Water Margin people

Those Spartans did not lay down their weapons. They knew they could not defeat Qi, but as long as they had weapons in their hands, they had the strength to fight. If they laid down their weapons, they would be dead.

"Wow! You're quite brave!"

Li Jun looked at the Spartans with a smile. He was impressed by these people. Not only did they have high fighting qualities, but they also had some military courage. This was the first time he had seen such a courageous enemy in all his time overseas.

"You are all slaves. Now that Byzantium has been defeated, your ownership has passed into my hands!"

Li Jun looked at the Spartans and said that no matter which slave society it was, the situation of slaves was almost the same, and slaves were equivalent to objects.

The Spartans did not speak. They just held their weapons tightly and stared at Li Jun without saying a word.

"Are they all mute?"

Li Jun was speechless. What was the point of these people staring at him like that?

"boom!"

Li Jun raised his gun and shot at a pillar in the yard. The thick stone pillar was broken into pieces. After the dust settled, the smooth stone pillar was riddled with holes.

The Spartans still didn't say anything, but there was already fear on their faces. A single shot could break a solid stone pillar into pieces like that. If it hit a person, the person would definitely not survive.

There was a commotion in the backyard and it seemed like someone was running.

The Spartans in the front yard became a little panicked after hearing this, and each of them was ready to fight to the death.

"Report, General, there are women and children in the backyard!"

A soldier came to report.

"Your family?"

Li Jun looked at the Spartans and asked.

Still no one spoke, these Spartans were like stone sculptures.

"If you submit to me, I will free you from slavery. You should know that I have this right!"

Li Jun looked at the Spartans and said.

"Are you telling the truth?"

A spartan man stared at Li Jun and asked.

"Do I need to lie to you?"

Li Jun raised the shotgun in his hand and aimed at the burly man. His meaning was obvious. It would not be difficult to kill them all, so why resort to deception?

"As long as the general releases us from slavery, we will follow him forever!"

The Spartan man spoke.

"What's your name?"

Li Jun looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"Leonie!"

The Spartan replied.

"You are following me! But Qi! You should believe in the Emperor's Religion and understand that it was the Emperor of Qi who saved you."

Li Jun corrected Lionel's words, what does it mean to be loyal to him? If this were reported back to Qi, the censor would definitely report him, saying that he was raising slaves overseas and was plotting a rebellion.

Of course the emperor would not believe it, and the censors themselves did not believe it either, but that was the censors’ responsibility: to raise any doubts they had.

Generals like Li Jun who have been wandering overseas for many years are most likely to get into these troubles.

"I am loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Lionel put down his weapon, and the other Spartan warriors also put down their weapons. They knelt on one knee and spoke.

"Okay, pick up your weapons and follow me, it's time to get to work!"

Li Jun looked at these Spartans and said that he wanted to see how strong these people were in combat.

Lionel immediately took his men to follow Li Jun. He didn't know what to do, but since he had surrendered to Qi, he just had to follow orders.

Li Jun brought the Spartan warriors to the most chaotic place in the city, which was a castle. The battle had lasted for a long time, but the army still had not yet broken in.

"You are such a waste." Li Jun said as he looked at Theodore who was directing the battle.

"General, this castle is too strong. We..."

Theodore was about to explain, but he saw the locals brought by Li Jun at a glance. Those people were wearing sleeveless vests, holding weapons, and had brands on their shoulders.

"Spartans?"

Theodore immediately remembered something.

"Go ahead and show your worth."

Li Jun said while looking at the Spartan warriors.

Lionel didn't say much, he just rushed forward with his men.

The wall outside the castle was more than ten feet high. The Spartan warrior in the front reached the corner and leaned against the wall and half bent over. The Spartan warrior behind him jumped up, stepped on the back of the warrior in the front row, and then used the force to jump and flip directly into the wall. Screams were heard from inside the wall instantly.

"Can this still happen?"

Theodore looked at the Spartan warriors rushing into the castle in surprise. He had been fighting for a long time but failed to take down the wall.

"Who are we arresting here?"

Li Jun looked at Theodore and asked.

"This is the Marquis of Gonzas, the instigator of last night's riot. It was he who instigated the nobles to riot and put us under house arrest!"

Theodore spoke up.

"Humph, this is the one!"

Li Jun looked at the castle coldly. This kind of person must not be let off easily.

The Spartan warriors swept into the castle like a whirlwind, and the defenders had no chance of fighting at all.

Not long after, Lionel Messi brought his men to bring out the Marquis of Gonzas and his family.

"General, that's them!"

Leoni looked at Li Jun and said.

"Not bad, not bad, very fast!"

Li Jun was very satisfied with the speed of Leoni and his men. They were qualified subordinates, not trash like Theodore.

"Next one!"

Li Jun glanced at Marquis Gonzas who was like a dead dog. He did not rush to deal with these people, but gave orders to Lionel.

When night fell, the fighting in Constantinople finally subsided, and the rebellious nobles were captured one after another, without any one escaping.

At noon the next day, rows of gallows stood in the square in Constantinople.

All the civilians in the city were called out. When they saw the noble lords who usually looked high and mighty were tied up and the rows of gallows, the fear on their faces became even more intense. They didn't know what was going to happen.

Theodore walked onto the stage and began to read out the shameless acts of those nobles. They had clearly surrendered to Qi, but rebelled after Qi forgave them. Their crimes were extremely heinous.

After a simple verdict, the nobles began to be sent to the gallows one by one.

The gallows were constantly being started, nobles were hanged one after another, and the corpses were placed in rows in the square.

The civilians were stunned at the end. They had seen people being hanged, but had never seen so many people being hanged, and these people were all nobles.

After everyone was hanged, Theodore took to the stage again and announced that the Byzantine Empire had surrendered to the Qi State in the east. There would no longer be any Byzantine Empire, and the land had completely converted to the Imperial Religion.

This time no one dared to say anything, even the Orthodox fanatics remained silent. The bodies of the nobles were still in front of them. If they spoke now, they would be sent to the gallows.

After that, Alexios III came to power and officially told all citizens to be loyal to Qi.

"These people don't even blush!"

Li Jun looked at all this with disdain, turning surrender into a celebration. (End of this chapter)