Country color

Chapter 71
After the officers and soldiers left, the killing on the plain finally came to an end.

Refugees appeared from all corners, searching for the corpses of their own family members on the plains full of corpses, and some daring ones came to collect from the corpses to see what was available.And more people were scared out of their wits, hiding in one place and never daring to take a step.

Li Chongjiu and Tanzong led the brothers from Qiqian Village to walk slowly through the forest. In the dense forest, countless crows stood on the trees, croaking continuously, waiting for the feast in the future.
Li Chongjiu watched the refugees passing by in ragged clothes, like underground ghosts, their eyes were empty and lifeless.

Women can be seen everywhere holding their husbands and sons, weeping bitterly. As for many men taking advantage of the chaos to rob, grab those single women who have lost the protection of their families, and rape them forcibly in this wilderness.

No one comes out to uphold justice. The so-called fairness is also a joke.Violent crimes occur in broad daylight.

The sky is like lead, getting more gloomy, and the westerly wind blows the ground. Looking at this posture, there will be a heavy snow tonight.

Li Chongjiu shook his head. If it was covered by heavy snow, there would still be a chance except men. In troubled times, those women and children with weaker physical strength would freeze most of them to death tonight.

Even if there is no snow these days, these women and children will starve to death because of lack of food, or be used as food.

Right now, Li Chongjiu just wanted to leave this place quickly, walking through the forest, and suddenly heard bursts of crying.

Li Chongjiu turned his head and saw two or three hundred civilians gathered in one place in the forest, crying bitterly.

Li Chongjiu saw with sharp eyes that among the group of people, the dumb girl Pingping who was rescued by himself yesterday, and his mother.As for Ping Ping's father, that big man, he was covered in blood along with a dozen other people, and they were placed side by side on the ground without breathing.

The footsteps of Li Chongjiu and his party immediately startled them.

When this group of people saw Li Chongjiu and his team passing by, many of them whispered to each other, and after a while, all these people ran out together.

That Pingping's mother even made a plop, knelt down in front of Li Chongjiu, and said loudly: "General, General, I beg you to take us in. The men in our village are almost dead. There are only so many people at the moment. We are willing to do it!" You are like a horse, the general will take us in."

The woman's speech was disordered, and the words did not match the words, but she expressed a meaning and asked Li Chongjiu to take them in. Otherwise, their village, which lost most of the strong men, would be absolutely worrisome.

Li Chongjiu turned his head to look, and the people in the village pulled or pushed more than 30 young women from behind to the front.

Those young women showed off their beauty with a reluctant look, wanting to increase some capital for themselves, and Ping Ping's mother was undoubtedly the most beautiful of these women, her eyes were lowered, tears glistened, He hugged Pingping tightly in his hands.

When Li Chongjiu heard the brothers beside him, many of them swallowed their saliva.Li Chongjiu hadn't spoken yet, but another group of three or 400 people gathered on the other side.

They relied on men to fight, and Li Yuan's officers and soldiers were worried that the exiles would reunite, so they killed mostly young and strong men. Therefore, among the three or four hundred refugees, most of them were old, weak, women and children.

Old and weak women and children cannot survive in troubled times without a man to rely on. Seeing Pingping's mother's methods, this side also imitated or pushed or pulled dozens of women out.

These women looked numb. Many of their husbands, children, or fathers died in the previous war.Now, under the instigation of their fellow countrymen, they each took off their clothes and exposed their bodies, showing their bodies to Li Chongjiu and the others like white lambs.

"General, general, please, please, take us in."

"These women, as long as you like them, take them away casually, even if you follow us, you will starve to death."

"No, we came first."

"At this time, it doesn't matter who comes first."

"Come on, let's touch it, what a beautiful body, it's a girl with yellow flowers."

In the peaceful and prosperous times, the rich had three wives and four concubines, and they basically had no chance of getting married in poor families, but now women have become goods that can be given whatever they want.Li Chongjiu thought, is this the end of the world?Even women are inflated.

A noisy noise swelled in the air.

Tan Zong also couldn't help persuading: "Brother, just take them in."

"Yes." Tanzong's decision drew the echoes of Li Chongjiu's subordinates.

They didn't even think about the fact that they hadn't eaten for two days, and they still had to support hundreds of people, not to mention that there was still a long way to go to Taiyuan County.

