Honglou: This bastard is too persuasive.

Chapter 379 General Wan's Response
At this moment, not only General Wan reacted, but none of his men were fools. So many people were tied down by these 1000 people and came to the north, so the entire south was empty. Even if that guy had no plan, he should have taken action by now. Moreover, marching on land is not as good as marching on water. They came here with great difficulty, and it would take them half a day or a day to go back. And the other side may have launched an attack on them with their advantage on water.

With the 5000 newly trained navy soldiers left behind, they are no match for the enemy's 5000-strong army. Moreover, that guy was able to leave behind people, so he may not leave more. If these people are really lost, then the entire south will become their back garden. What if hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the south are taken away?

If this matter really develops like this, then they and General Wan will not be able to achieve any merit, and they may be killed directly by His Majesty the Emperor. After all, they are likely to suffer huge losses this time, so no one is calm at this moment.

General Wan originally wanted to torture Wang Ren and his men, but now it seems that he doesn't have the time. The most important thing now is to solve the problem at hand and see if he can go back quickly. Therefore, General Wan said directly.

"What are you all standing there for? Now that you've thought about what might happen next, you should prepare quickly and capture all 1000 people."

"Arrange some people to torture them severely and see if we can dig out some useful information. At the same time, don't let these people die. They are right. Their existence is still meaningful to us. It is very likely that we can exchange our prisoners back. At the same time, find their ships and arrange for people to familiarize themselves with the water. Have some people quickly go down the sea to Port Arthur Island to see what is going on."

"As for the others, apart from those who stayed behind to make arrangements, the rest of you will follow me and leave in several groups. We will do our best to support the south. If the port is lost, we will rescue the people in the towns first. If we can save the people in the towns, we will then protect the villages. We must not let the people of the Great Zhou Empire take too many of our people away."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid all of us will die without a burial place."

General Wan had a good idea and acted very quickly. Unfortunately, no matter how good his idea was or how fast his action was, he was still one step short. When they arrived, the entire Lushun was already peaceful. Only the fleet they had sent before was still there. That fleet did not have the thousands of people expected by the prize, but only a few dozen people and a small broken boat. After seeing them arrive, the leader ran over with tears on his face.

"Where's the general? All of them are gone. All the troops in Lushun are gone, and the ships have been taken away. We were attacked on the way, and a few of us escaped in a small boat. No one else survived, they were all killed by the enemy."

General Wan's face darkened, and he remained silent, because he had already sent people to investigate the surroundings. Sure enough, not long after this man spoke, another person ran back, knelt in front of him with an anxious look on his face and said.

"General Wan, this is bad! According to the information we just investigated, the surrounding towns are basically deserted, with only a few houses left. In some villages, even the houses were burned down. Everything was burned down, leaving nothing behind. What should we do now?"

What should I do? What should I do? General Wang also wanted to know what to do. But in this situation, he really didn't know what to do. The loss this time was too huge. Even without statistics, he knew that at least hundreds of thousands of people were taken away. Hundreds of thousands of people were taken away, and 5000 naval forces and their material ships also disappeared. In exchange, they only got more than 1000 captives. This deal can be said to be a huge loss.

General Wan knew very well that if this matter was reported in this way, he, as a general guarding the border, would have no chance of survival. Even if he survived, he would not be able to continue to be a general. This was not the result he wanted. And not only him, but all his deputy generals also understood this truth. If they reported the matter truthfully, none of them would survive.

So the situation now is how to cover up this matter, but he also understands that no matter how hard he tries to cover it up, it will be useless. The Emperor has Zhang Ganchu on his side. Even if he can cover it up for a while, it won't last long. People will investigate it thoroughly, and by then, he may really be facing death. So the best way for you now is to find a way to make up for it.

"Now that it has happened, let's see what ideas everyone has. You should also know what our current situation is."

"If you follow up on this matter and report it truthfully, I will basically destroy you, and you won't have a good ending. Even if you can barely survive, it won't be long before you are killed by others. Instead of that, why don't we give it a try? Do you have any ideas? If you do, please speak up. If you don't, then I will tell you what I think."

Now, all the people under General Wan are at a loss, how can they have any ideas? So when they heard that General Wan had some ideas, they hurriedly asked General Wan to speak quickly, they really didn't know what to do now, General Wan looked at their expressions and smiled knowingly, since you have no way, then you can only listen to me.

"You also know the Emperor's Zhang Ganchu. You all know their capabilities. If we fail to report the truth, it will be absolutely unacceptable. However, if we report the truth, it will not be of any benefit to us. We can only wait to die. Therefore, the best method is to be 80% true and 20% false."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him intently, General Wan didn't waste any words. Time was running out and he had to come up with a plan quickly, so he spoke directly.

"The so-called 80% truth and 20% falsehood, to put it bluntly, is that based on this incident, we add some fake news. As long as the mixture is reasonable and the merits and demerits can offset each other, then we will not be in any danger."

After he said this, the others reacted. In the current situation, they only captured about 1000 people. Although one of them was from the Wang family, this merit could not offset the loss of 5000 people and the loss of a large number of civilians. If they had other merits on this basis, then it was possible that they would offset each other.

The biggest problem now is how to arrange the merits of these two points to offset each other?
(End of this chapter)