Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"These Shanyue have been doing evil in Lujiang for several years, and it is impossible for them to start looting the people who came and went this year."

"Those who were looted a few years ago, where are they now?"

Chapter 67 Epilogue

Shen Sheng asked everyone present, Xu Huang had already expected the answer to this matter.

After all, since this place is called a "meat depot" by those dog-like Shanyue, on a certain level, it has already determined in advance the whereabouts of these women who were robbed by Shanyue a few years ago. Asking is just a little hope in my heart.

And the other party's answer can almost be said to have extinguished the last gleam of fire.

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"General, since I was captured by those thieves, I have only seen these many sisters present, and I have never seen other people."

"I just heard from the thieves who guard this place on weekdays that because this place is located in the mountains, the climate is humid and cold, so every winter, a large number of captured sisters will suffer from cold and illness."

"Over time, these thieves have developed the habit of 'cleaning up' regularly."

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The girl's voice trembled slightly, but when she looked at the pool of "filth" not far away, her eyes were full of hatred.

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"My family once heard from those thieves that every winter, these thieves would deal with the healthy women captured the previous year. Among them, the good-looking women were sent to Danyang County on the east side of the Lujiang River, and the average-looking women were rewarded. For those other Shanyue settlements around the Lujiang River."

"As for the rest of those who are thin-boned or have old diseases, most of them were directly killed and abandoned in the endless forest behind the camp, lest these people contract some serious diseases in the severe winter and spread them to others. on them."

"more than this……"

"What's more, in order to satisfy their own appetites, these people will even select some children who are not yet young enough to eat cardamom, and just peel the skin and bones, and gather the crowd to share the food."

There was a hint of sadness in her eyes, the girl was wearing Xu Huang's war robe, sobbing softly, accusing those thieves of their atrocities.

As soon as her words fell, Xu Huang's aura stagnated, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and the powerful aura brought by his martial arts burst out like this.

"These beasts!"

The veins in the big hands that were holding the weapon tightly were exposed, and Xu Huang's muscles were tense as if they were inflated, and the exquisite armor was arched high.

Although it is not too new for people to eat people, but for Xu Huang, who was born in a powerful landlord family in the Central Plains and has received a complete education in morality and etiquette since he was a child, this kind of thing is still a bit difficult. accept.

Chapter 1 Return

"So, this is what happened in Qianshan during this time?"

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Not long after, in the official office in Lujiang Wancheng, Zhang Yan looked at the two people in front of him speechlessly, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

It is now the fourteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, which is the day before the traditional Chinese festival of the Mid-Autumn Festival. The entire Anhui City has been decorated with lanterns and festoons under Zhang Yan's instructions, and several main roads are covered with lanterns. , full of festive joy and auspicious atmosphere.

It's just that they didn't fit in with the atmosphere. Xu Huang, Pei Yuanshao and the others who had just led the army back today carried an unspeakably gloomy aura about Zhang Yan.

This kind of aura even made Zhang Yan think that they failed to accomplish their goal and suffered a defeat under Shanyue's hands. He was so frightened that he quickly called Xu Huang and Pei Yuanshao from the army to the official office.

Now, Zhang Yan held the marching records that Xu Huang had prepared long ago and some previous battle reports in his hand, listening to the two people in front of you talk about what you saw and heard during this period of time.

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"My lord, it is so."

"After we defeated the Shanyue thieves one after another that day, we captured the remaining thieves and brought them back together with the people's fat and people's ointment that the other party has collected over the years."

"As for... As for those commoner women, the last general really didn't know what to do with them, so he brought them back together."

Opposite Zhang Yan, Xu Huang's face was still slightly sweaty at the moment. He and Pei Yuanshao had just arrived in Wancheng, and before they had time to rest for a while, they were called here by Zhang Yan in a hurry, and began to report on their own experience over time.

Beside him, Pei Yuanshao was also dripping with sweat, pouring tea into his mouth one mouthful at a time.

After a while, Zhang Yan nodded slightly, and put down the somewhat heavy battle report in his hand.

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"okay, I get it."

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According to the content recorded in the battle report, Zhang Yan has quickly gained a basic understanding of what happened before. As expected, with the help of gunpowder, Xu Huang and others can be said to be invincible. Captured the four largest and most dangerous camps in Qianshan Mountain.

Among these four battles, Xu Huang's battle is needless to say, and although the number of soldiers under Xu Huang's hands is slightly smaller than that of Xu Huang, their opponents are also weaker, so even if they are facing The opponent's simple city wall, Pei Yuanshao and others still quickly captured all the opponent's camp.

Even because Pei, Zhou, and Liao took the lead, the casualties of the soldiers under their hands were even much less than Xu Huang's.

This can naturally be said to be a hearty victory.

It's just that from the battle report, Zhang Yan not only saw the opponent's achievements, but also saw something different, which shocked even the well-informed him.

"Sigh, I really didn't expect that such a thing as cannibalism is real, and it's so close to our lives."

"Unfortunately, I thought these guys were just some villains who borrowed the name of Baiyue, and what they did was just killing their lives for money. How could people know that after losing the restrictions of etiquette, they simply behaved No different from a beast."

"Even hungry wolves and tigers won't cannibalize their own species. These guys... can hardly be called human beings anymore."

Frowning tightly, he sighed in front of Xu Huang and others. Zhang Yan was in a very happy mood when he saw everyone returning and the battle report was a big victory.But after learning that such a thing happened, it was inevitable that there was still an extremely absurd, even unacceptable feeling in my heart.

