Circle of people.

It's a place specially reserved for people.

Enclose people like animals in a large circle with wooden fences, where people are next to each other and crowded together.

In the "circle of people", let alone lying down, there is at most only room to sit. In fact, in the coldest months of winter, you might freeze to death if you lie down.

In the "human circle", if someone dies, it may be a good thing. The cotton-padded jacket on his body will be taken off and draped on the living person, and the naked bodies of men and women will be thrown next to the "human circle".

"Come on, come on, squeeze in tight, squeeze in tight to avoid freezing to death..."

Because there was a rope tied around his neck, Yu Xiaobao would feel his neck being strangled when others moved.

Even though it had been ten days since he was caught in the pen, he still hadn't gotten used to the rope tied around his neck.

Ten people were tied with a rope. Although his hands were not tied, Yu Xiaobao, like the others, was sitting calmly. If any Manchu soldiers came in, he would not even dare to raise his head, lest he let go.

They were chopped with a knife, but those who came in were usually directed at the women in the circle. After those women were dragged out crying, no one came back. The next day, only naked corpses were thrown out.

"Gulu..."

There was a drum in his belly again. He licked his lips, as if he wanted to moisten his chapped lips with the saliva, but there was no saliva in his mouth. He grabbed a ball of snow from the seam of his clothes and stuffed it into

In the mouth, while the thirst is relieved, the person becomes colder.

"God, I won't freeze to death..."

The life of being imprisoned in the human pen was difficult. Although the Donglu plundered them from all over the country in order to take them outside the customs as slaves, they were only given one meal a day, and they could barely eat half a meal.

After not being able to last for two days, people would be so hungry that they would be dizzy. Needless to say, this was also his way of preventing everyone from escaping. They would be so hungry that they had no strength to run away, and they could only stay in this "circle of people" obediently.

He said he ran away and was hungry for several days. Even if he walked, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to walk.

"I don't know when this day will end!"

Yu Xiaobao, who was hungry and cold, couldn't help shouting when he saw the Donglu soldiers cheering and rushing towards Jinan City.

"It's coming, it's coming. Didn't you see that they are shouting that Jinan City is destroyed? Once they kill us, they will probably have to drive us to Liaodong like animals..."

The scholar next to him said something, his frostbitten face full of despair.

Jinan city is broken!

Looking up at the Donglu soldiers who were heading towards Jinan City to kill, Yu Xiaobao didn't know what was wrong, but felt his eyes heat up.

If the city is destroyed, how many people will those Donglu soldiers have to kill?

Thinking about how many people had been killed, Yu Xiaobao couldn't help but pray.

"The Bodhisattva protects them and protects them from being found by the Donglu soldiers..."

While Yu Xiaobao was praying, everything that happened in the next few hours seemed to him simply unbelievable. First of all, for some reason, groups of Donglu soldiers escaped back. Those Donglu soldiers

The soldiers shouted "Sky Fire, Sky Fire" in panic. Even from a few miles away, they could see the billowing black smoke rising from the city of Jinan, and then they also saw the chaos in the camp.

Sky fire?

What is sky fire?

Just when he was confused, a fire suddenly broke out in the Donglu camp, and then there was a violent explosion. What happened in the camp almost scared Yu Xiaobao to death - the Donglu soldiers were shouting and killing each other.

It's like being possessed.

Almost all the people locked up in the human circle have seen the chaos in the Donglu camp. Sometimes, those people with red eyes even fight to the side of the "human circle". Fortunately, there is a fence between them.

Otherwise, if those red-eyed Donglu soldiers come in, I don’t know how many people will be killed.

They killed like that for more than an hour. Although many Donglu soldiers including those guarding the "human circle" fled, there were still many Donglu soldiers standing in the camp, holding their swords without saying a word.

, so he didn't dare to get angry, but later, Yu Xiaobao saw someone breaking in. Those people killed the Donglu soldiers when they saw them. It seemed...an official army!

"The officers and soldiers are coming, the officers and soldiers are coming..."

Finally, everyone's shouts merged into one, and then, Yu Xiaobao really saw the officers and soldiers. For the first time in his life, when he saw the officers and soldiers, it was like seeing a Bodhisattva. Yu Xiaobao

I knelt on the ground, kowtowing, and rejoicing... that I finally survived!

When he heard that it was Prince Deok who saved them, he immediately kowtowed and cried loudly like the others.

"Your Majesty, please save the poor Prince who is begging for help."

…

Is this the "human circle"?

Seeing the crowded place in front of him, Zhu Guoqiang stared at everything in front of him with wide eyes, staring at the people in the "circle of people". Regardless of gender, they were all in groups of ten with ropes tied around their necks.

Then he was locked up in a circle of people without even a hut to protect him from the wind and snow.

"Your Majesty, when we were in the city, we heard that when the Donglu soldiers went south, they robbed countless people, both men and women, as long as they were young and strong. I heard from those who escaped that they robbed people in order to return to Liaodong for them.

Farm the land and work as slaves for them..."

How could Zhu Guoqiang not know what Qian Degong said? Isn't this the purpose of the Qing army's entry into the fortress?

Steal money, rob people!

People’s history books clearly say that more than 460,000 people and animals were plundered!

The more than 460,000 people were counted after they were robbed. How many people did they rob and imprison in such a circle? How many people froze to death? How many people starved to death? How many people were killed?

No one has ever counted, only those bastards who are not slaves enough, there proudly show off the achievements of their "ancestors", and are proud of "plundering more than 460,000 people and animals", it seems that they can become "Aha".

It seems that the descendants of those people really think so.

Looking at the people kowtowing to him and listening to the cries coming from the crowd. Looking at the naked corpses piled up in the open space aside, Zhu Guoqiang's face turned ashen.

"Go and tell Wudi that those Qing soldiers... will not leave anyone alive at all!"

…

After ordering people to count, resettle and rescue the refugees, when he rushed to the city, Zhu Guoqiang did not look back behind him, but stared at the ruins outside Jinan City, which was the burned-out Jinan city by the Qing army. On the vast white ground,

You can clearly see the broken walls that are still standing, and behind them is the broken Jinan city wall. The city inside the wall is still billowing black smoke, and Jinan is still burning.

But, no matter what, I defended this place!

Thinking of this, the corners of Zhu Guoqiang's lips raised slightly, and his face was full of pride. At this moment, he heard someone shouting.
Chapter completed!