The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 341
The fierce battle in the valley was in full swing. The condescending Vietnamese army first threw bundles of ignited branches and dry grass down, burning the Sassanians to the ground, and at the same time illuminating the target for the crossbowmen. The pawns lifted up large and small stones and threw them down. The raindrops of stones accompanied by dense long arrows knocked the Sassanians dizzy who had just woken up from sleep.

Cui Qian excitedly drew his two-stone hard bow, and shot thirteen long arrows in one breath, shooting down seven Sassanids one after another. He let out a sigh of relief: "It's fun, it's really fucking fun."

Ten steps away, Zhuge Zhi held a three-stone crossbow, and carefully aimed at a commander who was shouting in the crowd and wanted to gather his subordinates. With a finger on the crossbow, the arrows roared out and plunged into the darkness. Shot in the commander's back.The commander was running with his saber held high, when suddenly he felt someone push him from behind, the shouting stopped abruptly, he staggered and fell to the ground, twitched twice, and then stopped moving.

"General Cui, who said just now that you fought with General Lu, you didn't improve in other things, but your running skills have improved a lot?" Zhuge Zhi handed over the crossbow that shot into the air to his personal guards to reload, and then took another crossbow, laughing road.If Cui Qian had said that an hour ago when he was running out of breath, Cui Qian would most likely give him a face, but Cui Qian is in a good mood now, so it doesn't matter to joke with him.

"Who said that?" Cui Qian pretended to be angry: "Whoever dares to say that about General Lu, I will be in a hurry with whoever."

Zhuge Zhi laughed loudly, raised his crossbow and shot down a Sasanian warrior, shook his head, not to be serious with Cui Qian.He dared to laugh, but the guards didn't dare to laugh. They all endured so hard that even the arrows they shot were crooked.Cui Qian became a little annoyed, yelled loudly, grabbed a crossbow and started shooting.Unlike Zhuge who paid attention to the hit rate, he gave full play to the three-shot function of the crossbow. Anyway, the Sasanians below were all crowded together, so they could shoot without aiming at all.

A messenger ran over and shouted loudly: "General Lu has an order to order General Cui and General Zhuge to walk a hundred steps apart and echo each other."

"Here." Cui Qian and Zhuge Zhi agreed in unison, one headed east and the other west, spread out for about a hundred steps, distributed more soldiers on the edge of the cliff, and shot at the Sasanians at the bottom of the cliff.

On the cliff for seven or eight miles, there are more than 2 Vietnamese and Tianzhu mercenaries. They are divided into two rows, shooting and resting in turn, pouring the arrows and stones they bring to the head of the Sasanians. Above and below the cliff, there are more than 8 Sassanians in a state of confusion. 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 more guards on their heads. For a while, the soldiers couldn't find the generals, and the generals couldn't find the soldiers. People shouted and neighed in the whole valley, and it was a mess.The crossbowmen of the Yue Kingdom only selected those officers who were more elegantly dressed to shoot, making the already chaotic Sasanians even more chaotic.

Ardashir was furious, he felt blackness before his eyes, he kicked a scout who had just arrived, this scout said just now 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. Ardasil could almost see the smile on Lu Xun's face. How could he still be on his way to Gudes?

The scout was at a loss, and he was wronged, but he also understood that not only he was tricked by the Yue people, but even the wise king was tricked by the Yue people. Now he is trapped in this valley by the Yue people. It's impossible to escape.

Ardahill was puzzled, when did Lu Xun ambush here?He clearly sent scouts to investigate before entering the valley, but the scouts didn't find any sign of an ambush at all. Could it be that Lu Xun flew 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 Sassanids 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 sent it out? Can the orderly come back safely?

Looking at the camp that was full of flames, Ardashir was turning back and forth like a trapped animal. The [-] elite guards were by his side. All the soldiers raised their round shields and tightly guarded them. Around him, except for the few hundred steps around him, other places have lost control.

The high priest Hankos ran over while wearing the priest's robe. He didn't even have time to put on his shoes on his feet, and he was grinned by the rocks. He rushed to Ardashir and stood still. He was about to speak. He raised his head to meet Ardashir's eyes that were about to breathe fire, and was shocked, and the words in his mouth were frightened and swallowed back.

