The place is a grassland surrounded by mountains, the grass grows high in autumn, and under the light of the newborn morning sun, herds of cattle and sheep hide in the dense grass in the distance, a beautiful scenery outside the plug. But surrounded by the beautiful scenery, the atmosphere in the Mayi field was a little bleak and tense.

Rongchang is the mutual market between the Central Plains regime and the surrounding Siyi on the border. The usual goods are tea, grain, seafood, porcelain and handicrafts in exchange for livestock, leather goods, medicinal materials, pearls and jade, salt and other goods of the northern peoples.

More than 10,000 Han households were enclosed in the large fence where livestock were usually enclosed, and hundreds of Khitan soldiers were lazily guarding the surroundings. These households have long been tortured to the point that they have changed hands many times among the Khitan nobles, and they have become so numb to the situation of waiting for others in the livestock pen to feel no sense of humiliation. Some couples cling to each other in fear for fear of being bought by different owners and never seeing each other. Some of the women sat helplessly on the ground, their eyes blank, perhaps missing the children left in their owners' homes.

Wu Yingying rode his horse and stood in front of the army, looking at the beacon tower of the Great Wall on the mountains not far away, now fluttering the wolf flag of the Khitan, he stood on the left and right side by side with Yu Fu Renliang and Chase, Xin Gu said that when he was a horse thief, he made a lot of enemies among the Khitan nobles, and he was afraid of being recognized, so he hid in the hussar camp and did not accompany him.

A healthy horse galloped out of the tent of the Liao State under the beacon tower, and shouted loudly: "My nobleman asked General Wu to come forward to speak!"

Wu Yingying frowned slightly, waved his hand to stop Chase from answering, lightly lifted the reins of the horse, and only took the tooth military captain Chase, the two of them rode towards the beacon tower, Yu Furen stayed in the local department to restrain the army, the soldiers of the Modao battalion pinched the handle of the knife hard, and the soldiers of the bow and crossbow battalion secretly took the arrows out of the bow bag and held them in their hands, and the cavalry kept stroking the neck of the mount to appease the increasingly restless war horse.

Before coming to the big tent, a Khitan warrior blocked the way of Wu Yingying and Chase, and motioned for them to untie the blade, Wu Yingying only pushed his hand away, and said in a deep voice: "Go back and report to your lord, I respect him and return it to the Han people's households, so I came to meet when I heard the order, but the blade is the life of the warrior, and I can't untie it." ”

The Khitan warrior glared at him when he heard this, and looked the two bold and arrogant Han people up and down a few times, but he didn't go in to return the gift, so he let his hand go, and let Wu Yingying and Chase in.

From the sunny grassland to the dense big tent, a fishy smell came to the nostrils, only to see a huge skylight open on the top of the tent, a bearskin bench was placed in the pillar of light below the skylight, a middle-aged man sat on the bench, and the rest of the Khitan nobles and warriors were standing around him, thinking that this person was the head of the Khitan in Shuozhou.

Seeing Wu Yingying coming in, this person didn't speak, but only stared at Wu Yingying with interest.

Wu Yingying also carefully observed the Khitan leader, this person is about thirty years old, his face is quite handsome, wearing a gold-rimmed python robe, a jade belt around his waist, leather boots, and his eyes are bright, not as rough as other Khitan generals, but revealing a trace of wisdom in his manhood, even in the Central Plains and Han Land, it is rare to see such an outstanding person. Judging from the bowed posture of the Khitan nobles on both sides of him, this person is not only noble, but also extremely powerful, otherwise how could such an unruly Khitan border general be so subservient.

"Is the Lanzhou regimental training envoy standing below?" Seemingly dissatisfied with Wu Yingying's attitude, he casually picked up a horse whip and pointed at Wu Yingying a little provocatively and asked.

"Wu Yingying in Xialanzhou, dare to ask which nobleman of the Great Liao Kingdom is in front of him?" Wu Yingying arched his hand to him without humility or arrogance, and looked at the nobleman of the Liao Kingdom without fear.

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiao Qin, just a domestic slave of His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Liao Kingdom. Without further ado, have you brought all the money to ransom?" As soon as the words fell, he glanced left and right with sharp eyes, so that some Liao officials who had just raised their heads to catch their breath hurriedly lowered their heads again.

