Chapter 228: Word Play
The herald looked at Demps and hesitated for a moment, but finally swallowed back the words that had rushed to his lips.
The battle situation has developed to this point, not to mention that there is no shadow of reinforcements at all now, even if the reinforcements really arrive tomorrow, the herald will not believe it, and their current three or five hundred people will not be able to play any major role!
Objectively speaking, their existence will no longer play any role in the entire war situation, and the Battle of Ogden is over!
When the herald came to Demps, he originally wanted to persuade the couple to leave, or to lead the team to surrender! But seeing Demps like this, the herald couldn't say anything more, and after briefly reporting today's casualties and material losses, he turned around and left.
The moment he turned around, the herald sighed softly, Demps's attitude meant that they would all die here tomorrow! Although he felt very helpless, he had to accept such a cruel result.
"Demps, there will be no more reinforcements!" Nancy saw that her husband's face was still shining with hope, and she hesitated to tell the truth.
"I know!" Demps patted his wife, who was bandaging his wounds, and his voice was extremely low.
"In fact, even if reinforcements arrive at this time, it is unlikely that there will be any change in our current situation!"
"And you just now?" asked Nancy, looking at Demps in confusion.
"What else can I do? Can't you see the herald's purpose in coming here? If I don't say so, just simply refuse his request, the soldiers outside will know the news. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold out for even a moment!"
"Is this persistence necessary? You should know very well that we are in a desperate situation! There's no way we're going to escape!Are you really going to let your brothers make senseless sacrifices with you?"
"How can it be said that it is meaningless?! We are all soldiers, and it is the glory of our generation to die on the battlefield! We swear to live and die with Ogden!"
"I trust that your brothers will be willing to live and die with you. But what about their families? You have been leading the army for many years, do you think that the little bit of bereavement from the imperial court can really help them?"
"Back then, if you hadn't tried to get some compensation for your brother's family, why would you have been blocked by the casino and forced to go into debt?
"If we kill ourselves this time, who will take care of them? Don't you think what you're doing is a bit selfish and unfair to them?"
"What the hell are you trying to say, Nancy? Do you want me to surrender to Edlaide who killed Kim Fa Sheng? No! This can't be done!" Demps jerked up from his chair and glared at Nancy.
Nancy looked at Demps for a moment, and Zuihou took a purple porcelain bottle the size of a finger from his bosom and placed it on the table.
"I know you will never surrender! Before I came here, I found someone to prepare this for me!"
"What is this?" Demps vaguely guessed what Nancy meant, but he couldn't help but ask.
"There are two poisons here, see the blood seal! Ogden can't be saved, you are a guard, you are a martyr, and it is your duty to die for your country! I am your wife, and the loss of Ogden has a lot to do with me! The two of us have been martyred enough for Ogden, and there is no need for other innocent people to suffer with them!" Nancy acted calmly, as if discussing the lives and deaths of others.
"Nancy!" Demps heard his wife's words. I became excited, too.
"If you say yes, then prepare!" Nancy seemed to lose the strength to speak, and turned her head to look out the window.
Demps looked at Nancy, then at the porcelain vase on the table, grabbed it and walked out of the room.
Looking at Demps's back. Nancy's eyes became complicated, and there was a hint of guilt in them.
Hearing that Demps suddenly wanted to see him in the middle of the night, Li Zijun was slightly stunned. But thinking of what Armstrong had told him the other day, he seemed to have another epiphany.
Li Zijun sent someone to arouse Baldwin. He also brought a team of guards with him, and then he came out to meet Demps.
"Temples. What are you looking for me to do so late? It can't be that you finally want to open and prepare to lay down your weapons, right?" Li Zijun said this, but he didn't believe that Demps, the stubborn donkey, would really put down his weapons. He asked Demps from a considerable distance.
"Do all the conditions you said count before and will you really keep each of them safe as long as my men lay down their arms?"
"That's absolutely no problem! In addition, I will also order people to do my best to treat your wounded, and treat you with good food and drink!"
"Except for the officers in your army, those ordinary soldiers can leave at will, and I will also pay them for the journey!"
"What about the officers' families?"
