With the order from the top, the remnants of the Xuqin people, who were already on the verge of collapse due to huge battle losses, immediately shouted surrender, and although they retreated, they did not give up their weapons and guards.

Surrender was very rare in past wars, and the crocodile bull riding group was a little confused, and the inertia threatened to go up, but they did not continue to do it. Pricked up ears and waited for the crocodile duke's order.

Jiao Ming didn't threaten to go up like the others, just stood in place. Although I don't know what the rules about prisoners are, I can guess that it is nothing more than a rule that no prisoners are allowed. The Geneva Conventions, which may resemble the Earth's in purpose and form, are necessarily much harsher in terms of conditions. After all, the magic aristocracy is supported by the clansmen who inherit the magical bloodline. A force that wantonly kills prisoners will inevitably not be accommodated by the vast aristocracy.

However, Jiao Ming's experience in traveling to the union of the kingdom shows that the collective resistance of all forces is the limit, and the coalition forces and the like are completely bluffing, and the middle and low-level personnel of the bullying cavalry group have no knowledge, and they can achieve their goals as long as they hesitate a little and stop.

However, if you take it a step further, the current commercial interests of the Crocodile Collar are also a very serious problem if the United Forces of the Kingdom do not buy the Crocodile Collar products, and the Crocodile Collar only has 500,000 people, and it is quite difficult to 'eat yourself'.

But either way, the 'ball' was passed to the feet of the crocodile duke. In fact, when the space expansion circle at the top of the mage tower was broken, the crocodile duke had a premonition from the expression of his old opponent, and he tried his best to entangle the battle, in order to prevent Kvenance from saying such things, but he still failed in the end.

And in everyone's eyes, the crocodile duke, who was floating motionless in mid-air, stared at his old opponent with his eyes, silent, and many thoughts in his heart kept turning. In this situation, there seem to be many options, but when you think about it, there is actually only one, and that is to accept surrender.

First of all, Jiao Ming thought of the commercial resistance, and the crocodile duke naturally would not be negligent. If all kinds of factories are repaired, but the products are not marketable, what will happen to those other three-line magic workers? Severance will make the efforts of the past few years go to waste, and how can the basic salary be retained, and there will inevitably be idle problems.

According to the industrialization window period mentioned by her daughter Binglian, although I don't understand it, I have a general premonition. If you miss the past few years in the other three series of magician reserve talent plans, the crocodile territory is likely to be the 'hometown of magical warriors' forever in the future.

The second is the possible countermeasures of the Xu Qin people who pinched the handle of the crocodile collar's 'unyielding'. The Coalition is naturally bluffing, but it has a moral advantage, and it is not impossible to negotiate a brief truce with the Wizards' Guild, the nominal proponent of the Capture Agreement, and then compromise with other forces in the south and east. When the time comes, what should the Xu Qin people do with the strength of the whole country to deal with the crocodile collar.

And thinking of this, the crocodile duke had a feeling of holding his breath. If it was the battle in Changteng Town a few days ago, Xu Qinren won a complete victory and annexed the Crocodile Territory, but the Wizards Association and other forces were absolutely too lazy to talk nonsense and simply admit the status quo. Being bullied, but on the contrary, can't be bullied back exactly the same, this is the sorrow of a small state and a small country.

But just gritting his teeth, the crocodile duke's thought was suppressed, and his thoughts were put back on track, and he thought of the last point and made up his mind.

That's time.

Kven Ans has mixed feelings about the crocodile duke, and the crocodile duke is similar, after all, he is the strength of the nine rings to resist his old opponent who has been above the nine rings for many years. And this time Keven Ans surrendered, the purpose of preserving strength goes without saying. If the place is changed, the crocodile duke will not be able to make this decision, and he will think highly of this old opponent. Regardless of what others said, Duke Crocodile considered Kven Ans to be a powerhouse on his level.

But in terms of heirs, if you think about it carefully, you can't remember that Keven Ans has any outstanding descendants, but as far as his own crocodile leader is concerned, Binglian and Jiao Ming have both reached the dual line of seven rings before the age of thirty, which can be described as a masterpiece. In the new generation, there are many good seedlings, whose loyalty and strength are remarkable.

It seems acceptable, then, to let time 'kill' the difficult guy like Kwenans, and let the new generation thrive in the years of peace that has been won by this campaign, and then win a complete victory in the duel of the new generation.

After turning so many thoughts, the crocodile duke finally spoke slowly and said to the audience: "So, you are also my prisoner?"

