total war rise of empire

Chapter 120

In ancient China, there was once a guy who proudly called himself "Sun Tzu" said a word, which was widely praised by later generations, and even the name "Sun Tzu" became famous in later generations...

Of course, people in later generations, no one likes to be called a grandson...

"The first step is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the enemy, the second is to attack the army, and the second is to attack the city"

If you can get what you want without using weapons, it will be the most perfect ending. Although Lei Zihao thinks this sentence is like farting, but he has to admit that what that guy grandson said is very reasonable...

No, before his army reached the city of Pylos, Agamemnon's messenger came!
It's just that Agamemnon's messenger didn't arrive at the right time. Lei Zihao was not in the tent of the military camp at the time, but went out to 'relax'...

When Li Qingmei heard the news that Agamemnon's messenger had come to look for Lei Zihao, she was deeply moved by the unmasked leader of the city-state of Pylos. Going to pass out in the wild...

By day!
By the way, why use 'again'?

When Li Qingmei tremblingly was supported by the maid and entered the special carriage specially prepared for her, Lei Zihao had already met the plenipotentiary messenger of Agamemnon.

"Agamemnon wants to surrender?" Lei Zihao said directly after reading Agamemnon's handwritten letter, without hesitation about the face of the Pylos messenger.

The Pylos messenger's face turned pale, the anger in his eyes flashed away, and then he became numb. Before the law of survival of the jungle, no amount of resignation is useless. It is tragic to resist to the end, but in addition to leaving corpses all over the floor, the nothing!
Before Agamemnon surrendered, he had already clearly explained the powerful relationship between the two sides to the elders of Pylos. Zihao, if the elders in Pylos say they are not afraid, they are deceiving themselves...

Originally, these people had the same thinking as Agamemnon, thinking that the Sires would be greatly damaged after this battle, and it would be difficult to start another war. Unexpectedly, Lei Zihao created another 'miracle'...

The strengths of both sides are obvious. One is the city-state of Pylos, whose strength has been lost and then lost. The other is a well-known commander who has not lost a single defeat so far. era, one is in the Iron Age, and the one in the Iron Age still carries a large siege vehicle that can crush the city defense...

Anyone who is rational and afraid of death should know how to do it...

After all, wars between humans are different from wars between different races. If the weaker party voluntarily surrenders, his life and basic property will generally be guaranteed. Lei Zihao's personality and the political rights of the people of Pylos basically have to be handed over...

But no matter what, it was a hundred times better than dying!

Therefore, at the meeting of the elders of Pylos opened by Agamemnon, except for a few elders who did not care about life and death shouted to fight to the end and tried to let everyone be buried with them, most of the elders of Pylos acquiesced to Agamemnon Nong's decision!

The Pylos messenger who was sent was actually an ordinary elder in the city of Pylos, representing the sincerity of the entire city of Pylos to surrender!

"Great and invincible King of Siris, we people of Pylos are willing to surrender at your feet, offering wealth and everything you want."

The messenger of Pylos knelt on his hands and said.

This is a word that expresses submission and surrender. Naturally, it does not mean that you really want to sacrifice everything. According to the usual practice, you will open the gate of the city, lay down your weapons obediently, offer a large amount of supplies and belongings, respect Lei Zihao as your king, and then when necessary Time to help Lei Zihao fight!
If the victor is stronger, he can even place troops in the city of the surrendering side, truly replacing the power of the local forces!
However, no matter how you do it, it is not allowed to kill those who voluntarily surrender. In this case, the victor can greedily search and insult the defeated, but he cannot kill at will!
Otherwise, this reputation will have an extremely bad influence on the victor. In future wars, there will be very few parties who voluntarily surrender, and no one is a fool. A butcher who likes to kill descendants!

After all, this kind of surrender in which the entire city sends messengers is different from the surrender of the defeated side on the battlefield. Being on the battlefield means that you want to resist. I won’t say much, but if the other party voluntarily surrenders and surrenders everything, if the victor still refuses to let go, he must come up with a reason, or refuse the party who offered the city to surrender, and use his own force to break the city and slaughter the opponent. Either accept everything from the surrender and keep their lives.

Of course, if the victor is invincible all over the world, he naturally doesn’t need to worry about such mundane reputation issues, just drive all the enemies all the way, and slaughter one city after another, without paying attention to any details...

Just like the orc empire back then, become the public enemy of a hundred clans!

The current Lei Zihao does not have the arrogance of the orc empire back then. He is still inclined to accept the surrender of the Pylos people. He only cares about money. If it is a slave, there are still tens of thousands in his family that are useless...

Therefore, Lei Zihao readily accepted the surrender of all the Pyrrhians headed by Agamemnon!
Lei Zihao openly told the Pylos messenger his request, that the garrison in Pylos City is definitely needed, it is the largest gentle landing zone in the entire peninsula, and has the largest port in the Greek peninsula!

Moreover, the city of Pylos has a relatively developed shipbuilding and navigation industry, and the external transportation is very convenient, which is why the Crusaders used it as a springboard!

In addition to the garrison, Lei Zihao also wanted to establish absolute authority and rule in Pylos City, and he wanted to take away all valuable property!

For example, if you talk about valuable artworks, luxury goods made of precious metals, etc., the defeated must have the consciousness of the defeated. My army has come here, how can it be possible that the Pylos people don’t bleed once?

Agamemnon and the others are also ready to be slaughtered. After all, money is something outside of the body, and it is good to save their lives...

In this way, Lei Zihao led an army of tens of thousands and entered the last main city of the Pylos city-Pyros City without bloodshed. Because of Agamemnon and others' knowledge of current affairs, the people of Pylos finally saved a big city. Not killed by Lei Zihao...

The purpose of war is never to kill for the sake of killing, only profit is the eternal driving force of war!

(End of this chapter)