"They are all treated like ordinary soldiers, and they are free to stay! Of course, each of them will be treated with the respect they deserve!"
"You swear!"
"I swear, but only if you lay down your arms today and now! After that time, all my promises will be null and void!"
"Okay!Herald, order our men to lay down their weapons at once, come out of their bunkers, and surrender to the Archduke Edlaide under your leadership!" Demps slowly uttered his order, word by word.
"General!" the herald didn't expect Demps to make such a decision in the blink of an eye, and he stepped forward half a step excitedly.
"Do what you order!" Demps sighed.
"General, what I just said was 'you', and of course that includes you!" Li Zijun heard that the meaning of Demps's words was a little wrong, and he couldn't help but remind Demps.
"Edlaide, I hope you can keep your oath!" Demps smiled at Li Zijun and put the two poisons that he had prepared into his mouth.
"Temple!" Nancy roared, running out from behind Temple, hugging him tightly from behind.
"Weishenme, weishenme?"
"Nancy, I'm sorry, I'll go first!" Demps leaned back limply, looking sideways at Nancy with an apologetic smile.
At this time, Demps felt a strong dizziness, his eyes instantly became pitch black, he turned his head to look at Li Zijun, and opened his mouth several times to say something, but he couldn't say a word.
"General Temple, don't worry! I will definitely take good care of your wife, you can leave in peace!" Li Zijun sighed and promised Temples.
Hearing Li Zijun's words, Demps let go of all his worries, and his arm pointing to the distance fell heavily to the ground, and Demps died of anger!
With Nancy's wail, all the Fengqi soldiers who rushed to hear the news knelt down beside Demps, and the group of iron-beaten men sobbed one after another.
Seeing such a scene, the Dongyu soldiers also took off the armor on their heads, after so many days of fighting, Demps had managed to gain their respect, and they also felt deeply sorry for the death of this excellent general!
"Collect General Demps as an earl and bury him according to this specification!" Li Zijun looked at Demps and sighed again, and ordered the people around him.
"Grand Duke, can you allow me to see off the general?" Feng Qi's herald wiped the tears from his face and turned to Li Zijun to plead.
"Of course, you people can attend General Demps's funeral if you wish!"
"My promise to General Demps Zuihou will also be fulfilled, and ordinary soldiers and officers' families can leave at any time!" Li Zijun very generously agreed to the request of the Feng Qi herald, which also made the next surrender go smoothly.
I don't know how long it took, but Demps, who was in a daze, suddenly felt that someone was gently wiping his face for him, and he hurriedly opened his eyes.
"Why are you here?" Demps opened his eyes to see Nancy, who thought his wife had finally chosen to leave with him. In addition to complaining, Demps felt a strong sense of comforting sweetness in his heart.
"It's not just Madame here, I'm here too!" Li Zijun's figure appeared behind Nancy, who was now looking at Demps with a smile on his face.
"You, why are you here?" Demps was startled when he saw Li Zijun and sat up from the bed suddenly.
It was only then that Demps noticed that he did not seem to be in the legendary underworld, but rather more like the human world, and he immediately checked his condition, and he felt more and more that he should still be alive.
"Nancy, what the hell is going on? You're even deceiving me with outsiders?!" Demps asked, staring at Nancy.
"Don't be ignorant of good people's hearts! If it weren't for your wife, you'd have finished your game a long time ago, and it wouldn't be your turn to yell at you here!" Li Zijun couldn't help but interject when Demps treated Nancy like this.
"I didn't want to live!"
"Then you will die now! As long as you are willing to die headbutt, I will immediately send those brothers of yours to be your companions!" Li Zijun said threateningly.
"You don't talk about credit?"
"Who doesn't talk about trustworthiness? We're talking about all of you laying down your weapons, but it's not that you, a big fish, have committed suicide by taking poison!
"You and your men have killed and injured tens of millions of my Dongyu soldiers, if it weren't for those ladies begging bitterly, do you think I would let you go easily?
Hearing Li Zijun's words, Demps didn't know how to deal with it for a while, he could only lower his head and sulk there!
"Grand Duke!" Nancy looked at Li Zijun with pleading eyes, and Li Zijun snorted fiercely at Demps and turned to the side. (To be continued......)