gully, saw the situation completely in his eyes.

The news he heard in a short while made his emotions change from consternation, to doubt, to ecstasy, and now, to a little disappointment.

After all, the imperial court is unreliable... Those officials of the imperial court probably don't care about human life.

Zhang Rong cursed in a low voice, and said to his companions: "Go and light up the smoke, if the situation becomes chaotic, you will lead the people into the ditch."

In the next moment, he stood upright, drew his bow and set his arrow, aiming at a Mongolian knight holding a scimitar in front of him.

(End of this chapter)