Eagle’s Glory

After Edmund Dantès returned safely, the last worry in Aigron's heart was relieved.

It is true that he suffered heavy losses in the battles surrounding Methorongion, but his backbone was not damaged. Most of the people he trusted and important are still alive, and the previous losses can be passed through the follow-up. Supplement to make up, and will not cause fatal injuries.

And as long as he wins, then all sacrifices are worth it - he will uproot the Turks' largest stronghold in western Greece and control a large area; at the same time, the great prestige he has created will inevitably rise further. Everyone will see that he has overcome difficulties, overcame difficulties, and put in his best efforts for the independence of the Greek people, and no one will doubt that he is just taking advantage of the situation and reaping the fruits of victory.

The most important thing for him now is to end the war as soon as possible, and then prepare for the next move.

So he secretly ordered Michel Ney to send someone to the fortress to persuade him to surrender.

In order to achieve his goal, he used both hard and soft, and set a two-day consideration period, threatening that if he did not surrender within two days, after the city was broken, he would let all the captives handed over to the Greeks, and suffered to death.

While persuading to surrender, his subordinates continued to attack, on the one hand, to erode their remaining positions and consume their few resources; on the other hand, to exert mental pressure to make the defenders collapse as soon as possible.

After doing all this work, Aegron anxiously waited for a response - in his opinion, the conditions he put forward were generous enough, and if there was still reason, the officers of the garrison should not refuse.

He didn't believe that these Turks would really have the heroic spirit to live and die with the fortress.

Sure enough, on the afternoon that the deadline he proposed was about to end, several military envoys with white flags appeared in the front line.

Michelle Ney, who knew what to do, immediately ordered these people to be sent to Aigron.

Aegron then met them in his tent.

Not long ago, the two sides had briefly stopped the fire in order to collect the remains of the dead, and there were military envoys on both sides, but it was the first time that Aigron personally met.

At the head was a Turkish officer, disheveled and unshaven from the intense fighting, but he could still be seen as well educated.

When they saw Aegron, they were all stunned for a moment, marveling at his youth, and then they all bowed and saluted the young man.

"Lord Commander, I have come to meet you on the order of our commander." Then, the leading officer said to Aegron in fluent French. "My name is Ahmed Yusuf Yassin, it is an honor to meet you that I will never forget, I salute you!"

Because after Aigron came to Greece, the title he used publicly was the head of the Knights of Fontainebleau, so he used this title to face young people.

After speaking, he bowed his head deeply, with the utmost humility.

Seeing his attitude, Aegron knew that he was about to be done.

He was in a good mood, so he smiled and nodded to each other.

"Nice to meet you too, sir."

Then, without being too polite, he went straight to the topic, "The deadline I proposed is coming up. I can understand that the purpose of your visit is to give me an answer?"

"Yes, my lord." Yusuf Yassin nodded, "Our commander, after careful consideration and consideration, decided to agree to your conditions and surrender to you Kaicheng."

As he said that, he looked at the young man cautiously and curiously, as if he was a little frightened, for fear that he would anger the young man by saying the wrong thing, and let himself and the remaining Paozers fall into the doomsday.

From his awe-filled gaze, Aegron finally felt that he was now a famous person.

He has grown from a destitute king and grandson with nothing to a big man who can dominate the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people.

For a moment he was full of joy.

However, there was a voice inside that warned him - how can you be complacent with this little achievement now? ! How can your achievements only be so small? !

The warning made him calm down again.

"I'm glad you made the right judgment." He nodded flatly, as if it were a trivial matter.

Then he asked back, "So what kind of conditions do you want to make?"

"You promised in your previous letter not to hand us over to the Greeks and to guarantee our personal safety." Yusuf Yassin whispered, "We hope you can reconfirm in writing."

His attitude seemed to be very lacking, because he himself knew that now his own side had no capital to resist, and would face the outcome of failure no matter what, and now that he was able to fight for a chance of survival, it was already the other side's leniency.

"No problem, I will list this item in our formal peace agreement." Aegron nodded lightly and agreed to the other party's request. "Anything else?"

"The private property of my officers and soldiers, except for the weapons must be turned over, please protect other things." Yusuf Yassin continued, "Of course... in order to compensate your **** warriors these days. , we will donate a sum of money to reward them and make up for our apology."

Although he was evasive, Aigron immediately understood that although he said 'my officers and soldiers' in name, he was actually implying the property of the officers.

After these Turkish troops came to Greece, they burned and looted everywhere. The officers must have a lot of looted property in their hands. Under normal circumstances, after the fortress was breached, they were either killed directly or looted. No matter what, the property cannot be preserved.

So after deciding to surrender, they hoped to "hand over a sum of money" in exchange for Aegron to preserve their remaining belongings, so as not to have nothing.

His eyes are full of pleading, obviously for them, this is the most important condition.

In principle, Aigron can indeed agree to this condition. After all, he doesn't care about the property he robs, but... he is not willing to agree to the other party so easily.

"After the fort is handed over to us, all the items will be returned to us, and any property and weapons inside will be confiscated. This is our natural right as the winner, and I will not give it up." Aigron was first cold answer coldly.

When Yusuf Yassin showed despair, Aigron changed his words again, "However, as a person who likes to be lenient, it is not impossible for me to make some accommodations. When the property is confiscated, we will carry out Register accordingly, and if you behave well in the future, I can return some of the personal property belonging to the officers at my discretion—"

Yusuf Yassin's expression suddenly softened again, although the tone of the young man was still very strict, but at least it gave them a glimmer of hope.

