"What? You say that this bastard Diordemir actually led his troops to the Shamatz Pass? When did this happen? McClain was shocked when he heard what Chris said.

This news could not help but surprise him, if this news was true, then his Twentieth Legion would be caught in a situation where he was caught in the front and back, and all means of supply had already been cut off, and now the rear was attacked by the Ostrogoths, so it was only a matter of time before his Twentieth Legion was destroyed, how could this not make him panic?

Previously, McLean had already known the news that the governor of Illyria Province had run away by boat with his family, property and part of the army and lost the entire province to the Ostrogoths, he originally thought that it would take some time for the Ostrogoths to completely eat the entire Illyrian Province, so he had been preparing to lead the army south to fight against the Ostrogoths, but before he could lead the army to set off, the army of the Great Qin Empire came from the north, which made him anxious. And the news that the Osijek Pass was broken by the Great Qin army made him already feel that the general trend had gone, and now that the Ostrogoths have come to their senses, Diordemir is leading a large army to rush to the Shamac Pass, once the Ostrogothic army arrives at the Shamac Pass, then his 21st Army will face the situation of being attacked on both sides, with the current situation of his 21st Army Corps will not last long at all, even if the Ostrogoths and White Tiger Pass are rich in war materials, but in the case of the enemy before and after, the morale of the army will inevitably plummet, The combat effectiveness plummeted, and the soldiers did not have much combat effectiveness at all, let alone resist the flanking attacks of the enemies in front and behind in such a situation. It's good if there is no chaos inside, McLean's expression already shows the panic in his heart, as an old Jiang. Now his expression was enough to explain the severity of the form.

Chris replied, "This is the news I overheard from the camp of the Great Qin army two days ago, two officers were discussing, and I happened to be hiding next to hear the news at that time!" ”

McLean frowned and said, "If this news is true, why hasn't there been news from the Shamatz Pass yet?" Could it be that the intelligence system of the Great Qin Empire could transmit the information obtained to the hands of the commander in a very short period of time? ”

Chris nodded and said, "Uncle, you don't know, the intelligence system of the Great Qin Empire does have this ability, they don't know what method to use, even if it is thousands of miles away." The news that the spy officers got yesterday will reach Cedica within a day! ”

"Shhh This speed of transmitting intelligence was simply appalling, and he knew very well what this speed of transmitting intelligence meant, which meant that the Great Qin Empire had a huge advantage over any other country in terms of the speed and time to obtain military information, and the Great Qin Empire was able to make a very timely strategic deployment for all the military operations of the enemy country. And so and so on. As long as the countries that are enemies of the Great Qin Empire do not suffer defeat, it is a strange thing!

After being shocked for a long time, McLean came back to his senses and said: "If they really have such a fast speed of information transmission, then the news that Dior Demir is leading his troops towards the Shamatz Pass is likely to be true!" Then he shouted out the door, "Someone! ”

One of the guards dodged into the house and saluted, "What does the general command?" ”

McLean immediately said: "Immediately send someone to send an order to Eric the guard of the Shamatz Pass, and tell him that the leader of the Ostrogoths, Diodmir, is leading a large army to rush to the Shamac Pass, and order him to enter the first-level combat readiness to prevent the Ostrogoths from taking advantage of the slackness of our army to seize the pass!" ”

"Yes, General!"

After the guard has withdrawn. Chris said to McLean, "Uncle, it seems that our army is in an extremely dangerous situation right now. In the past, the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, Qin Dongqin, led an army of 100,000 to watch, and then there was Diodemir who led the army to quickly kill Shamatz, both of which are currently our enemies, and now the soldiers do not know that the Ostrogoths have been killed, and their morale has plummeted after hearing the news that Illyria has completely fallen, if they learn that the Ostrogoths are killing Shamat, I am afraid that without the army of the Great Qin Empire and the Ostrogoths attacking, we are afraid that all parts of the soldiers will kill each other first in order to survive! ”

McClain hadn't thought of this question before, but now after Chris's reminder, he suddenly snorted, and then sweated profusely.

Under strong external pressure, the first person who cannot hold out is definitely not the enemy but his own internal, and some strong-willed people may choose to fight to the death; There are those who have no opinion, how the Lord will choose, they will obey the command; Some people may want to surrender, so as to avoid death, among all people, the people who are determined and choose to fight to the death may only be a minority, in the current corrupt political environment of the Western Roman Empire, I am afraid that not many people will choose to be loyal to it to the end, the vast majority of soldiers come out to be soldiers are to eat for a living, when it comes to what honor, it is only what the nobles care about, as ordinary soldiers, they will not care about these, who can give them food, can let them live, they will choose to obey whose orders.

