"Dismount, surrender!"
"Dismount, surrender!"
"Dismount, surrender!"
Lin Tian's cavalry shouted, their voices echoing into the ears of the Crusader army.
The Crusaders could not understand such words.
The language barrier created a significant obstacle to communication.
However, the Crusaders felt a great sense of deterrence from these shouts.
This deterrence filled them with immense fear.
Some instinctively dismounted their warhorses, raised their weapons, and crouched on the ground.
This was a common method of surrender among the Crusaders.
Except, before, they had only seen others do it; they themselves had never performed such an action.
Now, someone making such a move was purely to save their own life.
As soon as they made this gesture, it was immediately recognized.
"All of you, learn from them. Otherwise, you will all die!"
"Surrender, all of you surrender like him, or we kill!"
"Quickly surrender, all of you, quickly surrender!"
Many Qin soldiers pointed at the already surrendered soldiers and shouted loudly.
Although these shouts were still incomprehensible, the Crusaders understood the meaning conveyed.
Many of them hesitated for a moment, then laid down their weapons.
Even more looked towards their general.
In this life-or-death moment, they naturally wished to survive.
However, many of them possessed strong religious beliefs.
This faith was not easily betrayed.
And because of this, they would not easily betray their general.
The general's face turned extremely grim.
He had traveled thousands of miles not to surrender.
He had come to conquer the ancient Eastern kingdom and realize their grand ambitions.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived in the ancient Eastern kingdom, they suffered such a devastating blow.
They were no match for the ancient Eastern kingdom's army.
This was something the Crusader general refused to believe, yet something he had to face.
However, even though they were surrounded by Lin Tian's army, he was unwilling to surrender just like that.
Therefore, the general's face showed a look of fierce resolve.
Perhaps in the next moment, he would order the Crusader army to perish with Lin Tian's forces.
However, just as his mouth opened, a cold arrow flew directly towards him.
"Swish!"
This precious arrow, hitting its mark without deviation, struck the general directly in the throat, instantly taking his life.
This was something the Crusaders had never anticipated.
The next moment, many of the Crusaders erupted in rage.
They instantly let out shouts:
"Kill! Revenge for the general!"
"Damn it, how dare they attack the general!"
"Hateful! They killed the general, we'll fight them to the death!"
These individuals, willing to fight to the death, were naturally those who refused to surrender.
Upon seeing their general dead, they went completely mad.
Clenching their weapons, they sought out the Qin soldiers to continue their desperate fight.
However, at this moment, Lin Tian lowered his bow and arrow and issued his command.
"Shoot and kill anyone who dares to resist!"
Upon this order, countless archers unleashed their volleys.
Instantly, a large number of arrows flew out.
Most of those who dared to resist were shot dead on the spot.
As for the others, even if they were not shot, they were killed by the surrounding Qin soldiers.
Soon, another wave of Crusaders lay fallen.
In the end, only about forty thousand of the Crusaders remained.
This number was a result of Lin Tian and his army showing mercy.
Had they not shown mercy, it was likely that not even forty thousand Crusaders would have survived.
After all, numerous armies had been completely annihilated when Lin Tian's army conquered various nations.
These forty thousand people were all brought to Xianyang City.
Their arrival attracted the attention of countless people.
"Who are these people? Why are they so dark?"
"Their whole bodies are black. I've heard of people like this, like Kunlun slaves! But, I heard Kunlun slaves are entirely black, but I've never heard of white Kunlun slaves!"
"No need to guess, they're not Kunlun slaves at all. I heard they are an army that fought all the way from a faraway place, called the Crusader army!"
"What? An army actually dared to fight its way to our Great Qin? These people are truly audacious!"
In the hearts of the Great Qin populace, Great Qin was already an invincible existence.
Such an existence did not permit other armies to appear on Great Qin's borders.
Now, with the sudden appearance of some "Crusader army," the people were naturally incensed.
Their gazes towards the Crusaders became extremely hostile.
If they weren't prisoners, someone might have thrown rotten vegetables at them by now.
However, even without rotten vegetables, the contempt in their eyes grew stronger.
"What Crusader army? I think they're not even as good as those Kunlun slaves!"
"Exactly! With this bunch, they wanted to attack our Great Qin, and attack His Royal Highness's army? That's utter delusion!"
"Hmph! They dared to attack our Great Qin, and one day, our Great Qin will march to their lands and annihilate their country!"
Since others had already attacked their doorstep, a counterattack was naturally necessary.
Therefore, at this moment, some were already envisioning Qin's armies marching to those Western countries.
Although the populace did not know that these Crusaders hailed from the West, they had already considered revenge.
This thought coincided with Lin Tian's.
This ensured that Lin Tian would face virtually no obstacles in his future conquest of Western nations.
After all, the populace strongly supported this endeavor.
Of course, that was a story for later.
The most important thing now was to present these Crusaders to Ying Zheng, allowing him to see these people from the Western countries.
At the same time, they would be made to draw maps.
Even drawing rough sketches would save Lin Tian a significant amount of time.
Only with maps would Lin Tian's conquest of the various Western countries become simple.
This point was crucial.
And after Lin Tian finished these tasks, these Crusaders would face the same fate as the Kunlun slaves, toiling in the imperial mausoleum and palaces.
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