Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 236 Surrender 1
At dawn the next day, Li Damu was woken up by his anxious subordinates. It turned out that when the five thousand Black Mountain Army woke up, they heard that their side was completely surrounded. Many bold people still didn’t believe it. I don't understand, when the northern border army camped yesterday, there was no sign of them, why did they surround themselves when they woke up in the morning?

Li Damu didn't believe it at first, but after he led people to patrol around, he had to believe it. The facts were right in front of his eyes. The scouts of the Northern Border Army appeared outside the Black Mountain Army camp from time to time, pointing and pointing. It seems to be inquiring about the defense situation of the Montenegrin army camp.

Although there are only a dozen or so scouts of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Black Mountain Army did not dare to attack. They were not sure if there would be an ambush behind the dozen or so people, and even if they attacked, so what? , The scouts are the elite of the cavalry, even if they attack on their side, can they catch up?

The Montenegro Army spent two hours in anxiety and panic like this. What surprised them was that the Northern Border Army, which had an absolute advantage, did not launch an attack. Many soldiers of the Montenegro Army were confused. If they are not attacking yet, what are they waiting for?

Just when the soldiers of the Black Mountain Army were puzzled, the sound of horns sounded in the distance. Li Damu stood on the high platform, and he could clearly see that this was the follow-up troops of the Northern Xinjiang Army coming.It turned out that it was the seven thousand servants and the three thousand Yanmen cavalry who came out of camp.

Now, Li Damu's face is ashen, and even the opponent's follow-up troops are twice as many as his own. How can we fight this battle? The opponents are all elite cavalry, and there is no way to escape. The refugee leader who had narrowly escaped death many times didn't know what to do with himself.

After the servant army arrived, Gongsun Xu immediately ordered the camp to be handed over. Immediately afterwards, the frontier troops gradually walked out of the camp, but they did not line up in front of the Black Mountain Army camp. On the contrary, they didn't care about the Black Mountain Army at all. their interests.

Half an hour later, all the frontier troops left, including 6000 of the 1000 servants. Now, there are only [-] cavalry left near the Black Mountain Army camp, of which [-] are the servants. The three thousand cavalry of Yanmen are here.

Many soldiers of the Black Mountain Army were glad that the main force of the enemy army was not there, and they all had the idea of ​​breaking out, but when they reported this idea to Li Damu, Li Damu just smiled bitterly: "Break out? Where are we going to break out? We have no way out. .”

Li Damu's subordinates are very puzzled. Now that the number of Northern Xinjiang troops has been reduced to [-], isn't it the best time to break through?
But Li Damu's next words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing the flame of hope that had finally ignited in their hearts.

"The northern border army is brave and good at fighting, and the frontier army is a first-class strong army. However, why did Gongsun Xu give up attacking us when he had the upper hand? Do you really think that Gongsun Xu is just pity The lives of the soldiers?" Li Damu said with a sad smile: "If I guessed correctly, we are just the bait of the Northern Frontier Army.

We are now at the junction of Changshan and Zhongshan, and we can enter Zhongshan territory [-] miles to the east. However, Gongsun Xu's main force has already gone east. If we go east again, we will only hit the edge of the knife. .

If we retreat to the west, we will only go deep into Changshan territory. However, I got the news yesterday that General Guan Yu of Bingzhou led [-] cavalry northward and entered Changshan territory. From yesterday to today, in my opinion, Guan Yu should have led and occupied Changshan Without the environment, we have no place to stand in Changshan.

Going south is even more unfeasible. The south is the hinterland of Jizhou. No matter how hard we break through, we will only enter Zhaodi or Julu. Do you think Jizhou Mu Hanfu will let us go?

The only way out is in the north. We may be able to fight our way back to Montenegro if we break through the siege to the north. But, look, the 4000 northern border troops have already blocked our way to the north. Order troops, is it the opponent of the [-] elite cavalry?Gongsun Xu left [-] people to deal with us, which is already the focus of our care.

Even if we can break through and return to Montenegro, so what, do you think the Montenegro Army will still have a foothold for us?Zhang Yan looked farther than me, he probably already guessed my ending, that's why he gave up Changshan and hurried back to Montenegro.

Now, he should have gone back. Presumably, he is now setting out to unify all the forces of the Black Mountain Army. Even if we can return to Black Mountain, it is nothing more than Zhang Yan's innocent souls. The world is so big that we have nowhere to escape up. "

When Li Damu said this, his subordinates were really desperate now. However, these people are used to life and death. Even if there is no hope, they are not willing to die like this. Many people looked at Li Damu and asked: "Chief, is there really no way out?"

When Li Damu heard the word "way out", his eyes still flashed a little light after all, and he said slowly: "There are two ways out, either, the reinforcements from Zhongshan defeated Gongsun Xu and rescued us, so that we don't have to Dead. However, this hope is extremely slim, even if Gongsun Xu is defeated, the four thousand cavalry in the north will probably not let us go.

