Chapter 279

"General, the thief army issued a notice again, saying that if we don't surrender at noon, they will launch an attack. Then... Then..."

"What will happen then?"

"At that time, all officers above the general manager will be killed without amnesty."

The needles were suddenly dropped in the big tent. Liu Xiong, five generals and thousands of generals all looked very ugly.

Now there are only two ways in front of them, either fight to the death with the thief army or surrender.

In addition, whether you stick to the camp or retreat, it is a dead end.

If you stay in the camp, you will run out of food and grass for half a month at most. Retreating under the eyes of the other party is the way to death.

They are all leaders of the army. Naturally, it can be seen that with tens of thousands of recruits, they can't beat the thief army, so they don't know what to do.

It's really embarrassing to fight and fight, surrender and unwilling, retreat and can't withdraw, and defend and can't defend.

After a while, Liu Xiong sighed and said in a deep voice, "I don't need to say more about how the supervisor treats me. Now the supervisor's bones are not cold. If you brothers want to surrender, I will never stop, but I Liu Xiong will never surrender."

"Brother Liu, look what you said. Are we the kind of ungrateful people? But I have to find a way to live for these tens of thousands of brothers! "

"Yes, in the past two days, the thief army has bewitched the people outside the camp. Now the morale of the army is in disorder. The brothers have no war heart. If they fight a decisive battle, it is tantamount to killing themselves."

After the other two generals finished, the others nodded.

"Well, the six of us draw lots. After the three stay, they take the opportunity to retreat to Luoyang. Life and death depend on life. How about wealth?"

Seeing that they were unwilling to fight a decisive battle, Liu Xiong had no choice but to say that he planned to escape as much as he could before the thief army detoured back to the north to block the road. After all, the other party seemed to have no cavalry.

The five people looked at each other, and finally all clenched their teeth and nodded one after another. They surrendered like this. I'm really sorry to the supervisor, but everyone didn't want to die. They had to rely on their luck. Those who were lucky fled to Luoyang to continue to eat imperial food. Those who were unlucky could only be thieves. Anyway, as long as they had soldiers and horses in their hands, whether they were officials or thieves, they wouldn't be so bad in these years.

Immediately, six people began to draw lots. Finally, Liu Xiong and two other participating generals led the troops to retreat, and the remaining three were drawn to the back of the hall.

After saying goodbye, the six returned to the camp to prepare. Liu Xiong and the two generals ordered their 30000 men and horses to carry five-day dry food and discard all heavy items. They left the camp and ran North in three ways.

The other three generals stick to the camp.

Qin Huan didn't expect the other party to run half, stay half, and run the other half. He divided his soldiers into three ways. He was also stupid.

Because as long as the main general has a little backbone, he will not do such shameless things. At the same time, he also knows that the other party is bullying them. They have no cavalry.

Secretly, I knew the other leader was so unbearable. Last night, he should take some risks and send troops to the North all night.

There was no way. In order to prevent the Ming army in the camp from running away again, Hong Ying had to surround the camp with the first town, and then led the 5000 troops and horses in the fifth town and the 500 women in the first town to chase and kill them all the way.

After this chase, the sheep were released completely. Fortunately, 500 female soldiers surrounded and intercepted them. Finally, before dark, they captured more than 8000 people along the way, and the other two escaped successfully.

The 30000 Ming army in the camp finally stopped resisting and chose to surrender after the red warbler pushed out hundreds of cannons.

The terrain in the north of Ruzhou is open. Although everyone scattered as a bee, it is estimated that half of the people can run away, neither the general nor the general will allow this to happen, because even if they escape and have no soldiers in their hands, they might as well surrender directly.

Although he left 20000, Qin Huan was still very satisfied. After all, it was not a siege of the other side in the Valley City, but a confrontation between the two sides. The number of the other side was three times more than them.

He knew that although it had a lot to do with the other party's 60000 troops and all recruits, it was mainly headless. If sun chuanting were here, the outcome would be different.

In the state government hall.

King Qin sat on the throne with a golden sword and looked at the following three generals and thousands of generals, saying with a dignified face:

"Our Chinese army has always been clear about rewards and punishments. You can be regarded as the first batch of Ming army generals who take the initiative to take refuge in our Chinese army. I will not treat you badly. I will not break up and reorganize my troops. There are still your leaders. The establishment is from the first independent battalion to the third independent battalion of our Chinese army. You three will grant the title of commander temporarily until we go south to attack Xiangyang, After the official opening of the government, we will reward them for their achievements. "

"Thank you, king!"

"From now on, I will follow King Hua to the death!"

All three of them threw fists, knelt down on one knee, and finally put their hearts down. They were afraid that the soldiers and horses would be broken up, or the little big Wang put his hands in and put them on the air.

"Well, you go down and prepare first. You will go south with me tomorrow."

Qin Huan nodded and waved.

They all left one after another.

"Xiao Yu, I can see that they are not really taking refuge. Why don't you break them up? At least we have to send some of our own people? "

When there were only two people left in the hall, Hong Ying couldn't wait to say that when they were alone, she preferred to call Xiao Yu rather than her husband.

"It's not necessary. There aren't so many generals and commanders after breaking up. We have to make time to run in. We can't control the 30000 troops and horses in a short time. It's better to let them take care of them first. This can not only reflect the magnanimity of our king of China, but also enable them to join the war immediately. Why not?"

Qin Huan waved his hand and said with a smile, now it's not as good as when he was living with Niu Er in Baokang. These 30000 troops are not obedient. He can suppress them at will. So for the time being, he just needs to send some storytellers to each battalion, and then assimilate them slowly in the future.

………

Qin Huan didn't delay much in Ruzhou either. He chose 6000 prisoners from 8000 prisoners to enter the fifth Town, and let the fifth town garrison Ruzhou. The next day, he took the first town and three newly incorporated independent battalions to the south.

Qin Huan was quite satisfied with these recruits.

Almost all of them are honest farm children. At the age of 18 to 20, it is obvious that he is not the only one who likes young men. Sun chuanting also likes to recruit young men as soldiers.

These more than 30000 people have been trained in Luoyang for a month, and their bodies and bones are quite strong, and their discipline is not bad, even compared with the garrisons in various counties of the Chinese army.

The key is that the sentry officer promoted the general manager and all the soldiers from the bottom. The general staff and the general staff are Lao sun's confidants. If Lao sun was not dead, they might not be able to subdue them.

Even so, Qin Huan dragged their lifeblood all the way.

The three independent battalions eat one meal per head and receive one meal of food. They eat three meals a day and never give one more grain.

This made the three generals who planned to leave halfway completely dead. There was no way. Ruzhou was no better than other regions. It was absolutely impossible to raise food on the road.

After arriving in Nanyang, Qin Huan sent two thousand cavalry back. The three generals were as good as cats and went to Xiangyang as cannon fodder.

Yes, they are not stupid. Naturally, they understand that when they arrive in Xiangyang, they will be used as cannon fodder to attack the city.