Several prisoners next to him also echoed: "Yes, Jun Ye, you can do it, so we will not be executed if we continue like this, and we will be exhausted to death!"

Wang Shuang sneered, "Okay, since you don't want to run away, then you don't have to run away!"

The prisoners were overjoyed and kowtowed quickly: "Thank you, Jun Ye, thank you, Jun Ye!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Shuang immediately turned against him and shouted: "Cause everyone, kill them all!"

"Yes!" Several Northern cavalry rushed over and stabbed a few spears. The prisoners who had just begged for mercy fell into a pool of blood in the blink of an eye.

Wang Shuang looked at the other prisoners and shouted: "Did you see it? This is the end of cheating. You either keep the marching speed on your back, or be killed in this wilderness! What else can you see? Why don't you carry your food and keep up with the team? If you have any hesitation, kill!"

Under the threat of death, the prisoners no longer dared to hesitate. They carried food bags and ran forward, desperately chasing the team ahead.

The marching speed of fifteen miles per hour is actually not a big deal. A normal person can easily trot for an hour, but each of these prisoners carries dozens of kilograms of grain bags, which is deadly.

Following the order issued by Liu Cheng, Wang Shuang ordered the soldiers of the Northern Army who were custodying these prisoners that any prisoner who was scoundrel and refused to maintain the speed of the march would not tolerate them and would be chopped and killed.

After more than 200 prisoners were killed in succession, other prisoners who also had this kind of mind did not dare to do so. On the one hand, they wanted to continue to eat three full meals a day, but they did not want to be killed. Therefore, their physical potential was stimulated under the threat of hunger and death.

In the next two or three hours, more than 300 prisoners were killed one after another. These people were undoubtedly in poor physical condition and physical strength. They could not withstand such a long and intense marching, and their willpower was not strong, so they refused to leave. Wang Shuang had to order them to be executed.

As more and more prisoners were killed, the other prisoners became more and more afraid. Even though they knew that their bodies could not hold on, they could only try their best to keep up with the marching troops in order to survive.

At dawn, except for the killed people, more than 400 poor prisoners could not withstand such great intensity during the entire march and were exhausted. They fell on the march and never got up again. Wang Shuang ordered the food bags on their bodies to be taken down and threw them on the horse's back to continue the march.

Two days later, Liu Cheng ordered everyone to have a full meal and rest for three hours. The prisoners were as if they were amnesty, and they threw their food bags and fell to the ground to breathe violently. The bones all over their bodies seemed to be falling apart. No one had the strength to do any movement, even if they were talking, it was a luxury.

Through the Jili drum cart, Liu Cheng learned that from the time of Xu to the time of Chen, there were a total of ten hours. After deducting the rest time in the middle, he marched 130 miles that night.

If it is an army that has been trained for a long time, it is not particularly difficult to march 130 miles overnight, but these prisoners have never eaten enough and have never experienced any training. Moreover, each of them has a weight of at least 60 kilograms. This intensity of march is simply horrifying.

However, these people finally survived the first day. That night they seemed to have been thrown into hell, enduring the torture of hell for a night, and everyone was tortured to lose most of their lives.

In the temporary Zhongjun camp, Liu Cheng drank soup while gnawing on roast chicken and asked Wang Shuang: "Tell me, how many people were killed last night and how many people were exhausted?"

Wang Shuang clasped his fists and replied: "More than 500 people were killed, and more than 400 people died of exhaustion on the way, and a total of more than 1,000 people were reduced!"

One thousand people were reduced in one march, and it was only one night. Wang Shuang felt very scary. In this afternoon, it was afraid that there would be few people left in the next ten days and half a month. Thinking of this, Wang Shuang felt a chill all over his body.

He asked carefully: "Lord, why do we take these prisoners on the road? Taking them with them not only slows down the marching speed, but also a big burden, and also consumes food and grass. Why don't you kill them or release them all? It seems that there is no benefit in doing so!"

Liu Cheng glanced at Wang Shuang, ate a bite of the cake, and chewed it while saying, "All of them are released? This general lets them go today, and tomorrow they will be forced to recruit by Kong Yi or Li Min and trained them into an army to fight against the court! Killing them all is too harmful to the heavens, and they will also be charged with bloodthirsty and indiscriminate killing. Besides, we have seized so much food and grass, with our current transportation capacity, we will definitely not be able to maintain the ability to maneuver at high speed; after all, the food is dug out of the ground by the people for a year, and it is a pity to burn it!"

"Also, I have an idea to do some experiments and train these prisoners into an army that is fearless and has strong movement and execution. As for how many people they can survive in this period, it depends on their luck, willpower, patience, and tolerance."

At this time, there was a loud noise outside the tent, "Let go, let go of me, I want to see your general, let go of me, let go of me!"

Liu Cheng frowned and asked, "Who is this?"

Wang Shuang clasped his fists and said, "It should be the person named Xu Jing who was caught yesterday!"

Liu Cheng thought about it and waved it: "Let him come in!"

"promise!"

Xu Jing was brought in. When he saw Liu Cheng wearing a terrifying mask, he no longer had the noise he had just made, and bowed and said, "General!"

Liu Cheng wiped the sword with silk cloth and said calmly while wiping: "What's wrong with you? Why are you making noise outside the tent? Do you think my knife is not good?"

Xu Jing saw Liu Cheng rubbing the knife, and the knife became a little red because of the blood of the killing, but he couldn't wipe it off. He couldn't help swallowing, and took a step back and bowed: "General, you either let them all go or kill them all. You may torture them like this and torture so many people to death in one night. You are too excessive and cruel!"

"Hmm?" Liu Cheng slowly raised his head and stared at Xu Jing, and seemed to ejaculate murderous aura from his eyes in the mask. "What do I want to do? I think you are impatient in your life and can't even protect yourself. You dare to meddle in other people's business!"

Xu Jing was not very brave at all. When Liu Cheng, who was wearing a mask and full of murderous aura, was frightened by the glare of this and frightened him, his legs were so scared that he was so scared that he was weak.

He was tied up with his hands on a horse last night. He had also carefully observed this army and did not show any flag. The weapons and armor of this army were standard equipment, and the army was prohibited and disciplined. Every knight looked majestic and experienced many battles. He could not tell whose troops were this.

Xu Jing said: "Okay, okay, no matter what you want, you can do whatever you want, but you arrest me but don't give me food to you. What does it mean? Those prisoners have food to eat, but you don't give me food to you. After all, they are an official. They are even worse than those ordinary prisoners. Soldiers can be killed, but not humiliated. You might as well kill them with one knife!"

Liu Cheng stood up and walked to Xu Jing. Xu Jing was so scared that he retreated repeatedly. Liu Cheng forced him to retreat to the edge of the camp and said coldly: "It is because you scholars, who only know how to get something for nothing. If you talk about it, will make people lose their lives if they are not working. From today on, you only have one meal a day and can only eat half full! For me, don't work or give food, it's that simple! Take someone down and give him a steamed bun. This is the food for the whole day of today!"

"No!" Two knights came over and dragged Xu Jing, who was speechless, and walked out.

After seeing Xu Jing being dragged out, Wang Shuang clasped his fists at Liu Cheng and said, "Lord, since you want to use him, you still treat him like this. I'm afraid he won't bow his head easily!"

Liu Cheng sneered: "Hey, let's hunger him for a few days first. Hunger can make a person understand many principles that he didn't understand before. Hunger can make a person lower his noble head, and hunger can make a person give up self-righteousness!"

"Okay, I must take the army to set out. The prisoners are not yet able to adapt to this kind of urgent marching training. They are physically unbearable. You lead two thousand people to stay. After they have rested for an hour and a half, they will urge them to go on the road. They should kill and draw, and they must not be lenient on the way. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to control more than 1,000 people with only two thousand people. Moreover, what I need is an iron-blooded army, and you need to eliminate weak people with weak will and poor health. If you do not use strict military laws and military disciplines, it will be difficult to restrain them in the future. Do you understand?"

Wang Shuang hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "I understand!"

Just after the hour of the morning, Liu Chengju took three thousand cavalry and set out first. He sent a team of scouts to reconnaise and explore the way twenty miles ahead of the army, and three thousand men followed closely behind.

When he arrived near Chen County, Shenshi in the afternoon, the scout team in front sent someone to report to the Pegasus: "General, we found a thousand soldiers twenty-five miles ahead twenty-five miles ahead, and there were a large number of carriages among the thousand people, which seemed to be a grain transport team, but those carriages were empty!"

"Oh? The grain transport team, empty carriage?" Liu Cheng was stunned, but he immediately thought of something, "Is it the men of the prefect of Yingchuan Li Min? They have sent food and grass to Sun Jian. Are they going to return to Yingchuan?"

The scout who reported the news clasped his fists and said, "This thousand-man army has only a dozen cavalry, the others are infantry, and there are more than three thousand civilians! Their flags are written with the word "Li""

"It seems that I'm afraid it's really the troops of Li Min, the prefect of Yingchuan!" Liu Cheng said. He immediately took the map and looked at it, and immediately ordered: "Send the entire army to speed up the ambush 12 miles ahead!"

"promise!"
Chapter completed!