That is to say, as long as someone is slightly agitated in the army, I am afraid that most of the soldiers will choose to surrender, because in the current situation, surrender is the only way out, otherwise it will only be a dead end, and people are blocked in front and back, where to flee? There was nowhere to escape, and surrender became the only option.

McLean knew very well that if he gave the order to fight the enemy to the death now, I am afraid that soon he would be overridden by the senior officers below, and they would definitely not obey his orders again, and he would most likely be killed by his subordinates, because not everyone would be as afraid of death as he was, and the vast majority of those who were afraid of death were afraid of death. In the case of the empire's government and national strength, the vast majority of soldiers may choose to fight to the death, because they know that even if they die in battle, their families will be compensated, and their death is worth it, but how can the current situation of the empire make them feel at ease to die? They knew very well that even if they died, they would die in vain, and would such a corrupt dynasty give their families a good life? The answer is no, so they are afraid of death and are not willing to fight to the death for this decaying empire.

McLean didn't speak, he was mentally analyzing the current shape in order to make a correct judgment for himself.

Chris looked at McClain and sighed: "Uncle, we don't seem to have any other choice, if my uncle chooses to be loyal to the empire to the end, I'm afraid there are few chances, as long as you give such an order, the soldiers will rebel against you, I am also the one who leads the troops, I know this very well, now that the empire has reached this point, it is already a building that is about to fall, no one has the ability to return to the sky, not even God, the reason why the soldiers are still safe now is because they don't know that our back road is about to be cut off, Once they know the news, some other Wing Captain, Centurion, will come and force you to make a choice! ”

McLean exclaimed, "Is there no other way?" ”

Chris shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid not, unless you can lead the army to fly out of here and fly to Rome, but even so, the officers and soldiers may be fine, and you still have to bear the responsibility of leading the army to evacuate the town without authorization, waiting for you may be hanged or imprisoned, those Roman lords will definitely not let go of such an opportunity to seize the control of an army." Uncle, the former Roman Empire has completed its final glory, and now it is about to fall, you should stop thinking about being martyred for it, I don't want to die, my mother, your sister don't want me to die here, I don't want you to die here, in fact, you know very well that we are all abandoned, we are abandoned by the empire to which we once shed blood and allegiance, aren't we? Uncle, make a choice, right? Whether to surrender to the Great Qin Empire or to the Ostrogoths, now you have only these two choices! ”

McLean, whose thinking was in a state of confusion, suddenly sobered up when he heard the last few words, he stared at Chris sharply, and said coldly: "Are you acting as a lobbyist for the Qin Empire?" ”

Finally found out, Chris was a little helpless in his heart, things have come to this point, he is not ready to hide anymore, anyway, sooner or later it will be known by McLean, he took a deep breath and said: "Uncle, you still saw it, I thought I would persuade you unconsciously like this, and I didn't tell you the truth until you finally made a choice, I didn't expect you to find out now, yes, I have surrendered to the Great Qin Empire, and became a colonel and head of the Great Qin Empire, commanding more than 3,000 soldiers and horses, Half of a legion in the Western Roman Empire!

The emperor of the Great Qin Empire is a man of great talent, he has unmatched military strategic talent and political wisdom, his mind is extremely broad, under his command, not only the Huns, Germans, but also the Slavs, Persians, Saracens, even the Romans are many under his command, but also obtained a high position, the Prime Minister of the Great Qin Empire, Pethius, is a Roman, this is an official position above tens of millions of people under one person, and there are officers and soldiers of all nationalities in his army, They enjoyed the same treatment, and he said to me that under his command, there was no racial nobility, only the strength of ability, and the division of labor.

His Majesty the Emperor asked me to tell you that as long as you lead your troops to surrender to Cheng and are willing to be loyal to the Great Qin Empire, you will personally be awarded the title of first-class viscount, the title of General Yangwei, the rank of lieutenant general, and the command of the troops and horses, and the salaries and treatment of officers and soldiers will be the same as those of the regular army of other Great Qin Empires, but the army after surrendering must be reorganized, retrained and then formed into an army, and the final number of soldiers and the establishment and number of the army can be discussed. Then His Majesty the Emperor will send someone to come with me to discuss with my uncle about the matter of surrender! ”

McLean sat down and smiled bitterly in his heart, and sighed: "Your Emperor really looks up to me, there are so many army commanders like me in the Roman Empire, he is willing to give a lieutenant general, and he is willing to let me continue to lead the people of the headquarters, it seems that your Emperor is really not an ordinary person!" This matter is at stake for the future of several thousand of my 21st Legion, and I need to consult with my subordinates before I can make a decision."

Chris hurriedly said: "Of course, this is how it should be, I will wait for my uncle's good news!" (To be continued......)