The ensuing battle lasted until the end of the night.

The 3,000 rescuers that the Sri family had managed to bring in were all wiped out, and more than half died during the retreat, and the survivors surrendered near their own barracks.

Tuo Nengya and the swordsmen did not attack the camp at all, but only set a fire near the camp, and then ambushed nearby, together with the main force of the Great Snow Mountain, surrounded and annihilated the thousand people who remained in the camp and the remnants of the retreat.

This outcome was completely unexpected by the nobles of the country of incense, so it is no wonder that many people reacted to extremes, sitting on the ground and crying, going to the altar to kowtow to the gods for help, throwing money in the streets, and even committing suicide with their entire families.

A small number of people fled quickly with the Sri family, and most surrendered to the dragon king for the second time.

Gu Shen had no time to deal with the nobles' allegiance again, and this night, he kept giving orders and sending small forces one after another to hunt down the fish that slipped through the net.

At noon the next day, the seven sons of the Sri family, along with a group of followers, were escorted before the dragon king.

Gu Shenwei was very satisfied with the performance of the fighters, and the leisurely life of more than a month did not reduce their combat effectiveness.

Behind him, there were piles of packages and boxes as high as a hill, and the nobles and tribal soldiers of the Land of Xiangji themselves "sent" them to the dragon king without the need for the warriors of the Great Snow Mountain to do so.

On his left hand, more than 1,600 warriors of the Great Snow Mountain, who had suffered little loss, stood proudly, their eyes never off the Dragon King, this victory swept away most of the clouds of defeat in the past few months, and also pushed their reverence for the Dragon King one step higher.

In his right hand, there are more than a thousand remnants of the tribe, looking at the wealth that they once had for a short time, and regretful, yesterday, they were the saviors, and today, their lives are all in the hands of the dragon king.

The prisoners of war were surrounded by more than 4,000 slave soldiers, many of whom were both excited and frightened when they replaced their wooden swords and swords for the first time and received heavy steel weapons, especially when they saw their former masters kneeling on the ground like slaves.

The nobles were divided into two groups, the smaller group was about a hundred people, led by the seven sons of the Sri family, kneeling at the front, they were all captured fugitives, and the other group was much larger, with a total of more than a thousand people, kneeling behind, this was their second surrender, the previous time was to stand and join the Great Snow Mountain, this time they had to throw themselves to the ground and beg for forgiveness.

Quantity is not necessarily strength, and sometimes it can become a burden that cannot be lost.

Under the supervision of the sword, no one in the entire barracks dared to speak.

Gu Shenwei had to deal with these nobles and prisoners of war immediately, not for revenge, these people's resistance was right, and not to give the people of the country of Xiangji a disgrace, their cowardice no longer needed to be strengthened, but to give an explanation to the soldiers under his command.

For the Dragon King, these 1,600 people are more important than owning a country, and no one can believe every word of the Dragon King and unconditionally carry out every order of the Dragon King like them.

Their preciousness was even more evident than these nobles kneeling in front of them.

Gu Shenwei raised his right hand and pointed at the fugitive nobles in the front rows, "Chop." ”

Before the nobles could understand the meaning of the word, a row of warriors from the Great Snow Mountain had already crossed the crowd, brandished their swords, and slashed down on the necks of the sheep like a lion and tiger.

The nobles who knelt behind and surrendered for the second time fainted dozens of people at once.

The nobles who surrendered were equally untrustworthy, they had to be punished, and they had to prove that they were no longer a liability, and Gu Shenwei's finger crossed the blood-stained ground and pointed to these people, "Send them to the forest, each with only one day's ration." Then he raised his voice, "Five days later, if you want to take revenge, you will come out to fight a decisive battle against the Great Snow Mountain, and if you want to join the army, you will prove that you are a man." ”

Survival of the fittest through cannibalism, this is the method of training killer apprentices in Jinpeng Castle, Gu Shenwei naturally thought of it, as for the hatred that might arise because of this, he didn't care at all.

For many nobles, this was even more unbearable than an execution on the spot, and they cried loudly and were willing to give up all their possessions, wives and daughters, just to survive.

This performance only met with more contempt and disgust, as two hundred warriors of the Great Snow Mountain drove more than a thousand nobles out of the barracks and forced them to the forests to the north.

Then it was the turn of the captured tribesmen.

The Dragon King used to be just a distant and vague nightmare to them, but they didn't expect it to really become a reality, and those unbelievable legends suddenly became believable, and many people looked up nervously, thinking that the terrifying man-eating demon bird was flying in the air.

"You have a choice. Gu Shenwei sent his voice far away so that everyone could hear it, "Go home and prepare to fight again, surrender, and be with the real soldiers." ”

"Surrender. Immediately, the captives spoke, and soon the voices of surrender converged.

But there were also people who thought differently, and one of the captives shouted: "If you don't fall, I won't surrender!"

The prisoners of war automatically gave way to a way, and the one who did not surrender strode to the front of the line, and said again: "Even if you climb, I will also go home, the dragon king is a hero, but we are not soft eggs, I will fight again." ”

This man was tall and resolute, standing in the midst of the captives, and he had always been more conspicuous, and at this time he was the center of attention.

"How did you become a prisoner of war?" Gu Shenwei asked, a little admired for the bold non-surrenderers, there may be many people who are unwilling to surrender and want to go home, but this is the one who dares to disobey the will of the people and say it in public.

