Chapter 52: Arrest
Shuo Xiang's group of people cautiously moved along the river.
It's just that until the night, they didn't see a single figure, and when the night came, it was extremely dangerous for these people with night blindness, so Shuo Xiang had to stop moving forward and find a safe place to rest.
During the boring hours of the night, the soldiers could only pass the time by small talk.
"Squad leader, when will our tribe be like those people in the Xin clan, with gorgeous clothes to wear and a comfortable house to live in?"
A soldier looked at the starry night sky and muttered.
Shuo Xiang said with a smile: "What can you do with the Xin clan, the leaders of those people will clean them up sooner or later, our Daqi tribe will sooner or later trample all the tribes under their feet, snatch their women, and eat the food they grow, and when the time comes, let the leader reduce the people of the Xin clan to slaves, and send a few people to serve us, and let us enjoy the treatment of the noble lord." ”
It is naturally a human instinct to get together and brag when you are full, and people in this era are no exception.
Listening to Shuo Xiang's boasting, the soldiers were full of longing, fantasizing that day would come soon.
The boring time passes in mutual nonsense.
As soon as it was dark, Shuo Xiang gathered his team again and continued his search.
After walking for a long time, the group finally found a trace of human activity.
There was a pile of feces by the river, and it was a pile of some fresh human feces.
There are also some messy human footprints scattered in the mud, and judging by the number of footprints, there should be more than one person.
Shuo Xiang carefully checked the direction of the footprints, looked to the south, waved his hand, and said, "This way!" ”
After following the trail for more than an hour, Shuo Xiang finally met a tribe that was extremely down. Near the woods ahead, a tribe of nearly ten people was resting.
There was only one woman among the dozen men, all of whom looked extremely weak, their clothes made of animal skins and linen hanging empty, and their thin bodies as if they could be blown by a gust of wind.
"Squad leader, are these people what we're looking for?"
A soldier asked.
Shuo Xiang frowned, "It should be these people." ”
"What is the leader looking for these people, looking at their appearance, it is estimated that they will all starve to death in a day or two, and there is probably nothing good on them."
"You know, the leader must have a reason to do this, we just have to obey the order."
The soldier pursed his lips and glanced at the tribe without sitting.
Shuo Xiang looked at the down-and-out tribe and hesitated a little in his heart, Yang Hao told him that after discovering the target, he would immediately return to him to return to him.
But he knew that Yang Hao must be like arresting these people, if he returned like this now, what if he let these escape.
Just when he was more entangled, a soldier beside him suddenly asked, "Squad leader, what should we do?" ”
Shuo Xiang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "It's done, all of you are ready, capture these people alive, and you can't let one go." ”
For this somewhat inexplicable order, the soldiers were a little confused, and it was useful to catch some people who were dying of starvation.
Although I was puzzled in my heart, I still followed Shuoxiang's orders. Getting ready, he checked his weapon and removed the wooden shield from his back and put it on his left arm.
To capture these people, Shuo Xiang felt that there was no need to form a battle formation, and the battle formation was okay to fight with the enemy, and it was obviously not suitable to do this kind of work.
Therefore, Shuo Xiang led people to quickly approach that tribe under the cover of the terrain.
And that tribe didn't have the slightest awareness that they were being targeted.
Hunger made them sit on the ground weakly, and there was a man tied to the ground who did not know whether he was alive or dead.
"Are we really going to eat him? He's one of our people. “
"If we don't eat him, we will all starve to death, with the way we are now, how to rob other tribes, you see he is dying of starvation, sooner or later, why not use his corpse to feed us."
"But..."
"It's nothing, I'm still the patriarch now, whatever I say is what, not only him, including me, if anyone starves to death, the body will be left to the living, so that our tribe can continue."
This man's words made the other people's eyes red, and the sadness made them cry in a low voice.
Shuo Xiang led the people, sneaked to a distance of less than a hundred meters from these people, and nodded to the soldiers behind him.
"Up!"
"Whoa!"
Looking at the group of big men who suddenly appeared, the tribe suddenly panicked.
"Run! Come on! “
Under the threat of death, this group of people burst out with infinite potential, don't look at them hungry like skin and bones, but they are not slow to run.
Seeing this, Shuo Xiang scolded and shouted: "Chase! ”
Passing by the man whose limbs were tied, Shuo Xiang just glanced at it, ignored it, and continued to lead people and chase after those who fled.
How could these people who had been hungry for a long time be the opponents of the soldiers of the Great Qi who had been receiving military training, and after escaping for more than ten minutes, the evil potential that broke out in an instant had already been exhausted.
Looking at the enemy who was getting closer and closer, everyone was in despair.
Some no longer run away, crouching on the ground as if appointed, closing their eyes as if waiting for the verdict of death.
Listening to the chaotic footsteps passing by, these people who gave up resistance were surprised to find that they did not feel any pain in their bodies, and in doubt, they opened their eyes, only to find that those who ignored themselves and caught up with those who were still running away.
"Surrender immediately, or be killed."
Shuo Xiang shouted loudly.
As soon as these people heard this, their pace of escape suddenly slowed down a lot.
The fact that the enemy allowed to surrender meant that these people did not want to kill themselves, but most likely to take them as slaves.
At this time, there are still tribes who want to capture thin people like them as slaves, and this news is undoubtedly like heaven for them.
The choice between being taken as a slave and starving to death is undoubtedly the former.
Suddenly, these people stopped running, and honestly squatted on the ground, hoping that these people would take them away.
Shuo Xiang, seeing that his Hua was so good, was stunned for a moment, and no matter what was wrong with it, he hurriedly asked the soldiers to surround these people.
"The Daqi tribe, the second squad leader, declares that you have become prisoners of war of the Daqi tribe, and you must not resist, and those who resist will die."
The captives looked at each other, not knowing what a prisoner of war was, but at this time, as long as their heads did not cramp, they would stay where they were, and they were extremely obedient.