"High Priest, what revelation did you get?" Aldashir suppressed his anger and looked at Hankos for help.

"In the valley..." Hankos originally wanted to say that he felt a change in the valley, that there might be an ambush, but when he saw the situation in front of him, he 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.

Ardasil let out a long sigh in anger, and he didn't have any hope for him anymore. There is no extra road to go now, and there are cliffs on both sides. It is not easy to climb up, and he can't turn back, so he has to rush forward .This way, he had to brave the attack on the cliff on the left to move forward, and the loss must be not small. Even if he rushed out, he would only have half his life left.

After all, Ardashir was a battle-tested person who had experienced countless dangers. Although he knew that the road ahead was not easy, he still made a decision immediately and rushed forward with the guards protecting him.In order to contain the attack on the cliff, he ordered the army in the valley to 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 the condescending enemy, it is better than nothing.

Ardashir planted his banner and sounded the horn.The melodious sound of the horn seems to have innate magic power. Although the attack on the cliff was still very fierce, the chaotic Sasanians regained some calm under the command of the sound of the horn. , lined up in two horizontal lines on the left, and the people in front raised their shields to cover the counterattacks of the people behind, attracting the attention of the cliff, and giving way to Ardashir under the escort of the personal 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 walked as far as possible on the right side. It is impossible for manpower to throw the stone that far, and there are guards in heavy armor all over the body. Although Ardashir can't walk fast, there is no problem with his safety.

"It's such a pity. If I bring a few ballistas, I will definitely leave this old dog here today." Cui Qian looked at Ardasil who was going away, and slapped his thigh regretfully. He raised the crossbow and pointed at Arda Hill shot more than a dozen arrows in one breath. Although the arrows all hit Ardashir's side, they were blocked by the guards without exception. Even if they shot at their armor, it was useless. Just hit a cluster of sparks.

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

And what he wants is this effect, let Luo Tong lead 5000 people to pretend to be a large army and rush to Gudes, and he will fight against the serious discussion. He ran six hundred miles in one day, and more than half of the people left behind, finally intercepted the Sasanian here, and he finally won the bet.

Lu Xun glanced at Cui Qian who was shooting Ardashir with a crossbow in the distance, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Command, leave Ardashir alone, just kill the enemy in large numbers."

The messenger responded, beat the drum, and passed on the order.From a distance, he saw that Cui Qian seemed to be looking this way, and finally turned his shooting direction, and began to shoot at the Sasanian archers who were gradually retreating under the cliff as if venting.Most of the full-time Sassanian archers have already fallen under the city of Axum. Most of these archers now are cavalry. They are not used to this kind of upward shooting. Yalai didn't have much lethality, but exposed himself because he wanted to shoot upwards, causing a lot of casualties.Now that Ardashir had withdrawn, there was no need for them to stay and die. They retreated to the cliff on the right one by one, and then ran away with their legs.

While rushing forward under the cliff, they also started running on the cliff at the same time. Cui Qian and the others withdrew from their positions one by one, and rushed eastward along the rugged mountain road, trying to catch up to the front and kill more enemies.Soon, after the Sasanians left a field of corpses, all who could move left. There were no Sasanians standing in front of Lu Xun's eyes, so he 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 whether Xia Hourong would rush into the valley when the situation was unknown. Xia Hourong sent a message, Xia Hourong might be worried that this was a trap and would not come.

The entrance of the valley was peaceful, and there was no sign of an army approaching.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 Sassanids, forcing the Sassanids to panic even more. Just because of their trampling when they fled, there might be a few more people. Thousands of casualties.

However, Lu Xun didn't blame Xia Hourong. Under such circumstances, he would not take the initiative to attack, so as not to fall into the enemy's trick to lure the enemy.

