Chapter 129 - Surrender
By the time the first rays of the morning sun shone on the city of Basradi, Arufa was ready to go. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Today is the day of surrender, and Arufa still can't fully let go of this, after all, his original desire was to follow his father to defeat the Palchi army, but now he wants to bow down to his former enemy, and as a military general, he must sigh.
In the days of awaiting surrender, Arufa's life was not easy at all, and he led his men to calm the unrest situation, liberate many of the officials and nobles who had been imprisoned, and restore order to the entire city. On the surface, it is simple to say, but it is 10,000 times harder to execute. This is especially true of the civilians he had trained, who had gathered them in the first place, and who had trained them, but now Arufa had killed King Dikal, and had to quell the chaos caused by them, and to disarm them, and that since they had decided to surrender, there was no need for the continued existence of these improvised forces, and their dissatisfaction with Arufa was self-evident. In order to be able to calm the emotions of these people, Arufa exhausted his mental strength. And for the officials and nobles who were released by him, Arufa felt remorseful. The chaos caused by the mutiny naturally spread to the whole city, so that the homes of these officials were almost without exception sacked by the rebels, and their wives and daughters were humiliated, and these noble officials did not remember that thanks to Arufa they were able to escape the prison and gather in front of Arufa's mansion all day long to recover the property that had been taken by the rebels and give justice to their wives and daughters. Of course, Arufa could not afford to settle accounts with the disgruntled rebels, and he did not have the power to find out the whereabouts of every plundered fortune, so the protests against these people alone would be enough for Arufa to drink a pot. To Arufa's relative astonishment, when he presented the decision to surrender to Parci to these men, they did not raise any objections, further reinforcing Arufa's belief that the time had indeed come for Arubania to perish.
It should be said that Arufa was able to calm down the chaos of Basradia and maintain it to this day, after all, he had no experience in governing the country before this, and it was already the limit of his ability to avoid bloodshed and calm down the chaos as much as possible, but in the eyes of later historians and living Arubanians, Arufa was still a cruel murderer. Of course, Arufa himself had already prepared for the notoriety of being the king-killer of the Thousand Husbands, so he did not make any objection to this slander during his lifetime.
After arufa gathered the soldiers who had taken place for the surrender ceremony, the civil and military officials of all ranks, and the members of the Arubanian royal family who had been captured as prisoners and presented to the Palchi army, and handed over the remaining duties to the Cheka general, Arufa left the city.
When he returns to this city, he will be a citizen of Palci. Arufa smiled wryly and glanced back at Basradi, as well as at the Arubanian flag fluttering above the city.
At this time, Li Tianhao's army of 40,000 was already lined up outside the city and waiting for his arrival.
Arufa and Li Tianhao have fought several times, but it is the first time they have seen Li Tianhao himself at such a close distance. Li Tianhao's appearance is something that people will not forget again when they see it. As the rumors described, his eyes of different colors and the three animal claw marks on his face were the most obvious features, but what Arufa noticed more was the kind of momentum emanating from Li Tianhao's body, even if his appearance was not outstanding, it still made Arufa feel a sense of oppression.
"General Arufa, don't come unharmed." After Li Tianhao got off the horse, he opened his mouth first.
"Zai Xia is just a groveling and subservient person, if it is not for the needs of the ceremony, he really has no face to face His Royal Highness." Arufa said as he jumped off his horse and said.
"Your Excellency, you are serious, it is this measure of your Excellency that has prevented the city of Basradic from falling into the flames of war, and the people have been saved as a result, and these are all your credits."
Arufa just lowered his head, took out the surrender letter and the map of Arubania, and said: "On behalf of all Arubanian officials, I would like to submit to His Royal Highness Li Tianhao, Prince of Palchi, that in the future, the land of Arubania will be under the jurisdiction of Palchi, and our life and death will also depend on Her Majesty Queen Palchi." ”
Li Tianhao took the surrender letter and map from him, and said: "On behalf of Her Majesty Queen Palciafret, Prince Li Tianhao of Lower Dils will only accept your country's request for submission, and Palchi will do his best to make the people of Arubania live a prosperous and prosperous life, and will certainly give sufficient preferential treatment to all of you who surrender to our country." ”
The short ceremony ended, and Arufa pointed to the royal family members of Arubania and said to Li Tianhao: "These are all members of the royal family of Arubania, including the uncle of the late King Dikar, three princes, sixteen princes, seven princesses, thirty-one sons and nephews, and their wives and concubines. ”
Li Tianhao glanced at these former imperial relatives and current prisoners, and said lightly: "As far as I know, the royal family members of Arubania are all poor and extravagant children, and they have no good feelings for these parasites, but God has the virtue of a good life, so I will spare them a life for women and underage members, and give them a piece of land to support themselves." ”
Arufa was stunned after hearing this: he had already thought of this result, and of course Palci would not want the royal family of Arubania to be restored again, so it was reasonable to kill all the royal family. Although Li Tianhao's current handling is not tolerant, it is much better than the ending he thought, at least those underage men and female members can survive, and they may be able to become ordinary civilians in the future and live in peace, which is already the greatest happiness.
Thinking of this, Arufa saluted Li Tianhao: "Thank you for the tolerance of His Royal Highness the Prince, I have now completed my mission, please allow me to retire." ”
"Where are you going? General Arufa. If I am not mistaken, you have just said that all of you here will be at the disposal of Her Majesty the Queen. ”
Arufa paused and said, "I did say so, but I was once an enemy of your country, and I have killed countless officers and soldiers of your country??????"
"That's all in the past. I want you! Your talent can't be buried here, I want you to be my subordinate, give me advice, and fight for me, are you willing? ”
“?????? I will obey the orders of His Royal Highness the Prince. Arufa bowed his head again.