Chapter 439: World Chapter After everything is over.

The 20 defeated soldiers of Xuanyong gathered in the Xuanyong Plateau, finally, under the leadership of Shang Yang, began to move towards the exit of the plateau in an orderly manner.

Crack, crack.
Accompanied by the low and long sound of armor plates rubbing against each other, these defeated soldiers followed Shang Yang with their heads down and lifeless faces. They looked like a group of old oxen weakly dragging a pile of scrap copper and iron slowly forward.

That scene, nothing but loneliness.

Indeed, for any brave soldier, the most shameful thing is to surrender, because from then on they will be defined by the world as cowards who are afraid of death and love life, and will be subjected to constant and ruthless ridicule from the enemy for the rest of their lives.

How can one not feel discouraged by such a future?
only.
The strange thing was that the Xuanyong soldiers, who had been mentally prepared, were shocked to find that the moment they walked out of their own high ground, what they were facing was not the sarcasm and ridicule from the federal soldiers, but overwhelming cheers and applause!
"Hey, look, they're coming out!"

"Haha! Welcome, welcome!"

"You Xuanyong men are all great!"

"Hey, can you please stop looking so dejected?"

But outside Xuanyong Highlands there was a sea of ​​people. Countless federal soldiers were crowded at both ends of the avenue outside the highlands, lining the streets to welcome them like a victorious army returning from a triumphant battle. If conditions allowed, it seemed they would have beaten drums and gongs!

Such a scene was in stark contrast to what they had imagined, and the already dejected Xuanyong soldiers were so shocked that they looked confused and at a loss.

what's the situation?
What's the reason for this enthusiastic atmosphere?

Why are they so warmly welcomed?
Shouldn't the enemy humiliate these surrendered enemies by mocking them to the utmost?

Just when the Xuanyong soldiers were all confused, a centurion from the Federation Legion came up to them at the front and greeted them warmly: "Welcome, warriors of Xuanyong! In response to the supreme order of the Lord Alliance, all officers and soldiers of the Second Main Force of the Federation Central Legion are waiting for you here. My name is Ruan Xian, and you are welcome to join our Federation Legion!"

As the leader of the Xuanyong faction, Shang Yang naturally had to stand up and talk to him. However, like the Xuanyong soldiers behind him, he was still a little shocked.

"thank you all."

Although he was unwilling to surrender, and although the two sides had been sworn enemies until two days ago, Shang Yang still politely thanked the captain in front of him.

"It's true that heroes emerge young." Ruan Xian took a close look at Shang Yang, then shook his head and said with a hearty smile: "In fact, we should be the ones thanking you. Your arrival will make our federal army stronger. Please rest assured that you will still be treated equally in the federal army. I hope you don't need to be too restrained, because from now on, we are comrades-in-arms!"

Comrades?
Hearing this, a trace of humiliation and bitter smile inadvertently flashed across Shang Yang's face.

The world changes so quickly. They were fighting in this place just two days ago.

"Thank you for your trust. We are also honored to join your legion!" It was not until Che Ying on the side took the lead in performing a military salute of Xuanyong Kingdom to thank Ruan Xian and poked Shang Yang with his elbow that Shang Yang came back to his senses.

But soon, Shang Yang said something shocking.

"If you want us to surrender, you must agree to one of our conditions. Otherwise, we would rather die than surrender!" Shang Yang said to himself.

Ruan Xian turned his gaze away from Che Ying's face and returned to Shang Yang: "Please speak."

Ignoring Che Ying's desperate glances, Shang Yang straightened his back, stared firmly into Ruan Xian's eyes and said, "You can ask us to surrender, but you must promise that you will not invade and kill the people of Xuanyong Kingdom in the future, and you must not force us to attack any capital of Xuanyong Kingdom! Also, after joining your federation, how do you plan to settle us?"

"Shang Yang!" Che Ying's face changed, and he felt dizzy. How could this be considered surrender? Did Shang Yang understand their current situation as prisoners? !
Indeed, from the perspective of the defeated, Shang Yang's behavior at this moment was indeed "shameless", but from another perspective, Shang Yang adhered to his bottom line principles and always took into account the future situation of his subordinates, which was the responsibility of a qualified commander.

At least Ruan Xian admired Shang Yang's actions and understood them.

Therefore, for Shang Yang, who was considered ungrateful by ordinary people, Ruan Xian just smiled and waved his hand, indicating that Che Ying did not need to make a fuss: "It's okay. I said that we are comrades now. There is no need to be too restrained. Just say whatever you want."

Then he said to Shang Yang: "As for your conditions, they are actually unnecessary, because one of the principles of our Glory Federation is not to massacre innocent civilians. Of course, we will not force you to invade your own homeland. The goal of our federation has always been to end this canyon war that has lasted for a thousand years!"

Hearing this, Shang Yang was stunned for a while: "Are you sure you won't continue to invade our Xuanyong?"

"Of course." Ruan Xian smiled and said, "As for the subsequent resettlement issues, you don't have to worry about it. We have set up special residences for you within the federal sphere of influence. If necessary, we will bring your respective families over as soon as possible so that you can reunite with your respective families."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Xuanyong soldiers around Shang Yang finally couldn't help showing their joy.

"No way?"

"Really?!"

"You, are you really going to let us reunite with our families?!"

