The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 179 Cao Bianjiao's Choice
Ran Wu's previous words had basically disintegrated the fighting spirit of the remnants of the Ming army, and now that he issued an ultimatum, the thin stick of incense became the focus of everyone's attention.

Watching the red dots on the fragrant head spread downward bit by bit, the psychological pressure of the remnants of the Ming army increased.If it weren't for Cao Bianjiao's long-standing prestige still at work, I'm afraid someone would have dropped their weapons and surrendered by this time.

Cao Bianjiao looked at the burning incense stick, then slowly turned his head to look at the demoralized soldiers behind him, finally let out a wry smile, spurted out a mouthful of blood uncontrollably, leaned over and fell to the horse down.

His pride did not allow him to surrender, and the blood of his heart finally gushed out under the rush and despair, exhausting his last persistence.

"grown ups!"

"General!"

A group of soldiers around shouted anxiously, jumped off their horses and went to help Cao turn Jiao.

Ran Wu was taken aback, thinking that a fight was about to start, and his psychological offensive was in vain, but he didn't expect Cao Bianjiao to vomit blood and pass out at this juncture. This is a good opportunity, and he immediately shouted loudly: "Cao Bianjiao You are already dead, so hurry up and surrender!"

The scene of Cao Bianjiao falling into a coma and falling from the horse was seen by everyone, and those Ming soldiers who were dazed because of this were brought back to their senses by Ran Wu's loud shout.

Now that Cao Zongbing is dead, there is naturally no obstacle to surrender.

A soldier threw down the long knife in his hand, unloaded the bow and arrow from his back, and even pulled out the short sword and dagger from his boots and threw them on the ground. Then he jumped off his horse and crouched on the ground with his head in his arms.

Someone took the lead, and the trend of surrender spread rapidly. More and more soldiers threw away their weapons, jumped off their horses and crouched on the ground with their heads in their arms.

When the stick of incense had just burned out, most of the soldiers threw away their weapons and surrendered.

Now in their minds, this battle is fundamentally wrong and unnecessary, so surrendering to an army that is stronger than the Ming army and also Han Chinese is not unacceptable.

In the end, only the two hundred soldiers around Cao Bianjiao were left standing, that is, his servants.

These people are Cao Bianjiao's armed soldiers supported by their own money. In their eyes, there is no court, no righteousness, only Cao Bianjiao, so their loyalty to Cao Bianjiao is the highest, and they have a relationship with Cao Bianjiao who is both prosperous and hurt.

At this moment, they watched all of them get off their horses and surrender, and they all clenched the knives in their hands, facing outwards, forming a circle, and surrounded Cao Bianjiao, whose face was like gold paper and unconscious, in the middle. The radiance of determination.

Looking at the expressions of these people, Ran Wu knew that it would be difficult for them to persuade them to surrender, because they were all dead soldiers.A dead man is not afraid of death, but why is he afraid of death.

He shook his head, slowly raised his hand, and when he was about to give the order to charge, he suddenly heard a weak voice from the circle surrounded by Cao Bianjiao's personal soldiers: "Wait a minute!"

Ran Wu stopped raising his hand in the air without waving it, and looked coldly at the figure who stood up staggeringly from the middle of the circle.

That was Cao Bianjiao. He woke up at the last moment when his subordinates were about to die. His face was pale and mournful. Step by step, he moved ten steps away from Ran Wu's horse before stopping.

He took off his helmet, threw it on the ground, and stabbed the long knife in his hand into the ground to support his weak body. He raised his head to look at Ran Wu, and said with a wry smile: "I never thought that I would be defeated by the In your hands, it was defeated so embarrassingly and quickly. I really don't understand what kind of person can bring out such a tyrannical army like yours! How did that person do it?
I am not reconciled, not reconciled!I, Cao Bianjiao, will not admit defeat easily, and I will not admit defeat today either.But what you said is right, I have no reason to let these soldiers accompany me to die, they will die on the battlefield of killing the Tartars.So I surrender.You remember, I surrendered not because I was afraid of death, nor because I surrendered, I just didn't want these brothers to die because of me.But don't be too happy too early, the [-] army of the supervisor will arrive soon, and it is not certain who will win.I want to see the day you fail with my own eyes. "

Ran Wu smiled slightly: "Fortunately, you are not so stupid as to be irretrievable. And you will never see the day when we fail. What you will see is my lord leading us to plant the banner of Jiang's army all over the world. A city, every piece of land. If you don't believe it, you should live well and wait to see that day come."

Cao Bianjiao stared blankly at Ran Wu for a long time, and after confirming that his tone was serious and sincere, he finally uttered a sentence: "Okay, I'll wait for that day."

Then he turned around slowly and yelled at the more than 200 soldiers who were still holding their weapons: "Brothers, you have done a good job. Now put down your knives and guns. We came to Liaodong to fight the Tartars. Damn, since there are people who are more suitable for fighting the Tartars than us, then we will watch how they kill the Tartars, you guys, watch carefully with me!"

Those soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and finally threw away the weapons in their hands with a clatter, and crouched on the ground with their heads in their arms.

"You're a man." Ran Wu said to Cao Bianjiao's back, then slowly put his hand down, turned around and rode away.

There are generals behind to tie up the prisoners, clean up the battlefield, and gather up the scattered horses.

According to the prior tactical arrangement, the goal of cutting off the head and tail has been completed. The Ming army's [-] former and [-] rear troops have all been wiped out, and now only the [-] Chinese army led by Yuan Chonghuan is left.

The entire expedition of the Ming army has gone to two out of five, and the rest is to encircle Yuan Chonghuan's 3 horses.

Ran Wu called a centurion and said: "Go back and report to the lord. It means that the total of 2 troops in the front and rear of the army has been wiped out. Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao have been captured by our army one after another. This general will lead his troops to harass and delay. Yuan Chonghuan's army, please lead the main force to set up formations to intercept the Ming army in the predetermined area, and at the same time let General Shanjia lead the troops to collect and escort the prisoners. In addition, Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao's chief soldier's seal should be taken back to the lord."

"No!" The centurion took the order with a bang, packed up his things, took Ran Wu's identity badge, and flew to the northwest with a few entourages.

After the centurion left, Ran Wu sat on the horse and turned his gaze to the southeast, which was the direction where Yuan Chonghuan's army came. He said to himself, "Master Yuan? It's your turn now, I hope you don't disappoint me too much. "

　The third update arrives, and there are more updates.

　　
　
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