Meng Tian ordered everyone to repair in this tribe for a night, although there were only old people, women and children left in the tribe, but at the request of Zhao Li, they were still divided into two groups to stand guard during the night's rest, and at the same time set up dark and open sentry posts to pay close attention to any movement inside and outside the tribe. At the same time, Meng Tian also specially ordered that all soldiers should not violate the remaining women and children in the tribe, otherwise they would be severely punished according to military law. In fact, for the women on the grassland, in their cognition, they may be the appendages of men, because there are many tribes on the grassland, there are often wars between tribes, the losing side is often the man is all killed, women and children and the cattle and sheep in the tribe are all owned by the victorious side, and now there is a new regime on the grassland - the royal family, under the unified management of the royal family, this situation is gradually reduced.

The night was peaceful, and the next morning Meng Tian woke up in the tent, put on his armor and walked out of the tent, and a soldier at the door came forward to report that there was a secret sentry that had caught two boys who were trying to escape last night, because the general had an order, so the sentry just caught them and waited for the general to fall. Meng Tian was a little surprised when he heard this, the two boys dared to escape surrounded by hundreds of people, they were too unaware of their own people, thinking of this, Meng Tian asked the soldiers to lead him to the place where the two boys were captured, and he wanted to see how powerful these two children who wanted to escape and send the letter were.

When Meng Tian arrived at the place where the two children were detained, there were already many Rongdi people surrounding there, and a woman kneeling on the ground and crying heartbreakingly, it seemed that she should be the mother of the two children.

Inside the crowd were dozens of Qin soldiers, all of whom were ready to fight, in case these Rongdi people came to save people. The two children were tied to two pillars used to tie the horses, and their hands were tied behind their backs, but from the eyes of the two children, Meng Tian did not see the slightest timidity, but was full of hatred.

Meng Tian went around to the side, and the soldiers of the Qin army saw the young general coming, and hurriedly made way for him. Meng Tian walked into the crowd, walked to Zhao Li, who was standing in the middle of the two children, and asked, "Brother Zhao, what's going on?"

Seeing Meng Tian coming, Zhao Li hurriedly turned around and saluted, and after being stopped by Meng Tian, he stood up straight and said, "Major General, last night these two children were going to go to the horse pen to steal the horse, and then escape, but fortunately, I set up an extra secret post in the horse circle, otherwise maybe I could really let these two little children escape." ”

Meng Tian looked at the two children tied up, both of whom should have been around ten years old, with tattered clothes and messy hair. Meng Tian asked Zhao Li, "Did you only catch these two children who wanted to escape last night?" Or were these two children just bait to attract your attention and help others escape?"

"General Hui, the sentry I set up last night surrounded this place tightly, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to run out of any place, and the last general will dare to guarantee his life. Zhao Li said.

Meng Tian nodded, "I believe in you, Brother Zhao." Did you hurt these two kids after you caught them last night?"

Zhao Li shook his head and said: "Although we and the Hu people are enemies, we will not be like the Hu people, and we will kill the characters there in the next place, so I rushed over after I knew it, but fortunately, the two children did not make any resistance after they were caught, so I ordered someone to just tie up the two of them and did not hurt them." ”

Meng Tian turned to look at the Rong Di herdsmen gathered here, these people were all a little excited, especially the mother of the two children, crying to death, and kept speaking Rong Di language, it seemed that she was begging Qin Jun to let her two children go. However, Meng Tian always felt that things were not so simple, he felt that this matter was a bit strange, if these people wanted to send someone out to ask for help, it was impossible to just let the two children escape.

Just when Meng Tian was puzzled, Du Hui came over with a group of soldiers, and the soldiers stepped forward to separate the crowd and leave the middle road. Du Hui led the people over, bowed to Meng Tian, and said: "General Qiyu, the last general just caught a Rongdi person who wanted to escape, this person wanted to escape when we relaxed our vigilance in the morning, but was still discovered by the brother of the secret sentinel. After speaking, the soldier behind him escorted a Rong Di man forward, but this man was not as lucky as these two children, his face was beaten blue and purple, and there were many footprints on his body.

Meng Tian understood that the Rongdi people in this tribe were playing tricks with him, using two children as bait to lure his attention, and then sending people out to report the news, it seems that these Rongdi people also know the art of war. Thinking of this, Meng Tian asked Du Hui to tie up the newly captured Rongdi man, and tied him to the two children, and then sent someone to gather all the people in this tribe here, since these people hate themselves so much, they don't want to reveal the news of their own people, so for the safety of their own lives and the lives of their brothers, they can't take care of much.

After a short time, the Qin soldiers had already gathered all the remaining Rongdi people in the tribe here, and the soldiers reported to Meng Tian: "General, all the Rongdi people have been escorted here, a total of two hundred and sixty-one people, one hundred and eighty-five women, and a total of seventy-six men including children. ”

Meng Tian looked at the two hundred and sixty-one Rongdi people in front of him, although they were all old and weak women and children, but Meng Tian understood that even these old and weak women and children could spoil their own affairs, and his father said that they should never despise their enemies on the battlefield, otherwise they would despise their own lives. If these three people had not been caught last night or this morning, he and his five hundred men would have died on this prairie.

Meng Tian has made a choice in his heart, although he is very cruel, but he can't help it, there will always be people who die in the war, but he definitely doesn't want the soldiers who follow him to die. Meng Tian gave an order to Du Hui and said, "Brother Du, separate these Rongdi men from women. ”

Du Hui received the order and ordered the soldiers to separate the men and women among the Rongdi people, and then the soldiers separated them in the middle. After separating the crowd, Meng Tian looked at the two groups of people and said, "Brother Zhao, Brother Du, this time we came out and were enemies everywhere on the grassland, for the sake of everyone's safety, I can only do this." ”

Zhao Li understood what Meng Tian meant, and said: "Young General, what you did is not wrong, in exchange, if these Rongdi people break through our city, our fate will only be worse than theirs, so no matter what the young general does, the last general will support you." Du Hui also nodded beside him, expressing his support for Meng Tian's decision.

"Good. Meng Tian said, "Let go of this man and these two children, separate them from these men, and then shoot all these Rongdi men!"

Kill all these people? The Qin soldiers present were a little dazed, but they still chose to obey the general's order, took out their bows and arrows, and aimed at the Rong Di man and the child. When the Rong Di people saw that the Qin soldiers raised their bows and arrows towards them, they understood what was going on and wanted to resist, and the women on the other side saw that their men and children were about to die under the arrows of the Qin people, and they also began to resist.

But Meng Tian didn't give them a chance, and said, "Shoot the arrows." ”

After a rain of arrows, all the Rong Di men in this tribe, including the children, fell to the ground, Meng Tian closed his eyes and chose not to watch, this is the first time he has killed people on the battlefield, and he still killed men and children who have no ability to resist, although he can't bear it, but this is the rule of survival of soldiers, although these people have no power to resist, but in the end they are still their enemies, thinking of this, Meng Tian's heart is a little more comfortable.

After shooting the men, Meng Tian withdrew the soldiers, and let the remaining Rongdi women look at the corpses of their men and children, and then said, "This is the end of the matter, gather the team and prepare to go, and before leaving, leave a little of all the livestock in this tribe for these women to use as food, and slaughter the rest for our food." ”

"Yes, General. ”

After this time, Meng Tian felt that his heart had gradually become cold-blooded, but he didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, although he had just been on the battlefield for a long time, but the number of enemies killed was already a lot, grandpa said that this is the only way for a general to grow, so Meng Tian did not regret doing this, even if he would leave an infamy in the history books in the future, he still did not hesitate.