Chapter 8 Catch the Strong
"General Moyun!"
"Is it really General Moyun?"
"General Moyun is still alive, is Peiguo saved?"
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This General Moyun is the general of Peiguo to defend the frontier, the ancestor is the founding father, for generations to Peiguo stationed in the northern Xinjiang, is the pillar of the hearts of the people of Peiguo, so when he heard the name of General Moyun, whether it is the residents of the small city or the people of Peiguo who came from afar, they all talked about it, and the hope of recovering the country seems to be ignited in their hearts, as long as the people of the country are restored, they can return to their homeland.
"Quiet, quiet" A lieutenant general on horseback saw the noise and immediately shouted, "Listen to General Zhang's words."
Seems to be very satisfied with the reaction of the displaced people, this General Zhang showed a satisfied smile, "Although the city of King Pei is broken, and the old King Pei has also died, but! The little prince is still there, General Mo Yun has already supported the little prince to ascend the throne in the city of Aizhou with several ministers who take care of his life, and set the city as the capital, and now, General Moyun is on the order of King Xinpei, recruiting troops and horses, raising military rations, and preparing to completely drive the thieves out of Fengbei Pass, recover the territory of Peiguo, and let Er and others return home!" After a few words, the town became noisy again, and some people excitedly followed and reclaimed their homeland, and they were going to sign up for the army on the spot. Some people are disdainful, they can't even eat and what kind of war is fought, and Chen Guo and the displaced people of Daiguo are indifferent, because this has little to do with them, but a small number of smart people seem to smell the cat, and quickly cover the things they just grabbed and sneak back, away from the crowd, Ma Xiao also followed to watch the excitement, but he didn't believe what the general said at all, because along the way, I don't know how many Pei soldiers who are also dressed up have no scruples to rob the displaced people, and their own village was also destroyed by the Pei Guo army, recovering their homeland, He didn't believe the nonsense of defending the country.
"Now, the time has come to serve the country and be loyal to the king, all the men over the age of ten in the city will go with me, and set off today to Suizhou to defend against foreign enemies! All the grain and livestock in the city will be collected and transported to the front line to replenish grain and grass!" Before the words were finished, everyone had begun to disperse, and now everyone understood that this was to catch the strong men and grab the food, and what were they waiting for if they didn't hide, but the hundreds of soldiers had already been prepared, some of them were robbing, some were holding ropes, and they were caught when they saw people, and the homeless people began to scatter and flee when they saw this, but their feet were also weak and their hands were weak, and soon many people were tied up, and all those who resisted were stabbed to the ground by spears, and in front of the soldiers who killed without blinking, the fierce homeless people were like chickens to be slaughtered, and they had no power to fight back.
As soon as he heard that all men over the age of ten were going to be arrested to be soldiers, Ma Xiao followed the scattered crowd and turned his head and ran, just ran two steps and hit a wall, was bounced back, looked up, cold sweat immediately came down, where is this wall, it is the black night fork that threatened to split himself alive, at this moment he is crossing his waist with his hands, staring at himself with his eyes, "Little Wang Ba Lamb, see where you are running."
Ma Xiao grabbed a handful of soil on the ground and sprinkled it on the face of the Black Yaksha, and even crawled backwards, the Black Yaksha was blinded by the soil, wiped his eyes and chased forward, scolding while chasing, a fat body knocked down more than a dozen homeless people and soldiers, all the soldiers saw that this woman was so fierce, they avoided to both sides, a leader looked like a man saw this and took a bundle of rope from the horse, and quickly pulled a knot, the rope loop was thrown forward, the eyes of the Yaksha were full of dirt and tears, and he didn't see the rope noose on the ground, and stepped on it, and the leader pulled it back, and the rope loop was firmly on the neck of the Yaksha, and the other end was tied to the outer pillar of the teahouse on the street for a long time, and the Yaksha took another half step forward, plopped face down and lay firmly on the ground.
