The Shanyue people at the foot of the mountain had no intention of retreating, and there were always strong Shanyue people acting as scouts to check for any movement in the mine.
Liu Renyuan picked up a Shanyue scout he had just captured and threw it at Fang Jun's feet. Then he sat down on the mound next to Fang Jun and said angrily: "These Shanyue people are really crazy. They just robbed my daughter."
Which city."
Gushu City is an important town in southern Anhui, and it is also the seat of Xuanzhou Prefecture. It was unexpectedly looted by this group of mountainous people. This was beyond Fang Jun's expectation. Originally, he thought that Gushu City could send troops.
The horses came to attack the Shanyue people...
Something is not quite right.
There are more than a hundred people on our side, but the Shanyue people are helpless to defend the favorable terrain. Gushu City has high walls and thick walls, and at least thousands of soldiers. How could it be captured by these mountain people? Without internal support, this would never happen.
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The captives were covered in blood and had obviously been severely tortured by Liu Renyuan to extract confessions. He had been dealing with the fierce Turks for many years. Liu Renyuan had many ways to make these Shanyue people, who were brave but mentally retarded, speak.
"Where did your commander-in-chief go?" Fang Jun asked.
"Commander Zong led the troops to attack Gushu City, and they are now in the city."
The prisoner answered all questions. He had been tortured by Liu Renyuan just now and was frightened. What's more, he also had deep fear and awe when facing Fang Jun. The Shanyue people respected the strong, so Zong Commander Wu Duohai was able to defeat the Shanyue people.
He has unparalleled prestige among them, and the black-faced Han man in front of him can almost kill Wu Duohai with a knife...
Fang Jun frowned and thought for a while: "Why didn't you attack Gushu City as soon as possible? Women don't want the gold, silver, treasures and food in the city, but instead came to attack this small iron factory. There is some difference in understanding."
The prisoner twisted twice on the ground and groaned several times.
Fang Jun laughed dumbly. It seemed that the Shanyue people were not all idiots. At least the prisoner in front of him was a slippery person and knew how to take advantage of the opportunity to ask for some treatment.
"Let go of his rope and find him some food." Fang Jun said casually. With so many crossbows around him, he couldn't run away. Even if he ran away, it wouldn't matter. He only had so many people here, and there was no secret to hide.
Liveable.
"You are spoiling him! If you dare not speak honestly, I will kill him with one knife!" Liu Renyuan said a few words in a harsh voice, which scared the prisoner so much that he almost put his head in his crotch. It was obvious that the fear Liu Renyuan had just brought to him was too great.
"Go quickly! They are just a group of extremely stupid mountain people who have been deceived by others. They are not enemies of life and death. They all grew up on the land of the Tang Dynasty. Although there is some opposition now, in a few decades or hundreds of years, it is very likely that they will continue to fight together.
We are all connected by blood, how can there be any hatred?"
Liu Renyuan had no choice but to get up and get the food. Sometimes the Marquis was ruthless, and sometimes he was kind-hearted. He didn’t know which one was his true face. He had to pay a lot of attention when communicating, and he must not touch the Marquis.
Ni Lin. Oh, I feel so tired...
After a while, Liu Renyuan brought a bulging package, threw it in front of the prisoner, and hummed: "It means that the Marquis is merciful. If you follow a certain temperament, I have to chop off one of your hands and feet first. How can I allow you to do this?"
Are cunning people playing tricks?"
The prisoner shivered with fright, but the faint smell of meat in the package made him forget all fear. He stretched out his hand to tear open the package, picked up a piece of cooked and fragrant meat and chewed it. The fragrant meat smell hit his taste buds,
The meat juices flowed from the corners of my mouth, it was so fragrant, it was quite good to be so full after eating such a meal of meat!
Liu Renyuan kicked him on the shoulder and said angrily: "Don't just focus on eating. Have you forgotten what the Marquis asked you?"
"I said... I said... uh..." He swallowed hard and tried to speak, but he choked as expected.
Liu Renyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he had to throw the water bag at his waist to him. He couldn't choke to death. This prisoner was very smart and obviously different from ordinary Shanyue rebels. Maybe there was something he hadn't found out during the interrogation just now.
After drinking all the water in the water bag, the prisoner breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up at Fang Jun and said: "I don't know the specific reason. In fact, most people don't know what happened. It's just that before
Not long ago, a Han man came to the village. He was a young man. He looked very distinguished, like a nobleman, and was accompanied by many guards. Zong Shuai whispered to him every day, but no other people were allowed to be present when discussing things.
