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"What did you say?" Hearing the word 'surrender', Ming Xiaotian felt as if his tail had been stepped on, he grabbed his sword, jumped up from the ground, and looked angrily at the guards: "I am a dignified, how can I surrender to a Thief Feng?"
"Chief General, if... If we do not surrender, Chief General and our brothers will be burned to death! " The guards said in a trembling voice.
The anger that Ming Xiaotian had just let out disappeared in the blink of an eye, and he looked around him. Everywhere he looked, there was only a bright red fire, and countless soldiers with flames plastered all over their bodies were rolling on the ground while screaming in pain. It was impossible to tell how many of them were there, but this was no military camp, this was just an inhumane purgatory.
Sigh! Am I really going to die here today? Ming Xiaotian slowly put down his sword and sighed to the sky.
"Chief General ?" Seeing that he was still hesitating and hesitating at this moment, the surrounding guards all became anxious as they shouted out in unison.
Forget it, forget it! Ming Xiaotian took a deep breath, and said in a hoarse and sorrowful voice, "Send orders to our soldiers, Xiang... Surrender to the Feng Army! "
Just as Ming Xiaotian's voice fell, the surrounding guards were so excited that they were about to jump up and down. They madly ran in all directions as if they had gone mad, and even shouted loudly as they ran: "Brothers, don't fight anymore, Chief General has already ordered for the entire army to surrender, brothers, don't fight anymore ?"
If the Generals And Soldiers of Ning Army still had a trace of fighting spirit just now, now that they heard Ming Xiaotian had given the order to surrender, all of their remaining fighting spirit disappeared as well. The people all threw away their weapons, took off their armor and tore off the white cloth on their clothes. We surrender! "
Seeing countless Ning soldiers running out of the Barracks Gate with white cloths held up high and no armor on their bodies, the Feng Soldier outside did not know what to do. The people raised their bows, not knowing if they should continue to shoot these surrendered Ning soldiers.
immediately reported the news to Tang Yin. Right now, Tang Yin was located not far from the Wind Camp, so he was at ease, sitting on a chair, drinking wine with Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi and the rest while watching the burning camp, around them, were Brother Shangguan, Cheng Jin, Le Tian, Ai Jia and many guards.
From Tang Yin's point of view, from the moment Ming Xiaotian led the Main Force of Ning Army to ambush their own camp, the battle between the two sides had already been decided.
Looking at the barrack that looked like a brazier, listening to the Ning Army's heart-wrenching screams, Tang Yin and the generals by his side laughed and laughed. Looking at the atmosphere on their side, not only were they not nervous from the battle, it seemed more like they were watching a show with a known outcome.
Everyone admired Tang Yin's strategy of using the entire army's fraud to lure the Ning army, but they all felt that it was strange. Tang Yin obviously did not know how to lead the troops to war, much less know the strategy of the military.
Actually, how could they have known that, as a modern man, Tang Yin had learned about the many successful ancient wars. It could be said that every single modern man had gathered the essence of the wisdom of thousands of years ago. How to use all the knowledge he had on the battlefield to counter the enemies, that was what Tang Yin was truly good at.
"Great King, you are truly brilliant, this fire is enough to turn four hundred thousand soldiers into ashes, destroy the entire Ning Country, and strengthen the prestige of our nation! This battle is enough to last through the ages, and will be passed down for generations!" Xiao Muqing would not let go of this chance to flatter his. He sat beside Tang Yin and praised while shaking his head.
Tang Yin laughed towards the sky, he had listened to too many serious topics, and when he had time to listen to the words of praise, it would also be a relaxing thing to do. Just then, a General of Feng Country ran over, knelt on one knee in front of Tang Yin, interposed and bowed, and said: "Great King, Ning Jun has already put down his weapon and raised the white flag, surrender to my army, please decide, Great King!"
"Oh?" Tang Yin laughed, then said to the people around him: "Ning Jun actually surrendered so quickly."
Zi Ying bowed and said: "Great King, the Ning Army that is trapped in our army's main camp has a population of at least three hundred thousand. Even if casualties are eliminated, there should be at least two hundred thousand soldiers.
Without waiting for Tang Yin to answer, Xiao Muqing withdrew his fawning face and sneered: "So many soldiers of the Ning Army, how much food do I have to consume everyday? The two counties within our borders have been affected, the food supply is already insufficient, the citizens do not have food, could it be that we are going to raise the soldiers who fall from Ning Country? Furthermore, looking at how many soldiers we have in the army, how many men will have to be sent out? With just a slight oversight, the Ning army might turn violent and become a threat to the rear of our army. So, Great King, if this general sees that our army cannot surrender, then we must kill all of the trapped Ning army! "
Zi Ying creased his eyebrows, and said faintly: "General Xiao, that was over two hundred thousand lives!"
"But he's also my enemy, over 200,000 strong wind!" Xiao Muqing laughed coldly: "It can't be that General Zi Ying wants to let go of all these two hundred thousand people, right?!"
These words shook Tang Yin's body. Two hundred thousand people was no small number for the Ning Army, and if the Ning Army lost two hundred thousand people, their military might would be greatly reduced. But if they gained two hundred thousand more people, their Ning Country would still be there. Thinking of this, Tang Yin made a decision in his heart, but he still had concerns.