Along the way, almost all the soldiers showed admiring smiles to Lu Xun. Although some Tianzhu soldiers could not speak Chinese, they saluted Lu Xun humbly. Their respectful attitude was very different from that of half a day ago.Just half an hour ago, when the army had already run across the valley and entered the edge of the desert, they were ordered not to set up camp, rest on the spot for two hours, and then returned to the valley, almost all the soldiers were right. Lu Xun hated him so much, there were not a few people who slandered him, and there were not a few who cursed, especially those mercenaries. They not only despised Lu Xun, but also despised all Yue people.When the Yue people hired them to fight, they said very beautifully, saying that Sun Shao was fully prepared, and defeating the Sassanids was no problem, you just wait to get rich when you come.It was only here that I found out that Sun Shao had been in Axum for more than half a year and had never dared to go out to fight the Sassanids. Although the Sassanians lost some people, most of them returned to Egypt safe and sound.Later, Lu Xun said, let the Romans go desperately. They went to Gudes to wait. Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out of Egypt, Lu Xun ordered them to turn east. They were basically running for five days and almost killed everyone. , So they all gave Lu Xun a nickname: Runaway General.

The Yue people were more subtle. Cui Qian secretly called Lu Xun Lu Miaocai, saying that he liked long-distance and hasty marches like the old general Xia Houyuan of Wei State.

But now, no one is saying that Lu Xun is a running general and Lu Miaocai, because if it weren't for running like this, it would be considered a battle with their tens of thousands of infantry-based expeditionary troops who wanted to fight against the cavalry-based Sassanids. The 5 army is waiting for work, and the loss will be staggering, and it may be defeated by the Sasanians.Look at the Romans, they also have nearly [-] people, and they are still the infantry phalanx that dominates the world. Didn't they last for a long time before being defeated by the Sassanids?

After running for five days, in exchange for such an easy fighting style, standing safely on the cliff, shooting arrows and throwing stones down can kill and injure a large number of Sassanids. The arrows shot by the Shan people can almost be grasped by hand, and will not hurt even the oily skin. Who has fought such a one-sided battle?

There is nothing to be afraid of running away. If there is such a battle to fight, I am willing to run for a few more days.While shooting arrows and throwing stones, the soldiers looked at the spoils everywhere in the valley with smiles on their faces. They beat off the Sasanians and waited for dawn to pick them up.

Looking at the smiles on the faces of the soldiers along the way, Lu Xun still looked calm, as if nothing had happened. He just glanced into the valley from time to time to visually assess the effect of the killing.In general, the results of the battle are satisfactory, and only a third of the way has gone. Judging from the scattered corpses in the valley, the Sasanian casualties are already more than [-], and the front is more supportive, and the results of the battle are even better.

"General Lu!" Cui Qian yelled joyfully, interrupting Lu Xun's thoughts. He raised his head to look at Cui Qian, showing a slight smile: "General Cui, what's the matter?"

"No...it's nothing." Cui Qian put his fingers into the helmet and scratched his greasy hair embarrassingly, then turned and pointed to the valley in front of him shouting loudly: "The Sassanids in front are all crowded together , 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, shall we send some people to the front to cut off their way back?"

"No need." Lu Xun waved his hand without hesitation, and interrupted Cui Qian's words: "Don't hold back when returning to the teacher. 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 way back, Force them to fight us, can we win? After shooting the arrows and throwing the stones, we go down to fight them? The casualties will be great. General Cui, you are a battle-hardened warrior. Man, have you ever seen a general who can organize an army stretching for miles so neatly under such circumstances?"

Cui Qian looked at the Sassanians in the valley who were supportive but not in a panic, and nodded helplessly. The order can be maintained under such circumstances, which only shows that Ardashir's army is very strict. The position in the army is also very respected. As long as he is still alive, the Sasanians will be able to stabilize no matter how dangerous they encounter. If they fight head-on with such an army, even if they win, it will be a miserable victory.

"The general is right." Uncharacteristically, Cui Qian didn't insist anymore, cupped his hands, and rushed forward with his subordinates.Lu Xun smiled, and continued to move forward. Before he took a step, he glanced backwards habitually, and this glance immediately made him laugh out loud.

A fire dragon is winding its way, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes can be heard faintly.

Lu Xun glanced eastward at the Sassanids who were fleeing, and finally couldn't help but smile with relief. With 1 people like Xia Hourong chasing after them, the most tragic time for the Sassanids is coming. .

