Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 351: Prisoner Exchange

Accompanying Qin Fang to receive the delegation were Wen Cheng, one a civil official and the other a military officer.

They sat down with Zhang Enyi and other Xixia officials.

Qin Fang didn't care about anything else, he just wanted to know where Du Lisheng was, whom Lin Feng asked to be exchanged for Ren Duoliji this time.

Only after Wen Cheng's repeated hints did Qin Fang suppress his anxiety.

After both sides finished greeting and introducing each other, Qin Fang took a deep breath.

"Master Zhang, I wonder if you brought Du Lisheng from the Zhenxi Prefecture Army with you this time?"

Zhang Enyi nodded and said, "I've already agreed to this with General Lin in a letter. I'll use Du Lisheng and others from your Zhenxi Army in exchange for our Yinzhou Commander Ren Duoliji and other soldiers."

He paused and said, "General Qin, I wonder how many of General Renduoliji's men are still being held in the border town?"

Qin Fang said: "There are one hundred and seventy-three people."

Zhang Enyi was secretly shocked.

At that time, he knew that Renduoliji had brought five thousand cavalry.

After being defeated, more than 300 cavalrymen fled back to Yinzhou.

There are still one hundred and seventy-three prisoners here.

This means that of Jinduoliji's 5,000 troops, only less than 500 were left.

What kind of army is this Qingshui Army? Why is it so murderous?

It was just a moment's thought, Zhang Enyi said immediately.

"Okay, we want to exchange them back together, I wonder..."

Qin Fang frowned and asked, "Excuse me, Master Zhang, how many people are still following Du Lisheng?"

"There were 230 cavalrymen at the time, and not a single one was lost. However, this time, we only brought Du Lisheng with us. After exchanging him for General Ren Duoliji, the others can be exchanged later."

Qin Fang nodded: "Okay, can you let me take a look at this Du Lisheng first?"

"of course can."

Zhang Enyi turned and rushed towards the left forbidden officer Wu Shengdao.

"Send someone to call Du Lisheng in."

The order was passed out and everyone waited in the guest hall.

Qin Fangze was confused. Why did he say "shout"?

As a prisoner, shouldn't he be "escorted"?

While he was thinking about it, two guards from the delegation came in with a civilian.

Qin Fang took a cold look at the man. He was wearing a blue cloth short jacket, a pair of straw sandals, and his blue cloth clothes and pants were covered with many patches.

He was wearing a straw hat on his head, had some messy hair in front of his face, and had a dark complexion.

He stood obediently in the hall with his head lowered.

Qin Fang looked him up and down and shouted.

"Keep your head up."

The man shuddered and slowly raised his head.

Although this person looked much older, the color of his face had also become much darker.

However, Qin Fang still recognized at a glance that this civilian was Du Lisheng himself.

"Hehehe... Du Lisheng, did you ever imagine this day would come?"

Qin Fang's sneer made Du Lisheng tremble all over.

He fell to his knees with a thud, sobbing with his head down, unable to speak.

Zhang Enyi and other Xixia officials were all surprised.

It seems that there is a lot of hatred between them.

Wen Cheng quickly stopped Qin Fang from continuing.

"Come here, take him away first, and make sure to keep an eye on him."

Zhang Enyi didn't understand their inside story, so he only cared about Ren Duoliji's safety.

"General Qin, I don't know General Renduoliji..."

Qin Fang tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart and slowly raised his hand and waved.

His guards immediately turned and ran out.

When Ren Duoliji was brought into the living room, he saw Zhang Enyi at a glance and cried out in surprise.

He rushed forward, prostrated himself on the ground, and burst into tears.

Zhang Enyi's old face turned red unconsciously. He didn't say much in front of everyone. He just waved his hand and asked someone to let Fu Ren Duoliji go to the dormitory to rest and talk later.

Ren Duoliji was so excited that he couldn't speak, and was helped out sobbing.

In this way, the two sides first exchanged the captured leaders.

Because the border town is not a place for negotiation, the main position is Lingdouzi Castle.

