Rise of the Heavens

Chapter 36 Slaves
The strong wind swept through the night, and on the second day, Gao Cheng opened his eyes and found that there were several frozen corpses in the big tent.Not long after, a few strong prairie barbarians walked in. After seeing the corpse, their faces were a little ugly, and they drove everyone out of the tent impatiently.

Gao Cheng silently followed the crowd out of the camp. After walking out, he felt relieved. He saw the high sky like a blue jewel, cloudless, and the sun shining on the boundless grassland below. Standing in the sun, it was warm and almost It makes people think that the icy wind that was yesterday has never appeared.

The weather in the grassland is as unpredictable as the sea, especially in autumn and winter, when the sun may be shining at noon, but it will snow heavily at night.

The tribe that has lived on the grassland since birth is not at all surprised by the weather. Thousands of people in the whole tribe are constantly busy. The shepherds lead the cattle and sheep outside, and there are about a thousand herdsmen carrying bows and arrows. Holding a scimitar, they formed a team of cavalry patrolling outside.

"People in this tribe seem to be very nervous?" Gao Cheng looked at the situation of this grassland tribe calmly. These herdsmen packed their things very quickly, and the singing and drinking last night seemed more like venting pressure. .

With thoughts in Gao Cheng's mind constantly turning, he and Xiao Lucheng followed behind many captured men and women.Soon more than 200 captives were gathered.

Quite a few women thought that these prairie people were going to kill them all, so they trembled with fright and couldn't help crying in a low voice. The other men looked timid, like fish on a chopping board. slaughtered by these prairie people.

Xiao Lucheng's eyes showed a fierce look, and he exchanged a look with Gao Cheng, his body slightly bowed to prepare for a violent outburst, if these prairie people don't give them a way out, they will never stand still.

At this time, a short soldier came on horseback. Seeing the cowardly appearance of these captives, he couldn't help but show disdain. He pointed the whip in his hand and said in jerky Chinese, "You all! Come and work!"

A tribe of thousands of people began to migrate, and they needed to bring a lot of things. Among them, more than 1000 cavalry needed to guard against foreign enemies, and some people needed to guard cattle, sheep and horses. The remaining women and children could not take too many things.So the people of this tribe are like using more than 200 captives captured.Treat all captives as human meat mules and horses to carry supplies.

It was not intended to kill them! The more than 200 captives were relieved, hurriedly followed the cavalry's order, carrying heavy iron pots and rolled up tents, and followed the tribe to migrate northward with difficulty.

Not far from more than 200 captives, more than 1000 cavalry scattered and galloped on the vast grassland, watching all directions vigilantly.These herdsmen on the prairie are natural cavalry without much training, but many elite soldiers are no match for charging.

"Brother Cheng, what should we do? These barbarian cavalry are too close, and there is no chance to escape!" Xiao Lucheng said with a hint of impatience on his face, leaning over with a heavy load on his back.

Gao Cheng's face is also not good-looking, he came to this world to cultivate, not to be the slave of these prairie people, but at this time there are more than a thousand cavalry not far away, jumping out at this time is courting death.

Facing the impact of thousands of cavalry, unless he cultivated to the sixth level of strength training, he would have a chance to survive if he became a body of steel and iron.

He said softly: "Don't worry, when the tribe moves, some of these cavalry will definitely be sent to the front to act as scouts and vanguards to avoid any danger. As long as these cavalry disperse, our chance will come!"

Xiao Lucheng forcibly endured, spat hard on the ground, took a breath, and continued to move forward with his things on his back.Not long after, as Gao Cheng expected, three hundred of the thousand cavalry in front split up and moved forward to investigate.

There were seven hundred prairie cavalry left, Gao Cheng frowned, shook his head slightly, still not sure about escaping from these people.

At this time, the crowd had already traveled for nearly seven or eight miles. More than 200 captives had been blown by the cold wind last night. They hadn't eaten anything this morning, so they were captured by this tribe to serve as human mules.

The potential aroused by the fear of being killed was continuously consumed step by step, and many people were pale and crumbling.Several cavalrymen were in charge of guarding them. Seeing this situation, they immediately pulled out their horsewhips and whipped wildly.He kept yelling and cursing in his mouth.

"I can't move anymore! I really can't move anymore!"

"Please be merciful, my lord, let us rest before we go!"

The two young men finally couldn't bear it any longer, their bodies limp and collapsed on the ground, their faces were pale, and they gasped rapidly.Two cavalrymen rushed over and whipped them with horsewhips. The two men rolled on the ground in pain and wailed.

The short knight who gave the order just now rode up, snorted coldly, pulled out the shining scimitar, and said in Chinese with difficulty: "Get up! Otherwise, you will die!"

Xiao Lucheng clenched his fists tightly, couldn't bear it any longer, and said angrily: "Even if it's a mule or a horse, it has to be fed before it can carry something. We were hungry all night and didn't eat anything in the morning. Now you let us carry such a load on our backs." Is the heavy thing trying to exhaust us to death?"

The short knight didn't seem to expect that someone would dare to stand up. He froze for a moment, then his eyes flashed sharply, and he said, "It's just some Han slaves. If you die, you will die! Your lives are not as good as cattle and sheep! The lives of cattle and sheep Milk can raise young eagles in a large tribe and make them grow into warriors. What can you slaves do? Waste food?"

Xiao Lucheng was so angry that the scar on his face kept shaking, and he didn't care that the other party regarded him as a Han.When the other captives saw Xiao Lucheng come forward to negotiate with the other party, they originally looked expectant, but when they heard the short knight's words, they suddenly turned extremely pale.

It turned out that their lives were not as good as cattle, sheep, mules and horses in the eyes of the tribe. Among the more than 200 captives, there was a gentle-looking young man who clenched his fists and said in a hateful voice: "Barbarians, they are really barbarians..."

"Everyone has heard that these barbarians have no intention of letting us live, so why not fight together! If we fight these barbarians, we may still have a chance of survival!"

Xiao Lucheng threw his things on the ground fiercely, hissing loudly.In his opinion, as long as more than 200 people attack at the same time, they will definitely disturb the sight of these cavalry, and then he will be able to take advantage of the chaos and rush out.

However, his plan failed, and despite his hissing, the other 200 people did not respond at all, and the gentle young man who was cursing just now took two steps back.

Seeing this, the short cavalry and other cavalry laughed loudly.The tribal herdsmen not far away saw the excitement here, and they also gathered around some people.After knowing what was going on, he also pointed at the more than 200 Han captives and smiled wantonly.If the herdsmen were humiliated like this, they would have rushed out to fight the enemy, even if they died together, they would have to regain their dignity.

Only these Han slaves would submit to it, even if they were stepped on the soil, they would not dare to resist once.

(End of this chapter)