Chapter 688: All the way to the east
When he saw 100,000 scrawny and unclothed slaves standing in front of him, Ye Xuan felt a heavy pressure.
Because if you want to save these suffering, you can't just cut off the shackles on their feet.
If they can't return to the territory of the human race, as long as they are caught up by the Heavenly Demon Army, the end can only be a tragic death.
However, Guling City was deep in the territory of the Heavenly Demon Army, and it was even more difficult to rescue these 100,000 people than to ascend to the sky.
It is impossible for them to run three thousand miles in one night like the Wind God Iron Horse, and they don't have any ability to fight against the Heavenly Demon Army, and they don't even have the ability to survive in the wild, and they will die when they encounter demon beasts.
Starting from Guling City, if you want to return to the territory of the human race, you want to cross the Tomb Demon City first.
This section is 500 miles long, and these 100,000 scrawny people will have to walk for at least five or six days to complete.
With 3,000 cavalry, it is impossible to protect 100,000 people on foot for five or six days, and you know it when you think about it.
"I don't know if this saved them or harmed them......" Ye Xuan muttered to himself, a little distressed.
Xu Changlin explained on the side: "Major General, his subordinates used to be the same as them, and they may be panicking, hesitating, and fearful of the future now. But as long as they return to the Terran territory, they will only be left with gratitude. ”
"But...... How can I send them back to Beicheng?" Ye Xuan pondered for a long time, but there was no answer.
Guling City was raided, and within three hours, the Heavenly Demon Army would definitely be killed.
Three hours is not enough for these 100,000 people to walk out of fifty miles.
"The young general has great ambitions in his heart, but you have carried too many things on your back. In fact, the Major General is not responsible for their life and death, you have given them hope of life, as long as they can return to the Terran territory alive, they will be free. If they can't go back, it's only because of their fate. You have given them hope to live, and the rest should be fought for by themselves, and those who are not able to live will not be able to live anywhere. Xu Changlin continued to explain.
Ye Xuan accepted this passage and said, "Distribute food, water, and weapons, and tell them that they will be saved in a team of 100 people, all the way to the east, and when they see the Terran city." ”
Xu Changlin handed over the distribution of food and water to the leaders of these afflicted people, and told them to take food, water, and weapons and leave the city and head east.
The first thing these miserable people did when they got the food was not to leave immediately, but to squat on the ground and eat wildly.
Three thousand cavalry drove them away, and they did not leave.
Among these 100,000 people, the vast majority of them don't think about when the Heavenly Demon Army will be killed, they have never eaten enough, and they only know how to eat when they see food.
Only a small number of those who had been enslaved for a short time, after being given food, water, and weapons, swallowed food and went east to the city.
A lieutenant couldn't drive away these miserable people, so he walked back to Ye Xuan angrily and said, "Young General, these people are stupid, they can't be driven away!"
Xu Changlin sighed and said, "A slave who has been enslaved since he was a child is like this, just like a walking corpse, he has no thoughts, he can't think, he will only obey the whip of the Heavenly Demon Priest. ”
Ye Xuan was also a little angry, and said, "Then whip them away!"
Of course, when the Wind God Iron Rider raised his leather whip, the reaction of these miserable people became extremely fast, and they immediately obeyed the order and rushed out of the city.
Xu Changlin whipped a few whips, walked back and said helplessly: "This is not a way, you can't keep holding the whip to drive them back to Wangbei City." ”
Ye Xuan groaned, and only said after a while: "Give the whip to those leaders, and tell them that for every person they bring back, they will be given an acre of fertile land, and the person they bring back is their tenant farmer." ”
When Xu Changlin heard this, he felt that this method was indeed feasible and gave the order.
As soon as the leaders of these miserable people heard that they could get good land when they went back, and that the more people they brought back, the more they would get, and that if they could bring back a thousand people, they would have a thousand acres of good land, and they immediately drove the crowd out of the city.
After the 100,000 hard-working people had left the city, Ye Xuan ordered: "Let the slaves of other clans be released." Give them food, water, and weapons in the same way. ”
Next, twenty or thirty thousand slaves were released, and there were people of all races, such as the merman clan, the Huoli clan, and so on, and more than ten races were mixed together.
Some of these races' habitats were in the Meteorite Sea, and some were in the wasteland southwest of Longyuan Prefecture, and it was impossible to send them all back.
Whether they can survive or not is up to them.
After letting all the slaves go, Ye Xuan stood at the head of Bone Tomb City and looked at the southern horizon.
That is the direction of the Tomb Demon City, although when the city is broken, let the thunderball patrol the sky, and no one is allowed to escape to the Tomb Demon City to report the news, but the Bone Tomb City is too big, there are too many Heavenly Demons, and there are many secret techniques that can transmit information.
Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the Heavenly Demon Army received the information and rushed over, depending on how long it could be delayed.
"Young General, the slaves have been released, are we going to leave now?" Xu Changlin climbed the city wall and asked.
"Are you afraid of facing the Heavenly Demon Army head-on?" Ye Xuan didn't answer, and asked a seemingly unrelated question.
Xu Changlin immediately shook his head: "Don't be afraid! If it weren't for the fact that I knew that following the young general, I could kill more Heavenly Demons in the future, I would want to have a bloody battle with the Heavenly Demons now, and we would die together!"
"Then when the beast riders of the Heavenly Demon Army come, let's say hello to them before leaving. Ye Xuan said easily.
Xu Changlin knew that this was to delay time for the 100,000 hard-working people and give them a little more hope of escaping.
"Young General, don't worry, we will definitely not disappoint your expectations! Kill the Heavenly Demon and roll your head!" Xu Changlin immediately shouted loudly, with a lot of momentum.
Time passes little by little.
Three hours later, a few beast roars were heard in the distance.
Because it was too far away, the roar was very small, but Ye Xuan still heard it.
Looking at the southern horizon again, I saw that there was smoke and dust rising there, and small black dots appeared on the horizon, more and more, and finally connected into a line.
"It's here!" Ye Xuan muttered to himself.
Xu Changlin immediately stepped forward and asked, "Major General, the Heavenly Demon Army has arrived, are we going to fight?"
"Don't be in a hurry, close the city gate, and let's go out through the north gate. Let them wander around the city for a while. Ye Xuan ordered.
"Yes!" Xu Changlin led the order to go down, first let people push the boulder to block the city gate hole in the south city gate, and then three thousand wind god iron rode on horses, went out of the city from the north gate, and entered the wasteland.
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(End of chapter)