The battle had come to an end, and one after another Baiyue people had lost the courage to resist and surrendered. They were still terrified when they knelt on the ground, because for most of the Baiyue people, the battle had come too suddenly from the beginning to the end.

The screams in the valley were only occasionally heard when the soldiers rushed into the rudimentary huts, and more often than not, the Baiyue people were constantly being driven out of the grass huts by the Qin army, and these people were basically the old and young and the women who had no combat effectiveness.

Lu Zhe didn't think that the Baiyue people gave up resistance was a victory, only a smooth return to Yiling was a real victory, there were still too many uncertainties before that, and the first additional Baiyue people came out unexpectedly, which did not mean that there was no second one. Therefore, he sent men of skill to check that there were no other exits to the valley, and also sent more men to guard and explore the periphery.

After the chaos since the start of the war stopped, the orders from the command center finally had the ability to be executed, and the five people who were disabled in the formation temporarily formed a team and began to go out to carry out military orders, but finding caves was their favorite thing. Many people secretly feel sorry for themselves, thinking that the seized beauty is not their share.

Almost all the tribes of the Baiyue people store their things in caves, all because the caves are cool and suitable for storage. This characteristic has been known to the people of the Central Plains, who have repeatedly fought with Baiyue.

The scope of this small valley is actually not small, the irregular circumference under the mountains on three sides is about 800 meters in range, the Baiyue people built more than 20 simple thatched huts in the valley, the soldiers searched one by one and found that they were all living houses, the materials in it are basically some hemp that has not been processed, this hemp can be knotted and then woven into clothing after processing, but this is not what the people who search the house want to find. In this way, many people are more sure that the food of the Baiyue people is stored in the cave.

Many people think that cleaning the battlefield is a very quick and easy task, but it is not as easy as you think.

Lu Zhe, who spared his life, inspected the battlefield in the rain under the close protection of his own soldiers, only to see that the already wet ground was trampled into mud under the rain, and corpses that were still flowing red blood could be seen everywhere. Some of the people lying on the ground were only injured but not dead, they either wailed or groaned and covered the injured parts, and their faces were distorted by the pain.

After a fierce battle, the field was full of chaos, and individual people who were playing dead would always see the victor inflicting a fatal blow on the seriously wounded of different camps on the battlefield, so that when they saw someone approaching, they were like frightened rabbits jumping up and running, and a chase ensued.

The right of the victor to slaughter the wounded on the side of the loser has been a practice since ancient times. In fact, even if it could be treated, no one would save the enemy's wounded unless the person was important enough. The victorious side of the battlefield is basically to carry its own wounded soldiers to be treated, clean up the bodies of the dead, and then make up for the wounded when encountering the hostile. This is the main theme of the battlefield.

After a short inspection, Zhao Chong escorted a few Baiyue people to find Lu Zhe.

The Baiyue people who were escorted were a bit older, and their clothing had an obvious feature, such as brightly colored feathers hanging from their necks or hats on their heads, and totem tattoos on their cheeks on their faces.

After Zhao Chong brought the people in, he revealed the identities of these people, and he looked very nervous when he reported it.

Although it was an encounter that made it impossible for Zhao Chong to carry out the task of blocking the valley, a military order was a military order, and there was no reason to use it to prevaricate, and he understood this very well.

Lu Zhe's eyes glanced back and forth at the brightly colored feather ornaments of the Baiyue people, and asked, "What about Mibu?" ”

Zhao Chong knelt on the muddy ground with a "poof", and his voice trembled: "Yu Junhou, Mibu died in battle." ”

No matter who is put into the battlefield, there is a possibility of dying in battle, Lu Zhe's mood when he heard the news did not fluctuate much, he looked at Zhao Chong, who was kneeling on the ground with a worried expression, and said, "These people are the elders of this Baiyue tribe or something?" ”

Zhao Chong only dared to answer "yes" simply, and then did not dare to say more.

There was no frightened expression on the faces of these captured Baiyue old men, on the contrary, they gave people an extremely calm feeling. When Lu Zhe was looking at them, they were also looking at Lu Zhe. I don't know what Lu Dao is for, there is a trace of arrogance in the eyes of these people. Is it a mistake, or are these people sick? Actually look at the enemies who attack and kill their own tribe with arrogant eyes!?

Lu Zhe had already learned from the captives that the Baiyue people in the small valley of Ludao were originally the same tribe as the Baiyue people who marched behind, and the Baiyue people who came to join were the one entrenched near Moshui, and today was the time for them to converge together to avoid the rainy season.

Hearing this news, Lu Zhe, who knew what happened to the encounter, once again deepened his attention to intelligence, and decided to seek help from Jiangling after going back, and found experienced professional scouts to lead the team for training. He knew the importance of intelligence very well, and he had always attached great importance to it, so he would send scouts to explore the Baiyue tribe in this small valley in advance for a month.

However, the gap between professional and amateur is not something that can be bridged by just paying attention, and he deeply knows that Lu Dao must strengthen the training of scouts, and it is estimated that he will not be so lucky next time without a group of qualified scouts.

At this time, Lu Zhe didn't ask, and an old man of Baiyue who looked like he had age spots bent down and made a chest salute with one hand, and said in an astringent voice: "Congratulations, young conqueror, I am an elder of the Guiyue tribe. We admit that you have won this battle. ”

This person's accent is very strange, to be honest, Lu Zhe didn't understand it. But it didn't matter, he didn't understand, so he raised his head and looked down at the old man who spoke with the standard posture of a victor.

If Lu Zhe could understand, he would wonder if the Baiyue people had any strange customs? Otherwise, how can you congratulate the other party on the victory?

Zhao Chong, who could understand later, helped translate, but Lu Zhe didn't quite understand what was going on.

The elder admitted defeat and was respectful, though he was clearly a little unaware of the situation and made a claim to the victor.

Under Zhao Chong's translation, Lü Zhe heard them demand that the Qin army stop the slaughter of the wounded and that the wounded on the Baiyue side be treated. After listening to the translation, he felt that this old man of Baiyue must be crazy.

The old man Baiyue is not crazy, he is normal, but it is Lu Zhe who is not normal.

The elders of the Guiyue tribe had made their intentions clear, they recognized Lü Zhe as the conqueror, but the conqueror's understanding should be that "you have conquered us with conquest, and we are willing to pay enough to admit this fact". After paying enough price, they will be released and leave.

In fact, the old man's way of doing things was the Spring and Autumn Law, and the purpose of the campaign at that time was to "extort", not to kill. In the eyes of the ancients, the so-called "levy" means "to ask".

Lu Zhe, who was not stupid, quickly understood this, and he stared at the old man who was waiting to pay the price, and the feeling in his heart was so strange that it was boundless. Modern people treat the defeated with nothing more than killing and closing, and there are not so many ways at all.

Lu Zhe put this topic aside for the time being, and asked where the Suyan tribe stored the materials, but he didn't expect the elder to be very cooperative in telling the location of several caves, so that the time that would have wasted a lot of time to find the loot was saved.