Chapter 1004 The Difficulty of Captivity

At this moment, the Rinan army still had more than 10,000 people leaving along the mountain road. As time went by, they gradually joined forces. Wu Yi's early situation of fighting with more people against fewer people turned into fighting with fewer people against more people.

Even though he couldn't completely eat them, Wu Yi kept hanging behind them, making surprise attacks from time to time to make it difficult for them to retreat.

Gradually, the Rinan army retreated to the mountain pass and formed a formation again, but the posture was completely different from the previous one when they entered the mountain pass. They were lifeless. If they hadn't been forced to raise their fighting spirit under the desire to survive, they would have collapsed on the ground at this moment.

Fighting and retreating, the Rinan army left the mountain pass in an orderly manner. Behind them was a flat plain, and they could return to Tianlang City to rest. At this moment, Wu Yi seemed to know that there was little point in continuing to pursue them, and did not let his men continue to harass them.

The Rinan army thought they had escaped, and even though there were no enemies behind them, they kept running until they were exhausted before they collapsed on the ground. It seems that Wu Yi brought them a lot of deterrence.

Wu Yi was standing at the first line of defense at the mountain pass, looking ahead with a calm face. At this moment, the 2,000 people he had ambushed in advance were probably already engaged in battle. It was impossible to say that he was not paying any attention to it, but at this moment, even if he was panicking, he could not affect the war.

This place was far away from the resting place of the Rinan army, so naturally he could not see the specific battle. There were many mountains, and as long as one mountain blocked the view, it would be useless.

Behind him, Gan Tianba was smiling happily. After all, everyone was happy after winning the battle. He said to Wu Yi: "Commander, after this battle, the military report of the meritorious service should be directly on the emperor's desk!"

Wu Yi smiled lightly and did not answer. Judging from the results, it should be correct. With such a glorious military exploit, the "rebellious" things he had done before would become a bubble, and his position in the court would also be able to rise to a higher level.

But he was a newcomer, and he would be criticized in the future, so he had to be cautious.

An hour later, the ambush troops sent by Wu Yi to intercept reported that 3,000 enemies were killed and wounded, and the number of surrendered was not less than this number. Only less than 4,000 enemies escaped.

Killing more than 20,000 people before and after, this can be called a great victory in any case, but at the same time, there is also a problem in front of Wu Yi, how to deal with these prisoners?

In the previous battle behind him, 5,000 enemies were captured. In addition, this time, the number of people is nearly 10,000. If it is not handled properly, it will be a disaster. At this moment, the number of prisoners is more than the number of Wu Yi's own army. If someone instigates, it will be a disaster.

The simplest and crudest method is to kill the surrendered. Only the dead are the quietest and will not make a fuss.

But Wu Yi is sure that if he does this, those who only know how to talk in the court will scold Wu Yi. Not only will the reward he has received be discounted, but he will also bear the reputation of being rude and brutal.

Therefore, killing the surrendered is not an option. This is the worst option.

In the middle strategy, Wu Yi can cut off a few of their thumbs or toes, let them go back, and spare their lives. In this way, their combat capability will be significantly reduced, and at the same time, the enemy's food can be consumed.

However, this road is not easy. First of all, it will stimulate the other party's intention to fight to the death. Even if there is a chance to surrender in the future, they will not surrender. Wu Yi may pay a greater price for this.

At the same time, in the eyes of those old masters who have never been on the battlefield, this is also a brutal act, and they should be scolded.

The best strategy is naturally to subdue them and use them for my own use. It can also solve Wu Yi's problem of insufficient troops and gain both fame and fortune.

However, even a fool knows that the best strategy is the best, but in terms of execution, this is the most difficult. It is not an exaggeration for Wu Yi to say that he is alone in the deep, without the support of the rear. If there is a rear, this problem will be given to the rear.

In this situation, the Sunan tribe garrison stationed in Tianlang City may gather a large army again. At that time, there will be strong enemies in front and unstable elements in the back. How should Wu Yi deal with it?

Two thousand people escorted three thousand captives and entered the new camp in a mighty manner. They were treated like heroes. In fact, in addition to these three thousand captives, Wu Yi also harvested about one thousand horses.

These horses were all fine horses that grew up in the lush grasslands. They might not be the fastest, but in terms of endurance, they were the best in the world. Like horses, people who grew up in that land were also extremely tough. Even if they were imprisoned and unarmed, they would not change their tiger and wolf colors.

Such captives were really dangerous.

That day and night, after a great victory, Wu Yi relaxed the restrictions in the army while eating the remaining fine wine and food. Even so, there were too many wolves and too little meat, and there was still not enough to share.

Compared with the soldiers, the area where the captives were held was cold and desolate. The soldiers guarding them were also worried that they would rise up to resist, and they all opened their eyes wide, worried that something might happen.

However, what was supposed to happen still had to happen. Before the celebration banquet was over, Wu Yi heard the guards beside him report that a captive tried to escape. After being killed by the soldiers, the captives moved and were excited. They wanted to resist and it was difficult to suppress them.

If it was just a normal movement, the captives! It was normal and would not be reported to Wu Yi's desk. Since it was reported to Wu Yi, it was obviously a big fuss!

What you worry about will come true. After knowing this, Wu Yi put down the document he was drafting and went to the prisoner camp with a group of people to appease them.

It was called a camp, but it was actually just an open space, surrounded by wooden spikes on all sides, without quilts or toilets.

To feed, just throw it in from outside. Wu Yi himself didn't have enough food and wine for the celebration banquet, and even less for the captives. So, if these captives want to eat, they have to steal food from their own people. This riot was caused by this.

Life here is the same as the pigsty, or even worse than the pigsty. At least there are people cleaning the pigsty on time, but no soldier wants to go in. Maybe they will be killed by these people. At that time, there will be no place to reason. These soldiers who came from bandits are all very smart!

When Wu Yi came to the prisoner camp, almost all the soldiers had arrived. Only in this way, the number of people on both sides looked about the same. Otherwise, there were more captives and they might really take the opportunity to resist.

Torches burned in the north at night. Although it was spring, the cold wind at night was still very cold and penetrated people's skin.

Wu Yi refused the request of the people around him, pushed aside the crowd, and came to the front. Although it was the front, there was still enough space. It was impossible for the captives to take the opportunity to behead.