Chapter 512: How to treat captives

In the afternoon, a good news came from the Right-Route Army.

Xu Sanchong’s troops were located more than 120 miles northwest of Anshen, and

intercepted a Yazhou force that wanted to join the main force.

Xu Guerrilla ordered a thousand-man troop to ride a fast boat straight into

the side of the troop, forming a flanking attack with the frontal attacking

troop. Seeing that the flanks were wrapped up and there was no camp

fortifications to rely on, the Yazhou Army almost turned into a rout before it

lasted. Command Xu led the army to cover up and kill, chasing for fifty miles,

annihilating more than 3,000 enemies, and taking 2,500 prisoners. Only then

did the team return to Anshen City.

Because it is a mobile combat, although it has not achieved the effect of a

fixed-point wipeout like Ning Wanjun did, the Yazhou Army lost more than half

of it and was killed like a duck all the way. It has basically been regarded

as an organizational elimination, and it is unlikely to threaten again. To the

town of Shenzhou.

……

On the way back to Jinxia, Gan saw a large number of flat ice boats carrying

people. They were connected in the first place, and there was almost no end in

sight.

The people on the boat were sitting on the straw mats with a numb face,

shaking all over from the cold, obviously not like ordinary travelers.

Can you say that they are criminals...Each ship has hundreds of people on

board, and it is estimated that there are tens of thousands of people. Unless

it is a severe torture law, how can there be so many criminals in Shenzhou?

He couldn't bear to ask for thousands of words and asked what these people had

committed, but the answer he got stunned.

"Ask them... they are all prisoners sent back from the front." Qianyan said.

"Captive? From the Privy Council army?"

"Otherwise? No one else has invaded Shenzhou, right." Qianyan shrugged-others

might care about Yuyi's identity, but she didn't care at all. Over the

centuries, she has seen many people at this level, some of whom are her

friends and some are her enemies.

But now, only she is still alive.

"The moment you discourage the failure of the Privy Council, Jinxia City

launched a counterattack against the enemy. With the temperament of the three

princesses, it is not easy for the other party to cross the boundary line."

She looked at the flat boat on the river. Said, "By the way, these ships were

originally used to transport seafood and food, and the transporters were not

the main business of the Fang family. But I heard that the front-line Privy

Council was defeated too quickly, and there were so many captured people that

they could not be placed properly. We can only urgently call the ice ship to

transport them back to Jinxia."

The battle has begun.

was defeated too fast.

are all prisoners.

Three pieces of information shook his mind in turn, making him wonder whether

he should be happy or sad for a while.

or both.

What is sad is that his last attempt still ended in failure, presumably many

people will lose their lives because of this unnecessary war. The happy part

is that there are too many captives, which means that the number of war dead

will be reduced accordingly, and the overall loss will not be so heavy.

It's just that he has been fighting for the Privy Council for half of his

life, but now he is happy because the Privy Council army was defeated too

quickly. This extremely contradictory feeling makes it difficult for Gan Ye to

adapt for a while. It was precisely this kind of complex emotions that took

turns to impact that made him unable to help but produce a new kind of

confusion.

Is everything that I see true?

When did the Privy Council become so vulnerable?

Also before... The seemingly underage girl in front of me, holding a square

magic weapon, killed the alchemists who were chasing her one by one. One of

them was Master Gen, who had wrapped his body in rock and soil before he died,

but he ended up no different from the others. Ask yourself dryly, even if you

are a pursuer, it is impossible to avoid this kind of attack that the naked

eye can't detect. Even if it is not killed in a single blow, there is no way

to counteract it.

As for what the artifact was, he never asked about it along the way.

Because it is clear that this is by no means just a problem of a magic weapon.

——It involves more profound magical principles behind it.

If he can't think of a kind of alchemy that can achieve such an effect, it

proves that the lack of relevant knowledge in the Privy Council is not only a

little bit, but it is probably a whole large branch.

This conclusion makes it hard to say.

After all, just half a year ago, the core members of the Privy Council

believed that the Gyeonggi Headquarters was the strongest and most advanced

force in Qiguo. Compared with the government, they are more flexible in

recruiting talents. Compared with aristocratic families, their ideas can move

people's hearts, and the results of the struggle with the two have also proved

this point. The imperial court has no power to resist since the First World

War in Wanjing Tower, and the agitated people in the family have turned their

backs one after another, becoming the backbone of the Privy Council.

At that time, everyone was full of ambitions, thinking that they could

establish a new dynasty beyond the eternal dynasty. Unexpectedly, after half a

year, they would become the lagging side.

What the Privy Council did to the court and the family, now seems to be

performed again in the Privy Council itself.

Such a huge gap is impossible to say without a trace of loss.

After being speechless for a long time, Gancai spoke again, "How will Jinxia

City treat these prisoners?"

"According to the past practice of the bureau, it is estimated that it depends

on how they choose."

"What are the general choices?"

"If there are no special crimes, there are basically these kinds of things to

settle, work, join the army, or go home."

This answer made Gan stunned again.

Wait... he didn't ask the wrong question, right? What is the choice to go

home? Do these people just say they want to leave, Jinxia will let them go?

With unbelievable thoughts, he asked this sentence carefully-no matter what,

this method is too abstract~www.mtlnovel.com~ He can't imagine it.

As a result, the other party’s answer did not have the slightest ambiguity,

"Yes, it means literally. The bureau will also issue severance pay, usually

two or threes."

"..." Why don't you know what to say, among the four choices, only joining the

army is within his scope of understanding. After all, in addition to

conscription, another major expansion method for the army is to reorganize

prisoners. This is often the best place for the defeated. Others, such as hard

labor, reclamation, slavery, and even execution, are common methods of

disposal. He knew that Jinxia City was different, and Ning Wanjun's

temperament was far from tyrannical, but he still didn't expect to hear such

an answer.

"Why does the princess spend the energy to transport them back to Jinxia

City?" Qian felt that his mind was a little overwhelming, "this expense is not

necessary?"

Since there is a choice of returning home, it must be the first choice of most

soldiers. It spends money and manpower to bring the prisoners back to Jinxia,

but it is to change a place to let the family leave, and they have to lose

several days of food and money. It's really hard to understand. If a thousand

words are true, then demobilization on the spot is the easiest way to do so.

"You don't think that returning home is the best choice, right?" Qian Yan

glanced at Yuyi, showing a look that I knew you would think so, "In fact,

among the prisoners I met in the past, there were not many. Will pick the last

item."

"How is it possible?" Gan was surprised.

"When you arrive at Jinxia, you will naturally understand." Her words were

full of exclamation, "I have seen so many people in my life as stars, but Xia

Fan is the scariest one in terms of the ability to read human hearts."