The battle ended when the Yugoslav army stopped its offensive. In a single attack, dozens of people were killed, and dozens more were wounded and collapsed on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke, wailing incessantly. In particular, the soldiers who had rushed through a barbed wire fence but were blown to the ground by a mine, could no longer escape over the barbed wire, and could only cover their injured feet and wail loudly.

"Send military envoys and demand that they abide by the previous agreement and treat the prisoners and wounded in a humane manner." Jackson said.

"No, they're already on the move. Jackson, look over there! General Pierre 61 Beauregarde put down the binoculars in his hand and pointed to the opposite side with his right hand, "Look, the red cross flag on a white background." ”

Jackson looked over there, and at this time, the fog of the battlefield caused by the constant shooting in the battle just now had begun to dissipate, and a flag with a red cross on a white background suddenly jumped out of the fog that was dispersing. Behind a flag, a group of men dressed in white medical uniforms were cautiously following some soldiers in military uniforms with a red cross on a white background on their sleeves into the grassy, peaceful, but mine-ridden land. They sneered and went, cautiously approaching the wailing wounded, carrying them onto stretchers, and then carefully carrying them back.

Jackson saw through the binoculars that a wounded soldier had fallen in a corner near the barbed wire, several soldiers with a red cross sign stopped a few meters away from him, one of the soldiers squatted down carefully with a multi-purpose sapper shovel, not knowing what he was busy with, and after a while, Jackson saw that the soldier took out a small iron box from the ground with shaking hands, and then carefully placed it next to him. Then he stepped forward again, crouched down again, and got busy again......

It took about an hour for the men with red cross armbands on the Northern side to carry out all the wounded soldiers in the minefield within the barbed wire, as well as the bodies of the dead soldiers. As for the wounded soldiers and the dead outside the barbed wire, most of them were brought back by their own people when the southern army retreated. Those who didn't have time to take them away were also carried back by the people on the northern side.

Since the tentative attack failed, the troops of the Southern Alliance were ready to retreat. The Union army on the opposite side of them had just suffered a major defeat, and they didn't have the courage to come out and pursue anything. By about two o'clock in the afternoon, Jackson's troops were ready to retreat. Once again, the envoys of the Northern Army appeared in front of their camp.

"Captain Carter, what's the matter with your visit?" Although the attack had just been frustrated, General Jackson still maintained a good demeanor.

"General, you know, in the last battle, we had too many wounded soldiers, so now our medical rescue force is very limited, although we have done some taboo treatment for the wounded of your army, but, to be honest, because of the constraints of the conditions, we are afraid that it is difficult to give the best treatment to all the wounded now. In addition, the remains of some of the war dead of your army are also with us. We hope that the wounded and the remains of those who died in the war can be handed over to you. In addition, some of our troops were captured in the last battle, and if we can, we would like to exchange your prisoners of war for a comparable number of our prisoners of war. Here is a provisional list of the dead and wounded and captured in your army. Carter replied.

It's a very hard request to refuse. General Jackson thought for a moment and said, "I agree with this construction." When and where do you plan to make such an exchange? ”

"Just an hour later, in front of the positions where our two armies were engaged, a little closer to your army. Do you think you can? Carter, while thinking about what Scrooge had given him in advance, said, "Our army is about fifty men, and they will carry no weapons, and they will carry a red cross flag on a white background, and a red cross armband on their arms as a symbol." ”

"Our army will also send corresponding personnel to hand over a considerable number of your prisoners of war to you." Jackson said, "Please pay tribute to your commander on my behalf, for it is a pity that we are enemies, both in terms of combat effectiveness and in the knightly demeanor of your army after the war." ”

Carter immediately remembered what Scrooge had told him about this scene in the previous rehearsal, and immediately replied: "Mr. MacDonald and General Gardner have also asked me to greet you, and they say that when the war is over and the United States is reunited, we will be brothers again." ”

"The war is over, reunited, are Mr. MacDonald and General Gardner optimistic about the prospects for the war? Well, Captain, you can go back to your life. We will fulfill our promise as a knight as promised. ”

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An hour later, just in front of the battlefield, Jackson himself arrived at the exchange place with fifty soldiers of the Confederate army and forty-two prisoners. He saw a group of unarmed Northern Army soldiers and some medical staff placing stretchers one by one on the soft, flat green grass. The group on the left are all soldiers who have been killed in battle, the blood stains on their faces have been carefully wiped off, although there are still holes in the military uniforms that have been pierced by bullets, and traces of blood stains, but these military uniforms have at least been neatly arranged, these war dead are lying there quietly, if you just look at their peaceful faces, it will even make people have the illusion that these young men are just asleep.

Beside the body of each Confederate soldier was a small cloth bag with a small piece of paper pinned to it, on which was marked a list of some of the personal belongings belonging to the soldier contained in the bag.

