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Volume Two: Set Sail Chapter 151: Runaway General

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    Chapter 151 General Runaway

    A fierce battle was going on in the valley. The condescending Vietnamese army first threw bundles of lit branches and dry grass down, burning the Sassanids to death. It also illuminated the target for the archers and crossbowmen, temporarily unable to get into the formation.  The infantrymen lifted up large and small stones and threw them down. The rain-like stones, accompanied by dense long arrows, knocked the Sassanids who had just woken up from their sleep into confusion.

    Cui Qian excitedly opened his two-stone bow and shot thirteen long arrows in one breath, knocking down seven Sasanians one after another. Then he wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his sore arms, and felt comfortable.  He took a breath and said, "It's so enjoyable. It's so damn enjoyable."

    Ten steps away, Zhuge Zhi held a three-stone crossbow and carefully aimed at a commander who was shouting in the crowd to gather his men. He clicked the crossbow with his finger, and the crossbow arrows roared out and disappeared into the darkness, accurately.  Shoot it on the commander's back.  The captain was running with his sword high when he suddenly felt someone push him behind him. His shouts suddenly stopped and he stumbled to the ground. He twitched twice and then stopped moving.

    "General Cui, who just said that fighting with General Lu has made great progress in running skills without improving anything else?" Zhuge Zhi handed the empty crossbow to his guards to load, then took the other crossbow and smiled.  road.  If Cui Qian had said this an hour ago when he was running out of breath, Cui Qian would most likely have given him a look, but Cui Qian was in a good mood now, so it didn't matter if he joked with him.

    "Who said that?" Cui Qian feigned anger: "Whoever dares to say that about General Lu, I will fight with."

    Zhuge Zhi laughed loudly, raised his crossbow and shot down a Sasanian warrior. He shook his head and refused to take Cui Qian seriously.  He dared to laugh, but the guards did not dare to laugh. They all endured it very hard, and even the arrows they shot were a little crooked.  Cui Qian became a little angry, shouted loudly, grabbed a crossbow and started shooting.  Unlike Zhuge who focused on hit rate, he gave full play to the three-shot function of the crossbow. Anyway, the Sasanians below were crowded together, so he could hit the target without aiming at all.

    An orderly soldier ran over and shouted loudly: "General Lu has an order, ordering General Cui and General Zhuge to separate a hundred steps apart and respond to each other."

    "Here." Cui Qian and Zhuge Zhi agreed at the same time. One went east and the other west, spread out about a hundred steps, and distributed more soldiers on the edge of the cliff to shoot at the Sassanid people under the cliff.

    On the cliff seven or eight miles away, there were more than 20,000 Vietnamese troops and Tianzhu mercenaries. They were divided into two rows, taking turns to shoot and rest, and poured the arrows and rocks they brought easily onto the heads of the Sasanians.  Above and below the cliff, there are more than 80,000 Sassanids in chaos. They have just been awakened from their sleep and have not yet figured out what is going on. There are torches and stones everywhere under their feet, and they have to guard against more on their heads.  The soldiers could not find the general and the general could not find the soldiers. The whole valley was in chaos with people shouting and horses neighing.  The crossbowmen of the Yue Kingdom specifically selected those officers who were more exquisitely dressed to shoot, which made the already chaotic Sasanians even more chaotic.

    Aldashir was furious and felt his eyes go black. He kicked over a scout who had just arrived. Just now, this scout said that Lu Xun was on his way to Gudes. He hadn't said anything yet.  After that, Lu Xun's battle flag was flying above the cliff.  Lu Xun lit dozens of torches around him, illuminating the battle flag clearly. Aldashir could almost see the smile on Lu Xun's face. How could he still be on his way to Gudes?

    The scout was confused. He was unjustly beaten, but he also understood that now not only he had been deceived by the Yue people, but also the wise king. Now that he was trapped in this valley by the Yue people, could he  Maybe even escape.

