The tied-up Goguryeo man knelt in front of Xue Ne. He tried to stand up, but his head was held down by two of his men. The man had no choice but to curse.
There was such a big movement that all the villagers came out.
It is said that it is "the whole village", but in fact there are only a dozen old, weak, women and children in total. Everyone has a look of fear and anger on their faces. They point at Xue Ne and others and yell at them. Well, they can't understand a word.
"Shopkeeper, these villagers are too noisy, do you want to kill them all?" one of his subordinates asked in a vicious voice.
Before Xue Ne could express his position, the tied man was shocked. When he looked up at Xue Ne, there was anger in his eyes.
Xue Na was surprised and said happily: "Can you understand human language?"
The man lowered his head and said nothing.
Xue Ne looked at him carefully for a moment and said firmly: "Yes, you can understand human language, maybe you can also speak it? Since you have exposed your secret, please explain it quickly, otherwise the whole village will suffer."
The villagers were obviously the weak point of the man, so the man had no choice but to speak with a very stiff Central Plains accent, a bit like the northern dialect. After listening to it, he had to listen carefully twice to understand the meaning.
"I can understand...your words. Five years ago, I smuggled grain with merchants from Tang State and learned your words."
Xue Ne nodded, this sentence is true. In the 19th year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong conquered Goguryeo. After a long campaign, he withdrew his troops and returned.
From that year onwards, the Tang Dynasty adopted a policy of attacking and harassing poor enemies against Goguryeo.
The general idea is to constantly send troops and horses to raid the Goguryeo border, plunder their population, rob their property, burn their farmland, etc.
As a result, Goguryeo's national power collapsed and it was unable to recuperate. Private productivity went from bad to worse, food harvests became smaller and smaller, the population also declined year by year, and the entire country became poorer and poorer.
This policy of harassing poor enemies was maintained until the Tang-Luo coalition destroyed Baekje, which lasted for more than ten years.
Civilians will not starve to death. They are all thinking of ways. Since the 19th year of Zhenguan, there have always been merchants and civilians secretly doing business on the border between Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, using valuable things or bartering in exchange for the money of Tang merchants. food.
The man in front of him said that he had been in contact with merchants from the Tang Dynasty and bought and sold grain, but Xue Ne did not doubt it.
This kind of shady business on the border is actually carried out secretly by both countries. The scale is not large, and the government has no interest in investigating it.
Xue Ne looked at the leather armor worn by the man and said with interest: "Are you from the Goguryeo army? Ordinary soldiers cannot wear leather armor. It seems that you are still a military attache?"
The man was silent, gritting his teeth and refusing to say another word.
Xue Na was not in a hurry, and looked back and forth between a dozen villagers.
Being able to make this man speak means that these villagers are his weakness, so the most likely thing is that there are relatives of his in the villagers.
With the meat ticket in hand, are you still afraid that he won't give in?
Therefore, Xue Ne was not anxious at all and looked at the man calmly, his unkind eyes darting back and forth over the villagers from time to time.
The silent and invisible pressure finally caused cold sweat to break out on the man's forehead. After a long time, the man finally spoke.
With this opening, the man confessed very happily. Perhaps he already knew that he could not resist. The life and death of his relatives only depended on his thoughts. If he did not succumb to the Tang people in front of him, the whole village would die, including his relatives.
After some Q&A with Xue Ne, Xue Ne finally knew the identity of the man.
The man's name is "Mo Eun-joon", and his name sounds like a Han Chinese, but he is actually an authentic Goguryeo with pure blood. If you go to a slave auction, it will definitely be worth more than Chuan Chuan'er.
Mo Eunjun joined the Goguryeo army three years ago and was forcibly recruited. He was originally at home and farming. Later, Goguryeo may have sensed that the Tang Dynasty was about to take action, so the leader of Goguryeo issued an order to recruit troops and expand the army.
Mo Enjun was forcibly drawn into the army.
Because Mo Enjun was tall and strong, and had a lot of strength from farming all year round, he quickly became a low-level military attaché in the army, which was roughly equivalent to the Tang Army's Shi Chang Huo Chang.
Later, Mo Enjun played a distinguished role in a battle against a small Tang army that invaded the border, so he was promoted again and was transferred to the Pyongyang garrison. He became a battalion general and commanded hundreds of people.
This time Li Qinzai's troops attacked Goguryeo from the southern front, and their troops were directed towards the capital Pyongyang. The leader of Goguryeo had to mobilize part of the capital's garrison south to meet the enemy.
Mo Enjun's unit was one of the troops transferred to the southern front. After the Goguryeo army was stationed on the border, Mo Enjun found that the station was only dozens of miles away from his hometown.
After not going home for many years, he took a second thought and asked the military commander for a day's leave. He rushed home to visit his relatives and bring some food and supplements to his family.
Unexpectedly, I ran into Xue Ne and his group by accident.
From the moment Xue Ne and others entered the village, Mo Enjun felt something bad. He hid in the house and did not dare to come out. Later, when he heard Xue Ne's "Aba Aba" gestures, Mo Enjun even realized that this group of people must It was a spy sent by the Tang Army, so he broke open the door and escaped.
However, in the end it fell into Xue Ne's hands.
After hearing this, Xue Ne's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but rub his hands.
A battalion general in the Goguryeo garrison. He is not big or small, he can be regarded as a fish.
Take him back to take credit... I'm afraid the credit isn't big enough. The weight of a battalion general is too small, and Li Qinzai doesn't even bother to pay attention to him.
Now that it's all done, let's just make it big. The main reason Xue Ne doesn't want to waste the two days of hard work is that he will feel that he is at a loss if he doesn't make a big contribution and go back.
Staring at Mo Enjun and laughing, that weird and weird smile gave Mo Enjun goosebumps all over his body.
After laughing sinisterly for a few times, Xue Ne walked up to Mo Enjun and lowered his voice evilly: "General Mo, you don't want anything to happen to your relatives, right?"
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The border between Goguryeo and Silla.
In the Tang army's camp, the drums were rumbling.
After the Goguryeo forward force of 5,000 men was completely wiped out, it attracted the attention of the Goguryeo general.
The two armies faced each other on the border for three days. During these three days, the two armies did not clash, but the scouts on both sides suffered heavy casualties.
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Go out of the camp to explore the road, and attack when you encounter them. The victory will be equal to the victory or the loss.
Scouts are lightly-armed troops and are not equipped with three-eyed guns.
Originally, it was just to inquire about the enemy's situation. The important thing is to hide and keep silent. If you fire a shot when you meet, wouldn't you be beating gongs and drums to tell the enemy that I am here to spy on you? Please pose and let me see enough.
In desperation, the Tang Army's scouts had indeed suffered a lot of casualties in the past few days. About two hundred people had fallen asleep in this foreign land.
The casualties were high, but the scouts received a lot of information.
First of all, Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, has sent more troops to the southern border. There were originally more than 20,000 troops, but yesterday they increased by 10,000.
Li Qinzai suddenly had 10,000 more enemies under his command.
