On October 18th, 9773 of the Radiant Calendar, the more than three thousand soldiers of the Tenth Battalion, Third Army, Twenty-Sixth Legion annihilated over a thousand Black Asia Orc soldiers in Mu Rock Town, marking the official end of the encirclement campaign.
Inside the Ninth Legion Command Department at Kixilin Main Camp, Velin sat before his desk, reviewing the battle merit documents sent over by the clerks and approving them for filing.
After more than three months, the combined forces of the Ninth Legion and Twelfth Legion, numbering over four hundred thousand troops, had scoured mountains and searched seas. Apart from several thousand lucky ones who escaped the encirclement, the remaining Black Asia Orc Army had all been wiped out.
Late at night, after approving the final battle merit document, Velin finally relaxed. He leaned back onto the cushion, stared at the top of the tent, and muttered to himself,
"More than sixty thousand Black Asia Orcs were killed in this battle, and nearly ninety thousand were captured."
During expeditionary campaigns, when the targets of conquest were humans, he could still turn prisoners into his own troops and use them to conquer cities and seize territory.
But when it came to these heretics, he could not think of any solution for the moment.
If they were all buried alive, the Church of Dawn would not permit it—at least not openly.
In a faction war, when enemy troops were defeated and captured, their own soldiers could face the same fate as well.
Sending them to mine was an option, but Lede Province was severely lacking in mineral resources. Several tons of iron ore might yield only a dozen or so pounds of iron.
"Why not gather them together, have the Garrison Unit deliberately loosen its guard, provoke a riot, and use