Chapter 738: Verbal Sword

When Zhang Daring was asked to escort those enemy high-ranking officials to Fancheng as soon as possible, Lin Xuanzhong knew that the next thing to do was to clean up the battlefield, and the most important thing was to heal the wounded soldiers and control the surrender of soldiers, so other things could be dealt with later.

The snow was still falling, and the fires had been extinguished in many of the places where they had previously been on fire, and Lin Xuanzhong planned to evacuate all personnel to a safe area as soon as possible.

After Zhang Daring took 10,000 soldiers to escort those prisoners away, Lin Xuanzhong began to help Yan Nantian drive all the soldiers to an area outside the battlefield, and at the same time determine the specific number of soldiers, which took half an hour back and forth.

In half an hour, Li Jianran ordered the soldiers below to set up some tents again, and then sent all their wounded soldiers to the tents for treatment.

The weather became more and more severe, and after all the soldiers were driven to an open space, Lin Xuanzhong was worried about his own soldiers, whether to let the personnel rest first or clean up the battlefield first was an important issue, but Lin Xuanzhong did not bother, Zhao Xu explained more specifically how Zhang Daring detained Shi Jiangchuan and others, and then turned around and rushed to the battlefield in a wing car.

After meeting with Lin Xuanzhong and others, Zhao Xu did not point out Lin Xuanzhong's rights and wrongs in person, but only assigned more specific post-war work.

The division of labor in an orderly manner for important matters such as setting up tents, treating wounded soldiers, cleaning up the battlefield, and preparing food was orderly, as for those soldiers, Zhao Xu did not pass down a more specific way to deal with them, but just ordered Yan Nantian to supervise them properly and not to affect them. Those soldiers freeze to death or starve to death, they can only be left to fend for themselves.

When several important affairs were arranged, Zhao Xu ordered the redundant personnel to count his casualties as soon as possible. Tonight's battle lasted for more than an hour, and in the face of nearly 600,000 coalition troops, even if tens of thousands of fierce beasts took the lead for them, the casualties of the night army could not be ignored.

After a while, when those generals counted the specific situation, some of Zhao Xu's speculations were verified. Due to several strong resistance from the enemy, in that more than an hour, the number of night soldiers alone reached more than 50,000, and countless were wounded. In total, the night army had less than two hundred thousand troops left after the war.

By the time the casualties were counted, other business had already been carried out to a certain extent. Most of the wounded soldiers have been treated in time, many tents have been erected, and the next thing to be solved in time is the problem of keeping out of the cold, so Zhao Xu ordered people to find the food and grass of the coalition army, and then build a fire in those tents, and use the grain and grass of the coalition army to solve the problem of cold protection and food and clothing.

Of course, the carcasses of ferocious beasts and horses could be ready-made food, so many soldiers roasted what they wanted on the fire with their own hands. Soon after Zhao Xu came, the first company solved many problems for Lin Xuanzhong, and the night army, which was originally scattered and difficult to command in time, was now evenly distributed, with no idle manpower, and no overworked personnel in any place, and all affairs were handled in an orderly manner.

After the army restored order, the situation gradually developed in a better direction, but the weather was always extremely bad, and the wind and snow became heavier, but it was not necessarily a bad thing. Because many of the grains, grasses and other items that Iron Heart had to burn before were rescued due to the wind and snow, the spoils obtained from a big battle not only made up for the cost of the night army for many days, but also made the night army no longer have to worry about supplies for a long time to come.

Tonight was destined to be an unquiet night, and an hour later, Zhang Daring, who escorted the prisoners back, directly brought the news of the night army's victory back to the camp. Overjoyed, Ruan Sihai, who had been waiting for a long time, spontaneously wanted to do something for the night army. When asked what they could do, it was to send warmth to the night army dozens of miles away.

The wind and snow were too big, considering the situation on the battlefield, Zhang Daring knew that Zhao Xu would not be able to bring the troops back tonight, and he didn't know how long the night army would be stationed there, but keeping warm was a key issue. It would be great if Ruan Sihai could bring people over to help the Night Army build a new camp, and after expressing his concern for the main force of the Night Army, Zhang Daring directly handed over the matter to Fang Quyin to take charge of, while he and Lan Feng held important prisoners. Whether Shi Jiangchuan and the others live or die still needs to be decided by Zhao Xu.

After consulting with Fang Quyin, Ruan Sihai directly spread the news of the night army's victory in the city, so that the people of Fancheng, who had been waiting for a long time, could also feel at ease.

Not long after, under the spread of each other, more and more people learned the news of the night army's victory, and many people cheered with relief. Seeing that the night army had won the hearts of the people, Ruan Sihai struck while the iron was hot and did not want to miss this opportunity to really have a good relationship with the night army, so he organized people to send bedding, tents and other needed things to the night army 30 miles away overnight.

The Chengguan Office couldn't draw manpower, Lan Feng and Zhang Daring were naturally happy to see Ruan Sihai and the others take the initiative to show goodwill, and Ruan Sihai and the others' behavior also showed that Fancheng had been completely conquered by them. In tonight's battle, the armies of Fei and Yang suffered heavy losses. Not surprisingly, the next thing is for them to completely conquer the Wing Country. Without the coalition forces in the middle, the already fragile Wing Country is at your fingertips.