The Xiao family is the surname of the Liao State, and the Khitan queens are all elected by the Xiao family, and Wu Yingying, who once sighed for Xiao Feng in "Tianlong Babu", is naturally very familiar with this surname, so he has a good impression of this Xiao Qin out of thin air, and said in a deep voice: "Twelve thousand two hundred and five taels of gold are in the Lanzhou army under the mountain, and the Han people will be handed over and offered." The gold used for the ransom was given by Cai Yu when Jinling fell, and Wu Yingying said in his heart, this money is used here, and the descendants who want to come to the Buddha will also be very pleased.

As soon as his words fell, there was an exclamation in the big tent, ten thousand taels of gold, a fortune that even the Khitan nobles could hardly see, and there was a lot of envy and greed in the eyes of looking at Wu Yingying.

"Carrying 10,000 taels of gold, the lone army went deep into the important places on the border of my Daliao, Wu Yingying, you are really bold, it seems that the matter of slaughtering Cao Bin's nephew is true. The nobleman of the Liao Kingdom suddenly laughed.

Seeing that his taut skin was loosened, the Khitan nobles and generals standing next to him all secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and took back some of the worries that they were afraid that this unknown Nanban would anger Shangguan.

"Okay, I'll take you outside to watch the delivery, and as soon as the delivery is complete, you immediately ask your subordinates to hand over the gold. After speaking, Xiao Qin got up from his seat and walked out of the tent, he was quite burly, even half a head taller than the Khitan warrior next to him, and slightly taller than Wu Yingying.

Wu Yingying walked side by side with him, and Chase and other Liao dignitaries also followed. The Khitan nobles had some excitement on their faces, the buying and selling of nearly 10,000 people and 10,000 taels of gold were not common, even if it happened to be unfavorable, it was better to go back and brag to others.

The outside is suitable for the viewing area, and there are already servants who have set up seats for Xiao Qin, and the tables in front of him are full of various fruits and delicacies. This Xiao Qin glanced at Wu Yingying beside him, and did not sit down, but only watched the delivery of the Han households below with him side by side.

In order to do his best, Yu Furen Rail found a few large scales from nowhere, and transported them by horse-drawn carriages, so that the Han people who delivered the goods were weighed one by one. If it is not enough for two catties, or the teeth are old, or the Han people who are deaf and dazzled, he will return to the Khitan camp. The Khitan people also seem to have been prepared for a long time, and the number of Han households brought this time far exceeded the agreed 7,000, about more than 10,000, and they were not afraid of being picked by Furen Rail.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Qin glanced at Wu Yingying, intentionally or unintentionally, with a smile on his face, and he picked up a piece of jade pendant from nowhere to play with it in his hand.

Wu Yingying was so angry that he had a bad attack in front of the Khitans, and only stared at the trading scene below with a cold face.

It wasn't until noon that Yu Furen finished sorting, let out a sigh of relief, nodded to the Khitan officers who accompanied him, and signaled that he had picked up seven thousand, and the Khitan soldiers waiting on both sides stopped the Han people who were still bringing them over in the middle of the road, and made a gesture to drive them back into the fence.

However, many Han people in the fence actually became agitated when they saw this scene, not only did they refuse to walk back, but the people inside the fence also desperately crowded to the edge, even if they were whipped all over the ground by the Khitan soldiers with horsewhips, they refused to return to the fence.

Many of the Hanshes who were selected for Lanzhou were all in the family, many fathers were selected, sons were still in the bar, husbands were selected, and wives were still in the bars.

The crying and shouting on the fence rang out, and the Hermes-Epitek who was picked up on the Lanzhou side also became agitated, crying and shouting for their mothers. Seeing that the bullets could not be suppressed, the surrounding Khitan soldiers rushed over with swords, intending to cut down a few Han people to set an example. The Tuhun army is not used to seeing such a scene, but the foot soldiers of the Shenwei army from the south can no longer hold it back, the Modao battalion, the horizontal camp, and the Bashan battalion have shown their blades, and the cavalry of the hussar battalion also looked at Xingu, just waiting for him to give an order to rush out to intercept the Khitan cavalry.