A year ago, Wu Guang, who resolutely rebelled against the tyrannical Qin in Chen County, never imagined that one day, he would become a Qin official with a whip in his hand and scolding the prisoners for not acting rashly......

This is a huge camp, in the south of Lishan stretching into a piece, there is no end in sight, Chen Ying and Wu Guangsuo sent by the black man led 20,000 soldiers of the Northern Expedition, only enough to block the camp gate.

Wu Guang heard that there were 700,000 prisoners in Guanzhong at its peak, and the towering mausoleum of Lishan Mountain in the distance, the countless burial pits at the foot, the palace and temple buildings that were more luxurious and magnificent than the palaces of the living, and the galloping road where almost no grass grew after being tamped were all built by the prisoners in the past 10 years.

also because countless people have been killed.

Most of the first convicts were exhausted to death, and even those who survived did not look like people, ghosts did not look like ghosts, they were tanned and peeled off by the scorching sun, their hands were covered with calluses and bruises, and many of them were naked, and they were covered with whip marks like snakes and insects......

And these prisoners, are they really guilty of a great crime? I'm afraid not.

Wu Guang knew the cruelty of Qin Law, and many poor people were fined and unable to pay because they had committed a small mistake, and were sentenced to prison, so they had to travel thousands of miles to do hard labor. And some people are even more unlucky, but their neighbors committed crimes, and because they didn't report it, they were considered to be harboring criminals, and they were tragically connected, and they were inexplicably shackled.

In Qindi, this kind of thing will happen from time to time, not to mention the land of the Six Kingdoms that is not very familiar with Qin Law, and the number of people who are accidentally recruited is not even counted.

At this moment, these people opened their eyes wide, stood behind the wooden fence of the barracks, and looked coldly at the Northern Expeditionary Army that had come to "besiege" them, and the two sides had been facing each other for half an hour, and there were constant verbal conflicts.

"Stand back!"

Wu Guangshao had no choice but to raise his hand again, and with a whip, his corporal forced back hundreds of prisoners who wanted to escape over the wooden walls of the camp with long spears.

Those people retreated into the wall, but they still didn't give up when they looked like that, and countless others were eager to try.

The eyes of these people made Wu Guang seem to have returned to that stormy night, when he grabbed his sword and killed the two lieutenants of Qin who escorted them to the front line.

That's the desire for freedom.

That's an unwillingness to fate.

That's a roar against tyranny!

"Back then, did I also look at those two Qin Lieutenants like this?"

Wu Guang couldn't stand it anymore, so he came to Chen Ying and asked:

"Captain Chen, this is not a long-term solution, although the prisoners are scattered all over the place, but Sima Xinyu reported that there are also 170,000 people here, and our army is only 20,000......

Chen Ying bowed his head: "170,000 convicts who have accumulated grievances for many years, are rampant in Guanzhong, which is known for their wealth, where many men go to the front line, and are captured by our army, and there are only old and weak women and children left in the family. ”

Sima Xin, who was tired by the black man, was originally a Xianyang order, but became a prisoner, suffered a lot in the camp, his hair fell out, and his legs were opened more and looser than in the past, said: "Du Lieutenant said this very much, but the most important thing to worry about at the moment is not the prisoners of the Six Kingdoms, but the prisoners!" ”

The so-called convicts are prisoners.

After the Shang Dynasty reform, the Qin State began to implement a universal military service system, requiring all those of appropriate age

Healthy men, those fit for military service, and even prisoners were conscripted into the army.

There is a stipulation in the "Qin Law": "If you want to return to the second level to avoid your own parents as concubines, and if you want to return to the princess to avoid your own parents as concubines, and those who want to be beheaded as a princess, and those who return to the princess and avoid a concubine of their deceased wife, they will be allowed to avoid being concubines." Those who are beheaded by workers and ministers and those who are beheaded by people are ordered to work. ”

In short, through pardoning death row prisoners, enabling them to join the army and make meritorious contributions, in order to gain freedom, in addition to exempting themselves from the status of prisoners, and benefiting their parents and wives, these prisoners are called "lax prisoners".

"Previously, Guanzhong was short of manpower, Hu Hai made people pardon the prisoners of Qindi, make them prisoners, and assist the puppet army to transfer grain to Lantian, half of these people were captured, and the rest are here, about 70,000 people, a little orderly combat power, now the prisoners of the six countries are gathered by the door to snoop, but they are in it, bulldozing the barracks, secretly connecting in series, if the prisoners of the six countries are the forerunner, rush out, the consequences are unimaginable!"

In short, this is a pot of boiling water that will boil out at any time.

Sima Xin took the initiative to ask for orders to enter the camp to negotiate with those executioners, so that they could rest easy, and ensure that the Northern Expeditionary Army would properly deal with the prisoners, but Sima Xin was blasted out not long after entering.

"We don't believe this person, we don't believe in Qin officials!"

The prisoners pushed Sima Xin out, their patience had been exhausted, and the impulsive people were about to take the lead and run out, there were only 20,000 people on the opposite side, and they were scattered at several camp gates, but the prisoners had more than 100,000 people, tearing down the fence and running out in a swarm, there was always a chance to slip away......

Chen Ying, Wu Guang and others are in their own hands, how can they be allowed to escape easily? The Northern Expedition military material officer began to use the crossbow, and the spear kept beckoning forward, seeing that a bloody conflict was about to break out, and once the blood was seen, the contradiction would probably break out completely, and it would be impossible to calm down without tens of thousands of people!

But at this time, a chariot came galloping in front of the barracks!

Under the banner of the prince of the two dragons, there is a mighty crown of armor, and the next day a long sword is hung on his waist, and his black face is solemn, and he shouts:

"You can't trust others, so you can trust me!?"