Nearby. In fact, Commander Zong wanted to attack Gushu City first, but the Han insisted on attacking this side first, and Commander Commander Zong later agreed."
Han Chinese?
noble?
It is interesting that Han nobles and Shanyue people are mixed together.
Fang Jun touched his bare chin, lost in thought, and suddenly asked: "I heard your Chinese is very good, it's different from other Shanyue people."
The prisoner fell silent suddenly, shook the meat in his hand, then silently opened his mouth and ate the meat.
Liu Renyuan glared and was about to get angry, but Fang Jun stopped him and winked. Liu Renyuan reluctantly got up and left, but he was not worried about Fang Jun's safety. He didn't know how many of the prisoner's bones he had broken.
, in front of Fang Jun, he couldn't even make a splash.
The prisoner chewed the meat silently, Fang Jun did not rush him, and the atmosphere became strangely quiet.
Putting the last piece of meat into his mouth and sucking the juice from the dark and dirty fingers, the prisoner sighed with satisfaction. After chewing the meat and swallowing it, he slowly said: "Actually... I am a Han."
This time it was Fang Jun's turn to be surprised.
The prisoner didn't seem to notice Fang Jun's surprised look, and said slowly: "My father is from the Sui Dynasty. He was the navy who followed your Majesty to station in Jiangdu."
The "Your Majesty" he mentioned should be Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.
"At that time, General Yuwen conspired and killed His Majesty. Jiangdu City was in chaos, and many soldiers took refuge with General Yuwen. My father was timid and did not dare to follow the rebels, so he secretly returned home. As a result, he was
Report, my father carried me and ran away, and the whole family was killed. My father had no choice but to go into the mountains and mix with the Shanyue people. Later, my father died, and I had no choice but to stay here."
A tragedy of troubled times and a desperate situation...
Fang Jun was a little puzzled: "The Shanyue people don't restrain you, why don't you escape and return to Jiangdu? The Sui Dynasty has forgotten it for several decades, and the emperors have changed several times. You must not know it, right?"
The prisoner shook his head and smiled bitterly, then pulled open his clothes, revealing a long series of eye-catching scars on his shoulders.
"This is the mark of the Shanyue people. Every Shanyue slave has it. The Shanyue people also have a hierarchy. No Han people like me will take in such a mark. If caught by the government, they will be sent to the mines to work.
You have to work until you die of exhaustion and starvation. If you stay in the mountains, you still have something to eat, but if you fall into the hands of the Han people, you will only die... Damn it, but I am also a Han!"
The prisoners burst into tears. Who can understand the grievance, sorrow and anger in their hearts?
A Han is forced by the Han to join the Shanyue people. He can still have a bite to eat by following the Shanyue people, but when he returns to the Han world, he can only be treated as a pig-like coolie and starve to death...
What an irony!
"But there is no law in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that Shanyue people are born to be slaves, right? Most of the owners of those mines are Jiangnan nobles, and they are not too capable of taking care of miners, right?" Fang Jun didn't believe it.
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He knows that this is an evil old society, but he has to act according to the rules, right?
You can do whatever you want with the slaves you bought, but you can't catch a Shanyue man and throw him into a mine and work him to death, right?
The prisoner said angrily: "Gentlemen? Such bastards who give birth to children without sex, cloaked in the cloak of benevolence and morality, are more vicious than those mountain bandits and water bandits! The laws of the Tang Dynasty? No one mentions that stuff! This is the world of the gentry,
Whatever they say is what they say, nothing will happen without the emperor!"
I knew that the Jiangnan nobles were very arrogant, but I didn’t know that they were so arrogant! No wonder His Majesty Li Er gritted his teeth every time he mentioned the Jiangnan nobles and wanted to drink their blood and eat their flesh. This was simply to separate Jiangnan from the territory of the Tang Dynasty!
Sighing, Fang Jun waved his hand: "Okay, eat and drink enough, let's go quickly."
The prisoner was stunned: "You...won't kill me?"
Fang Jun shook his head and said: "Even the Shanyue people will not massacre without reason, let alone you are a Han Chinese? Leave quickly and stay far away, otherwise the next time we fight, I will not remember who you are.
"
The prisoner didn't think he was faking it. There was no need for such a big shot to play tricks on himself, right?
He took a few tentative steps out, but his bones all over his body ached terribly. Looking back, he saw that Fang Jun had already stood up and walked towards the mine, and he allowed himself to leave.
The prisoner hesitated for a moment, then stood still and shouted to Fang Jun: "You are a good man! So what... I just forgot to remind you of something..."