Chapter 44: Heart-to-Heart Talk
"Let them all come out! Shut up with those people outside, the conditions here are too poor and it's easy to get sick! After taking a turn in the cell, Li Xin said to the soldiers guarding the cell.
Hearing this, those soldiers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, after all, this is a cell, how good can the conditions be? However, in line with the military regulations of the Huashan Army, they only hesitated for a moment, and then released everyone in the cell as if they were facing a great enemy.
In such a move, the captives were naturally puzzled, and the discussion gradually became louder. A panic began to spread among the captives, and many seemed to wonder if Li Xin was going to take them out and kill them.
If it weren't for the fierce looks of the soldiers around him, I'm afraid that these captives would just run away. However, if this sentiment is allowed to ferment, I am afraid that these people will also take risks, after all, they are all for their own lives!
"Don't think about it, General Li asked you to live outside, the conditions in this prison are too bad, I'm afraid you all have the epidemic!" Li Xin had no choice but to have people shout at these captives.
Although the tone was not very good, after hearing this, the captives quieted down. It's not that they believe that Li Xin really cares about themselves, but because they feel that the Huashan army must be afraid that their people will be infected with the epidemic and spread it to other people in the city.
If you think about it in this way, it makes perfect sense, and soon the hundreds of prisoners in the prison all joined with the other captives and appeared on the school grounds. With the westward march of the army, this place is already relatively empty.
The captives stood together in a mess, surrounded by a brigade of the Huashan Army. When Li Xin appeared in front of them, all the captives were a little puzzled, not knowing what they were gathering together at this time.
Li Xin walked up to these people and looked at them carefully, these captives were obviously somewhat different, because the crowd was clearly divided into several parts. There was basically no difference between the leftmost and middlemost parts, but the three or four hundred people on the far right, Li Xin somewhat understood, because there were several soldiers with different appearances. Come to think of it, it should be a small group of Hu soldiers.
"Sit down, everybody! I have brought you here today not to kill you or punish you, but I just want to ask you something. Li Xin looked at it for a while, and then said.
Hearing this, the captives couldn't help but look at each other, and no one understood what medicine was being sold in the gourd of the general of the Huashan Army in front of them. However, due to the eyes of the surrounding Huashan Army and their own identities, everyone still sat down on the spot.
More than 2,000 people sat in front of him, and Li Xin never imagined that there would be such a scene. It's not that I haven't seen this kind of scene of everyone gathering, but I've never hosted one myself.
Li Xin walked into these people, slowly walking by, while looking at the captives around him. As he walked, he stopped in front of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man, isn't this a child in the next life, but on his face, there is already the same indifference and vicissitudes as the people around him.
"What's your name?" Li Xin squatted down and asked.
"Dongzi!" The young man was a little frightened, and was silent for a while, and then replied in a low voice.
"Why did you become a soldier?"
"To have something to eat!"
"Where's your family?"
"They're all dead!"
Hearing this answer, Li Xin didn't ask any more questions, stood up, continued to walk forward, and after walking a few steps, stopped in front of a man in his 30s.
"What's your name?"
"General, the little one's name is Lu Sheng!" When the man saw him, he quickly stood up and said respectfully.
"Where's your family?"
"The villain has not yet married a family, and his parents disappeared many years ago because of the war!" Speaking of this, the man's face did not change at all, as if he had long been used to it.
"You joined the army to eat?"
"Yes, yes, the villain just wants to live!" Lu Sheng hurriedly said.
Without further speaking, Li Xin continued to move forward and stopped in front of another person. This time, he was in front of a man in his fifties, but he already looked very old. If it were by the standards of the Huashan Army, it would be impossible for such a person to be used as a soldier at all, and even if it was useful, it would not be placed in the combat team.
"Old man, how are you this year?" Li Xin looked at it for a while, and then asked.
"Little Lao'er is seven out of fifty this year! Checkmate! The old man knelt down in fear and replied.
"Hurry up! We don't have that here. I'm just asking you a few words. How long have you been in the military? Li Xin hurriedly helped him up, sat down in front of him, and said.
"Xiao Lao'er can't remember clearly, I remember that I was a soldier in the Han State, and later a soldier in the Zhao State, and now, it is said that it has been changed to the Qin State again. It seems like many years! The man thought for a while, and said a little dazedly.