And on the other side, forty wounded of the Southern army. Most of them were injured by landmines, so one of their feet was covered with thick bandages, some of which were bloodstained. However, most of the soldiers were still steady, and did not wail loudly. Jackson understood that this must be the result of the Northern Army giving them heroin, and Jackson felt very grateful for the thoughtfulness of the Northern Army. At this time, he suddenly found that there was a very familiar figure, wearing a white coat, squatting beside a wounded soldier of the Southern Army, talking to him.

"Isn't that Mr. MacDonald?" Jackson's eyes widened in disbelief. He knew that as a gifted chemist, Scrooge 61 MacDonald was already a multi-millionaire. And everyone generally believes that it is only a matter of time before his assets exceed 100 million. A rich man like this would actually appear here?!

Jackson hurried over, and as he walked over, he was hearing the injury say to Scrooge, "Doctor, is my leg really never going to get better?" Oh God! Then I might as well die! ”

"Ah, friend, I don't want to lie to you, that mine is not very powerful, but under the modern level of medical care, unless there is a miracle, you will never be without crutches again for the rest of your life. But friends, no matter what, it is better to be alive than to die. We can't be so selfish, we can't just think about our own pain, we can't live only for ourselves, we live for those who love us and those we love. Think of your mom! Do you guess she'd rather watch you go back with your crutches on, or would she like to watch you go back in a little box? Don't talk stupidly anymore, life is always full of pain, but this pain is God's arrangement, what can we do but endure and persevere? ”

Scrooge, who was busy pouring chicken soup for the soul of the Southern soldier who seemed not much older than himself, did not seem to be ashamed at all about the inhumane weapon he had made such an inhumane weapon as a severed palm mine, but faintly regarded it as a table of conscience. Perhaps he was acting too hard, and he didn't seem to notice Jackson's arrival.

"Mr. MacDonald, you're so right!" Jackson said in admiration, and at the same time he also crouched down in front of the soldier, smiled and said to him, "Robbie, don't be foolish, your father and mother and your brother are waiting for you to go back." And as long as a person is intellectually sound, he can still achieve something, you have read a lot of books, I don't need to give you such an example, right? ”

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, doctor! I won't say stupid things anymore, I'm going to say that to you, to live for all who love me and those I love. Thank you! ”

Both Jackson and Scrooge smiled at the wounded soldier and stood up.

"Mr. MacDonald, I didn't expect to see you here!" Jackson held out his hand to Scrooge, "You're a billionaire to go to such a dangerous place yourself." ”

"Aren't you here too?" Scrooge smiled and shook Jackson's hand before replying, "I'm just a civilian, and you're a general." Besides, whether they have money or not, they are all equal before God, and they all have to fulfill their responsibilities in the same way. I am the director of the 'Salvation' hospital and it is my duty to serve the wounded. ”

Jackson didn't know what to say, he just held Scrooge's hand tightly, and finally said, "Mr. MacDonald, seeing you, I am full of hope for the future of mankind." ”

A few years later, when General Jackson finally died fighting for the South, his descendants compiled her diary and saw that the diary he had written on that day included the following sentence: "I have seen the legendary Sage with my own eyes today. ”

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In this day's battle, although the southern army suffered setbacks, in fact, the casualties were not large, and even the dead and wounded were only about 100 people, compared with the defeat of the northern army last time, it was not a level of matter at all. But after the defeat, this virtually inconsequential victory turned out to be extraordinarily valuable. So in the newspapers, this little war was touted as having the heavy meaning of turning the tide and supporting the building in the future.

What's more, this battle was not only won on the real battlefield, but also achieved a great victory on the spiritual battlefield. The initiative, proposed by Mr. Scrooge61 MacDonald and first signed by General Gardner, was seen by many in the media as a symbol of the spiritual victory of the North vis-à-vis the South. President Lincoln spoke highly of this initiative, which Scrooge copied from the Geneva Conventions of later generations, and said that the great humanitarian spirit expressed in this initiative is the embodiment of the manifest destiny of the United States, and that it is not only the dream of the American people, but also the norm of the United States and the world. Even President Davis of the Federal Republic of America has stated that the Confederate States of America believes that this initiative embodies a great humanitarian spirit and that it will keep its commitments in future wars of self-defense.

As the proposer of this initiative, Scrooge, of course, has also been unanimously praised, and even the French writer Hugo couldn't help but post an article praising Scrooge's contribution to this era. Even in 1862, when he completed his magnum opus, Les Misérables, he claimed that when he portrayed Valjean, the main character of the book, he remembered two rich but always kind American businessmen, one was Georges 61 Peabody and the other was Scrooge 61 MacDonald.

Great prestige, but also a weapon of battle. Under such conditions, the American government gave Scrooge a package of business, including the purchase of rifles and gunpowder, the training of soldiers, including food and medicine, to Scrooge, and no one jumped out to oppose it, and even the vast majority of people took it for granted: If such an important matter related to the life and death of the country is not handed over to Scrooge, who has always had a conscience, should it be handed over to those who have no conscience at all?