After dawn, under the watchful eye of thousands of rebels, those Wang Shi Zhao who surrendered last night lined up with their heads bowed and honestly went to the rebel camp in the area of Qunqiu.

At this time, the weapons of these king's soldiers had been unloaded, so that the rebels who were watching them basically carried a plurality of weapons, and even so, there were still some rebel soldiers who would be wary of these surrenders, and occasionally aimed their bows and crossbows at these surrenderers, warning them with silent threats not to play any tricks.

And not far from these surrendering troops, Meng Zhong sat on his horse, frowning slightly and staring at those surrendering troops.

From the side, Meng Sui asked, "Can you think of what to do with these surrendered soldiers?" ”

"Disposition?" Meng Zhong shook his head and said lightly: "They also act according to orders, and each other is the army of the Zhao State, what to do?" ”

"I mean...... Settled. Meng then used a more precise word.

"Settle down." Meng Zhong let out a long breath and nodded slightly: "This is indeed a difficult problem. ”

How to deal with the enemy's surrender has been a problem since ancient times.

A ruthless general may kill the captured soldiers of other countries after the war, and reduce the strong men of other countries once and for all.

The more merciful generals, on the other hand, will order the entire thumb joints of the surrendered soldiers to be cut off, so that even if these soldiers are released, they will no longer be able to hold their weapons, and there is nothing to fear.

Even the soldiers who had their thumbs cut off would have to be farmers in the future, because they could not hold the tools tightly and therefore could not participate in the farming work.

Is it merciful to cut off the entire thumb?

Compared to killing the troops, this is already a great mercy.

As for the release of the surrendered troops unscathed, this is becoming more and more rare in modern times, especially at a time when the annexation wars between the Central Plains countries are becoming more and more intense.

Of course, there are occasional special circumstances, such as the exchange of prisoners after the two countries are at war, but in any case, it is impossible to release the captured troops unscathed, and the other side must pay some price, otherwise, they will simply be killed.

But the situation of the surrendered troops presented in front of Meng Zhong and Meng Sui at this moment is quite special, because this war is the civil strife of Zhao State, and the soldiers who killed each other are also the soldiers of Zhao State, so not to mention that Meng Zhong, who has always resisted "senseless killing", can't do such a thing as killing prisoners at all, even if he is ruthless, these soldiers can't be killed, after all, killing prisoners is destined to cause resentment among Zhao people.

Kill, can't kill, can't let go, I have to say, how to settle these surrendered troops, is indeed a headache.

But there is no way, like last night, the rebels have already occupied an absolute victory, if Meng Zhong does not shout the slogan "those who surrender do not kill", then after that, it may only be the unilateral massacre of Wang Shishi by the rebels, or Wang Shishi broke out at a critical moment when his life was at stake, causing unnecessary casualties to the rebels - whether the former or the latter, it is not what Meng Zhong wants to see.

So, Meng Zhong shouted the slogan "Those who descend will not be killed", using this sentence to defeat the last resistance of the king's soldiers, and easily won the final victory in the battle last night.

"Ah Zhong."

With a call, Le Jin, Le Xu, and Xiang Yu walked here together, and when they got closer, Le Jin said: "The general count is careful, there are about four thousand soldiers. ”

"Four thousand, ......"

Meng Zhong estimated it in his heart.

In his estimate, when Lian Po and Zhao Ben led the army to pursue them last night, they might have as many as six or seven thousand troops, and it was similar to those who were killed by the rebels, those who were lost on the way to pursue the rebels, and those who were ambushed by the Mengsui army.

"How are you going to house these people?"

Lejin asked similar questions as Mengsui.

Hearing this, Meng Zhong glanced at the soldiers not far away, and said thoughtfully: "Bring it back to our military camp first, and then ...... Discuss it with Master Zhao's father and Gongzi Zhang. ”

"Childe Zhang?"

