The killing outside the city didn't seem to calm Fang Xie's heart. When he returned to Dingyuan City, he was still holding the Chaolu Knife in his hand, and the killing intent was still so strong on the bloodless blade. The guards escorted the prisoners into the city, and the carriage that hadn't had time to be placed was pulled into the city directly.
The three foreigners who were captured alive kept looking fearfully at the man in black robe who was walking in front with his head slightly lowered, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that he was not alone.
How can people use fire dragons as weapons
How can a man deflect a bullet with a blade
"The general seems very depressed."
Chen Xiaoru kicked a procrastinating prisoner back into the team, looking at Fang Xie's back, he always felt that today's general looked so lonely. Chen Xiaoru didn't know what kind of emotion could affect the general like this, but such a quiet general was extraordinarily frightening, even he felt scared.
The defenders of Dingyuan City locked up the captives, and picked out a dozen people who looked like officers and brought them into the Biejiang Mansion, including the three foreigners who survived. Perhaps it was because they didn't understand Fang Jie. The fear of people is less than that of Nanyan people.
Fang Jie sat down on the chair, and put the Chaolu Knife on the table in front of him.
He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then said to the foreigner standing at the front: "I'll give you five minutes to clarify the purpose of your visit and the purpose of the forces behind you."
The shopkeeper of Huotong Tianxia quickly translated it. The foreigner didn't seem to feel any threat in Fang Jie's tone, or Fang Jie's handsome face made his previous fear a little less, so he shook his head and didn't speak. . Fang Jie picked up the Chaolu Knife from the table, and chopped the foreigner into two pieces.
He pointed at the second foreigner with his Zhaolu knife: "Now it's you."
The second foreigner was a bearded man. He really didn't expect this Han man to be so violent. He only asked a question, and then turned his companion into two corpses with one knife. The bloody smell and stench emanating from the internal organs rushed into his nose, and then went straight into his brain.
He looked at the pool of flesh and blood, and it didn't take long before he began to vomit violently.
Fang Jie waited for him to vomit until there was nothing to vomit, and tapped the table lightly with his fingers while retching the yellow water. The bearded man trembled in fright, and subconsciously took a step back.
"We...we are from the Principality of Ross."
He wiped the corners of his mouth with trembling hands and said: "I came to Nanyan under the general's order to assist Nanyan's army to resist your army. We know we were wrong, and now we are your captives... no, your servant. I am willing to send I will tell you everything I know, and I only hope that you can give us hope of living."
After Fang Jie waited for the shopkeeper of Huotong Tianxia to translate, he said: "Everyone will have a chance to survive. It's up to me whether to give it or not, and it's up to you whether to say it or not."
"A long time ago, the emperor of Chu State sent someone to contact Grand Duke Ross, hoping to use the power of Grand Duke Ross to jointly fight against Sui State and regain the land that was taken by Sui State. But Grand Duke Ross was not very enthusiastic. Although he has received many gifts from the Emperor of Chu, he is unwilling to let the army leave the Principality of Ross."
After sorting out his thoughts, the bearded man began to talk.
"Since the Aegean Empire was destroyed, although the Aegean Empire did not continue to attack, but recognized the status of the princes, everyone knows that the Aegean Empire is a beast at all, it is only in the war with the Aegean Empire Tired from fighting, it needs to rest. When it rests, the ending will be the same. So Grand Duke Ross wants to keep the army by his side, at least there is a chance to escape."
"This matter has been dragging on for a long time. Although the envoys of Chu State kept looking for Grand Duke Ross, he still did not agree. Later, the delay could not be continued, and he decided to send six mages here, which can be regarded as doing Chu State a favor. Grand Duke Ross I thought it would be no problem for the six mages to help the state of Chu kill some people."
"Later, I don't know how the Opru Empire knew about this, and sent people to the Principality of Ross to urge the Grand Duke of Ross to send troops. The Grand Duke of Ross thought that the Opru Empire was going to attack, and he didn't dare to send troops. So it didn't take long for him to was assassinated."
"How do you know so much?"
Fang asked.
After the translation, the bearded man said sadly: "I am the personal bodyguard of the Grand Duke of Ross. I saw the assassination of the Grand Duke of Ross with my own eyes, and watched him fall in front of me... Not long after that, the Ross Empire sent a team The army came and took over the Principality of Ross. Then the general began to directly contact the people of Chu State. I don’t know much about what happened later. After the death of Grand Duke Ross, we became slaves and were taken over by others. Scold."
"We didn't want to come here, but the people of the Opru Empire will kill our family because we don't come."
"How many of you are here?"
"Five hundred people, most of them are in Dali City."
The bearded man was afraid that Fang Jie would not believe him, so he unconsciously gestured with his hands when he spoke: "The Principality of Ross is not powerful, even in the original Aegean Empire, it can only be regarded as a second-rate principality, and the army has never exceeded 3,000. But the Principality of Ross is the gun storehouse of the Aegean Empire, because it has iron ore and a large number of workshops, and half of the muskets equipped by the Aegean Empire are manufactured from the Duke of Ross.”
"So, although we only came with 500 people, we brought at least 5,000 muskets."
"Where's the artillery?"
Fang asked.
The bearded man seemed a little surprised by Fang Jie's knowledge of artillery, and after taking a look at Fang Jie, he replied, "The firearms of the Aegean Empire are still relatively backward. Because of the corruption of the empire, there is no one who continues to study the evolution of firearms, so there is no way to make them." Although the powerful cannons can be cast, there are too many scraps of the cast cannons, and they often explode. The cannons brought this time are provided by the Opru Empire. They are very powerful and equipped with two kinds of shells. "
"Two kinds?"
