"General Zheng is hungry, so eat some first." Qian Xiaoxing took a bite with a knife and fork, and said, "The fate of these prisoners depends on your attitude."

"My attitude, what do you think of me?" Zheng Chang asked in confusion.

Qian Xiaoxing explained: "Our company has a sparse population. Don't say how much food is needed to imprison such a group of prisoners. Even if we send people to take care of the prisoners, we can't arrange it, so..."

"So, you want to let us go?" Zheng Chang said.

Qian Xiaoxing shook his head and said, "I finally designed to catch you, how could I let you go easily? And if you let you go back, wouldn't it be that I'll let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Zheng Chang was confused. He could not imprison the prisoners or release them. He asked, "What do you want?"

"Okay, I won't let you go. These prisoners have only two ways. The first way is death. The second way is to become the army of our State. General Zheng, which one do you want to choose?" After Qian Xiaoxing said that, he picked up the wine glass and drank slowly, looking at Zheng Chang's reaction.

Zheng Chang fell into deep thought and chose to let the prisoners die. Of course, he was unwilling to let the prisoners become the troops of the State of Si. After all, it was hatred for Si to kill so many soldiers of Hu.

Zheng Chang had no choice but to answer: "It's not that I don't want to. The problem is that many of the brothers of those soldiers were killed by the Si army. It might not be easy to get them to surrender."

Qian Xiaoxing nodded and said, "General Zheng is right, but soldiers are obeying orders as their duty. You can order them to fight the Hu soldiers. Among those Hu soldiers, there may be their brothers. Let their brothers kill each other. Do you want to have a deeper hatred for you?"

"Uh..." Zheng Chang listened to Qian Xiaoxing's analysis and was indeed inferior to Si Jun, so he had to ask: "If our soldiers surrender to Si State, what are you going to do? You are not going to let them die."

Qian Xiaoxing laughed and said, "Actually, our enemies are the same. They are all Hu courts. You want to rescue Sima Yiqing and we want to capture Hu, so we are on the same front. The reason I just want to attack you is because you fought too slowly, which affects our army's troops to attack Hu. If you surrender, I promise I will treat them the same as my own troops."

If you don’t surrender to the Si Jun, you will die. Zheng Chang has no choice but to say, “Okay, I’ll go and convince the soldiers to take a look.”

Qian Xiaoxing didn't expect things to go so smoothly. It seemed that Zheng Chang was not stubborn enough and said happily: "Okay, those prisoners don't hurry. You can convince the three thousand cavalry trapped in the Red Stone Valley first, otherwise I'm afraid that they will die more if they break through desperately."

Zheng Chang also became anxious after hearing this, hurriedly got up and said, "Okay, I'll go now."

Qian Xiaoxing also stood up and said, "I'll go with you."

After saying that, everyone and Zheng Chang came to the entrance of Hongshi Valley. There were already many horse-rejecting piles at the entrance to prevent the impact of the cavalry, and the soldiers of the Independent Brigade were also lined up to defend the situation behind.

Qian Xiaoxing called the battalion commander in charge of defense to ask about the situation. The trapped Qingyu City cavalry broke through several times during the day and did not come again at night. They should be still wandering in the valley.

Qian Xiaoxing asked for a horse to hand it over to Zheng Chang and said, "General Zheng, three thousand soldiers are still in the valley. You can go into the valley to look for it. I will remind you first, don't try to break out, otherwise we are welcome, and your life of the nine thousand infantry is in your hands."

Zheng Chang nodded, rode on the horse and entered the Red Stone Valley. As the sound of horse hooves drifted away, his figure gradually disappeared into the night.

In the valley, three thousand cavalry were gathering together. After walking around the valley during the day, they did not find any other way out, which made them a little discouraged. Fortunately, the dry food they carried with them could last for two days. Seeing that the Si Jun did not attack, everyone also dismounted and sat around the fire to discuss countermeasures.

Just as he was about to discuss breaking through tomorrow, the sentry saw the sound of horse hooves in the distance and shouted vigilantly: "Who is it!"

"I am Zheng Chang!" As he said that, he dismounted and came to the crowd. Everyone was very happy when they saw Zheng Chang. They thought that Zheng Chang could come in, and the Si Jun's defense line had already been broken.

"General Zheng, you have saved us." The cavalry leader Gao Feng said excitedly.

Gao Feng followed Zheng Chang for many years and was very loyal. Looking at Gao Feng's expectant expression, Zheng Chang shook his head sadly and replied: "Stay the senior general, and the others will leave first."

After a while, three commanders and Gao Feng were left behind. Zheng Chang said truthfully: "You are trapped, I sent 12,000 infantry soldiers to save you."

Gao Feng asked strangely: "Where is that person, why is the general coming alone?"

Zheng Chang sighed and said, "All people have been captured by Qian Xiaoxing."

"Ah!" Everyone was shocked after hearing this, Gao Feng said, "General, we will break out during the day tomorrow and save them."

Zheng Chang sighed, waved his hand and said, "The Si army is very powerful. The more than 10,000 infantry phalanx was broken by them at once. You are trapped here. It's not that the Si army is afraid of you, but that they leave you a way out."

"What is the way out?" asked the commanders.

"Qian Xiaoxing wants our troops to surrender to Si Guo, what do you think?" Zheng Chang asked everyone for their opinions.

"What!" Everyone couldn't believe Qian Xiaoxing's idea, because they had never seen the Dark Knights of the Si Jun with their own eyes, and they didn't know that they were powerful. Gao Feng said: "We three thousand cavalry, although we had some injuries to charge several times, we still had combat effectiveness. We just surrendered like this, and we were not convinced."

