By the time the fifth, or the last, the largest group of thieves arrived, the "camp" in the distance was already full of people. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As more and more of the thief captives fell into the pit, the screams were loud and loud, even from miles away.

It's just that there is a loud cry in the brightly lit "camp" in the distance, but it can't stop the thief captives outside from continuing to move forward.

First, there was a lot of shouting in the "camp", but a few miles away, it was not clear what they were shouting.

In the somewhat delirious ears of the thief captives in the back, it was impossible to tell for a moment whether it was a cheer or a scream.

Second, even if the captives walking in front could clearly hear the shouts and warnings in the distance, and the people behind kept rushing to the front, they could not stop their steps.

Moreover, these people were roped one by one, and they were connected in strings, and there was no other choice but to follow along.

Even if you are aware of the danger, there is no way to break free.

What's more, anyone who broke free from the rope would be shot on the spot by the officers' musketeers and archers.

By the time the last group of captives finally came to the front of the fenced passage, the shouts of the "camp" two hundred paces away were clearly audible in the distance.

However, at this time, they were in the middle of the musket positions of the officers and soldiers, and these thieves and prisoners who were walking in front did not dare to stop at all, even if they heard the screams in the distance.

What's more, there are also 300 musketeers led by Li Wenyun, who are eyeing behind the thief army's prisoner brigade, and the people behind continue to push and push forward.

It wasn't until the vanguard of the last group of thieves captured entered the fenced passage that Wang Chengen and Li Bei were hanging in their hearts that the stone finally landed.

However, when they were just relieved, the last group of captives was stopped by the team of thieves who were screaming and refusing to move forward, and the large group of men and horses crowded at the entrance of the passage.

When Wang Chengen saw the surprise, he immediately ordered the pikemen standing outside the fence to stab them in the fence with spears in their hands, but anyone who stood and refused to move forward was stabbed to death on the spot.

After a commotion, the team behind finally moved forward again, and it was stepping on the corpses in front of them.

After the last captives had entered the fenced passage, Li Pei quickly followed the muskets to block the entrance to the fence, and then opened fire on the rear team that hesitated again.

A burst of gunfire rang out, and the pikemen outside the fence were no longer polite, whether you hesitated or not, but anyone who could still stand was stabbed to death with a spear.

At this time, it was close to the night of the night, and the lights outside the north gate of Ningxiang County were still bright, and on this brightly lit night, in addition to being killed by muskets, stabbed to death by spears, and even trampled to death by the crowded crowd, and strangled to death by the rope around the neck, more than 12,000 prisoners of the thief army were driven into the deep pit.

During the whole process of these thief captives walking towards the end step by step, Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi, stood at the north gate of Ningxiang County without saying a word, watching quietly.

Quietly watched the deep pit, which was more than 200 steps long and 120 steps wide, filled with a tidal stream of people.

It wasn't until he saw that the last group of thieves stranded in the fenced passage in the distance had all fallen to the ground, that Hong Chengchou breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around and left the city, and returned to his residence in the city to rest, leaving Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Shaanxi, to continue to command his men and horses and continue to deal with follow-up matters.

There was no longer the threat of many thieves taking prisoners, and the 3,000 officers and soldiers of Fubiao, Shaanxi, under the order of the chief soldier Wang Chengen, rushed up to the mounds of earth piled high around the pit, all of them were replaced with bows and arrows, and began to shoot a rain of arrows at the crowded thieves in the pit.

The bows and arrows captured by the 20,000 thieves when they surrendered finally came in handy.

Even the most shoddy bows and arrows exert their power in this situation.

The deep pit, which is more than 200 paces long and 120 paces wide, is surrounded by officers and soldiers, all armed with bows and arrows, and every corner of the pit is within the range of the archers, and the captives have no armor, no shields, and nothing to cover, all of them are living targets.

After more than an hour, the screams and curses in the entire pit became quieter and quieter, and there were very few prisoners of the thief army who could stand to avoid the rain of arrows.

At this time, it was not over, Wang Chengen gave an order, and the 3,000 officers and soldiers quickly evacuated the mound around the pit, and the group of 2,500 young men from Shanxi who had been selected to be used as people in the open space not far away who had been kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy were soon flocked forward under Li Bei's guarantee that they would live, and began to backfill the originally dug soil and rocks into the pit with the rudimentary tools in their hands.

