Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

It's a moment of either you or I dying, and you still have time to stare blankly. You are amazing.

As a chess player, it is inevitable that the first time you go out to kill the enemy yourself, you will be distracted by the enemy's blood.

The prince's personal guards are loyal to their master. Seeing that the princess had no respect for hierarchy and was so bold that she even dared to kick the prince, they decided to do so for the prince's own good, but the princess' status as a royal family should not be offended.

Then, they drew their swords and pointed them at Lin Xiaoyue, which made Lin Xiaoyue so angry that she didn't regard them as enemies and swept them all away with sticks.

Fortunately, the prince woke up in time, calmed himself down, clenched the knife in his hand, and rushed towards the enemy who was rushing over.

The master has no time to care about anything, and the guards naturally have nothing to say. They have to protect the master first.

With a "puff", the guard on the city wall saw that the prince's guards almost got into a fight with the princess, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

Covering his pounding heart, the two lines of wide noodles in his heart had already flowed into a river: Damn it, he would rather go on the battlefield to kill the enemy than be caught between the two big guys... It's too hard for him.

However, no one knew the sorrow of the defending general. Lin Xiaoyue, the prince and others below did not care whether they would be injured by the angry enemy or not. They fought with the soldiers in a blood-thirsty manner.

Those retired guards who followed Lin Xiaoyue did not expect that they would be able to return to the battlefield and fight the enemy with all their might once again. Moreover, compared to the active soldiers, after receiving special training from Lin Xiaoyue, they were more flexible and agile on the battlefield, more brave and skilled in fighting, and became more courageous as the battle went on.

Just like that, after the explosives killed a large number of enemy soldiers and seriously injured a group of them, our soldiers chased them all the way and killed another group of them, which directly broke the defense of the remaining enemy soldiers.

Many of those who failed to escape knelt down and surrendered on the spot. They were convinced, really convinced, and would never dare to invade again. They were wrong, really wrong. They begged for their lives and be taken as prisoners of war.

Finally, after a fierce battle, not only did the Sangguo Town guarded by the Crown Prince and Lin Xiaoyue create a brilliant record of crushing more than 100,000 enemy troops with 30,000 troops, but even on the entire border defense line of Dayuan, many passes wrote a glorious legend of defeating the enemy with fewer troops.

In this battle, the blood on the borderland flowed like a river, expanding the territory of Dayuan. It also spread the word that Dayuan had powerful gunpowder weapons, long-range strikes, fire suppression, all of which formed a strong military deterrent between the coalition forces and the surrounding countries.

Those who originally wanted to hide in the back and secretly observe the iron hooves of the Jin Dynasty and the Tiansheng Dynasty completely crushed the Dayuan Dynasty. They could also quietly get a piece of the pie after the war.

It’s a pity that imagination is rich, but happiness is so skinny.

While other countries watching the scene felt sympathetic, Lin Xiaoyue tied up the prisoners and dragged them away, parading them through the streets for the people of Sangguo Town to see, and they couldn't help but feel very comfortable.

If for no other reason, it was because after their Sangguo Town was incorporated into Dayuan's territory early on, many people of Tiansheng and other countries laughed at them when they saw that they had become inferior people after becoming someone else's territory.

Now, they are considered the first wave of people to be accepted into Dayuan, and they are considered the common people of Dayuan. How can they not be happy when they see that "their" country has become stronger and won the war with fewer troops?

Compared to them, the status of prisoners of war was that of forced labor, and their treatment was much worse.

Although Lin Xiaoyue advised the garrison not to kill prisoners of war easily, after all, they were also other people's children, and as long as they were willing to "turn to the light", they should be given a chance.

Let these prisoners of war start with the most arduous labor, assign them the hardest and most tiring work, such as clearing land, laying cement, etc., and only give them half a bowl of rice for each meal, as long as they don't starve to death.

It would be a small matter if I had enough food to escape, but it would be troublesome if I did something naughty in secret and caused trouble for them.

As for if they perform well in the later stage, you can consider disbanding them and recruiting them into the army, starting from military households, to slowly accumulate military merits for their future counterattacks against the Jin Kingdom and Tiansheng. Not only can they get rid of the status of prisoners of war, but they can also become upright citizens of Dayuan.

Don’t mention it, the people of Chengdayuan are so good.

At least on the battlefield, advanced weapons can keep many soldiers alive. At the same time, the food in the barracks is much better now, with a delicious instant noodle meal every day, as well as a variety of chicken, pork, beef and mutton. Even though each soldier only gets two or three pieces in his bowl, can Jin Guo and Tiansheng do it?

Also, the wounded soldiers don’t have to just wait to die, we have alcohol.

Do you know what alcohol is?

When treating wounded soldiers, they were given a large bowl of soju to make them drunk, which would reduce the pain during surgery. It also killed bacteria and increased the survival rate of the wounded after surgery.

If I'm really unlucky and have to retire, I don't have to be afraid.

Ever since their Seventh Uncle took charge of the military camp, almost all the retired soldiers who were homeless have found a place to stay.

I heard that the entertainment city in the imperial city only recruits retired soldiers as waiters; and the royal workshops also only recruit retired soldiers; those who are lucky enough to be accepted by Princess Le'an, the treatment they receive, wow, I can't tell you, you know, everyone is scrambling to get in there, and if I tell you too much, there will just be more competitors.

In short, this is only the current stage. Life is getting better and better, and there is more hope. Everyone hopes that the Seventh Uncle and Princess Le'an will live long and provide a way out and welfare for more retired soldiers in the future.

Through word of mouth and seeing things with their own eyes, some smart prisoners of war realized that Dayuan did not intend to torture and kill them, but hoped to subdue them through persuasion and appeasement.

Although Dayuan's approach was a wise strategy, it also reflected the uneasy hearts of those who had become prisoners of war. The top management of Dayuan did not despise or humiliate them. Instead, they loved them and considered them.

What does it mean that the prisoners of war can be treated so well? It means that the top leaders of Dayuan are kind-hearted. If they are so lenient to the prisoners of war, then they will be even more lenient to the people.

Otherwise, look at the residents of Sangguo Town, they all hold their heads high, have smiles on their faces, and are in good spirits. It is obvious that Dayuan has not treated them unfairly after incorporating Sangguo Town into its territory.

In this case, how could the prisoners of war not be moved?

To put it bluntly, when they were citizens of Tiansheng or the Kingdom of Jin, they were just at the bottom of society. When faced with the powerful, even if they were just wealthy gentry, they were exploited and oppressed to the utmost.

Even if they joined the army, they were just low-level soldiers. They worked when their superiors told them to work and charged when their superiors told them to charge. There was no mention of whether there would be any pension or any way out for their families if they died or were injured.

In contrast, in the Dayuan Dynasty, everything was arranged clearly, without any contempt or humiliation.