Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 18661867 The less honorable surrender

"We have all decided to surrender, why are you still so aggressive?" When Paul said this, there was a trace of imperceptible fatigue and helplessness in his tone. He had just taken heavy steps and returned to this simple and improvised negotiation room. Two hours ago, he led his army of officers across the front lines of both sides and arrived at the actual control area of ​​the Tang Empire. He saw The Tang Army officer in front of me.

It was a young officer with thick black hair and a pair of sharp black eyes like a falcon. He was dressed in a spotless uniform of the Tang Empire. The rank of colonel on his shoulder straps clearly indicated his identity.

For Paul, the coalition general who once commanded a million-strong army, negotiating with a mere colonel was undoubtedly a great humiliation. However, the reality is so cruel. He who was once arrogant is now reduced to the point of bowing to his former enemies and asking for peace.

In fact, it was not that the Tang army deliberately neglected him, but that General Strauss, the highest military commander of the Tang Empire in the vicinity, had already bypassed Yucheng and continued to lead the army to the southeast. General Ying'an, who was preparing to take over the command here, was at this time The generals who are still in Ice Crystal City and are responsible for the aftermath do not have much experience in negotiation. They can only select the one with the highest position among the existing candidates to handle this negotiation.

As for letting Marshal Tiger of the Tang Dynasty in Wolf City leave for Jade City, let alone Paul, even Lions II probably wouldn't think that he really had the honor to do so.

Therefore, Paul could only suppress his dissatisfaction and conduct negotiations with the young colonel in front of him that related to the fate of hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers. The two men chose to negotiate in a dilapidated building not far from the actual line of control between the two parties. This building had obviously been hit by heavy artillery fire. The walls were covered with dense bullet holes and several of the roofs were broken. There is a big hole, and the sun shines in through the hole, casting mottled light and shadow on the ground.

In order to cover these shocking bullet holes, a dragon flag of the Tang Dynasty was hung hastily on the only wall in the room. This dragon flag fluttered gently in the breeze, seeming to silently declare the ownership of this land.

As the supreme commander of the coalition, Paul naturally could not leave the area controlled by his troops too far, and the Tang Empire seemed to have no intention of embarrassing him in this matter, so the two sides agreed to stay in this building that was not too far from the control line of both sides. This negotiation was held in a dilapidated building.

During this meeting, the Tang Empire did not show due courtesy, and did not even prepare any food or drinks. The two sides just started a "surrender negotiation" that had been communicated for a long time at both ends of a dilapidated table.

In fact, before Paul came here, he had already sent several people to communicate with the headquarters of the Tang Empire. The conditions have been negotiated repeatedly. In fact, everyone knows that there will be a result today.

"Because what you want is to waste our precious time by surrendering. Mr. General, I hope you don't treat me like a child. I know exactly what you are thinking about now." Of course, Colonel Tang Jun sitting across the table is not relying on his In his own intuitive negotiation, he is just a representative, he is just the executor of this negotiation.

Paul seemed a little embarrassed and explained his helplessness: "You know, I can no longer restrain the Lions troops in Jade City. All I can do is give the order to surrender."

What he said is indeed true, because the defense line of Lines's defenders has been divided. In many small encirclements, Lines' troops are fighting independently, and many places have lost contact for a long time. The reason why we are still persisting in the fight is because many people in these troops believe that they will soon be relieved by friendly forces.

The colonel of the Tang Army shrugged noncommittally, as if he was not interested in Paul's explanation. The limited patience on his face disappeared at this moment. He knocked on the table lightly, making two soft "dong dong" sounds, then raised a finger, pierced Paul's eyes with a sharp gaze, and said word by word: "Maybe, Mr. General. I am today I came here to tell you that this is the ultimatum we have drawn up, and I hope you can understand the seriousness of the matter."

He paused, leaving some time for Paul to digest, and then continued: "First, you and your troops must immediately lay down their weapons and surrender within one day. This is the maximum we can give. of kindness.”

"Second, you must give up control along the First Avenue of Yucheng during this day to ensure that our army can pass through Yucheng safely and quickly." At this point, he raised his second finger and said in his tone It exudes an unquestionable majesty.

"This path is vital to us, because we don't have time to waste any more time with you, and now we are more interested in taking the remnants of Dorne... I don't want any problems on this, you know what I mean "?" He stared at Paul closely, his eyes full of warning.

"The third and most important point." At this point, he raised his third finger and his tone became more severe: "You must ensure the personal safety of all people in Jade City. From now on, stop all attacks on The criminal behavior of local people must be supervised by our army. This is my bottom line for you." He said the word "bottom line" very clearly, which made all the Ryans officers present feel a chill to their bones.

The expressions on the faces of Paul opposite him and the officers of the Lions Empire who were standing behind him became very ugly. They subconsciously avoided the colonel's gaze and did not dare to look at him. They have indeed done a lot of immoral things to the people of Yucheng. It can be said that in the past month, they have burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. Now being brought up by the officers of the Tang Dynasty Empire on this occasion, it really makes them a little bit uncomfortable. tower.

Moreover, they were even more worried about whether the Lynes officers who had ordered the suppression of the rebellious civilians would be liquidated afterwards. Thinking of this, beads of sweat broke out on many people's foreheads. They felt a nervous and depressing feeling of an uncertain future, unknown life and death, as if their throats were being strangled by an invisible big hand, and they could hardly breathe. .

