Judging from the situation he was facing, this must be a premeditated conspiracy by his opponent.

It is conceivable that as long as he counterattacks, dozens of Haw Par Army officers and soldiers, including himself, will be beaten into a hornet's nest by the other party.

More importantly, the other party arranged such a big conspiracy, and felt that it was impossible to target only one platoon of himself.

Not surprisingly, the thousands of soldiers who poured into Dingbian County were ambushed by the rebels......

Sure enough, just when the platoon commander was hesitating, a burst of gunfire and grenade explosions sounded in the city.

What's more, the sound of gunfire and grenade explosions didn't last long before disappearing completely......

You don't have to think about it to know that these attacked Haw Par Army must have been destroyed and suffered heavy losses.

Of course, another question came to the platoon commander's mind......

The total strength of the Haw Par Army that entered Dingbian County exceeded 1,000 people, and the gunfire and grenade explosions that had just ended wiped out two companies of the Haw Par Army......

In that case, what about the rest of the Haw Par Army? The results speak for themselves......

Thinking of this, the platoon commander immediately made a decision in his heart: to save his life and that of his officers and men first. After all, in the current situation, even if you fight back yourself, it will become pointless and nothing will come of it......

Besides, the officers and men of the Fifth Army were all former soldiers of the imperial court, and in their eyes, surrender was not an unspeakable thing.

Thinking of this, the platoon commander decisively ordered: "Lay down your arms, we are not their opponents...... As long as you live, sooner or later you will have a chance to take revenge......"

At the same time. In Dingbian County. There were at least seven or eight hundred Hawpanzer musketeers. It was very unfortunate that he was taken prisoner by the rebels......

On the city wall full of gaps in Dingbian County, the commander of the Ninth Division and the First Regiment was holding clairvoyance, looking anxiously for something in the city.

However, since the sudden gunfire and explosions in the city have ended, it has been difficult for him to find the figures of his soldiers in the city.

Faced with this situation, the regiment commander's first reaction was that the more than 1,000 soldiers who had entered Dingbian County were devastated by their opponents.

But. As soon as this idea came to the head of the regiment, it was rejected by the regiment commander himself.

Let's not talk about whether the rebels in the city have the strength to destroy more than a thousand tiger and leopard musketeers...... Even if they had this strength, it would be impossible for them to eat more than a thousand musketeers in such a short period of time......

In that case, where did the more than 1,000 musketeers sent out by themselves pounce?

At this moment, the figure of a chaotic soldier suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

To the surprise of the regiment commander, this rebel walked directly to the gate of the city where he was, without carrying any weapons at the same time. He also held a white flag in his hand......

Seeing this, the regiment commander hurriedly stopped his subordinates who wanted to shoot. He ordered loudly: "Let him come up, I want to see what kind of conspiracy this enemy has arranged in the city, and what has happened to my two battalions......"

Soon, the rebels were brought to the regimental commander.

At the same time, a letter written by Zhang Zhongming himself was also sent to the head of the regiment.

After reading the letter in front of the other party, the regiment commander's face was directly covered with anger from the heart......

Without thinking about it, he opened his mouth and refused: "If you want my Tiger and Leopard Army to let you leave Shaanxi, it is absolutely impossible...... Don't you think about it...... Either surrender to our Haw Par Army, or be ready to be wiped out by our Haw Par Army in Dingbian City.

The rebels standing in front of the regiment commander are definitely not ordinary people.

As soon as the regiment commander's words were finished, the other party retorted sharply: "In that case, then you will wait to see more than 700 tiger and leopard musketeers killed by us in front of you......" "In addition, we are not vegetarians...... Our general said that if you want to destroy us, you will have to pay a huge price of tens of thousands of musketeers dying on the battlefield before......"

If it was an hour ago, the regiment commander would definitely think that the other party was joking and bluffing.

But after letting him see with his own eyes a thousand soldiers, they disappeared into the battlefield for no reason, and most of them were captured. For the other party's words, the head of the regiment has already believed fifty or sixty percent......

Even if it is fifty or sixty, it means that if the Tiger and Par Army wants to take Dingbian County, it will have to pay at least one division of casualties......

Such a big thing is definitely not something that a small head of his own group can decide.

Therefore, he ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on the rebel messengers and closely monitor every move in the city.

The regiment commander took a handwritten letter from Zhang Zhongming and hurried to the military headquarters outside the city.

At this moment, I only saw Sun Chengzong, who had successfully entered Dingbian County with a regiment of the Ninth Division, and it was not clear that more than 1,000 musketeers who had entered Dingbian County had been destroyed and most of them had been captured.

Therefore, when he listened to the report of the regiment commander, the whole person was stunned.

Especially when he saw Zhang Zhongming's unreasonable request in his heart, the whole person was directly replaced by anger......

However, as an old man who has been an official for decades, Sun Chengzong's cultivation is definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

The anger that quickly emanated from all over his body didn't last long before disappearing completely.

Then, a pair of eyes stared at the commander of a regiment and asked, "Are you sure that most of the more than 1,000 soldiers who entered the city were captured by the enemy......

After receiving the regiment leader's affirmative answer, a trace of helplessness quickly appeared on Sun Chengzong's face.

Then, he said to his subordinates: "Ruthless enough...... This Zhang Zhongming is really ruthless enough...... He calculated that we would definitely save the lives of these prisoners, so he tried his best to capture hundreds of our soldiers......"

"Now it seems that for the sake of the lives of more than 700 soldiers in the hands of the rebels, we have to compromise temporarily......

Sun Chengzong's words had just been finished...... The commander of the Ninth Division shouted with an unwilling face: "We can't compromise, army commander, no matter what, we can't compromise...... It's a big deal, the lives of more than 700 captives are gone......"

Sun Chengzong shook his head and replied, "Although the lives of more than 700 captives are important...... However, it is not them who I really care, but the casualties that the other party said in the letter......"

"If we really pay the price of 10,000 people in Dingbian County, then even if we win this battle, it will be a loss, and it will be a fiasco......

"Of course, I won't let this Zhang Zhongming go just on the basis of this letter...... Until I find out what is going on in the city, I'm not going to compromise. So, I decided, do it again......"

"If the situation is as stated in the letter, then it is not too late for us to negotiate with Zhang Zhongming. In a word, even if you lose, you must also know how you lost......" (to be continued......