I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Outside the gate of Taiping County, corpses were scattered everywhere and countless weapons were thrown on the ground, telling the world about the cruelty of war and the emotions of their owners before their death.

Reluctant, afraid, angry...

But no one is destined to care about all this. The living have to continue living, even if countless comrades around them have died in battle.

Ding Yin, who was in the center of the battle, closed his eyes with a look of pain.

Less than half an hour after the general attack began, only less than two thousand of their five thousand soldiers were left.

I recall how high-spirited I was when I set out from Luoyun City.

As a result, the war beast and Li Man were trapped, and their lives or deaths were currently unknown. He himself had been trapped in the slaughterhouse as prey.

There are only two options left: surrender or die in battle...

"Ding Yin! My patience is limited. If your men refuse to lay down their weapons within ten breaths, I will kill them all!" Jiang Yuan's murderous voice came, and Ding Yin was shocked again.

It's over, completely over.

"General." Several confidants shouted and looked at Ding Yin together.

"Are you all crazy? Put down your weapons. Don't you know why he didn't launch an attack?" Ding Yin roared heartbreakingly and looked at everyone.

"Now that we have weapons in hand and have formed a battle formation, we still have a chance to fight."

"But if we put down our swords, life and death will really depend on Jiang Yuan's thoughts!"

"Listen up to me, no one can lay down their weapons without my order!"

After Ding Yin's roar, the crowd, which had been somewhat scattered, suddenly gathered together again.

"Jiang Yuan! Stop trying to deceive people here. I will never lay down my weapon!"

"But this doesn't mean we can't negotiate. Just tell me what you want!" Ding Yin shouted to Jiang Yuan on the city wall.

"Stop talking nonsense! My patience is limited. You only have five breaths left!"

"Do you see the five thousand cavalrymen outside my city? When the time comes, they will trample you into pulp!"

"Four!"

"three!"

Every sound from Jiang Yuan on the city wall was like a heavy hammer hitting the hearts of Ding Yin and others.

Five thousand cavalrymen, even just one charge, would be enough to eliminate most of them.

Escape was even more unrealistic. Outside the gate of Taiping County was all flat land, and there were mountains at least a mile away. This distance was enough for the cavalry to catch up and poke dozens of holes in them.

"Don't fall into the trap! We still have a chance of survival with our weapons!" Ding Yin shouted again.

"two!"

"one!"

On the city wall, after Jiang Yuan read out two numbers again, Long Guangxian on the side immediately waved the flag in his hand to order the cavalry below to launch a charge.

"Hey, hey! Whatever you do, General Long, just take a rest!" Jiang Yuan said quickly.

Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion: "Sir, didn't you just start right after you said that?"

Jiang Yuan smiled a little guiltily and snatched the military flag from Long Guangxian's hand: "Didn't I fail to scare them?"

"Why are you still moving your hands?"

"Then, sir, do you mean to let them go?" Long Guangxian asked in disbelief. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Ding Yin was still at the end of his strength, and it would only take a very small price to wipe him out.

If this is released, it would be a pure act of stupidity.

Jiang Yuan sighed and shook his head, saying, "General Long, don't be so absolute. Just because I didn't say to beat them doesn't mean I'll let them go."

"Then what exactly do you mean, sir?" Long Guangxian looked at Jiang Yuan in confusion.

Neither letting him go nor beating him, what kind of logic is this?

Jiang Yuan pointed slowly at the battle formation formed by Ding Yin at the foot of the city wall and said, "General Long, based on your many years of combat experience, how many casualties would it take for 5,000 cavalrymen to completely wipe out the remaining 1,000 or so?"

After thinking for a while, Long Guangxian said decisively: "Sir, in my opinion, the loss will not exceed a hundred people at most, and this is considering that Ding Yin is a master."

"Well, that's good. With 5,000 people and less than 100 casualties, we were able to completely wipe out nearly 2,000 infantrymen. This is a pretty good record." Jiang Yuan said lightly, but he quickly changed the subject.

"But I wonder if General Long has ever considered one question."

Long Guangxian subconsciously looked at Jiang Yuan: "I am stupid, please teach me."

"Haha, it's not really about teaching me. The main reason is that our battlefield is different from ordinary battlefields." Jiang Yuan patted Long Guangxian's shoulder and continued.

"If it were a normal battle, with such a small loss and so many enemies killed, it would definitely be a sure win."

"But we are in Taiping County. We control all the important roads leading here. Ding Yin and his men have no way to get in any reinforcements."

"That means we don't need to lose those hundred people to launch a forceful attack. Look at the people below, they're clutching their weapons tightly, afraid that Wang Gang will lead his men towards us the next moment."

"How long do you think these people can hold out in this kind of nerve-wracking, high-intensity, and energy-consuming situation?"

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he looked at Long Guangxian with a smile.

"Oh, your Excellency means that we should wait until they are exhausted before launching the attack, and then we can reduce the number of casualties to fifty." Long Guangxian nodded slightly.

Jiang Yuan shook his head again: "It's half right, but it's still not quite right."

"General Long, look, their connection to the main camp has been cut off by our cavalry, so they definitely can't get back. Furthermore, they just fought us, so they probably don't even have a water bag with them."

"In this case, with the current high-intensity consumption and no way to replenish it, we don't need to attack, we just need to defend nearby."

"Starve them for two days, and then we can easily capture them alive without any soldiers."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, Long Guangxian nodded speechlessly. It is you who is frugal and manages the household well.

In this way, at most Wang Gang and others would just be outside getting some fresh air, with basically no losses, and Ding Yin could be easily worn out.

"Understood, sir."

"Well, don't forget to send some dried meat and water bags to our soldiers outside every hour."

After giving some instructions, Jiang Yuan walked down the city wall on his own. There were still dozens of unlucky people trapped at the city gate, especially the iron monster. Jiang Yuan was very curious about how it was made and was determined to get it and try it himself.

When Jiang Yuan reached the city gate, Wang Kuo immediately came to meet him.

"Sir, what are your orders?"

"It's okay, just go do your thing, I'll go check on that iron monster."

"Sir, that iron monster seems to be tireless and has been hacking at the city gate for half an hour." Wang Kuo said with a wry smile, and at the same time felt relieved in his heart. Fortunately, the city gate of Taiping County was strong enough, otherwise, if the iron monster broke in, who knows how many people would die.

"Since you are so energetic, I must go and take a look. You stay at the city gate and I will go and take a look."

Jiang Yuan said as he walked into the secret room again to observe the situation.

At the city gate, Li Man and others had completely given up resistance and sat on the ground shaking their heads, waiting to die. The only one who had not given up was the iron monster, which was still tirelessly chiseling at the city gate of Taiping County.

Jiang Yuan waved his hand and asked for a loud speaker. He then shouted into the hidden passage, "Stop wasting your time. Ding Yin has been captured alive. Give up resistance and we'll spare your life!"

Li Man inside the city gate suddenly had a fierce look on his face, but after looking around, he didn't find anyone anywhere, so he could only look at the people around him angrily.

"Whoever dares to surrender will be the first to be killed!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan tactfully put down the loudspeaker in his hand.

You are just full and bored. Just starve for two days. I wonder if you will behave yourself then!