"Come here in teams. The rest of you, stay where you are. No one can move unless you are told to. If anyone moves, don't blame me for not recognizing you with the stick in my hand."
Jin Shangzhi said viciously that when the Tang Dynasty soldiers first selected him, many people called him a traitor, and he felt embarrassed at the time.
But now he is no longer embarrassed. With the support of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, he is now a superior person. So what if your status was higher than mine before? Now you are kneeling in front of me for a bowl of rice soup.
Jin Shangzhi began to distribute rice soup. He was relatively fair, mainly because the Tang soldiers had told him that people must not starve to death after arriving in the north. If they starved to death, although he would not be punished, it would certainly not leave a good impression, and some of the benefits would definitely be withheld when distributing them. Therefore, Jin Shangzhi gave them about the same amount of food. He had to let these people survive. Only if they all survived and reached their own positions in the north could they climb higher.
In the Goguryeo refugee camp, many villains like Jin Shangzhi have suddenly become the superior people. Many Goguryeo dignitaries can only wait obediently with wooden boards in their hands. If they dare to disrupt the order, no matter what they did before, they will be beaten black and blue immediately.
A bowl of rice soup was quickly finished, and many people's stomachs were still rumbling. Unfortunately, there was no food left. Even people like Jin Shangzhi could only have one more steamed bun than them. Don't underestimate this steamed bun at this time, especially when a long-distance march begins. This steamed bun can replenish them with a lot of strength, which is much better than these porridges.
Of course, Li Xiang also gave orders that they don't need to walk too far every day, only thirty miles will be enough. As long as these people can reach the designated location, we have plenty of time, and we must not cause too many casualties. Of course, it's not that Li Xiang cares about these people's lives, but he is mainly worried that no one will help us open up the Great Northern Wilderness in the future.
When resting that night, the Tang army lit bonfires all around. This was already in the central region of Goguryeo, and the temperature at night was around six or seven degrees Celsius, much higher than in the north, but still very cold. With these bonfires, they had some source of heat.
Jin Shangzhi connected the ropes of each group front and back, and gave clear instructions to the people he had found. They should keep one eye open when sleeping at night. If anyone ran away, all the people on the rope would be beheaded. If you don't care about your own life, then just sleep like you're dead at night.
After hearing the policy of the Tang army, the people of Goguryeo were also afraid. They spontaneously looked at the two people around them, and then looked at them one after another. As long as there are many people on this rope, we can survive.
Of course, the Tang army has also set up one defense line after another around here. All of you are young and strong men carefully selected. Each of you is an important worker of the Tang Dynasty. If you are allowed to escape, it will be a loss for the Tang Dynasty court.
The night passed quickly. Although the weather was cold, everyone was huddled together, so the temperature was not that low. However, when we woke up the next morning, we could hear the shouts of the Tang Dynasty soldiers in the distance.
"Open your eyes and look! This is the group of people missing from last night. There were sixteen groups in total. All of them were beheaded."
Because the distance was far, the sounds came one after another. When they reached Jin Shangzhi, he finally understood what was going on. It turned out that people had run away from all sixteen queues. Then the remaining more than one hundred people would be beheaded, no matter if they were officials or ordinary people. It was your fault for not keeping a close eye on them last night.
"You all see, the Tang army is not trying to scare you. Fortunately, no one here ran away. If someone had run away, you would have endangered everyone."
Jin Shangzhi said viciously that there was a reason why no one in his team ran away. In addition to the fact that he kept a close eye on them, he also tied up some related people with a rope. If you ran away, you would not be hurting others, but your own family members, relatives and friends.
Many people had fear on their faces. They didn't expect that Datang would kill people without any hesitation. More than a hundred heads rolled down like that, scaring the people around them to the point of vomiting. However, they had no time to vomit. Breakfast was ready. Two people were sent from each group to carry it back, and then the team leader began to distribute the food. After the food was distributed, they would start their journey today.
It was similar to last night's meal, except that the porridge today was thicker. Li Xiang also instructed his men that it would be better to make more for breakfast so that they would have the strength to travel. They would go to bed after dinner, as eating too much would be of no use.
Some people finished the rice in their bowls in just a few bites and were still thinking of getting some more from others, but Jin Shangzhi's stick came down and everyone had to eat what belonged to them. No one could go to others for food. If you were not full, then you would starve yourself.
Everyone gets the same amount of food. If you eat someone else's and cause them to starve to death, wouldn't that affect your future? So when these people were eating, Jin Shangzhi would patrol back and forth. Even if you were family, you couldn't give him your food. He was really implementing the rules of the Tang Dynasty.
"Get up, everyone, stand up and line up in an orderly manner."
Jin Shangzhi saw that some people had stood up in the distance, so he quickly ordered his men to stand still and set off with these people soon.
Li Xiang also saw this scene from a distance. There were more than 9,000 people in this venue. They were the first group to set off. The main reason was that the people in this venue had better physical fitness. If something happened on the way, they could find out the problem first, so that the people behind them would not have to take a detour.
When everyone stood up, a carriage appeared in the distance. On the carriage were things looted from the surrounding houses. Some were quilts, some were clothes, and some were torn straw mats. Everything that could keep out the cold was brought in.