    Ardashir was puzzled. When did Lu Xun ambush here?  He clearly sent scouts to investigate before entering the valley, but the scouts did not find any sign of the ambush. Did Lu Xun fly here?

    Ardashir was so anxious that he was attacked in the middle of the night. He couldn't figure out how many people there were and what kind of arrangements they had.  The Sasanians are now distributed in a valley that is more than ten miles long. He has no idea what the situation of each tribe is. Even if he has sent messengers to check, it is not safe. The valley is already in chaos. Who knows who will be sent out?  Can the messenger come back safely?

    Looking at the camp full of flames, Ardashir was circling back and forth like a trapped animal. The 10,000 elite Guards Battalion was beside him. All the soldiers raised their round shields and protected him tightly.  Around him, except for the few hundred steps around him, everything else was out of control.

    High Priest Hankos ran over while wearing a priest's robe. He didn't even have time to put on shoes, and he was grinning from the rocks. He rushed to stand next to Ardashir and was about to speak.  He raised his head and met Ardashir's eyes that were about to spit out fire. He was startled, and he swallowed the words he spoke out of fear.

      "High Priest, what revelation have you received?" Aldashir suppressed his anger and looked at Hankaus for help.

    "In the valley" Hankos wanted to say that he felt something strange in the valley, maybe an ambush, but when he saw the situation in front of him, he knew it and didn't need to say anything. He just opened his mouth silently like a dead fish and said one word.  Didn't spit it out either.

    Ardashir sighed angrily and had no hope for him anymore. There was no extra way to go now. There were cliffs on both sides. It was not easy to climb up. He couldn't look back, so he had to rush forward.  .  Along the way, he had to brave the attacks on the cliff on the left, and the losses would definitely be considerable. Even if he rushed out, he would only have half a life left.

    After all, Ardashir is a man who has been on the battlefield for a long time and has experienced countless dangers. Although he knew that the road ahead was not easy, he immediately made a decision and let the guards protect him and move forward.  In order to contain the attack on the cliff, he ordered the army in the valley to raise their heads and fight back.  This section of the cliff is not too high, and you can barely shoot it up with a riding bow. Although the power is not comparable to that of the enemy from a high position, it is still better than nothing.

    Ardashir raised his own banner and blew his horn.  The melodious horn sound seemed to have innate magic power. Although the attack on the cliff was still very fierce, the chaotic Sassanid people regained some calm under the command of the horn sound. They risked their lives to get out of the valley on the right.  , formed two horizontal lines on the left side. The people in front raised shields to cover the counterattack of those behind, attracting the attention of the cliff, and making way for Aldashir, who was guarded by the Guards.

    Due to lack of troops and limited time, Lu Xun only occupied the cliff on the north side of the valley. There was no one on the cliff on the south side. Ardashir tried to stay on the right side as much as possible. Although it was still within the attack range of the crossbow, it was still within the attack range of the crossbow.  It was impossible to throw the stones that far with human power. There were guards wearing heavy armor. Although Ardashir did not move fast, there was no problem with safety.

    "It's such a pity. If we had brought a few crossbows, we would have left this old dog here today." Cui Qian looked at Ardashir who was gradually going away. He patted his thigh with regret. He raised his crossbow and pointed at Ardashir.  Hill shot more than a dozen arrows in one breath. Although the arrows all hit Aldashir's side, they were all blocked by the soldiers of the Guards Battalion. Even if they were shot on their armor, it would have no effect.  It just hit a cluster of sparks.

    Lu Xun stood on the cliff with his hands behind his back, watching Ardashir hurried away. He had just looked at Ardashir carefully with his clairvoyance. It was too dark, and illuminated by the swaying torches blown by the mountain wind,  He couldn't see Aldashir's face clearly, but he could guess without looking that Aldashir's face was definitely not pretty.