Now their fate is indeed determined by his kindness.

"Are there any other conditions?" Agron asked again.

"You said in your letter that some of us can be properly released, how many people are allowed to be released, and where is the scope of release?" Yusuf Yassin continued to ask his question, "Whether Allow the officers to leave as well?"

Aegron had thought about this question for a long time, so he answered it without thinking.

"The number of people to be released cannot exceed one-fifth of your total number, and the ratio of soldiers to officers is ten to one. As for who to release, it is up to you, except your commander, Ibrahim Musta. Mr. Fa-Omar cannot leave, others can come and go freely."

He had estimated before that after the heavy casualties caused by the continuous fighting, there should be about 2,000 healthy and capable people in the fort now.

If one-fifth of them are released, about three or four hundred people will be released. The release of these people will have little effect on him and will not change the future war situation. Even after they return to the Turkish army, they may still Help spread your name.

On the one hand, this will make the defenders feel more at ease to surrender, and on the other hand, it will also show their compassion and form a good relationship with the Turks to lay the foundation for possible future cooperation.

Sure enough, Yusuf Yassin was overjoyed after he said this.

"Thank you for your mercy!" He suddenly fell to one knee on the ground, and then Aegron bowed and saluted. "My lord, since this is the case, we have nothing else to ask for - although we fought hard, but in the current situation we can only choose to surrender, and we have fulfilled our obligations, and no one can accuse us of our choice. Come down, our fate will be decided by you, we pray for your mercy..."

His tone was as humble as before, and although surrender was never a good experience for any soldier, they had no other choice right now.

Between survival and dignity, after all, survival is more important, and this young man has already put forward relatively favorable conditions for them.

"You have finished talking about your conditions, then it's up to me." Aegron said calmly.

"What do you want?" Yusuf Yassin immediately became nervous, for fear that the young man would suddenly put forward some embarrassing conditions.

"I promise to feed you after your surrender, not to my allies; but it also means I have the right to drive you to labor in order to pay for what I have paid—after the war, I will be in Mysore Longhion builds some monuments, you are responsible for providing labor, and after the monument is completed, you must collectively pay tribute to those heroic spirits who died in battle."

Aigron made these conditions with a serious expression - obviously, this is not negotiable.

Although this condition is indeed a bit humiliating, but now that it has come to this point, Yusuf Yassin certainly does not want to offend the young man again.

So, he nodded with difficulty and agreed to this condition. "Okay, we obey your assignment."

"Very good." Aigron nodded with satisfaction, then stretched out his hand to Yusuf Yassin, who was still kneeling on one knee, "Sir, I regret everything that happened before, but it has become After a while, I will do my best to fulfill my promise, and I wish you all the best of luck."

Yusuf Yassin also stretched out his hand, took Aigron's hand, and showed his respect with a humble gesture.

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After a brief negotiation, Aegron watched the envoys leave his camp and then returned to the remaining lines of the defenders.

He quietly waited for the moment when his victory finally came.

He didn't wait long. On the morning of the next day, the defenders who had been in the trenches and the city walls raised their white flags. Then they put down their weapons, raised their hands, lined up, and walked out of their original positions. .

Because they knew nothing about the surrender negotiations, the soldiers on the front line were a little surprised by this scene, but soon, Michel Ney informed the whole army, and the enemy officially surrendered.

The enemy has surrendered!

As if loaded with radio waves, the news quickly spread throughout the army.

The sound of guns and guns that seemed to never stop has stopped now, and the entire fortress is quiet as if it has come to another world.

But just a moment later, the deafening cheers suddenly drowned out all the frontline positions.

Then, a large group of soldiers in black uniforms walked out of the trenches and positions and rushed towards the fortress.

This time, no one stopped them. They crossed the trenches and ravines, climbed the city wall, and rushed into the fortress that they had always dreamed of but had never been able to achieve, and saw what it really was.

While the entire army was ecstatic, Michelle Ney was naturally not carried away. While trying to maintain order, they sent a special team to receive all the weapons of the defenders as soon as possible, and sealed all the supplies and belongings inside.

Counting of prisoners was also carried out at the same time.

And all this, don't have to worry about Aigron.

Surrounded and cheered by a large group of soldiers, he walked into the fortress with his guards, and was greeted by a middle-aged man in his forties.

He has a big beard and a square face with wrinkles on his forehead. He has obviously been exhausted recently, but it can be seen that he is now relieved.

Under Aigron's gaze, he walked in front of the young man, and then handed the saber in his hand to Aigron.

Then, he opened his mouth to speak, and Edmund Dantès, who was standing beside Aigron, hurriedly translated to the young man.

"I am the commander here, Ibrahim Mustafa Omar." The middle-aged man replied with emotion, "I am unfortunate enough to stand here as a loser; I am very fortunate to be able to witness a new legend as a party. My lord, everything is over for me. Next, I pray for your mercy and forgive me and my subordinates. In addition, I wish you to write more legends in the future. , just like... him."

Aigron didn't speak any more, just walked in front of the other party, then nodded to him, and then, he reached out and took the other party's saber.

At this moment, everyone present cheered up to the sky at the same time, the salute also roared, and the deafening sound seemed to make people suspect that the war had resumed.

However, everything was definitely over, and victory could come at any moment.

From this moment on, Methorongion fell into the hands of the young man.