Soon, the Sassanians found the pursuers. Ardashir was inexplicably sad and indignant. He didn't think about it, and immediately sent people to stop the rear. A team of thousands of people rushed out first, lined up in five rows, and straddled the valley in a dense formation. , trying to block the way of the pursuers.But they didn't expect that the first to rush out of the night were the running and screaming Teutonic warriors, forty or fifty angry Teutonic warriors rushed into them like a group of enraged lions under the leadership of a black-haired warrior. They raised their knives and fell, cutting melons and vegetables like cutting a hole in their formation, and then more Teutons swarmed in. They swung their swords and slashed, while making roaring sounds, Killed the Sassanids with fear.

Under the impact of the Teutons, the Formation of Thousands was quickly defeated. Thanks to Ardashir's quick reaction, he immediately dispatched another ten-thousand officer to block the valley and block Xia Hourong with his fresh lives. the way to go.

The two sides fought fiercely in the narrow valley.

Although the Sassanids are numerous and powerful, they not only have to fight hand-to-hand with the brave and skilled barbarians, but also guard against the attacks of the Vietnamese above them. In order to block the pursuers, they have to adopt a dense formation, which is undoubtedly convenient. How could Lu Xun let go of such an opportunity? He gathered the crossbowmen and shot at the Sassanids mercilessly.The crossbowmen almost didn't need to aim, and every arrow shot could bite the flesh of the Sasanian.

Under the attack from the upper and lower sides, the Sassanians suffered unspeakably, one after another thousands of formations were destroyed at an unimaginable speed, and the Sassanid corpses soon filled the valley, and the wanton blood flowed those people like crazy The barbarian mercenaries slipped on their feet and would trip over the corpses if they were not careful. They were even angrier, shouting and cursing one after another.

There was an ambush followed by pursuers. The will of the Sasanians began to waver, and the continuous sound of horns also lost their magic power. Many people began to retreat, blocking the way for Ardashir to retreat. Battalion had no choice but to raise his saber to his companions, slashed a bloody path, and protected Ardashir.

As soon as they started massacring their own people, the morale of the Sasanians became more frustrated, and the commotion became more and more obvious, and the noise gradually drowned out the sound of the horns.Ardashir's face was ashen, and he grabbed the horse's mane tightly to avoid being knocked off the horse. He didn't dare to look at the soldiers who died under the saber of the guards, and he didn't dare to look back at the soldiers who were flanked by two sides. The troops, for fear that if they couldn't help it for a while, they would lose control and yell.The high priest Hankos had disappeared, and Ardashir felt that Ahura had abandoned him. Otherwise, how could he have made such a decision to rest an army of [-] in the valley, so that he was attacked A devastating attack.

He didn't dare to stop, so he could only keep his head sullen and hurried forward with the guards.He didn't dare to look up at the Yueren general under his flag, he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress the anger in his heart, and he would stop running for his life and fight him to the death.

He knew that he couldn't stop. Once he stopped, even if he defeated these enemies, he would not have enough strength to go back to Ctesiphon.He has too many enemies, not enough force, and he will be torn to pieces by them.His most important task now is to rush out of the valley as quickly as possible and take out as many soldiers as possible to deal with more dangers in the future, instead of having a meaningless contest with Lu Xun and Xia Hourong here.

However, the ten-mile mountain road seems to have become very long, and there is no end in sight. The sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air, the screams of soldiers, the angry roars and chaotic noises of soldiers of the Guards The sound of horseshoes and weapons clashing together in Ardashir's ears made Ardashir dizzy. Without knowing the time, these sounds gradually faded away, but there was silence in Ardashir's ears. He couldn't hear anything, but there was a vague laughter, very proud, very arrogant, and it made his heart skip a beat.

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

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

"No!" Ardasil suddenly screamed, raised his sword, and slashed down in the air. A burst of blood burst out, and the hot blood sprayed on Ardasil's face, which shocked him suddenly. , took a closer look, and a trusted general opened his eyes wide, looked at the cold saber beside his neck, and slowly uttered a few words: "My lord, we... have left the valley..."

(End of this chapter)