What happens when an army discovers that its commander has been captured and that it is surrounded on all sides?

Perhaps a small number of armies will choose to fight to the end, after all, in the modern army, middle and low-ranking officers can take over the command of the supreme commander under such circumstances. However, the most regrettable thing about this army is that it is an ancient army.

In an era when armies rely on the personal abilities and charisma of their commanders, the loss of a commander is tantamount to the removal of the backbone of the army. In major battles and even after the loss of the commander, the whole army is even in danger of a major rout.

Not to mention being surrounded on all sides, as long as anyone with a little insight will choose to surrender, especially in the case of civil war. In particular, Zhang Chun's army is a rebel army in itself, and their discipline and loyalty are very questionable!

Zhang Chun entered Fang Yun's tent, and a cavalry force quickly converged from all directions, completely cutting off the rebels' rear road. Not long after, Fang Yun escorted Zhang Chun out of the tent, and at the same time, the 'corpses' on the ground also stood up one after another, quickly controlling them within a range.

"Surrender, or die here!" Fang Yun put the Heavenly Master Sword on Zhang Chun's neck and shouted at the rebels.

"Leave me alone, kill these thieves!" Zhang Chun shouted unwillingly. Then he has one less ear, and he always has to teach the disobedient guy a lesson!

"One last time, surrender or die!" Fang Yun looked at those rebels coldly.

From the very beginning, these words were said to those rebels, Zhang Chun from the beginning. is doomed to death. Keep this scourge. Even if the 50,000 troops were captured. There's no guarantee that you'll be able to control them. Not to mention that before this, there were seven thousand Wuhuan cavalry.

Timid people are everywhere, no matter what nationality they are, but they are just proportional to the size. In fact, out of 10,000 people, you can always find about 50 timid people, no matter how thorough the ideological education is. These fifty people generally have relatives and friends, and under their influence, the vast majority of those who are not firm in their position will be influenced by them.

Maybe heroes in this world can really exist. But there are few people who are willing to be heroes. Not to mention, those who rebelled with Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju actually didn't have a few good goods.

First of all, a small number of junior officers and non-commissioned officers, and then, under their leadership and encouragement, there were even quite a few middle-level officers who began to surrender. In the end, about 3,000 of the 50,000 people were deducted, and they basically chose to surrender.

"Rescue the lord!" The remaining 3,000 diehards, they finally chose to fight to the death.

They are also quite pitiful, they are Zhang Chun's clansmen or family members, and all their interests are directly linked to Zhang Chun. Once Zhang Chun dies, they have to become human again, not human ghosts, not ghosts. Reasonably, they have no choice but to fight to the death.

"Shoot!" Fang Yun smiled. With a wave of his hand, in the face of this group of poor insects who are not afraid of death, success is the best way.

The archers, who had already been prepared, began to shoot one after another. Since the situation is so easy, they can even shoot with precision. No more than three arrows at most, these three thousand diehards, this is how their lives ended.

"Select the prisoners, and select the qualified ones to be scattered and incorporated into our army. For those officers or non-commissioned officers who have committed the most heinous crimes, let them report to each other, and those who can recommend them can be promoted to officers first! Remember, don't let any of the black sheep show up in our army. Fang Yun commanded Dian Wei, then turned around and returned to the tent.

"What does the lord plan to do with these 50,000 captives?" Xi Zhicai appeared by Fang Yun's side.

"Streamline one to twenty thousand to replenish the army and further divide their ranks. People are vain, and they will know how to choose when they see themselves becoming officers and soldiers, and then look at the treatment of those prisoners. Of course, we don't plan to let them become the main combat troops, so as not to drag down our combat effectiveness, and let them start from the side of the baggage troops and the firehead army. The remaining thirty or forty thousand were converted into sappers and became construction corps, which specialized in repairing bridges and paving roads, repairing destroyed towns and so on, I have to say, but it was a means to earn fame. Fang Yun didn't hide it either.

"My subordinates understand, it's just that the time for these 50,000 captives to surrender to us is still short, and someone must supervise them. We only have 20,000 men, and if we have too many people to supervise them, it will inevitably drag down our plans for the march. Xi Zhicai arched his hand and admonished.

It is true that it is already October, and if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that it will really take until the spring of the next year to be able to send troops to attack Zhangju. Even, in order to better survive the winter, he had to retreat to the Taihang Mountain base area.

Xi Zhicai's words actually have a deep meaning, and Fang Yun only needs to think about it briefly to be able to understand. He was not asking about the treatment of the captives, nor was he proposing to dispose of them. Instead, he was telling Fang Yun that the enemy's main force had been eliminated, especially the initiator of this rebellion, Zhang Chun, had been arrested, and Zhang Ju was just a pitiful worm who had been coerced, since Zhang Chun had been eliminated, then Zhang Ju was afraid that he would also choose to surrender or flee the grassland.

In fact, strictly speaking, the purpose of this expedition has actually been achieved, should we go back? The rest of the sweeping work is just handed over to Gongsun Zan and their Han army forces.

It's just that the true dragon qi hasn't been obtained yet, how can I go back? You must know that the purpose of this expedition is not this true dragon qi!

"Host, please note that you have misunderstood the true dragon's qi. It is not necessary to kill the true son of heaven to obtain the true dragon qi, you only need to cut off its dragon vein, cut off the possibility of his resurrection, and the rest of the system will complete the rest.

It has been determined that Zhang Chun, the dragon vein of Zhang Ju, has been captured by the host, and he has lost the possibility of resurrection. Zhang Ju's true dragon qi has been stripped and restored to the existence of an ordinary person. The true dragon qi began to be extracted, and it is estimated that the extraction and purification time will be three days...... Please wait! At this time, the voice of the system came from my head.

Fang Yun was stunned, but he didn't expect that the method of obtaining this True Dragon Qi was so strange. But thinking about it, Zhang Ju was just coerced by Zhang Chun, so that he had the qualifications to become the emperor.

In history, it was also because Zhang Chun was killed by the doorman Wang Zheng, which made him afraid, so he fled to the grassland and his whereabouts are unknown, in fact, he was no longer an emperor at that moment, just a fugitive.

In this way, since Zhang Chun has been captured by himself now, Zhang Ju really can't jump up. Moreover, the rebels' 50,000 elite army and Wuhuan's 30,000 army have all been wiped out, but I'm afraid that Qiu Liju's side will also be broken, right?

"Isn't the epic battle over yet?" Fang Yun then couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Zhang Ju's forces still exist, so it is judged that the battle is still not over. The host can wave the army to attack, or wait for Gongsun Chan to send troops against Zhang Ju next year, and the battle can be determined. The system replied.

After Fang Yun learned this, he weighed the pros and cons......

"Zhicai, after the banquet, we will go home!" Fang Yun turned his head and looked at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile. (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 3, the expedition is over! After all, this kind of side plot doesn't need to spend too much pen and ink to write.