Starting with the distribution of gold, all the villagers received a piece of gold each, and in the same way, they were tied together with a rope, even the villagers who had difficulty moving in the carriage.

When Wei Xuan gave out the gold, his face was always smiling, but as soon as the gold was finished, he immediately showed a magnificent face: "From now on, until the hot spring pass, none of you can untie the rope, otherwise, kill!" ”

Before the villagers could recover from the joy of obtaining the gold, they were confused by Wei Xuan's abrupt words.

Wei Xuan was like a demon at the moment: "All of you are tied together by a rope now, as long as one person tries to untie the rope without authorization, the two before and after him must report to me, otherwise not only will the person who untie the rope die, but the two people before and after him must also be buried with him!" ”

A breeze blew, and although the temperature was still high, everyone felt their hearts cold.

"Don't try to escape, all eight of us are on horseback, and no one can outrun the horse's legs with his own legs. And if one person manages to escape, then I'm sorry, his family will bear the wrath of him for his stupidity. ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Ping split one of the grinding stones that had been split in half into pieces with one palm in front of the villagers.

Such a huge grinding stone was actually split into pieces with the palm of his flesh, and several timid villagers were suddenly frightened and weakened, and sat on the ground with a poof.

"But please rest assured, I have no ill will towards you, as long as you get to the hot spring pass, I will release you immediately, as for that piece of gold, even if it is my compensation for you."

Slap and give a sweet date.

Although the frightened villagers were unwilling, and they were also full of doubts about the words of the Persian master, the form was stronger than the people, no matter what Wei Xuan said was true or not, whether the villagers wanted to or not, the hot spring pass was a must......

Before the sun had completely set, the moon was impatient to show its figure, and Liu Ping was surprised to find that the moon in this world was actually very huge, at least 10 times larger than the moon in the real world.

When the last rays of sunlight disappeared into the distant mountains, the moonlight emitted by the giant moon took over the world, and the whole land changed from a warm yellowish color during the day to a cool blue color, it was so cold and bright that even without torches, the scenery around the road was still clearly visible.

Hundreds of villagers, forming a long procession, marched on the improvised road, walking in a long way, tied together by ropes, like sold slaves, and the reincarnation team of eight people rode horses, wandering in front and behind the procession, like slave traders.

"-Smack!" The whip grazed the leader's side, striking the ground a foot below his feet.

"Hurry up!" Wang Dahai's voice that seemed to come from hell suddenly sounded, and the entire team hurriedly accelerated its speed.

It was not that no one tried to resist, but the consequences were tragic, for they were the strongest warriors in the village, but they were beaten to their stomachs by the Persians, and then beaten to the ground with their whips, and they were now thrown into the carriage of the horsesmith Northen, where they were cared for by the old and weak women and children who had difficulty moving in the carriage.

With the bloody lesson, the remaining villagers naturally did not dare to resist anymore, because of Wei Xuan's system of sitting together, one person would kill the whole family, in order not to affect the family and villagers, no one even dared to escape.

Fortunately, as long as the team could ensure the normal speed of progress, these Persian lords would not deliberately make things difficult, and they even arranged a few carriages for the elderly, weak, women and children and villagers with limited mobility, and shouted to the villagers from time to time.

"Don't worry, as long as you get to the hot spring pass, you will be released immediately!"

"Is there anything more worthwhile than walking for a piece of gold after a day's journey?"

"Think about it! With such a large piece of gold, how much your life will change in the future! ”

"Don't try to escape! Don't be stupid and resist! Otherwise, take back the gold from your hands. ”

"Don't speak! Don't talk! ”……

The Aegean Sea plunges deep into central Greece to form the Gulf of Maria, and on land, a steep mountain overlooks the water, and the mountain is close to the sea, separating them only by a narrow pass: the Thermothermal Pass.

The terrain of Onsenseki Pass is extremely treacherous, with the sea to the north and the steep mountain wall to the south, which stretches between the swamps and the mountains, and from west to east, there are three of the narrowest places, known as the West Gate, the Middle Gate, and the East Gate, each of which is an excellent location for defense.

Any general who organized a defense should be satisfied with this terrain, and as a defensive position it was almost flawless.

The reason why I say "almost" is because it has a small flaw. This flaw lies in the mountains to the south, where a winding path leads from the west to the back of Onsen Seki. But the trail is so secretive that only a few people know about its existence......

To the west of Onsen Seki is a flat field.

To the south of the Thermopylae Pass are countless famous cities: Athens, Thebes, Megara, etc., these city-states are the essence of Greece, and the Thermopay Pass is like a gate, closing them.

Now, the Persian army is coming to knock on this door.

However, before the arrival of the Persian army, a strange procession of eight slave traders and a few hundred slaves came to Thermopylae first, coming from the depths of the western wilderness and passing through the village of Thermopylae.

The village of Thermopylae is located outside the west gate of the hot spring gate, and the village is named Thermopylae because of its hot springs, and the village is close to the sea and has a natural harbor, where most passers-by like to stop and rest.