Glancing around at the excited Xuanyong soldiers, Ruan Xian smiled again and said, "Of course! I said that we are already comrades-in-arms. Any soldier who joins the Federation will be treated fairly."

Ruan Xian smiled at Shang Yang and said, "Not only that, when the Federation completely takes over the entire Xuanyong Kingdom in the future, you, as the first batch of surrenderers, will have a greater chance of being directly promoted to the administrators of Xuanyong Kingdom! According to our leader, we hope that the natives of Xuanyong Kingdom can continue to rule their own territory. The best case scenario is that the new Xuanyong Kingdom can be regarded as a major force and included as one of the five major alliance members of our Glory Federation!"

"Oh my God." Yingyu covered her mouth subconsciously, unable to believe what she saw.

She, no, not just her, all the Xuanyong soldiers would never have dreamed that the Federation would adopt the most humane and most superior treatment for them, a group of defeated soldiers!
This is like a promotion match. Although you lost, as the MVP of the losing side, you not only did not lose stars, but you were even promoted to the king because of your outstanding performance!
Smiling and glancing at the beautiful girl beside Shang Yang, Ruan Xian nodded and said, "I believe that as long as you stay in the Federation for a while longer, you will also like the Federation." After that, Ruan Xian stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation: "Then, please leave your weapons where they are. I will be responsible for introducing you to meet our supreme leader, and then lead you back to the rear of the Federation to reorganize and rest."

Finally, Ruan Xian looked at the dark mass of Xuanyong troops behind Shang Yang again, and added: "By the way, we hope you can come in batches, preferably with the specifications of a main force at a time, which is about 1000-2000 people."

Shang Yang frowned: "Why?"

Ruan Xian smiled bitterly and said, "Because there are too many of you, there is no other way. If we transport so many people at once, I'm afraid our transport matrix will be overloaded. If something goes wrong, it will be a disaster."

Shang Yang was stunned for a moment, and Che Ying, the captain of a thousand men, stepped forward and said, "Then let my troops go first. Shang Yang, you guys come too."

Shang Yang and Yingyu looked at each other, and finally nodded silently.

"So, it's been decided, right? Then please follow me." Seeing that everyone agreed, Ruan Xian immediately turned around and led the way.

In this way, under the leadership of Ruan Xian, 1532 Xuanyong soldiers of the th main force of the Xuanyong Corps in the middle began to march along the road towards the federation.

Along the way, wherever they passed, there was thunderous cheers, and a large number of federal soldiers rushed to welcome their arrival.

"welcome!"

"Our Federation's soldiers are paid very well!"

"The Federation will be your home from now on!"

The enthusiasm of the Federation completely infected everyone, so much so that in the end, even the Xuanyong soldiers let go of their psychological pressure, and many of them even started talking and laughing about family matters.

"Alas, war is too cruel. If possible, I really don't want to continue to participate in the Canyon War."

"Fuck, look at what you said, what if our future comrades hear it?"

"That's right, they, no, our Federation, looks pretty good. Working here might make it easier for us to get promoted than before!"

"When everything is over, we will get married, even if the wedding may not be held in Xuanyong."

"Well, I'll marry you!"

"Haha, you two are already planning for the future? We bachelors feel bad for us."

Suddenly, it felt like I had won a battle.

only--

As time passed slowly for more than an hour, the situation began to reverse quietly.
When the troops were about ten miles away from the middle of the canyon, the joyful noise gradually died down until it was silent! Although there were still a large number of federal soldiers on both sides of the road, compared with the enthusiasm of the federal soldiers in the first half of the road, they now seemed extremely cold, and as they went deeper and deeper, the federal soldiers' eyes and expressions became colder and colder, and the atmosphere was once very weird.

Inexplicable panic began to spread among the troops.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Why are they all silent?"

"Why are they looking at us like that?"

"Hey, these people seem to be fully armed."

Some Xuanyong soldiers finally couldn't stand this weird atmosphere and started whispering to each other, but when some soldiers took the initiative to step forward to show goodwill, they all got no response.

The federal soldiers on both sides of the road were like terrifying stone sculptures, standing neatly and quietly on both sides. Only their cold eyes showed that they were not stones, but real living people!
The originally harmonious and cheerful situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse!

"Shang Yang." Yingyu suddenly held Shang Yang's hand tightly. One could clearly feel that her extremely cold little hand was shaking uncontrollably at this moment!

"Something's wrong!" As a leader, Shang Yang had noticed the abnormalities in his surroundings earlier, but now he could only try to calm himself down.

No, that's not right!
Finally, as if he had finally realized something terrible, Shang Yang immediately turned around and whispered to Che Ying: "Immediately stop the last Xuanyong soldiers, be strict with the noise, and form a circle to see if we can retreat the same way!"

However, when the orders were secretly passed back one by one and the Xuanyong soldiers walking at the back were about to stop, a roar suddenly came from the front.

"Everyone, stop moving!!"

Along with the clanging sound of the blade being unsheathed, Ruan Xian, who had been caring for them in front of them, seemed like a different person at this moment, with a frosty expression on his face. At the same time, he coldly pointed the sharp blade in his hand at all the Xuanyong soldiers.

"I declare that from now on, you have all become prisoners of our Federation. No one is allowed to act rashly. Please cooperate, otherwise we will not be able to guarantee your personal safety!"

(End of this chapter)