Chapter 727 Deliberately defeated(1/2)
"Have all the robbers Neo killed?" Anthony asked faintly.
After killing someone, he seemed to have entered the sage time and was no longer interested in everything.
The deputy general said breathlessly: "It should be killed."
"Should?" Anthony frowned in dissatisfaction.
The deputy general sighed and said in embarrassment: "I can't see clearly in the darkness. I don't know how many of them are. But we have searched around us carefully many times, and there should be no omissions. We did kill them all."
Anthony nodded slowly: "It's good to kill, it's good to kill. Only by killing them can I slightly relieve my hatred."
By this time, it was almost dawn.
The deputy general asked Anthony: "General, what should we do now?"
Anthony was silent for a long time and said lightly: "Now there are less than a thousand people left in the army. What else can I do? Go back and think of a solution."
The deputy general whispered: "We have a crushing defeat, and after we go back... we may be punished. Maybe we are just whipped, general, you may..."
The deputy general did not continue to say the following words, but Anthony knew that what was waiting for him might be death.
Anthony sighed, "What can I do if I don't go back? Are you going to be a bandit?"
Anthony, a nobleman of generations, had his pride and would rather be cut off by an axe than run away.
The deputy general whispered: "Actually, there is another way, that is, we surrender to the Qin people."
Anthony's eyes widened immediately.
He stood up suddenly: "You want me to be a traitor?"
The deputy general said carefully: "General, the Qin people are unstoppable now. Sooner or later, this place will become the territory of the Qin Dynasty."
"We are traitors now. Maybe in a year or two, we will be founding heroes."
Anthony didn't speak.
The deputy general pointed at the soldiers behind him and said, "General, look, these soldiers want to surrender to the Qin people."
Anthony looked back.
The soldiers looked at him carefully.
One of them was a little more courageous and said tremblingly: "General, we heard that everyone who surrendered to the Qin people lived a good life. It was a world of difference from us."
"Why are we running around here? We are worried about being killed all day long? Wouldn't we also surrender to the Qin people?"
Anthony held the hilt of the sword in his hand, and he wanted to cut off the heads of these people.
But then I thought about it and Anthony gave up.
No, no, no. Now the morale of the army is unstable. If you really do this, it may cause a mutiny.
Anthony gave up.
He took a deep breath and said patiently: "Now the Qin people need to win over the people, so we have to surrender. In a few years, they have gained a foothold here. Can we still survive?"
"The Qin people always distrust us. They will always be on guard against us. If there is any disturbance at that time, we will definitely die. Why can't you understand this principle?"
The soldiers looked at Anthony and said quietly: "What the General said is certainly correct. However, if we do not surrender now, we will die within a few days. If we surrender, we may die within a few years."
"One is going to die within a few days, and the other is going to die in a few years. General, which one do you think we will choose?"
Anthony didn't speak.
He lay on the ground tiredly, watching the red sun slowly rising in the east.
He said lightly: "You are all warriors from the Kingdom of Gods. Are you really willing to put down your weapons and surrender to the enemy?"
The soldiers suddenly laughed: "General, the matter has come to this point, is it useful to say these things? We have lost all our honors and faces until now. Next, we just want to save our lives."
Anthony was silent for a long time and said, "Is anyone willing to stay and fight against the Qin people with me?"
No one said anything.
Anthony said again: "Who wants to leave?"
The soldiers raised their hands one after another.
Anthony nodded slowly: "Okay, okay, okay. You are all warriors. Warriors should have a good home, and warriors should not fight a battle of death. Such a battle is a waste of warriors."
He waved his hand: "You guys go."
The soldiers left in groups of three or three.
The deputy was always with Anthony.
Anthony glanced at the deputy general and looked at him with some confusion: "What? Are you planning to stay?"
The deputy general said shyly: "No."
Anthony: "…"
The deputy general coughed dryly and said to Anthony: "I have been following the general for the longest time, so I want to say goodbye."
Anthony sneered: "Get out."
So the deputy general got out.
Anthony sighed and lay on the ground again.
He hasn't had a good rest for several days and nights, and today he has relaxed for some reason.
After losing everything, there is no worries.
So he closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
In his sleep, Anthony dreamed of his youth again.
Attend a banquet, drink and have fun. I am surrounded by my friends, which are very safe, very down-to-earth and very happy.
Anthony drank glass by glass, and suddenly, he found that the people around him were gone.
He screamed in horror: "Where have you all gone?"
No one was making a sound around, but blood was flowing from behind the curtain and flowing all the way to Anthony's feet.
Anthony pulled out his sword and walked over with blood.
He saw the bodies of his friends, and the bodies were neatly stacked in a small room.
Anthony shouted wildly: "Who is it, who is it?"
Suddenly, a heavy sound of footsteps came from behind.
Anthony turned around and saw thousands of Qin soldiers rushing in.
And these Qin soldiers are all their tribe members.
Anthony shivered and suddenly woke up from the nightmare.
However, after he woke up, he still found heavy footsteps around him.
He looked around in horror and found that he had been surrounded by thousands of troops.
"Did I still not wake up in my sleep?" Anthony thought in horror.
He raised his hand and slapped himself hard.
It hurts, it hurts.
He stood up, tidied his clothes like a hero, and then said to the person in front of him: "Come on."
As a result, the man actually knelt on one knee respectfully and said, "Are you General Anthony?"
Only then did Anthony realize that the person coming was a soldier from the Kingdom of Gods.
He rubbed his eyes and found that these soldiers were from the Kingdom of Gods.
He looked at the soldiers in surprise, and asked with trembling lips: "You...you are..."
The soldiers said respectfully: "August ordered us to pick you up."
Anthony looked at the soldier in surprise: "Why? I have already lost the battle, don't Augustus know?"
The soldiers smiled and said, "I know, of course I know. But... this will is not a crime of war. Augustus did not intend to punish the general."
"Besides, the general has been fighting abroad for several days. Although he was unfortunately defeated, he was loyal to the Kingdom of Gods. Augustus was very moved, so he ordered us to take the general back and take care of him."
After hearing this, Anthony laughed to the sky.
He burst into tears and said involuntarily: "I knew for a long time, I knew for a long time. Augustus will not blame me. I am a hero, even if I am defeated, I am still a hero."
He looked at the direction where the soldiers left a few days ago, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: These people should wait a little longer. Going back to be heroes isn't it more powerful than surrendering to the Qin people?
The soldiers of the Kingdom of Gods said to Anthony: "General, let's go."
Anthony nodded.
Now he is alone, even losing his war horse.
He thought that soldiers from the Kingdom of Gods would bring a horse.
However, there is no
To be continued...