After another three days of rest in Yanyunguan, Xiao Chen led his army out of the pass early on the fourth day and officially set foot on the ground of Yanyun County.
The north of Yanyunguan Pass is full of continuous deep forests, with undulating peaks and steep terrain. There is only a narrow mountain road in the middle that can barely allow cars and horses to pass.
Xiao Chen and his group of nearly 10,000 horses could only line up in a thin line and march slowly along the mountain road. The distance between the beginning and the end was as long as seven or eight miles. This long snake-like marching formation was actually very dangerous. Once they were caught
If the enemy cuts it off in the middle, it will be difficult to take care of both the beginning and the end.
However, Zhuge Xiaosheng had already conducted investigations in advance. Although there were many fleeing people in the nearby mountains, including some suspicious characters, and even a small group of more than a dozen enemy troops, there were no organized troops.
Presumably the Xianbo people are not familiar with this place and do not dare to send troops into the mountains easily.
Qin Gang and the others were so nervous that even the people who had finally escaped here did not dare to take them in despite the roar of the wind and the roar of the wind and the roar of the trees. It was really too sad.
The army had only marched a dozen miles when a scout from the vanguard came to report that they had encountered a large group of refugees in front of them. They were kneeling on the ground blocking the way and could not be driven away. They were crying and shouting to see Mr. Xiao.
Everyone thought that Xiao Chen couldn't put himself in danger for fear of an ambush, but Xiao Chen insisted on going. Damn it, I don't believe that the Xianbo people have such courage to blatantly ambush the young master!
This is obviously because the people of Yanyun County have come to me to appeal. As the parent official of Yanyun County, am I right to not go there?
The big guy had nothing to say, he just told him to be careful.
When Xiao Chen rushed to the front, he saw that on both sides of the road, all over the mountains and plains were people in ragged clothes, with yellow faces and skinny muscles. There were thousands of them, and he couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
He quickly got off his horse and walked closer.
"Are you sent by Mr. Xiao?" A man in his thirties was about to kneel down when he saw Xiao Chen approaching.
Xiao Chen grabbed him and said in a deep voice, "This big brother, I am Xiao Chen."
"Ah? Are you Mr. Xiao who came to earth from Wenquxing?" The man looked unbelievable, couldn't he? Why are you so young?
"Haha, brother, I am just an ordinary person. What kind of Wenquxing are you? You all escaped from Yanyun County?" Xiao Chen spoke softly, without any airs.
"But Mr. Xiao, you are here! We have been waiting for you here for a long time. If you don't come, all of us will have no way of living!" The man knelt down in front of him with a thud and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Mr. Xiao, help me!" As soon as the man knelt down, thousands of people behind him also knelt down, and for a while, their cries shook the sky, and their wails filled the land!
Xiao Chen never thought that the people in Yanyun County also knew his name, and were still waiting here eagerly for him. Suddenly, he felt like a big mountain was pressing on his shoulders, right?
I said in my heart that everyone thinks too highly of me, Xiao Chen, but don’t you know that I also came here to survive in death?
"Folks, get up quickly. I will send someone to take you into the customs right now..." Xiao Chen would never watch these people die of cold and hunger in this deep mountain and old forest.
Although Qin Gang did not allow the people of Yanyun County to enter the pass, if he sent someone to send them, Qin Gang would definitely give him the face.
Of course, he would also ask Qin Gang to take some necessary measures to try not to let them stay in the city, and directly send some troops to send them to various towns in the south in batches, then verify their identities, register them, and place them properly.
This way there won't be any problems.
But to Xiao Chen's surprise, these Yanyun people were unwilling to enter the customs!
"Master Xiao, on behalf of everyone, let me ask you a question: Are we subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty?" The man's face turned red with excitement, and his voice sounded like a roar.
"Of course, do you need to say this?" Xiao Chen didn't know why the man asked this.
"Since we are the subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, why does the Great Zhou Dynasty not want us! We all fought hard to escape from the iron hoof of the Xianbo people. We traveled hundreds of miles and endured many hardships. How many people died along the way.
...But the big boss of Yanyunguan doesn't allow you to enter, and says we are spies of the Xianbo people!" The man said with tears streaming down his face.
"This is not because General Qin is ruthless, but because of the situation..." Xiao Chen also defended Qin Gang.
"We ordinary people don't understand these truths. We only know that since we are subjects of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty should protect us. The Xianbo cavalry swept through Yanyun County, causing our common people to lose their families and become homeless, but there was no such thing as the Great Zhou Dynasty.
They came to protect us one by one! They just let us be slaughtered at will."
"When the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was in power, no one dared to bully us. When those Russian devils invaded, our Lord Li Chang and Li Marquis immediately led an army to drive them away. Why is it that now that the dynasties are changing, one generation is worse than the other?
Already?"
"If the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty doesn't want us, then we won't go back. If we go back, we will be living under someone else's roof. Why don't we all follow Mr. Xiao and go fight with the Xianbo people for a while and take back our own land and property!"
"We all know that Mr. Xiao, you are a hero. If you were not a hero, you would not dare to come! But we also heard that the emperor sent you to die because you have done so much and shocked the emperor! Let me see, Mr. Xiao, this time
Come and don’t go back. After defeating the Xianbo people, you can become the prince of our Yanyun County!"
Therefore, the eyes of the common people are sharp. Don’t think that they don’t understand anything. In fact, they understand everything in their hearts...
"Oh, brother, don't talk nonsense. This is a crime of beheading!" Xiao Chen had three black lines on his forehead. I didn't expect that this man was really brave. He really dared to poke words upward.
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But the words are rough and rational, and they are quite in line with my wishes.
Therefore, although the tone was reproachful, he did not get angry or order anyone to be arrested.
"Haha, Mr. Xiao, we all crawled out from the pile of dead people. Half of our lives are already gone. If we speak, we will freeze to death and starve to death. Why are we afraid of beheading? There is an ancient saying that people are not afraid of death. How can we do this?
Afraid of death?" Unexpectedly, this rough-looking man is actually a well-educated man.
"Don't think we are burdensome. Look, these are all young people. If nothing else, they have a lot of strength and the courage to kill people! Why? Because the old, weak, sick and disabled can't run away.
Move, even if you run out, you will die of hunger, disease, and exhaustion. These are our relatives... How can we hate it!"
The man's eyes were red, and what was shed was no longer tears, but blood!
Xiao Chen looked around, and sure enough, the thousands of people were mostly young adults in their twenties and thirties, and there were some girls among them, but there was no old man or child...
This was probably one of the reasons why Qin Gang did not dare to let them enter.
It also made Xiao Chen a little embarrassed.
Because he couldn't be sure whether these people were spies sent by the Xianbo people?