Le Jin said with a somewhat strange expression: "Gongzi Zhang's words, maybe he will order us to kill all these soldiers." ”

"Not really."

Meng Zhong shook his head and said: "No matter how you say that these soldiers are also Zhao people, as long as Gongzi Zhang still wants to regain the throne and become the king of Zhao State, he will not indiscriminately kill the soldiers who surrendered to him, otherwise, who else in the Zhao army on the opposite side dares to surrender?" ”

"That's just as well."

Meng Sui, Le Jin, Le Xu, Xiang Yu and others nodded slightly.

Not long after, Meng Hu and Hua Hu came to join with an army of several hundred people.

It turned out that last night when Master Wang's soldiers surrendered to the rebels, Zhao Ben and Lian Po saw that the general trend had gone, so they took the soldiers who were still willing to follow them to break through desperately.

Although it was dark at that time, Meng Zhong roughly guessed that it must be Zhao Ben and Lian Po who tried to break through, so he asked Hua Hu to lead hundreds of people to pursue.

Looking at the current posture, Hua Hu failed to catch Zhao Ben and Lian Po.

Sure enough, after Meng Hu and Hua Hu came to Meng Zhong, Hua Hu said rather dejectedly: "Let Zhao Ben and Lian Po run away...... It's all to blame Ah Hu! ”

"How can I be blamed for this?" Meng Hu shouted dissatisfiedly: "How do I know that you were chasing Zhao Ben and Lian Po at that time? Besides, you were the one who ran headlong into my army, and I didn't hack you to death, so you should be snickering. ”

"You?" Hua Hu snorted twice, disapproving Meng Hu's words.

Obviously, he didn't think that Menghu's martial arts were above him.

Seeing this, Meng Hu's eyes widened, and he immediately shouted that he wanted to share with Hua Hu.

"Alright, alright."

Meng Zhong smiled and dissuaded the two, and immediately comforted Hua Hu and said, "Then Zhao Ben and Lian Po...... Let's run, let's run, anyway, in yesterday's battle, those two lost at least five or six thousand soldiers, which has made me have a greater certainty to uproot Yang Wenjun's military camp. ”

Meng Zhong didn't care about Zhao Ben and Lian Po escaping, after all, when Zhao Ben and Lian Po were determined to escape, even if Hua Hu took hundreds of Daijun soldiers to pursue, where could they chase Zhao Ben and Lian Po, who were on the horses on their feet?

Unless Hua Hu is leading a cavalry, there is still some hope.

About two hours later, more than 5,000 rebels under Meng Zhong's command, as well as nearly 4,000 prisoners, arrived at the rebel camp in the area of Qunqiu.

After returning to the barracks, Meng Zhong ordered the soldiers to withdraw their armor and use their weapons to strengthen the Xinwei army and the nearly 5,000 Daijun rebels to make up for the weapons they lost during the battle.

As for the armor, the Xinwei army wearing three layers of thick armor is counted, but the Daijun soldiers with thin armor can wear another layer, after all, one more layer of armor is one more insurance.

As for the nearly 4,000 soldiers who had been stripped of their weapons and armor, Meng Zhong handed them over to Meng Sui, Xiang Yu, and Le Xu to manage, and temporarily settled in a remote camp in the nearby hills.

It doesn't matter if someone really runs away secretly, anyway, in Meng Zhong's opinion, Wang Shi can't hold on to Quliang for a few days.

At most, for three or five days, either Wang Shi took the initiative to retreat, or Gongzizhang led the army to capture Quliangyi, and there was almost no third possibility.

At the same time that Meng Zhong and Meng Sui settled the nearly 4,000 surrendered troops, Zhao Ben and Lian Po, who had fled back to the Zhao Bao army camp, were telling Yang Wenjun and Zhao Bao about their defeat last night in the tent.

