Just as Su Chen was thinking of a way, Xue Rengui, who had just left, came back, followed by Hashim and a big cannibal.
"Commander, there are actually people in this Dashi barracks who can speak our Tang Dynasty dialect!"
Su Chen turned to look at the three people walking over, also curious.
Does the Dashi Army also have a Chinese translator?
Hashim chirped a few words to the big man-eater beside him, and pointed at Su Chen,
The big eater stepped forward, bowed, and said to Su Chen in Chinese:
"The little man Conyers has met the handsome man!"
Upon hearing this name, Su Chen was very curious: "Kyderming?
This is not the name of a cannibal. Are you not a cannibal?"
"Reply to the commander-in-chief, I am a Sogdian!"
Su Chen took a closer look at Kang Deming and found that although he was dressed as a cannibal, his appearance was quite different from that of a cannibal. He was indeed very similar to the barbarians he had seen in Chang'an West Market.
At this time, Liu Jingren also looked at Kang Deming carefully: "The nine surnames of Zhaowu?"
Kang Deming cupped his hands and said: "Back to General, this villain is indeed from Kangguo."
Su Chen frowned: "You are a Sogdian, and you don't do business on the Silk Road. Why did you go to the cannibal army camp?"
The Sogdians are a nation that originated from the Transoxiana region of Central Asia. They are particularly good at doing business. They have been active on the Silk Road for a long time since the Han Dynasty. Half of the Hu merchants in the West City of Chang'an are Sogdians.
However, as Gu Suchen knew, the main area of activity of the Sogdians was from China to Persia, and there were very few of them west of the Caspian Sea. He did not expect to meet one in the cannibal's military camp.
Hearing Su Chen's question, Kang Deming replied with a sad voice: "To tell you what the commander-in-chief said, the villain was kidnapped by the Turks and sold to eat."
Conyers tears came down as he spoke!
Su Chen was stunned, this is what happened!
But you were sold to the big cannibal, how did you end up in this military camp?
Forget it, this is not the time to ask about these trivial details. Just know that he is a Sogdian and can speak Chinese.
The army is still in a hurry to clean up the battlefield and then rush back to their own camp!
"Since you understand Chinese, you can serve as a translator for the army, and you will be rewarded handsomely afterwards!"
"Just follow Hashem first."
Kang Deming hurriedly agreed and thanked him.
"Commander, Umer hasn't been found yet. I don't know if he escaped."
Hashem stepped forward and said,
It turns out that this guy was looking for Umar.
"Don't look for Umer yet. That idiot is not important. Go ask the cannibal where his gunpowder and fire oil are hidden."
"It's such a big military camp, we don't have time to search it bit by bit!"
After getting a translator, Hashim quickly asked the location of the other two gunpowder and fire oil depots from the big eater.
"Commander! After a cursory look, I found that the gunpowder is less than one thousand kilograms, and the kerosene is more, about three thousand kilograms."
Su Chen nodded: "It's quite a lot. After all, it's just a military camp. It's impossible to store too many strategic materials!"
"Commander, part of the food, grass, ordnance in this military camp has been destroyed, but most of it is still intact. There are also a large number of camels and horses. We can't take them all away. Commander, look..."
Liu Jingren suddenly felt an unspeakable annoyance: There were too many things seized! It was impossible to take them all away, and it would be a pity to lose them!
Camp Fahd is a large military camp with 12,000 cannibals. It has a huge amount of food, grass and luggage.
"Take away the gunpowder and kerosene, and destroy other ordnance together. We have no need of it."
"As for the animals, we will pick out a batch of them, about three thousand of them, and provide them with ten days' worth of food and fodder. We can't take any more with us."
"Don't leave the rest for the cannibal!"
Liu Jingren nodded: "Hey! What a pity!"
Xue Rengui said: "Commander, we already have a lot of camels. If we get so many more, I'm afraid we won't be able to fit them in the small mountain col in our camp."
"Moreover, the water source is also a problem. The small lake in our camp does not have sufficient supply of drinking water for the current livestock."
Su Chen shook his head and said: "There will be a real war soon. Preparing more animals will be of great use. The water source of the camp can last for more than ten days. We will not stay there for too long."
"By the way, before destroying all kinds of ordnance, we should carefully test their performance so that we can have a good idea."
Xue Rengui accepted the order and went down to get busy.
Liu Jingren stood beside Su Chen and waited quietly, waiting for Su Chen to give orders on how to deal with the prisoners.
"Liu Jingren, go gather the prisoners and form them into teams of a hundred!"
"Hashim, try to pick out all the officers,"
"Then let these officers break the soldier's right thumb!"
Liu Jingren asked: "Is it enough to just break the thumb?"
Su Chen glared at him: "What else can we do? We can't kill them all!"
"Just break your thumb and you can no longer serve as a soldier!"
"Speed up, we have to go back early!"
Liu Jingren cupped his fists and said, "Honor your orders!"
"Hashem, let's go!"
Hashem took the Sogdian named Kang Deming and followed Liu Jingren to deal with the prisoners.
Su Chen went to Xue Rengui's place to see if there were any other useful things worth taking away from the cannibal's military camp.
Liu Jingren acted very quickly. After gathering the prisoners into formation, he immediately picked out several surviving senior officers.
It seems that the Sogdian of Conyers deserved the meritorious service. This guy was actually a servant of Umar.
Umer was not found, but this Kang Deming knew many officers in the camp, and they were all senior officers!
It's easy to do now. Let these officers pick out the other officers. It won't take much trouble.
At first, there were some officers who were unwilling to cooperate. Liu Jingren didn't hesitate and killed them.
The rest are much more honest.
Immediately afterwards, the military camp was filled with the wails of the giant cannibal!
Liu Jingren frowned and said angrily: "If you scream again, I won't break your fingers, I'll just behead you!"
The screams immediately disappeared.
While Liu Jingren was dealing with the prisoners, Su Chen came to a large cannibal oil depot and saw the sergeants moving oil drums out of the cave.
"Commander, copper! The Great Ogre has taken good care of this Greek fire."
Xue Rengui knocked the oil drum and said to Su Chen.
Su Chen nodded: "Looking at the size, it should just fit on the camel stand, which is quite convenient."
As he said that, Su Chen pointed to the small clay pots piled up around him and said, "Take all these clay pots back."
"ah!"
Xue Rengui was dumbfounded: "Commander, this is difficult to carry, and most of it is broken!"
"We can't take a lot of things with us, why should we take this worthless thing?"
Su Chen looked at Xue Rengui, who had a constipated expression on his face: "Are you stupid?"
"If you don't bring these things, how can you use this kerosene?"
"I don't even think about it, why do the cannibals pile up so many small clay pots next to the oil depot?"
"Just put the kerosene in a jar and throw it out with a trebuchet!"