"Who tied me to the legs!" With a loud shout, Yaksha stood up suddenly, his nose and mouth were full of blood, he glanced at Ma Xiao, who was rolling on the ground and running, and turned around and did not untie the sleeve on his feet, but pulled the rope and pulled hard, and the surrounding soldiers all laughed, thinking that the fat woman had fallen stupidly, but immediately they couldn't laugh, only to see that the pillars of the house tied by the rope were bent a little bit, this teahouse has fallen into disrepair, the beams of the house creaked under the pull of the Yaksha, the bricks and stones on the wall peeled off, only to hear a click, the pillars were pulled off alive, and finally the whole house gave up resistance, and collapsed in front of everyone, this time the movement was very loud, rolling up a cloud of smoke and dust, General Zhang, who was far away on the street, also noticed this and hurriedly drove his horse to a nearby place.
I saw an iron tower-like "strong man" standing majestically in the billowing smoke and dust, carrying a beam and pillar hugged by one person, the leaking arms were thicker than the thighs of an adult man, the two big hands were like a giant hammer, a gust of hot wind blew, this person's long hair fluttered in the wind, the hem of the sackcloth skirt hunted, and his face was full of dust and nosebleeds, which made people daunting and majestic.
"It's really a good material to charge into battle, the fly in the ointment is a woman" General Zhang Tong thought so in his heart, turned over and dismounted, walked to the front of the "strong man", there was no comparison in the distance, and only in front of him did he feel that this woman was so much taller than himself, Zhang Tong indifferently took out a white handkerchief from his waist and handed it to the "strong man" in front of him, the black yaksha was still vigilant, looking at the white handkerchief handed over, the beam on his back fell to the ground as soon as his hands were loosened, and after taking the handkerchief, he wiped his face and dust and blood.
The surrounding homeless people and soldiers were stunned, "What are you still doing in a daze, arresting people and collecting food!" Under an order, the soldiers were busy again, Ma Xiao was not so lucky, he had just been chased by the Black Yaksha and crawled, only to get out of the tiger's mouth and there were wolves, and he was grabbed and tied up by a soldier, no matter how he struggled and quibbled, it was useless.
After working for an hour, the young and middle-aged men in the small city were arrested, only a handful of smart ones ran out of the city in advance and hid, all the people who resisted were killed, and they were also accused of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and there were four or five hundred strong men who were arrested, trapped in several rows with ropes, one after another, and the "grain and grass" scavenged out of the city were filled with nine wagons. A group of old and weak women and children cried and shouted and begged General Zhang to give him a way out, leaving his men and food behind, and answered them with a whip.
Looking at today's full harvest, Zhang Tong and several of his lieutenants laughed happily, and a group of soldiers escorted the strong men and grain and grass out of the small city to Suizhou.
Ma Xiao was very helpless to be surrounded by this group of people and walked forward, not even having a chance to say goodbye to Xiaobao and Ji Pingsheng, and I don't know if these two troublemakers saw that they were caught, the soldiers escorted along the way kept whipping the homeless people with whips, asking them to speed up their pace, he was also whipped several times, his arms and face were red scales, sweat slid through the hot pain, and a few homeless people were hungry and faint after walking for half a day, and the soldiers saw it and threw it directly on the side of the road and shot it to death, and the rest of the people immediately cheered up and did not dare to rub.
At night, the group descended the mountain road to a river, and an adjutant general gave an order, and all the soldiers worked together, some continued to guard the homeless, some made fires to cook, some began to set up tents, and some patrolled in formation.
All the homeless people were asked to sit down, and finally they were able to rest, and for a time there were wails all over the field, and the soldiers freed a few young homeless people to help with the work, and Ma Xiao and several other teenagers of similar age were escorted by two soldiers to collect firewood.
Entering the mountains, looking at the dark mountain forest, Ma Xiao felt that the opportunity was coming, his eyes kept glancing at the two soldiers, thinking about how to get out, who knew that he had not acted, a teenager took the lead in running towards the woods, several teenagers were at a loss for a while and looked at the soldiers behind him, only to see that the soldiers were not nervous, one of the middle-aged men turned sideways, opened his feet, held up the spear in his right hand and threw it forward, "whoosh" The spear did not enter the bushes, and a miserable scream sounded.
The middle-aged man walked over unhurriedly, and after a while walked back with a spear, looking at a few teenagers with an expressionless face, blood was still dripping from the head of the gun, several teenagers were too frightened to speak, Ma Xiao's last luck was also shattered, and he was extremely disappointed, so he had to silently pick up the dry branches on the ground.