It was at this point that he finally understood why Xu Huang and the others looked a little unhappy after they returned.

To be honest, there is a certain tradition of cannibalism, whether in China or in the West.

For example, when the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty was raging, the people changed their children to eat each other, and the great famine in the [-]th century in European history made England a famous fairy tale "Candy House" with the theme of parents eating their children. .

These are things that Zhang Yan already knew.

But having said that, even if a person knew many things a long time ago, when he really felt this kind of thing happening by his side, the shocking feeling quickly caused Zhang Yan to fall into a burst of strong negative emotions.

It wasn't until a few minutes passed that Zhang Yan slowly came back to his senses after feeling a small hand on his shoulder.

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"Well, Ye'er, let me ask you something."

"If I remember correctly, you also wandered to Luoyang with your family because of the famine at home. Have you ever seen such a thing along the way?"

Asked in a low voice to Ye'er behind him, Zhang Yan turned around to look, and saw the little maid who was still scribbling and taking meeting minutes for herself was looking at him with some worry.

After Ye'er heard the words, she was taken aback subconsciously, and then shook her head.

"Of course not."

"Master, although Ye'er suffered a lot along the way, how could it be as chaotic as Yangzhou near the imperial capital Luoyang?"

"Don't say it's this kind of inhuman beast, even those petty thieves don't see much."

"Even the Yellow Turbans, who were so powerful back then, were just forcibly dubbed as 'thieves'. In fact, most of the Yellow Turbans are not the kind of villains who cannot communicate."

"I think General Pei and General Zhou should be very clear about this, right?"

Responding to Zhang Yan in a low voice, where Xu Huang and others couldn't see, Ye'er reached out and stroked Zhang Yan's back.

She could also tell that after her master heard the series of news, her mood was obviously lower than before, so she naturally subconsciously wanted to appease the other party's emotions.

As for Zhang Yan, he finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing these words.

"Huh, that's fine."

"From this point of view, things like cannibalism are only happening in some marginal areas of the Han Dynasty, and the Central Plains, Sili and other places in the core area have not yet developed to such a point of collapse."

"Since that's the case, then I know it in my heart."

Lowering his face slightly, Zhang Yan pursed his lips like this, and made a decision in a short while.

"Gongming, if it is according to what you said, there are no more powerful forces in the Qianshan area, or in the Lujiang area, and the forces that were originally the top of the mountain have been pulled out by us. I am right. Bar?"

"In that case, Ye'er, go and help me call the officials from the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Propaganda who are currently on duty in the government office, and tell them that I have something to tell them."

"Oh, by the way, there are also people from the Industrial Division, that is, the Industrial Division that has just been established and currently only has two businesses of nitrate and fertilizer production. They also helped me call their person in charge here."

"ASAP."

Softly giving instructions to the girl behind him, Zhang Yan watched her walk away with small steps, and already had some plans in his heart.

Chapter 2 How to deal with captives in Yamagoshi

To this day, even though he has known many sad things in the process of suppressing the bandits, there is no doubt that in the entire military operation against Shanyue, Zhang Yan has achieved the absolute goal he set before. most strategic purposes.

Whether it is the safety guarantee in the Qianshan area or the shortage of manpower in the construction of Lujiang Wancheng, they have actually been resolved to some extent.

Therefore, what Zhang Yan needs to deal with now is the trial of the Shanyue captives brought back by Xu Huang this time, and the arrangements for the female relatives who were previously taken away by Shanyue and others.

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"My lord, what, my old Pei still has to say something..."

"We also know that you have a lot of places to employ people, and there are many places in Lujiang that need people to use. Now Wei Xian and the others still have a lot of construction sites waiting to start work, but those thieves, those thieves really can't just use it like this. !"

"If you are really short of manpower for construction, then we still have more than 1 young men in our army, so it doesn't matter if we ask them to contribute."

"In other parts of our big man, those big and small guards also use the troops under their hands as coolies. This is a very common thing."

"On the contrary, those thieves... My lord, let me tell you the truth, there are thousands of Shanyue thieves we brought back this time, and there are not a few of them who are extremely vicious."

"If these people are confiscated in this way... I will worry that this matter is really unfair to those people whose families have been persecuted by thieves for a long time."

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Soon, after obeying Zhang Yan's order, Ye'er, who was originally following behind him, walked out of the room quickly, and disappeared after a while.

On the contrary, Pei Yuanshao, who had been quietly sizing up Zhang Yan before, saw that the other party finally stopped asking about what happened to them before and began to arrange matters related to the captives, and suddenly became a little restless, as if he had something to say. .

After his complexion repeatedly changed from red to purple several times, Pei Yuanshao finally ignored Xu Huang who was frequently winking at him, and couldn't help admonishing Zhang Yan.

"My lord, look, if the captives we brought back this time were to be used as slaves like this, wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate?"

Asking Zhang Yan in a low voice, Pei Yuanshao rubbed his hands nervously at this moment, and tentatively looked at Zhang Yan who was still bowing his head in thought.

As for Xu Huang, after repeatedly blocking Pei Yuanshao to no avail, he couldn't help sighing deeply, as if he didn't know how to evaluate the other party's behavior.

It's just that although he felt that the other party's behavior was inappropriate, since Pei Yuanshao had already spoken first, Xu Huang was not idle. He also bowed to his lord from the side, and followed Pei Yuanshao to express his opinion on this matter. view.

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