Chapter 841 - Free Labor
The city of Guishan was broken, and the Han soldiers outside the city let out a burst of cheers and shouted and swarmed in. The defenders of the city were not all Attika's sworn friends, and many of them were forced to go to the city to help in the war because of Artige's power. Now, seeing the surging crowd of the Han army, they have no intention of fighting after losing the support of the city wall, and they have abandoned the swords and guns in their hands and fled in all directions. The entire siege battle lasted only half an hour before it ended, and the Han army suffered few casualties.
Originally, there was also an inner city in Guishan City, which was where the Dawan king and the nobles lived, so the inner city was much stronger than the outer city. The inner city of Guishan is all made of bluestone, and the guards are also the most elite troops in Dawan.
It's just that Atiq has just been on the throne for only half a month, and he has not been able to fully control the situation in Dawan, and the whereabouts of Mozhiti, who was ousted from power, are still unknown. Therefore, whether it is the Dawan nobles or those elite inner city guards, they will not work for him.
When the news of the Han army's invasion of Guishan City came, some of the inner city guards quietly laid down their weapons and fled. The action of escaping quickly spread among the inner city guards like a plague, and when Xu Huang led the crowd to the outside of the inner city, the inner city was already empty, and the inner city of Guishan was completely destroyed.
After entering the city, Xu Huang began a large-scale manhunt overnight, focusing on the Dawan nobles and the soldiers who followed Atike to rebel. All the property of the nobles was confiscated, some of it was used for military supplies, and the other part was distributed to the people of the city.
In order to achieve a quick victory, the trebuchets of the Han army carried out a devastating blow to Guishan City, and the houses of the people in the city were smashed to pieces, and there were many casualties. The Han army's crusade against Dawan is holding high the banner of counterinsurgency, and naturally it cannot turn a blind eye to these innocent people, otherwise it will be morally untenable. Of course, Xu Huang will not be generous enough to use the money of the Han people to appease these Dawan people, so he can only pay for the wool on the sheep and the Dawan nobles will pay for it.
For these Dawan nobles, Xu Huang carried out a cruel and thorough suppression, which Liu Xin had specially explained before leaving, that is, to make an example of a hundred, so that the surrounding countries that are ready to move and are not very peaceful can see, and oppose the fate of the Han Dynasty.
The execution was carried out outside the city of Guishan. More than 20,000 Dawan soldiers were arrested, and they were forced to dig a huge hole. The nobles of Dawan were escorted to the edge of the pit in rows, regardless of men, women, old and young, even the slaves. The Han saber axe hand mechanically waved the steel knife in his hand, and the human heads rolled down, and the headless corpse was directly pushed into the pit. Under the hazy moonlight, the pit was already bright red, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell of blood, and the scene was very terrifying.
The captured Dawan soldiers trembled, stunned as the nobles who were once unattainable in their eyes were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, quietly waiting for the same fate to befall them, but they did not have the courage to resist. Whether it was the just-concluded offensive and defensive battle of Guishan City, or this bloody massacre, they were already frightened.
Suddenly, someone shouted: "Listen, our Emperor of the Han Dynasty has the virtue of a good life, so I will pardon your capital crime and punish you with two years of hard labor!" ”
The soldiers escaped death, but they couldn't react for a while, and the audience was silent.
"Could it be that you refuse to even serve hard labor, and would rather die! Hmph, that's Pang Mou underestimating you! Okay, Pang will give you a chance! It turned out that the person who spoke was Pang De, he waved the big knife in his hand and shouted, "If you are not convinced, you can stand up, as long as you can win Pang Mou's knife, Pang Mou will let you go and never break his word!" ”
Although two years of hard labor can temporarily save their lives, who knows if the Han army will abuse them, and perhaps their fate will be even more miserable. However, many of these soldiers had fought with the Han army a few years ago, and they knew the strength of the Han army, so they lowered their heads and did not dare to face Pang De, of course, there were also those who were not afraid of death. A big man stood up and said in a stiff Chinese dialect: "I'm here to fight you!" ”
Now from the Western Regions to Daqin, doing business is always inseparable from the goods from the Han Dynasty, there are many people who can speak Chinese, it has almost become a fashion, it is not uncommon for this person to speak Chinese, it is strange that he actually wants to challenge Pang De with his bare hands, but those captured young soldiers are full of excitement and expectation. Because the person who stood up was recognized as the number one warrior in Dawan Kingdom, called Tie Suhua, who could tear tigers and leopards alive, and had never encountered an opponent in Dawan.
Originally, Pound had two weapon racks carried by him and placed them beside him, with knives, guns, swords, halberds, and even iron rods and sticks, which they could choose from. But this man did not choose any blades, and wanted to fight Pound empty-handed.
