Rebellious Wei.

Summary

. Chapter 51: The Taboo of Captivity discusses the dilemma faced by Xia Hou Hui regarding how to handle captives taken during a military engagement. With captives outnumbering their escort, returning them would slow their progress and expose them to enemy pursuit. Jiang Ban suggests executing the captives and bringing back their ears as proof of merit. However, Huang Ji, a respected hundred-man commander, argues for bringing back weapons instead, emphasizing the military's reward system that favors capturing supplies over killing enemies. Meanwhile, Ding Feng, a general from Jiangdong, learns that the Wei army's garrison at Fuling has been destroyed but suspects that the Wei soldiers have taken captives, which would hinder their retreat. Confident in his knowledge of the terrain, he urges his troops to hasten their pursuit of the Wei army, determined to confront them. .

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