Such a large contingent of slaves passed outside the village, which naturally attracted the attention of the villagers, but the slave traders were very fierce and did not let people approach at all, and even two children who wanted to see the excitement were driven back.

Although some people found acquaintances in the ranks of slaves, the world was so chaotic that when I heard that the Persians were about to fight here, the people in the village were panicked, and naturally no one would meddle in their affairs.

"This is Hot Springs? Although the terrain is very dangerous, compared with our Shu Road, which is as difficult as the blue sky in China, the road surface is still a little too wide. Wang Dahai looked at the more than three meters wide aisle in front of him, and was very puzzled.

"Maybe there's a narrower place inside," Wei Xuan finished speaking, and led the team into the hot spring pass.

has been walking hundreds of meters, and the road that winds along the cliff has always been so wide and flat, Wang Dahai couldn't help scolding: "It's the same as in the movie, not only is the road wide, but there are no fortifications, so it's called a dangerous pass, it's really a dog!" ”

Wei Xuan couldn't help frowning at this moment, such a spacious road, if you want to defend hundreds of thousands of Persian troops for thirty days, this is not an easy task to complete! And the strangest thing to him is, what about the 300 warriors of Sparta? Why hasn't it appeared yet?

After advancing for another hundred meters, the team came to the middle of the hot spring pass, only to see that a fork leading to the south suddenly appeared on the road, this fork passage is very narrow, it is a naturally formed canyon, the entire mountain wall is split in half, this is the middle gate of the three gates of the hot spring pass.

The team passed through the middle gate and did not enter, continued to move forward, and soon came to the east gate of the hot spring pass, outside the east gate is a mountain landform, the terrain is very high, there are hundreds of meters high from the sea, because there is no water source nearby, the square garden is deserted for dozens of kilometers.

After arriving here, Wei Xuan finally fulfilled his promise and released all the villagers.

"I said it! As soon as you get to the hot springs, you will be released, and the piece of gold will belong to you! I mean what I say, and now you're free! ”

Although the Persian lords did not lie, and after coming to the hot springs pass, they really let everyone go, but none of the villagers showed a happy expression for this, because the Persian lords were standing in a row at the moment, and all the roads in the future tense were blocked.

Facing the hundreds of villagers in front of him who were eager to go home, Wei Xuan smiled evilly: "Although you are free, no one is allowed to return to that village until the war is over!" The reason is simple, the Persians are coming! If you remain in the village, you will inevitably be enslaved by the Persians. ”

The crowd immediately stirred, and an elder trembled and said, "Aren't the old men from Persia?" ”

"We are people sent by Athens, and we are ordered to clean up all the villages around Thermopylae, not allowing anyone to stay where they are, and to garrison Thermopus Pass, to hold back the Persians for at least 30 days, and to buy time for the build-up of the army in the rear!"

"Lord Athens, I've heard for a long time that the Persians have sent a total of millions of troops this time, do you eight just think?"

"Of course it's not just us, the king of Sparta will also send a large army to garrison here, the Spartan soldiers are born warriors, with them, the Persians don't want to cross the hot spring pass half a step!"

Although it was strange why they didn't see any Spartan soldiers along the way, the villagers still believed Wei Xuan's words, the piece of gold in their arms was real, they were just ordinary villagers, no one would take out such a large amount of gold to deceive them, the gains outweighed the losses.

It's one thing to believe it, it's another thing to accept it, and there is no store in front of the village here, just throw hundreds of people like this, what are you doing? When we kidnapped everyone before, we didn't make it clear in advance, no one brought food and water, everyone had been walking all night for a day, and now we are tired, hungry, and thirsty, and we can't say that you are free, so I don't care!

Of course, the villagers didn't dare to find Wei Xuan so directly and ask him to be responsible, but asked him tactfully, how far is the nearest village?

"I don't know how far away the next village will be, but I can still provide you with food and water, and as long as you work for me and build fortifications, I can even pay you a piece of gold every ten days!" At this moment, Wei Xuan smiled like a demon, tempting the hundreds of lost lambs in front of him with money.

The power of money is great, and in the face of such high wages, at least half of the villagers stayed.

After sending the other half of the villagers away, Wei Xuan designed a set of fortifications according to the terrain of Hot Spring Pass, and then asked the soldiers to stay alone and An, and specially command those villagers to build fortifications, as for the problem of building materials, they had to figure out their own way.

Wei Xuan and Liu Ping returned to the west gate of Hot Spring Pass, and the Thermopylae village was in front of them at this moment.

Using the same means, Wei Xuan quickly gathered the entire village outside the village, and there were even a few outsiders inside.

Although they all rely on the gold to deceive people, but this time there is no need to use a rope to tie it, but order all those who receive the gold must enter the hot spring pass and wait, before the gold is finished, no one can come out, there are Liu Ping and Wang Dahai two people each guarding the two ends of the hot spring pass, no one can run away.