Let me go now, why are you arresting me! "
Before the captain of the combat team could speak, a man among the prisoners shouted loudly at Wang Yuncheng.
Wang Yuncheng heard the prisoner's words and once again confirmed that the prisoner was Han, and that the prisoner also had some accent from Yulin.
"Shut up!"
A soldier next to the man hit him with the end of a firecracker.
The captain of the war team standing in front of Wang Yuncheng said: "Ying Zheng, they are all Han people working for the Beilu. The Beilu fled back to the grassland. These people did not have time to escape together and hid in a grass nest a mile away. , discovered by the patrolling cavalry.”
"You are all Han, how can you work for the Mongols?" Wang Yuncheng asked the man who had spoken before.
The other party curled his lips and said: "What's wrong with me working for the nobles? You Han dogs should let me go quickly, otherwise when Lord Su Nangtaiji comes back with his troops, you won't be able to reap the benefits."
Hearing this, Wang Yuncheng frowned deeply and felt very unhappy.
I never expected that these prisoners would be proud to work for the Mongols. Instead, they would curse Han dogs at the Han people.
The captain of the war team said: "Yingzheng, you have also seen that these people are determined to work for Beilu, and the siege equipment in the Beilu camp are all made by these people."
"You better let me go. Sooner or later, the nobles on the grassland will take over the Central Plains. By then, you will all be the lowest slaves." The prisoner shouted loudly.
The Mongols divided people into several classes, and the Han people were the lowest class.
The captain of the warrior team turned around and said to one of the warriors: "Tell him to shut up."
The soldiers on the side raised their muskets and hit the prisoner who was yelling. Even though the prisoner squatted on the ground in pain, the soldiers on the side did not stop.
Wang Yuncheng looked at the prisoners who were being taken away. He showed no intention of stopping them at all. He just looked thoughtful and rubbed his chin back and forth with his fingers.
The prisoner's mouth was bloodshot after being beaten, and he lay motionless on the ground before the soldiers beside him stopped.
Wang Yuncheng seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly pointed at the prisoners in front of him and said, "Could it be that you guys are all members of the White Lotus Sect?"
Most of the Han people on the grasslands were kidnapped by the Mongols from the Ming Dynasty to the grasslands, and a small number were forced by the government and had to flee to the grasslands to seek a way to survive.
Even if these two types of people work for Beilu, they will not be as loyal as the people in front of them.
Only the White Lotus believers on the grassland, although they are called Han people, would rather work as slaves for the Mongols than stay in the Ming Dynasty. Only these people would work wholeheartedly for the Beibei.
The captain of the war team turned around, looked at the prisoner who was knocked to the ground, and said sarcastically: "You treat the Beilu as your masters, but the Beilu don't take you seriously. Su Nang has already led the defeated army back to the grassland. And you people are all the wretches he has abandoned."
Su Nang was defeated and retreated all the way to the grassland. He didn't even have time to take away the herds stationed here, and he couldn't even care about these Han slaves.
"Master Su Nang Taiji will not be defeated. Even the Ming Dynasty is no match for the Mongols. Your Tiger Character Banner is just a Ming Dynasty business, but you dare to kill the Mongols. Just wait to be conquered by the grassland tribes! Bah! "A Han prisoner spat fiercely on the ground.
The soldier standing aside swung a blunderbuss and smashed it at the prisoner.
Once he knew that the prisoners in front of him were all White Lotus cultists, Wang Yuncheng lost interest in continuing to talk to these people. He waved his hand and said, "Take them away for execution!"
Although these White Lotus believers living on the grasslands were slaves to the Mongols, he knew that these people looked down on Ming Dynasty business houses like Tiger Flag from the bottom of their hearts. Once they were released, they would only return to the grasslands and continue to work for the Mongols. , help the Mongols deal with their Tiger Flag.
Moreover, these White Lotus believers are not peaceful masters at heart. No matter which family in the Central Plains Dynasty becomes the emperor, these White Lotus believers are always on the road to rebellion.
The captain of the combat team turned around and shouted to the other soldiers: "Take them away."
The captives who were being escorted guessed what would happen to them next, and they cursed one after another, as if they wanted to use their last strength on their mouths.
Soon, these White Lotus cultists were escorted far away by the fighting team.
Wang Yuncheng turned around and said to the cuirassier behind him: "Let's go, drive!"
He knocked the horse's belly with his feet, flicked the reins in his hand, and urged the horse to run.
The army camp was only a dozen miles away from Xinping Fort. Not long after, Wang Yuncheng arrived at the gate of Xinping Fort.
Because of the Beilu, the gate of Xinpingbao was closed tightly. Even though the Beilu had retreated to the grassland, the city gate was still not opened.
"My subordinates went to the city to call for people." A cuirassier said to Wang Yuncheng.
Wang Yuncheng shook his head and said, "No need to go to such trouble, I'll go there myself."
"Let my subordinates go first. If someone shoots arrows from the top of the city, my subordinates are wearing breastplates and can retreat safely." The cuirassier said.
Cuirassiers wear breastplates and iron helmets. It is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to penetrate their breastplates. I am afraid that only the divine arm bows of Xixia hundreds of years ago can penetrate them.
Wang Yuncheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, our army is more than ten miles away, and Li Huaixin doesn't dare to mess around."
"This..." The cuirassier hesitated.
At this time, Wang Yuncheng was already riding towards the gate of Xinpingbao.
The cuirassier had no choice but to lead the others forward.
Arriving at the foot of Xinpingbao City, Wang Yuncheng raised his head and shouted towards the city: "Brothers on the city, below is Wang Yuncheng of the Tiger Flag, asking to see General Li."
He was worried that the people on the wall could not hear clearly, so he shouted several times.
On the city wall, a soldier close to the female wall heard the shouts below and glanced down through the gap between the female walls. He saw a group of cavalry and hurriedly ran to find his commander.
At noon, Li Huaixin went down the city wall and returned to his general's residence. At this time, the largest official on the city wall was the general.
The person who had learned about the tiger-character flag came to the door, and quickly arranged for someone to go to the General's Mansion to invite Li Huaixin.
After the people sent to the General's Mansion left, he stretched out his neck and shouted to the city: "Please wait a moment, the General will be here soon."
Wang Yuncheng stopped shouting and waited patiently on horseback.
A cuirassier on the side said: "Such a big thing happened outside the city, and Li Huaixin was not at the top of the city. Isn't he afraid that our tiger banner will attack his Xinping Fort?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Wang Yuncheng glanced at the cuirassier and said immediately, "Li Huaixin will be here soon. Don't say these words."
"Yes, I have noted it down." The cuirassier nodded.
After a while, Li Huaixin's face appeared on the top of the city, and he was heard shouting: "Are the people under the city from the Tiger Flag?"
A cuirassier under the city said at this time: "This person is Li Huaixin. My subordinates have seen him in Lingqiu. At that time, he was still guarding Lingqiu."
Wang Yuncheng nodded, then raised his hands towards the top of the city and shouted: "The common people have seen the general."
