"Who doesn't know how to argue with words? As the saying goes, 'the victor becomes king, the loser becomes 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 someone in power, ruthlessness is sometimes a necessary means.
It seemed strange for someone 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 treatment of captives was either exile, land reclamation, or even being branded as slaves, forever living in the lowest strata.
