"General, the cavalry blasted open the city gate with artillery, and now they are killing the city, and our soldiers can't resist it at all." A commander crawled all the way to Shebei, who was still hiding behind a battlement, and said with a look of urgency.

"Can't stop it?" Farewell seems to be talking to himself.

"Yes, it can't be stopped. Now many of the soldiers in the city have surrendered. This... In fact, it's no wonder that they have too much disparity in strength, plus the brothers haven't had enough to eat for a long time, and even half of the war horses have been killed, so we don't have enough physical strength to fight with them. The commander spoke and explained to the soldiers below.

After being attacked by the Great Khan of Tokhtar and his younger brother Agadorji, he retreated under the protection of a loyal general. From that time on, the 10,000 Tatar soldiers guarding the city of Taru were left without supplies. They became rootless trees, in order to save themselves, they first launched an attack on the Beiming realm by threshing grass, but not only did they not grab much of anything, but they were surrounded by the cavalry sent by the Beiming Wanquan Division.

If it weren't for the valiant fighting of the Tatar cavalry, I am afraid that they would suffer a great loss. The Beiming side did not get any favors, so they had to target the grassland and rob some individual herdsmen on the grassland. But this behavior soon forced the people of the nearby grasslands to flee farther away. When there was less and less food in the city, Amu Gulang had to order the horses to be killed to satisfy his hunger.

This is why there were 10,000 Tatar soldiers, but only 5,000 cavalry, and half of the horses that disappeared were eaten by themselves.

I know my own business. If the mercenaries are of average strength, the Tatar soldiers may be able to summon up the courage to fight a frenzied battle, and perhaps snatch some food from the other side. But now, in the face of mercenaries who are obviously stronger in morale and combat power than them, there is only a dead end to resist, knowing this truth, it is nothing if a soldier chooses to surrender.

"Well, even if all the soldiers in the city have surrendered, let's surrender too. Tell the brothers, don't resist, surrender. He let out a long breath, as if he had made a very difficult decision, and after saying these words, his whole body was relieved, and it seemed that from this moment on, the burden of a thousand pounds on his body was put down.

Suddenly, a white flag hung on the tower of the city of Aru, and it looked so pale and weak in the sunlight. When he saw this scene, Hu Mang laughed loudly, "Haha, the Tatar soldiers have surrendered and entered the city!" ”

The mercenaries entered the city more than an hour earlier than originally planned. The street fighting in the city that Hu Mang had estimated was not fully unfolded, which made him full of disdain for the 5,000 Tatar infantry defending the city. In his opinion, with the benefit of the city, the resistance is so weak, and the general defending the city is really too incompetent.

But all this changed because of what he saw after entering the city.

When Hu Mang entered the city, Su He and Xin Honghai, who had entered in advance, had completely controlled the situation here, that is, even Shebei and the others were brought down from the city tower, and they fell to their knees under pressure, waiting for Hu Mang to come to inspect and review.

Riding a high-headed horse into the city, he originally wanted to ridicule the other party's general for a few words, which could be regarded as a good suppression of the opponent's morale, but when his eyes fell on Shebei and the soldiers around him, he was surprised to find that where is this still an army, where is there a little grassland warrior fierce and mighty appearance? All of them are yellow and thin, and their clothes look so wide on their bodies, like children wearing an adult's robe, they are so indecent.

Of course, the Tatar soldiers were not so poor that they did not even have clothes to wear, and the reason for this was because they were malnourished for a long time and did not have enough food to feed the hungry, so that each of them lost dozens of pounds or more, which made them look so discordant with the clothes on their bodies.

Hu Mang was riding on a horse, and his mouth was just open when he wanted to say something, but he didn't spit out a word. The head of Su He on the side seemed to understand something, and came to his side cautiously on horseback and said: "Tiger head, I have inquired, these soldiers have not eaten for a long time, and even they used war horses to satisfy their hunger before. ”

When he said this, Su He also looked unbearable. For the steppe warriors, the war horse is their brother, and there are many times when people are on the horse and people are dead. And once you want to make a brother for food, you can imagine how bad the environment will be. Not to mention, horse meat is already a little sour and doesn't taste very good, if it weren't for the lack of a way, who would have made such a decision?

"It's... Hey, make arrangements, cook right away, at least let them eat first. Hu Mang suppressed everything he wanted to say in his heart, and he finally understood why the Tatar soldiers, who had always seemed to be powerful, were so incompetent today. Presumably, in the absence of food, how much strength can even a mercenary exert himself?