After midnight, when Ruan Sihai set off with a long convoy to the coalition camp at risk, Zhao Xu and others had already gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army. Compared with the severe cold outside, the inside of the big tent is naturally extremely warm, but the atmosphere inside is more tense at the moment.

Long before, Zhao Xu had asked the generals a question how they were going to deal with those soldiers. Based on the seriousness of the problem, the generals gathered in the tent at this moment had a certain discussion with each other not long ago.

Now, when Zhao Xu asked the generals present to express their opinions, some said that the captives were released and left to fend for themselves, some said that they should all be killed to prevent future troubles, and others said that they would continue to be held until they could be taken for their own use. All in all, because Lin Xuanzhong did not order the execution of those prisoners in time after the war, there are not many people who want to kill those prisoners to vent their hatred after a period of relaxation.

There were many different opinions in the big tent, and in the blink of an eye, they were divided into several factions, each insisting on their own point of view, and the reasons for supporting each of their views were very clear.

There are three reasons why they want to let those soldiers die, one is because the night army has suffered heavy casualties, two is because it is not beneficial for them to hold those prisoners, and three is because letting those soldiers go may be letting the tiger go back to the mountain.

There are also many reasons for wanting to recruit those prisoners, firstly, the night army needs to strengthen itself at present, and secondly, those generals have already planned to capture Yang and Feiguo, and they think that recruiting prisoners will be beneficial to the subsequent attack on Fei and Yang.

And those who intend to continue to detain the prisoners cannot make up their minds for the time being, for them, whether they are killed or released, there are advantages and disadvantages, and they cannot weigh the pros and cons for the time being.

Those generals argued for a long time in the camp tent, and in the end, none of them could give a convincing statement, and it was in this situation that Lin Xuanzhong proposed the placement of those soldiers. Those who were also injured in the stroke, Lin Xuanzhong couldn't bear to see those people exposed to the cold wind and snow, and Lin Xuanzhong also felt that even if he used local materials, it was enough to send shelter from the wind and rain to those descendants.

As soon as Lin Xuanzhong said this, the pot immediately exploded in the big tent. If no one could put forward a point of view that everyone agreed with before, then now Lin Xuanzhong's statement is undoubtedly a point that everyone opposes. Although he did not start from the right direction, it has to be said that Lin Xuanzhong did make the generals who had been arguing quickly reach an agreement.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Lin Xuanzhong's words directly attracted the criticism of all the generals, no matter what position Lin Xuanzhong was in before, now in front of Zhao Xu, those generals were unscrupulous and accused Lin Xuanzhong's opinions of absurdity, and in a blink of an eye, Lin Xuanzhong was said to be a person who had committed a serious crime.

Not only that, some generals who were dissatisfied with Lin Xuanzhong's handling of the soldiers before, and knew that Lin Xuanzhong went into battle to kill the enemy, successively reported to Zhao Xu that Lin Xuanzhong personally participated in the war regardless of the overall situation, and said that Lin Xuanzhong's words were useless and worthless, as if Lin Xuanzhong's many days of running around for the beast attack plan were all erased because of their words. When Lin Xuanzhong said that his mistakes were greater than his merits, one by one he asked Zhao Xu to judge Lin Xuanzhong's merits and demerits tonight.

Under the righteous words of those people, Lin Xuanzhong, who was originally very powerful to speak, soon couldn't even say a word, and the feeling of being pushed to the forefront made Lin Xuanzhong's heart tremble even more than standing among a pile of corpses.

Speaking of which, Lin Xuanzhong's proposal to resettle the soldiers is not only related to his own compassion, but also has a lot to do with the time when he and Qingyi and Ming Buregret were escorted to hard labor. That night, they were hungry and shivering in the wind and snow, and even if they came to this position, Lin Xuanzhong still didn't want to recall.

The situation of so many ordinary soldiers now is very imaginary with the experience of the three of them, although they have a hostile relationship, Lin Xuanzhong still can't bear to see those people freezing to death in the wind and snow. Instead of that, it is better to kill them directly.

When Lin Xuanzhong's heart trembled and thought about whether his behavior was right or wrong, many generals in the big tent looked at Lin Xuanzhong with surprised expressions. If it weren't for those generals who said it, they really didn't know what happened to Lin Xuanzhong without a helmet and covered in blood.

Immediately afterwards, they all felt that Lin Xuanzhong had committed a taboo as those people said, no matter how urgent the situation was at the time, in their opinion, Lin Xuanzhong, as the commander, should not be in the battle in person. As Lin Xuanzhong's direct superior, when Lin Xuanzhong was accused by many generals of being wrong, Li Jianran couldn't speak for Lin Xuanzhong.

On the other side, standing next to Lin Xuanzhong, also because of what those generals said, Zhang Jiutian obviously knew about Lin Xuanzhong's participation in the war, but he didn't dare to speak for Lin Xuanzhong in front of those wolf generals at this moment.