"The 30,000 troops closest to Wuyang have already surrendered, probably the entire main force of the 17th Army," the adjutant awkwardly reported the latest developments to the gaunt Liu Zhian.
Rather than calling it a battle report, it was more like the collapse process of Liu Zhian's forces: The northernmost troops heard the news of Wuyang surrendering the city and received the command to surrender from Qin Country, so they naturally laid down their weapons and chose to surrender.
These soldiers had long lost the will to fight, weary of defeat after defeat, and they were well aware of their own condition.
In just a few days, they ran hundreds of kilometers north with only a small amount of self-carried food, and their ammunition was pitifully scarce.
To make them launch a frontal assault on the Tang Country's military in such a state was no different from sending them to their deaths. So, upon hearing the news, they immediately chose to surrender.
