Mordamon led his two most elite divisions, a total of nearly 20,000 men, and began to charge outwards.

Mordamon knew that counting on the rebels to break through was unrealistic, because they also had to consider what they would face if they broke through and his side collapsed.

Therefore, Mordamon could only break through towards the town of Juarez and Slanka on his own. They launched a total of four large-scale assaults, but after losing a lot of men, they still failed to break through.

The Western Expeditionary Force brought by Wang Dingyuan was originally composed of several mercenary groups. Although these mercenary groups were not good at offensive battles, extremely tragic encounters, and defensive battles, they were very good at this kind of encirclement and suppression, which was simply commonplace.

The entire Western Expeditionary Force dispersed and set up ambush locations along Mordamon's retreat route, fiercely attacking the fleeing enemy, ensuring that the openings in the defense zone were tightly closed, making Mordamon's escape extremely difficult and embarrassing.

Not only that, Zhao Weihu also set up a final line of defense on the outermost edge of the defense zone. This line of defense could not only prevent Lao Mo's Red Hat Army from entering, but also cut off the only channel for Mordamon to escape!

After a series of encirclements and suppressions, Mordamon's forces suffered heavy losses, and were finally forced to retreat to a high mountain next to them.

...

The battle continued until after 9:00 p.m. Mordamon's forces had established a preliminary and simple defense zone on the mountain.

Many soldiers were injured and lying on the ground, receiving treatment. The remaining soldiers were also covered in dust and looked embarrassed, lying in the defense zone, blocking waves of attacking enemies.

Mordamon was hiding in a dark cave. Around him, the members of the entire command headquarters were no longer complete. On the way to escape, some were killed in battle, some were scattered, and many of the remaining were injured. Everyone looked tired, and even a little frightened.

Mordamon sat on a rock, his forehead covered in cold sweat. Listening to the bursts of gunfire outside, he thought for a long time, and finally turned to look at the chief of staff sitting next to him, and said, "Tariel, obviously, we can no longer break through this defense zone. But it doesn't matter, we still have cards in our hands."

Chief of Staff Tariel also wiped the sweat from his face, with a look of doubt in his expression, wondering what trump cards he still had.

Mordamon looked serious and continued, "If the war in the Guada area ends now, it would be a very wonderful thing for the Santos regime. Because they can close the net while the rebels are driving straight in, and concentrate on annihilating them, thereby affecting the entire Lao Mo region's war situation. Therefore, I am going to call him!"

Tariel understood what he meant and nodded slowly.

...

Five minutes later, Guada area, People's Army forward command post.

Su Tianyu was waiting for news of the siege when he suddenly received a video call from Santos.

After the call was connected, in addition to Santos himself, some core generals of Lao Mo's official army, as well as Zhao Weihu, Wang Dingyuan, Fei Pingsheng and others participated in the video conference.

After everyone joined in, Santos took the lead and said, "I am holding this meeting with you all urgently because I just received a call from Mordamon. He has surrendered, agreed to cooperate with us, and is willing to obey our command. He can even fight with us and take the initiative to lure the rebels in, and then encircle them. And all we have to do is return the New萊 area to them."

Although Santos's expression was calm, it was not difficult to hear a trace of excitement in his voice.

Before Su Tianyu and the others could express their opinions, a staff officer under Santos followed up and said, "I think we can accept Mordamon's surrender. This is a rare opportunity for us. The war in the Guada area is over. We can effectively control the casualties and complete the troop assembly. If Mordamon is willing to hand over his family members as a bargaining chip and cooperate with us to attack the rebels who have entered Lao Mo's territory, we have a good chance of directly eating a large part of the enemy's main elite troops!"

In the video, some of Lao Mo's official army generals couldn't help but nod.

"I disagree." Hearing this, Su Tianyu finally spoke up and retorted, saying concisely, "My opinion is not to negotiate! This is war, not a children's game. If you can win, you fight, if you can't win, you surrender! What are you doing? If you don't solve the hidden dangers, these warlords may always stab you in the back! If you want to rule the army with an iron fist, you must strike hard, kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and completely solve the symptoms of rebellion that have repeatedly occurred in the Lao Mo area! Mordamon is the best whetstone!"

Santos frowned and couldn't help but say, "Mr. Su, if this is the case, we may miss the opportunity to launch a counterattack against the rebels!"

Su Tianyu looked at him and said, "Rebellions happen again and again! The root cause is that your regime is too easy to compromise! When the other party can't win, they say a few nice words, and everything can be written off! Without bloody lessons, how can there be absolute obedience! There is an old saying in the Hua district, 'To pacify the outside, one must first secure the inside'! I insist on not accepting Mordamon's surrender. He must pay a heavy price for this rebellion! This precedent must not be set, because in the Lao Mo area, you still have more than a dozen warlords to incorporate! Once the precedent is set, there will be endless troubles!"

Santos fell silent. At this time, Zhao Weihu and Wang Dingyuan both expressed their agreement with Su Tianyu's suggestion.

Santos thought for a while, felt that what Su Tianyu said made some sense, exchanged opinions with his chief of staff, and nodded, "Okay, then let's solve the problem as soon as possible!"

Everyone communicated briefly again, then hung up the phone and took action.

...

Ten minutes later, Su Tianyu took a military vehicle and personally came to the foot of the mountain where Mordamon was hiding.

A large number of soldiers were preparing at the foot of the mountain, preparing to launch the next round of strong attack.

Su Tianyu observed the situation on the mountain, thought for a while, turned to the guard beside him and asked, "Is there anyone who can speak the local language? Let him come over!"

The guard nodded, took out the communicator and began to shout.

After two minutes, a young man walked over, stood in front of Su Tianyu, and gave him a military salute: "Report to the chief, I can speak the local language!"

Su Tianyu immediately pointed at him and said, "Turn on the public channel and shout a sentence to the entire army..."

...

At the same time, Mordamon was still hiding in the cave, pacing back and forth, anxiously waiting for Santos's response.

At this moment, a burst of earth-shattering shouts suddenly came from the foot of the mountain: "Mordamon, please die kneeling!!!"

This sentence was shouted in the local language and Chinese, coming from all directions, echoing on the mountain peaks, and then bringing up bursts of echoes.

Mordamon's face flushed, feeling an unprecedented humiliation, and said fiercely, "Since you don't accept my surrender, then fine, let's just die together! Notify all troops, at all costs, charge down the mountain for me!"

Saying that, Mordamon also stepped out of the cave.

"Ka-chak!"

At this moment, Tariel, the chief of staff behind him, glanced around, pulled out his pistol, cocked the gun, and aimed it at his head.

Mordamon suddenly turned his head and looked at the other party in astonishment: "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Pa!"

Tariel stepped forward and slapped Mordamon in the face, making his eyes flash with stars.

Mordamon covered his face, his whole person stunned in place.

"Since I was a baby, my daddy has never been willing to hit me!" Tariel pointed at him and cursed, "You damned idiot, it's all because of your greed that you brought us to a dead end!"

Mordamon immediately woke up and roared angrily, "Catch him! Catch him!!"

The other officers around saw this scene, but they were all expressionless and unmoved.

Tariel pointed at Mordamon and ordered to the surrounding people, "Tie him up for me. From now on, we will return to justice!"

"Pa!"

Several officers stepped forward and pressed Mordamon to the ground.

...

Five minutes later, Mordamon was tied up by his own staff and sent down the mountain, thrown in front of Su Tianyu.