When Patanicus heard that Du Zongwen actually wanted to persuade him to surrender, he immediately turned cold and said: "Master Du, I respect you as an important minister of the Western Qin Kingdom and have a noble status, so I received you very politely.
I didn't expect that you would If you want me to surrender, this disappoints me so much.
I can surrender to any governor or nobleman in the East Malaysia Empire, but I will never surrender to a foreigner."
Du Zongwen was not angry and said calmly: "Your Excellency, there is no need to have such a big reaction.
I want to ask you a question, where are you from?"
Patannicus was silent for a moment and said: "Greek Athenians" Du Zongwen said: "My lord, you should know that the entire territory of the Eastern Roman Empire is now ruled by me, the Western Qin.
For your lord and the sergeants under your command, we Western Qin people are not foreigners, but Chinese people, even if you don’t want to admit it , no one can deny that the Eastern Roman Empire has been destroyed.
Do you think that you can make a comeback with this little force?
This is absolutely impossible.
You are a smart man, Charlie does not regard you as a true ally.
He is just here.
Take advantage of you donluos The remnant forces of the Ma Empire are blocking our attack.
Let me analyze it for you.
Charlie is not an easy person to get along with.
His ambitions do not need our little West Qin.
Even if the coalition forces push us back, with your current strength, you can stop us.
Withstand the encroachment of Charles' empire When the time comes, the Eastern Roman Empire will also perish.
With the current situation, anyone with a little bit of vision can see that the Eastern Roman Empire is completely finished, and there is no possibility of restoration.
In this case, why don't you, sir, save yourself and your subordinates?
What are we planning to do?”
Batannicus said coldly: "You can't convince me."
Du Zongwen was not angry at Batannicus' cold attitude and said with a smile: "I don't think so.
The reason you are not convinced now is because you and your subordinates have not really reached the point of despair.
I know that at nightfall today , due to our army's attack, all the food and grass in your camp has been burned, which means that you and your men will be hungry tomorrow.
My lord, you are from a noble family, and you may not have been hungry since you were a child. , I don’t know what it feels like to be hungry and the serious consequences of lack of food for an army.
I can tell you some of my experience.
I was hungry when I was a child, before my father did anything.
Official, my family is very poor and we often cannot open the pot.
My brother and I often go to school hungry.
Hunger can make people lose their reason and dignity.
Some people steal and steal in order to eat a meal of flour.
They kill people and set fires.
They think that a full meal is worth their while.
Not everyone will have a strong will like you, sir.
Your subordinates are just ordinary people.
If there is no food and nothing to eat, they can endure it for a day.
They can endure it for two days, but on the third day they will be so hungry that they lose their senses and can do anything.
Sir, you don’t need to reply to me for the time being.
I will wait for you for two days.
We will not take any military action against your army within two days, but your Excellency, you and your men will not be able to leave within two days.
If your Excellency agrees with my suggestion, you can send people to our army.
Camp, we will have detailed discussions at that time.
After two days, if you have not replied, sir, we will not take the initiative to attack your camp, because there is no need for our army to take action, hunger will cause your army to collapse."
Du Zongwen left with his entourage.
Batannicus returned to the tent with a sullen face and sat on the main seat without saying a word.
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The other officials and generals did not speak.
The atmosphere in the tent was a bit depressing and silent, making people breathless.
Don't get angry.
An official stood up and said, "Sir, if we don't have food, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for even two days.
Soldiers join the army to have enough food and get commissions.
If they don't have enough food and can't get commissions, there's no need."
Who will be loyal to you?"
Batannicus's face turned even darker, "What do you mean?"
"Sir, surrender.
If we surrender now, we can negotiate terms with the Western Qin people.
If we wait two days and all the soldiers have fled, we will have no bargaining chips.
Then the Western Qin people will try to pinch us.
Just pinch us."
Batanicus had a cold face, glanced at the faces of other officials and generals, and asked: "Do you all think the same as him?"
Seeing his unkind expression, everyone hurriedly expressed their opinions: "Sir, we will follow your thoughts."
There were corpses lying everywhere under the high ground, including human corpses and horse corpses.
All kinds of swords, guns, swords, halberds and arrows were stuck on the ground and corpses in random directions.
The tattered flags and banners were soaked with bright red blood.
The burned holes are particularly eye-catching, and some of the horses and tents are still burning.
"General, the remaining enemy troops have fled to the high ground."
A general reported to Li Su.
Li Su looked up at the criss-crossing fortifications on the high ground and the countless anti-cavalry trenches lined with flags.
