Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1173 Prince Kucha
Seeing that there were more than 100 captives, Xiao Yanwang smacked his lips, "Draw one out of ten, kill them, and let them draw lots to determine life and death!"

The patrol members laughed.

Xu Xiucai stood there, feeling a little exhausted.

None of Grandpa Xu and the caravan came forward to speak up.

"Xiao Duizheng, why don't you take them all back and deal with them according to the law?" Xu Xiucai asked.

Zhang Shigui said from the side, "These Shatuo mercenaries plundered the Silk Road trade route and slaughtered our Great Qin people. According to the law, they can be killed."

"But now the war is over, and they are prisoners."

"What about the captives? Although our Daqin has regulations and military laws for preferential treatment of prisoners, it still depends on the person. These people are not qualified for preferential treatment. Ten slaps and one kill are already considered benevolent by Captain Xiao."

A businessman sighed, "It can't be said to be kind. After all, these Turkic mercenaries are all strong, and they are quite valuable when they are brought back and sold as slaves."

"But why do you have to draw ten times and kill one?" Xu Xiucai asked.

"If you don't kill, how can you stop the evil? This is a punishment, and it is necessary. Ten slaps and one kill are considered less killings."

Those who were seriously injured were killed just now, and it was too troublesome to keep these people, so they killed and beheaded for meritorious service.Live prisoners can also be exchanged for meritorious service, but wounded soldiers are too troublesome after all, and some people have to be killed anyway.

Those who were killed on the battlefield were killed first after the war, and now there are more than 100 Shatuo prisoners left.

Zhang Laosan and the others cut some red willow branches, ten in bundles, one end of which was stained with blood and dried and turned black and purple.

"Come on, life and death are up to you, wealth is in the sky, it doesn't matter whether you are hired by others or you take the initiative to be thieves, anyway, you have already robbed the Silk Road caravan, this is a capital offense. Now I will give you a lenient chance , those who draw the blood lottery will die, and the other nine will live."

The captives were separated in groups of ten.

Then the third child and the others held ten red willow branches for them to smoke.

"Pick it!"

A Shatuo man's hands were trembling, and he dared not to smoke for a long time.

"One, two, three, I'll count to ten, if I don't draw, it will be you."

The man closed his eyes and quickly smoked one, but when he opened his eyes and saw no blood, he smiled.

"next."

The second one didn't win either.

The third guy took a look, his face changed drastically. "No!"

He got the blood swab.

The third child smiled at the man, chewing betel nuts, "Men, you are not lucky, you nine, you are relieved, now, take this knife, one knife at a time, and chop off this guy's body." Limbs and heads, give me the head, and throw the rest over there to be fed to the wolves."

"No, I still have a wife and children waiting for me to go back."

The third child sneered, "Who doesn't have a wife and children at home? When you robbed and killed the caravan, didn't you think that they also have wives and children waiting for them to go back?"

"What are you still doing, do it!"

The unlucky guy begged and looked at the other nine people, but those people finally pushed him aside. After a slash, the man's screams disappeared, and a bloody head was sent to Zhang Laosan .

The third child smiled, "Alang from the Xu family, please come over and register the name of this unlucky ghost for us, please explain his identity to this Xu Dalang carefully."

Ten draws and one kill.

More than a dozen unlucky ghosts were drawn blood lottery and were killed by their accomplices. A dozen heads were placed there. Xu Xiucai resisted the churning in his stomach, and wrote simple identification information such as names on these guys, writing On a piece of wood and placed next to the head.

"Bring the lime, and deal with these heads. You have to pay for it when you go back. If it's rotten, you won't be able to tell when the time comes."

Xu Xiucai stood aside, looked at those Turkic people, and felt that they were actually very pitiful.

"What's next for these people?"

"What else can I do? Send them to the military castle first, and then escort them to Anxi Gaochang City. There will be a trial there, and then these people will eventually be sold into slavery. Half of the money will be rewarded to Team Xiao As for them, half of the rest will be turned over to the state treasury, and the other half will go to the government office of Anxi."

These Shatuo Turkic people may be sent to a mine in the Central Plains to mine, or to a workshop to work, or to Lingnan to make sugar cane, and to Andong to open up wasteland, but they will never return. At Shatuoqi's house.

"What should we do now? Unexpectedly, the mastermind is actually Prince Qiuci."

Zhang Shigui was cleaning the armor he took off, and was about to give it to Dui Xiao to correct them. Although the armor was obtained by killing Turkic people, according to the rules, it is a felony to possess the armor privately. Felony, when hanged.

The people in the caravan had already rearranged the goods, and they came here to thank Captain Xiao for correcting them.

"Zhangtou, thank you very much. For the eight brothers who died in battle, our caravan is willing to give [-] yuan to each of them. In addition, the originally agreed salary will be doubled and given to their families."

Originally, six guards were killed. Later, the guards joined the battle after they got out of trouble in the camp. Everyone risked their lives to kill the thieves together with the patrol team. As a result, two guards were killed.

Of the 21 killed in the caravan, another seven died in the camp.

After this trip, from Chang'an to Qiuciba to change the city, in fact, they only walked halfway, but 28 businessmen and eight guards were already dead.

"We plan to continue to Kangju. I don't know if Zhang Tou and the other brothers are willing to continue escorting. If yes, we will double the original agreed reward. If not, we will give the agreed reward as well. Just ask We'll send to Barchang so we can rehire the guards."

After this battle, the caravan also suffered heavy losses, but everyone did not flinch. The dead merchants will be handed over to the patrol team to help temporarily place them in the military fort, and see if they can take them back when they return.As for their goods, they will help to take them to Kangju to help sell them, and all the proceeds will be brought back to the merchant's home.

Zhang Shigui sighed, when he came there were 25 brothers, eight of them died, now there are still seventeen, heavy casualties.

"Since we have accepted this task, we will complete this task. When we arrive at Bachang City, I will recruit a few more people to guard it."

"Then thank you for your righteousness."

Suo Zijia sent it back to Team Xiao, and King Xiao Yan asked him to accept it, "Brother Zhang, thanks to your leadership in exterminating the thieves this time, and you have killed so many thieves, I will also go to the superior to help you Please make a contribution, and there will be a reward from you at that time. You killed thirteen Shatuo thieves by yourself, which is a great achievement."

Zhang Shigui smiled, "I also rely on my good cavalry and archery skills, strong bow and arrow, and your protection from Team Xiao. But to be honest, Team Xiao and the patrol team are strong, with fifty cavalry, they will be wiped out abruptly." 300 Shatuo mercenaries, amazing."

"What are Team Xiao's plans going forward?"

"You mean the Prince of Kucha?" Captain Xiao asked.

"Well, we can't just leave it like this, can we?"

"How is it possible, if you dare to rob and kill the Silk Road caravan and Chinese people in my territory, this is not giving me Xiao Yanwang face, I am a good face. No matter where I shit, someone will always send me paper , and now this prince of Qiuci wants to ride on my head to shit and pee, then I have to meet him." King Xiao Yan said, even if the other party is Prince Qiuci, he is just talking about an ordinary horse thief .

Zhang Shigui was very excited when he heard that, "Including me, I lost eight brothers. I brought them from Dunhuang, but now I can't take them back. I must seek justice for them!"

(End of this chapter)