The opening and Xu Xiao's front

Chapter 86 Refugees
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In Liming Chusheng's camp, the three faces looked at each other, and finally, under Zhang Yicai's repeated questioning, Tuoba Shanyue said the name of the leading general in the reply letter received from the carrier pigeon this morning,
—— Xiyan

Asule said that he didn't know much about it, but Zhang Yicai strongly praised him this time and said that he would set off this afternoon. Asule always believed that seeing Zhang Yicai was so determined, he agreed.
After getting Asule's consent, Zhang Yicai immediately went to mobilize the soldiers. The soldiers who had been fighting all night expressed some dissatisfaction when they saw that Zhang Yicai wanted them to leave in the afternoon.
But under Zhang Yicai's money offensive, they fell. After all, who doesn't like money, isn't it just an extra step?Just go, at least they still have a rest time in the morning, as long as they take the time to rest now, it is worthless,
As for things like packing luggage, of course there are rear axle heavy soldiers to take care of them.

Just do what you say, the preparation for the march of tens of thousands of people is not an easy process, and a lot of things need to be packed and prepared. Zhang Yicai first took 500 people to follow the direction of Tuoba Mountain to expand the road.

As for why he only brought 500 people, the reason is very simple. He is going to explore the road, not to fight. Naturally, the fewer people involved in the road exploration, the better. With 500 people, Zhang Yicai still dislikes it a lot.

And with only 500 people, the remaining tens of thousands of people can stay in the army to protect Asule and prevent Tuoba Shanyue, a rebellious guy, from doing any irrational behavior.
It's really impossible, there are two brothers Tieyan and Tieye in the tent who can protect Asule and escape no matter what, but Zhang Yicai feels that this kind of thing is not possible at all, not to mention that Tuoba Shanyue is seriously injured now,
As far as those under his command let alone hijacking Asule, it is estimated that even self-protection is difficult. No matter how you think about tens of thousands of elite riders, I have the advantage over thousands of disabled people.

And Zhang Yicai, who is exploring the way here, now encounters the first big problem, the refugees who entered the mountains,

As mentioned earlier, Donglu is very busy and has been busy with internal fighting and fighting, so the number of refugees on the main road has been increasing unabated, and these refugees usually huddle together to keep warm in order to survive.

In order to survive, they usually will not join other vassal states, because many of them have used their corpses to clear the road for them,

As refugees who fled from other places, these vassal states would not treat them as human beings at all. They were usually either treated as miners or used as cannon fodder.
And under this kind of high pressure, these refugees are not fools. Their usual way is to flee into the mountains. They will not come out until the war is over and the new dynasty goes to the mountains to find them. Otherwise, they basically stay in the mountains by themselves. self-sufficient.

These people living in the vassal states fear these vassal states from the bottom of their hearts, and also do not trust these vassal states from the bottom of their hearts, and these people are exactly what Zhang Yicai needs.

What does he need most when stationed in Donglu?It's not gold and silver, it's not treasure. What we need most is people's hearts and minds. Only with these two kinds of wars can we continue to fight far and wide and develop sustainably.

"My lord, you said you are not from Donglu, so who are you?"

On the surrounding hillside, a respectable old man came out from the crowd, and asked Zhang Yicai from a distance,

"I'm from the Northland on the other side of the sea. The fifth prince of Qingyang is going to the Tang Dynasty with a promise, and I was disturbed by Guibao." Zhang Yicai honestly blew his identity as soon as he came up,
It's useless to talk about benevolence and righteousness to these refugees who are not the same. It's better to tell your identity honestly at the beginning, at least you have integrity, otherwise if someone exposes you at that time, then It doesn't look good on the face.

Just when Zhang Yicai was about to release his kindness, the refugees who had been hiding on the mountain rushed down with sticks in their hands.
Zhang Yicai hadn't made a move yet, the army under him already had a countermeasure, with swords and shields outside, spearmen inside the gaps in the shields,

And those archers got on their horses and condescendingly aimed at the refugees holding simple weapons in a straight line. Waiting for Zhang Yicai's order, the swords in their hands would shoot to death all those who tried to come forward. They have a lot of experience.

Just as these refugees were about to approach the shield, Tongtong put down the sticks in his hands and knelt down on the ground, Zhang Yicai saw the corners of his eyes twitch, he didn't think he had the aura of domineering, and someone came to surrender with a shake of his body,
Zhang Yicai pointed to the old man with all white hair at the beginning, and someone immediately pulled the old man over. When the old man was pulled over, he still kept his head down and kept kneeling, not daring to look up. Zhang Yicai frowned straight wrinkled,

These people are too slavish to use them for farming and farming. They are definitely good players and dare not deceive them, but they must not be used for wars, at least their generation can't. What a fart, just surrender (~_~;).

Zhang Yicai respects the old and loves the young. He doesn't want to sit on a horse and look down on this old man who can be his grandfather. Zhang Yicai tried to make his voice gentler and said:
"I can't afford the old man to invite you quickly! If you have something to say, get up and say it"

Zhang Yicai helped him a bit, oh, the old man was quite stubborn, he didn't help him up, Zhang Yicai gave a strong hand, the old man couldn't hold back, finally raised his head and straightened his body,

"Huh!"

Looking at the old man's face, even Zhang Yicai, who was well-informed, was taken aback. The old man's face had been stabbed with a few large characters, — prisoner, which was not as big as usual and spread all over his face.

I didn’t see it from a distance just now, but seeing it now is another matter. You must know that in ancient times, only serious crimes would be tattooed on the face, and it had to be a major crime of murder.
Zhang Yicai glanced furtively at other people's faces, basically all of them have now changed the conclusion he made just now, how can this group of people be kind?They are obviously a group of prisoners, daring prisoners,
In vain, he thought it was really because of his domineering aura, he became narcissistic,
"My lord, we are definitely not the kind of people who do evil and have never done any unrighteous things. We used to be a rich family, but the tax is too heavy and we can't pay the tax. I was wondering if I could have a chat with the government. See Can you wait for two days and then I don’t know why the people in the clan accidentally killed someone,
Then the government took our whole family to assassinate without saying a word, and all the family property was confiscated. In the end, they didn't even want to let the children go. I couldn't take it anymore, so I took the people and fled to the mountains." The old man looked at Zhang Yicai With an uncertain expression, he hurriedly said,
"My lord, we are definitely not bad people, and the intention to stop you is obviously not well prepared. There is not enough food. The adults can bear it. The children can't bear it anymore. I beg the lord to be merciful and give some food." The old man knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. Runny nose,
(End of this chapter)