Under the blow of the regular army of the Qin army. The slaves soon became disorganized and undisciplined. They began to scatter and flee like bees in a hornet's nest.

"It's our regular army." The town's militia shouted loudly.

"It's our regular army." The militiamen cheered at once. Their town was rescued. Their lives and property are guaranteed to the maximum. The townspeople were very happy.

At the same time, a large number of small towns in the eastern and western Mongolian prefectures in the north of the Qin State were rescued by the regular army.

Inside the command of the Northern Military District. Meng Tian was checking the situation in the sand table. And the staff officer next to him was briefing him on the latest battle situation.

"At present, our troops are gradually reducing the space for slaves. The 3rd Infantry Division is advancing in parallel to us to the east. Some of our forces defending the northern border also began to fight south. There are also some members of the security company who are also involved in our fighting. The staff officer said.

"We are in a situation right now. The forces moving south and advancing parallel to the east are slowly converging. The forces that can be mobilized in our vicinity are also being gathered. They have recaptured several nearby towns as our strongholds. The situation now is. The situation has been stabilized for the time being. The staff officer introduced.

"Yes." Meng Tian nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Our troops are fighting in the south. What happened to the Huns? Meng Tian asked.

"According to the news from the Hun internal agents we bought. The Xiongnu head Mandanyu had died unexpectedly. His sons became puppets of the right and right kings, fighting for positions alone. It was difficult for them to fight south. Moreover, the vitality of the Huns was greatly damaged, and it was already difficult for them to launch a decent attack on us. The staff officer introduced.

"Yes. That's good. Meng Tian said.

"We can't afford to continue attacking them. They are also powerless to continue attacking us. Meng Tian introduced.

"The most precious thing is that. The reserve forces of our Qin State have been exhausted. We can no longer find a second reserve. Meng Tian said at this time.

"Yes. Sir. The staff officer said.

"The entire Qin State's forces are in a state of extreme tension. If there is any revolt in the slaves, we really can't have the troops to quell the rebellion. Meng Tian said.

"Has the cause of the slave revolt been investigated?" Meng Tian asked.

"This, for the time being, has a preliminary judgment." The staff officer continued.

"Oh. Let's talk about it. Meng Tian asked.

"There are several reasons for our initial conclusion." As he spoke, the staff officer opened a folder and took out a report and said it.

"There are three important factors that enabled slaves to revolt." The staff officer said.

"First. Slaves could not bear our oppression. Forced to launch such a riot. The staff officer said.

"Needless to say." Meng Tian directly asked him to skip this reason.

"Directly?" The staff officer asked.

"Straight through. Say the following. Meng Tian said.

"Yes. Sir. The staff officer said. The reason why Meng Tian didn't let the staff officer continue. Because he knows it very well. Moreover, he had already preliminarily judged that the important reason for the slave rebellion was that the slaves could not bear the oppression of the Qin people.

The fact that slaves were oppressed was placed in front of Meng Tian's eyes. And it's not the first time he's seen oppression happen.

During a patrol tour. Meng Tian has seen how a Qin person is violent, and the Qin people treat slaves, especially slaves in the minerals. An extremely brutal approach was taken.

They gave very little food to their slaves every day. It's less than one-tenth of a normal person. Even the water. The Qin people won't give a lot. According to Meng Tian's understanding. The reason why the Qin people gave them so little food and water. The reason was simply the fear that these slaves would escape.

In fact, this lack of food and water prevented the phenomenon of slave escapes to a certain extent.

Like what. If a slave needs to escape, he needs enough physical strength. However, the amount of food they consume has been reduced to less than one-tenth of their daily intake. In addition, the northern nomads already ate a lot. And most of them are meat-based. Their appetite is already big. But. After coming here. The slaves did not have enough to eat every day. Moreover, the life is very heavy. It's all heavy physical work. The calories they pay for their labor far exceed the calories they consume from the food they eat every day. Many young and vigorous Huns, young men will soon be starved to the point of being reduced to skin and bones. In the end, I didn't even have the strength to get up.

It's such a super-intensive amount of labor. The Qin people even asked those slaves who couldn't get up to continue to work. Once you can't get up. Hang it up and fight. In the end, he was beaten to death. The dead bodies are to be hanged. Wake up the other slaves.