"If you can catch me. ”

Keven Ans said softly. Convinced that the Crocodile Duke had made the decision to accept the surrender, he smiled slightly and then saluted the Crocodile Duke according to the aristocratic etiquette for those of equal status, and teleported away.

Needless to say, the Crocodile Leader Bull Rider took the few remaining enemies as prisoners, counted the number of people and confirmed the magic faction.

As a result, a total of 60 people were captured, mainly the seven rings and eight rings of the earth and fire systems, a small number of water magic warriors and the six rings of miscellaneous fish that survived by luck. But there is not a single high-ring qi system, and it is obvious that this group of guys, like Kven Ans, will take advantage of the chaos to teleport and slip away when they see that the situation is not right. In addition, the Nine Rings of the water system against Saburu Sharp Hail are nowhere to be seen, after all, it is really difficult to catch a strong person of this level if he is bent on escaping.

At the same time, Jiao Ming set up a vine teleportation circle and teleported the new army over according to the plan to deal with the miscellaneous low-ring mages and ordinary people who were hiding in the corners and did not participate in the battle. The members of the bull riding group experienced a tragic battle, and it was the time for fatigue to heal themselves, and they didn't bother to care about these chores. This work, which Jiao Ming attaches great importance to, took over smoothly without hindrance.

And soon, the loss figures of the bull cavalry also came out. Minor and serious injuries were not considered, and forty-eight people died, almost a quarter. Ninety dead mount scalpers, which is already half.

In the ruins of the mage tower in the center of the fortress, the crocodile leader and the core layer looked at the two figures, speechless. Only Aunt Chenlu slowly raised her remaining left hand to the sky, and said slowly without a trace of joy: "I think I have broken through the Nine Rings, maybe it is good news." ”

Everyone was stunned, quickly raised their heads, and passed through the open opening of the mage tower, and sure enough, they saw the fourth human star, which was only slightly dim and uncertain, like a light bulb with unstable voltage.

Duke Crocodile hugged his sister in his arms and cried with joy. After a short period of stiffness, Aunt Chenlu also shed tears. Everyone looked at each other, applauded in response to the occasion, and smiled with sincere joy, but failed to completely dispel the gloom on their faces. Jiao Ming heard Aunt Chenlu crying and muttering a repeating sentence: "I originally wanted to die in battle, but I didn't expect ......"

With the ears of everyone present, Jiao Ming obviously couldn't be the only one who heard, but everyone turned a deaf ear, and Jiao Ming only thought that he had auditory hallucinations.

Different from the simple thinking of others, after being reminded by Aunt Chenlu, Ice Lotus immediately went out of the ruins, and when she returned, she brought the specific data on the promotion of the members of the Bull Riding Regiment and the death toll of the Xu Qin people.

In terms of the former, there are actually seventeen seven-rings promoted to eight-rings, and all of them say that they have improved. The latter, under the rummaging and counting of the soldiers of the new army, left more than 120 corpses. Although there are a small number of trash fish with five rings and six rings, it is close to the one-to-three exchange ratio, which is still eye-catching enough.

The caucus nodded, their sadness and helplessness eased somewhat, and they began to discuss the issues at hand.

The first issue was retreat, and the conclusion was simple: there was no hurry.

If the Xuqin people attacked, they could kill all the prisoners, and then it would not be too late to retreat. After all, in terms of mobility - excluding the situation of being trapped in the space magic circle, the team composed of water magic warriors is not afraid of the four mixed forces, and the Xu Qin people do not have formed qi magicians.

The second issue was the disposal of the Crocodile Axe Fortress. Some suggested keeping it and stationing it to make it the first line of defense of the Crocodile Territory Peninsula. But the plan was quickly rejected, and most people thought it should be destroyed completely.

There are three reasons for this. One of them is that the water system magic warrior is not good to garrison a little, and it will only become a dead place instead. The second is that it is difficult to ensure that the old thief of Kvenans did not leave a backhand, and a space circle suddenly appeared during the counterattack, and he was completely destroyed. Third, if you don't garrison, it is inevitable that you will be recaptured by the Xuqin people. Once the fortress was easily rebuilt, the result of this attack was only a 'human head', which always felt that it was not worth it.

At this point, the Crocodile Duke made the decision to smash the fortress in a very simple way, the city wall was used as a material for the bull cavalry to practice charging, and the rest of the buildings were all designated as a shooting range for the water magic warriors. Usually in the crocodile collar, I don't have the spare money to make such a luxurious super-large one-time training ground.

Although Jiao Ming felt sorry, he had no reason to refute it, and secretly scolded the loser and let the matter go.

