The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Since Heraclius ordered mandatory conscription, slaves and civilians in the Byzantine Empire were miserable.

Although the Byzantine Empire had a large population, the last battle ostensibly destroyed 1.3 million troops. If the number of people mobilized along the long logistics supply line is included, the number was close to 2 million.

You must know that these are all young and middle-aged labor force. The sudden loss of so many young and middle-aged labor force is a big deal for even an empire with a huge population.

Now that Heraclius was about to order another 600,000 troops to be forcibly recruited, we knew how big the backlash would be.

Military troops from all over the country went door-to-door to search for young people, and if they found any suitable ones, they would forcibly take them away to join the army.

This is true whether they are slaves or civilians.

Civilians may be slightly better off, but slaves really have no rights or dignity at all, and are completely exploited.

The city of Pushkin was the most populous capital of the Byzantine Empire. It had a huge population of more than three million. It was also a city with a developed slave trade and a large number of slaves.

In a slum.

"Please! Please don't take my son away! I only have one son left!"

An elderly woman knelt on the ground, holding a soldier's leg and begging bitterly, with tears streaming down her face.

This soldier guard is here to forcibly capture young adults for recruitment.

"Let go!"

The soldier she hugged impatiently cursed, "Your Majesty conscripted troops to resist attacks from other countries! As a subject of the empire, your son should contribute to the empire!"

"My two sons have died on the battlefields of the Eastern Expedition. This is my last son. He is only eighteen years old! Please let him go! Please -"

The old woman kept begging, her voice was very pitiful.

There were more and more civilians watching around, and all of them were very dissatisfied with the soldiers pointing at them.

"Damn it! You stinky cousin, I want you to let go!"

The soldier became impatient, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he whipped the old woman on the back!

His whip was so powerful that it ripped open the old woman's skin and flesh.

"mom!"

Seeing this, the young man who was being held in custody was so blind that he broke free from the grip of the soldiers around him like crazy. He rushed over and punched the soldier hard in the face, and then hugged his mother to check the injury.

"I see you are courting death!"

Then the soldier who was knocked down was very angry and took out his whip again and hit him hard!

The young man used his body to shield his mother from the whip, and allowed the whip to fall on him like rain. Soon his body became bloody, his skin was torn, and he looked extremely miserable.

But even so, he still protected his mother.

The surrounding civilians were extremely angry when they saw this scene, but they were just civilians, and the group in front of them were soldiers with weapons. Their long-standing concepts prevented them from doing anything at all.

At this moment, a young man in the crowd suddenly threw a spear and pierced the soldier's throat!

Such a scene shocked everyone. Killing imperial soldiers in the street?This is going to be punished by the whole family!

Even the other guards were stunned.

The young man looked angry and shouted at the crowd: "This country has no hope! The emperor is cruel and incompetent, and the nobles are corrupt. They exchange the lives of civilians and slaves for stability. They have not treated us at all." Your life is in your eyes!”

"They are beating others here now, but tomorrow the whips and knives will fall on us and our relatives! Do you still want to be indifferent here?"

The young man's tone was filled with an indescribable power that made everyone's blood boil with excitement!

Then he raised his arms and shouted loudly:

"My dear compatriots! For the sake of your loved ones and wives, everyone joins me in resisting! Overthrow this decadent regime!"

"We don't need this group of nobles to rule! We want freedom and dignity!!"

After that, he picked up the scimitar from the soldier's waist from the ground, and then bravely rushed towards the other soldiers, hacking them to death in an instant!

After the crowd was in commotion for a while, some people gradually became inspired by him.

"Yes! This country has no hope! We must rise up and resist!"

"Those nobles deserve to die!"

"Send the emperor and nobles to the gallows!"

"Kill these soldiers! Kill them!"

……

The anger of all civilians has been ignited. Their anger was not formed in one day, but accumulated over a long period of time!

However, at this moment, all the anger burst out!

More and more civilians rushed forward and rushed towards the soldiers with frightened faces!

A mere dozen soldiers were instantly overwhelmed by hundreds of people.

……

No one noticed that the young man who started the attack unknowingly left the excited crowd, came to a corner, casually tore off the human skin mask on his face, and then disappeared into the alley.

……

On this day, a riot broke out among civilians and slaves in Pushkin, the largest capital of the Byzantine Empire.

The civilians freed the slaves, then united with the slaves to attack the military camp, broke into the nobles' mansions, and killed those nobles.

This riot started with only a few thousand people, and later expanded to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people!

Not just the city of Pushkin, but all other major capitals in Byzantium seemed to have been lit with fuses, and riots broke out one after another!

In one day, the entire Byzantine Empire fell into turmoil, and civilians and slaves throughout the country began to rebel against the army and the nobility.

Although civilians have a higher status than slaves and have basic human rights, there is not much difference between the two. They are both the targets of oppression by the nobles, so the two sides directly unite.

Their anger was directed at the nobles and royal family of the Byzantine Empire under the control of a pair of invisible hands!

……

On the coast of the Byzantine Empire, the Tang Expeditionary Force was stationed.

The news of the turmoil in the Byzantine Empire was quickly learned by Han Xin.

Yue Fei is still in China, and all affairs of the expeditionary force are handled by Han Xin.

"General, our mission has been completed, and the next thing will be left to the general."

In the military tent, a group of men in black uniforms knelt on the ground and bowed their hands to Han Xin.

It was the Shadow Guards who provoked civil strife in the Byzantine Empire this time.

Han Xin's eyes flashed and he nodded: "You did a very good job this time. I will leave the rest to this general."

After that, Han Xin ordered the generals around him: "Immediately send an order to the troops stationed in the Gulf Stream waters of Tianzhu, and order them to come at full speed and prepare to land to attack the Byzantine Empire!"

"Yes! General!"..