The Western Xia Yinzhou delegation stayed in the border town for one day and set off for Lingdouzi Castle the next day.

After seeing off the Western Xia delegation, Qin Fang couldn't wait to go to the prison.

Du Lisheng was imprisoned here, with a heavy wooden yoke around his neck and several iron chains on his hands and feet.

He didn't know why, but he was working as a coachman in Yinzhou, Xixia, and making a good living, but suddenly he was taken back to Zhenxi.

It was not until they were near the border town that they suddenly realized it, but it was too late to run away.

I had been praying that it had nothing to do with me, but who knew that this business trip actually had a lot to do with him.

It was useless to say anything. Through the dim light, Du Lisheng saw Qin Fang standing in front of the fence, and he could only tremble all over.

Qin Fang stared at Du Lisheng silently for a long time.

"Du Lisheng, tell me about my father."

He suppressed his voice to make it sound calmer.

Du Lisheng lowered his eyes: "General Qin..., the general's incident... was an accident, I..."

"Do you still have any illusions?"

Qin Fang interrupted him coldly.

"No, no, Su Qian ordered the general to go to the city to discuss matters, but the Tartars suddenly arrived at the city. For the safety of the city, the general fought the Tartars to the death..."

"and after?"

"The Tartar cavalry was fierce, and the general's 3,000 men were unable to withstand their attack, so...

Qin Fang gritted his teeth and said, "So, what were you doing at that time?"

"I, I was about to dispatch troops to rescue them, but... the general's troops were defeated so quickly, it was too late..."

Du Lisheng tried his best to argue.

"Du Lisheng, do you think the torture instruments here are weaker than your body?"

Qin Fang was furious.

"Oh, Qin Fang, I watched you grow up, and everything I said is the truth. You can't do this to me..."

When Du Lisheng heard that he was going to be tortured, he immediately became eloquent and broke out in a cold sweat.

Of course he knew that those torture instruments were not something a normal human could withstand.

Qin Fang sneered, "Du Lisheng, everyone knows that you and Su Qian plotted to kill my father. Now you still dare to quibble, don't blame me for being ruthless."

As he spoke, he waved his hand.

A jailer came in with torture instruments in his hands.

Du Lisheng immediately cried out.

"Qin Fang, we can't do this. I was forced by Su Qian. I have been with the general for many years and have never thought of harming him..."

Qin Fang had a cold face and said nothing, just staring at Du Lisheng who was crying.

The jailer saw Qin Fang was silent.

Without hesitation, he opened the gate and walked in carrying the torture instruments.

Two more jailers knocked Du Lisheng to the ground and began to torture him.

This is a set of iron clamps specially used for clamping legs. It only clamps the two legs of a person in the middle. If two people pull hard and are too harsh, they can break the person's leg bones.

Before the torture instruments were put on his body, one of the jailers cursed.

"Fuck, this guy peed."

Du Lisheng felt the cold iron torture instruments, and his body and mind were broken.

"Don't...don't do it, I'm telling you the truth...ah..."

Qin Fang then raised his chin towards the jailers, signaling them to stop for the time being.

Du Lisheng was desperate to stop hiding it and told the story of how he framed Qin Zhong.

After hearing this, Qin Fang asked sinisterly, "Did you see my father being murdered?"

"No, no, the guards were protecting the general and ran away."

"and after?"

"Later...I only saw the Tartar cavalry chasing after them. I don't know what became of the general."

Looking at Du Lisheng, whose face was covered with tears and snot.

Qin Fang pondered for a moment, then turned and left.

The reason why Du Lisheng was not killed on the spot was that Lin Feng repeatedly warned Qin Fang not to act without authorization.

Because Du Lisheng is still very useful.

Qin Fang only knew that Lin Feng wanted to use Du Lisheng to accuse Su Qian of treason, and he had not figured out any other purposes.

The jailer locked up the limp Du Lisheng again, picked up the torture instruments and left.

In the dead silent cell, only Du Lisheng's suppressed sobs remained.