Juyong Pass is one of the nine passes in the world. Later generations once claimed to be the most powerful pass in the world and was comparable to Jiayu Pass. However, in this era, Juyong Pass was not as famous as later generations. It was mainly because at the beginning, the capital of the Ming Dynasty was in Nanjing. Therefore, although Juyong Pass was one of the most important points of the Great Wall, it was far less important than later generations.

However, after the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, he attached great importance to the defense line west of the capital. Juyongguan, as one of the most important checkpoints in the west of the capital, was naturally valued by the court. Zhu Biao, who had inspected various places, even came to Juyongguan to check and personally ordered the civilians to re-revise the checkpoint.

Although the Ming Dynasty has now begun to attack the grasslands and has achieved considerable results, several big cities have even been built north of the Great Wall. With these big cities as the center, the Tang Dynasty has extended its power to the grasslands, and the importance of the Great Wall defense line seems to have declined.

However, the safety of the capital is not tolerated at all, so the Great Wall west of Beijing has also been strengthened. For example, Juyongguan is expanded again, not only has the city wall become taller and thicker, but also has new cement, making it stronger. Even if it is bombarded with the most powerful artillery of the Ming army, it will not cause any damage to the city wall in a short period of time.

So in this case, Juyongguan also became a large construction site, and the entire Guancheng, including the Great Wall on both sides, was under construction.

If it were to be put in the past, such military projects would definitely require recruiting civilians from all over the country, or some military households to work, after all, they already had heavy corvee labor.

However, the situation is a little different now. The people who work are no longer civil servants, but ragged Western Regions people. Every ten of these people are stringed into strings with ropes. Under the supervision of supervisors, they will be beaten with a slight slack. If anyone dares to escape, a group of people will be executed.

If the mission members who had sent Timur to the previous mission here would definitely feel that the scenes in front of him were very familiar. In fact, this is true. The management here is basically copying Timur's system of dealing with slaves. It is said that it was an order issued by His Majesty himself to vent his anger on his mission.

Among these prisoners of war who worked, two seemed a bit special. Others were in groups of ten, but they were in groups of two. However, this was not a favorable treatment for both of them, because others were ropes, but the two were connected by iron shackles. There was also a supervisor who was staring at them specifically, and if they were not careful, they would get a whip.

These two were the captured Shaharu and Haril. After they were captured, they were also sent back to the capital as soon as possible. Among them, Haril did not suffer much when he came back. Instead, he gained a lot of knowledge with the delegation and even tasted delicious food from all over the Ming Dynasty.

However, as soon as Haril arrived in the capital, he was thrown into a prison by the angry Zhu Yunyu. He was then sent to Juyongguan with other prisoners of war. The same was true for Shaharu, but he was captured late and was sent here to accompany Haril yesterday.

After finally reaching the sunset, these prisoners of war finally returned to their camps. In fact, they were a circle of open spaces filled with cages, even in the same style as the slave cages in Samarkand.

"The Emperor of Ming Dynasty is simply humiliating us. We are nobles and should be treated as the nobles deserve!" Shaharu, who returned to the cage, ignored his physical fatigue, muttered constantly. He didn't dare to speak loudly, because if the supervisor heard it, he would definitely beat him again.

"I advise you to save some effort. It is clear that they are humiliating us. They will treat us the way we treat the Ming mission at the beginning." Harriel said with a blank look on his uncle.

Compared to Shaharu, Haril has been here for several months, so he has already accepted his fate.

It's interesting to say that when they were in Samarkand, Shaharu and Haril both regarded each other as their biggest enemies, but now they are captives of the Ming army together and are locked in a cage to live and die together. I'm afraid that this is something they would never have dreamed of in their dreams.

"It's all the old man who came to fight against each other. Even if the two armies seized the Ming Dynasty's mission, there is no need to humiliate others so much!" Shaharu said angrily again at this time.

"You... you actually scold your grandfather!" Haril's eyes widened when he heard Shaharu's words, and his face was full of incredible expressions. You know, in the eyes of their descendants, Timur was almost like a god, and could not tolerate any blasphemy.

"So what if I scold him? That old guy asked me to lead the army to retreat on the surface, but in fact he asked me to be bait to lure the Ming army into division. In the end, all my subordinates were wiped out. He himself did not seize the opportunity, and he was still defeated miserably!" Shaharu said angrily again.

After being captured, Shaharu was soon told about Timur's real plan. At first, Shaharu was a little unbelievable, but after contacting other prisoners of war, he finally realized that he was really just Timur's bait.

It was precisely because of the above that Shaharu was also resentful because of his respect and hatred. He scolded Timur all the way. As for the relationship between them, they had completely disappeared when Timur used him as bait.

Harilor couldn't help but look silent when he heard this. In fact, he understood Shaharu's anger very much, but at the same time he could understand Timur's decision. After all, if he was placed in Timur's position, he might have made the same decision.

"Why don't you speak?" Shaharu glanced at Haril, and then spoke again, "Actually, your capture was also because of the old man's recklessness. When winter came soon, you were alone and the army was blocked by snow. This made you lose and captured. If it weren't for his incompetence, you wouldn't have fallen to this point!"

"Don't say it, he is your father and my grandfather after all. No matter what, we must maintain the necessary respect for him!" Harrier also showed a complicated look when he heard this, and then spoke again.

"Hmph, you're still talking to him. No wonder he loved you the most at the beginning, but I still said that. He is old and should have retreated from the Khan's position. This time, the 450,000 troops were almost wiped out. When he returns to Samarkand, he may face everyone's siege!" Shaharu snorted coldly.
Chapter completed!