Inside the castle, Manhard and all his generals were crammed into a fortress, with a few murderous cannibals standing at the door, and the people outside were driven far away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Inside the fortress, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and everyone's hearts were clouded, and in the current situation, no one here could still be happy.

People don't die for themselves, this sentence seems derogatory, those who are selfish often use this sentence to justify their actions, but the fact is that you don't love yourself anymore, God will not help you, let you fend for yourself. It sounds pejorative because it runs counter to the current purpose of requiring people to be giving.

How many people are truly selfless? People are selfish, and when the catastrophe comes, everyone is thinking about their own way out, so why not the generals of this fortress?

After being silent for a long time, Manhard, who was already extremely exhausted, barely mustered up his energy and looked at the generals and said: "I believe you all already know that we have run off water and food, and if we can't think of a way within three days, we will starve to death and die of thirst." Just now, the Western Qin army shot hundreds of letters of persuasion from the walled wall to let us put down our weapons, take off our armor and surrender out of the city, these letters of persuasion have been read by many people, it is impossible to keep it secret, we now have three ways to choose: first, according to the requirements of the Western Qin army out of the city to surrender; Second, go out of the city and fight to the death with the Western Qin army, and third, stay in the castle and wait for death! Tell me, what should we choose? ”

People with a certain social status are more cherished reputation, these general food is of course no exception, although there are many people who want to surrender to save the lives of their families, but the first person to stand up for surrender will inevitably suffer a certain amount of criticism, the reputation of Japanese products is only afraid that it is not so good, so after Manhard asked, no one immediately stood up to advocate surrender, let alone speak out.

A violent general stood up and muttered: "Your Excellency, things have come to this point, we can only go out of the city and fight to the death with the Western Qin people, even if the whole army is annihilated, we can't succumb to the Tang people, I would rather die in battle than surrender!" ”

Manhard saw that it was the fierce general Ferris who spoke, and he was a little relieved in his heart, among so many generals, there was finally a person who was not afraid of death, but before he could be happy, one of the generals sneered: "General Phyris, 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 who want to die?" Can you represent them? They're just afraid that they don't want to be represented by you! ”

Philis glared at this man angrily, but he couldn't refute it, he really didn't take into account 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 the situation of life and death, the soldiers and civilians were only afraid that they would not want a limited number of people above to decide their fate, and everyone hoped that they could decide their own fate.

Philis said angrily: "I don't care what you think, but I will never surrender to the Dons, you can surrender, but please kill me before you surrender, otherwise we will kill you, lest your actions blaspheme Allah!" ”

When everyone saw that Ferreis looked like death and righteousness, many people were cowardly and did not dare to stand up against him.

"Ahem!" Adjutant General Schneider coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, "Let's not talk about surrender for the time being, the second option that His Excellency General said just now 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, they will only die in vain, and because their addition will reduce our overall combat effectiveness, we still have 15,000 people to use now, but we are infantry, and the arrows have been almost consumed, and we want to fight with the elite cavalry of Western Qin, Our odds are slim to none! ”

Ferris disagreed with Schneider's statement, "General Schneider, I don't agree with your pessimistic view, I think if we risk our determination to fight the Western Qin army, our chances of victory are thirty percent!" That's right, we don't have cavalry anymore, but if we take the initiative to attack, we can use the numerical advantage to fight with the Western Qin cavalry, and we will have a much greater chance of winning, and there is a complete possibility of victory! Because the cavalry loses speed, the combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened! ”

Schneider shook his head.

Ferreis couldn't help but ask, "What?" General Schneider thinks I'm not right? I'd love to hear what you have to say! ”

Schneider said: "General Ferris, it is your own idea that you want to fight with the Western Qin cavalry, will the Western Qin army fight you according to your ideas?" Will they abandon the cavalry's best way of fighting and choose to fight you with the infantry style? Are you taking it for granted? Do you think that the generals of the Western Qin Army are all fools? If so, then why are we stuck here with no way out? ”

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 main general of the Western Qin army will be dizzy, if the main general of the Western Qin army will be dizzy and engage us in close combat, then we will have the possibility of winning, but if the Western Qin army will not fight with us in close quarters for a long time, we will definitely lose!" Will the Western Qin army lord be dizzy? I don't know, I don't think it's a possibility! ”

