Chapter 761: Xilan Army Surrenders

Nearly 300,000 Hiran troops in the Aighar Corridor surrendered.

After being besieged for 33 days, they finally chose to surrender.

At this moment, nearly 300,000 Hiran soldiers who were starving and could not even stand up put down their weapons.

At this time, a large number of soldiers from the Knights of Michael had entered the Aighar Corridor from the Avalon Fortress, disarming and accommodating the nearly 300,000 Hiran troops in batches.

After the Hiran soldiers were disarmed and accommodated in batches, food was distributed in batches.

Dominic lowered his head deeply, his chin almost touching his chest, his eyes were sunken, and his face was ashen.

During the days of being besieged in the Aighar Corridor, Dominic had done his best.

He did his best to recapture the Muhavitz Fortress and fought until the food and grass were exhausted.

After the food and edible horses were exhausted, Dominic tried his best to integrate the army, so that the army would not be in turmoil, and wait for the reinforcements from the country to come.

Although the possibility of the domestic army coming to help was very small, the generals including Dominic still had hope for it.

I hope a miracle will happen, the country can deploy reinforcements in time, and the domestic reinforcements can arrive at the southwest front in time to rescue them.

Just wait and wait...

Until the army began to fall into the brink of collapse, the domestic reinforcements still did not arrive.

The troops that collapsed and rioted first were the 50,000 troops who had no chance to get winter war equipment because their supply lines were cut off.

Dominic asked the 50,000 soldiers who did not get winter war equipment to stay in their tents, not to come out, and stay in the tents to preserve their body temperature and not be frozen to death by the severe cold.

But staying in the tents was just a stopgap measure.

Without cotton clothes or cotton armor, even if they were in tents, several or even dozens of soldiers were frozen to death every day.

In addition, they were out of food now. Under the cold and hunger, these 50,000 soldiers without winter war equipment completely collapsed and rioted.

From their respective tents, they rushed aimlessly to various parts of the military camp, shouting:

"We want food!"

"We want cotton clothes!"

Their eyes flashed with the fierce light of beasts.

Their mouths opened and closed fiercely, venting their anger and dissatisfaction.

Their hands were clenched and raised high, as if they wanted to knock down those bastard generals who didn't give them cotton clothes to wear and food to eat.

They rushed around and roared everywhere.

Dominic promptly dispatched a large army to suppress their riot.

Both sides were hungry and couldn't even hold their weapons steadily.

However, because Dominic had a large number of people, the riot was quickly quelled.

However, this riot still reminded Dominic that the army was about to fail!

This time, only the soldiers without winter war equipment rioted, but next time, the whole army might riot!

The army has been out of food for many days, and the soldiers can only survive on the weeds, wild vegetables and tree bark in the Aighar Corridor every day.

The weeds, wild vegetables and tree bark in the Aighar Corridor are also limited. Under the sweep of nearly 300,000 troops, all the edible things in the corridor have been swept away.

Fortunately, the commander of this army is Dominic. If it were replaced by other generals with average abilities, this army might have collapsed due to hunger.

Looking at the army that is increasingly on the verge of collapse, Dominic can only painfully accept this cruel fact-the domestic reinforcements can't come.

It is painful to make such a decision, but in order to save the lives of all the soldiers, Dominic, as the commander of the army, can only make a painful decision:

Surrender!

Surrender on the condition that the Knights of Michael will guarantee the safety of all their soldiers!

After the surrender letter was delivered to the Avalon Fortress, the response of the Michael Knights Headquarters was also very straightforward, and they readily agreed to Dominic's conditional surrender.

After all, their treatment of the nearly 300,000 Hiran troops was to take them all to the North to do hard labor. Without Dominic's words, they would also ensure the safety of the entire Hiran army.

Batches of Michael Knights troops walked out of the Avalon Fortress, took away the weapons of the Hiran army, and then took them away and accommodated them in batches.

The Hiran army was so hungry that they couldn't even stand steadily, and even their weapons were unstable. The morale of the army had long been dispersed. Everyone, including Dominic and other senior generals, accepted the disarmament and accommodation of the Michael Knights with numb faces.

Accept their unknown future and fate.

Dominic led the senior generals in the army, standing in the camp, waiting for the soldiers of the Michael Knights to take them away.

While waiting for the soldiers of the Knights of Michael to take them away, Dominic heard a series of conversations that pierced his heart.

"How do you think we will be treated in the future..."

"I don't know..."

"Will they... kill us all..."

"No, the commander said that the leader of the Knights of Michael, Su Cheng, has guaranteed our safety. Our lives will not be in danger unless Su Cheng breaks the contract."

"Then how will we be treated..."

"We will probably be forced to do hard labor."

"Doing hard labor... How long will we have to do hard labor before we can be released back home?"

"Let us go back to our country? Don't be silly. After they have forced us to do hard labor, they will definitely not let us go back to our country. They will use us like cattle and horses."

"Yes, if we want to go back to our country, we must pay a large sum of money to redeem us. But even if we want to spend a large sum of money to redeem us, whether the Britannia Empire is willing to accept our redemption is also a question."

"Be content. It's good enough to be alive. Whether we can go back to our country and go home depends on our own luck."

"Woo... Mom..."

...

The low sobbing sound has been heard everywhere in the military camp.

These sobs, like sharp blades, pierced Dominic's heart fiercely.

Dominic's body shook and he almost fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the generals around Dominic reacted quickly and supported Dominic in time.

Dominic closed his eyes tightly, his expression painful:

"As the commander of an army, he did not even complete the task of defeating the enemy."

"It caused many soldiers to die and be captured."

"It made their families sad."

"It also brought shame to the country."

"In the end, he was so miserable that he became a prisoner of the enemy."

"I feel guilty from the bottom of my heart..."

Dominic's words came from the heart.

Everyone present was moved.

After hearing Dominic's words, some generals could no longer hold back and sobbed softly with their hands covering their faces.

The only place in the Xilan Army Camp where there was no crying - the main camp of the whole army, finally sounded painful and bitter sobs at this time...

The military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian

The military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian