On the morning of August 19, 1908, when the sun had just risen over the horizon, a group of Russian troops with white flags escorting a general cautiously left the Russian army's defense area and headed for the defense area of the Northern Army. They would stop every distance they had advanced, waving the white flag in their hands to identify themselves, so as not to be hit by the bullets fired by the Northern army.

"General, are we still going forward?" A Russian lieutenant asked in a whisper. The encirclement of the Northern Army was not tight, and they did not have a single soldier of the Northern Army all the way. But even then, his legs and stomach trembled a little.

"Of course we moved on." The middle-aged general nodded.

Then, again, they advanced more than a kilometer before they collided with the patrolling cavalry of the Northern Army. After explaining his intentions, the middle-aged general was directly brought into Kulen City and met Wu Haoxuan at Ganden Monastery.

Seeing a young yellow man standing in front of him, the middle-aged general couldn't help but be stunned, and then a wave of anger rose in his heart. He asked to negotiate with the commander of the Northern Army, but the Northern Army sent a little boy to deal with him, which is too bullying, right? However, when he thought of his situation and the situation of those surrounded Russian troops, he had to suppress the anger in his heart.

"I am Fyodor, a lieutenant general of the Russian army, sent by Admiral Vladimir to deal with your army. I would like to meet your Supreme Commander. Lieutenant General Fyodor emphasized the top two words, the meaning of which was obvious, that is, to ask the Northern Army not to send a random person to fool him. This is a major event related to the surrender of 200,000 Russian troops.

After listening to the words of Lieutenant General Fyodor relayed by the translator, Wu Haoxuan, Zhao Xifu and others couldn't help laughing.

"Young marshal, this old man really has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai!" Lieutenant General Zhao Xifu said.

Lieutenant General Fyodor was even more furious when he saw Wu Haoxuan and the others laughing, and he thought that he had been insulted. If it had been normal, he would have pounced on it a long time ago. Use his fists to let those who dare to laugh at him know that it is powerful. However, this time, he could only suppress the anger in his heart.

"I am the supreme commander here, the chief of staff of the Northern Army!" Wu Haoxuan said.

When the translator relayed Wu Haoxuan's words, Lieutenant General Fyodor couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Haoxuan's name, of course he had heard of it. Or rather, before the start of the war. They have already focused on understanding Wu Haoxuan. In their hearts, they all regard Wu Haoxuan as a great enemy. However, when Wu Haoxuan stood in front of him, Fyodor still couldn't believe it.

"It's too young!" Fyodor thought to himself. When he was Wu Haoxuan's age, he was just a lieutenant. And Wu Haoxuan has become the de facto supreme commander of the Northern Army of millions of people, and the gap is really not ordinarily big.

"Your Excellency, I am very glad to see you." Fyodor said humbly. In the face of the strong, even Lao Maozi can only show surrender.

"Your Excellency, General. Hello. Something, let's talk about it now. Wu Haoxuan nodded.

"Your Excellency, I am here on behalf of the 200,000 Russian troops who have been surrounded. I hope Your Excellency can give us a way to live. Lieutenant General Fyodor said.

"Of course, I would very much like to. Killing more than 200,000 people on the steppe was also unbearable. What do you want me to do? Wu Haoxuan smiled.

Lieutenant General Fyodor couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, the Russian troops killed by the Northern Army may have already exceeded 200,000. Now, Wu Haoxuan is still pretending to be here.

"Your Excellency, Young Marshal. We hope that the war with the Northern Army will be stopped. Of course, the war between Russia and the northern government. This is something we cannot intervene in. However, the Russian army, which was surrounded in Kulen, did not want to fight anymore. We hope to be able to end the state of war with the Northern Army. Lieutenant General Fyodor continued.

Wu Haoxuan nodded: "What are your specific thoughts?" ”

Lieutenant General Fyodor rolled his eyes, and then said: "Your Excellency, we hope that the Northern Army can divide an area for us. We pledge not to attack the Northern Army in this war. When the war is over, we will withdraw to the country. ”

Originally. Lieutenant General Fyodor wanted to surrender. However, after seeing Wu Haoxuan so young, he had other ideas. It would be best not to surrender.

Wu Haoxuan was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing. The rest of the generals of the Northern Army. And so it is. Everyone looked at Lieutenant General Fyodor as if they were looking at a clown.

