Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Question of Prisoners

"Brothers, meet the enemy!" The Jin soldiers, under the command of their commander, took up their spears and built a spear formation to contain the cavalry charge.

However, there were many flaws in the hastily organized gun array, not to mention the fact that these soldiers were already demoralized in the dark of night to suddenly respond to a surprise attack.

This simple array of guns was extremely thin in front of the galloping cavalry, and the sharp spear tips pierced the horses, and the wooden barrels of the guns were directly broken. The soldiers who were blocking the way of the war horse were directly knocked out and spat blood.

Lu Zhan's cavalry broke through the obstacles, and the Jin soldiers who had been attacked by the night began to scatter like frightened sheep. At first, it was only a small number of people who fled, but after some people took the lead in escaping, the entire Jin army camp began to collapse.

Most of the Jin soldiers who did not know the battle situation saw countless comrades take off their armor or grab other people's horses and start to flee, all of which was like a domino effect.

Seeing that the entire camp was gradually defeated, Zhiyu looked at the burning camp and scolded angrily: "It's all a bunch of waste, cowards!" A night attack scared me, my Yanzhou, my army! ”

Ji-woo stood in place and began to roar hysterically, followed by hiding his face and crying, constantly complaining about the incompetence of his subordinates, and finally turning into hysterical anger again.

"Quickly tie up the young master and break through with the young master. We are just a simple faux pas now, and we will return to Baicheng with the young master to gather troops and horses and gather the old department. The strategist instructed the soldiers under his command to tie up the young master Zhiyu, who was already a little out of order.

The large-scale rout brought great trouble to Lu Zhan's pursuit, that is, as Guderian said during the French campaign, get out of the way, I don't have time to capture you.

After the small number of rebellious soldiers were resolved, no one could stop Lu Zhan's pursuit.

"From now on, I have started to pursue without stopping for a moment, and the physical fitness I practiced before can finally be used." Lu Zhan watched the banner of the Jin army gradually fall, and by the light of the fire, Lu Zhan could vaguely see the fleeing Jin soldiers.

"My lord, I finally know why the physical training you mentioned is valued in the daily training of soldiers." Duan Xiaohan seemed thoughtful.

"It can't be said that physical training can not only allow soldiers to maintain their combat effectiveness in long-term battles, but also maintain a forced march to seize the opportunity in addition to pursuing the enemy army." Lu Zhan patted Duan Xiaohan on the shoulder.

In the previous war years, our party's army was known as an iron footboard, and during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, it ran a mountain road in Sanshori to intercept the troops of the US imperialists.

Everything is easy to do when the physical strength goes up, whether it is to seize the opportunity or pursue the enemy, or to retreat strategically, you have the advantage.

The deserters, who had been caught up by the cavalry, abandoned their weapons and gave up resistance, and the infantry that arrived began to capture the soldiers. More than 20 camps were recaptured overnight, and the soldiers who had been stationed in the county town joined the pursuit.

The young master of the Zhi family, who was tied to the horse, gradually regained his senses, and Zhiyu, who was protected by the retainers of the Zhi family, quickly ran back to Baicheng.

"Thanks to these divine horses, we have picked up a life, and now we have to face the wrath of the head of the house." The strategist sat in the Baicheng official office, first rejoicing for the rest of his life, and then turning into incomparable fear.

"Sir, what should we do now, now that our army is newly defeated and not to mention how my father will punish me, it will be difficult for us to deal with these families who are ready to move." Zhiyu changed his previous high-flying and domineering and no one in his eyes, and humbly asked the strategists.

"Young master, at the moment, we can only gather the soldiers who have fled from the battlefield, although they have lost the battle, these people are definitely much stronger than the peasants we have temporarily recruited."

"But now there are not many soldiers who have fled back, even if they are cavalry, there are not many left, are they all captured by Lu Zhan? Even tens of thousands of pigs won't just flee back to these people. Zhiyu slammed the personnel account handed over by his subordinates to the ground.

These people fled back more than 4,000 people, which was too small for the Jin army of more than 80,000 people. Although there will definitely be a lot of deserters returning to White City in the coming days, there will certainly not be too many.

What's more, almost all the grain and grass baggage at the moment are reflected in the previous seizures, and now they want to call back these routs or temporarily recruit some peasants to serve as soldiers, but the food is not enough for these people to eat.

"Young master, what is more scarce than food now is the lack of morale and instability of the army. Now that we have been defeated, not only are our warriors losing faith in the battle, but our allies are also worried about whether our Zhijia will be able to withstand the future. There are also rumors among the people, and there are rumors that our Zhijia should not provoke Lu Zhan, a martial arts star. The master expressed his worries to the young master.

"These stupid people actually think that Lu Zhan is an immortal, it's really hateful!" Ji-woo slammed the cup hard.

"Young Master, you are discouraged, in the eyes of outsiders, it does seem like a myth for this Lu Zhan to defeat us in the face of such a large gap in numbers."

The current situation is a dilemma, there is a lack of soldiers to fight but can not afford to support these soldiers, the food on the market is very tight, the Lu family, the capital, and the Zhang family are all stuck in the channels of the grain operation into the Jin Kingdom, and other families in the Jin Dynasty are also buying the food on the market.

The price of food soared for a while, but the wisdom family, who was most short of food at the moment, had to endure high prices to buy food for war.

Zhijia suffered a heavy blow in the south, and its strength was greatly damaged, coupled with the weight of grain and grass that was burned by the boundary bridge and the baggage lost in Yanzhou, the current Zhijia can be described as struggling.

Now Lu Zhan is also worried about food, although a lot of grain and grass have been seized, but now the food and management problems of the more than 50,000 captives have become a big trouble.

Where these individuals are being held, they don't have enough men to guard these few captives, and what will happen to these captives if they riot.

"My lord, what do you say we should do with these captives, we can't let them all go." Chen Zhuang was also worried about these things.

"Do you think you can get these merchants to buy these captives back as slaves?" Lu Zhan suddenly disposed of these prisoners as trophies.

"Merchants and families will definitely sell some face, but it is estimated that so many people can only dispose of about two or three thousand people." Chen Zhuang estimated it according to experience.

"Alas, we have no choice but to let these captives go and pay them all for their journey home."

"Lord, it's really not good now, what if these captives go back and start their old business again?" Chen Zhuang was anxious when he heard this.

"Then keep these people in prison until the end of the war."