Chapter 1271 – Can Only Die Standing and Not Live Kneeling
Wang Jian's plan was to throw the surviving 1.3 million Tibet troops onto the Mongol battlefield. He wanted them to adjust their attack direction to go up north toward the House of Ogedai.
The Privy Court's opinion on this matter was split.
Du Ruhui argued that after the war of Tibet, the remaining 1.3 million soldiers were, strictly speaking, proper Great Xia Army soldiers unless they were disarmed.
They had just risked their lives on the Tibet battlefield. Although it was for self-survival, they had tried their best for the Empire. As such, they should be given the due respect and dignity and receive the right treatment.
"How can we treat them as consumables and toss them onto the Mongol battlefield?" Du Ruhui did not understand.
Du Ruhui's words had some sense to it.
