Chapter 490: Keeping People

The Russian prisoners, counting the young and old, were probably more than 1,500 people, and it has to be said that although the siege that lasted until the night was tragic, most of the dead were the soldiers of the Obir Khanate, and most of the soldiers of Baron Roganov died in the fire of the guns and the bombardment of artillery.

In other words, these were the results of the expeditionary expedition and the pioneers, the captives and slaves were not entitled to rest, and the Russians and the Mongols of the Lost Khhanate, who were originally feuding, did not get any rest after a day of battle, and were directly driven by the energetic regimental drills to repair the walls and gates. And the fence and the fence will be strengthened, for they will rest here tonight.

There were more than 500 people in the overseer team of the dead soldiers of the Khanate, and their families were all taken to the castle, but this was not a preferential treatment, their task was to guard the nearly 6,000 unarmed prisoners outside, and they could only do their best for the safety of their families.

Although the number of prisoners was far greater than that of the Overseers, they were unarmed, and the swords, guns and horses in the hands of the Overseers were already very cheap, not to mention that after the expeditionary pioneer team in the city reacted, those who were waiting to resist would only be slaughtered.

That night, Liu 13 was not a prisoner in front of the accident at all, took off his armor and slept comfortably there, this should be regarded as a stage of his mission, according to the return of the horse, in the area after the horse galloped for five days, mountains and hills began to appear, and according to the impression of these spies of the Obil Khanate, the Russians have their own fortresses and pillboxes in those mountains.

It was already an area controlled by the other party, and Liu Shisan did not think that his expeditionary force could fight a war of attrition with an army equipped with firearms that had been operating for many years in the complex terrain that the other party was familiar with.

This Fort of Dimitri is different, with its strong fortresses and defenses, as well as the vast plains that surround it, which are a good choice, and the expeditionary pioneers with a large number of firearms can defend it, and they can also escape and maneuver with the advantage of their horses.

Around Fort Dimitri, the Cossacks and former indigenous tribes have cultivated a lot of farmland, which can also be used as a supply for military supplies.

Under the influence of the system in Huazhou, every warrior has an insatiable desire for land and wealth, and constant fighting and looting are the desires in everyone's heart.

The next day, Liu Shisan, who had a lot of rest, and his subordinates, replaced the companions on duty at night, and sure enough, it was not to his surprise, so many prisoners outside, whether they were Russians or Mongols of the Lost Bil Khanate, after someone wanted to escape and was decisively killed in the first half of the night, they were quiet all night, quietly waiting for disposal.

After the capture of the castle last night, the dead soldiers and their families were not let go, many people have already accepted their fate, in the grassland, for the disposal of prisoners, these years because of the tension of land and pastures, even if they become slaves, it is rare, most of them are directly killed.

There was not much surplus food to feed the captives, Liu Shisan stood at the city wall and looked at the crowd below, and there was a lot of pride in his heart.

Thousands of miles of land were cultivated, and tens of thousands of people and livestock were captured, which could be surpassed in the system of the Jiang family's army, that is, Jiang Feng himself.

It stands to reason that the emperor is far away, but Liu Shisan does not have the slightest intention of staying here and not leaving, for him, although this is the most effective place to speak, and the land is vast, but where can compare to the prosperity of Daming and Huazhou, there is the meaning of life.

"Tell the Mongolian people below that if you want to go, you can leave now, and I will give him livestock."

When Liu Shisan's subordinates heard this order, they were all stunned, thinking that they had finally been caught, why should they let it go, everyone was waiting to share the population and make a fortune? But he hesitated a little, and then hurriedly ran down, found a few companions who could speak Mongolian, and helped him do this shouting together!

Dozens of loud voices shouted loudly, and soon the six thousand people knew that they might have been freed.

But to the surprise of the soldier who shouted, there was some commotion in the crowd of captives at first, and many people looked at each other a few times, but after shouting these words three times, no one was willing to leave, which really surprised the soldiers of the expeditionary pioneer team.

