webnovelfull Chapter 587: Surrendering the Ambush Town
Chapter 587: Surrendering the Ambush Town
Yu Huatian looked at the flag signal and murmured,
"There are about 10,000 able-bodied men in the town, most of whom are gathered in the west, very close to us, armed and ready for battle."
"Ten thousand people?"
Shen Changgong frowned immediately and said,
"There's a small town a few dozen miles northeast of our main camp, with 10,000 people hiding there. What does this county governor want to do?"
"A surprise attack on our rear, raiding our food and supplies."
Yuhuatian said without hesitation.
Shen Changgong narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and said,
"What a coincidence! I just came out to relax and encountered something like this. Looks like I can't relax anymore!
Find a few people with loud voices to shout into the area and persuade them to surrender.
If you don't surrender, we'll blow open the gate and kill you."
"As ordered!"
Shen Changgong took Yu Ziling and the others and retreated a distance, handing over the command of the battlefield to Yu Huatian.
Yu Huatian found some people and asked them to shout loudly inside.
"Listen everyone inside, you are surrounded, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!"
"You are all civilians, not soldiers. There is no need to fight for the governor. You cannot defeat the invincible Yan army. Surrender quickly."
"The Yan army doesn't kill civilians or prisoners. Your loved ones have run out of food and are now eating in the Yan army camp. Lay down your weapons, and you can reunite with your loved ones and enjoy family happiness!"
"Look up at the sky. Our spaceship can see your situation clearly. It can drop divine thunder at any time. You know we in Dayan have divine thunder!"
"Fighting is for soldiers, not for civilians. Don't fight stubbornly. The best thing to do is to save your life and reunite with your family!"
"Surrender immediately! We'll give you two quarters of an hour. If you don't surrender, we'll charge in!"
"Think about it, can you defeat the hundreds of thousands of Yan troops? We have wiped out your 500,000 elite troops. Can you defeat us with just over 10,000 of your people?"
They were shouting outside, and the young men inside were also in a commotion.
They were all common people, without any armor on their bodies or swords or guns in their hands. They only had sticks, machetes, and homemade bows and arrows.
The people on the wall were a little frightened when they saw the Yan army outside, all of them wearing black armor and holding sharp weapons.
Yes, I heard that 500,000 elite troops in the north were all wiped out by the Yan army. How could they be a match for the enemy?
The pitch-black thing floating in the sky looked so scary, and there was actually a person on it, waving at them with a smile.
Their ambush was so ridiculous in the eyes of the other party.
One of the generals, the only one wearing armor, drew his sword and shouted,
"Don't be deceived by the Yan thieves. They are brutal and cold-blooded. They slaughter people wherever they go. If you surrender, you will all be killed by them. You will die without a burial place!
Don't surrender! Resistance still gives you a chance of survival, but surrender means certain death! Fight them to the bitter end!
However, no matter how the general shouted, the faces of the civilians and young men did not show any fighting spirit.
How can we expect a group of common people who have never received any military training and cannot even understand the drum beats and orders from the generals to be inspired by a few words and fight bloody battles with the enemy's regular army?
That is impossible.
Deep down, they are naturally afraid of soldiers.
Suddenly, a pitch-black ball was thrown from the city wall in front of them, hitting a lucky man on the head at random and knocking him unconscious.
Immediately afterwards...
boom! ! !
A huge explosion was heard, and dozens of people around were blown away. Those who were close were torn to pieces, and those who were far away were also injured by shrapnel, covering their wounds and screaming in pain.
The strong men were so frightened that they stepped back, not daring to look at the scene before them.
Outside, the voices of the Yan army urging surrender were heard again.
"Look carefully, this is our divine thunder, and this is our warning to you!
If you don’t surrender, thousands of divine thunders will be thrown in and blow you all to death!
And none of us will die!
Surrender is the only way to survive, and stubborn resistance will only lead to extermination!
Your relatives are still waiting for you in our camp, go and reunite with them quickly!"
Hearing this, the young men closest to the gate couldn't stand it anymore and broke down and shouted,
"Don't bomb me, I surrender, I surrender!"
As they spoke, they struggled to move the bolt, trying to open the door and run out.
The general shouted loudly,
"Don't run! Come back! I'll kill your entire clan!"
However, those frightened young men didn't care about the lives of their own clans, after all, their own heads were about to be lost.
They opened the door and rushed out, shouting "Surrender and don't kill me."
The Yan army opened the road and let them go to the rear.
When the other people saw that these people were not killed, they were moved and immediately ran out.
A small move can affect the whole body. People tend to follow the crowd and will do what others do.
When others fled and surrendered, they followed suit.
Soon all these people rushed outside frantically, and there was even a stampede.
When the general saw this scene, he sat down on the ground helplessly.
After all, these civilians were no match for the regular army, and they surrendered after being coaxed and intimidated by the enemy.
He smiled bitterly, dropped his sword, and surrendered.
He talked about the brutal massacre committed by the Yan army, but he actually knew in his heart that the Yan people never killed prisoners. They usually waited until the war was over and then either recruited or dismissed them. The Yan people had a very good reputation and credibility in this regard.
If he surrendered, at least he could have a chance to survive.
If the people did not surrender, he would be willing to fight to the death and inflict heavy losses on the Yan army, but now all the people are gone, and he no longer has the courage to fight to the death.
The general was the last one to come out. After he followed the people outside, the Yan army soldiers saw that he was a man wearing armor, so they tied him up with ropes and brought him to Shen Changgong.
Shen Changgong looked at him and asked,
"Who are you, and why are you ambushing 10,000 people in this town? What are you planning to do?"
The general lowered his head and said,
"I used to be a commander of the Northern Army. After the defeat in the first battle, I luckily escaped. Before I could reunite with the main force, you surrounded the mountain.
When I saw you setting fire to the mountain, I ran south.
When I arrived in this county, the county governor Wang saw that I was an officer, so he did not report or punish me. Instead, he made me a general and ordered me to lead 10,000 men, lying in ambush in this town, preparing to launch a surprise attack on you.
Specifically, they would raid food supplies and camps, set them on fire, and so on."