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A deputy general with a bloody face and a broken arm crawled to Ava's side and choked up, "Great General King, we are defeated, we are defeated."

Countless people were infected by his words and cried out loudly.

Ava's eyes were bloodshot. It was Gu Xingyan's kindness that he did not let the Canglang Army burn them all to death in this canyon.

If it were him, he would have killed all 300,000 Canglang troops in the valley of Sun and Moon Mountain.

He took the heads of Gu Xingyan and Shu Yanyan and threw them on the dragon throne of the new emperor of Daliang who had just ascended the throne.

He wanted to make sure that Daliang would never be able to recover from this.

Either force Daliang to submit to their Zhao State, or simply destroy Daliang.

There is no way I will show mercy.

A military commander should never be too soft-hearted!

However, now 180,000 people are trapped in the valley and they have no way to survive.

Fight, can't beat.

Retreat, there is nowhere to retreat.

The charred corpses emitted a sickening stench that penetrated directly into the nostrils of every living person.

All of them were lying or sitting decadently, or leaning against the bodies of their compatriots, their faces filled with despair.

How confident I was when I came here, how desperate I am now.

They were trapped in the valley and would die sooner or later. There was no way they could break out.

Another deputy general crawled over and said, "Great General Wang, surrender! We have no weapons, no food, no water. Even if Gu Xingyan doesn't order us to be killed, we will starve to death and die here."

"Surrender, General King!"

Voices of persuasion to surrender came and went.

Ava no longer had the decisiveness he once had, and he had even lost the courage to kill anyone who disobeyed him.

He had never lost before, so he had no idea that losing would be so unbelievable and difficult to accept.

Because of his wrong decision, the war was lost and hundreds of thousands of lives were lost in an instant.

Surrender?

Are you admitting that you are no match for a poor prince who has just been found?

Do you admit that you underestimated the enemy?

However, I am not willing to give in.

Time passed by little by little, and Gu Xingyan had already ordered to stop shooting and to surround but not attack.

The army he brought with him could be trapped and killed inside.

Sooner or later he will surrender.

……

On the top of the mountain, Jin Haijiang clenched his fists and stared at the invaders below, with veins bulging on his face.

"General, why don't you kill all these Zhao people? Why do you surround them instead of attacking them?"

Many soldiers following Jin Haijiang also shouted.

"Yes, why not surround them instead of attacking? These Zhaoguo beasts killed 100,000 of our Daliang soldiers, General Tang Shi died tragically, and they also slaughtered tens of thousands of unarmed civilians in Rangcheng and Huaizhou. Why should we keep their lives?"

"Kill them, revenge! Revenge!"

Gu Xingyan glanced over and those emotional soldiers suddenly fell silent.

"It's easy to kill them. There are 30,000 archers from our Canglang Army on the hillsides on both sides. In just half an hour, all these people below can become corpses! However, Daliang is a great country. Those who kill surrendered soldiers and prisoners will be despised for eternity."

"On the battlefield, if you kill one more person, I will record your merit. If you kill ten enemies, you will be promoted to decapitation captain, if you kill a hundred enemies, you will be promoted to centurion, and if you kill three hundred enemies, I can appoint him as a military officer. But now, they have laid down their weapons. If we shoot them again, what is the difference between our Canglang Army and the Ava Army?"

"If you want to kill someone, you can only do it on the battlefield!"

"War is for ending war, not for endless killing! I want you to stand up straight and be respected by the world no matter where you go from now on."

"Instead of being pointed at and scolded by others, calling you a butcher or a killer who takes human life lightly!"

On the top of the mountain, all you can hear is the howling north wind.

Jin Haijiang knew that he was being reckless. The Marshal surrounded the enemy but did not kill them, not only to force Ava to surrender, but also to make Zhaoguo submit to Daliang.

He could not allow Daliang to be reviled by the other countries from now on just for the sake of momentary pleasure.

……

Two days later, all the food that the Zhao soldiers in the valley had brought with them had been consumed, and even the water had been drunk up.

At night, the mountain wind howled, the cold wind was biting, and it penetrated into everyone's body.

A body without food cannot withstand the cold.

Another night passed and the soldiers began to become restless.

They are hungry, very hungry.

Three more days passed.

It has been three days and three nights since I last had a drop of water or a grain of rice to eat.

Many people experienced hallucinations.

Looking up at the sky, the white clouds in the sky turned into white rice and white flour buns.

Looking down at my companions curled up on the ground, they became roasted chicken legs, whole pigs or whole sheep.

If the general doesn't surrender, they will starve to death.

They can't hold on much longer.

……

On the top of the mountain, Gu Xingyan ordered the cook to cook. There was still enough meat, and there were also steamed buns, rice, noodles, and vegetables.

Occasionally, one or two soldiers would fight on purpose, and accidentally drop the steamed buns or meat in their hands into the valley. Immediately, the Zhao soldiers would start fighting to grab the food.

The fight was so intense that people were bleeding and some even died.

Ava had no intention of stopping this behavior.

Liang Tianyou and Shu Wenbo even got two whole roasted lambs.

The aroma of food and meat drifted into the valley, especially the smell of meat, which was the most deadly temptation to the hungry and cold Zhao soldiers.

They did try to rush forward to grab the food, but were forced back by the halberds and bows and arrows of the Canglang Army.

Everyone knew that the Marshal wanted to destroy the willpower of the Ava army and force them to surrender.

Gu Xingyan is first and foremost a Daliang native and a general. Everything he does is to achieve the greatest accomplishment with the least killing.

At this moment, he was sitting on a rock on the top of the mountain, overlooking the valley where several soldiers were fighting over a few steamed buns.

Li Shuangwan sat next to Gu Xingyan and they looked down the hill together. Zhao Guobing was on the verge of collapse.

Taking advantage of the trees' cover, Gu Xingyan quietly reached out his hand and slowly held the hand of the girl next to him.

Li Shuangwan glared at him, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she let her hand be wrapped in his big hand.

His hands are warm.

"Xingyan, they can't hold on for much longer."

Gu Xingyan nodded.

But it seems that Ava is concerned about his own face or the lives of the 180,000 soldiers who have followed him through life and death.

Li Shuangwan handed a steamed bun with half a piece of meat in it to Gu Xingyan, and sat down next to him. While eating, he looked at him with a smile several times.

Gu Xingyan's face froze when she looked at him, and he hurriedly lowered his head to eat.

Li Shuangwan whispered, "In your previous life, did you also trap Ava to death in this way?"

Gu Xingyan nodded: "He has never lost since he entered the army at the age of twelve, and he is very proud. So once he loses, and this time he loses more thoroughly than in his previous life, he will definitely be devastated. The gap is too big, and he can't accept it in his heart."

Unfortunately, he didn't have much time, as they had been without food for three days.