My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 598: This is what a real man should do
"Your Majesty, the current situation of the war is very unfavorable to us. The Seris people suddenly fought so fiercely. If this continues, it will soon affect Ophiro."

Sakprut pressed against the guardrail of the white rock and looked at the talking figure among the people below. His name was Tristan. He was slender and well-proportioned. Unlike the other twelve Knights of the Round Table, he looked weak and had long golden hair. The face is soft and close to the feminine temperament, and there is a trace of sadness between the eyebrows.

Sakprut, who had always ruled the country with an iron-blooded approach, was still very enthusiastic towards this knight when he first rose to prominence in his early years.

But now, seeing the sentimental look on the other side, I felt a little unhappy.

"The emperor of Selis will not let his army continue like this."

Sakprut is not a puppet. He has also conquered all the way from his humble beginnings to his current noble status as an emperor. He has unique views on war and the opponent's strategy.

"The Emperor of Selis allowed these two cavalry to advance into Patinya and Analia, which shows that they are elites in his hands. They penetrated into the enemy's territory alone. The emperor was probably praying for their triumph day and night. Therefore, As I said just now, he is just showing us his methods and some childish revenge."

At this point, Sakprut stopped speaking, then showed a painful expression and closed his eyes.

"Although we have gained insight into the enemy's intentions and their childish actions, our people are still under their slaughtering knives. Let us mourn for the dead citizens of the Sakprut Empire."

Below, both the twelve Knights of the Round Table and the local Western generals and nobles stood up one after another and followed the emperor standing on the balcony above to close his eyes.

Below, among the twelve knights, a tall knight came out.

These local generals and nobles closed their eyes. Following what they had seen and heard before, it was easy to think of the situation of Padinya and Analia in their minds.

The war lasts too long, which is extremely detrimental to us and Selis. However, the most disadvantageous thing is us. The conquered tribes and countries will see our distress and take the opportunity to overthrow our rule. Those who are just following our orders will The servant army will also defect on the battlefield...

"Your Majesty wants to completely annihilate the Seris army. I'm afraid it will take a while longer."

Coming out at this time and saying these words, it is not difficult to see that Lancelot still has some selfish motives in his heart. After all, there is no news of his son Galahad.

Everyone's eyes fell on the speaker, who was about fifty years old. Among the twelve Knights of the Round Table, the oldest one was named Lancelot. He was King Arthur's Judgment Knight and upheld justice and justice, but he There is also another identity, the father of Galahad, the disaster.

The local generals fell silent. Among the twelve knights, Gawain, who was known as the Wisdom Knight and the Maiden Knight, looked at the emperor on the balcony, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

What do you think the Selis people’s strategy is? Defeat my main force? Or just send a small group of soldiers to cause trouble everywhere? "

On the terrace, Sakprut pressed against the guardrail, his fists clenched, and he was trying his best to suppress the anger of fighting with the Selis people.

I can even imagine what the battlefield over there looks like, with groups of galloping cavalry running crazily across the land. Farms, orchards, and villages have been trampled into ruins by the iron hooves, and there are countless burning flames everywhere. The corpses piled up like mountains, and blood flowed freely...

On the terrace, Sakprut closed his eyes and whispered: "Early before, the prophet Moses called me overnight. He said that everything he predicted had changed. However, I didn't take it to heart. Selis The predetermined ending has changed, and our future has fallen into fog.”

He clenched his fists, tilted his body slightly outward, and said in a low voice: "And the loss of Selis is just a group of soldiers. Their homeland has not been eroded by the war. As long as their emperor goes back, in a few years, he will bring With a huge army, they once again entered our land.

What if, like Geraint, he was killed by the Seris... Lancelot couldn't imagine whether he could withstand such a blow.

The words stopped, there was silence for a moment, and he opened his eyes.

“Selis’s army is also very large, 300,000 people. If they cannot be completely defeated, the war will continue to burn in the Sakprut Empire.

Sakprut suddenly laughed, and the laughter shocked the maids and slaves on both sides of the terrace. They covered their ears and squatted down in discomfort.

"The Seris people suddenly used their troops like this. They may be deliberately disturbing our line of sight and making us confused. They sent troops to rescue Patinya and Analia. In this way, their main force will smoothly enter Analia. ADB, if they are allowed to gain a foothold there, they will be blocking our door.”

The most worrying thing is the people in the Sakprut Empire. The continuation of the war will plunge this country that is just on the right track into a quagmire. The people will be unable to farm and have no source of food. The entire empire will soon fall apart. . "

"Knight Lancelot, you are right, but... I want to wait a little longer."

