Time had reached noon, and the golden sunlight was sprinkled from the sky, completely dissipating the dense fog that had enveloped the river surface earlier.
Busy soldiers walked back and forth on the riverbank, as auxiliary troops dragged corpses and placed them to the side for classification and stacking.
The corpses of the Zhou People would be collected and burned, their remains eventually buried in pits.
As for the corpses belonging to the Chu people, they would be incinerated separately according to their identity tags and their ashes and belongings sent back to their hometowns.
Barrels of water were scooped up from the river by soldiers and then poured onto the pier planks for a simple wash and rinse.
More soldiers began to line up in an orderly manner, then broke into separate camp units, following their respective officers along the official road behind the pier, quickly heading towards various towns and cities.
