Chapter 17 The Circle of People (Today
Circle of people.
It's a place that is dedicated to people.
People are surrounded by livestock in a large circle of wooden fences, where people are next to each other and crowded with people.
In the "circle of people", let alone lying down, at most, there is only a waste of time to sit. In fact, in the cold winter, lying down may cause you to freeze to death.
In the "human circle", if someone dies, it might be a good thing. The cotton jacket on his body will be stripped off and draped on the living person, and the naked corpses of men and women will be thrown next to the "human circle".
"Come on, come on, squeeze it tightly, squeeze it tightly and avoid freezing to death..."
Because there was a rope tied around your neck, Yu Xiaobao felt his neck was tight when someone moved.
Although he had been caught in the circle for ten days, he still had not adapted to the rope tied around his neck.
Ten people were tied with ropes, although they were not tied up their hands, but like other people, Yu Xiaobao was also sitting honestly. If there were Qing soldiers coming in, he would not even dare to raise his head, for fear that someone would slash him with one knife. However, those people came in often at the women in the circle of people. After the women were pulled out, they never came back. The next day they were naked corpses.
"Guru..."
The belly hit the drum again, and he licked his lips, as if he wanted to moisten the chapped lips with the saliva, but there was no saliva in his mouth. He grabbed a ball of snow from the cracks in his clothes and stuffed it into his mouth. While the thirst was relieved, he became even colder.
"God, I won't freeze to death..."
Life was not easy to be locked up in the circle of people. Although the Donglu came from all over the place to take them to be slaves, they only gave them one meal every day, and they could only eat half full. After not being able to hold on for two days, people would be so hungry that they were dizzy. Needless to say, this was also his way to prevent everyone from escaping. They were so hungry that they had no energy to run away, so they could only stay in this circle of people obediently. Not to mention running away, if they were hungry for a few days, they would be afraid they would not be able to walk.
"I don't know when this day will end!"
When Yu Xiaobao, who was hungry and cold, saw the Dongguan soldiers cheering towards Jinan City, he couldn't help but shout.
"It's soon, it's soon. Didn't you see that they were yelling that Jinan City was broken? When they robbed and killed each other, they would probably have to rush us to Liaodong like animals..."
The scholar next to him said, his face full of frostbite was full of despair.
Jinan City is broken!
Looking up at the Donglu soldiers who were killing Jinan City, Yu Xiaobao felt his eyes warm.
When this city is broken, how many people will the Eastern Captains have to kill?
Thinking of how many people were killed, Yu Xiaobao couldn't help but pray.
"The Bodhisattva blesses them, bless them to hide and not be found by the Eastern Captain soldiers..."
When Yu Xiaobao was praying, everything that happened in the next few hours seemed to him was simply incredible. First of all, if you don’t know what happened, a group of Donglu soldiers fled back. The Donglu soldiers shouted "Sky Fire, Tianhuo". Even a few miles away, you could see the rolling black smoke rising from Jinan City, and then you could see the chaos in the camp for a day.
Heavenly Fire?
What is Tianhuo?
Just as he was puzzled, a fire suddenly broke out in the Donglu camp. After a violent explosion, what happened in the camp almost scared Yu Xiaobao to death - the Donglu soldiers shouted and slashed each other, like being possessed by demons.
The people who were locked in the circle of people also saw the chaos in the Donglu camp. Sometimes, those who were red-eyed even rushed to the "Human circle". Fortunately, they were separated by a fence, otherwise those Donglu soldiers who were red-eyed would kill in and would not know how many people they would kill.
In that way, they killed more than an hour. Although many Donglu soldiers, including those guarding the "people circle", had fled, because there were still many Donglu soldiers standing in the camp, holding swords without saying a word, so they didn't dare to let out. But later, Yu Xiaobao saw someone breaking in, and those people killed them when they saw the Donglu soldiers, as if they were... an official army!
"The government army is here, the government army is here..."
Finally, everyone's shouts gathered together, and then, Yu Xiaobao really saw the official army. For the first time in his life, when he saw the official army, he seemed to see a Bodhisattva. Yu Xiaobao knelt on the ground, kowtowed while glad... he finally survived!
When he heard that he had saved them, he kowtowed and cried loudly, just like the others.
"Criminal Prince, save the prince who is seeking hardships."
...
Is this the "circle of people"?
Looking at the crowded and crowded places in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang opened his eyes wide and stared at everything in front of him, staring at the people in the "circle of people". Regardless of gender, they were all ten people tied with ropes and then locked in the circle of people, without even a straw shed to shelter from the wind and snow.
"Criminal, when we were in the city, I heard that when the Eastern Barbarians headed south, they robbed countless people along the way, regardless of gender, as long as they were young and strong, and the escaped people said that they robbed people to return to Liaodong to farm for them and be slaves for them..."
How could Zhu Guoqiang not know about all Qian Degong's words? Isn't this the purpose of the Qing army entering the Frontier?
Grab money, grab people!
Other people’s history books clearly state that more than 460,000 people and animals are plundered!
The more than 460,000 people were snatched back and counted. How many people were locked up in such a circle of people? How many people were frozen to death? How many people starved to death? How many people were killed?
No one has ever counted that only those bastards who are not enough slaves are proudly showing off their achievements and are content to "poach more than 460,000 people and animals". It seems that being able to become a blessing for the "Aha" for several lifetimes is a blessing for the "Nicans". It seems that the descendants of those people really think so.
Looking at the people who kowtowed to him, listening to the crying sounds coming from the circle of people. Looking at the naked corpses piled up in the open space beside him, Zhu Guoqiang's face turned ashen.
"Go and tell Wudi that those Qing soldiers... will leave no living!"
...
After instructing people to count, resettle and rescue the refugees, when they rushed to the city, Zhu Guoqiang did not look back and look behind him, but stared at the broken walls outside Jinan City. It was the Jinan city wing burned by the Qing army. On the white land, you can clearly see the broken walls that still stand. Behind them is the broken Jinan City Wall. The city inside the city wall is still emitting rolling black smoke, and Jinan is still burning.
But no matter what, I kept here myself!
Thinking of this, Zhu Guoqiang's lips raised lightly, his face full of pride. At this moment, he heard someone shouting.
"Your Highness, your Highness is there, I want to see Your Highness..."
Chapter completed!