The little guard didn't hesitate this time and followed Huo Ling forward.
When he stopped, he looked up.
There were two people chatting on the road ahead.
One is the vanguard general Huo Li, and the other is Huang Ming.
"What a coincidence," Huo Ling walked over with a smile, "What are you talking about here?"
"General?"
The two of them turned around and looked at each other. They were both stunned. After they realized what they were doing, they quickly stood up straight and said hello.
Huo Ling waved his hand casually, "We are all a family, don't be so formal."
His eyes fell on the bandage on Huo Li's waist, "Is the injury on your waist feeling better?"
Ha ha.
Huo Li laughed, "It's just a little skin injury, it's no longer serious now."
"If the general wants to send troops to attack the Benlu tribe, the general can lead the troops immediately."
"You," Huo Ling shook his head and reached out to pat his shoulder.
"The war has just ended, and the entire army is in urgent need of repairs. Therefore, the attack on Benlu is not urgent for the time being."
"You should have a good rest first and get well as soon as possible. There will be many wars in the future."
"Yes!" Huo Li responded loudly.
Huo Ling ignored him and turned his attention to Huang Ming next to him.
"Tomorrow, I received your mother's letter."
Ahem.
"What letter?" Huang Ming looked around with an embarrassed look on his face.
His mother's surname is also Huo, and she and Huo Ling and Huo Li are actually cousins.
It seems that he had to call them cousin.
"What letter? You are a cunning man." Huo Ling said with a smile: "The war is over. Will there be anything going on here in the fortress for a while? Just pack up and go home with the guards first. This will save your mother from being worried."
After saying that, he didn't wait for Huang Ming to answer and looked at Huo Li next to him again.
"Brother Li, please count up our Huo family and all the in-laws and nephews like Huang Ming. Those who are not married should be given a holiday and let them go home to get married."
Huo Li was startled and quickly remembered the news about the Zhenguo Palace in the newspaper.
His face became slightly gloomy, and he nodded in agreement: "I'll take note of it, I'll do it soon."
The three of them chatted for a while.
Huo Ling raised his head and said, "This is not far from the prisoner of war camp. Since we have met, let's go and see our guests together."
Huo Li and Huang Ming had no objection, turned around and followed.
"General," Huang Ming was very curious, "I have captured so many Xiliang people this time. It's not a big deal to keep them alive. What are you going to do with them?"
Huo Ling smiled slightly.
"Of course you can't keep them forever. Some of them will be used to exchange prisoners of war with Xiliang."
Speaking of this, his face darkened.
There is not much food in Xiliang, and prisoners of war are rarely left on the battlefield.
Whenever they encountered an enemy who was injured or surrendered, they would kill them without hesitation.
I guess I won't be able to replace anyone this time.
"In addition, I have to donate part of it back to Star City."
Huang Ming nodded.
This is customary.
"The others picked out their right tendon and one hamstring and put them back into the grassland in batches."
In fact, two thousand Blood Moon prisoners with hand tendons and hamstrings were driven into the grassland half a month ago.
"In batches?" Huang Ming was a little confused, "Why do we need to split it up? The fortress doesn't have much food and healing medicine, not even enough for us to eat and use."
And even if it is enough, there is no need to waste it on these enemies.
Ha ha.
Huo Ling was not surprised either. He laughed and patted Huang Ming on the shoulder.
"You probably don't know the general situation of the grassland now, right?"
Huang Ming was stunned for a moment and soon became thoughtful.
"To be honest, I do
It’s not very clear, I just know that all the Xiliang people who invaded Dingxi have returned to the grassland.”
cough.
Huo Li next to him coughed.
"The people of Xiliang retreated, but in fact the extent of retreat was different for each tribe."
Some tribes were able to form complete small groups while escaping. They were so frightened that they ran all the way back to their hometowns.
Some tribes had very few people left, and they fell apart as they walked, and finally disappeared on the grassland.
In some cases, such as Angel, nearly 50,000 people only retreated to the Benlu tribe and then stopped there.
Huang Ming laughed.
