Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 601 Give You a Chance

Dozens of unsuspecting Hun infantrymen are nothing more than a stick of incense in the hands of Xiao Qianli today.Passing through the corpses all over the ground, holding the long sword that was flickering with cold light, Xiao Qianli flicked his left hand, and a sharp finger force turned into an invisible sword energy, piercing through the back of the last Xiongnu soldier who fled in embarrassment, and fell headlong. He fell to the ground and died.

To his surprise, the hundreds of craftsmen watched him slaughter wantonly, but they just glanced at him blankly, stood up straight, and stood there blankly with the tools in their hands, without any chance to escape. Meaning, no one spoke.From their eyes, Xiao Qianli saw only numbness and silence.

"Who can tell, what are you doing here?"

No one answered, no one even looked into Xiao Qianli's eyes.

Xiao Qianli asked three times, but still no one spoke. He shook his head helplessly, and said loudly: "You are free, let's go!"

There was no sound, and after a long while, a young craftsman laughed bitterly, "You set us free? Where can we go?"

Xiao Qianli stared at the person who made the sound with sharp eyes, and said slowly: "You don't have a home to go back to?"

"It's gone... It's gone a long time ago..." The man slowly walked out of the line, "I know you are Han Chinese, and so am I, they are all!"

Xiao Qianli was slightly surprised, thinking that these people were the low-level Xiongnu people, but unexpectedly they were from the Central Plains.Immediately relieved: "Since we are both Han Chinese, that would be even better. I will take you out!"

The man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Thank you for your kindness, it's just that we people are already dying, and even the desire to survive is pitifully small, how can we cross the border of these hundreds of miles of wilderness?"

Finally there was someone who could communicate, Xiao Qianli asked him to sit down, the man hesitated for a moment, then sat down tremblingly, as if he couldn't believe it, he reached out and touched the wood under his buttocks, as if he couldn't even sit down. The act of rest has become an unattainable luxury.

The man was short of energy, and it was difficult to speak, but fortunately, his order was quite clear, Xiao Qianli could hear clearly, and gradually understood, he couldn't help but suddenly realized.

It turns out that the people here are all the people who were plundered from the Central Plains by the Huns over the years. Most of these Han people who were regarded as prey were tortured and killed, but some of them were skilled or able-bodied. A division specializing in artisan work.

"I was arrested a year and a half ago..." the man recalled, "At that time, more than 200 people were arrested, and I was the only one who survived. "

"And they..." The man's voice had already dropped, "Five years? Eight years? Every day is like this. They can hardly speak anymore. Apart from mechanical labor, they have no desire to communicate, nor Lost the ability to survive."

"You have also seen that although the trees here are highly poisonous, they are the best materials for making poisonous arrows. We have been here for three months, and more than 40 people have died. Although the pool here can detoxify, but If you have been poisoned too many times, or if you are accidentally stabbed too deeply by a tree branch, you will not be able to recover.”

"Go out from here and head west all the way. There is a general camp about sixty or seventy miles away. We came from there. Every half a month, a cart will bring food and take away the prepared poisonous arrows."

"At the beginning of this year, a master craftsman of the Huns discovered the characteristics of the trees here, so he built a general camp. Since the beginning of autumn, we have been transported here from all directions to start making poisonous arrows. Today, about 50 million pieces have been made. , are stored in the general camp. When the spring thaws, they will be distributed to the frontline barracks one after another."

"I know you are a very capable Han Chinese, but you can't do anything alone, and you can't help us." The man's tone was very sincere, "You better leave before those people come! They still need to rely on us Make poison arrows that won't kill us!"

Xiao Qianli was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "When will they send people over next time?"

"A batch of food was just delivered three days ago, and [-] arrows were shipped away. It's still early, so hurry up!"

"Let's go?" Xiao Qianli smiled, "The fun has just begun! Little brother, do you know that these trees are not easy to burn?"

"...?"

As night fell, hundreds of craftsmen in ragged clothes, carrying large and small bags of food and water bags, stood at a pool outside the dense forest at a loss.Looking at the black smoke rising from the dense forest, the artisan who was still articulate was completely messed up.

"Let's stand upwind, and we won't be poisoned by poisonous smoke." Xiao Qianli said a few words of comfort, "There is also a pool here, I wonder if it has the effect of detoxification?"

"The water quality in the pool inside is special, and it's just ordinary clear water..."

The climate in the north is dry. With the help of the bleak autumn wind, an open fire was quickly ignited in the dense forest. After a short time, the flames burned into the sky, and large black smoke was continuously swallowed and drifted to the west.

"Burn...all burnt..." Among the craftsmen with blank eyes, someone suddenly yelled.

"It's burning well!" The man knelt heavily on the ground, hugged his head, and cried bitterly.

The crying aroused the emotions of more people. The skinny craftsmen with welts all over their bodies burst into tears. Some kept beating their chests and feet, some cried and rolled on the ground, and some even grabbed the ground with their heads and wailed loudly. .

Xiao Qianli didn't stop him, he knew that for these people who had been completely numb, such a sudden strong stimulation could actually arouse their inner desire to survive, which was actually a good thing for them.

The huge forest land covering thousands of acres contains an unknown number of highly poisonous trees, and the poisonous smoke spreads for tens of miles. Even Xiao Qianli, who is standing on the windward side, feels a little dizzy. Artisans are even worse.Fortunately, they were experienced, and each covered their mouths and noses with soaked cotton cloths, and some even took off the water bags, poured out the detoxification pool water that had been stored in them, and distributed them one by one.

"Look, they have the same resentment as you in their hearts. It's just that long-term oppression and hard work have numb their nerves. Once it explodes, they yearn for freedom just as much!"

An old gray-haired craftsman bowed his body, and entrusted Xiao Qianli respectfully with a piece of cotton cloth soaked in detoxification pool water. Although Xiao Qianli didn't need it, he still saluted the old man and took it with his hand. .

"We Han people in the Central Plains have never been lowly by nature. We just waited for an opportunity to rise uprightly, and we have the dignity of a great country in our bones!" Xiao Qianli patted the stunned young man on the shoulder and smiled. , "Now I give you such a chance, a chance to survive and regain your freedom!"

(End of this chapter)