The fifty thousand naval troops of Jiangdong basically chose to surrender. What else could those who refused surrender do? Their lord was dead, the Grand Commander had committed suicide, and the entire army, from top to bottom, no longer had anyone to command them. Their morale had collapsed like a burst dam. What the hell could these ordinary soldiers fight for?
Of course, after Sun Ce's years of management, it wasn't as if he had accomplished nothing. There were still some diehards.
Some broke through the encirclement.
Some launched suicidal charges.
Some slit their own throats.
But they were all in the minority, and the ordinary soldiers might not even be willing to follow them.
Ultimately, these soldiers were living people, not NPCs. They all had minds of their own. Without a monarch, they had no one left to whom they could pledge allegiance. Even making a living had become a problem, so who would still have the heart to fight?
"Give Zhou Yu a lavish funeral." Wang Xuan gave the order and left it at that.
Wang Xuan certainly didn't need to worry about incorporating the surrendered troops, but he still had to remain stationed there with Zhang Fei and the others for two more days.
As for the reason, without a large army nearby to intimidate them, how could incorporating them possibly be so easy?
However, these fifty thousand men couldn't remain on the ships any longer. They also had to be stationed separately.
Moreover, none of the naval commanders were present. Jiang Qin had merely been sent over with three men, including Ding Feng, while Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and the others had more important matters to handle.
As for what those more important matters were, of course they involved taking advantage of Jiangdong's navy being absent