Liu 13 watched the actions below at the head of the city, and couldn't help but pat the wall and laugh, the guards on the side and the leader of the regimental training were all a little confused, thinking about letting the people below go, why did they still stay here, didn't these people want to avenge their relatives, didn't they want to live a free life?

Looking at the expressions and reactions of the people around him, Liu Shisan knew that they didn't understand why there was such a situation, but Liu Shisan was as clear as a mirror in his heart, after all, he was born as the big boss of the Green Forest Cottage, and his grasp of this situation was quite accurate.

The Mongols of the Obir Khanate were not a large tribe, but several or a dozen small tribes gathered, and after Liu 13 captured these people, he scattered these people and turned them into several teams, and the young men who rushed to the front to slaughter the Cossack villages in the first few days were divided into a separate team - the battle team.

These teams are all fighting for each other's lives, and when they are attacking the city and maintaining order, they have already formed a deep enmity with each other, not to mention the fierce battle yesterday, the first team and the second team, the third team, and the warlords, as long as one of them retreats, the warlords will go up and kill mercilessly, the dead soldiers of the khanate who died under the firearms, and the retreating people who died under the knives of the warlords, it is really not clear who is more and who is less.

The family members of those who died were watching their relatives being hacked to death by their former compatriots, or even relatives, from a distance, and the hatred in their hearts naturally needless to say, these warlords and their family members were the ones who got cheap among the captives of this expedition and pioneer team, but they also knew that as long as they left the shelter of Liu Shisan's team, they were afraid that they would be killed immediately.

And those women and the old and weak who have lost their relatives, without the men in the family, let alone survive in this land, horse bandits, Cossacks, and even those who have just been captured with them will become dangerous, and now there should be no war, and it is much better to stay here as slaves and coolies than to leave here and find the tribe, and then still be slaves and coolies.

For the inhabitants of this land, even slaves and coolies may not be such hard work, because the land is so vast and fertile that as long as they are a little busy, they can reap a lot of harvest.

As for the Russians and Cossacks, Liu 13 didn't consider them at all, and after the soldiers who shouted below shouted a few times, there was no response, and they couldn't help but look back at the top of the city wall to see Liu 13's disposal, but they didn't expect Liu 13 to shout at the top of his throat:

"Aren't they all full of food during the day, why don't you shout, keep shouting, no one still hears clearly!"

Anyone who could hear Liu Shisan's Chinese was stunned there, but just shout, it won't be too tired, someone picked up the skin and drank a sip of water, and shouted again, the captives were obviously hesitating for a long time, and more than a dozen families slowly walked out of the queue.

Cautiously followed those soldiers and said that they wanted to leave, Liu 13 still had no intention of stopping at this time, so he shouted for half an hour, and more than 20 households, about 150 people walked out, these herdsman families are generally young and strong without loss, the population is larger, and they are also supported on the grassland, so they are unwilling to live as slaves, so after repeatedly shouting, they are all moved and ready to leave.

Liu 13 looked at the city with a smile, feeling that no one was leaving, and turned his head to follow the leader of the guards on the side and ordered:

"Mobilize all your people, none of these who are going to leave, cut them all!"

The leader was really stunned this time, and then reacted, grinned, and shouted a few words at his companions who were already lining up inside the castle, except for the people of the expedition and pioneer team, the captives outside did not understand Chinese at all.

The slaughter of hundreds of armed cavalry on the unarmed captives was extremely quick and easy, and the more than 300 herdsmen who came out of the field at the beginning were still full of hope, and in an instant, they were cut clean, listening to the screams and splashes of blood, as well as the cruel laughter of the guards, the hearts of each captives were cold, at least now they had no idea of leaving.

At this time, according to yesterday's arrangement, the expeditionary pioneer team, which had rested for the night, changed into their armor and robes, and rode out of the castle on horseback.

This majestic formation immediately took all the captives present, regardless of which side they were, but they also wondered where this army came from, as if they had never seen it before.

The place where Liu Shisan is located is thousands of miles away from Huazhou, and if you simply talk about the span, the territory under Jiang Feng's jurisdiction has surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty......