Chapter 235: Surrender
The next day, when the rising sun illuminated the Tianlong Kingdom, the battle outside the city of Mo had completely subsided, and Li Kuan, the deputy general of Leng Tianxing, saw that the general trend had gone, and he could only surrender to the Tianlong Kingdom with more than 300,000 people who had attacked the city, Xiao Yong and the others breathed a long sigh of relief.
The night's mental breakdown almost broke them.
When the battle stopped, Bai Xiao, Ji Yao and the others all fell on the head of the city of Mocheng, looking up at the sky and taking a long breath.
When Leng Manyan went up to the head of Mocheng City, she saw that the expressions of the crowd were so tired, she walked up to Xiao Yong and said to Xiao Yong, "Take a break!" Then go down and count the casualties, and place the prisoners properly, and you must treat them well, and you can't abuse them, you know? ”
"Yes, sissy." Xiao Yong replied weakly.
After answering, Xiao Yongcai suddenly remembered Long Xiaofeng, and then asked, "By the way, the queen, how is the emperor's situation?" There's nothing wrong with him, right? ”
"He's fine, it's okay, you can rest assured, by the way, the enemy general! I have something I want to talk to him about, so you can bring him to me! Leng Manyan responded easily, and turned to ask the enemy general Li Kuan.
Xiao Yong tilted his head and glanced at the city a few times, and nodded towards Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan looked down, just in time to see a big black man with a dirty face and a battle armor, standing under the tower of Mocheng, looking up at the direction of Tiandu, his face was full of disappointment, Leng Manyan knew at a glance that he was the most powerful deputy general Li Kuan under his eldest brother.
And now he has long been disappointed in Qi Tianguo.
Xiao Yong leaned his head on the city wall and said to Leng Manyan, "This guy is one of the most powerful lieutenant generals under Leng Tianxing, basically Leng Tianxing died, and he relied on him to support the entire army, he is a general who fights, but he is arrogant and brave and belligerent, I really can't figure out what the reason for his initiative to surrender is when he is undefeated." ”
"Oh! In that case, didn't he surrender because the emperor blew up the entire city? Leng Manyan asked curiously.
"Of course not, even if you bombed the city, he still has more than 300,000 troops under his command, which is still enough to break through the city of Mo, but he didn't do it, which makes me a little unpredictable." Xiao Yong's incomprehensible stall hand.
In Xiao Yong's view, Li Kuan really has no need to surrender, even if he doesn't want to fight, he can still escape here with more than 300,000 troops, and then go back to Tiandu, still be a general, and live his life as a general, but once he surrenders, he will become a prisoner, and his reputation is not good.
Leng Manyan naturally knew this, and because she knew, she was even more curious about this Li Kuan.
After exchanging a few words with Xiao Yong, Bai Xiao and others, and instructing them to take people to count the casualties, Leng Manyan himself walked down the city tower with steps, came to the outside of Mo City, and walked behind Li Kuan, the big black man, Leng Manyan smiled lightly, "Vice General Li, what are you worried about?" ”
"Oh! It's the queen's mother, Li Kuan has seen the queen's mother......"
"Don't be polite, it's rare that you're still so polite." Before Li Kuan finished speaking, Leng Manyan interrupted him.
Li Kuan had a straight face, not smiling at all, just looking up at the direction of Tiandu with a sad expression.
These expressions on his face were all taken into Leng Manyan's eyes, Leng Manyan was good at observing his face, his eyes rolled, and Leng Manyan turned to ask, "What are Vice General Li's plans next?" ”
"Intended?" Li Kuan also asked Leng Manyan stupidly.
"Yes! Could it be that Vice Admiral Li is willing to be a prisoner here? Our Tianlong Kingdom doesn't need a captive general, but a real general. Leng Manyan explained directly to Li Kuan.
Li Kuan just smiled bitterly and didn't make a sound.
After being silent for a while, Li Kuancai asked, "Could it be that the Heavenly Dragon Nation treats us captives well?" Will it still give us a choice? ”
"Of course, I will give you a choice, if you want to stay and do things for my Tianlong Kingdom, you will stay, if you don't stay, our Tianlong Kingdom will not be reluctant, I will give you two silver, so that you can go back to your hometown safely, reunite with your wife and children, and share your family." Leng Manyan's answer was beyond Li Kuan's expectations.
For a moment, Li Kuan was speechless and dumbfounded.
It was the first time he had seen a country treat prisoners of war like this, even if he didn't kill them, he would give them two resettlements, which was indeed a bit surprising to Li Kuan, originally he didn't have any good hopes for his situation, but Leng Manyan's words completely dispelled the worries in his heart.
After staring at Leng Manyan for a few seconds, Li Kuan's knees suddenly weakened, knelt down for Leng Manyan, and bowed, "I, Li Kuan, gave this life, which was given by General Leng, and now that General Leng has passed away, I, Li Kuan, have no chance to repay him, but please let me return this kindness to the Leng family, but Li Kuan's heart to repay the kindness." ”
"General Li, please hurry up, I have also had the matter of the eldest brother, General Li has such a heart to repay the kindness, it is indeed rare, and he should be treated with courtesy." Leng Manyan was startled, and quickly reached out to help Li Kuan up.