    And what he wanted was this effect. He asked Luo Tong to rush to Gudes with 5,000 men pretending to be a large army. He tried his best to reconsider it. Against the opposition of two important generals, Cui Qian and Zhuge Zhi, he led an army of more than 40,000 people.  After running 600 miles in five days, more than half of the people were left behind. Finally, he intercepted the Sasanian people here. He finally won the bet.

    Lu Xun glanced at Cui Qian who was relentlessly shooting Ardashir with a crossbow in the distance, and raised a smile at the corner of his mouth: "Send the order, don't worry about Ardashir, just kill the enemy in large numbers."

    The ordering soldier responded, beat the war drum, and passed on the order.  From a distance, he saw that Cui Qian seemed to be looking this way, and finally changed the shooting direction, and began to vent his fire at the Sasanian archers who were gradually retreating under the cliff.  Most of the full-time Sasanian archers have been folded under the city of Aksum. Most of these archers are now cavalry. They are not used to this kind of upward shooting, and the range of the cavalry bows in their hands is also limited. Even if they can hit  Ya Lai did not have much lethality, but it exposed itself because it had to shoot upward, causing a large number of casualties.  Now that Aldashir had withdrawn, there was no need for them to stay and die. One by one, they retreated to the cliff on the right, and then ran away with Aldashir.

    When they started to rush forward under the cliff, they also started running on the cliff. Cui Qian and the others withdrew their positions one by one, and rushed east along the rugged mountain road, trying to catch up to the front to kill more enemies.  Soon, after the Sasanians left corpses all over the ground, everyone who could move evacuated. There were no Sasanians standing in front of Lu Xun's eyes anymore, and he immediately followed the army and rushed forward.

    Before leaving, he glanced at the west side of the valley. He knew that Xia Hourong was waiting twenty miles away, but he didn't know if Xia Hourong would rush into the valley when the situation was unclear. After all, he didn't have time to give a warning.  Xia Hourong sent the message, but Xia Hourong might be worried that it was a trap and would not come.

    The entrance to the valley was peaceful, and there was no sign of an approaching army.  Lu Xun sighed.  If Xia Hourong rushed into the valley to pursue the Sasanians at this time, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Sasanians and force the Sasanians to panic even more. Just relying on their stampede while fleeing, they might be able to??Thousands more casualties.

    However, Lu Xun did not blame Xia Hourong. If it were him in this situation, he would not take the initiative to avoid falling into the enemy's trap.

    Along the way, almost all the soldiers showed admiration to Lu Xun. Although some Tianzhu soldiers could not speak Chinese, they saluted Lu Xun humbly. The respectful attitude was completely different from half a day ago.  Just half an hour ago, the army that had already crossed the valley and entered the edge of the desert received an order not to set up camp and rest on the spot for two hours. When they were about to return to the valley, almost all the soldiers said:  Lu Xun hated him so much that he cursed in his heart. There were also many people who cursed loudly, especially those mercenaries. They not only despised Lu Xun, but also despised all Yue people.  The Yue people made a very good statement when they hired them to fight, saying that Sun Shao was fully prepared and it was easy to defeat the Sassanid people. Come and wait to make a fortune.  Only when we got here did we realize that Sun Shao had not dared to leave the city to fight the Sasanians in Axum for more than half a year. Although the Sasanians lost some people, most of them returned to Egypt unharmed.  Later, Lu Xun said that the Romans should fight their best. They went to Gudes and waited. Unexpectedly, as soon as they left Egypt, Lu Xun ordered them to turn east. In the past five days, they were basically running, and almost everyone died.  , so they all gave Lu Xun a nickname: General Runaway.

    The Yue people were more subtle. Cui Qian secretly called Lu Xun Lu Miaocai, saying that he liked to march long distances as much as Xia Houyuan, the old general of Wei State. It seemed to be praising him, but it was actually hurting him.