The unruly Huns would have resisted at first. However, the Qin people had a way to rectify it. They would put heavy iron locks on the slaves and beat them with various sticks. The Huns couldn't stand it, so they naturally became a revolt. The revolt brought bloody massacres. A large number of rebellious slaves will be disposed of centrally. When Meng Tian first took over the north. A lot of the things that deal with are these kinds of things. The local regular army of the Qin State was the main perpetrator of the massacre. The commanders, on the other hand, saw such massacres more as training for soldiers.

So, for something like that. Meng Tian already has a very clear understanding. Arguably. What was the situation of slaves in the North. Meng Tian knows best.

"And then there is. Our slaves were natives. They are familiar with the northern steppes. This was also one of the important reasons for the slave rebellion. The staff officer said.

"I got it." Meng Tian continued.

"Let's talk about the next one." Meng Tian waved his hand directly.

This reason has already been mentioned. The state of Qin was strained because of transportation in the north. If these slaves are driven south. Then a lot of manpower is required. This kind of labor cost makes it difficult for the Qin State to support. So, finally. As a result, the slaves were still used by the natives. They are familiar with everything about the northern steppes. All.

And the Qin people are an external force. They inevitably used these slaves when they took over and used the steppes. After gaining trust, these slaves adopted a negative attitude towards the Qin. They did not have any good feelings towards the Qin people in essence. They have always hated the Qin people. At the same time, the Qin people slaughtered their kindred. Naturally, the Huns did not have a good impression of the Qin people. The Xiongnu were forming an early national consciousness. And the Qin people naturally encountered a tricky problem at this time.

Locals are in the homeland. Nature encounters the most stubborn resistance. Shang Wen at the time of the implementation of the slave program. This way of slave movement has been adopted to solve these problems. But. The question is. In the process of implementation. There are always problems like this and that thwart the original solution. As a result, Shang Wen's idea could not be implemented.

"What's next?" Meng Tian asked.

"Our well-developed slave trade gave slaves a platform to communicate. When we are trading. They are also exchanging the information they have gotten themselves. The staff officer said.

"Oh." Meng Tian felt very strange.

"Tell me about it." Meng Tian asked.

"We always thought that the slaves would not pay attention to us, and in fact, we were wrong. They don't pay attention to us all the time. They are interested in everything we have to offer. These became the topics of their conversation. And our slave trade is very frequent. These slaves were concentrated in slave markets, large and small, on a daily basis. So that slaves from all over the country met in the market. The staff officer said.

"There, they communicate what they see and hear. Already everything they want to know. Naturally. News of their riot will spread. The staff officer said.

"Damn." The door was too tired to just say so.

"Sort him out and prepare to send a report like this to the above." Meng Tian said.

"Yes, sir." The staff officer saluted.

Actually, for such a report. Meng Tian had no interest. Because, there is such a problem in the Qin State itself. Such problems are inevitable.

"That's right. Sir. We got an updated report. The staff officer was just as he turned to leave. Came up with a piece of information.

"This is a report provided by some of our security guards who are fighting in the east, near Changbai Mountain." The staff officer said.

"Oh. What is it?" Meng Tian asked.

"It's about North Korea. They found. Among the regular North Korean army, muskets appeared. The staff officer said.

"What?" Meng Tian asked loudly.

"In the regular army of North Korea, muskets appeared." The staff officer said.

"Muskets?" Meng Tian was surprised.

"What musket?" Then the door was too tired to calm down and asked.

"It's like a flintlock pistol. That old-fashioned musket. The staff officer said.

"Who. Whoever exported it was actually exported to our combat targets. Meng Tian was a little annoyed. Because, when Qin exports weapons, it only exports them to countries that Qin considers friendly. The Qin State has always regarded the export of weapons as a serious voice. Because the arms business is very profitable. But. Qin has a rule not to become. That is, it was forbidden to export weapons directly to the warring countries of Qin. And exported to North Korea. It's already a violation of this kind of rule.

"This, I don't know. But judging by the weapons we have seized, they are not made in our country. Although it is made of Wenyang brand muskets, the workmanship is handmade. Varies in size. Moreover, the workmanship is somewhat rough. Our weapons are machine-made. It's weird. It's very strange. The staff officer said.

"Whatever? This matter must be investigated. Meng Tian sternly ordered.

"Yes, sir." The staff officer replied.