Wanli 1592

Chapter 627 Dove occupying the magpie's nest
Facing the three tightly tied Beilu soldiers, Xiao Ruxun sat in front of them with a smile on his face, and began to question them.

"General Tong, let's start! Ask them why they are here first."

Xiao Ruxun gave Nurhachi an order, and Nurhachi got the order and began to ask his clansmen to question him.

Xiao Ruxun could not understand Jurchen or Mongolian. Anyway, it was just a chattering exchange in front of him, but it could be seen that the three northern captives were very scared, and from time to time they showed a look of fear and said a few words similar to begging for mercy.

Then Nurhaci exchanged a few words with his own people, then turned his head and said to Xiao Ruxun: "Governor, these three people said that they are from the Tumed tribe and they followed their king to the south. They were originally in the city of Datong." , and now they are arranged to eat here to spend the winter to avoid the severe cold, and many people in the tribe are arranged to various cities to avoid the severe cold, it’s all like this.”

"I really don't think of myself as an outsider!"

Xiao Ruxun frowned: "Continue to ask, how is the town of Datong now, but there is still the Ming army guarding it?"

Then there was another burst of chirping.

"Governor, what they mean is that the town of Datong is still guarded by the Ming army and has not fallen!"

"Oh?!"

Xiao Ruxun suddenly became energetic: "Governor Mei and Zongbing Ma are still guarding the town of Datong? This is great! Quickly ask how many people they have gone south in total?"

Nurhachi continued to inquire, and after a while of murmuring, Nurhachi said: "They said that the first to come were middle-aged men, and the strongest group followed the king to continue southward. The old and the weak, women and children of their tribe came down to live in the city together, and the people have not arrived yet, but the plan is that the whole tribe will go south together."

"Ask them about the number of combat soldiers?"

"About one hundred thousand in total."

"Are there other tribes besides the Tumet tribe going south to Datong?"

"They said that there were four other tribes going south. It is estimated that other tribes also planned to go south to Datong. It is not clear whether they have arrived or not, but the Datong area is assigned to the Tumet tribe. If other tribes go south, it should be Continuing to the south, the Great Wall was finally left unguarded, and they all wanted to escape the severe cold in Han.”

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"This is an attempt to occupy the magpie's nest! Mr. Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Guangqi frowned, and said, "According to this, it is estimated that there will be a lot of northern captives going south. It is definitely not just a Tumed tribe, but the whole tribe going south. The number of people is at least hundreds of thousands. They are planning to stay. Are you not leaving here?"

Xiao Ruxun recalled what Rick had said before.

"Their king probably wants to leave, but they probably haven't received their king's order for a long time, so they decided to go south on their own. General Tong, ask them whose idea it was that the whole tribe went south?"

"Yes!"

Nurhachi ordered people to ask, and got the answer soon.

"They said it was a decision made by several tribal leaders staying in Datong."

Xiao Ruxun nodded and looked at Xu Guangqi.

"Obviously, Lalik is wise. He ran away when he knew it. However, these people are afraid that they will live a comfortable life and are unwilling to leave. They lose their minds and plan to use our land of China as their holy place to escape the cold."

Xu Guangqi said angrily: "Absurd! How can Huaxia Shenzhou allow northern captives to occupy the magpie's nest?!"

"That's right. Seeing that tens of thousands of people are going south, then... isn't it just right?"

Xiao Ruxun's words were full of Senhan's murderous intent: "Save me from running all the way to look for it."

"What does the governor mean?"

"Mr. Xu is here for the first time. I invite Mr. Xu to have a meal of dumplings, stuffed with northern captives."

Xiao Ruxun grinned.

"General Tong, interrogate any cities they know where the northern captives are stationed, show them the map, let them identify them one by one, and then kill them."

"Yes!"

Nurhachi nodded in agreement.

Xiao Ruxun then left the military tent, and Xu Guangqi followed closely: "Governor, what should we do next?"

"Let's go and see the rescued people first, give them some food, and when Mr. Li brings the large troops, he will send people to escort them back to the south to take refuge first. Datong cannot stay here for the time being, it is very dangerous, and then we Go to Datong Town and rescue Governor Mei and Zongbing Ma. It’s been two months, and I don’t know how they survived.”

Xu Guangqi nodded.

"So good."

Afterwards, Xiao Ruxun took Xu Guangqi to visit those Han people who were rescued. This group of people included old and young, men and women, and most of them were poorly clothed and disheveled. They were clearly enslaved. Xiao Ruxun asked some old people about their lives these days with concern, and they often told their tragic experiences in tears.

After being captured, he was not killed, but now that he thinks about it, he would be as happy as being killed. Cooking cattle, horses, laundry, and cooking for the northern captives is also precarious. Relatives around him may be killed at any time, especially for young women. Dangerous, if you are taken away, you never come back, and most of the ones who come back are naked and bruised corpses, cold to the bone.

In order to survive, most young women cut off their long hair and smeared their cheeks to pretend to be men, but in this way, more people will be dragged into hard labor, chopping firewood, building them more comfortable and warm wooden houses, and lighting fires for them at any time. Beating and scolding, either exhausted or beaten to death, if it is found to be a daughter, she will be insulted by a group of people immediately, life is worse than death.

There were basically no children alive. When Xiao Ruxun rescued them, only six boys and three girls were alive among the 670 people. Survivors said that the northern captives captured The first thing they did was to kill all the children in front of them. Only these few children were protected by everyone's desperate efforts.

Xiao Ruxun asked them what else they needed him to do, and said that they were grateful to Xiao Ruxun for saving them. The only extravagant hope was to ask Xiao Ruxun to avenge their dead relatives and children, and they had nothing else to ask for. up.

Looking at these ragged and disheveled people, Xu Guangqi, who had never seen such a scene, was already yelling at the back angrily, while Xiao Ruxun was more calm, and arranged for the soldiers to put the clothes that could be found in the city in the order of children, old people, women and men These refugees were distributed to keep out the cold. If the number was not enough, they would be filled with clothes from the northern captives, and if not enough, they would be given the spare uniforms of the army to keep them out of the cold.

Xu Guangqi has deep sympathy for these people. He not only expresses sympathy with words, but also shows his sympathy and kindness with practical actions, helping to distribute clothes and rations, and trying his best to help everyone he can.

When the sun was setting, he walked up to Xiao Ruxun and asked, "Governor Xiao, what else can we do for these refugees? I just feel that we owe them too much."

(End of this chapter)