In ancient China, once a general who went out to fight was defeated or unfortunately captured, many people often chose to die directly.

The reason why they made such a choice, in addition to the deep-rooted idea of loyalty to the monarch, the biggest reason is to leave a way back for their family members who stay in China.

When generals go out to fight, their families often stay in the national capital, which can not only be well cared for and protected, but also act as protons.

If they surrender to the enemy on the battlefield, then their families who remain in the country are likely to be implicated.

At worst, he was degraded and ostracized everywhere, and he couldn't raise his head for the rest of his life, and at worst, he was beheaded all over the house, and the whole family was in a state of collapse from then on.

This is the case in the current Rinkai Empire.

After learning that Tiger Roaring was killed and the 600,000 elite army was wiped out, even though they knew that they could not resist the attack of the Condor Army, many tiger generals finally chose to resist to the end.

In addition to the loyalty to Tiger Roaring, the biggest reason for this is that the families of those tiger generals all live in Tiger King City.

If they choose to surrender to the Condor, then their family members in Tiger King City are likely to be murdered immediately.

Therefore, for the safety of their families, they can only choose to fight to the death with the Condor Army.

This is also a major reason why the Condor Army launched an attack on Tiger King City in winter.

Because if it was just to get the orcs of the three clans to pay the certificate of surrender, Ning Yuanda could wait until after the beginning of spring, after all, winter was really not a good season for marching and fighting.

It's just that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and with the fact that the Condor Empire has dispatched so many troops, every extra day of delay will increase their logistical pressure.

There was already a big problem with the logistics supply of the Condor Empire, and Ning Yuan was already beginning to overdraft the national strength of the Condor Empire by forcibly launching a full-scale war against the Linhai Empire this time, so he really couldn't afford to delay it.

However, some things are not what Ning Yuan wants.

The enemy relied on the fortified city with the forbidden air field to defend the city, and the roads were closed by heavy snow in winter, and most of the infantry corps of the Condor Army were in the area east of Liupan Mountain, and the cavalry sent by Ning Yuan did not have the ability to attack the city.

The cavalry could only besiege and block the enemy, but could not destroy the enemy in the city, so if the enemy fought to the death and did not surrender, Ning Yuan would not have much to do with them.

Just when Ning Yuan was troubled by the refusal of all the enemies to surrender, Hu Lie brought good news to Ning Yuan.

According to Hu Lie, most of the captured Tiger soldiers have already chosen to submit, and only some of the senior generals in the Tiger Army would rather die than surrender, but they don't really regard death as home.

They made a condition that their family be rescued from the Tiger King City.

As long as they succeed in reuniting with their families, they can serve the Condor Empire.

The news sent by Hu Lie was a timely rain for Ning Yuan, who was worried about the war, and it made him suddenly lose his mouth.

After finding the key to breaking the situation, Ning Yuan immediately asked those captured high-ranking tiger generals to be interrogated individually, and obtained from them a detailed account of the guards in various parts of the Linhai Empire.

At this time, a messenger sent by Ma Wanli for help rushed over, so Ning Yuan immediately asked Rose Holy Light to lead a hundred thousand flying legions to rush to the Tarim Basin with a secret list.

After finding out the families of all the tiger guards on the list, Rose Holy Light immediately led the 20,000 silver Pegasus knights to Jiayu Pass.

After joining up with the centaur army besieging Jiayu Pass, they came directly to the city of Jiayu Pass, and then in front of the defenders of Jiayu Pass, they escorted out all the families of the tiger guards stationed in the Hexi Corridor.

Along the way, the Condor Army not only did not abuse the family members of those tiger families, but also gave them the best care, so at this moment, except for a look of fear on their faces, their overall mental outlook is not bad.

"The defenders on the city wall heard clearly, these tiger women and children in front of you are all the families of those high-ranking tiger generals stationed in the Hexi Corridor.

You can report to your immediate superiors now and tell them to surrender to the Condor Empire immediately and unconditionally, or their families will go first. ”

After seeing that the city wall was crowded with tiger warriors, Rose immediately flew over the families of those tiger people, and then began to persuade the defenders of Jiayu Pass to surrender.

Although the centaur army besieging Jiayuguan had already eliminated a tiger army that had launched an attack before, the defenders of Jiayuguan did not follow him to fight, so when he saw that his wife and children were captured by the Condor army, there was a high chance that he would directly open the city and surrender.

As the guard of Jiayu Pass, Hu Bin has had a bad time recently.

After his best friend led the army and never returned, he knew that his old friend was probably unlucky.

After losing a large number of troops on the east and west sides of the Hexi Corridor, the tigers in the Hexi Corridor area were no longer able to fight, so they could only rely on the Great Wall and the fortified city to defend to the death.

These days, the centaur army outside Jiayu Pass is just wandering around outside, and they don't attack the city, so Hu Bin simply doesn't go up to the city wall, and stays in the mansion every day to drink alone, trying to use alcohol to anesthetize himself.

"General, something is wrong, the Condor Army has captured Mrs. and a few young masters, and now they are escorting them to surrender outside the city."

On this day, Hu Bin was pouring himself a drink as usual, and his own soldiers who stayed on the city wall ran into the courtyard sweating profusely, bringing him bad news.

Hearing that his wife and children were caught by the enemy, Hu Bin, who was in a half-drunk and half-awake state, suddenly came to his senses, threw the wine glass on the ground, grabbed the collar of his own soldier and confirmed: "You saw my wife and son outside the city with your own eyes, or did the enemy talk nonsense?" ”

The pro-soldier ignored Hu Bin's rude movements and replied, "General, what I saw with my own eyes is that there are not only your wife and children below, but also the families of several other generals.

I took a cursory look, and it seemed that the families of all the generals stationed in the Hexi Corridor were under the city. ”

After listening to the soldier's answer, Hu Bin sat down on the ground and was speechless for a long time.

All the families of their generals stationed outside live in Tiger King City, and now those family members have suddenly fallen into the hands of the Condor Army, then there is only one possibility, that is, Tiger King City has been lost.

Tiger King City is the capital of the Linhai Empire, and there are not only the families of these high-ranking generals in the city, but also the Tiger King family of the Tiger Roaring Sky.

The loss of the Tiger King City marked that the Tiger King Clan of the Linhai Empire had basically been wiped out, except for the Great Prince who commanded the army on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the once glorious Tiger King Tribe has disappeared.

"Hey, Lao Tzu himself is difficult to protect, how can he be qualified to worry about other people's affairs, that's it, that's it, anyway, His Majesty Tiger Roaring Sky is not here, I still want to protect my wife and children first, and then find a good place with mountains and rivers to spend the rest of my life quietly!" Hu Bin secretly laughed at himself.

After paying attention, he immediately got up from the ground and said to his soldiers, "Let's go, let's go meet the Condor Army for a while and see what they have in mind." ”