Then there is only one way left. Now, the reinforcements from Zhongshan are still on their way. Gongsun Xu should have gone to ambush them. If we want to survive, unless we surrender to the Northern Xinjiang Army now, maybe we can Find a way out. "

"Surrender?" Many people couldn't help but exclaimed.

These people were the rebellious Yellow Turban Army many years ago. Since the day they joined the Yellow Turban Army, they felt that they would never die against the official army.

However, now their big leader actually said to surrender to the army, which made them all feel unbelievable.However, many people have already moved their hearts. If surrender can win a way of survival, they will still choose this way.

But the question is, will the Northern Xinjiang Army accept their surrender?Now that the Northern Border Army has an absolute advantage, as long as they launch an attack, it is enough to crush 5000 people on their side. Is it necessary for them to let their side surrender?
Many people looked at Li Damu, some even asked: "Boss, can we still surrender?"

Li Damu sighed and replied: "If there are only 5000 of us, the Northern Xinjiang Army will certainly look down on us, but don't forget, I still have more than 4 subordinates in Zhongshan. If we continue to surrender and promise to recruit these 4 people, we may be able to find a way out for us old brothers.

Although Gongsun Xu is brave and good at fighting, he has no reputation for being easy to kill. After our army surrenders, he will definitely not embarrass the brothers. However, a leader who has done many evils like me may not escape death.

I hate Yuan Shao, who tricked us into sending troops to disturb Youzhou, and tricked us into looting Jizhou. If I hadn't been so greedy, I wouldn't have fallen to where I am today. Alas, after all, we have become pawns in the hands of others. "

Li Damu's analysis is very reasonable, maybe it is hopeless to survive, let Li Damu see the current situation clearly, surrender is indeed his only way out, more importantly, Li Damu knows that if he surrenders, it is absolutely the best for Gongsun Xu The good news is that if he can recruit those [-] old subordinates, Gongsun Xu might consider letting him survive.

Just now, the reason why Li Damu deliberately told his subordinates that he was so miserable, and at the same time pretended to be righteous, was that he did not want his subordinates to rebel against him at this time. If Gongsun continues to ask for credit, then he will be really wronged.

Li Damu's recruiting and buying people's hearts did have some effect, but he himself didn't know how long this effect would last. In order to prevent his subordinates from rebelling, he had to seize the time to continue negotiating with Gongsun.

Soon, Li Damu sent someone to submit a letter of surrender to the [-] cavalry who intercepted him. However, among the [-] cavalry, the highest-ranking officer was just a general. He was Guan Ping's subordinate and had no right to handle such a major matter. He immediately sent someone to deliver the letter of surrender to Gongsun Xu, but his side did not relax the surveillance of the five thousand black mountains at all.

When Gongsun Xu received the news, he was discussing with Huang Xu how to choose an ambush location. The Black Mountain Army from Zhongshan would arrive here in one day, so he had to be prepared.

Li Damu's letter of surrender was indeed unexpected by Gongsun Xu. Due to the urgency of the war these days, successive battles and rapid marches made him ignore the surrender of the Black Mountain Army. Cai and Jia Xu once suggested that Gongsun Xu find a way to recruit the Black Mountain Army as much as possible.

However, from the beginning of the fight to the present, the Black Mountain Army has shown a lot of vigor, making Gongsun Xu feel that there is no hope of surrendering, but now it is different, Li Damu has become a turtle in the urn, and his failure is a matter of time.

Gongsun Xu couldn't be sure whether Li Damu was playing with him, so he had to hand over the matter here to Huang Xu, and then he led three thousand tiger and cardinal cavalry back to Li Damu's camp. The sincerity of surrender is all that matters, he wants to see if this Li Damu is playing some tricks.

In addition, Gongsun Xu immediately sent someone to Yanmen to send an order to Guo Jia to come over quickly. Guo Jia and Gongsun Xu could not bear such a hasty march after meeting up, so he arrived at Yanmen one step later than Gongsunxu. Now, he is at Yanmen Busy with the matter of the prisoners of the Black Mountain Army, if it weren't for Li Damu's surrender letter, Gongsun Xu really wouldn't have called Guo Jia over.

In fact, what really attracted Gongsun Xu was not that Li Damu wanted to surrender, but Li Damu's appeal to the Black Mountain Army in Zhongshan. Li Damu still left [-] subordinates there. It is of great benefit to the progress of the war.

Besides, Gongsun Xu had the idea of ​​defeating the 10,000+ Black Mountain Army in one fell swoop, but he suffered from limited troops and could not find a way. Now, Li Damu's letter of surrender undoubtedly gave him inspiration.

(End of this chapter)