In the castle, Manhard and all his generals were crowded into a fortress.
Several murderous Taishi soldiers stood at the door, and everyone outside was driven away.
Inside the fortress, the atmosphere was extremely depressing, and everyone's hearts were cast into a shadow.
Under the current situation, no one here could be happy.
This sentence seems to be derogatory.
Those who are selfish often use this sentence to justify their actions, but the fact is true.
If you don’t love yourself anymore, God will not Help you and let you fend for yourself.
It sounds derogatory because it goes against the current purpose of requiring people to be dedicated.
How many people are truly selfless?
Everyone is selfish.
When a disaster comes, everyone is thinking about their own way out.
So are the food generals in this fortress.
After being silent for a long time, Manhard, who was extremely tired, managed to cheer up and looked at the generals and said: "I believe you all know that we have no water or food.
If we can't find a way within three days, people will starve to death and thirst."
Dead people.
Just now, the Western Qin Army shot hundreds of letters of surrender from the wall, asking us to put down our weapons and surrender.
We have to put down our armor and go out of the city to surrender.
These letters of persuasion have been read by many people.
It is no longer possible to keep them secret.
We now have three options to choose from: first, go out of the city and surrender in accordance with the requirements of the Western Qin Army; second, go out of the city and negotiate with the Western Qin Army.
The army will fight to the death, and third, stay in the castle and wait to die.
You guys tell me, what choice should we make?"
People who have a certain social status tend to cherish their reputation, and these food generals are certainly no exception.
Although many people want to surrender to save their lives, the first person to stand up and advocate surrender will inevitably suffer certain consequences.
The reputation of Japanese products was probably not that good, so after Manhard asked, no one immediately stood up and advocated surrender, and no one spoke out.
A grumpy General Dashi stood up and muttered: "Your Excellency General, when things have reached this point, we can only go out of the city and fight to the death with the Western Qin people.
Even if the entire army is annihilated, we cannot succumb to the Tang people.
I would rather die fighting than die."
Don't surrender" Manhard saw that the person speaking was the mighty General Ferris, and he felt a little relieved.
Among so many generals, there was finally one who was not afraid of death.
However, before he could be happy for a long time, one of his subordinates sneered: "General Ferris, we all know that you are not afraid of death, and none of us are afraid of death.
We can all fight to the death with the Western Qin Army, but don't you ask all the soldiers and these nearly 20,000 civilians Do you all want to die?
Can you represent them?
I’m afraid they don’t want to be represented by you.”
Ferris glared at this man, but could not refute it.
He did not consider the thoughts of the soldiers and other civilians below.
He took it for granted that these people present could decide everything, but when it came to a situation involving life and death, Soldiers and civilians just don't want the limited number of people above to decide their fate.
Everyone hopes that they can decide their own fate.
Ferris said angrily: "I don't care what you think, but I will never surrender to the Tang people.
You can surrender, but please kill me before surrendering.
Otherwise, we will kill you to prevent your actions from desecrating Anhui." pull" When everyone saw that Ferris looked at death with awe and awe-inspiring righteousness, many people felt timid and did not dare to stand up against him.
"Ahem!"
Deputy General Schneider coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, "Let's not talk about surrender for now.
The second option just mentioned by the General is to fight to the death with the Western Qin people.
The civilians have no weapons, even if They are willing to fight with us, he They will only die in vain, and since their addition will reduce our overall combat effectiveness, we still have 15,000 people to use, but we are infantry and our arrows have been almost used up.
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If we want to fight with the West Qin's elite cavalry fight, our chances of winning are slim."
Ferris disagreed with Schneider's statement, "General Schneider, I don't agree with your pessimistic view.
I think that if we risk our lives and fight the Western Qin Army, our chances of winning are 30%.
That's right.
We are There are no more cavalry, but if we take the initiative to attack, we can use our numerical advantage to fight with the Western Qin cavalry, and our chances of winning will be much greater.
It is completely possible to win because the cavalry will lose their speed and their combat effectiveness will be greater. to weaken" Schneider shook his head after hearing this.
Ferris couldn't help but ask: "Why does General Schneider think what I said is wrong?
I would like to hear your wise opinions."
Schneider said: "General Ferris, it's your own idea that you want to fight with the Western Qin cavalry.
Will the Western Qin army fight you according to your ideas?
They will abandon the cavalry's best fighting method and choose to use infantry.
Do you take it too much for granted when fighting in the same way as you do?
Do you think all the generals of the Western Qin Army are fools?
If so, then why are we trapped here with no way to ask for help?"
Ferris was speechless, but his face turned red.
Schneider continued: "If we choose to fight to the death with the Western Qin Army, our possibility of victory depends on whether the Western Qin Army's general is dizzy.
If the Western Qin Army's general is dizzy and engages us in close combat, then we will win.
It is possible, but if the Western Qin Army never engages in a close and prolonged struggle with us, we will undoubtedly be defeated.
Will the Western Qin Army become dizzy?
I don’t know, I don’t think there is such a possibility.”