After listening to Zhao Ben and Lian Po's words full of shame, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao frowned and let out a long breath, shook his head and said: "This time, the two of you have lost a total of six or seven thousand troops, and this camp is afraid that it will be difficult to preserve. ”

"Yang Wenjun ......"

Hearing this, Zhao Ben and Lian Po were even more ashamed.

Seeing this, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao waved his hand and said with relief: "Needless to say, you two can't be completely blamed for this matter, in the final analysis, it was caused by the exhaustion of our soldiers yesterday...... That Meng Zhong led the soldiers with abundant physical strength to attack the exhausted division of our army, and he was already invincible. However, it is very unwise for you two to not think deeply about this last night, and to rush after the rebels...... That's it, now that the matter is over, don't say anything to blame, Zhao Ben, you gather the soldiers in the camp, and move the grain, grass, and baggage in the camp to Fengyangjun's military camp, Lian Po, you go to Fengyangjun's military camp with the old man first, and explain the situation to him. ”

“…… Here! ”

Zhao Ben and Lian Po hugged their fists to lead their lives.

A moment later, Zhao Bao took Lian Po to Fengyang Jun Li Dui's military camp.

When the two of them saw Fengyangjun Li Dui, Li Dui didn't know about last night's incident, but asked Lian Podao: "I heard the soldiers in the camp say, there were shouts of killing from the south of our military camp last night, could it be that you fought with the rebels?" The result? ”

Hearing this, Lian Po, who had always been proud, blushed and was speechless in shame.

In the end, it was Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao who explained: "I lost." Last night, Zhao Ben and Lian Po conspired to ambush Na Meng Zhong, but they were killed and defeated by Na Meng Zhong, nearly 3,000 people fled to death, and another 4,000 or 5,000 soldiers were surrounded by the rebels, so they had no choice but to surrender...... It can be described as a big defeat. ”

"What?" Fengyang Jun Li Dui was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Lian Po in disbelief.

Seeing this, Yang Wenjun Zhao Bao relieved Lian Po and said: "Don't blame Lian Po, if you want to blame, blame you and I for not being able to thwart Gongzizhang's rebels, and I can't contain that Meng Zhong's ......"

“……”

After listening to Zhao Bao's words, Li Dui stroked his gray beard and did not speak.

In fact, he didn't want to ask Lian Po, after all, Lian Po was the bravest general under his command, since even this fierce general suffered a big loss in the hands of that Meng Zhong, replacing the rest of the generals was just the end.

Compared with blaming Lian Po, Li Dui is more worried about the next situation.

"Retreat to Handan."

As if guessing Li Dui's thoughts, Zhao Bao Zhengse said: "This time the garrison of my military camp has suffered heavy losses and is destined to be unable to defend for a long time, although I asked Zhao Ben to lead the army to join you, but you also understand that if my military camp is abandoned, Meng Zhong's kid can attack you without any worries, you have to resist Gongzizhang's rebels during the day, and guard against Meng Zhong's sneak attack at night, how can it last long like this?" It's better to retreat to Handan and wait for reinforcements from Zhao Yuan, Li Jian and others......"

"I'm afraid that abandoning the Quliang will greatly boost the morale of the rebels." Li Dui frowned and expressed his concerns.

And at this moment, suddenly someone outside the tent shouted: "Urgent report! ”

Li Dui frowned and ordered him to be recruited.

Immediately, I saw a general wearing armor hurriedly walking into the tent, and said with a panicked face: "Fengyangjun, there are rebels who have attacked the grain and grass escorted below, and hundreds of truckloads of grain and grass have been ...... They were all set on fire by the rebels. ”

"What?"

Li Dui was shocked when he heard this, and immediately reprimanded angrily: "Nonsense! Between Handan and Quliang, where did the rebels come from?! ”

"It's true!" The general eagerly explained: "That rebel army wears three layers of thick armor, and in my Zhao country, only the Xinwei army wears three layers of thick armor!" ”

“……”

Hearing this, Li Dui and Zhao Bao looked at each other.