The backfill operation lasted under Li Bei's auspices until dawn the next day.

The thieves who had been piled up in the fenced passage, either dead or wounded, were also carried or dragged into the pit by the young and strong men who had been dispatched.

When the sky was bright and Hong Chengchou, who had been reading the Analects for a night, came to the north gate again, in addition to the fenced passage that was still standing, the most conspicuous thing in his field of vision was the mound of earth that was a few feet above the ground, flat and uplifting, like a small hillside.

There was also a group of young men with colorless faces, like walking corpses, squatting on the mound to rest.

Wang Chengen, the general soldier of Shaanxi Province, who was standing next to Hong Chengchou, saw Hong Chengchou set his eyes on the group of young people, and his heart suddenly became worried again, and he said in a low voice: "Lord Fuyuan, what should I do with this group of young people?" ”

Hong Chengchou glanced back at the Shaanxi general soldier who had been promoted by himself, and said: "Leave them, let them rest for a while, and after breakfast, follow Zhong Dewu to transport back the grain and grass that Bai Wenbo discarded in the upper reaches of the Nanchuan River Valley!" ”

After Hong Chengchou said this, Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "My lord is wise! ”

Hong Chengchou looked back at him again, then turned his head to look at the mound, and said slowly: "Do you think that the killing of this Fuyuan is too much, and the pit killing and descending pawns will hurt the heavens and peace?" ”

Wang Chengen saw Hong Chengchou ask about this, and he didn't dare to answer, but before he could think about what to say, he heard Hong Chengchou say again:

"This Fuyuan doesn't want to do such a tragic thing, but if my generation doesn't do it, how can we deal with such people? Do you really want to let him go back to his home country?

"There has always been a constant dispute between the DPRK and the Chinese people, and it is ridiculous that those who are the main caress are extremely vicious and vicious thieves with the kindness of women, and they are extremely pedantic!

"Fortunately, Your Majesty is not swayed by such people, otherwise where did the imperial court come from so much land and money to settle this generation?

"Once the imperial court does not have enough land and money to settle them, this generation of thieves will surely rebel! Do you understand this? ”

Although Wang Chengen is a martial artist, he does not understand the truth.

He was a landlord in Guanzhong, so how could he not know that the land annexation in Shaanxi was serious, and how could the royal family, the nobles, generals, and scholars rule the world together, and how could they take out the land occupied by the civilian, military, and military generals and doctors in various places and distribute it to these displaced people.

And if they don't give land, these people will have nothing to live on, and after being appeased, won't they become thieves sooner or later?

This truth, once it is clear, how can a general like him from a family of generals not understand it?

So after listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Wang Chengen bowed down and clenched his fists with a serious expression and said:

"Lord Fuyuan is far-sighted and well-intentioned, and my generation is the only way to be worthy of the emperor's trust and grace!"

Hearing Wang Chengen say this, Hong Chengchou smiled slightly and nodded.

"Mr. Wang is a person who understands in the end, but this kind of truth, I still have to talk to the generals under my command a lot, lest they misunderstand the good intentions of this Fu Yuan!"

On 24 May, at midnight, the officers and soldiers who had worked hard all night finally ushered in a chance to take a breath.

After a full meal, Zhong Dewu took hundreds of people under his command to drive the remaining 2,500 young and strong captives, and under the leadership of a team of mine battalion soldiers under Li Bei's department, they went all the way south through the city, collecting and transporting a large amount of grain and grass and baggage discarded by the thief Bai Wenbo on the roads in the river valley.

Hong Chengchou and Wang Chengen's Shaanxi Fubiao soldiers, after several days of potato and sweet potato porridge, they have already eaten enough, plus the continuous rotation of days and nights, everyone is exhausted.

Therefore, except for Zhong Dewu who took his subordinates to pack up the grain, grass and baggage, the rest of the men, including Li Bei's subordinates, who had come from afar before, all drove into the empty city of Ningxiang County, and each found a place to rest and rest.

This rare recuperation lasted until the evening of the same day, and then came to an abrupt end.

Because in the evening, Hong Qiyin, who was entrusted by Hong Chengchou to sit in Liulinbao, sent someone to send a shocking news that the "Zijinliang" king stationed in the area of Guangwuzhuang broke through to the north with his own use!