It was not until noon on the third day that three thousand reinforcements arrived.
Nanhe City is located on the edge of Lanshui River, but Danchen County borders Yuci Mansion. The distance between the two sides is nearly two hundred miles. In three and a half days, we traveled nearly two hundred miles. Although we were marching within a controlled area, we did not need to carry much luggage. But the marching speed is not too slow.
"You came just in time. Danchen County has few soldiers and not enough manpower to guard the prisoners." Lu Wu said happily when he saw Qiu Tong and others in Danchen County.
"Husband, how many prisoners have you taken? There are not even enough manpower to guard the prisoners?" Qiu Tong was surprised.
"Five thousand people." Lu Wu stretched out a slap with a proud smile on his face.
These five thousand people are all the elites of the Chu State. Unlike the cannon fodder county soldiers, they are truly included in the Chu State's army roster.
Excluding the navy, the entire Nanhe Prefecture only has 11,000 elites.
In fact, if Lu Wu had attacked the camp alone in the night attack that day, even if he captured Cen Zhan and six captains, he might not be able to force the entire army to surrender.
However, he led more than a thousand troops and entered the Yuci Mansion while the elites were tired and sleeping. Cen Zhan and others were captured by Lu Wu and had no one to command them.
In such a situation, even if he risked his life, he could not change the outcome of the annihilation of the entire army, so he had to restrain the soldiers to surrender.
"Master, you are eating alone again!" Jin Ju pouted. There were no outsiders in the room at this time, so she could act coquettishly.
On that day, it was agreed that Lu Wu and his horse would take charge of the situation first to prevent Yuci Prefecture Fenyuan General Cen Zhan from marching suddenly. As for the official decisive battle, the battle would not start until the arrival of the army.
The fifth girl was originally thinking about being able to fight alongside Lu Wu, and was very excited, but in the end, she hurriedly and slowly failed to catch up.
"The military situation is urgent. I can't just wait for you and miss the opportunity." Lu Wu defended.
Before Lu Wu's night attack, he personally went out to approach the Chu army's camp and confirmed that most of the Chu army's troops were indeed dying of fatigue before launching a full-scale night attack.
Except for leaving a team of men to guard the city gate, he didn't even leave a single soldier to guard the city.
"Well - okay, then I forgive the young master!" Jin Ju came over and hugged Lu Wu, rubbing her forehead against Lu Wu's nose.
"We will arrange for soldiers to take over from Danchen County soldiers to guard the prisoners. What other orders do you have, sir?" Qiu Tong asked.
"No instructions, come and sleep with me tonight." Lu Wu said with a smile.
"The sisters are still here!" Qiutong said angrily.
After becoming a couple, Qiu Tong became a little shy and slapped Lu Wu on the shoulder.
Just this slap, if it hits an ordinary person on the shoulder, even if it cannot break the bone, at least it will leave a big bruise on it
"Then let's come together." But Lu Wu didn't care.
For a strong man like him, whose external skills have surpassed the ultimate realm, this kind of power can be regarded as flirting at best.
"whee."
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A night of silence.
On the second day, Lu Wu allocated a thousand men and horses to escort all the officers above the rank of Yuci Prefecture, including Fenyuan General Cen Zhan, back to Nanhe City, waiting to negotiate terms with the Chu State in exchange for ransom and food.
Among the remaining four major families in Nanhe Mansion, some are good at bargaining, and they are definitely more ruthless than Lu Wu when it comes to ransom.
As for these people colluding with Cen Zhan and others to rebel together - now the army of Nanhe Prefecture is all composed of non-commissioned officers promoted by Lu Wu, and it is useless for a polished general without soldiers to rebel.
After seeing off these officers, Lu Wu ordered his men and horses to come to the prisoner camp. The atmosphere in the prisoner camp suddenly became tense.
The number of prisoners killed is unknown. In this era, there were very few people who massacred prisoners of war, but it was not impossible!
At that time, the Qin people killed captives several times, which caused their reputation to be ruined. In the end, the undeclared war aroused public outrage, and various countries joined forces to almost destroy the Qin State in one fell swoop - in fact, the Qin State was already destroyed at that time.