……

The general suddenly arrived, and the soldiers holding banners and spears high behind him were embraced, and for a while, I didn't know that there were tens of thousands of reinforcements, so that the prisoners stopped and did not dare to move.

"Marquis Wuzhong!" Wu Guang and the soldiers of the Northern Expedition under his command cheered loudly, and the prisoners in the camp looked at each other, and they all said in their hearts:

"He's the Marquis of Wu Zhong?"

For this rebel leader, even if he is a prisoner, he has heard of it for a long time, and by the way, there is also a strange legend:

"Wu Zhu said that he was transformed by a black dog demon, with a dog's head and a human body, why do I think he still has a human head......"

"Maybe we won't be able to show up until the evening......"

"Didn't you say that Heifu has three heads and six arms, and he can breathe fire in his mouth, and when he stomps his feet, the mountains shake, and Wuguan collapses directly?"

The matter of Wuguan is too mysterious, Heifu has been demonized, seeing that the prisoners are frightened by their "majesty", they don't dare to act rashly, they only whisper, and the noise is endless, Heifu asked people to speak loudly for themselves:

"I'm the Black Husband! Marquis Wuzhong of Great Qin, Marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army! ”

"Do you know what I came to Lishan today?"

The prisoners shook their heads in disbelief, and Hefu continued:

"There is a law in Daqin, and those who are guilty are either prisoners or prisoners."

"The convicts went to Guanzhong to work hard, but you should know that the soldiers were more miserable than you, and the first emperor sent the deceased, sons-in-law, and Jia people to take the land of Luliang for Guilin, Xiangjun, and the South China Sea. However, the south is very hot, and the soldiers can not adapt to the water and soil, and they are attacked by the Yue people, with hundreds of thousands ......of dead and wounded.

"It's me!"

Heifu patted his chest: "It was I who raised the army, took the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Lingnan, and returned to the homeland of the Central Plains with their generation, so that there was no need to leave the remains on the side!" ”

"And today, I came to Lishan for the same thing!"

"I will pardon you!"

The next words made the prisoners sound like a dream, which they had been looking forward to for many years but had never dared to think of—the amnesty and mercy of Qin Shi Huang would only be given to his close minister, Zhao Gao, and not to these ants.

After all, Zhao Gao is at ease in doing things, there is only one courtier who speaks well, and the prisoners are just numbers, one group has died, and there is the next batch.

But at present, the situation in Guanzhong is complicated, and Heifu, who will be attacked by the enemy if he is not careful, does not miss any opportunity to turn enemies into friends......

"The disciples of Lishan, no matter what crime they were detained for in the past, will be exempted from their crimes!"

"The executioners who were originally the people of Qin listened to it, if you and the others are willing to join the Northern Expeditionary Army, and your wife and parents are slaves and maids of the government, they will be pardoned together! It can be placed in the garden of Shanglin, if the group of thieves in the east of the Ping is meritorious, then the household registration in Shanglin will be granted, and the house will be granted! ”

"The Kwantung prisoners also listen to it, if you are willing to serve the Northern Expeditionary Army as a husband, after the world is decided, you can also return to their homes and grant them a field house in the local area!"

After a long time, someone finally asked loudly: "Wu Zhonghou Mo is not a deceitful person, but will he keep his promise?" ”

Wu Guang immediately appeared and said:

"Second and third sons, I am Wu Guang from Yangxia!"

"A year ago, he was also a soldier, and he was whipped again after heavy rain, so he had to kill two lieutenants and raise troops, and he was the Marquis of Wuzhong in Nantou. Marquis Wuzhong said, if I can bring 3,000 people from Chen County and use them as a vanguard to capture Runan, I will be made a captain, and now Wu Guang is already a captain! ”

"Wu Guang testified, Wu Zhonghou's promise can be worth 10,000 gold!"

The soldiers of the Northern Expedition all shouted in unison: "We also testify that the promise of the prince and the prince can be worth 10,000 gold!" ”

After a moment of silence, the camp gate opened, and a prisoner walked out with his shackles held high.

"Marquis Wu Zhong, I have committed a capital crime, can you release me?"

Ordinary people are just shackles, and there are not many who are eligible to wear shackles, which is obviously a felony.

Heifu looked at the man, but saw that he was forty years old, wearing a blue scarf, shirtless, and covered with scars from whips, like crawling countless centipedes.

"What's your name?"

The cangtou prisoner said: "The villain Lu Qing, a native of Donghai County." ”

"What crime have you committed?"

Lu Qing said bluntly, looked at Wu Guangdao:

"Just like him, kill people, kill Qin officials!"

Heifu frowned: "How long has it been in service?" ”

"Three years."

Heifu stiffened his face: "Kneel!" ”

Lu Qing stood on top of the sky, without the slightest intention of kneeling, until more than 20,000 Northern Expeditionary troops shouted in unison: "Kneel!" He knelt on one knee, but his head was still held high, his eyes were still unconvinced, and he sneered:

"Wu Zhonghou doesn't want to pardon me, but wants to be beheaded on the spot?"

Heifu didn't answer, but said, "Put the shackles on the rails." ”

Lu Qing did so this time, Heifu didn't say a word, only took the iron axe handed over by the guard, raised it high, and slashed it down!

With a clang, the flames splashed, and the copper shackles on Lu Qing's hands broke in response.

Looking at the hands that had regained their freedom, Lu Qing was a little surprised.

"I forgive you!"

Heifu raised his axe high and looked at the more than 100,000 prisoners who had crowded to the railing to watch the scene:

"700,000 prisoners, from Tuli Yamakuma, several years of hard labor, your sins are enough to pay!"

"From today onwards, all the prisoners of Lishan will be free!"

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PS: The second chapter is in the evening.

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