What Xiao Xuan didn't expect was that there were as many as nine Jiannu elites who were captured alive, and two of them were injured and poisoned too badly, and there was no rescue value at all, so they could only make up for it in a "humanitarian" way. The seven people who had rescue value all used the drugs to stop bleeding and detoxify in the team according to their own standards for seriously injured people. Others, like their own wounded, also paid attention to the disinfection of the vicinity of the wound and the cleanliness of the items used for bandaging.

This kind of practice, which was rarely seen on the battlefield in the past, did not cause much reaction in front of the young officers and men who had not seen much of it. It's just that some people subconsciously don't know why this kind of preferential treatment of prisoners of strong enemies is carried out.

Xiao Xuan didn't have the ability to see through the hearts of a few, but he was also worried about some things in the future. Therefore, after arranging the defense in the second half of the night, many officers and non-commissioned officers were also summoned to do "political work" in the field to talk about their understanding of some issues.

"Do you have any doubts why you are so courteous to these barbarians?"

"Holy ... We understand that valuable news can be obtained from their mouths and that they cannot be allowed to die ... ”

Xiao Xuan was silent for a moment and then said, "If they don't cooperate--- this is inevitable, of course I will punish them severely. But I still salute first and then soldier, and treat them for a while that no one else has, do you know why? ”

"Because ... Because if they were to be tortured as soon as they came up, these stubborn barbarians would probably survive to the end... If they are accustomed to a comfortable life, it will inevitably be greatly weakened in terms of resistance to the pain of the flesh ... The words of a very intelligent young officer made many teenagers laugh, and many of them untied their knots.

Xiao Xuan finally said solemnly: "This is only one reason, not all. In addition to this, I will commend the bravery of my enemies before you! Ask yourself, with your previous performance on the battlefield, if you get along with each other in a different position, even if you have the enemy's archery skills and martial arts, and you have suffered more than half of the losses and blows, can you still bravely carry out the tasks assigned by the above? You should have a visceral shame for all that is more cowardly than the enemy, and not as some literati do, describing the enemy's bravery as 'barbaric' and 'brutal.' In my opinion, these powerful enemies are not 'barbarians' at all, but 'brave and trustworthy'. You know, they don't have any Warlords behind them, and they don't look very old. If there is no love for one's family or loyalty to the Lord's family, one cannot do the same without the supervision of the Lord, and without the great force of one's own. ”

Xiao Xuan continued to feel and said without taboo: "Since ancient times, the Central Plains has become a king and a defeated enemy, as long as it is an enemy or a 'defeated enemy', he will add all negative evil words to his body and scandalize it. As long as it is a person with a hostile position, first evaluate how bad his morality is. But in my opinion, the Manchu army is --- right, that is, the Manchu army, not the Donglu and Jiannu. Their own prowess proved that they were more moral than the vast majority of the Ming army. Performance in the face of death threats and hardship, that is, in the face of war, is the most effective litmus test of character. The performance on the battlefield is better than most other boasts. Do you believe that a 'barbarian' army that has no sense of morality, is not united at the top or is not united from top to bottom, or who does not have a serious attitude towards training and even weapon workmanship, can have such combat effectiveness? I seem to have mentioned to you before what is called 'Martial Virtue Abundance', this is called 'Martial Virtue Abundance', you have to learn from the bravery of the enemy, and eventually become a person who surpasses the enemy in the quality of martial virtue! Instead of the 'scattered sand' that I said before... ”

Of course, Xiao Xuan made a decision when he recalled the contrast between Western society and culture before World War I and the East. If an army fights purely for "morality" and "justice", it is very unreliable. Because in the vast majority of cases, a political viewpoint that is effective in practice can find a reason for denying it from "righteousness" and "philosophy", and the ruling class of any regime, whether good or bad, can deny its legitimacy philosophically. Even in most cases, it is not necessarily easy to demand that there be no shortcomings within the armed forces and that a relatively good collectivism be formed. If we do not establish the admiration of bravery itself, and the combat effectiveness of the army only depends on the admiration of a certain general or leader, or the admiration of a certain political viewpoint or a certain set of political logic, it will obviously have a great impact on the army's combat effectiveness and its ability to resist changes and corrosion. The military song of the modern Japanese army turned out to be a song praising the enemy generals in the War of Defending the New Kingdom, which also made Xiao Xuan think deeply about whether to change the march of the sword drawing team. But in the end, I still think that forget it, the cultural differences are too big.

Xiao Xuan's remarks made the teenagers who were still apprehensive about the previous fierce battle feel a little ashamed.

"Holy rest assured! If the next battle comes back to the next battle, be willing ... ”

At this time, Xiao Xuan finally took a step back and said: "This is the first time you have faced such a powerful enemy, and many people don't know our army's hole cards and trump cards," so there is no need to blame yourself too much. However, the next time I encounter a critical situation, I will not be merciful just because you are my pro-army.

When the sky gradually brightened, the teenagers after the fierce battle also took turns to use the second half of the night to complete their rest, and to a large extent, they also recovered from the fear of facing a strong enemy. The culture of shame advocated by the Japanese is indeed a good antidote to the fear of being in the spotlight. However, what surprised Xiao Xuan a little was that it was only about a day, and the reaction of the army near the border pass was very fast, not only the nearby garrisons arrived, but from the top of the hill with the help of the morning light, the number of troops must have concentrated many garrisons around, a total of more than one battalion of men and horses, I am afraid that there are at least three battalions of more than five or six thousand people and horses.

Of course, after the test of the more than 100 Houjin elites before, these five or six thousand ordinary Ming troops were no longer in the eyes of many people, including Xiao Xuan.

"They don't seem to be marching with much fanfare, what are they going to do?" A personal soldier beside Xiao Xuan, who was in charge of watching, said with some doubts.

"What are you going to do? I guess it's going to wrap up, right? When we fight with those bandits, horse thieves and the elite of the Manchurian army yesterday, or win a miserable victory, maybe these people will come over to mend the knife! But we can't be suspicious without reason, those people are still about an hour away from us! Hurry up and prepare and arrange! Look at it and there's nothing greasy, if not, forget it! If you're going to perform a latent mission, sign up now... ”