Seeing this, Pound exclaimed, "Good coming!" He casually threw the broadsword to the soldiers behind him, and waved his fists to meet it. If you talk about fist and foot kung fu, if Liu Xin is called the second in the world, no one dares to call it the first. And Liu Xin will often point out the soldiers in the army, like others, Pang De will also practice in his spare time, but he rarely has the opportunity to fight, and today I want to see what his strength is.
Two tower-like men fought in one place. As soon as they fought, Pound felt that his arms were numb, and secretly praised the great strength, and he had already raised twelve points of caution. Tie Suhua over there was also secretly surprised, he already felt that Pang De was the most powerful opponent he had ever encountered in his life.
Today, in the round-up, Tie Suhua successively knocked down three Han soldiers, and he was about to escape, but he was surrounded by a large group of people and horses, and hundreds of crossbow arrows flashed with cold light aimed at him, he had to be captured, but he was really unwilling in his heart.
Now, since Pound gave him this opportunity, he had to perform well, and he couldn't help but roar and pounced again. Tie Suhua didn't learn any boxing skills, he just relied on brute strength. He swung his two small stump-like arms like windmills and smashed them straight up and down at Pound, and if he hit him, it would be too much for you to bear.
And Pound has already made a calculation after the first temptation, and he does not fight hard face to face with him, but just relies on his flexible body, wandering around, looking for opportunities.
Gradually, more than 20 rounds passed, although Tie Suhua's fists danced vigorously, they never touched Pound's edge, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, but the movements in his hands slowed down. Seeing that the time had come, Pang De slammed a fist into Tie Suhua's face, taking advantage of Tie Suhua's evasion, he had already flashed behind Tie Suhua and slapped Tie Suhua's back with a palm.
Tie Suhua screamed, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground. Before Tie Suhua could get up from the ground completely, Pang De had already stepped forward and punched again, hitting Tie Suhua's temple. Hearing only a muffled sound, Tie Suhua's whole person flew out sideways, slamming heavily into the ruins of the city wall, only the air was out but not the air intake.
Pang De dusted off his body, looked around at the frightened captives, and shouted: "Who else is going to fight Pang Mou!" ”
Tie Suhua usually likes to show off his strength in the army, often challenging more than ten or even dozens of comrades with the strength of one person, and the result is still a big victory, today he was actually beaten to death by a Han general with his bare hands, where are the remaining prisoners who dare to stand up again, and they don't even dare to come out.
Pang De laughed and said: "Since you don't dare to fight with Pang Mou, then honestly do hard labor!" Whoever dares to cheat and cheat will be your fate. ”
The direction of his finger was the large pit dug by the captives, and at the bottom of the pit lay many corpses with different heads.
Seeing that no one dared to speak, Pang De raised a kick and kicked Tie Suhua's body into the air, crossed a beautiful arc, and accurately fell into the pit, before announced: "Two things." One, this big hole has been filled. Second, remove the outer city wall of Guishan City. If you don't do it well before dawn, you just wait for the punishment! ”
I don't know who reacted first, rushed to the pit like crazy, and without tools, he used his hands to pick it up, put a handful of dirt into the pit with his shoulder. Immediately, the other prisoners of war also came to their senses and rushed to rush up......
At dawn, Liu Xin rushed to Guishan City with a large group of people. At this time, the city of Guishan has completely changed, and the once majestic outer city is completely gone, replaced by a ruin. Tens of thousands of Dawan prisoners of war were carrying thick wooden planks, slapping the ground vigorously, flattening and compacting the ground, including the big pit where almost the entire Dawan aristocracy was buried, and there was no trace of it.
More than 200,000 Han soldiers walked in front of the prisoners of war in a neat queue, and the prisoners of war were all frightened, but no one dared to stop their work, it was not far from dawn, if they could not complete the task, who knew what kind of punishment they would receive, they did not even have the strength to be afraid.
Knowing the battle, Liu Xin sighed and said: "I don't like to kill, but not killing is not enough to deter Xiaoxiao, I just hope that God can understand my suffering." ”
Xu Huang arched his hand and said: "In accordance with Your Majesty's will, the outer city of Guishan City has been demolished, and the people have been moved to build another house fifty miles west of Guishan overnight, but it is not allowed to set up a city wall. The entire inner city has now completely turned into the military station of my great man, standing on the head of the city and looking at it, there are no people for dozens of miles, and no army can hide, Your Majesty can rest assured that he will march westward. ”
Liu Xin nodded and said: "The power of people to survive when they are dying is infinite, and I can't imagine that more than 20,000 prisoners of war can complete such a huge project in one night, and it is time for them to rest." ”
Xu Huang arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty means to let them go?" ”
Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Such free labor, don't use it in vain, what are you going to do with them?" However, don't embarrass them too much, let them eat well and get on with it. From Uzberi to the Han concession of Parthia, such a road was built by them, and when it was repaired and when they were released. ”