Heavenly Dao Formula

In the afternoon of the same day, the Right Route Army also received good news.

Xu Sanzhong's troops cut off a Yazhou army that was trying to join the main Chinese army at a place more than 120 miles northwest of Anshen.

Xu Guerzilla ordered a thousand-man army to drive straight into the side of the army in a fast boat, forming a pincer attack with the frontal attacking troops. Seeing that the flanks were surrounded and there was no camp fortifications to rely on, the Yazhou Army hardly lasted long before turning into a rout. Commander Xu immediately led his army to conceal and kill them, and pursued them for fifty miles, annihilating more than 3,000 enemies and taking 2,500 prisoners, before closing the team and returning to Anshen City.

Because it was a mobile operation, although it failed to achieve the effect of fixed-point annihilation like Ning Wanjun, the Yazhou Army lost more than half of it, and was killed all the way like ducks. It can basically be regarded as the elimination of the establishment, and it is unlikely to threaten any more We have arrived in the town of Shenzhou.

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On the way back to Jinxia, ​​Qian saw a large number of flat ice boats transporting people, and they were connected first, with almost no end in sight.

And the people on the boat sat on the straw mat with numb faces, shivering from the cold, obviously not like ordinary passengers.

Let's say they are criminals... There are hundreds of people on each ship, and it is estimated that there are as many as tens of thousands. Unless it is a severe torture method, how can there be so many prisoners in Shenzhou?

He couldn't bear to look for thousands of words, and asked these people what they had committed, but the answers he got left him dumbfounded.

"Ask them... they are all captives sent back from the front line." Qian Yan spread his hands.

"Captive? From the Privy Council army?"

"Otherwise? No one else invaded Shenzhou, right?" Qian Yan shrugged - others might care about Yu Yi's identity, but she didn't care at all. Over the past century, she has seen many people at this level, some of whom are her friends and some are her enemies.

But now, only she is alive.

"The moment you failed to dissuade the Privy Council, Jinxia City launched a counterattack against the enemy. With the temperament of the third princess, it is not easy to endure until the other party crosses the border." She looked at the flat boat on the river. Said, "By the way, these ships were originally used to transport seafood and food, and transporting people is not the main business of the Fang family. But I heard that the Privy Council on the front line was defeated too quickly, and there were so many prisoners that they could not be resettled normally, so We can only urgently call the ice ship to transport them back to Jinxia."

The battle has begun.

Lost too quickly.

All captives.

The three pieces of information swirled in Gan's mind in turn, making him wonder whether to be happy or sad for a moment.

Or both.

Sadly, his last attempt was unsuccessful, and many lives must have been lost in a war that did not need to be fought. The happy part is that there are so 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 fought for the Privy Council for half his life, but now he wants to be happy because the Privy Council's army was defeated so quickly. This extremely contradictory feeling made it difficult for Qian Ye to adapt for a while. It was under the impact of this complex emotion in turn that he couldn't help but have a new kind of confusion.

Is everything you see real?

When did the Privy Council become so vulnerable?

And it was the same before... The little girl in front of her, who seemed to be underage, was holding a square magical weapon, and shot down the alchemists who were chasing her one by one. One of them was a gen artist, and his body was wrapped in rock and soil before his death, but his end was no different from the others. Ask yourself, even if you are the pursuer, it is impossible to avoid this kind of attack that cannot be detected by the naked eye. Even if it wasn't fatal in one hit, it was impossible to counter it.

As for what the magic weapon was, he never asked along the way.

Because it is not just a question of a magic weapon.

——Behind it involves a more profound technique principle.

If he can't think of any kind of alchemy that can achieve such an effect, it proves that the lack of relevant knowledge in the Privy Council is not just a star and a half, it may be a whole large branch.

This conclusion makes dry bitter.

After all, just half a year ago, the core members of the Privy Council believed that the Gyeonggi General Mansion was the most powerful and advanced force in Qiguo. Compared with the government, they are more flexible in recruiting talents. Compared with the aristocratic family, their ideas are more touching, and the results of the struggle with the two have also proved this point. Since the first battle at Wanjinglou, the imperial court has no power to resist, and the angry members of the aristocratic family have defected one after another, becoming the backbone of the Privy Council.

At that time, everyone was full of ambition, thinking that they could establish a new dynasty that surpassed Yongchao, but they didn't expect that half a year later, they would become the one behind.

Everything that the Privy Council has done to the imperial court and the aristocratic family now seems to be re-enacted on the Privy Council itself.

It is impossible to say that there is no slight loss in such a huge gap.

After being silent for a long time, Gancai asked again, "How will Jinxia City treat these prisoners?"

"According to the previous practice of the Bureau, it is estimated that it depends on how they choose."

"What are the options in general?"

"If there are no special crimes, you can settle down, work, join the army, or go home. These are the basic types."

This answer stunned Gan again.

Wait...he didn't ask the wrong question, did he? What happens when you choose to go home? Could it be that as long as these people said they wanted to leave, Jin Xia would let them go?

With an unbelievable thought, Qian asked this sentence cautiously - no matter what, this way of handling it was too abstract, he really couldn't imagine it.

As a result, the other party's answer was not ambiguous at all, "Yes, it's literally. The Bureau will also issue severance pay, usually two or three taels of silver."

"..." Don't know what to say. Among the four choices, only joining the army is within his understanding. After all, in addition to conscription, another major expansion method for the army is to reorganize prisoners, which is often the best place for the defeated. Others such as hard labor, land reclamation, slavery, and even execution are common disposal methods. He knew that Jinxia City was different, and that Ning Wanjun's temperament was far from violent, but he still didn't expect to hear such an answer.

"Then why does Her Royal Highness spend energy transporting them back to Jinxia City?" Qian felt that his mind was a little bit overwhelmed, "Is this expenditure not necessary?"

Since there is the option of returning home, it must be the first choice of most soldiers. It costs money and manpower to bring the captives back to Jinxia, ​​but it is just a place to let them leave, and they have to pay for food and money for several days. It is really incomprehensible. If what Qian Yan said is true, then it is the most convenient way to disperse in situ.

"You don't think that going home is the best choice, do you?" Qianyan glanced at Yu Yi, showing an expression that I knew you would think so, "Actually, among the captives I met in the past, there were not many Will pick the last one."

"How is that possible?" Gan asked in surprise.

"When you arrive at Jinxia, ​​you will naturally understand." Her words were full of sighs, "I have met as many people as stars in my life, but when it comes to the ability to read people's hearts, Xia Fan is the most terrifying one among them."