The crowd in the market suddenly started running wildly, all kinds of vendors were knocked to the ground, and many people were pushed and fell.
Saturday Jiu held on to the two sugar figures tightly, trying to find his wife and son, but he could see nothing but chaotic figures.
While he was running wildly with the crowd, his throat suddenly tightened and a rope loop was wrapped around his neck.
"The Yuan Dynasty's official army was looking for thieves, and you worthless southerners were requisitioned!"
shouted a group of fierce Mongolian cavalry.
These Mongolians are good at roping horses, and they have no pressure on roping people.
The rope around Saturday Jiu's neck prevented him from escaping. A group of soldiers dismounted and took out the rope, stringing together all the young and strong Han people like Saturday Jiu with their hands tied.
"Don't run. Anyone who dares to run will be killed!" a Mongolian soldier shouted loudly on a horse.
Saturday Jiuji's eyes were full of tears. He couldn't see his wife and three children in the chaotic crowd, and his heart was filled with fear and worry.
However, Saturday and Nine did not dare to resist or beg for mercy. Several people had already been hacked to death when they tried to escape, and those who kowtowed to beg for mercy were also severely beaten.
A group of strong men were gathered together like animals.
The originally lively market was now filled with shouts and cries.
The Mongolian and Yuan army not only forcibly recruited young men, but also took away all the carriages, horses and food. The originally bustling market was now filled with weeping and wailing.
A large number of women and children who had their men or property taken away were crying in sorrow.
"The imperial court is requisitioning anyone who cries again to deceive the military and kill them!"
Aruhui frowned and gave the order after listening to these cries.
Under the intimidation of the Mongolian cavalry, the old, weak, women and children finally endured.
"Sir, everything has been arranged!" A staff member ran over and said.
After some arrangements, these strong men will take on the task of transporting grain and grass.
When it comes to the battlefield, Alu Hui will ask them to charge forward to consume the red scarf thief's strength.
"No, the number of people is too small!"
After hearing this, Alu Hui shook his head dissatisfied.
Although there are thousands of people in this market, there are not many strong men among them, which is not enough for Alu Hui.
"What are your plans, sir?" a general asked immediately.
Alu Hui pointed his riding whip at the old, weak, women and children, and ordered loudly.
"Select the strong women among them and let them push the carts and carry the burdens!"
"As you command, my lord!"
Upon hearing this, several Mongolian generals led their men into the crowd, and after some pulling and pulling, they forcibly recruited a group of strong civilian women.
Many women were pulled away from their children, and the children left behind started crying and howling.
Many children followed the crowd and chased their mother, crying and running.
Saturday and Nine, whose hands were tied, suddenly heard a familiar voice among the chaotic cries.
"Woo, woo..."
"Dad! Mom!"
The voices of two children came, and Saturday Jiu stretched his neck to look.
Sure enough, he saw his wife and a pair of children.
The scene in front of him made Saturday and Nine immediately shocked and angry.
Wife Wu Sanniang also had a rope tied around her neck, and a pair of children were chasing her, crying and chasing her.
Wu Sanniang clutched the rope around her neck with both hands, trying to resist and struggle, because she knew that her man had been taken away, and if she was taken away again, her children would have no chance of survival.
"Master Jun, please spare this slave! Have mercy on me!"
Wu Sanniang held on to the rope and refused to get up and leave.
The Mongolian soldier holding her was furious, and with a sudden force in his hand, the rope immediately dragged Wu Sanniang to the ground.
"mother!"
"Mother!"
At this time, a pair of young children had already caught up with her, threw themselves on Wu Sanniang and cried bitterly.
Wu Sanniang hugged her children and burst into tears.
The Mongolian soldier was unable to lift her up and was laughed at by his companions around him, which made him very angry.
I saw him suddenly pull out the sword from his waist and chop it down hard.
Poor Wu Sanniang didn't even scream, and half of her neck was cut off.
The gurgling blood instantly dyed the ground red.
The two young children were so frightened by the horror before them that they almost lost their voices.
"Bah! Looking for death!"
The Mongolian swore, put away his sword, turned around and left, as if he had done nothing.
In just a short moment, Saturday Nine witnessed the tragic death of his wife, and his two children were left alone and helpless.
Saturday Jiu was so sad and angry that he wanted to fight hard, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his body.
Snapped!
Snap!
A Mongolian cavalryman brandished a whip and beat the captured young men.
While beating them hard, he ordered them to move forward quickly.
A Han officer next to him shouted loudly.
"The imperial court is asking for thieves. If anyone disobeys, he will die!"
Saturday and Nine felt heartbroken and walked forward with tears in their eyes.
As a pair of children and the body of his wife disappeared behind him, Saturday and Nine kept telling himself.
"Stay alive! Son, you have to wait for me to come back!"
With howls one after another, the Meng Yuan army looted the originally bustling market.
Alu Hui is still not satisfied.
He also ordered that all villages within ten miles of the surrounding area be forcibly confiscated one by one with young men and grain.
Only then did he achieve a satisfactory result.
Finally, Alu Hui, the prime minister of Henan and Jiangbei Province of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, led 20,000 Mongolian Yuan officers and soldiers, plus nearly 30,000 strong women and a large amount of grain and grass, and headed towards Dingyuan.
Aruhui didn't care about the life or death of these forcibly recruited young women.
Alu Hui ordered the entire army to march urgently. These young peasant women not only had to push carts and carry burdens when marching, but also had to cut wood, collect firewood, carry water and dig trenches when setting up camp. Their daily rations were pitifully small.
Just three days later, when Aruhui led his army to Qingyuan Town, many of the weak civilian women had almost died of exhaustion on the road, and the rest were all exhausted men.
"Lord Zhongcheng, the scouts from the front have come to report that the vanguard of the red scarf thieves has been discovered!"
Aluhui and his army had just arrived at Qingyuan Town when they received rewards from the front.
"Haha, these rebels moved very quickly. This Qingyuan Town is where they are buried!"
Aru Hui said proudly.
Qingyuan Town is the ultimate place from Dingyuan to Chuzhou. To the north is Daqing Mountain and Qingliu River, and to the south is a hilly mountainous area. Only Qingyuan Town has flat terrain.
An army of tens of thousands moving forward cannot do without a convenient road, otherwise the food, grass and baggage will not be able to keep up.
After all, soldiers can cross mountains and ridges with light clothing, but carriages and horses carrying heavy provisions and baggage cannot.
Therefore, when Alu Hui arrived in Qingyuan Town, he occupied a key position in advance and had the advantage of waiting for work.
The news that the Meng Yuan army occupied Qingyuan Town quickly spread to the Red Scarf Army.
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
"Alas! What a pity, we have too few cavalry, otherwise we would have sent two to three thousand cavalry to seize Qingyuan Town." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said.