At that time, the Qin State had 20 counties and more than 400 cities. They were all captured and no one was left. The King of Qin died in front of the battle. Except for the field army led by two fighting generals, the remnants of the Qin State did not even have a foothold.
It was just that the martial arts of Qin State was very strong at that time and its temperament was fierce. Although half of the four generals were killed in the battle and four of the seven martial arts masters were killed in the battle, there were still many masters among these Qin people.
The two fighting generals found that they could not gain a foothold in the Central Plains, so they took the remaining soldiers and defeated the generals to protect the youngest son of King Qin and fled the Central Plains. It only took a hundred years to defeat the thirty-two countries outside the territory, and now they are making a comeback again.
The soldiers were arrayed outside, and Lu Wu rode his horse into the camp.
The captive soldiers whispered to each other quietly, staring at Lu Wu who was riding his horse alone into the crowd in the camp, their expressions gradually becoming fierce.
"Is this their commander? He looks so young, with tender skin and tender flesh. Does he have a backing in his family?"
"We swarmed up, captured this person, and forced them to let us go?"
When you are a prisoner, your life is in the hands of others. It would be good if you can escape.
"Look at the halberd in his hand. It weighs hundreds of kilograms at least. We are unarmed, how can we deal with him?"
"And that horse is so tall, who can stop it when it runs?"
"What are you afraid of? Let's all go together and hug the horse's hooves with all our strength. I don't believe he can kill him alone!"
“It’s just that”
The prisoners gradually became agitated, and some began to approach Lu Wu Ma.
There were also a few people who desperately squeezed back, hoping to get further away from Lu Wu - these people had seen how Lu Wu killed like a ton of people.
Lu Wu looked at the soldiers who were gradually surrounding them in front of and behind the horses. He just sneered, held the halberd with one hand, and pressed it down.
'boom! '
The atmosphere around Black God suddenly settled, as if the entire sky had collapsed.
"Eighteen cuts upon mountains upon mountains - the heavens and the earth are covered!"
Within a radius of two feet, all the captive soldiers were crushed to the ground, and a few even had their necks broken as they were looking at others with their necks crooked.
Black God slowly moved forward, and the unlucky guy who was stepped on screamed loudly as his bones shattered into mud.
Lu Wu's voice sounded. Although the words were not very loud, they were able to suppress the screams and were heard clearly by the whole camp.
"A certain Luwu family now gives you losers a chance to choose! Either join a certain family as a sergeant to seek wealth, or be sent to the southern border of Wu as a slave laborer to build your own territory for a certain family. You can choose between the two. Choose one."
The camp suddenly became quiet, with only the captive soldiers whose legs were broken by the Black God still screaming.
"Noisy!" Lu Wu lowered his halberd a little, and the black iron halberd's edge pierced the man's forehead, and the screams stopped abruptly.
After threats and inducements are established, it is natural to talk about the benefits.
"Under a certain family, the soldiers are paid one tael per month. They are not allowed to keep any property privately in each battle. There are dedicated people to collect it. The income from each battle is divided into four parts. One part is divided equally among the soldiers, one part belongs to the general, and one part belongs to a certain family. Finally, One portion is reserved as a military pension, which is publicized after every battle and written into military law.”
"In the battle the day before yesterday, I received a thousand taels of gold and six thousand taels of silver. All the soldiers who participated in this battle can be divided into eight taels of silver. Those who performed well will also be rewarded. This is just one of them;
Hundreds of generals at all levels were captured in this battle, and it is expected that they will receive a ransom of 450,000 taels. When the ransom arrives, ordinary soldiers who participate in this battle will receive 40 taels of silver each, and officers will receive ten times that amount!
Anyone who fights bravely and is killed or seriously wounded will be given acres of land and a large sum of money to his family so that his family will have no worries. Anyone who escapes from battle and shakes the morale of the army will have his people beheaded and his family destroyed to serve as a warning to those who come! "
Before Lu Wu finished speaking, all the soldiers arrayed outside the camp were breathing rapidly, and even the eyes of the prisoners of the Chu army in the camp lit up.
