Ten minutes later, the brothers finished clearing the battlefield, and each bandit received a bullet. Luo Zheng was surprised to find that there were more than thirty abducted people, all women in their twenties and thirties, with sallow faces, looking very weary. They crouched on the ground in terror, heads down, too scared to look at anyone. Baru was speaking to them about something, but everyone was just crying and no one said a word.
The horses, camels, and other assets were also counted. There were hundreds of horses, over a dozen camels, and large quantities of weapons, food, and gold and silver treasures, all piled on the ground. Luo Zheng calmly examined these spoils, pondered for a moment, then called Baru over and instructed, "Let them each choose a horse and take some food and water to go back on their own. Surely they can find their way home, right?"
