It is definitely not possible to let it go, but looking at the appearance of these mercenaries, it is impossible to lay down their weapons easily, and they don't even look at the flag of the Rostov regiment that was thrown on the ground......

No wonder the cohesion of the army in this era is so weak, relying on a group of knights and petty nobles who are good at skirmishes, plus a small number of noble guards and a large number of mercenaries who work for money, if this kind of army is not of high enough quality of the soldiers themselves and rich experience in warfare, what difference does this kind of army have with a rabble?

In the Middle Ages, the coalition forces of European countries were beaten by a partial division of the Mongol Empire back then, and he didn't even know his mother, so he was really not wronged at all......

However, now these mercenaries are desperately trying to protect themselves because of their 'glorious deeds', which is a big trouble.

Shu Zifeng's eyes swept over the warrior battalion and the musket team that had been exhausted for a long time, and the casualties of the remaining Swedish senior musketeers were not small, if you counted the number alone, it was not as much as the more than 2,000 mercenaries on the opposite side......

Shu Zifeng was naturally reluctant to let his already thin foundation be cleaned up, and after thinking for a while, as if he had made up some kind of determination, he whispered a few words to the herald who shouted beside him.

Soon, the mercenaries of the palace who formed a formation to protect themselves received the conditions offered by Shu Zifeng:

1. As long as they are willing to give up resistance, Shu Zifeng is willing to bear the double commission given to them by Moscow City, and the insufficient part will be compensated with land according to the market price.

2. As long as they agree, Shu Zifeng is willing to recruit them into the warrior camp and enjoy all the soldiers of the warrior camp.

3. They can keep all their personal belongings and weapons and equipment, and Shu Zifeng swears by his honor that he will ensure the safety of the lives and property of all those who surrender to Cheng and fulfill the promises made!

Finally, the herald added, if you don't even agree to such conditions, be ready to fight to the death!

After the herald's words were brought in, all the warrior battalions of the leading musketeers and the senior Swedish musketeers took their captured muskets and gathered around the mercenary arrays from all sides, forming a position that was about to die.

Even though Shu Zifeng's number of people was far less than that of the mercenaries, he still completely suppressed the mercenaries who only sought self-preservation.

This is not only the threat of a big victory on Shu Zifeng's side, but also the threat brought by a large number of muskets.

Although some of the mercenaries also have arquebuses, but compared to Shu Zifeng's full range of guns, it is nothing, if it really starts, this group of mercenaries in the palace knows very well that they must try to charge forward and use blood and lives to make up for the gap in firearms between the two sides.

After setting up the formation, Shu Zifeng once again put a heavy bait on the mercenaries - mercenaries who want to surrender can come to their own military formation alone, and Shu Zifeng will give preferential treatment to all those who surrender voluntarily!

This mercenary force of more than 2,000 people is already a mountain of mercenaries from different regions and different organizations, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, they may be able to unite as one, but now the temptation to survive can get commission compensation and even land rewards is in front of them, it is impossible to say that these mercenaries have no other thoughts.

If they can really live and get the land, who wants to fight a battle that is sure to be lost?

The rebels on the opposite side made it clear that the chariots and horses would rather fight for losses than let them leave safely, and if they surrendered, they could survive and even join the warrior battalion that was said to be well-paid, and they would be compensated for military merit and commissions, and if they continued to resist stubbornly, they would face a battle with almost no chance of winning.

This kind of simple multiple-choice question, the only thing that makes the mercenary leader feel embarrassed is just Shu Zifeng's character......

In fact, Shu Zifeng's previous practice of pulling prisoners of war into the Xiandeng camp to serve as cannon fodder was too cruel.

Many mercenaries took advantage of the gap between the fighting, and reflected their wishes to their mercenary captains and other figures, in the mercenary gang, the hierarchy between the soldiers is not too strict, and the mercenary leader is only the boss who leads the army in wartime, and there is no real army in which the lower ranks are absolutely subject to the constraints of the superiors.

After a heated argument, the representative sent from the mercenary array put forward an additional condition: he hoped that Shu Zifeng would allow them to bring back their families.

Shu Zifeng's response was simple, he was willing to help all the mercenaries who were loyal to him, and safely moved his family to the area under his control to receive the reward.

Shu Zifeng's practice of rewarding land is tantamount to setting off the reverse scales of the knight class and the aristocratic class, the mercenaries are all landless outlaws and wandering knights who have lost their fiefdoms and are frustrated, and the wandering knights may be nothing, but those mercenaries who do not have any status can receive the land, isn't it to prove to the world that the status of the nobility and the status of the knight are a 'fart'?

However, Shu Zifeng doesn't care about this 'flaw', compared to the hatred and rejection of the entire aristocratic system, he pays more attention to the elite of more than 2,000 mercenaries who have experienced a hundred battles!

Mercenaries have no loyalty at all, they fight for money, but land is also what mercenaries desire, in fact, many people become mercenaries in order to make great achievements in a certain battle, get the appreciation of the noble lord and enter the noble direct guard, step by step until finally named a knight to obtain their own fiefdom!

Now, Shu Zifeng directly allocated a part of the land to them as commissions and military salaries, and in this imminent defeat, the choice of the mercenaries is not difficult to determine.

If it weren't for the fact that the Xiandeng Battalion founded by Shu Zifeng before was too shady, these mercenaries might have raised their hands and surrendered the moment they saw the banner of the Rostov Legion.

"We are willing to surrender, and we hope that the adults will respect the previous promise!"

As the sound of the mercenaries throwing away their weapons sounded, the battle finally came to a successful end, and the warrior battalion and the musketeers who were tired and energetic, also breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed, they were the soldiers who had been fighting for the longest time in this battle, many of them did not even have the strength to cheer, after hearing the news of the end of the battle, they sat on the blood-soaked ground and gasped, their faces full of fatigue.

After collecting the more than 2,000 elite mercenaries, Shu Zifeng couldn't help but fall into a reflection on the military system, the performance of the warrior battalion was still very good, and in the interests of the land, the soldiers were really willing to kill the enemy desperately.

However, this pioneer battalion not only did not reflect the due role of cannon fodder, it collapsed at the first touch, but also caused itself to leave a notoriety of mistreating prisoners of war, it is time to rectify, the conquest system is only an auxiliary after all, if you want to achieve the hegemony in your chest, make full use of the local population is the king!