As the sun rises, I can finally see the tragic battlefield presented on the nameless plain southeast of Mengshan.

The 40,000 Xiangcheng Chu army led by the Chu generals Nanmenjue and Nanmenhuai, after yesterday's tragic night battle, only about 60% of the survivors remained.

At this time, these prisoners of war had been confiscated with weapons and equipment, and had been gathered together to receive the "indoctrination of righteousness" by the soldiers of the Shangshui Army.

The so-called "indoctrination of righteousness" is summed up in three points.

First of all, the soldiers of the Shang Shui Army expressed their identities and revealed the fact that they were also from Chu people, so that the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops could feel at ease.

Secondly, they vigorously praised the benevolent politics of Wei, criticized the rule of the Xiong royal family of the Mi family over Chu, and gave examples of various tragedies in Chudong's "noble over civilians" to arouse the loyalty of the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu army to the aristocratic class in Chu.

The third is to define the "Qi, Lu and Wei three kingdoms to attack Chu" as "liberation of the civilians of Chu" and characterize this battle as "charity battle".

In short, it is just singing praises to the Wei State while constantly saying bad things about the Xiong nobles.

I have to say that if these words came from the Wei people, such as the Fenxing Army, the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu army would be angry. But now these words came from the Shang Shui Army and from these soldiers who were also from the Chu people, which made the more than 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu army shake their mood.

Because it is undeniable that the Xiong nobles in Chudong were indeed not worthy of these Chu soldiers throwing their skulls and sprinkling blood on them, but in the past, almost no one had considered this issue, and no one dared to consider this issue.

“It looks pretty good.”

Zhao Hongrun, the chief of the clan, Wei Jiao and several generals of the Shang Shui Army inspected the Shang Shui Army's brainwashing of the 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu Army. No, instilling righteousness. When he saw the prisoners of war listen quietly to the words of the Shang Shui Army soldiers and occasionally showed me thoughtful expressions, Zhao Hongrun smiled slightly.

At this time, Zhai Huang, the deputy general of the Shang Shui Army, had already returned to the army, and was following Zhao Hongrun at this moment. Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "(King Su) His Highness's clarity is that the people of the Xiong clan are unfaithful in the Chu State, but few people dared to stand up and resist..."

Zhao Hongrun was a little surprised when he heard this, turned around and asked curiously: "Is Deputy General Zhai (Huang) the one from Chu Dong?"

The veteran Zhai Huang continued to feel bitter on his face and nodded bitterly: "The last general... was originally a person from Chudong's "Zhang Yang"."

"Oh." Zhao Hongrun responded without asking in detail.

After all, he could see that Zhai Huang did not want to mention the past, so why should he explore the painful past buried in his heart because of curiosity?

So he quickly changed the subject and asked with a slight joking question: "Wu Ji, how do you plan to resettle these more than 20,000 Chu troops?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Ji said honestly: "Report to Your Highness, the General of the Third General intends to divide it into two and include it in the organization of our Shang Navy and Yanling Army. Fenxing Army... The General of the Third General thinks it is inappropriate, so please forgive me."

"I'm really an honest person..."

Zhao Hongrun smiled but said nothing because he knew very well that if it were Qu Jun or Yan Mo, they would definitely not have thought that the Shang Shui Army would inevitably absorb these soldiers to enhance the combat power of the Yanling Army.

As for what Wu Ji said, "The Fenxing Army is not suitable", Zhao Hongrun could naturally understand.

"Well, you can arrange this matter." Zhao Hongrun reminded Wu Ji and said, "The Chu State is vast and has a large population. I don't need to remind you to understand this.... Although I assisted King Lu Xi of Qi to attack Chu, I only targeted the Xiong clan, which is not about the general public. As for the soldiers of Chu State, I also hope to minimize the casualties of each other, and mainly recruit and persuade them to surrender..."

Some words are hard to say, but in summary, it is generally the case: rob me of the population, whether it is the military soldiers or civilians of Chu, I will get me the Shangshui!

And Wu Ji and Zhai Huang naturally understood this.

It has to be said that Zhao Hongrun's re-education of these generals from Chu State was good. He told these generals: Chu State was a country established by the nobles of the Xiong clan of Chu State. Therefore, the State of Chu is not the same as the people of Chu. Therefore, their attack on Chu State was actually just a slaughter of the nobles headed by the Xiong clan of Chu State, and it cannot be regarded as killing compatriots.

Even on the other hand, they were to liberate the civilians who were fought and persecuted by the brutal nobles of Chu State, and this was a heroic move.

Let’s not say these words for now to convince every soldier of the Shang Shui Army and Yanling Army, but at least, after putting forward this slogan, these two Wei troops composed of Chu people had almost no private objection.

During the inspection, Zhao Hongrun also saw Gao Kuo, Zhongzhao, He Miao and other five other zong guards. After joining the Shang Shui Army in order to train themselves, he served as a thousand-person general in the army. Now he looks decent, as if he is transforming from "guard" to "leading general", which makes Zhao Hongrun feel better.

He heard that in the night battle last night, Gao Kuo and five other sect guards led the way, drilled through the Chu army several times, and made considerable achievements.

If we talk about the only thing that made Zhao Hongrun feel in a bad mood, I am afraid that the only casualties of the three Wei troops in the night battle last night were probably the only ones who suffered casualties.

More than 50,000 Wei troops attacked 40,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops from three sides. It was obviously a good situation, but the casualties were as high as 5,000. This made Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but sigh: It would be better if he could not fight in the night battle in the future.

You should know that if this battle situation was placed in the daytime, the sacrifice of the Wei army would be very small.