By then, will we still be able to defeat them on the battlefield? "

"I have been waiting for all the soldiers and horses to assemble, and for Emperor Selis to extend the front line and start a decisive battle with Sakprut's army in the province of Analia. However, such a plan has been It doesn't work anymore.

"Emperor Selis thinks so too. It just depends on who gets eaten first."

After the laughter, Sakprut stopped smiling and slammed his palms on the guardrail.

"Since I joined the army, I have placed my life on the battlefield. Heavenly Father has favored me and made me become the emperor of this country from a knight. As your emperor, I will not be afraid of death!"

He raised his hand and waved: "Gahoris, Gareth! I will hand over the Seris cavalry of Analia to you, and also send orders to Halagad and Saihu, and try to hold off the territory of Padinya as much as possible." The Seris cavalry, I will eat them!"

The cavalry was ordered to run.

It was already early April when Emperor Sakprut's order arrived in the provinces of Padinya and Analia.

At this time, on the Central Asian Plateau, Su Chen was still maintaining the supply line, and was also working to stabilize the rear!
Adal, the general of the Satsuma Kingdom who supported Kadila, became the new emperor. The latter put on the crown with a poisoned expression, and then swaggered through the city in the sight of the silent and speechless civilians of Kadira.

Su Chen also used a large number of civil servants in the army to search for the royal family of the Samo people, from the founding monarch to the collateral lines at this time, and far-fetched a blood relationship for Adar to be a descendant of the royal family.

After all, these civil servants can be easily captured when doing this kind of thing, which even made Adal somewhat doubtful that his ancestors might really be the royal family.

Of course, the nobles of the northern city-state of Satsuma would not do it. Soon after Adal ascended the throne, they sent envoys to Kadila to denounce Adal's behavior and to inform the Samo people in the city that they opposed Adal's accession to the throne.

After all, they didn't dare to scold the Selis army. The other party really had 300,000 troops there.

He was originally forced to ascend the throne, and he felt aggrieved. But now that he was reprimanded and all the blame was placed on him, the aggrievedness in his heart suddenly turned into anger.

Just when Sakprut issued an order to wipe out the Selis cavalry in the territory, Adal also raised the name of overthrowing the pseudo-emperor and annihilating the powerful nobles around the pseudo-emperor during this period.

He also made public all the things that the coalition forces of various city-states had done before, saying that these nobles had corruptly replaced the grain that Nizhidaban had given to Emperor Selis with old grain. All the coalition soldiers were disabled veterans and asked them to die. to reduce their own burden.

The fire of justice in his heart could not be extinguished by the dirty nobles, and the Satsuma blood in his body would not surrender to these nobles.

With Su Chen and Zhuge Liang building momentum for him, and a large number of officials preparing speeches and the blood order of the royal family for him, he actually got the support of many people for a while. The northern plateau of Central Asia was instantly caught in the storm of military fronts.

On the other side, after entering April, the province of Padinya was already in flames of war, and the once prosperous city of Nibora was devastated.

The Padinian army that came out of the city to fight once again rushed towards the city gate like a torrent. Some of them ran away from the main force that fled. They met Halagad who came for reinforcements. The fleeing Padinian soldiers waved at them and shouted: " Selis’s cavalry is right behind!”

These broken Pardinians then bypassed the reinforcing Second Legion of the Conqueror and ran further in the direction.

At this time, there were only more than 4,000 soldiers stationed in the Second Legion of the Conquerors, and the giant ax flag held high was already full of holes.

Many soldiers have shown signs of fatigue since returning from the Central Asian Plateau. Legion Commander Galahad led them around for rescue.

Confronted with the Salis people's cavalry that looked like vagrants, although they defeated them many times, the opponent did not suffer much losses. Seeing that they could not shake them, they turned around and ran away on horseback.

I didn't know the opponent's tactics very well. As soon as I caught up, I was hung up by the opponent and was constantly harassed by the opponent's arrows.

So that the victory turned into a defeat, and many people died in the battle.

Halagad stopped his horse and stretched out his hand to stroke the horse's neck. As far as the eye could see, dust was flying in the distance, and the Eastern flag could be faintly seen.

Under the light of the sky, densely packed cavalry were galloping towards this direction, chasing down the defeated Padinja troops in the wilderness. The huge sound of hoofbeats made the earth make a dull sound.

"Get ready!" Halagad gritted his teeth and roared on the horse.