Tang Yin slowly said: "Killing two hundred thousand soldiers would harm my reputation as Windy, and will make the people of Ning hate me to the bones, and will think that I am going to use tyranny, so how can I be willing to control people who are content with Hedong Region in the future?"
Xiao Muqing, Liang Qi, Zi Ying and the others were smart enough to understand, after hearing this, they immediately understood Tang Yin's intentions, regardless of whether or not he was willing to surrender, they had to kill him, but this order could not be given to the Sovereign King of Feng Country, it had to be carried out by someone else.
"This ?" Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi wanted to say something, but stopped in their tracks. Both of their eyes looked towards Zi Ying at the same time. When Zi Ying took over the Qingyuan City, he paid the price of fifty thousand People of Ning Country s, and used the name 'Zi Tu' to refer to him. He had already recited his infamy a long time ago, so he didn't need to carry the two hundred thousand more.
When Zi Ying looked at Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi, he immediately understood their intentions. Initially, he was strongly opposed to the slaughter of the troops, but now, Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi wanted to blame it all on him. Just as he was about to speak, Tang Yin opened his mouth and spoke first: "Zi Ying, actually, I am not afraid of being called scolded behind my back. If everyone in this world were to scold me, I would become a powerful nation and dominate the North, I would happily accept it. As the ruler of a country, I can only look at the greater picture. If I become a tyrant in the eyes of the common folk, then the people of Hedong Region will never be at peace. They will never sincerely submit to me, the future troubles will be endless for me.
Tang Yin personally spoke out, and even if he said it to such an extent, Zi Ying couldn't refuse it even if he wanted to. He pondered for a moment, took a deep breath, stood up straight and cupped his hands towards Tang Yin, saying, "Today's massacre of the Ning Country was done by me, Zi Ying, and it has nothing to do with the King and the other generals."
Xiao Muqing and Liang Qi were startled at first, then quickly stood up and bowed to Zi Ying. Tang Yin let out a light sigh, stood up, reached out to help Zi Ying up, and said: "You need to be clear, not only can I not reward you by doing this, I can only punish you severely."
Zi Ying understood that as a sovereign, Tang Yin had to take into consideration his reputation and act for the outsiders. He nodded and replied: "This lowly general understands."
Tang Yin strongly patted Zi Ying's shoulders, and said sternly: "Zi Ying, this time I will make you suffer a grievance!"
Under Ming Xiaotian's instructions, all of the Ning army gave up resisting and surrendered to the Feng Army. However, the Ning Army never thought that Feng Army would actually reject the surrender of the Ning Army, and continued to mercilessly kill the unarmed Ning Army who came out from the Barracks Gate. At this time, many Ning soldiers had already removed their armor, and with arrows shot from such a short distance, the bodies of the Ning soldiers were easily penetrated through.0
The corpses of the Ning soldiers at the mouth of the Great Camp Gate had quickly piled up and blocked off the wide expanse of Barracks Gate. If Ning soldiers wanted to come out, they could only climb over the corpse mountain, and as a result, their speed was even slower, and the arrows they received from the Feng Army were also much more ferocious.
The entire battlefield was filled with the miserable cries and wails of Ning Jun, and even the Feng Army, which had always been cruel and merciless to the enemy due to the Mighty Army, had become weak in the hand. Looking at the pile of corpses in front of them, and smelling the burnt smell, many soldiers could not help but vomit.
Feng Army not accepting surrender shattered Ming Xiaotian's last hope. He rushed to Barracks Gate's entrance like a madman, climbed to Generals And Soldiers of Ning Army's corpse and shouted loudly towards Feng Army in front of him: "I am Ming Xiaotian, why do you not accept my army's surrender?"
Ouch! Hearing Ming Xiaotian's name, all of the Generals And Soldiers of Feng Army s were startled, no one continued releasing arrows, quietly watching the Ning Country Chief General who was roaring nonstop on top of the mountain of corpses.
At this time, Jiang Fan, who was inside the Feng Army, turned his head and smiled to Zhan Hu: "General Zhan Hu, do you dare to capture Ming Xiaotian?"
In Zhan Hu's mind, there was nothing that he dared to do, only things that he could not accomplish. Hearing Jiang Fan's words, Zhan Hu grinned, and said haughtily: "Just a mere Ming Xiaotian, it's easy for me to do it!" As he spoke, he leapt over the earthen wall and headed straight for the Barracks Gate camp. After walking forward for a short distance, there was nowhere for him to rest. Lowering his head, he saw that the floor was littered with corpses of the Ning soldiers, Zhan Hu could only step on them to move forward.
When he was almost at the Barracks Gate entrance, he shouted at Ming Xiaotian who was standing on top of the pile of corpses: "Ming Xiaotian, come down here and talk!"
Seeing that the Feng Army had stopped its formation of arrows, and even Zhan Hu had come out, Ming Xiaotian thought that the Feng Army had changed its mind and was accepting its surrender. He jumped down from the corpse mountain and rushed over to Zhan Hu, then smashed the sword in his hand onto the ground and sighed: "Our army has been defeated in this battle, I hope the Your Army can show mercy and let our soldiers live!"
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