    But now, no one will say that Lu Xun is a running general or Lu Miaocai, because if he didn't run like this, just because their tens of thousands of infantry-based expeditionary forces want to fight against the Sassanid people, who are mainly cavalry, even if they are  With an army of 50,000 men waiting for work, the losses would be staggering, and they might even be severely defeated by the Sasanians.  Look at the Romans. They also had nearly 50,000 people. They were still an infantry phalanx that dominated the world. Didn't they sustain it for a long time before being defeated by the Sasanians?

    After running for five days, I found such an easy fighting method. Standing on the cliff safely, I could shoot arrows down hard and throw stones down to kill a large number of Sasanians.  The arrows shot by the Shan people can almost be caught with your hands, and even the oily skin will not be hurt. Who has fought such a one-sided battle?

    What are you afraid of running away? If there is such a battle to fight, I would be willing to run for a few more days.  While shooting arrows and throwing stones, the soldiers smiled broadly as they looked at the trophies all over the valley. They drove away the Sasanians and waited to pick them up after dawn.

    Lu Xun looked at the smiles on the faces of the soldiers along the way. He still looked calm, as if nothing had happened. He just glanced into the valley from time to time to visually check the killing effect.  Overall, the results of the battle were satisfactory. They had only gone a third of the way. Judging from the corpses strewn across the valley, it appeared that the Sassanids had suffered more than 5,000 casualties. With more support from the front, I thought the results would be even better.

    "General Lu!" Cui Qian's joyful shout interrupted Lu Xun's thoughts. He raised his head and looked at Cui Qian with a smile: "General Cui, what can I do?"

    "No nothing happened." Cui Qian embarrassedly put his fingers into his helmet and scratched his greasy hair, turned around and pointed to the valley in front of him where the shouts were loud and said: "The Sasanians are all crowded together in front.  , but Ardashir is guarded by heavily armored soldiers. Even if he is within our range, it will be difficult for us to hurt him. General, should we send some people to the front to cut off their return?"

    "No need." Lu Xun waved his hand without thinking, interrupting Cui Qian's words: "Don't stop when you return to the army. It is precisely because the Sasanians are eager to escape and don't want to fight that we can attack them so easily. If we cut off their return,  If we force them to fight us, can we win? After shooting the arrows and throwing the stones, we go down to fight with them? The casualties will be huge. General Cui, you are a battle-hardened warrior.  Man, have you ever seen a general who can organize an army that stretches for several miles so neatly under such circumstances?"

    Cui Qian looked at the Sasanians in the valley who were supportive but not very panicked. He nodded helplessly. The fact that order could be maintained under such circumstances only showed that Ardashir was very strict in running the army.  The position in the army is also very respected. As long as he is alive, the Sasanians can stabilize themselves no matter how great the danger is. If they fight against such an army head-on, even if they win, it will be a miserable victory.

    "The general is right." Cui Qian uncharacteristically did not insist anymore. He cupped his hands and rushed forward with his men.  Lu Xun smiled and continued to move forward. Before taking a step, he glanced back as usual. This glance made him laugh out loud.

    A fire dragon is winding its way, and the rumble of horse hooves can be faintly heard.

    Lu Xun glanced eastward at the Sassanid people who were fleeing, and finally couldn't help butHe smiled with relief, and with Xia Hourong and ten thousand people chasing after him, the most miserable time for the Sassanid people was about to come.

    Soon, the Sassanians discovered their pursuers. Ardashir was filled with grief and indignation. Without thinking, he immediately sent people to break up the rear. A team of a thousand men rushed out first, forming five lines in front and back, stretching across the valley in a dense formation.  , trying to block the path of the pursuers.  But they didn't expect that the first ones to rush out of the night were the Teutonic people who were running and shouting like crazy. Forty or fifty angry Teutonic warriors, led by a black-haired warrior, rushed into them like a group of enraged lions.  In the formation, they raised and lowered their knives, chopping melons and vegetables, cutting a hole in their formation, and then more Teutons swarmed in. They waved the swords in their hands and slashed, while making a roaring sound.  Killed the Sassanid people in fear.