Li Chongjiu's subordinates all agreed, as people who came out of Shaolin Temple, everyone's heart has not been numb by the tragic scene of this chaotic world, and they have a kind heart in their hearts.

Just when everyone was discussing, there was a scream suddenly, and a woman in disheveled clothes was seen not far away, screaming and going straight, behind this woman were three or four big men with grinning faces.

Seeing that there was no way out, the woman slammed her head against a tree, and her blood burst immediately.

"Enough." Seeing this scene, Li Chongjiu's eyes were about to burst, and he immediately shouted, "Take these three or four big men to me, and I want to live."

Li Chongjiu's voice paused, and Tan Zong led five or six people to chase after him.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu said loudly: "Listen, folks, I have neither food for you to eat nor clothes for you to wear, and I may not be able to protect you in case of danger. Are you still willing to come with me?"

"Will! Will!"

Hundreds of people spoke loudly without hesitation, now that their lives were decided, even a little hope was in their hands.

"Okay then, spread the words I just said, and after half an hour, call all those who are willing to go with us, and come here together." Li Chongjiu said bluntly at the moment.

Half an hour later, more than 3000 people gathered in the forest near Li Chongjiu.

This was far beyond Li Chongjiu's expectations. He underestimated the desire of the people to survive. Although he made it clear to them that he could give them nothing, everyone was still willing to follow him.

For thousands of years, the common people have endured exorbitant taxes, corrupt officials, all kinds of exploitation, all kinds of oppression, and even today there are poisonous rice, Sudan red, waste oil, melamine, all the people have only one basic purpose, which is survive.

As for the quality of life, it's just about living, and there is hope in living.

Pairs of hopeful eyes stared at Li Chongjiu.Li Chongjiu had no choice but to repeat what he had just said, but no one left, and people kept gathering.

Li Chongjiu nodded immediately, and began to make three chapters.

First of all, it is not allowed to rape (harmonious) prostitutes, offenders will be killed, Li Chongjiu immediately pushed out the men who committed the atrocities, beat them to death with sticks in front of everyone, and gave them a canonical punishment first.

The other rules were briefly stated, such as killing people for life, not injuring others and looting, and following orders when acting together. These ordinary people are illiterate and legally illiterate, so they can't remember most of the rules.

After the rules were hastily established, Li Chongjiu immediately began to divide all the people into yellow, small, medium, D, and old five according to the rules of the imperial court's transfer of nationality.

The so-called Huang, Xiao, Zhong, Ding, Lao Wu, etc., mean that boys and girls under the age of three are called Huang, those aged four to ten are called Xiao, eleven to seventeen are called Zhong, eighteen to sixty are called Ding, Over sixty is called old.First of all, Li Chongjiu pulled out all the young and strong men, a total of three hundred and thirteen people.

Among the young men, those who were disabled, sick and weak were thrown away. After Li Chongjiu kept two hundred young men, Ling Tanzong led fifty Shaolin disciples to lead them, and immediately took them to the forest to search and find out everything. Arm yourself with the weapons you can use, and at the same time strip off all the clothes from the dead as much as possible, and prepare to add them to keep out the cold.

As for Huang and the young ones, those who have mothers will naturally be taken care of by their mothers, and the orphans who were separated from their families, Li Chongjiu also ordered a single woman to take care of them.

The middle-aged, the elderly, and the injured and sick are responsible for taking care of them all the way.

Next, Li Chongjiu ordered people to cut wood immediately, and chose one of the sturdy sticks for each person to use on the road in the future, while the rest of the branches were all in the forest. Light a fire.

According to the weather at night, the temperature will be sudden, and it will snow if it is not done properly. If the precautions are not taken properly, the three thousand refugees will freeze to death by hundreds overnight.

And now that the officers and soldiers have left, there is no need to worry about lighting a fire at night and exposing the target. Of course, you can be at ease and bold.

The warm fire was immediately lit in the forest, and the clothes stripped from the dead were distributed to the frail children and the elderly one by one.

Outside the forest, there was a man holding a wooden stick to guard, and all the people gathered around the fire to warm up and drive away the chill from their bodies. On this day of chaos and chaos, the people held back the sadness in their hearts. Somewhat safe feeling.

There was still a choking sound in the woods.

Li Chongjiu looked at the flames and thought to himself that this is the first day without food.

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket on Monday.

(End of this chapter)