The next topic is to restore the strength of the bull riding group.

In terms of personnel, the crocodile duke once again released the conditions, included the six rings in the reserve, and trained with the regiment. The core layers are all the patriarchs or elders of each family, and the number of six rings in their own family is simply a number that has been calculated countless times, and they have been reported at this time, making the number of this reserve corps skyrocket to two hundred.

As soon as Jiao Ming heard the word 'reserve', he had a feeling of being plagiarized, but considering that this was his father-in-law, he could only pout. But such a subtle change in expression was also caught by the ice lotus, and a big white eye flew in.

In terms of mounts, it was even simpler, first Xiao Shi and Morning Star patted their chests to ensure that the soul connection magic of more than fifty people could be completed in two days, and it was more detailed than before.

Then Jiao Ming also contacted the farm in Changteng Town to confirm the number of residual cattle and the import purchase. And relying on the vine circle, temporarily build a portal to transport more than 200 of the strongest cattle for the members of the bull riding group who have lost their mounts to select and complete the soul connection on the spot.

Then someone mentioned the introduction of the underground alien race into the bull riding group, but when you think about the kind of underground alien race that looks like a big lizard and rides on the back of a bull, everyone has a strange expression. If it weren't for the inappropriate atmosphere, I'm afraid it would be hilarious on the spot. The Crocodile Duke waved his hand and said 'Let's talk about it again' to bring the conversation to the next topic: how to control the captives and prevent something unpleasant from happening.

As soon as everyone heard this, all of a sudden statement came out, probably revenge and revenge.

Assault and maiming are the most common. There are also people who plan to exploit the loophole of ransom and make the captives idiots, first asking whether the ice lotus has a potion with such a function, and then asking Xiao Shi if there is a means in terms of magic. Jiao Ming hurriedly interjected, resolutely denied it, and put an end to everyone's thoughts in this regard.

In the end, Saburu Sharp Hail pointed to the ground and said, "The most troublesome place and hidden danger is actually the integration of space communication inside and outside. It is better to knock the captives unconscious and send them to the middle cabin of the West Cordon Wall, and then assign two Nine Rings to guard it, completely cutting off the possibility of rioting. ”

Everyone looked at each other and couldn't think of a refutation for a while. The crocodile duke looked around and said, "Then it's decided, let's talk about the ransom, how much do you think Kven Ans can pay, and how much should we want?"

In the face of this kind of 'happiness trouble' that they have never faced, a group of local buns looked at each other, and a few people who were not afraid of losing face said a few unreliable sky-high prices, and they did not choke when they were refuted, obviously they also felt that it was impossible to achieve.

When the discussion was fruitless, the scene fell silent. Jiao Ming and Bing Lian looked at each other in tacit understanding, and the latter stood up and first saluted the elders present, which showed that he had something to say. There was no discussion beforehand, and the crocodile duke couldn't guess what Ice Lotus wanted to say, but out of growing trust, he still nodded and gave a supportive look.

"Just like the last time we gave the industrial plan of the Xuqin Kingdom as a ransom, in fact, the so-called ransom is not limited to money and food. And we are also located in the remote part of the north, and our agricultural production situation is similar to that of the Xuqin people, but we are ahead in the industrial aspect, and it is just a waste of rare opportunities to ask for these things. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded slowly and cast expectant glances, Binglian sorted out her thoughts a little and continued: "So I suggest that we don't have to fight patiently with Xu Qinren for the ransom demand this time, in order to expect to get an advantage in negotiations. Why don't we just ask for the missing link: population!"

The core layer of the Crocodile Leader obviously didn't expect such an outcome, and looked at each other in bewilderment, as if they suspected that they had misheard.

"Do you mean the low-ring magician?" Lady Pinthorn confirmed.

Bing Lian didn't answer and asked: "If it's a low-ring magic worker, how many do you think you can change for these sixty high-rings?"

"About ...... Six or seven hundred to a thousand? But loyalty aside, there are too many spies and spies in it. ”

"So I'm not referring to low-ring magical workers, but ordinary people who don't know magic. The total number is even larger, initially estimated at 60,000 to 100,000. And these ordinary people are just leading people, living the most miserable life, although they belong to the kingdom of the Xuqin people, they will not have much loyalty to them at all, and I believe that they can be completely transformed into our crocodile leaders within a few years. ”

"That's true, but what's the point, and what's the value of these ordinary people as ransom?"

This time it was Duke Crocodile's question that went straight to the core, and in his tone, there was already a faint tendency to oppose it. If you can't get a satisfactory answer, a veto is inevitable.

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