Several captives eventually provided some useful information.
They had captured about sixty thousand captives from Buyeo and Shiwei, while the rest were killed during the attacks.
Furthermore, the royal family members of Shiwei were all killed by the Slavs.
Mojito was the sole survivor of the Shiwei royal family.
Excluding the twenty thousand captives rescued from the city, another forty thousand captives were being escorted further east by ten thousand Slavic soldiers.
The detachment was led by Butokucha, the brother of Lingche Piao Yilaosi.
The specific destination and reason were unknown to the captives.
After obtaining the desired intelligence, Fang Er handed all the captives over to the rescued civilians.
As for how they would be dealt with, it didn't matter to him.
The next morning, Zhao Dezhu was instructed to lead the civilians of Buyeo and Shiwei south towards Shenyang for relocation.
Fang Er, however, led the Skyfire Army eastward in pursuit.
Two days later, they finally caught up with the other ten thousand Slavic soldiers!
Using a modern map for reference, Fang Er's current location was Vladivostok.
This was the territory of the Heilongjiang Mohe.
Zhang Tian, from a hot air balloon, reported via walkie-talkie that the captives, under the enslavement of the Slavic soldiers, were engaged in construction work for the city.
These fellows had indeed chosen their spot wisely.
They had inadvertently occupied this place over a thousand years in advance. Fang Er couldn't stand for this!
With a single command, the two thousand Skyfire Army soldiers launched a swift attack on the Slavic soldiers overseeing the perimeter.
The moment the gunfire erupted, the Slavic soldiers were thrown into a panic.
The location was bordered by the sea on three sides, and the Skyfire Army had only blocked the inland approach. The Slavic soldiers had nowhere to escape.
The enslaved captives seized the opportunity to riot.
In just half a day, the roles of captor and captive were reversed.
More than half of the ten thousand Slavic soldiers were killed in the riot, leaving only over two thousand, who were bound and left aside.
Wu Guliang, Zheng Zaihao, and Xiao Jianren, leading their respective subordinates, searched among the captives for their missing caravan members.
From the liberated captives, an old man emerged, followed by several strong men.
The old man asked everyone he met who the commanding general was, and was eventually led to Fang Er by Niu Fen.
"Old man, this is our Duke, the Duke of Shenyang County of the Great Tang!"
The old man sized up Fang Er and immediately bowed.
"Chieftain Moluo of the Heilongjiang Mohe thanks the Duke of the Great Tang for his aid!"
Fang Er was somewhat surprised, knowing that the royal family of Shiwei had been massacred. He couldn't believe the chieftain of the Heilongjiang Mohe was still alive.
Moreover, this fellow could speak Tang dialect, albeit with a slightly awkward accent, but it didn't hinder communication.
"Chieftain Moluo, there's no need for such formality!
What are your plans from now on?"
Upon hearing this, Moluo's expression darkened.
The losses this time were too great. It could be said that whether it was Shiwei, Mohe, or Heilongjiang Mohe.
These three tribes had always relied on each other to survive and develop under the might of Goguryeo.
Now that Goguryeo had been destroyed by the Great Tang, and the Great Tang had no intention of acting against them, they had just begun to live peacefully, only to be met by these "yellow-haired devils"!
More importantly, with this incident, who knew if there would be a next time?
If more "yellow-haired devils" came next time, what would be the fate of the Mohe tribe?
Thinking of this, Moluo raised his head and looked at Fang Er.
"Duke, Moluo presumes to ask the Great Tang for permission for the two Mohe tribes to submit."
Hearing this, Fang Er immediately understood. It was likely that the royal family of one of the Mohe tribes had also had their bloodline extinguished.
Otherwise, he could only represent the Heilongjiang Mohe and would not have spoken for the two Mohe tribes.
"First, please go and pacify your people. We will discuss submission later, as I still have matters to attend to."
Fang Er waved his hand, telling him to attend to other matters first.
What exactly had happened in Europe? Fang Er felt uneasy without knowing.
He ordered all the captives to be gathered.
Wu Guliang, who was still searching for his men, was called over again to interrogate the prisoners along with Fryanjesky.
For the two thousand captives, they would interrogate a hundred at a time. If no useful intelligence was provided, they would be handed over to Moluo for disposal.
After a wave of executions, Butokucha was revealed by his own soldiers.
Besides him, several other generals were also reported.
Under severe interrogation, Fang Er finally obtained a sliver of information about Europe.
It was only a sliver.
The Slavic stronghold on the banks of the Volga River was breached by a mixed army of thirty thousand men.
Furthermore, during the attack, that mixed army had used firearms.
From Butokucha's description, it seemed to be flintlock muskets and muzzle-loading cannons.
Moreover, the cannonballs used were delayed-fuse shrapnel shells.
Beyond this, there was no other useful information.
They didn't even know the identity of the commander of the mixed army that attacked them.
Fang Er's expression was extremely grave.
Had Hou Jinji gone to Europe?
If it were solely him, he absolutely couldn't have caused such a stir!
Arming a force of thirty thousand men, even with just flintlock muskets, was no simple matter!
Not to mention muzzle-loading cannons!
Could it be that he had fled to Europe with the Li family of Zhaojun and the Cui family of Boling?
If not for that, where would he have gotten the capital to gather such a large force?
And in just one year?
Wait!
Something is wrong, the timeline doesn't match!
Thinking of this, Fang Er was stunned!
It hadn't even been a year since Hou Jinji, the Li family, and the Cui family fled the Great Tang!
No matter how capable he was, he couldn't have reached Europe in half a year.
Because the Slavs were attacked six months ago!
And during this period, they had recruited an army and manufactured firearms!
System! Come out and explain why something like this is happening?
System: Didn't you already guess?
Fang Er: You mean, there are also transmigration travelers in Europe?
System: Since you've already guessed it, I won't hide it from you. Do you know why this system rarely assigns you tasks?
Fang Er: ?????
System: This system is not a complete system!
After the system's explanation, Fang Er finally understood.
No wonder, when the system was first activated, it said there would be random tasks, but it had been over two years, and he had only received two or three tasks in total.
One was Liang Shidu.
Another was finding persimmons on the Korean Peninsula.
The last one was the Iwami Ginzan!
Other than these, there seemed to be no other tasks issued.
It turned out that the system had been divided into two parts by a mastermind!
One part, the mall system, fell into his hands.
The other part, the task system, fell into the hands of another transmigration traveler!