He felt quite unwilling to do so, but he knew that this battle could only be fought here, and there would be no more battles on the mountain in a short time.
There is a shortage of food and water, but the shrewd Charlie will not be deceived for long, he will definitely react and return with an army to support.
"Report" With a shout, a fast horse galloped over.
In a blink of an eye, he was in front of Li Su.
He cupped his fists and reported: "General Qi, Charlie's 20,000 cavalry have returned for reinforcements.
According to this, it is twenty miles away."
Li Su was not willing to fight, and waved his hand: "Send the order, withdraw."
The Western Qin cavalry quickly disappeared on the horizon.
In this battle, Li Su led 3,000 heavy cavalry and 7,000 light cavalry to annihilate more than 30,000 people.
Most of them were Frankish heavy infantry, and a few were miscellaneous troops.
If they stay on the high ground, Li Su can't do anything to them.
This trip It must have been in vain, but these coalition infantrymen actually went down to the high ground and camped around the high ground for the convenience of camping.
This just gave Li Su the opportunity to make a surprise attack.
If they camped on the high ground and formed an array, they would definitely attack the high ground with cavalry.
His head was bruised and bloody, and Li Su had no chance.
In less than half an hour, Charlie came back with 20,000 cavalry.
Looking at the corpses on the ground around the high ground, his face immediately turned green.
After all, he had been tricked by the Western Qin people.
Charlie ordered with a livid face: "Clean the battlefield, count the battle damage, set up camp, and send out scout cavalry to conduct reconnaissance within twenty miles of the surrounding area, leaving no place untouched."
"Yes, Your Majesty" After the scout cavalry searched all the areas within a radius of twenty miles and found no trace of the enemy, Charlie felt a little relieved.
In the afternoon, Charlie sent people to summon several of his close ministers and military generals to his big tent, and said to everyone: "Everyone, what should we do now?"
Archbishop Tobin said: "Your Majesty, the advantage of the Western Qin people is that they are all cavalry, and their mobility is not comparable to ours.
Most of us are heavy infantry, with strong defense and attack, but lack of mobility.
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They can They are chasing us to fight, but it is not easy for us to catch up with them, so The initiative in the battle is always in their hands.
If we want to form support, we can only use light cavalry to counterattack.
However, we do not have enough light cavalry on hand now, and the combat effectiveness of the more than 13,000 people put together temporarily varies.
Inconsistency, lack of training, and tactical quality cannot be compared with the Western Qin light cavalry, so I They have always been in a position of being passively beaten, and if we use heavy cavalry to confront them, they will turn around and leave, not giving us a chance at all, but they are always looking for opportunities around us to give us a bite.
Now in this situation we We can only abandon all burdens and retreat to Bavaria as quickly as possible.
Use terrain, fortresses, castles and strong cities to block the Western Qin people.
The Western Qin people have expanded enough territory so far.
They need time to digest it, and we can just use the time they have to digest these territories to develop a fighting force.
Not weaker than their light cavalry, negating their advantage."
Charlie asked: "How can we safely withdraw to Bavaria?"
Tobin said: "Your Majesty, now we have no other choice but to cruelly abandon the other coalition forces and leave them here to delay the pursuit of the Western Qin Army.
We must be careful during the retreat and must not give the Western Qin any more opportunities."
As long as we don’t give them a chance to make a cavalry surprise attack, they will have nothing to do with us.”
Charlie hesitated: "Archbishop, do you want me to carry an ally?
The Franks can't bear such a bad reputation?"
Tobin advised: "Your Majesty the Emperor, this is the only way, and as long as we achieve the final victory, history will not be written by us.
Who will know what is happening now after many years?"
Charlie finally gritted his teeth and agreed, immediately issued an order and sent people to bring in several other coalition leaders for discussion.
After receiving the news, the leaders of the coalition forces rushed over quickly.
The Macedonian Governor Grete asked: "Your Majesty, why did you come to us?
Could it be that the Western Qin people are catching up again?"
The Dalmatian general asked: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we were just going to ask you how the Thracian army is doing and why they didn't come back with you."
Charlie concealed his inner embarrassment and said calmly: "We have forced the Western Qin cavalry back dozens of miles before returning.
It was precisely because I was worried about you that I came back with the cavalry.
Unexpectedly, I still came back.
It's late, don't worry, everyone, the Thracian army is on its way back here under the leadership of Governor Batannicus.
If it's fast enough, it can arrive tonight.
I sent people to ask you to come over for something.
Let’s discuss this with you.”
Grete said: "Your Majesty, please tell me":