"The third option your Excellency General mentioned is to stay here and wait for death, waiting for a miracle.
Will there be a miracle?
The miracle is reinforcements, but the people we sent to break out and move the reinforcements were all killed.
Kerman is not sure yet.
Knowing that we have been surrounded here, they may send people to investigate and inquire if they can't wait for the news, but the Western Qin cavalry is definitely not for nothing, they will kill everyone coming from the direction of Kerman, so I think it is a miracle It won't happen, stick to it The result of going down is death of all and death of thirst, but I don't think we will last that long.
Even if we are willing to wait here to die, will the soldiers below be willing?
Soldiers and civilians are different from us.
Their thoughts are different.
It's very simple.
They just need to survive.
If we order all soldiers and civilians to follow us and wait here to die, I'm afraid the soldiers will oppose us, kill us all, and then open the gate of the castle to surrender to the Tang people."
Including Manhard, all the generals present felt chilled after hearing what Schneider said that the soldiers might disobey orders, kill them all and then surrender to the Western Qin Army.
This possibility is not impossible, and it is very high.
You must know that when faced with a life-or-death situation, a person's first reaction is definitely the instinctive reaction of survival.
At this time, everything including faith may become bullshit.
"General Ferris's bravery and fearlessness are well known, and I admire you very much.
If you want to die to express your loyalty to the Great Food Country and the Caliphate, I will not stop you.
I also hope to use my actions to express your loyalty to the Kingdom of Great Food and the Caliphate."
The Caliphate and everyone in the Great Food Kingdom have proven my loyalty, but I cannot let everyone die with me because of my little selfishness."
After Schneider finished speaking, he looked at everyone and said to Manhard: "Your Excellency General, I advocate surrender and save everyone's lives first before talking about anything else.
The current situation is that if you don't want to die, the only option is to surrender and leave it to you.
We don't have much time.
We must make a decision within three days, but by then our choices will be narrowed, because by then we will be too hungry to fight, even if we want to fight the Western Qin people. possible" Manhard looked at everyone, sighed secretly, and asked: "Except for Ferris, who of you wants to die?"
A general said: "General, why are you joking?
If you can live in this world, who is willing to die?"
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"That means you all want to live."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded sheepishly, even Ferris was no exception.
Manhard slapped the table and said, "That's it.
Send people to negotiate with the Western Qin Army.
We will surrender, but the Western Qin Army must agree to our conditions."
Ferris was in a hurry: "Your Excellency General" Manhard raised his hand to stop Ferris from continuing, "Okay, I know what you are going to say, I can't let everyone die with us, there are many civilians here, they are innocent people, I know you don't want to Surrender, I will add a clause to the negotiation terms, asking the Western Qin Army to allow you to leave alone, and you can return to Kerman or return to your hometown."
After hearing this, Ferris looked like he was in a state of despair.
He looked like a walking zombie that had lost his soul.
He stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the scimitar, pulled out the scimitar with a "swish" sound, and instantly wiped away his own neck, a stream of blood Splashed out, and the body fell to the ground.
When Manhard looked at Ferris's body, his face instantly turned pale.
No one expected that Ferris would end this issue in such an extreme way.
The Dashi army trapped in Bam Castle finally surrendered.
Manhard made his only request, hoping that the Western Qin army would release all civilians and let them go and stay.
Zhao Ziliang agreed.
In the main tent of the Western Qin Army, the generals and officials of the Western Qin Army, as well as the generals of the Dashi Army who had just surrendered, gathered together.
Zhao Ziliang said to Manhard and all the generals of the food army: "General Manhard, I hope to reorganize your surrendered food army into a new army.
At present, I have begun to form a new army composed of all people.
A servant army composed of cannibals.
Your army of fifteen thousand people will become the second army of the servant army.
You will still be the general.
What do you think?"
Manhard's face changed and he immediately refused: "Your Majesty, this is impossible.
Although I have surrendered to you, if you want me to lead the army to attack our country of food, there is absolutely no way I can agree to it. " Zhao Ziliang was contradicted in person, and he suddenly became furious and said coldly: "General, don't you think about it anymore?"
Manhard shook his head and understood: "I won't agree."
Zhao Ziliang was furious: "Someone, drag him out and chop him up."
Immediately, four fully armed soldiers rushed in from outside the tent and dragged Manhard out.
With his sword in his hand, Manhard was beheaded on the spot outside the tent.
All the generals of the surrendering army were immediately silent, and each one of them was speechless.
He was so frightened that his legs trembled and he broke into a cold sweat.
Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals of the Dashi Army and asked: "Generals, who is willing to come out and serve as the general of the Second Servant Army?"
The generals of the Great Food Army were silent and no one stood up.
Just when Zhao Ziliang was about to order everyone to be killed, Lieutenant General Schneider stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to serve you.
From now on, you are mine."
King, I will only obey your orders."
Zhao Ziliang showed a satisfied smile: "Very good, I have appointed you as the general of the second servant army.
If you do well, I will reward you heavily."
"Yes, my king":