The colonel looked at the reactions of these people coldly, with a sarcastic curve on his lips. He knew that his words had had an effect. He cleared his throat and continued: "Mr. General, I hope you can understand that this is not a discussion with you, but a notice! If you refuse, you will be completely destroyed..."

He paused deliberately, observing the reactions of the people opposite him, and then said word by word: "You know what I mean, all of them will be wiped out, no one will be left alive! The remaining people will have to pay the price for their stupidity. In the next ten years, they will all have to atone for their efforts to obstruct the unification process of the Tang Empire. "I...I agree with your plan in principle." Paul wiped the sweat from his forehead. He knew that now. There is not much room for bargaining left. After all, the news from Lanes City is that Lanes II has decided to surrender, and the entire empire is preparing for the next surrender.

So he could only bite the bullet and carry out Lanes II's order, and continued to request: "But, I hope you can give me some time to convey the order to all the troops. You also know that our troops are scattered in It’s a very wide area and it takes time to communicate.”

"Yes, we can understand." The colonel nodded: "We will stop electromagnetic suppression interference within the next three hours, and allow signal soldiers wearing white armbands and not carrying any weapons or ammunition to pass through our control area to convey your message The order has been surrendered. Remember, it can only be signal soldiers, and they must wear white armbands and not carry any weapons and ammunition.”

He paused and his tone became serious: "This is our greatest goodwill. I hope you will not overdraw our trust and use the communication facilities we provide to do some less sensible things. You should understand that you only have one chance. If you try to use this time to carry out any military deployment or other small actions, we will think that you are refusing to surrender, and then don’t blame us for being rude.”

"No, since we have decided to surrender, we will not do anything crazy again." Paul quickly promised: "I swear in the name of His Majesty the Emperor of the Lions Empire, we will never do anything that violates our promise. . I will try my best to contact all the troops who are still resisting and ask them to put down their weapons and surrender to you as soon as possible."

"I hope you can also abide by your promise to ensure the personal safety of the surrendered soldiers, not mistreat them, and allow them to return to their hometowns at the appropriate time." At this point, Paul said with a hint of pleading in his tone.

He was striving for a final guarantee for himself, the officers behind him, and many people in the encirclement. If the Tang army thought about their contribution to surrendering, they would at least have a little face in the future liquidation.

"You don't have to worry at all. We always treat prisoners preferentially, and this is obvious to the whole world." The colonel said confidently, "So far, about 700,000 dwarf prisoners of war have returned to their hometowns, and we have even provided services for most of them. They have all provided job opportunities to help them rebuild their homes. Likewise, there are 300,000 elves who can prove to us that the safety and security we promote for prisoners of war is not a lie."

When saying these words, the colonel of Tang Army's tone was obviously full of confidence. He really didn't bother to lie in this regard. The Tang Empire's attitude towards prisoners of war was really well-known. As long as the prisoners cooperate, most of them can change their fate in the end. This is also an important reason why the Tang Empire was able to quickly restore security and production in its occupied areas.

Soon, a large group of Lions soldiers with white armbands on their arms appeared among the ruins of Jade City. They did not carry weapons, and carried letters with orders from their superiors. They passed through the Tang Army's gate with their hands raised. In the control area, they touched some positions that were still resisting and conveyed the news to everyone that the empire had decided to surrender.

Many obeyed the command and laid down their arms, but many refused to believe the message brought by the messenger. However, they soon discovered that they seemed to have made a stupid decision. The Tang army immediately launched an attack on them, with the intensity more than twice as strong as the previous few hours.

The battle between the two sides lasted for several hours. When night fell, the sound of artillery and gunfire in the city almost subsided. Then the night sky in Yucheng resounded with singing. It was the propaganda vehicle of the Tang Empire playing music to celebrate the liberation of Yucheng by them.

The Dornish troops who were retreating never expected that Paul, who promised them to defend Jade City, chose to surrender on the first day after Dorne's troops withdrew from Jade City. Some of their troops were still resting in the southeastern suburbs of Yucheng when they were captured and captured by the Tang army who pursued them.

The pursuing troops of the Tang Army who were advancing all the way were simply trying to capture the defeated Dornish troops as if they were robbing them of military glory. Those Dornish troops who had abandoned their tanks, armored vehicles, trucks and motorcycles gathered in groups on the roadside, looking at the tanks of the Tang Army. rumbled past them.

And on this morning, the dragon flag of the Tang Empire was hung on the roof of the tallest building in Jade City. Everyone was cheering. Only Paul was sitting in his headquarters and didn’t know what kind of expression he should use to receive those people. A soldier from the Tang Army was collecting information about his headquarters outside the door.

Within a few days, hundreds of thousands of Dorn soldiers became prisoners of the Tang army. They knew that they had no way to fight against the Tang army in the wild, so they would quickly choose to surrender once contact occurred. The Tang army captured prisoners all the way and drove all the way to the border of Dorne.

The Tang Army troops stopped attacking until they reached the border - they really needed some time to rest after running around for days. But something that the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army's 3rd Group never expected happened: after hearing that the troops led by General Strauss were coming, the Dornish garrison on the border surrendered.

The reason is that many of the commanders in these garrison were veterans who followed Burton and Strauss in the Eastern and Western Wars. The image of Strauss in their minds was no different from that of the God of War. After hearing that their old commander had returned, many people chose to hand over their troops...

No one expected that the 3rd Army, which had been running all the way to the border of Dorne, would continue running all day long. It was not until 24 hours later that they finally stopped because they could no longer run. At this moment, they were less than two hundred kilometers away from the capital of the Dorne Empire.