Hearing this, Ganbul immediately widened his eyes and said angrily,
"You want me to give you all the food for our army?!"
"Yes, as far as I know, you still have enough food and grass for a hundred thousand troops in your camp for more than ten days. I will sacrifice the lives of hundreds of thousands of Loulan people, win a battle before death, and save your country of Hami.
I'll exchange it with you for these grains.
Ganbul, or 300,000 of us will die here together.
Or, I will take 50,000 elites back to Loulan, chop off the king's head, and you will die, and use your death to awaken your king.
Just imagine, if all 300,000 of us died here, or were defeated and massacred by the enemy, would the king of your country become angry and gather more troops to die?
If you die in a bloody battle, a tragic death, and use a victory to awaken the bloody nature of your king, when I pass by your capital, I will tell him your last wish and advise him not to continue fighting.
, he might be able to heed the advice and stop sending troops."
"What you said... makes sense. Anyway, we are going to die anyway. It would be better to die more tragically and kill a few more enemies before dying, rather than not being able to kill any of them and having them all shot outside the city.
You Talmu are willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of troops, how can I, Ganbul, be greedy for life and afraid of death? I only hope that our monarch can wake up and end this ridiculous war as soon as possible."
After hearing what Ganbul said, Talmu smiled.
The smile is very meaningful.
He is completely deceiving Ganbul, and his logic is simply untenable.
First of all, there is no doubt that their 300,000 people will die. Their 200,000 people in the Loulan Kingdom will definitely die because they have no food and grass.
It's the same, people can go back to their own land when they turn around, they have food, logistics, and cities, so they can live no matter what.
Talmu first said that the king of Hami Kingdom was not allowed to retreat, and then said that if they retreated, they would definitely be chased by the Dachuan cavalry. However, as long as Ganbul was smarter and abandoned the Loulan Kingdom army and let it move to the rear, their Hami Kingdom army could completely withdraw to the mainland.
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Furthermore, Talmu's plan was a poisonous one. He allowed the army to plunder the people of Dachuan, which would inevitably arouse Dachuan's wrath, and then Dachuan would inevitably retaliate.
But by that time, Talmu had already withdrawn to Loulan with 50,000 elites. If Dachuan wanted to retaliate, Hami, who was sandwiched between Loulan and Dachuan, would definitely bear the brunt. Hami, who had lost 100,000 elites, would definitely be able to withstand the difficulties.
As for Loulan, with the Hami Kingdom as a buffer, they can sit back and relax.
It can be said that Talmu deceived Ganbul to death.
Use the sacrifice of one's own army of hundreds of thousands as bait to trick the other party into sacrificing themselves and the army of one hundred thousand, and the strong men will cut off their wrists to save the last breath of Loulan Kingdom's vitality.
As for the rest, let the Hami Kingdom fight Dachuan. It has nothing to do with him, whether life or death.
Talmu's poisonous schemes were linked one after another, directly deceiving Ganbul into lameness.
At this point, Ganbul still had to say thank you to him.
"Talmu, thank you so much. Whether the Hami Kingdom can turn the corner this time and end this ridiculous war depends entirely on you.
Your Loulan Kingdom's hundreds of thousands of troops will not die in vain, I will let them die well."
Ganbul was moved to tears and sighed,
"After you go back this time, let your 50,000 people disarm and return to the fields, and try your best to keep farming. From now on, if no one attacks you in Loulan, you can develop and recuperate with peace of mind. If any country attacks you, no matter who it is, you will go there.
Buddhism asks for help and mediation. If Buddhism doesn't care, just surrender.
No matter what, Loulan couldn't stand the trouble anymore and surrendered directly, at least he could still save his people.
If you save the land and lose the people, everyone and the land will be lost. If you save the people and lose the land, everyone and the land will survive.”
"Don't worry, I understand everything."
There were tears in the corners of Talmu's eyes, his eyes full of pain and determination.
"Hey, I'm going to gather food and fodder, and you go and gather 50,000 elite troops."
Ganbul patted Talmu's shoulder, turned around and walked out.
"Brother Ganbul, go all the way well, all for the sake of the country."
Behind him, Talmu's voice of farewell came, and Ganbul almost burst into tears.
He did not turn around, but waved his hand and said,
"It's all for the country."
Looking at Ganbul's completely disappeared back, the sadness and determination in Talmu's eyes completely disappeared.
He stood up and shouted to the door,
"Come here, call all the generals."
"As you command!"
Not long after, a dozen generals all came to the commander's tent.
After a big battle today, Loulan Kingdom lost more than 20,000 soldiers, and even two generals died.
However, these generals are all uneven. In the past, they were just commanders at most, and only two were serious generals. After all, the Loulan Kingdom had only a few armies in the past.
In fact, Talmu was also a general before. The position of Grand Marshal of the Nation's Arms and Horses was given to him only because he was a hereditary noble.
At this time, one of them, who was once a general like Talmu, stood up and said with a gloomy face,
"Talmud, now the army has run out of food, and there is even a phenomenon of cannibalism. We brought our soldiers to suppress it, but our soldiers no longer obeyed orders. Now the whole camp is in chaos, and everyone wants to
I’m starving to death, why don’t you think of a solution quickly!”
Talmu sneered and said,
"What do you want to do? You can't surrender to the enemy. Why do you think the enemy wants to feed your 200,000 prisoners in vain? Is their food brought by the strong wind? I will definitely kill you when the time comes."
"you……"
"Okay, I already have a solution."
Talmu waved his hand and said directly without giving them another chance to ask questions,
"First of all, we can't defeat Yumen Pass, and we can't plunder Hami's food, but we can't wait to starve to death either.
I have decided that, except for the 50,000 men from the 1st to 5th Corps who will stay in the camp, everyone else will be broken into pieces, cross the Yumen Pass, and enter the territory of Dachuan to plunder the food of the people there."
As soon as Talmu said this, everyone was shocked.
The others had no qualifications and did not dare to speak, but the general from before did not shy away from anything and said immediately,
"Talmu, do you want them all to die? Bypassing Yumen Pass and going deep into the hinterland of Dachuan, people made dumplings directly. The army at Yumen Pass directly cut off our way back. Can we still come back?"
Hearing this, Talmu sneered and said,
"If you stay here, you will starve to death tomorrow. If you go to rob Dachuan, you can survive for a few more days. If you run fast enough and far enough, you will be reduced to less than zero. It will not be easy for Dachuan's army to kill you."