One of Ashina's officers, acting as a diplomat, persuaded the chieftains of the region to surrender instead of fighting back.
Yet however compelling this may sound, one might like some independent reason to surrender SK, instead of opting for a different response to the reductio.
When they located Ba Cụt and surrounded him, he refused to surrender but instead tried to shoot his way out.
His council was unanimous in rejecting the proposed capitulation, and the British chose to surrender unconditionally instead.
Beltran Leyva and his gangsters refused to surrender and instead opened fire on the marines, leaving one dead, two injured.
Even with only 70 remaining survivors after his water source had been cut off, Balbhadra had refused to surrender, and instead had charged out and successfully fought his way through the siege.
There were fears that the German forces might refuse to surrender and instead resist the Allied occupation forces, and there were particular concerns about what the large detachment of Kriegsmarine personnel at the port of Trondheim might do.
At mediation, the birth parents might opt to surrender their rights instead.
The final rift between Kantakouzenos and Dushan occurred in April 1343, when Kantakouzenos persuaded the town of Berroia, besieged by the Serbs, to surrender to him instead of Dushan.
Its commander preferred to surrender to Géza instead of the king and the Byzantine envoys who arrived in the Hungarian camp after the fall of Belgrade only negotiated with Géza.