More than 4,000 people under his command quickly formed an array, with the ends of their spears touching the ground. A legionnaire wearing iron armor and holding a large shield silently stepped forward with a dagger, holding the heavy shield in front of him. Falling with a bang.

Hallagad looked at the Seris cavalry getting closer and closer, turned back to the formation, and drew the sword from his waist.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the fatigue on the faces of the soldiers around him. He whispered: "The Selis people are also very tired. They are not made of iron. As long as they are held back, the emperor's army will quickly will come."

While he was speaking, there was a red knight in the distance, also observing the battlefield that was about to unfold.

"I heard from the Mongolian Qingqi that this barbarian army is very tenacious."

"Marquis Wen, His Majesty has sent an order saying that King Xiang and General Ma have discovered a large number of barbarian troops mobilizing, so we can retreat and avoid being surrounded."

"Who has a certain family been afraid of in their entire lives?"

The flying red cloud horse was pawing its hooves anxiously. Lu Bu on the horse pursed his lips tightly and looked into the distance. The two thousand string-controlling wolf riders who were approaching looked at the surrounding cavalry again, with more or less fatigue on their faces. .

He closed his eyes, suddenly tightened the reins, turned the horse's head silently, and then whispered: "Forget it, withdraw the troops."

Then the trumpets for withdrawal wafted in the wind.

The wolf cavalry around looked at the always tough Marquis Wen, why he suddenly changed. Although they couldn't understand it, they were relieved when they heard that the troops were withdrawing. They fought for more than 800 miles all the way, and there were constant killings along the way, even on ordinary days. Even with good training, it would be difficult to maintain such a high-intensity fight.

The flying red cloud horse that had run a short distance stopped. Lu Bu turned his head and looked back at the Conqueror's Second Legion, which was waiting in formation in the distance. He narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly.

"See you next time, a certain family will leave this barbarian army intact!"

The cloak fluttered, and the fiery red horse neighed, turned around, spread its hooves, and led the surrounding wolf riders away.

In the battle formation on the distant field, Galahad clenched the hilt of his sword and stared at the increasing number of Seris cavalry with wide eyes.

"Defend the enemy!"

The entire military formation was tense to the extreme. Just as more than 4,000 people were standing ready to meet the attack of the Selis cavalry, the next second, the sound of a horn came from the distance.

The cavalry charge that was supposed to come did not come. The speeding Selis cavalry suddenly changed direction in the charge like a tide. It was like a torrent that separated, circuitous on the field, and then ran wildly in the direction from which it came.

"The Seris people...why didn't they fight?"

Galahad was confused at first, but then realized what he was doing, and hurriedly asked the light cavalry in the legion to rush forward to pursue him, asking him to hold the opponent back as much as possible. Then he sent scouts to look for Saihu of the second centaur legion, and asked him to quickly stop him. The cavalry of the Seles.

At this time, the Second Centaur Legion was putting out fire everywhere, blocking the Eastern Cavalry that was like a vagabond. When news of Galahad came over, he was at a loss for what to do. Once he turned around and chased after him, the tattered Selis The cavalry will catch up and rain arrows at him.

Galahad, who was chasing after him, couldn't outrun the four-legged cavalry. He could only watch helplessly as the opponent withdrew from the Nibora territory in half a day and quickly headed northeast.

In the northern province of Analia, two cavalry groups led by Ma Chao and Xiang Yu are also gradually retreating.

As they left, Sakprut's troops began to surface one by one, and began to besiege them from all directions, clinging to Ma Chao and Xiang Yu.

The ninth day of April.

Several Western barbarian armies with different banners launched attacks from the west, northwest, and northeast. They took advantage of the mountains and rivers to continuously drive away and reduce the scope of the cavalry's actions.

"Haha!" Looking at the Western barbarian troops all over the mountains and plains, Xiang Yu didn't look as nervous as Ma Chao. Instead, he became more and more excited. "In the first battle of Hai, how are these barbarians better than the Han army? How are they better than Han Xin's fellow?!"

The city-breaking halberd was waved, and Xiang Yu rode a black horse, wandering on the hillside, with a heroic voice.

"It doesn't matter if Xiang goes through it again!"

Ma Chao looked indifferent, gripped the handle of the gun tightly, stroking the white tassel, and looked at the approaching barbarian army in the distance: "Man, this is the way it is!"

At this time, a cavalry force of nearly tens of thousands was retreating from the southwestern province of Padinya, passing through the junction of the two provinces.

(End of this chapter)