As the sun sets, the people in Bansheng City watch a long string of ropes on the top of the city, and women and children leave earlier. They seem to be escorting them with light cavalry, wearing only mail or cotton armor, or even no armor. They are wearing beautiful military uniforms, with long muskets on their backs, and sabers on their waists. They seem to be muskets on the side of the bag. These cavalry are flexible in their movements, escorting long prisoners with necks and slowly leaving.

The people on the top of the city watched the prisoners leave, and several women seemed to see their relatives being taken away. After crying and howling for a while, the women fainted and people were busy asking doctors to save them. However, there were very few doctors in the city, and many people fainted, so the doctors were unable to get busy.

People were in a heavy mood. He Yusheng's lancers killed many people in front of them not long ago. They were really cruel and ruthless. The captives were captured because the other party voluntarily announced that the surrender 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 Taiji were acting like guarding the city. It was really ridiculous to think that the Mongolian cavalry, who once dominated the world and the descendants of Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan, were forced to defend themselves by an army of Han merchants!

"This bunch of trash!"

"It's better to leave, otherwise it would be too unfair to be killed."

"Well, I will prepare my luggage when I go back tonight. I heard that those who defect to myself will not be treated as prisoners, but will also help us settle down and help us do business."

"He Yusheng needs merchants to settle the territory outside the border as soon as possible and prosper, and of course, it requires a large number of merchants. In addition, although Lord Zhang has such a power now, he is also a businessman after all, so he naturally has a strong reputation."

"I'm really confused by the lard," someone looked at Zhao and Rong hatefully and cursed: "I've been cheated."

"Not."

Many people started to curse, Zhao Rong pretended not to hear it, but the people of the Zhao family around him were also full of anger. After a while, several women who woke up were even more excited. They rushed over and pointed at Zhao Rong's nose and scolded. If they were usually pulled away, they would be persuaded or beaten away by Zhao Rong's tribe members, but at this time no one cared about this matter. Everyone turned their heads and let the white old man be insulted by everyone.

When it was getting darker and before it was dark, Zhao Wen and others had already walked about ten miles.

Zhao Wen never thought that he would have such potential and could go so far in one go. Usually, he would ride a horse or a car when he went out. After two miles, he would choose to ride a horse and rush on his way. If he was wrapped around his neck, he would walk a little slower. As long as he walked in front, the person in front would make him breathless. If he fell, he would be insulted or even beaten by the escorted soldiers.

Zhao Wen noticed that it was no longer the serious lancers who were escorting them, but instead they were escorted by light cavalry. Most of these light cavalry were not armed, but they had a very large number of weapons, just two muskets, as well as weapons such as sabers, short knives, short spears, or broad-sword flying axes.

These cavalrymen were all evil on their faces, not even the elephant was a serious soldier of He Yusheng. Some of the captured people hid in the military fort last year. They were bewitched this year and did not hide anymore. It may be because they saw that the people who did not leave last year were safe and had a wrong idea this year, and this was the result.

While they regretted, they looked at these soldiers. Indeed, the expressions of these soldiers did not look like He Yusheng's soldiers, but judging from their behavior, skillful riding skills and excellent equipment, there is no doubt that these people were He Yusheng's cavalry.

After dark, people finally got a chance to rest.

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

He couldn't help but take off his shoes and socks, and his feet were indeed worn out and blood was dripping.

A light cavalry happened to pass by and saw this scene. He immediately smiled and said, "Boy, there is no hot water for you to soak. Be patient. Don't throw your socks away. Good things, your feet will rot if you have this thing."

The light cavalry's face was full of gloating smiles, but at least he could hear the words, Zhao Wen struggled to say a few words of gratitude.

"Look, you are tender and tender, white and clean, and your family is definitely in good condition." The light cavalry continued to smile in a very unhappy tone as he listened to Zhao Wen: "When you arrive at the copper mine, you suffer. Let's wait. Fortunately, you are Han people and will be released in a year."

Zhao Wen felt a little nervous when he heard this and almost cried out.

6. Someone lit the torches, and later found a large pile of dead branches from nearby shrubs, lit more than a dozen bonfires. There were too many wolves on the grassland. These light cavalry were also afraid that wolves would come to take the people away in the middle of the night. The previous escort missions were carried out by the lances. Some of the prisoners ran away, some were bitten to death by poisonous snakes, and some were broken by wolves. A lot of losses were lost. The military commander was furious and ordered all departments to escort prisoners to be careful and careful to kill on the battlefield. Of course, it would be fine. If the prisoners were not killed, they would be precious human resources. The copper mine would light up the open-pit ore in the next few months.

