"Chapter 168: Laying Down Your Arms"
Everything that comes to an end in a gradual way rather than a drastic change will outlive longer than you might have assumed at first. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info take a terminally ill tuberculosis patient as an example, although he has exhausted the oil lamp and is dying, he can still survive not for a few days, but for weeks and months. In the same way, a city doomed to fall under siege can have a supply of food and grass for longer than anyone can imagine.
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No one wants to see unnecessary casualties among the soldiers under their command, even if Ivan is not the lord of the Langgang Palace, and the defenders of the Langoka Palace are not Ivan's subordinates, but Ivan still will not let these soldiers who have been fighting for days after him waste their lives.
The timely appearance of the Yanhuang family's reinforcements made the Tsugaru family's attacking army lose the capital to continue the attack, and there was no change in the outcome of this war, and the victory belonged to the Yanhuang family and the defenders of the Langgang Imperial Palace.
The 'accidental' death of Langgang Xianfan not only created the best opportunity for the Yanhuang family to deal with the Langgang Imperial Palace, but also made the soldiers of the Langgang Imperial Palace completely become the soldiers of the Yanhuang family, and many things that should not be known to the world were also covered up.
As Ivan expected, Kanehei Tsunori, who was surrounded by many encirclements, led his personal guards to break out of the encirclement several times, and as a result of four successive attempts to break out, all his personal guards cavalry were killed.
The reason why Kanehira Tsunori, who took the lead in the breakthrough and did not die, was because Wendell deliberately ordered him to spare his life;
Even with Wendell's order, the combat-ready companion cavalry did not let go of Kanehiruna, and it was their bottom line not to kill Kanehiruna, and it was their right to leave a few bloody wounds on Kanehiruna's body.
Kanehei Tsunori, who allowed blood to flow freely, finally regained his composure under the severe pain, and the sudden arrival of the cavalry force in front of him made Kanehira Tsunade understand his predicament, and even more understand how dangerous the Tsugaru family's current situation was.
The war horse resources of the Mutsu Kingdom are extremely scarce, and the only one that can have such a large-scale cavalry is the newly emerged Yanhuang family; regardless of how the cavalry of the Yanhuang family was formed, the appearance of the cavalry of the Yanhuang family is enough to make Kanehira shudder.
The Tsugaru family, which has limited strength, can only form two armies with all its might, and in addition to the army led by Kanehira Tsunade himself, the army of Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobukiri is the only army of the Tsugaru family.
At this time, the cavalry of the Yanhuang family appeared near the Nangaoka Imperial Palace, which means that the armies of Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobuyoshi must be more than lucky, and if their army is destroyed, will the Tsugaru family still have any hope of fighting the Yanhuang family?
The most terrible thing in a war is never defeat, but the loss of hope for victory, and the blind-eyed Kanehira Tsunade knows that his guess should be the truth, but he still does not want to believe this cruel fact, he does not believe that the Tsugaru family will lose.
"Kanehei Tsunada, you don't have to do fearless struggles anymore. Yumitsu Numata and Nobugen Morioka are imprisoned in Nangang Imperial Palace Castle, and Hattori Yasuki and Ogasawara Nobukishi are imprisoned in Nobeji Castle, do you think your Tsugaru family still has the capital to fight against our Yanhuang family?"
Wendell, who had almost sealed the victory, did not rush to lead his army to attack the Tsugaru clan soldiers near the castle walls, but rode to the periphery of the cavalry encirclement of his partner, and informed Kenhei Tsunade of the current situation of the Tsugaru family, intending to persuade Kanehira to give up resistance.
"Really?" In the face of Wendell's persuasion, Kanehirsuna did not show a surprised expression, he just smiled faintly and said, "From the moment you appeared, I knew that the army of Hattori Yasushi and Ogasawara Nobukishi no longer existed, and it was expected. ”
"In that case, do you still have the need to resist? This war was provoked by the Tsugaru family on its own initiative, and our Yanhuang family only believes in the Tsugaru family's Tsugaru, and as long as you, the retainers of the Tsugaru family, are willing to surrender, you will not be blamed for the past!"
The previous conditions of persuasion were not put forward by Wendell on his own initiative, but an order given to Wendell when he sent Wendell to lead the cavalry, and in Bai Feng's opinion, it was worth it to be able to win at a smaller cost.
"Surrender?" Kanehirsuna didn't care about Wendell's past blame, and focused on the word 'surrender': "Can you tell me, did Hattori Yasushi surrender, did Ogasawara Nobukii surrender, and what about Numata Yumitsu and Morioka Nobumoto?"
"Of course I can tell you! Hattori Yasujo and Ogasawara Nobukishi took the initiative to lay down their arms, surrounded by tens of thousands of troops of our Yanhuang family, after they failed to lead their troops to break through, they chose to surrender to us, if you don't believe it, you can ask them yourself.
As for Numata Yumitsu and Ogasawara Nobuki, they have been imprisoned in the Nangang Imperial Palace, and I don't know if they surrendered or not, but I know that as long as they don't die, then surrender is their choice sooner or later. ”
"Hehe, I believe your answer. However, I also believe that Hattori Yasuki and Ogasawara Nobuyoshi did not choose to lay down their arms for their own lives, and likewise it is unlikely that Yumitsu Numata and Nobumoto Morioka would have betrayed the Tsugaru family. ”
"Do you mean you're not willing to surrender?" Kanehira's smile made Wendell frown, he always felt that the old man of the Tsugaru family didn't look right, although Wendell sensed something was wrong, but couldn't say what it was.
"No, I am willing to surrender to the Yanhuang family. Wendell's frowning brow had not yet stretched, and Kanehira gave a surprise answer, and in the face of Wendell's surprised eyes, the smiling Kanehira said calmly:
"In the current situation, our Tsugaru family has lost the capital to compete with your Yanhuang family, rather than continue to fight and only increase the casualties of our soldiers, it is better for your Yanhuang family to directly win the war.
I can lead my army to surrender to your Yanhuang family, but I also have a surrender condition that you must agree to, that is: after your Yanhuang family captures Ishikawa Castle, you must not harm our Tsugaru family governor, and you must let our family governor leave Mutsu Province. ”
"General Kanehira Tsunori, you know this kind of thing, it's not up to me to call the shots at all. ”
"Of course I know that this kind of thing requires the consent of your Yanhuang Family Governor, and I am sure he will definitely agree. A Tsugaru family governor who has left the country of Mutsu cannot influence the rule of the Yanhuang family, and this is the last thing I can do for my lord. ”
"This ...... I can promise you to report your terms to the Governor, but I cannot guarantee that the Governor will agree, and if you do not object, then order your men to lay down their arms now, for the war is over. ”
"Yes, this war is over. "Frightened, Kanehei Tsunori, escorted by his fellow cavalry to the castle walls, and gave orders to the Tsugaru clan armies attacking the Nangaoka Imperial Palace to lay down their arms and surrender.