Hearing this, Li Xin was also silent, but it's not been many years! The Han State in his mouth should refer to the former Zhao that later generations said, and the words of Zhao should be the Later Zhao of the Shi family. The former Zhao was destroyed by the latter Zhao, and that was more than 30 years ago, so this old man has been a soldier for at least 30 years. However, this is not surprising at all, after all, this period can be described as the most chaotic moment in Guanzhong and the Central Plains.
"Do you still want to be a soldier? Or do you want to have a thatched hut, guard a few acres of thin fields, and have a peaceful life? After thinking about it, Li Xin asked.
"Of course, I want to live a stable life! But after so many years, you beat me and I beat you, when did you have a peaceful birthday! I'm afraid I can't see that kind of peaceful years like this! Hearing this, the old man immediately laughed and said.
Not only him, but even the captives around him all had different expressions after hearing this. There seemed to be a hint of yearning on the indifferent faces of many people, but it was only a trace of it, and it quickly disappeared.
After seeing this scene, Li Xin didn't ask any more, stood up, and walked directly towards the group of Hu people this time. This scene made the people around him a little surprised, and the surrounding Huashan Army soldiers looked even more nervous, for fear that these Hu people would have any unfavorable actions against Li Xin.
However, those Hu people didn't make any moves, and after seeing Li Xin, it seemed that they had nothing to do with themselves. But Li Xin could see clearly that there was still some fear in the eyes of these people.
It is said that it is a Hu person, but in fact it is not a foreigner, only a few of these Hu people in front of him look a little different from the Central Plains people in appearance, and the others are basically no different. If it weren't for their own small circle, basically no one would have been able to see the difference between these people.
"Do you speak Chinese?" Li Xin came to them, sat down without scruples, and asked!
Most of them nodded silently, these people are not those who have just entered the Central Plains from outside the Central Plains, many of them have even lived in the Central Plains for several generations, and they have been in contact with the Central Plains culture for many years, so there is naturally no big problem in communication.
"Are you all Di?" Li Xin looked at it and asked curiously.
"Some of them are Di people, some of them are Qiang people, some of them are Tuguhun people, and a few of them are from the Western Regions!" They were silent for a while, and finally, a rather emaciated man in his thirties spoke.
"What's your name? Di or Qiang? Looking at him, Li Xin asked.
"Penlin! Qiang people! The man was very direct, and he didn't seem to be afraid at all.
"Oh, then you shouldn't be a soldier for food! You should be the soldiers who supported Fu Qin in your heart, right? Li Xin nodded and said.
"Hehe, who is not a soldier in this world to survive, who is not a soldier to eat! The general is thinking too much! Hearing this, Peng Lin smiled disdainfully.
"That's it! However, after Fu Jian became the emperor, shouldn't you Hu people live better? Li Xin thought about it and asked the most critical question.
"He is the emperor, of course, it is a little good for us, but how much better? We're not here to fight all day? This is not the day we want! Peng Lin shook his head, a look of helplessness on his face.
"I heard that your Qiang people originated in the land of Tuguhun west of Qinzhou, and they originally herded horses and farmed fields. It's a place I've heard of, the tranquil blue sky is spotless, and the verdant meadows stretch into the distance until the end is out of sight. Flocks of horses galloped on the earth, and the sheep were like white clouds in the sky. The shepherds rode horses, lived in pursuit of water and grass, and sang and drank when they rose, and were happy! Li Xin looked at him and said slowly.
When he talked about this scene, the Hu people in front of him all showed fascination. Even though many of them may not live outside the Seychelles, let alone see this scene with their own eyes, there should be a rumor among their ancestors, after all, it is their ancestral land.
Although they are Hu people, it does not mean that they are born cruel, but they are just created by the times. If there really could be such a life, would these people in front of them still be willing to take up the weapons in their hands and kill? Unless it is to protect this life, not to let this tranquility be destroyed.
"If you can go back to that blue sky and white clouds again, and take your family to graze for a living, even if it's worth dying!" Peng Lin sighed, his eyes looked to the far west, and his thoughts were all in his brow.