Lieutenant General Fyodor clearly felt the mockery, and his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Your Excellency, you shouldn't have a problem with your head, right? You're all surrounded by us, and now you don't even have food, right? If we want to destroy you, it will be just a gesture. What other qualifications do you have to talk to us about these conditions? Lieutenant General Zhao Xifu had a sarcastic smile on the corner of his mouth.

Lieutenant General Fyodor's face turned red all at once, and he suddenly realized that he had thought everything too simply.

"We still have 200,000 people, and if we resist to the death, you will pay a heavy price if you want to destroy us." Lieutenant General Fyodor said through gritted teeth.

"Really? Then there is nothing to talk about. We'll go on the offensive in three days. But I'd like to see how many of you are still not hungry after three days. Wu Haoxuan said directly.

Suddenly, the anger on Lieutenant General Fyodor's face disappeared cleanly, replaced by deep horror. He knew very well that the Russian army's food had run out, and if the Northern Army launched an attack in three days, and there would be no need for the Northern Army to fight by then, most of them would probably have starved to death.

"You, you can't do that." Lieutenant General Fyodor stammered.

"Stop playing tricks and tell me what you really mean." Wu Haoxuan asked. If this guy dares to bully him because he is young, then he is welcome.

"All right, Your Excellency, Young Marshal. We hope to be able to surrender to your army. As long as your army can ensure the safety of all our lives and property, and those wounded soldiers can be treated, we are willing to lay down our arms and surrender to you. Lieutenant General Fyodor said truthfully.

"Surrender? Lao Maozi is going to surrender? That's a good thing and it saves a lot of time. The generals of the Northern Army all started talking.

"Surrender, this one is okay. However, I can only guarantee your safety. As for the wounded soldiers, I'm sorry, we don't have enough medicine ourselves. At most, the most you can do is treat the lightly wounded, and if you are seriously wounded, you can only pray for God's blessing. Wu Haoxuan said.

"Why? They are also a life! Lieutenant General Fyodor was a little angry.

"Even you don't see those ordinary soldiers as human beings, why should we spend a huge amount of money to treat them?" Wu Haoxuan raised his eyebrows. After the minor injuries are healed, they can still do coolies. Those who are seriously injured, even if they have to do it, are estimated to be disabled. The government in the north doesn't have that much food to feed these people.

Lieutenant General Fyodor was furious, but hesitated for a moment, and did not dwell on the issue any longer.

"If we surrender, will you mistreat the prisoners? During the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese did just that. Lieutenant General Fyodor asked.

"Of course not, please don't compare us to those Japanese devils, it's an insult to us. However, if you want us to provide food, you have to work. Of course, officers at and above the school level can be treated very well without having to work. Wu Haoxuan said.

Although, for Wu Haoxuan's answer, Lieutenant General Fyodor was not very satisfied. But if there is no need to work at the rank of officer above the colonel, that is acceptable. Since childhood, their life in the prisoner of war camp will not be too difficult.

The two discussed some more details before Lieutenant General Fyodor left.

Immediately after returning to the encirclement, Lieutenant General Fyodor reported to Admiral Vladimir on the results of the negotiations. For the requirements of the Northern Army, Admiral Vladimir was not surprised.

"If you don't object, then we will accept the Chinese's conditions." Colonel-General Vladimir said.

The other generals looked at each other, but in the end no one said anything.

"In that case, Fyodor, go and tell the Northern Army that we have agreed to their request. Surrender to them this afternoon. However, after surrendering, they had to ensure that none of their captives would starve to death. "said Admiral Vladimir.

"Yes, General." Lieutenant General Fyodor nodded.

In the afternoon of the same day, General Vladimir, on behalf of the 200,000 Russian troops who were surrounded, handed over the command knife to Wu Haoxuan. All the Russian troops also laid down their weapons and officially surrendered to the Northern Army.

According to the agreement between the two sides, these Russian troops will receive food provided by the Northern Army after entering the prisoner of war camp. Those who are lightly injured can also be treated. As for the seriously wounded, I'm sorry, the Northern Army can only let them out in advance.

The surrender of the Russian army represented the end of the Battle of Kulen, and the Northern Army won a brilliant victory in the total annihilation of more than 400,000 Russian troops at a very small cost. This also directly established the victory of the Northern Army in this war.

Moments before the surrender, Colonel-General Vladimir sent a telegram to St. Petersburg. In his telegram, he claimed that he had no choice but to surrender for the sake of 200,000 lives, and asked Tsar Nicholas II to spare them.

But when Nicholas II received such a telegram, he immediately became furious and scolded Admiral Vladimir and others for being traitors to the Russian Empire, sinners and deserving of hell. (To be continued......)

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