    Under the impact of the Teutons, the formation of a thousand men was quickly defeated. Thanks to Aldashir's quick reaction, he immediately sent another captain of ten thousand men to cut off the rear, blocking the valley with water and blocking Xia Hourong with every living life.  the way to go.

    The two sides fought fiercely in the narrow valley.

    Although the Sasanians were outnumbered, they not only had to fight hand-to-hand with the brave and skilled barbarians, but also had to guard against the attacks of the Yue people above their heads. In order to block the pursuers, they had to adopt a dense formation, which was undoubtedly convenient on the cliff.  How could Lu Xun let go of such an opportunity? He gathered his crossbowmen and shot at the Sassanid formation mercilessly.  The crossbowmen hardly had to aim, and every arrow they shot could bite the Sasanian's flesh.

    Under attack from both sides, the Sassanid people suffered terribly. One after another, the formations of a thousand people were defeated at an unimaginable speed. The corpses of the Sassanid people soon filled the valley. The wanton flow of blood made those who were excited like crazy.  The barbarian mercenaries slipped on their feet and accidentally tripped over the corpses. They became even angrier and shouted loudly and cursed one after another.

    There were ambushes above and pursuers behind them. The Sassanid people's will began to waver, and the continuous sound of horns also lost its due magic. Many people began to retreat, blocking the way of Ardashir's retreat. The guards  The battalion had no choice but to raise their sabers at their companions, fight a bloody path, and escape while protecting Ardashir.

    As soon as they began to massacre their own people, the morale of the Sassanid people became even more frustrated, the commotion became more and more obvious, and the noise gradually drowned out the sound of the trumpets.  Ardashir's face was livid, and he was clutching his horse's mane tightly to prevent him from being knocked off his horse. He did not dare to look at the soldiers who died under the sword of the Guards, nor did he dare to look back at those who were blocked from two sides.  The troops were afraid that they would lose control and yell if they couldn't help it for a moment.  High Priest Hankos has disappeared. Ardashir feels as if Ahura has abandoned him. Otherwise, how could he make such a decision and actually rest 80,000 troops in the valley, so that he was attacked  A devastating attack.

    He didn¡¯t dare to stop, so he could only keep his head down and follow the Guards forward.  He did not dare to raise his head to look at the Yue general under his banner. He was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the anger in his heart and would stop running for his life and fight him to the death.

    He knew that he could not stop. Once he stopped, even if he defeated these enemies, he would not have enough strength to return to Ctesiphon.  He has too many enemies and without enough force, he will be torn to pieces by these enemies.  His most important task now is to rush out of the valley as quickly as possible and take as many soldiers out as possible to deal with more dangers behind, instead of having a meaningless contest with Lu Xun and Xia Hourong here.

    However, the ten-mile mountain road seems to be very long, and there is no end in sight. The sound of sharp arrows piercing the air, the screams of the soldiers, the angry roars and chaotic shouts of the Guards officers and soldiers are all heard.  The sound of horses' hoofbeats and the clashing of weapons mixed together in Ardashir's ears, making Ardashir dizzy. At some point, these sounds gradually faded away, but there was a silence in Ardashir's ears.  He couldn't hear anything, but there was a faint laughter, a very proud and arrogant laugh that made his heart beat with fear.

    Ardashir's vision blurred for a while. He shook his head subconsciously to wake himself up, but a face suddenly appeared in front of him. The face was very handsome, with a dark mustache on his lips, and a pair of black eyes.  The shining eyes stared straight at him, straight into his heart.

    "Ardashir, you are dead." His lips twitched slightly and he uttered a cold word.

    "No!" Aldashir suddenly screamed, raised and drew out his sword, and slashed down in the air. A burst of blood burst out, and the hot blood spurted on Aldashir's face, which shocked him.  , taking a closer look, a trusted general opened his eyes wide, looked at the cold sword next to his neck, and slowly uttered a few words: "Your Majesty, weare out of the valley"

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