Chapter 740: Reward
Chapter 740: Reward
Three days have passed, many things on the battlefield have been dealt with, those ordnance has been centrally protected, and the grain and grass rescued that night have also been placed in the designated place, the reason why the 100,000 troops left there is to take care of all kinds of materials on the one hand, and supervise those prisoners on the other.
For several days, the tens of thousands of captives had been able to eat the leftovers thrown at them by the Night Army out of generosity, and it was a great blessing that they could barely fill their stomachs, and it was impossible for those people to eat meat. If they are not allowed to go to the battlefield for a day, the night army will not let them eat for a day. Speaking of which, for those pawns, it is already a blessing that they can have a shelter from the wind and rain to rest, and what can they be dissatisfied with.
However, because of the struggle for shelter and food, tens of thousands of soldiers fought continuously, and in two days, many of the original wounded and the weak among them were killed and wounded, and all of them died very tragically. For those people's deaths, Lin Xuanzhong saw them in his eyes and hated them in his heart, if those soldiers could unite with each other, those people didn't have to die, but unfortunately Lin Xuanzhong couldn't decide their fate, he could only put all the bad emotions in his heart.
Compared with those ordinary soldiers, the situation of the top echelons of the two armies is even more difficult, the two enemy commanders and dozens of generals are all high-level martial cultivators without exception, if they are let go casually, it is really no different from letting the tiger return to the mountain, but keeping them in prison as repeat offenders has indeed made those people suffer humiliation. In any case, without planning to kill those people, Zhao Xu had already put forward conditions to the monarchs of Fei and Yang.
If the monarchs of both countries are willing to pay a huge price to redeem those people, they can make a deal. If the monarchs of the two countries do not accept the conditions, then they can only be executed, so now Shi Jiangchuan and Tie Xin and others are important hostages, and the meaning of their existence is to exchange benefits for the night army as much as possible.
If the two are abandoned by their respective countries, then they no longer have the meaning of existence. However, under the current stable situation, Zhao Xu is not in a hurry to let Fei and Yang express their stance as soon as possible, but just let those repeat offenders be properly detained.
It has been three days since the end of the war, and rewarding those who have made meritorious contributions is something that Zhao Xu is currently dealing with. According to several main generals, the biggest credit is on Lin Xuanzhong, but Lin Xuanzhong also made the biggest mistake, so how to determine Lin Xuanzhong's merits and demerits is always not a small problem for Zhao Xu.
The success of the beast attack plan made Lin Xuanzhong a great contribution, but the adventurous behavior of going to the battlefield made Lin Xuanzhong a mess, but fortunately, Lin Xuanzhong's mistake was not unforgivable.
To put it mildly, Lin Xuanzhong's credit for stopping the coalition army from breaking through is greater than his fault for going into battle to kill the enemy. To put it mildly, if Lin Xuanzhong was captured by the coalition forces, the outcome of the war might be reversed, and Lin Xuanzhong's sin would naturally be unforgivable. But fortunately, Lin Xuanzhong was not really the commander of the night army in the sense, and he was only in command of the infantry battalion and the arrow battalion, Zhao Xu didn't want to magnify Lin Xuanzhong's mistakes, because it went against their original intention of cultivating Lin Xuanzhong.
After thinking about it, Zhao Xu finally felt that the key was that Lin Xuanzhong did not fully control the battle situation at that time, which led to the opportunity for the coalition forces to take advantage of. If Lin Xuanzhong had brought the 10,000 night troops to the vicinity of the battlefield earlier, there would have been no such thing as him personally going into battle to kill the enemy in the future.
If Lin Xuanzhong's command ability is not enough, it will not be able to weaken Lin Xuanzhong's merits, so according to the previous decision, Zhao Xu directly wrote a book to commend Lin Xuanzhong's merits, and let Lan Ce make Lin Xuanzhong a tiger general, and his status is on par with the main general in the army. No matter when Lan Ce could approve it, when Zhao Xu announced his reward for Lin Xuanzhong, Lin Xuanzhong directly became the main general of the infantry camp, on the same level as several other main generals.
Zhang Daring and others had no objection to Zhao Xu's resolution, so the generals below did not dare to object. And the first thing Lin Xuanzhong did after becoming the main general was to go out to Yangguo, and the date was set after the attack on Yidu.
Now that the situation has stabilized, when to send troops depends on the weather, and for the time being, the night army cannot march on the thick snow, so the first thing to wait for is to have a clear weather. While waiting, Zhao Xu directly sent a letter to the Yihuang as he did when he occupied Fancheng.
If the Wing Emperor is willing to take the initiative to submit, the royal family of the Wing Kingdom can be reduced to preservation, and if he is unwilling to submit, the night army will be burned as soon as the jade arrives. Zhao Xu's consideration for Yihuang was not long, and before the weather cleared, Yihuang had to give Zhao Xu an explanation.
After many days of hesitation, the moment finally came to decide the fate of the Wing Country, and the Wing Emperor did not feel too much embarrassment. Two days ago, after the news of the night army's defeat of the coalition army spread in the wings, the night army's momentum was so strong that the people of the wing country who originally wanted to curry favor with the coalition army were running around, and now the wings are empty, and the wing emperor has no ability to stop the night army.
