Chapter 1247: Chapter 1247: Another Attempt to Persuade Surrender
“Who doesn’t know how to argue with words? As the saying goes, ‘the victor becos king, the loser becos a bandit.’ Now you’ve fallen into our hands as prisoners, that’s an indisputable fact. But don’t worry, we are not unreasonable people; we won’t mistreat our captives. Whether you live or die is entirely up to you.”
“!”
The Xuanwei Army didn’t expect Li Wenli to say that, after all, the default way of dealing with prisoners was to execute them all.
After all, if you don’t remove the root, the grass will grow again with the spring breeze.
As soone in power, ruthlessness is sotis a necessary ans.
It seed strange for soone to offer them a way out instead.
However, the Xuanwei Army was worldly-wise enough to know that even if they lived, it might be a fate worse than death.
The treatnt of captives was either exile, land reclamation, or even being branded as slaves, forever living in the lowest strata.
Thinking about such a future, the leader of the Xuanwei Army snorted coldly, “The n of the Xuanwei Army are never afraid of death! I’d rather die than surrender to you.”
Bai Junjun couldn’t help but sigh after hearing this, “What benefits did the Fifth Prince give you that made you so willing to die for him? You clearly have good days ahead of you, yet you choose the most extre way.
Even if you commit suicide for him, so what? Do you expect him to appreciate it in the underworld?
To put it bluntly, he reincarnated decades ago, and what about the widows and orphans you leave behind?
Who will take care of them?
Didn’t you join the military to give them a better life?
You talk about loyalty.
But your parents who gave you life, your wife and children who rely on you—aren’t they wronged?”
Upon hearing this, the Xuanwei Army soldiers’ determination to face death began to fracture.
Yet, the leader maintained his last shred of clarity and restraint, “What’s the point in saying this now that we’re prisoners! Even if we live, we can’t return to the Northern Lands, let alone continue to shield them from wind and rain. Dying would at least honor my military service, what can living achieve!”
“Who says you can’t return to the Northern Lands? As long as you sign this surrender agreent and promise to live as civilians without starting any more wars, you can imdiately return to the Northern Lands, back to your wife and children.”
“How… how is that possible!”
This ti even the leader found it hard to believe.
Li Wenli continued to smile, “Why is it not possible? The Black Dragon Army is known for keeping its word. Are you worried that we’re pretending to let you return ho, only to silence you on the way?
The key is, what benefit is there in silencing you? It would only waste our troops with no advantage at all.
After all, if we wanted to kill you, we’d just do it directly. Why wait until you’re halfway back to act? It would waste even more resources.
As for the alleged show, it doesn’t exist. Performances are for outsiders; here it’s all Black Dragon Army people, no common folk, so who would we be performing for?”
Li Wenli’s sly smile left the man speechless.
It was at this mont that the Xuanwei Army’s leader suddenly realized.
He thought the Black Dragon Army erged from so obscure corner, but they had long dominated this world.
And his master, the Fifth Prince, as well as his colleagues in the Imperial Capital, were likely gone.
Looking at the tens of thousands of brothers behind him, contemplating the words Li Wenli just said, the Xuanwei Army’s leader felt a mix of emotions.
Finally, he was the first to kneel down and sighed, “I… accept surrender.”
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