Chapter 457 Cruelly Pulling a Strong Man

A village by the river.

Originally there were more than a hundred households in the village, but now there are only more than thirty households left. All the remaining people have fled south. Since the refugees came back from the north, they knew that the Tang Dynasty was attacking again. Although the Goguryeo court They were not allowed to retreat despite repeated orders, but late at night, these people also supported each other and retreated south.

Although the imperial court preached some divine protection, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty could not do anything to them, but the people's eyes were sharp. The reason why they were able to win those two times was due to a lot of luck, and this time the luck will still be there. On our side? If Goguryeo had real strength, then they would not retreat to the rear, but who would dare to make such a decision if the whole family was left to chance?

So no matter how much the court promotes the protection of gods, or the law does not allow it, these people still take risks. If they are caught, they will have to work for three years at most. But if they cannot be caught, then we can continue to run south.

The consequences of staying here will be even worse. I heard that the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty is extremely cruel and wants to make everyone slaves for generations...

There are also many slaves in Goguryeo, and many of them are Han Chinese kidnapped from Liaodong. Now if we are asked to do that kind of work and live in the same place as a pig pen, how can we do it? So these people are working hard of escape.

But no matter how they run away, there are still some people living here. Gaiyuan Suwen's order is very clear. We must go in and arrest people. If we can't collect enough people, then we will look at each level first. Start killing at the lowest level.

Nine people slept in a dilapidated house, four of them were locals and five had fled from the north. The cold wind poured in from all parts of the house. At night, the nine people could only lean on one place to survive. Living this cold night, although this life is not very satisfactory, at least the whole family can live together, and my heart is still warm.

But even this kind of spiritually satisfying life is now a luxury. As the door was kicked open by several soldiers, the whole family looked at the door in panic. Are we not even allowed to live such a life?

"Take them all away for me, including these two children and the two old guys. Take away everything that can move in the house. Take this dog to the military camp. If there is no food in two days, If so, I might have to eat it.”

The leading officer said loudly. The people in the room were dumbfounded. They had been living for decades and had never heard of such regulations. Even if the army came to recruit young men, it would only be for young men. The children were taken away, now do they have to take away the children and the elderly as well? What's more, there are so many women here, what's the use of dragging these people away?

"Sir, how could you do this? We are all nearly sixty, and we can't do much heavy work at home. How can we still fight for you? What's more, my two grandchildren are just Six years old..."

An old man turned out to be relatively well-known in the village, and he thought he could stand up and say a few words, but before he could finish his words, the leading officer came up and slapped the old man so hard that stars appeared in his eyes. Life expectancy in this era is relatively short, and people in their sixties are considered to have a long life.

Several young people in the room wanted to resist, but the knife was already placed on their necks. If these people dare to resist, they can be bled from their aorta at any time. I just don’t know if any of you have done this. ability.

"Don't show me your seniority here. I don't have any reason to say today. If I can't catch fifty people today, then my head will fall off. If there are fifty people on the way back, old man I will put you and the child back, but if there are not fifty people, as long as you are still breathing, you have to go to the military camp."

The leading officer said arrogantly, looking around the room casually.

This family is extremely poor. They don’t have anything of value. The food they had last night was all watery. There was only a little left in the rice vat. Even if they were not captured and taken to the military camp, they would probably be dead in two days. We are going to run out of food. I am doing good deeds now. At least you will still have food to eat when we get to the military camp.

The old man wanted to say something else, but his son quickly covered his mouth. Don't you, old man, understand the current situation? They have no reason to speak any more. If they are angered, these people in front of us may kill us if we don't wait for the Tang army to come.

The old man looked at the young people at home, and finally had no choice but to give in, and slowly walked out with these people. It turned out that the entire village had been caught...

"What are you doing? This is our only house..."

The old man had just taken two steps when he heard someone shouting from behind. They quickly looked back and saw that after these people walked out, Goguryeo soldiers were preparing to burn the house.

Others who were already on the road also quickly turned back. For the farmers here, they may only have such a thatched hut in their whole life. If you burn it down, then I won’t be able to live a better life in the future.

"Stop them for me. Anyone who dares to move forward will be killed without mercy. This is the order of the Prime Minister. After everyone enters the military camp, your houses will be of no use. If the Tang army is defeated, the court will pay Rebuilding for you will also allow you to fight the enemy bravely without any worries."

At the command of the leading officer, a dozen soldiers drew out their swords and pressed them on the chests of these people. Even if they saw their houses burning, they did not dare to take a step forward. After all, they were just ordinary people, not ordinary people. That kind of life-threatening stuff.

Gai Yuan Suwen issued this order. He also knew that what he did was an immoral thing and that future generations might be scolded. But he had to do it now. Only by burning down all these people's houses would they not have any problems. What worries, otherwise you would run away easily. Now that all the places around where people can live have been burned down, you can either stay in the army, or you can go to the mountains and become a savage. You will be a savage in the mountains within a few days. die.

Gai Yuan Suwen is definitely a smart guy, but all the people along the way were cursing and wanting to dig up his family's ancestral graves. It's just you scheming against others, why are you so ruthless when scheming against your own people? Woolen cloth?