"The third choice that Your Excellency General said is to stay here and wait for death, waiting for a miracle to appear! Will there be a miracle? The miracle is reinforcements, but the people we sent to break through and move the rescue troops have been killed, the Kerman side does not know that we have been surrounded here, they can't wait for the news and may send people to inquire, but the Western Qin cavalry is definitely not a dry meal, they will kill all the people who come from the direction of Kerman! So I don't think there will be miracles, and the result of holding on is all dying and dying of thirst, but I don't think we'll hold out that long, and even if we're willing to wait here to die, will the soldiers below be willing? The soldiers and civilians are different from us, their idea is very simple, they just need to survive and live, if we order all the soldiers and civilians to stay here with us and wait for death, we are afraid that 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 chills after hearing Schneider's words that the soldiers might disobey the order and kill them all and then surrender to the Western Qin army, this possibility is not impossible, and it is very large, you must know that when facing a life-and-death situation, people's first reaction is definitely a survival instinct reaction, and at this time, everything including faith may become bullshit.

"The bravery and fearlessness of General Ferreis is well known and I admire. You want to use death to express your loyalty to the Great Food Country and the Caliphate, I will not stop it, and I also hope to use my actions to prove my loyalty to the Caliph and everyone in the Great Food Country, but I can't let everyone die with me because of my own little selfishness! ”

After Schneider finished speaking, he looked at everyone and said to Manhard: "Your Excellency General, I advocate surrender, first save everyone's lives and then talk about other things, the current situation is that if you don't want to die, the only choice is to surrender, there is not much time left for us, we must have a choice within three days, but at that time our range of choices will be narrowed, because we are already hungry and have no strength to fight, even if we want to fight with the Western Qin people, it is impossible!" ”

Manhard looked at the crowd, sighed secretly, and asked, "Who of you wants to die except for Philis?" ”

A subordinate general said: "Your Excellency General, why do you have to laugh, if you can live in this world, who is willing to die?" ”

"So you all want to live?"

Everyone looked at each other and nodded a little embarrassedly, even Ferris.

Manhard patted the table and said, "That's fine, send someone to negotiate with the Western Qin army, we surrender, but the Western Qin army must agree to our conditions!" ”

Ferris was in a hurry: "Your Excellency the General・・・・・・・"

Manhard raised his hand to stop Philis from continuing, "Okay, I know what you're going to say, I can't let everyone die with us, there are still a lot of civilians here, they are innocent people!" I know you don't want to surrender, and I will add a clause to the terms of the negotiations, asking the Western Qin army to allow you to leave alone, and you can return to Kerman or return home! ”

Hearing this, Ferris looked like a lost soul, the whole person looked like a walking corpse that had lost his soul, he reached out and held the handle of the scimitar, and with a "swish" he pulled out the scimitar and instantly wiped off his neck, a stream of blood splashed out, and his body fell to the ground・・・・・・

Manhard looked at Ferres's corpse, his face instantly turned pale, and everyone didn't expect Feris to end this issue in such an extreme way.

・・・・・・

The Great Food Army, which was trapped in Bam Castle, finally surrendered, and Manhard made the only request, hoping that the Western Qin Army would release all civilians and let them stay, and Zhao Ziliang agreed.

In the big tent of the Central Army of the Western Qin Army, the generals and officials of the Western Qin Army and the generals of the Great Food Army who had just surrendered gathered together. Zhao Ziliang said to Manhard and all the generals of the Great Food Army: "General Manhard, this king hopes to reorganize your surrendered Great Food Army into a new army, and at present, this king has begun to form a servant army composed of all Great Cannibals, and your army of 15,000 people will become the second army of the servant army, and 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 surrendered to you, but if you want me to lead the army to attack our Great Food Country, it is absolutely impossible for me to agree to you!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was hit in front of him, and he was immediately angry, and said coldly: "Isn't the general going to think about it anymore?" ”

Manhard shook his head in understanding: "I won't say yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang was furious: "Come on, drag him out and cut him down!" ”

Immediately flashed outside the tent, four heavily armed armor soldiers dragged Manhard out, and his hands fell with knives, Manhard was killed outside the tent on the spot, and the generals of the Great Food Army who surrendered were suddenly silent, and they all trembled with fright and broke out in a cold sweat.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the generals of the Great Food Army and asked, "Generals, who wants to come out and be 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, Deputy General Schneider stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to serve you!" From now on you are my king, and I will obey only your commands. ”

Zhao Ziliang showed a satisfied smile: "Very good!" This king has appointed you as the general of the Second Servant Army! If you do a good job, the king will reward you abundantly! ”

"Yes, my king!"