Li Kuan stood up from the ground, but his eyes were filled with tears.
Who would have imagined that such a man who was born and died on the killing field, who had never shed blood and never shed tears, was actually full of tears in his eyes in front of Leng Manyan today? This somewhat surprised Leng Manyan.
Leng Manyan looked at Li Kuan in a daze and asked, "Why is General Li crying?" ”
"For the future of Qi Tianguo, for the hundreds of thousands of brothers who died in the city, for General Leng, the country that we once had to defend together, but now it has come to such a desperate situation, Li Kuan is ashamed of the first emperor, ashamed of the first emperor." Li Kuan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said such a thing.
Leng Manyan was moved by Li Kuan again.
Li Kuan closed his tiger eyes, and a line of tears slowly slipped down, "General Zhao, report the number of casualties, how many brothers do we have left?" ”
"General Li, we are still alive now, there are still a total of 250,000 horses, and in the first battle last night, more than 50,000 brothers died in the war." Li Kuan's words fell, and a middle-aged man wearing a general's uniform slowly walked behind Li Kuan and reported to Li Kuanbing.
Long before, they carried out an inventory of casualties and counted the casualties one by one.
After Li Kuan listened, he nodded quietly and said to Leng Manyan, "Queen Mother, we have lost confidence in Qi Tianguo, Qi Tianguo is about to end, now in order to repay General Leng's kindness, we will switch to Tianlong Kingdom, and ask the Queen Mother to accept our surrender!" ”
"Welcome, you will be a member of the Celestial Dragon Kingdom in the future." Leng Manyan happily stretched out his hand to Li Kuan.
Li Kuan looked at Leng Manyan's action, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Leng Manyan chuckled and explained, "Stretch out your hand, let's shake hands, this means that our Heavenly Dragon Kingdom accepts you, this is the etiquette of our Heavenly Dragon Kingdom, you should follow the customs!" ”
"Yes...... Is that so? It turns out that the Tianlong Kingdom has a handshake gift! Li Kuan suddenly realized when he heard this, and as he spoke, he stretched out and shook Leng Manyan's little hand.
After the two shook hands and made peace, Leng Manyan recruited Xiao Yong, and assigned Li Kuan to Xiao Yong, becoming the highest-ranking deputy general under Xiao Yong, and only under the jurisdiction of Xiao Yong, such an honor made Li Kuan very flattered.
It wasn't until noon that all the casualties of this battle were counted.
Xiao Yong stood at the head of the city and reported to Leng Manyanbing, "Queen Mother, in this battle, our side lost 130,000 troops, persuaded the enemy to surrender 250,000 troops, and annihilated more than 400,000 enemies. ”
"Yes! The emperor is desperate to fight this battle, there is such a record, it is not accidental, but inevitable, okay, you go down and get busy! The cities should be defended, Vice General Li, you have to treat him well, he is a general, you have to train him well, and in the future he will be the second great general of the Tianlong Kingdom in addition to you. Leng Manyan sighed and told Xiao Yong.
Xiao Yong nodded, taking all of Leng Manyan's words to heart.
After reporting these circumstances to Leng Manyanbing, Xiao Yong turned around and was about to leave, but as soon as he walked to the entrance of the city tower, Leng Manyan suddenly stopped him, "Wait......"
"Queen Mother, is there anything else?" Xiao Yong walked and asked curiously.
"Today you have arranged the army properly, and tomorrow you and General Li will leave the city with 50,000 horses and horses, and I have something to tell you to do." Leng Manyan commanded Xiao Yong.
After Xiao Yong listened, he stood there stunned, and he didn't react for a long time.
As early as last night, leaving the city was blown into ruins by Long Xiaofeng, and now there are no ghosts, dead silence, lifeless, Xiao Yong doesn't understand, why does Leng Manyan want to leave the city with 50,000 horses? Is it to go to defense? But these 50,000 horses are guarding against leaving the city, and that's not enough!
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and asked inexplicably, "Queen Mother, what are you going to do in the city?" ”
"Hundreds of thousands of people are in the city of Licheng, one is to pay tribute to them, the second is to erect a monument to them, the third is to rebuild the city, and the fourth is to let the people of the Tianlong Kingdom see the benevolence and hope of the Tianlong Kingdom, no matter what kind of suffering they have experienced, even if they are wiped out, our Tianlong Kingdom can still rebuild hope." Leng Manyan clenched his fists, looked in the direction of leaving the city, and explained to Xiao Yong in a sonorous tone.
After Xiao Yong listened, his heart was moved, his eyes suddenly flushed with a rare ruddy, and he nodded heavily, Xiao Yong stepped down the city tower with solid steps, it was at this moment that Xiao Yong made a decision in his heart, he was born as a person of the Tianlong Kingdom, and death was a ghost of the Tianlong Kingdom, he was willing to do his best for the Tianlong Kingdom, and he was just dead.