The following is to quarret underground. The number of existing workers is definitely insufficient. If a large number of prisoners come in to be free labor, it will solve the urgent problem of the military department. The Datong area is not only the expensive laborers, but the manpower is almost exhausted. If tens of thousands of people are recruited, the noise will be too great. The local officials are anxious and there will be no one to be available to the gentry. Even within the dividend system of He Yusheng, it will be very dissatisfied. In this case, getting tens of thousands of prisoners is simply a profitable business. Not only will it save hundreds of thousands of silver a year, there is no need to take the risk of angering all classes in the Datong area. It is simply too much to do.

Recently, even the Lancer Regiment has been warned that if necessary, they should not be killed at will, and that more young and middle-aged men should be arrested as much as possible. Several military departments even hinted that compared with killing and killing, the number of prisoners has an advantage in counting merit and reward.

Zhao Wen and others smelled the aroma of the food.

Everyone knows that He Yusheng's soldiers had a good meal, and Zhao Wen had heard of it for a long time. He had thought it was just an ordinary interesting thing before. After all, with his family background, he had never suffered any grievances in eating and drinking. Unlike some people who heard that He Yusheng's soldiers had meat every meal, and the kind of canned food with vegetables and fruits to eat, he immediately became jealous and saliva flowed down.

But after walking for a long time and being exhausted, Zhao Wen's stomach started to sound like a bulge when he smelled the aroma of meat and rice.

He looked around and the ordinary vegetable farmers and small merchants were very calm. A middle-aged man saw Zhao Wen looking around and said unconsciously: "Look at you, you are a young master, don't think about it, how could he give us food?"

"Yes." Another person said with a frustration: "Strike your life. I heard that it is about 200 miles to the copper mine. It is time to walk thirty or forty miles a day and five days a day. As long as you have water to drink, you will never die."

"I'm afraid there is not even water." The middle-aged man who spoke at the beginning said with a worried look on his face: "My grandfather was caught by the Beilu and never gave him food at all. Even the water was passed by and drink it. If he didn't pass by, he would ignore it. Ten or 20,000 people were caught on the grassland. When he arrived at the pine tree, there were only a few thousand people left, and more than half of them died on the road."

"Damn it," someone said dissatisfied: "Don't say bad things."

"As long as no one is dragging me back." A man with a fat face stared at Zhao Wen fiercely and said angrily: "You guy, white-skinned and not walking fast. He tripped a few times on the road and almost strangled me to death. If you continue to do this tomorrow, I will strangle you to death in advance."

The prisoner must be strictly prohibited from fighting privately. This man also scared Zhao Wen, but even though he knew that the other party was scaring him, Zhao Wen was still scared. He blinked tears in his eyes and quickly agreed. When everyone saw that he was like this, they turned their heads. The evil man was a little embarrassed and muttered softly: "Damn it, he looks like a womb, he is really a waste without eggs."

After cursing like this, it seemed like he was relieved. The disgusting man couldn't help but say, "I saw that my mother, wife and children were taken away, and said I was 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 will keep his word. I just asked a military official. Women and children do some scattered things, such as cleaning, looking at shops, making shoes, embroidery, and going to the luggage team to choose vegetables or wash clothes. He Yusheng offers food and accommodation. If you are not afraid of you being upset, you may be better than when you are at home."

There is no need to doubt He Yusheng's financial resources. The disgusting man actually laughed after hearing this. He scratched his head and said, "That's good, but if you endure some hardship, just go to help someone."

"I want to survive." The disgusted man said again: "It's only a year, and it's over."

Everyone agreed when they heard this. Zhao Wen felt speechless. These people were too fickle. When they mentioned He Yusheng and Zhang Han in the morning, they still cursed. They were tied up with a rope and walked for about ten miles. They had completely changed their attitude. This was too casual.

"Wheat cakes, two pieces per person, one clean water bag, full. When you encounter a water source tomorrow, you can fill it with water yourself."

The light cavalry had enough food and drink, and rode their horses back and forth on both sides of the long line.

They left the wheat cakes and clear water for the captives. Everyone was hungry for most of the day. The wheat cakes weigh about two taels. Although the two cakes with clear water had no taste, half of the cakes were made of flour and half were mixed grains, which tasted badly. Except for a few merchants and people like Zhao Wen, most of the captured people could not eat refined grains a few times throughout the year.
Chapter completed!