"Su He, thank you on behalf of these soldiers." Hearing Hu Mang's order, Su He sighed with a face, how to say that he is also a Tatar, and these people can be said to be flesh and blood, of course he doesn't want to look at his own people like this now.

Seeing Su He's touched face, Hu Mang smiled, "Okay, you can pass on this order to me immediately." By the way, those people must be hungry too, so they ordered them to go down and make them a portion, so that everyone can eat as much as possible. ”

"Yes." Su He hugged his fists again and thanked him, and then seemed to remember something, and hurriedly made up a military salute, and then quickly beat his horse away. He had already turned his back, warm tears flowed from the corners of his eyes, and this time he was really moved by Hu Mang's actions.

The news of the big victory ahead reached Yang Chendong, who was walking slowly.

Looking at what the battle report said that Hu Mang only had less than 200 casualties to take the entire city of Dalu and captured nearly 8,000 soldiers on the other side, Yang Chendong laughed, "Yes, Hu Mang did a good job, and he looks like a general." ”

"That is, the tiger head is actually very capable of commanding the army, after all, he has been by the young master's side for so long." Yang Er saw that Yang Chendong was in a good mood, and hurriedly patted his ass on the side. Of course, he also has a subtext in this sentence, that is, he has been with the young master for a long time, and he is also a talent for commanding the army.

Naturally, Yang Er would not say these words directly. He didn't forget the choice that Yang Chendong asked him to make, either go down and become a regiment commander first and lead an army, or stay by his side honestly. He chose the latter without saying a word.

For Yang Chendong, Yang Er is grateful in addition to worship, because without this master, he may not know where he is now, and he doesn't even know whether he is alive or dead. It is precisely because of the sixth young master that he has brought him everything so beautiful now, and now that he immediately has a woman, the gratitude in his heart is even stronger.

He will never leave Yang Chendong's side, but if he has the opportunity to lead the army to the battlefield, then he is also very yearning, after all, there is this primitive impulse in the bones of manhood.

Yang Chendong smiled, did not make any comments on Yang Er's words, but raised his hand and said: "That's it, speed up the march, and rest in Talu City today." ”

Originally, the distance was not very far, but in the afternoon, Yang Chendong and other more than 1,000 people came to the city, and entered the city together with Hu Mang and others who were waiting together. Along the way, Hu Mang also made a brief report on the battles that had occurred.

The scout had already reported the situation to Yang Chendong before, but now he just said it again, and Hu Mang spoke quickly. And after talking about the battle, his expression became a little depressed, "Young Master, it's really not easy for people here?" ”

"Huh?" Listening to Hu Mang's words, it was not easy for the Tatar soldiers to defend the city, and Yang Chendong's face showed a very surprised look. How can this be good, to talk about love for the other party?

"Young master, the situation is like this..."Hu Mang told all the scenes he saw after entering the city and the situation he learned afterwards with a serious face. When it was said that the Tatar soldiers in the city had not eaten a full meal for a long time, and even had to kill war horses to satisfy their hunger, and even some people in the city had made things to eat in order to survive, Hu Mang gritted his teeth and clenched his right hand, looking very heartbroken.

Just a sentence of Yi Zi and eating, Yang Chendong's face also became a lot darker. Of course he knew what it meant, and although he had been in this world for several years, and he had seen many poor people, he was still very touched when he really heard it. In his mind, he could even imagine under what circumstances would the people do such a thing.

Presumably that's quite helpless, right? Presumably, parents who do this will have a troubled conscience for the rest of their lives, right?

"Young master, I have already ordered to go down, take out our rations to let these soldiers and the people eat a full meal first, and please punish you less." Hu Mang's voice began to eat again, but when he said this, he already looked like he was pleading.

Speaking of which, it is still the past to distribute military rations to the surrendered soldiers, after all, these people may become their own comrades-in-arms in the future. But to those people, even some women, children and the elderly, it is not Hu Mang who can make the decision at will, most of these people are powerless, even in their hands, and they are not very useful. Although the mercenaries already have 2,000 acres of greenhouses in the city, which can solve part of the problem of eating, most of the food still has to be transported by sea from the Red City, and the manpower and material resources spent are too great. Now that the military rations have been distributed in this way, it is only natural for Hu Mang to ask for guilt.