But this is the case with the night battle. The first factor is that there are too many people. If Zhao Hongrun had not used a feint attack to trick Chu Jiang Dou Lian back to Mengshan last night, this battle would have been really difficult to fight.

After all, if Dou Lian also participated in last night's night battle, it would mean that the forces of the Wei and Chu armies were close, and the Wei army also lost the advantage of attacking the Chu army from three sides. Even if the Wei army could still achieve the final victory, the heavy price to pay would probably be as high as Zhao Hongrun's heartache and collapse.

Therefore, it is undeniable that night battle is a double-edged sword. Unless you are sure to win, it is better not to use it or not.

Just as Zhao Hongrun and others inspected the enrollment of prisoners of war, several scouts from Xiangcheng rushed over, came to the former and kowtowed to the ground and reported the situation of the battle.

"Report! Our army has captured Xiangcheng!"

"Really?" Zhao Hongrun's eyes lit up when he heard this.

To be fair, although he was at least 80% sure of attacking Nanmen Jue and Nanmen Huai's 40,000 Chu troops, he was somewhat confident about "conquering Xiangcheng with the trend".

After all, he did not know the situation in Xiangcheng. Although he secretly deployed the elite thousand-man team of Xiang Li, Zhang Ming and Ran Teng as a killer move, and the Yanling army was also called to attract the attention of the Chu people in Xiangcheng City, Zhao Hongrun was not sure whether the ending could conquer this city.

Unexpectedly, the soldiers under his command were very powerful and they even conquered Xiangcheng, which made Zhao Hongrun want to laugh three times.

However, due to the countless pairs of eyes watching here, His Highness Su finally endured it considering the majesty of the head coach.

He nodded and said, "Okay!...How is the battle?"

Hearing this, the scout said with some pride: "There were several soldiers in the Shang Shui Army who were injured and killed. Our Yanling Army will take down Xiangcheng without any blood!"

"Without a bloody sword?"

Even Zhao Hongrun was stunned. After looking at Wu Ji, Zhai Huang and the other two looked at each other, frowned and asked, "The defenders in Xiangcheng City... have not resisted?"

The scout said proudly: "The commander of Xiangcheng, Nanmenchi, was persuaded by our Yanling Army Deputy General Yan Mo, and surrendered to Xiancheng. He was under his command of nearly 20,000 Xiangcheng Chu troops, all of whom were surrendered!"

"What?"

Zhao Hongrun was surprised and couldn't speak.

Then, after thinking for a while, he frowned and said, "Wu Ji, you bring three thousand soldiers and follow me to Xiangcheng immediately. Zhai Huang, leave the matter here to you. If the matter in Xiangcheng is true, I will send someone to send me a message. When you introduce me, you will lead the troops in."

"Yes!" Wu Ji and Zhai Huang responded with fists.

After giving instructions, Zhao Hongrun, five clan guards including Wei Jiao and more than a hundred king guards, rushed to Xiangcheng under the escort of the three thousand Shang navy troops led by Wu Ji.

To be honest, he didn't believe the scout's report very much.

After all, in his opinion, even if Xiangcheng can be successfully conquered, it will cause some losses to the three thousand-man teams of Yanling Army Yan Mo's troops and Shang Shui Army Xiang Li, Zhang Ming and Ran Teng. How could it be that the troops could capture Xiangcheng without bloodshed?

But when Zhao Hongrun and his men rushed to Xiangcheng, he realized that the walls of Xiangcheng were filled with Wei army flags.

To be precise, it is the Yanling Army's flag.

"Is it really a soldier who won the bloody attack?"

Zhao Hongrun muttered in his heart, slowly approaching Xiangcheng with a little vigilance.

Out of caution, he did not enter the city directly, but asked Yan Mo to come forward to greet him, because he could not figure out what was going on in Xiangcheng at this moment.

Unexpectedly, after a moment, Yan Mo of Yanling Army indeed led three generals dressed in a way outside the city to welcome him. These three were all innocent faces that Zhao Hongrun had never seen before.

At the same time, these people were followed by Xiang Li, Zhang Ming, and Ran Teng, three thousand generals of the Shang Shui Army. These three thousand generals waved to Wu Ji, the general of their Shang Shui Army.

Wu Ji was puzzled, so after asking Zhao Hongrun for instructions, he walked towards the three thousand generals under his command, and the four of them stood there muttering and muttering but didn't know what they were saying.

At this moment, Yan Mo had already led the three innocent generals to Zhao Hongrun, his face full of unconcealed joy, and he clasped his fists and said, "His Highness (King Su), the Yanling Army is fortunately unfair to his fate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three unfamiliar generals behind him knelt on one knee and said in unison: "Southern Gate Chi (Southern Gate Jue, Nan Gate Huai), pay homage to His Highness King Su. We are willing to bring 20,000 soldiers in the city to submit to His Highness, and hope that His Highness will take him in."

"This...is there really a good thing that a pie falls from the sky?"

Zhao Hongrun was so surprised that he couldn't speak: The Shang Shui Army had just recruited more than 20,000 defeated troops in Chu. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Xiangcheng, another 20,000 Chu troops took the initiative to surrender?

Although he was surprised, Zhao Hongrun's movements were not slow. He turned over and dismounted, personally helped Nanmen Chi, Nanmen Jue, Nanmen Huai and Nanmen Huai to comfort them, "The three generals follow the righteousness and surrender to our army. I am deeply pleased...Don't worry, I will definitely not treat the three of you unfairly."

After saying that, Zhao Hongrun, who was secretly happy, glanced at Wu Ji inadvertently from the corner of his eyes, but was surprised to find that Wu Ji's face was as deep as water, and there was a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

"What's wrong? What happened that made Wu Ji, the honest man, angry?"

Zhao Hongrun was really confused.
Chapter completed!