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Chapter 495 Raid on Baekje

"So that's how it is!" Guan Cheng sighed, looking at Cui Jianmin with a different look, then pointing at the other fourteen fishermen, "What are their origins?"

"General, some of them are descendants of Han people, but because they were born in Baekje, they can only understand some simple words of Han people, and some of them are slaves obtained by the royal family of Baekje during the war. , the 15 of us are all slaves belonging to Baekje!" Cui Jianmin said.

Some of the fifteen fishermen who could understand Chinese nodded immediately, and shouted in unfamiliar Chinese: "General! I... yes!"

Guan Cheng nodded, and ordered his subordinates to take the 15 people down.

"General Guo, General Li, what do you think of these fifteen Baekje fishermen?" Guan Cheng said.

Guo Zu and Li Dianju knew exactly what happened just now, and they still remembered Feng Yao's order before they set off.

"..., Baekje and Samhan have many immigrants from my Han Dynasty, and most of them have been influenced by Han culture, especially Baekje. The king of Baekje was originally from Goguryeo, a Han country...!"

"...For Baekje and Samhan, we can't do what we did for Wa, we just need to wipe out all the enemies who don't submit to our jurisdiction!"

Li Dian was not very clear about Feng Yao's order, so he looked at Guo Zu.

Thinking back to Feng Yao's order in Guo Zu's mind, he sighed for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "General Guan, my lord also intended us to take good care of the Han people in Baekje, since more than half of the fifteen fishermen are Han Chinese, why don't we wait for them?" Let's try it out, if they really intend to surrender to us, then let's spare their lives!"

After Li Dian heard the words, he nodded and said: "General Guan, although we have nearly [-] troops, it is still too small compared to the entire Wa Kingdom and Sanhan. It is better to use the Han people in Baekje and the slaves at the bottom who want to change their fate. Overthrow the current ruler, and then use the people of Sanhan as the vanguard, bring their hatred for the Japanese pirates, and destroy the entire Japanese country!"

"Okay! If that's the case, I think I might as well postpone the plan to attack the Wa country for a while, and order General Guo to take Baekje and Samhan first, and then attack the Wa country from both sides! What do the two generals think?" Guan Cheng said.

"I agree!" Li Dian said.

"I also agree, the lord told us to adjust the attack according to the actual situation!" Guo Zu said.

The three of them had the same opinion. Thinking that Baekje and Sanhan would soon be in control with the overwhelming force of the army, they couldn't help but look excited and expectant in their eyes.

Soon, under Guan Cheng's order, Cui Jianmin and other fifteen fishermen were brought before them again.

"Cui Jianmin, there is one thing I don't understand. Since you can go fishing, why don't you take the opportunity to escape?" Guan Cheng asked.

"General, it's not that we don't want to, but the reality does not allow us to make such a choice. First of all, our family members are all under the control of the Baekje nobles. As long as any one of us does not go back, not only his family members will be executed, but all of us will be killed." The family members of the fishermen who come out together will also be executed!!"

"And even if we fled to Qingzhou regardless of the life and death of our family members, so what? I heard that Qingzhou is now in chaos, the government is corrupt, and more people die every day than all the slaves in Baekje! And there is another point, although we They are called slaves, but as long as they are obedient, they can still have some freedom and some personal money, if they can survive, they might have a chance to turn around someday!" Cui Jianmin said.

Guan Cheng nodded, dispelling the last trace of doubt, the rest is to see how these people will choose, so he asked with a smile: "If I give you such a chance to stand up now, from now on, your family members can be free own their own land and houses, will you stand with us?"

Cui Jianmin's eyes flashed when he heard the words, and he excitedly explained a few words to other fishermen who could not understand Chinese. The fifteen fishermen looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all overjoyed when they saw the affirmative answer in their eyes. They all knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "I am willing!"

Under the guidance of Cui Jianmin, several fishermen who did not understand Chinese also answered yes.

Guan Cheng said again: "You agreed so quickly, why don't you ask how you made it happen?"

Confusion appeared in the eyes of the fishermen.

"I don't want to hide it either. I believe you have a certain understanding of the size of our army. The reason why you came here is not just to chase these thousands of Japanese pirates, but to conquer all of Baekje and Sanhan. It will be brought under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and anyone who resists will be killed, and those who comply will receive the same preferential treatment as all civilians of the Han Dynasty!" Guan Cheng said.

Cui Jianmin seemed to guess something. Although he took a breath, he was not too shocked, but hurriedly explained to other fishermen.

"This, this, if it is known, I am afraid that my family members will be murdered!"

"Ah! Destroy Sanhan!!?? No!! I am from Chenhan, and I don't want my people to be killed!!"

"is this real?……"

"Old Cui, we want to resist, but the premise is not to hurt my family!"

"..."

All the fishermen had different expressions, some were breathing heavily, some were wide-eyed, and some were so frightened that they sat down on the board of the boat and lost their minds. But soon, they all shouted at Cui Jianmin.

"No, that's not the case. Don't worry, it's not Han people, it's Chen Han, Bian Han. As long as you surrender, you will be protected by the Han army! You, if you are still worried about your Chen Han people, you should cooperate with the general..."

It took Cui Jianmin a lot of effort to convince and appease everyone.

"General, they are just worried that during this period, their family members will be massacred by the soldiers of the nobles. I have already told them that as long as the strategy is right, not only will the family members not be harmed, but after overthrowing the nobles, we, as meritorious personnel, will , and I will be rewarded by the general! I made such a promise without the general's permission, please forgive me! If I don't say that, I'm afraid my companion will be killed by the general because he disagrees!" Cui Jian Mind Road.

Guan Cheng nodded appreciatively, with a happy expression on his face, and said: "You really surprised me a little bit. If you can surrender sincerely, I will definitely recommend you to my lord in the future!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up with a smile, patted Cui Jianmin on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Old Cui, that's a good name for you, why don't I call you like that from now on?"

"Thanks to the general's love, the title of Old Cui is suitable for me!" Cui Jianmin said.

Guan Cheng ordered Cui Jianmin and other 15 people to prepare abundant food, and asked all soldiers to treat them equally.

……

Three days later, at this time Feng Yao was still fighting wits and bravery with hundreds of officials and the emperor in Dongyuan City. , then started Feng Yaobu's long-awaited first battle overseas! !

Under the leadership of Cui Jianmin, in order to fulfill their promise to Cui Jianmin, Generals Guan Cheng, Guo Zu, and Li Dian did not have a large army to crush all disobedient forces, but Li Dian's Longteng Army pretended to be Baekje people , after avoiding Baekje's defense, he broke into the house of the nobleman surnamed Jin, quickly beheaded hundreds of family soldiers surnamed Jin, and surrounded the family surnamed Jin in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)