"Yes, one is a cannonball with average explosive power but strong penetrating power. The other is that after it explodes, there will be a series of shells exploded by lower firearms inside, which is very lethal."
"Opulu Empire..."
Fang Jie murmured, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.
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Gangbuk-do
Sui army camp
Puhu leaned against a low wall and looked at the big river in the distance. It was foggy and he couldn't see clearly. Luo Tu's rebels have all withdrawn to the south of the Yangtze River, which shows that Luo Tu and those people in Jiangnan Tonggu Academy must have reached an agreement. Otherwise, his army could not have entered Jiangnan so easily. When Luo Yao led his troops into the south of the Yangtze River, Tonggu Academy did not stop them because they knew that Luo Yao would leave soon, but now it was different, Luo Tu needed a foothold.
The Sui army camped north of the Yangtze River, but they didn't dare to get too close.
Luo Tu's rebel army had a navy in their hands, and the scale was much larger than that of the Sui army's navy. After the division of the Yangtze River navy, the strongest part was taken away by Wang Yiqu, and joined forces with Gao Kaitai to rebel in the northwest. The second part was subdued by Luo Yao and became the rebel navy. A small part returned to the imperial court, but their power was really limited. The smallest part belonged to Fang Xie, whose combat power was not as good as 20% of Wang Yiqu's navy.
Now the court navy can patrol back and forth on the north bank, if they move a little more to the south, they will be hit head-on by Luo Tu's rebel navy. Since Luo Tu retreated into the south of the Yangtze River, the strength of the navy seems to have become stronger.
But Puhu is not in the mood to think about these things now, his mind is full of that armored general. He didn't believe that Yang Jian would kill the little emperor, he firmly believed that the elder brother was still the elder brother two hundred years ago. The little emperor is his descendant, a direct descendant, how could he kill the little emperor
The eldest brother once told him that he was here to defend the Yang family. He will not take away the little emperor's throne either, after the Quartet is settled down, the eldest brother will take him away. Isn't this a good ending, but why did so many accidents happen just after I left Chang'an City
No matter what happened, Puhu never wavered his trust in his eldest brother.
Since their father passed away, the only person in the world who was kind to him was his elder brother. Even the second brother who fought side by side at the beginning was unwilling to get too close to Puhu because of Puhu's character. The eldest brother is generous, the second brother is unruly, but he is withdrawn. Returning to this bright world this time, Puhu's personality has changed a lot. Maybe it's because Dugu has only been accompanied by an old scalper for nearly two hundred years, so he became a lot more cheerful after seeing so many living people after he came out.
In any case, he did not believe that the generous elder brother would poison his descendants.
Before my elder brother fell asleep, I had a long conversation with him.
That scene echoed in Pu Hu's mind from time to time.
Under the dim light, Yang Jian, who was obviously much older, was leaning on the chair. Although his body looked old, there was a look in his eyes that surprised Pu Hu. It was a light of hope, and Puhu saw in Yang Jian's eyes the hope that an old man should not have.
"Pounce on the tiger."
"Um?"
"What should I do if the descendants of the Yang family are unable to protect the empire after I die?"
Yang Jian asked.
After thinking about it seriously, Pu Hu replied: "That is a matter for the descendants of the Yang family. Big brother, why should you be troubled by this? You should trust your descendants to continue this empire."
"But I'm afraid."
Yang Jian said: "I'm afraid that the empire I've worked so hard to build will collapse, and I'm afraid that the descendants of the people I killed will get revenge. So, if there is a chance for me to protect this empire without dying, what do you say? Should I take the chance?"
"Undead?"
Pu Hu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't think that this was really possible, so he answered casually: "If there is such an opportunity, of course it's great. But who can escape the cycle of life and death?"
"You also said yes, that's fine."
Yang Jian smiled, and then said to Puhu: "So, are you willing to help me to protect this empire and my descendants?"
"willing!"
Puhu answered quickly, because there was no doubt about it.
"I beg of you one thing."
Yang Jian pointed to a porcelain bottle on the table: "That's the elixir prepared by the old dean himself. If you are willing to help me, you can eat it. The old dean will find a way to make me fall into a deep sleep and never die. When Da Sui is in crisis, I will wake up and save Da Sui. But I need someone to guard me all the time and wake me up at critical moments. Would you like to? After taking these pills, your body will undergo some changes, The aging of the body will almost stop, and you can live for many years."
"ah?"
Pu Hu was stunned for a moment: "What kind of medicine is this?"
"It should be said... it's Gu."
Yang Jian said slowly: "There are fifteen pills in this bottle, swallow one every twenty years. Because the Gu that maintains your body only has a lifespan of twenty years, you must eat a new Gu before it dies. .You can bear it with your cultivation, but I can't... If I swallow this elixir, I'm afraid I will be backlashed and die immediately."
"good!"
Pu Hu agreed without hesitation: "I'll watch over Big Brother, I'll wake you up..."
Yang Jian took Pu Hu's hand and said excitedly: "We brothers have created the Great Sui together, and we brothers will work together to maintain this Great Sui. I know you will help me, and you will always help me. You and I will take care of this together. The empire looks after my descendants. It’s like a big umbrella, protecting them from rain and snow.”
"Brother!"
When Pu Hu thought of this, he suddenly felt something strange around him, and when he looked up, he realized that Yang Jian was standing beside him at some point.
"Puhu, do you still remember what you promised me?"
Yang Jian asked.
Pu Hu nodded: "Remember!"
Yang Jian hummed: "Then trust me, everything I do is for Da Sui."
"good!"
Puhu nodded again, suppressing all the questions. It seems to be like this all the time, he unconditionally agrees to whatever the elder brother says. But this time, even he himself didn't realize that before saying the word "okay", he hesitated for a while, although the hesitation was so short.