"I know this. In the battle of Dingxi, Kang Ansheng led his troops to escape privately, trapping Xueyue and annihilating his entire army. The reason why they stopped at Running Deer now is probably because they did not dare to pass through Xueyue's territory."
"You're right." Huo Li nodded appreciatively.
The Huo family suffered too many casualties, and he intended to teach every surviving nephew.
"Most of the prisoners of war in our hands are Blood Moon people."
"As one of the largest tribes in Xiliang, the Xueyue people have always had very strong self-esteem. This time they were defeated and surrendered and were captured. In fact, they didn't feel that they couldn't defeat us, but that Angel stabbed them in the back.
One knife. As a result, he was attacked from both sides and was finally defeated."
Speaking of this, Huo Li sneered.
"These days, I go around among the prisoners of war from time to time, and I can often hear them cursing the Angier people. Which one is scolded in an unpleasant way..."
Huo Ling glanced at his cousin indifferently.
Huo Li didn't just wander around among the prisoners of war, he also sent people to make great efforts to sow discord.
Among the Blood Moon people who are now captured, almost all of them gnashed their teeth with hatred whenever Angel was mentioned.
However, among the 20,000 captives, there are always some die-hards who insist that the tribes in Xiliang are one family.
These people had been rescued by Huo Li a long time ago, and he sent them to see the Wolf God without hesitation.
"In this case, it would be more beneficial for us to release them back in batches."
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Ben tribe, Angel station.
Kang Ansheng has been a little anxious recently.
The food at the station is almost gone, and the medicine has been exhausted. However, the food and grass in the rear are always far away.
Now the entire garrison was filled with the groans of pain from wounded soldiers, and the soldiers gathered together from time to time to discuss whether they should kill the war horses to satisfy their hunger.
"Ben Lu is the landowner here and is most familiar with the situation here. Let them immediately find a way to get some food from around. Hurry!"
"Yes!" The messenger hurried away.
Elder Dong saw this and shook his head silently.
More and more Benlu tribesmen left, sometimes hundreds of people left in a day.
Now that they have taken care of themselves, why bother to help Angel get something to eat.
And even if the running deer can find some food for the time being, I'm afraid it can only feed 50,000 people for one or two meals, which is not enough at all.
"Duoji." Kang Ansheng looked at the most trusted elder Dong expectantly, "I wonder if you can do anything?"
Before Elder Dong could speak,
Report!
The loud voice of the messenger sounded outside.
"Deputy leader, a team of about 1,100 people appeared a hundred miles east. They all look like wounded soldiers. They are coming towards us."
call.
Kang Ansheng ran out immediately, "Who are they? Do they have food?"
Xiao Bing had a strange look on his face, "Back to the deputy chief, they should all be soldiers of the Blood Moon Tribe. They were all so hungry that their eyes were green, and they didn't seem to have any food."
Blood Moon Man?
Kang Ansheng was startled and couldn't help but look back at Elder Dong who had just come out.
"They must be the Blood Moon people," Elder Dong pondered, "tell me about their specific situation.
.”
As for whether it's Yun Chui Ren, there's no need to worry.
Because except for the Kailun tribe, the other Xiliang people look very different from the Yunchui people, so it is impossible to confuse them.
"It's definitely the Blood Moon Man." Xiao Bing explained what he saw in detail, making the two of them look solemn.
"Duoji," Kang Ansheng was a bit confused, "What should we do with them?"
I already don't have much food and medicine, and if a thousand wounded people arrive, it will be even worse.
However, the opponent is actually the Blood Moon Man, another powerful force on the grassland.
If we ignore them, or even shut them out and let them starve to death on the grassland, once the news reaches the Blood Moon tribe, the consequences can be imagined.
At that time, even if the Prairie King mediates in the middle, I'm afraid it won't work.
And the food they urgently need cannot even be transported to the east.
well.
If you have too many debts, you don’t have to worry; if you have too many lice, you don’t have to itch.
Elder Dong gave a long sigh.
"Killing is definitely not allowed. It's just a thousand mouths. Take them in."
Maybe this can help ease the relationship with Blood Moon.