Zheng Chang had long expected that everyone would not surrender easily, and advised: "There is a cavalry regiment in Si State, who is full of black armor and invulnerable to swords and guns. You can't beat it. Moreover, even if not, they will trap you in the valley for a few days, and you will starve to death if you starve."

Gao Feng said: "General, although you are right, we are not at the end of our lives. We must fight for it, otherwise no one will be convinced."

The other commanders nodded, and everyone said, "Yes, we are not convinced!"

"What do you want to do?" Zheng Chang asked helplessly.

"Tomorrow we will continue to break through and try, and we must break out of the encirclement." Gao Feng said confidently.

"Oh..." Zheng Chang understood that even if they were forced to surrender, they would not surrender to Qian Xiaoxing, and they might be killed at that time. He said, "Okay, since you don't hit the wall and don't look back, then try it."

"We would rather die than surrender." The commander shouted.

Gao Feng ordered: "Everyone have a good rest tonight and break through the encirclement tomorrow!"

The next day, it was dark, and the birds on the branches were chirping and jumping on the branches, shaking off some morning dew. Suddenly, a large area of ​​cavalry ran past under the tree, and the birds were so scared that they immediately spread their wings and flew out.

The cavalry under the tree, led by Zheng Chang, rode towards the entrance of the valley. Everyone looked firm and looked like they were willing to die generously.

Qian Xiaoxing was still sleeping, but was woken up by Lu Shengzhong: "Seventh brother, the cavalry in the Red Stone Valley has arrived at the entrance of the valley."

Qian Xiaoxing yawned, stretched and said, "Oh, have they come to surrender?"

Lu Shengzhong shook his head and said, "If I come to surrender, I won't call you anymore. They want to break out."

Qian Xiaoxing hurriedly put on his clothes and said as he walked: "Go and have a look."

The two hurried to the entrance of Hongshi Valley and saw that the soldiers from both sides had gathered at the entrance of the valley and were confronting each other. The cavalry in Qingyu City originally wanted to break through the siege, but when they saw a row of horse-rejecting piles at the entrance of the valley, they hesitated. Without the sprint of war horses, it was basically impossible to break out.

Qian Xiaoxing saw Zheng Chang in front of the queue and shouted: "General Zheng, did you regret what you promised me yesterday? If you want to break through, you will be dead."

Zheng Chang shouted helplessly: "The cavalry are not convinced. If I want to fight, I can't persuade them."

"Okay, then you guys come and rush over!" Qian Xiaoxing waved and asked them to come over.

The cavalry leader said angrily: "Qian Xiaoxing, if you have the ability, don't play with these things. Use three thousand cavalry to fight us. Let's see if we don't fight you will fall into trouble!"

Qian Xiaoxing really wanted to call Gao Feng an idiot about his thoughts and said, "Why should I do this? I'll sleep with you for a few days, you're so hungry that you're exhausted. Then I'll send 300 people to kill you, why fight with you?"

"Coward, villain!" Gao Feng cursed: "Don't you want to conquer us and surrender to Siguo? Then be someone who convinces us, and only if we do it, we can convince us."

Lu Shengzhong whispered in Qian Xiaoxing's ear: "If you want to attract people, you must be attentive. What he said makes sense."

Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and couldn't help but ask: "If we send the 2,000 Dark Knights to fight them, it's not that we can't win, but I'm afraid there will be not many people after winning. If one of them dies, we will lose one soldier."

"What should I do?" Lu Shengzhong asked.

Qian Xiaoxing thought for a while and said, "Then send one hundred people from the Dark Knights to fight with one hundred of them."

Lu Shengzhong covered his mouth and said, "If they also sent 100 people, will we take advantage of it?"

"What I said is, why not hit them two hundred?" Qian Xiaoxing raised his two fingers, saw Lu Shengzhong shook his head, added one and said, "Three hundred?"

Lu Shengzhong still shook his head, Qian Xiaoxing stretched out four out in embarrassment, Lu Shengzhong was still silent, Qian Xiaoxing cruelly opened five fingers and said, "Five hundred! No more."

Lu Shengzhong smiled twice, nodded with satisfaction, and shouted to Gao Feng: "Our State does not want to kill too much. Zheng Chang, we send 100 cavalry to attack you 500 people. If we can win, are you convinced?"

"Five hundred to one hundred?" Gao Feng asked in disbelief.

"Yes," Lu Shengzhong said confidently: "As long as you can win, I will let you go back to Qingyu City. If you lose, I will surrender obediently and surrender to us. What about?"

The cavalry leader was full of confidence and replied, "Okay, if five hundred men cannot defeat you one hundred men, we will admit that we are incompetent and will surrender to you."

Then, the cavalry leader selected five hundred people, all veterans who fought on the battlefield. He arranged the formation and drew out the bronze sword and waited.

Seeing the infantrymen of the Si Jun in front made a way and slowly walked towards the back. The black helmet was in a T-shaped shape, holding a sharp long sword in his hand, each with a cold look, and he couldn't help but feel a murderous aura.

Zheng Chang couldn't help but say, "It's them, two thousand people have broken our 12,000 infantry formation, you have to be careful."

The cavalry general moved his nervous throat and swallowed, and his hands holding the sword couldn't help but sweat a lot.

Lu Shengzhong said to the Dark Knights: "You three are in groups, just knock them down with the back of the knife."

After hearing this, the soldiers of the Dark Knights turned the hilt of the knife for half a circle and slowly pressed it up. The two sides immediately stood apart a hundred meters apart and looked at each other silently.

The wind blew without direction, blew the leaves on the ground and rolled down everywhere. The atmosphere on the battlefield was tense and both sides were about to break out.
Chapter completed!