In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 878 The Prisoners of War's Cheers

Therefore, Xu Sanyang guessed that Li Ming's wife was unlikely to be harmed.

"That's good, that's good!"

Xu Sanyang's answer seemed to offer Li Ming some comfort. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked anxiously, "Sanyang, do you think we can still leave here?"

Xu Sanyang knew that what Li Ming really wanted to ask was not whether he could leave this place, but whether he could survive.

He hesitated for a moment, then replied, "If the Yang family army wanted to kill us, they would have done so long ago. Why waste food keeping us alive? We are unlikely to die. As for whether we can leave this place, I don't know!"

"What should I do? I don't want to spend my whole life washing clothes here."

Li Ming said with a look of impatience, "If I were all alone like Xu Sanyang, spending my whole life washing clothes and cooking in the Yang family army wouldn't be so unacceptable."

After all, the Yang family army treated the serfs relatively well, not beating or scolding them at the drop of a hat, and providing them with a sufficient daily ration to barely fill their stomachs.

But Li Ming still has a wife and an unborn child at home. How can he accept never seeing his wife or his unborn child for the rest of his life?

"no way!"

Xu Sanyang shook his head. Although the Yang family army did not mistreat the prisoners of war, it was almost impossible for them to escape from the prisoner-of-war camp.

There were a total of five prisoner-of-war camps, and the Yang family army deployed a full 10,000 fully armed soldiers to guard them. Not to mention these serf soldiers, even the powerful Lu family troops had no chance of escaping.

"I want to go back to see my wife. I don't want to stay here forever!"

Li Ming got up impatiently, pacing back and forth, racking his brains for any way to escape from the prisoner-of-war camp.

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't come up with a feasible solution. He could only pace around anxiously to relieve his emotions.

"gather!"

Just then, a loud voice came from afar. Upon hearing the voice, Xu Sanyang and Li Ming almost reflexively ran towards the direction from which the voice came.

The prisoner-of-war camp had strict rules. Upon hearing the call to assemble, one had to rush to the assembly point or face punishment. Naturally, the two dared not delay.

Soon after, the two arrived at an open space, and at the same time, a large number of prisoners from the POW camp arrived one after another. Soon, the open space was filled with 3000 prisoners of war.

The commander of the Yang family army, who had called for the assembly, nodded slightly as he looked at the prisoners of war who had quickly assembled.

Although these prisoners of war are not physically strong, they are very disciplined. If they are fed and trained properly, they can become qualified soldiers.

Of course, the centurion was not there to recruit soldiers. After everyone had assembled, he slowly said, "Quiet down, everyone. I have something to announce!"

Upon hearing this, the somewhat noisy open space immediately fell silent, and all the prisoners of war focused their attention on the centurion.

The centurion didn't keep them waiting long and said directly, "Commander Yang has just made a decision: all the captured Lu family serfs can leave the prisoner-of-war camp after today."

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent. All the prisoners of war stared intently at the centurion, wondering if they had misheard.

Although they had fantasized that Yang's army would let them leave, they knew it was just wishful thinking.

Having once been soldiers of the Lu family, they had killed countless members of the Yang family army on the battlefield. If they were in the Yang family army's high command, they would never have let these serfs who had caused such heavy casualties to their side go unpunished.

But the leadership of the Yang family army made this decision: not only did they not execute them, they also let them leave...

The news was so shocking that the prisoners of war were initially hesitant to believe it.

"General, are you telling the truth?"

There was a long silence before one of the prisoners of war, who was close to the centurion, cautiously asked, "Are you really going to let us go?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes fell on the centurion without blinking.

The centurion, under the intense gaze of everyone, slowly nodded: "Of course it's true! Commander Yang said that you were forced to appear on the battlefield by the Lu family, so he won't blame you and is willing to let you leave!"

If these prisoners of war spontaneously joined the Lu family in fighting against the Yang family army, then no matter how merciful Yang Zheng was, he would not release them.

However, these prisoners of war were not there voluntarily; they were forced to go to the battlefield by the Lu family with knives to their throats. Under these circumstances, it was difficult for Yang Zheng to blame these prisoners of war.

After all, these prisoners of war were pitiful people. As serfs of the Lu family, they not only couldn't even get enough to eat, but were also forced by the Lu family to go to the battlefield to die.

Yang Zheng found it difficult to bring himself to execute these serfs, so he had no choice but to release them!

Wow!

As the centurion nodded, a huge cheer erupted from the crowd.

"Great! I can finally go home! Thank you, King Yang!"

"Waaaaah! I can finally go home to see my parents! Long live King Yang!"

"I survived! Hahahaha! I survived! Long live King Yang!"

"..."

Countless prisoners of war wept with joy, shouting "Long live King Yang!" and filled with gratitude for Yang Zheng.

Li Ming even grabbed Xu Sanyang's shoulder excitedly, stammering, "Sanyang, Sanyang, did you hear that? King Yang is going to let us go!"

"heard it!"

Xu Sanyang smiled. Although he didn't care whether he would be released or not, seeing Li Ming and the others around him so happy and excited, he couldn't help but feel a little infected and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Great! Great! I can see my wife and witness the birth of my child!"

Overwhelmed with excitement, Li Ming's face flushed red. His gratitude towards Yang Zheng made him shout uncontrollably, "Long live King Yang! Long live the Yang Family Army!"

"Long live King Yang!"

"Long live the Yang Family Army!"

"Long live King Yang!"

"..."

Countless prisoners of war joined Li Ming in shouting at the top of their lungs. At that moment, each of them was filled with gratitude for Yang Zheng.

Upon seeing this, the centurion couldn't help but smile slightly. As the person in charge of managing this prisoner-of-war camp, he had some understanding of these prisoners.

Knowing that these prisoners of war were pitiful people, the centurion himself wholeheartedly supported Yang Shuai's decision to release them.

Although these prisoners of war caused considerable casualties to Yang's army during the siege, they were forced to do so, and there is absolutely no need to hate these prisoners of war because of it.