Not only is this the case with the Wing Country, but the two countries of Fei and Yang, who have lost most of their military strength, have also received Zhao Xu's persuasion to surrender, and the two lords are currently no worse than the Wing Emperor's fear of the Night Army, so after the battle that night, the Night Army has already been powerful. In the face of the current night army, the three lords of the country had no other emotions except panic.
Putting aside the situation of the royal families of the Three Kingdoms, without receiving any accusations and only receiving the above awards, Lin Xuanzhong understood Zhao Xu's good intentions, so he did not shirk to become the commander of the Shangbu battalion. After winning the title of Tiger General, some generals in the army who felt that Lin Xuanzhong was not yet qualified for the post of chief general now had nothing to say, and with the support of Zhao Xu, Lin Xuanzhong's prestige became stronger and stronger.
Now among the three battalions, Lin Xuanzhong's prestige has surpassed Zhang Daring, who is known as a husband and wife, and has become the head of the five main generals of the Eastern Night Army.
Lin Xuanzhong's killing of the enemy that day was a mistake for the generals above, but for the soldiers below, this move just demonstrated Lin Xuanzhong's extraordinary strength. In less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Xuanzhong killed hundreds of ordinary soldiers, dozens of coalition generals, and stopped half of the coalition army with the strength of one person.
That night, after Zhao Xu agreed to Lin Xuanzhong's suggestion to settle the prisoners, when Lin Xuanzhong went to place the prisoners, some generals who wanted to kill the soldiers were dissatisfied with the praise of Lin Xuanzhong by other generals, and went to the areas where Lin Xuanzhong participated in the battle one by one, and the corpses on the ground that were killed by a sword proved Lin Xuanzhong's merits.
Especially in the area where Lin Xuanzhong fought against those flying army generals, the corpses of those high-level martial cultivators gathered in one place, and through the examination of the wounds on their bodies, those generals who did not believe that Lin Xuanzhong had killed dozens of enemy generals no longer dared to doubt Lin Xuanzhong's achievements, and Lin Xuanzhong's murderous reputation was directly spread in the army, and he was praised by many soldiers as "the first fierce general." ”
To this day, everyone in the entire night army knows that Lin Xuanzhong's qualifications are unique, and Lin Xuanzhong's personal strength cannot be measured in a normal light, and many people say that there is no distinction between high-level martial arts and ordinary martial arts in front of Lin Xuanzhong, and it only takes a sword to kill them.
Now when many night soldiers faced Lin Xuanzhong, their eyes were no longer the respect they had before, but deep awe, and they all knew that Lin Xuanzhong could easily kill them.
Putting aside the fact that Lin Xuanzhong went into battle to kill the enemy, regarding the beast attack plan, Lin Xuanzhong's military exploits alone were enough to make him known as a tiger general, so when Zhao Xu showed that Lin Xuanzhong had made great contributions to the victory over the coalition army, it can be said that in the eyes of many soldiers, Lin Xuanzhong has surpassed Zhang Daring.
The battle with the coalition forces made Lin Xuanzhong completely famous, and for the current Lin Xuanzhong, seniority is no longer important, the important thing is that he already has the title of tiger general. All in all, Lin Xuanzhong's current status in the night army can be said to be in full swing, but it's a pity that Lin Xuanzhong himself can't feel that kind of supreme honor, and some are just doubts about the future.
On the morning of the end of the war, Lin Xuanzhong received news from Fang Qing that Bai Yeli fought the enemy general and unfortunately died, Ni Youbin should break into the enemy formation and was seriously injured and his life and death were uncertain, Qing Yi was seriously injured by a sword, Ling Zi Moli provoked the enemy to be seriously injured to death, it can be said that almost everyone who had a friendly relationship with Lin Xuanzhong had something wrong, and it was at that time that Lin Xuanzhong realized that more than 50,000 soldiers of the night army died in battle that night, and some seriously injured people died one after another.
Now two days have passed, Lin Xuanzhong still doesn't know how to calm his mood, Bai Ye's death may not be as bad as Lin Xuanzhong's death without regret, but it also makes Lin Xuanzhong realize a problem. As long as the war does not stop, everyone around him may die in the next war, but unfortunately, the end of the war is not up to the individual, so Lin Xuanzhong's question is how many friends will leave him in the future.
When considering the disadvantages brought about by the war, Lin Xuanzhong unsurprisingly considered his future. Although now being the master of the camp has reduced the number of things he needs to be responsible for and his status has been greatly improved, Lin Xuanzhong does not feel a little relaxed, only tired. That kind of exhaustion caused Lin Xuanzhong to have many negative emotions, and when to leave the army became a question that Lin Xuanzhong often considered.
It's a pity that Lin Xuanzhong has never thought clearly about leaving the army, and now because he can't see Qingyi, he doesn't even have the opportunity to talk to others.
Zhao Xu's order, Lin Xuanzhong does not need to have any deputy generals, because in the future, except for Li Jianran, as long as the general of the infantry battalion must obey Lin Xuanzhong's instructions, so Zhang Jiutian was also promoted to a general, not only was he named a general, but also a second-class wolf general, Zhang Jiutian's status in the army was directly improved by several grades, and it can be said that the battle made Zhang Jiutian achieve his wish.