Sometimes, it takes more bravery to be different from your friends than to go on the battlefield and kill the enemy.

"They took my weapons away. The non-surrenderer turned his head and glanced at it, his tone full of disobedience and contempt, he had been betrayed by his companions, so he disdained to surrender with them.

"What's your name?"

"Ha Chi Lie, the son of Ha Lulong, the chief of the Dongshan clan. ”

"Go back and tell your father and clansmen that the Dragon King and the Great Snow Mountain are the co-masters of the Western Regions, and they are about to go out of the mountain to fight to the death with the Dubu King, you must make a choice and join one of them, there is only one chance. Let's go. ”

Ha Chilie didn't seem to believe the dragon king's words, he said that when he didn't surrender, he was reporting the will of death, since the dragon king let go, he was not polite, turned to the captives of the same clan and said, "Come with me, let the dragon king know that he is not the only one who has a real warrior here." ”

No one moved, everyone felt that the dragon king's release was a trick, maybe they would be beheaded as soon as they walked out of the barracks, not to mention that they had completely admitted defeat, and they believed that even if they fought again, they would still be defeated.

Ha Chilong shook his head in disappointment, glanced at the warriors of the Great Snow Mountain opposite with three points of disbelief and seven points of envy, and walked towards the outside of the camp with his head held high, but he didn't have a word of thanks to the Dragon King.

Many of the warriors were so angry at this that they wielded their swords and would pounce on the dragonlord's son at the slightest hint of it.

The dragon king never spoke, and he really let Hachilong go.

Gu Shenwei spoke to the surrendered again, "If you lose your weapon, you have to rely on your own ability to grab another weapon and come back, and before the next battle, you can only use your bare hands." ”

Finally, there is the disposal of the piles of gold and silver treasures.

Gu Shenwei insisted on refusing to divide them equally, not because he didn't feel that the warriors didn't deserve a reward, nor because he wanted to keep it alone, he had never had a ** for money.

Zhong Heng taught him a truth: the effect of a trickle of water and a long stream of co-optation is far better than a one-time purchase.

When Gu Shenwei was still the killer of Jinpeng Castle, he had to give a gift money to the then city patrol captain every month, the amount was not too large, but it had never been interrupted over the years, and it was through this connection that Zhong Heng's allegiance gradually turned to the Dragon King.

The warriors of the Great Snow Mountain are simple and loyal, and even the swordsmen under the command of Tuo Nengya have withstood many tests, proving that they are not forgetful of righteousness.

Gu Shenwei cherished this quality, but he did not think that he could rest easy, on the contrary, he had to be careful in dealing with any warrior, both to show the nobility and severity of the king, and to occasionally show trust and gratitude, to satisfy them, but not to make them feel that they were employed.

This is much more difficult and rewarding than commanding an army built with money, and Gu Shenwei needs to play with some tricks, as long as he doesn't go too far, he can make his position in the hearts of the soldiers more solid.

All the gold and silver treasures were divided into two equal parts, one was given to all the warriors according to their merits, and the other was jointly managed by the one-eyed patriarch Long Xiaoshi and the old swordsman Tuo Nengya as a bounty in the future.

The rewards and punishments have been decided, and Gu Shenwei summoned several generals to discuss military affairs.

As soon as Long Xiaoshi entered the main tent, he asked, "What kind of Hachilong is that, who dares to be disrespectful to the Dragon King, do you want me to send someone to get his head back?"

"No, if he leaves his own people and goes home alone, he will only be questioned, not respected, let him spread fear. The order will go down, and in five days we will leave the camp, and we will follow this chief back to the Western Regions. ”

Gu Shenwei could ask the prisoners for directions, but he also hoped that there would be an uninformed guide.

The next thing was very complicated, and another group of slaves from the country of incense were added to the army, and there were finally no more young men in the city.

But Gu Shenwei can't take them all away, leaving the city full of old and weak women and children, and the country will completely disappear.

He used the method of drawing ding, each family could leave one man in the prime of life, and the others had to fight with the army, and at the same time, he also left a small number of troops to set up checkpoints at the entrances and exits of various places to prevent foreign invasions.

The land of incense can no longer be isolated from the world.

The most difficult thing was to find a ruler, the nobles were driven into the forest and were very unreliable, and the slaves had not yet shaken off their old habits, and no one dared to become leaders.

Gu Shen reluctantly solved the problem by designating a few soldiers who had been injured in previous battles to stay in the country of incense.

Gu Shen kept himself busy, so that he didn't have to visit the two women who were in a semi-comatose state, and he didn't want the soldiers to misunderstand.

The seven sons of the Sri family had already been subjugated, and the high priest of incense and the antidote did not return home with the tribal soldiers, but the good news finally came that the heir of the high priest, under the strict supervision of several warriors, spent nearly twenty days to prepare the antidote.

The young disciple repeatedly stressed that the effect of the antidote was unknown, and he did not dare to guarantee that it would be useful.

Gu Shenwei had no choice, he had to take a risk, but fortunately, there were a total of five women in a coma, and he could try it on others first.

The time to take the antidote was the night before the army was ready to leave, everything was rushed together, and there were almost no people in Gu Shenwei's main tent, and many things were waiting for him to decide.

Before the news of the antidote was working, a nerve-wracking event took place in the barracks.

Old Man Mu was out of the customs, and he only killed one soldier on the first night, and although everyone was angry, they didn't expect the seriousness of the matter.

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