Although Huaxia blocked F Nation's attack, its own injuries were also extremely severe.
In this defense battle, the number of sacrifices reached 1.22 million.
Adding in the losses from before, Huaxia's current military strength was only 2.3 million left.
The four surrounding countries were eyeing Huaxia like tigers watching their prey, the crisis was not truly resolved.
"The Island Nation and H Nation are closest to us. Once they find out our current situation and launch an attack, we might not be able to hold on." Zhang Xuan's face was full of worry. "I believe they'll be sending troops soon!"
Xuan Yuan Zhen pondered bitterly for a long time. Huaxia was too badly wounded. Jiang Kai's strength was indeed strong, but one person could not possibly stop thousands of troops.
The current situation was even more difficult than before.
After thinking a bit, Xuan Yuan Zhen stood up, looked around left and right, "Where's Jiang Kai?"
Jiang Kai was resting with the others from Fire God.
Jiang Kai hadn't consumed much. In the battle, he had only used God's Descent once, killing Chatham without much effort. His condition had basically recovered.
Seeing that the other four needed time to recover, Jiang Kai didn't disturb them, instead wandering about on his own.
"Hey, Kai!" Others kept greeting Jiang Kai, some even whistled at him, "Kai, nicely done!"
Several girls glanced at him shyly, and when Jiang Kai's gaze swept over, they quickly turned their heads elsewhere.
All in all, everyone's eyes were on Jiang Kai.
Although Jiang Kai smiled and nodded back, he still felt somewhat uneasy, so he headed toward a place with fewer people.
Just then, two men, seeing Jiang Kai, quickly got up and ran over.
These two were precisely the tall man and his comrade who had benefited from Jiang Kai's God's Descent.
Stopping before Jiang Kai, the two men, about thirty years old, looked a little restrained.
"Kai, my name's Fang Chen, this is Lu Yu!" Fang Chen said.
Lu Yu also said excitedly, "Well, it's lucky you rushed here in time, otherwise we might not have held out this time. And also, Huaxia's National Soul is just too amazing!"
Jiang Kai felt a little embarrassed and said, "Brother Chen, Brother Yu, the National Soul was created by Huaxia people together. I just carried it over, that's all. You guys are the truly incredible ones, blocking four waves of attacks. Too strong."
Jiang Kai's praise was heartfelt. In another country, under such circumstances, they might have already fallen long ago.
Fang Chen and Lu Yu discovered Jiang Kai had no airs at all, and he even called them "brother," very easy to get along with. Gradually, they became familiar.
"Hey, where are you heading?" Fang Chen asked.
Jiang Kai didn't really have anywhere in mind. He just didn't want to be under so much attention. He scratched his head, "How about heading over to see the prisoners of war?"
Eight hundred thousand POWs—Huaxia hadn't killed them. Keeping them around was hard to deal with for the moment, but at the same time, it could also become a hidden danger.
"Let's go, we'll take you over, so they don't get any ideas."
Around the POWs, many Huaxia soldiers were on guard, watching these guys vigilantly.
Yet the POWs were rather relaxed, chatting with each other.
"Hey, Huaxia people, do you have tea here?" a bearded POW shouted at the guards.
The guard looked at him, full of anger.
But Huaxia always treated prisoners well, and maybe there was an order from Xuan Yuan Zhen. The soldier didn't explode, just said irritably, "Still want tea? The country's almost gone and you're still thinking about tea?"
"Heh, it's just a national war event, not really destroying the country. We already did our best. Besides, even if the country really is gone, isn't human life still important?"
The soldier was speechless. After all, they came from a nation with fine traditions, their mindset was naturally different.
In the distance, Jiang Kai frowned as he looked at the situation, "Quite relaxed, aren't they…"
Fang Chen said, "Don't be fooled by appearances. Right now these POWs are a ticking time bomb. If we go attack F Nation and bring them, they'll definitely turn on us. If we don't bring them, they might stir up trouble in the rear, a headache either way."
Lu Yu shook his head, "These guys are something else, surrendering like this! This move really is a bit strong."
"Right now, the leaders must be racking their brains over this too."
Jiang Kai nodded, "Brother Xuan Yuan indeed asked me how to handle these POWs."
"Then do you have any suggestions?" Fang Chen asked.
After thinking carefully, Jiang Kai suddenly thought of something, "I'll go ask him, maybe that guy has a way. He's seen through tricks like this long ago."
Jiang Kai quickly returned to where Fire God squad was and shook Ouyang Yi awake.
He told him the situation in detail.
"Those guys aren't here as prisoners, they're here as lords. The key point is, they're a huge hidden danger." Fang Chen added.
"Ouyang big brother, you have a thick skin, you should understand this kind of behavior. Do you have a way to deal with it?"
Ouyang Yi frowned, looking at Jiang Kai, "Me, thick-skinned? … Cough cough, well, I have seen tricks like this before… let me think, how to handle it."
After a while, Ouyang Yi slapped his forehead, "Captain Kai, take me to the commander. I have an idea, it can solve this problem!"
Jiang Kai was half in doubt, but seeing Ouyang Yi so confident, he immediately brought him to Xuan Yuan Zhen and the others.
Ouyang Yi directly laid out his idea.
"Although we repelled F Nation's army, we are still the target of all. H Nation, the Island Nation, M Nation—they'll probably launch an attack before long." Ouyang Yi said.
Xuan Yuan Zhen listened seriously, "We've thought of that too. But didn't you say you had a way to deal with these prisoners?"
Ouyang Yi nodded, "We can't trust them if we take them with us. We can't trust them if we keep them at home either. So how about this."
"We have the scout teams escort all of them to other countries. We give these POWs to the other nations."
Hearing this suggestion, Jiang Kai and the others were stunned!
Send prisoners to other countries? What kind of shameless tactic was this?
Ouyang Yi continued, "What's the benefit of sending the prisoners? First, this hot potato won't be in our hands anymore. Second, more nations will know that F Nation was defeated, and suffered huge losses—their condition is even worse than ours."
"You pick the softest persimmon to squeeze. Before, we were the soft persimmon. Now F Nation is the real soft persimmon!"
Xuan Yuan Zhen's eyes widened, excited, "Make F Nation the target of all, and we'll have time to recover!"
Zhang Xuan said thoughtfully, "I already asked Luo Shen to help block the news of F Nation's defeat, planning to wait until we recover before seizing their national flag. If we send the prisoners out now, wouldn't that benefit other countries?"
Ouyang Yi nodded, "Yes, it may benefit other countries. But with these POWs here, we can't send troops anyway."
"Besides, we haven't given up on seizing F Nation's flag. In the chaos of war, I think Captain Kai might even have a better chance!"
"And also, there's one most crucial point."
"These prisoners can draw the flames of war back onto F Nation. Isn't that a chance for us to strike at the root…" As he spoke, Ouyang Yi looked at the commanders.
Xuan Yuan Zhen, Zhang Xuan, and Wang Xusheng all fell into deep thought.
After a long while, Xuan Yuan Zhen looked at Zhang Xuan and Wang Xusheng. From their eyes, he saw they had reached the same conclusion.
The three turned to Ouyang Yi together, exclaiming, "A genius! High, truly high!"
Xuan Yuan Zhen immediately stood up, "This Fire God squad is truly full of talent! Jiang Kai, I'm jealous of you!"
"Let's start at once, send off these so-called lords, and let them fully enjoy the prisoner treatment of other countries!"
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