My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 606: Young Lin descends from the sky, and the new field reappears

The red paulownia door in the room was opened by the guard, who glanced inside and then slowly closed it to block out the movement outside.

On the soft red carpet, the old man knelt on the ground, and his cry was not pleasant.

"Prime Minister...I can meet you in the underworld..."

"Get up, Boyo."

As the old man cried hoarsely, Zhuge Liang walked out of the desk, stood in front of the rather old Jiang Wei, and slowly helped him up.

"Ji Han's luck has run out. It's not Bo Yue's fault. Get up quickly. Don't act like a woman and make others laugh."

The muffled crying gradually stopped, and Jiang Wei looked at Zhuge Liang with wet red eyes, who also looked at them with gentle eyes.

Touching Zhuge Liang's hands, there was a warm feeling. Jiang Wei's eyes showed surprise. He looked at Prime Minister Ji Han in front of him, and then he realized that the Prime Minister in front of him was much younger than when he died in the army. , his expression was even more high-spirited than before.

"Prime Minister...your appearance..."

Hearing these words, Jiang Wei was stunned. You must know that Zhao Yun passed away earlier. Now he suddenly touched his chest. At this time, he remembered that he was killed.

Jiang Wei murmured softly, feeling sad in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh: "Forget it, the past is over, then Jiang Wei will just follow the Prime Minister to conquer the Western barbarians!"

"Resurrection from the dead...it's true, but when Bo Yue wakes up, do you think Liang did something wrong?"

When I heard that the Prime Minister had passed away in the military, Wei came all night and never had time to see the Prime Minister for the last time. This became the biggest regret of my life! "

Outside the city of Satila, the military situation was urgent. There were running scouts, gathering food teams, and defeated slaves fleeing everywhere.

"With Boyo's help, this plan is done, and there is no need for the soldiers to sacrifice their lives in vain! Boyoe, please come here."

While a large number of carriages and civilians were leaving, there were also tung oil from the Yuezhou Army and the generals who gave birth to slave soldiers, gunpowder from firearms, and all kinds of flammable materials, hiding in various places in the city.

"He's here too."

The general headed by this cavalry has an old appearance but a tall and strong figure.

Sakprut's army was more than a hundred miles away, and orders were issued from the city of Satila to begin transferring grain and fodder out of the north gate to garrison the previously captured Long City.

The tea is steaming.

When there were still fifty miles away from Satila, the servant cavalry of Sakprut's army and the Matthias had already caught up. Although the number was small, only more than 700 cavalry, the morale of the soldiers here was broken. Don't dare to fight at all.

Zhuge Liang put away the crane fan, stepped forward, grabbed Jiang Wei's shoulders, and led him to sit on one side. At this time, Jiang Wei also noticed that the furnishings of the room were very different from the style of the Han Dynasty, and that he had come back from the dead. I can't help but feel doubts in my heart. I want to ask, but I'm afraid of being abrupt.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's plan, Jiang Wei stroked his beard and smiled, and immediately accepted the order. He and the guards recruited by Zhuge Liang led them to the city to order troops and horses.

Jiang Wei shook his head, his voice choked with sobs: "I can see the Prime Minister again. I have no regrets in this life, so how can I care about anything else.

But the Mattias would not give up such an opportunity to attack. They charged on horseback as they did on the way here, and turned into several horse teams to divide the remnants of Selis's army that was escaping south.

Suddenly, figures on horseback rushed into the sunlight.

Opposite him, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and smiled, saying goodbye to Jiang Wei. In fact, he felt like he was seeing Jiang Wei again in another life.

Probably seeing what was on his mind, Zhuge Liang also sat down next to him, briefly informed him of the world, and then focused on the current situation.

Jiang Wei pursed his lips slightly, and his moist eyes had an incredible look. Then he took a half-step forward excitedly and called out in a low voice: "Prime Minister, is Na Wei resurrected from the dead?"

Not long after, Mattia went after him and fought with Anuhu, who was leading his tribe to fight. But then, on the road not far away, particles of soil trembled and jumped on the ground, and then there was a noise on the ground, which gradually became... The sound of horse hooves turned into a rumble, and when conveyed, it became a rapid roar.

In the wilderness to the south, thousands of soldiers of the Shengnu Army continued to regroup from the defeat, or joined forces with the similarly defeated Yuezhou Army, fighting and retreating.

The old man and the young man worked together in harmony back then, and they still do so now.

After saying that, Jiang Wei stood up with a swish and raised his hands heavily: "Please Prime Minister, please send troops and horses to me, I will definitely behead the enemy general!"

One cavalry...two cavalry...four cavalry...ten cavalry...hundred cavalry...almost the same number of cavalry were running from the direction of Satila.

"You no longer support the Han Dynasty?"

Jiang Wei nodded. He had fought against Zhao Yun back then and was lucky enough to draw with him because of his youth and strength.

Whoosh.

"By the way, there are also two generals, Guan and Zhang, and even Xiliang Ma Chao is here, as well as the late emperor..."

……

"Shut up!"

Zhuge Liang waved his crane fan, leaned close to Jiang Wei's ear, and whispered something about the incoming Sakprut army. This was probably a plan he had in mind after the Shengnu people were defeated.

The arrow shot out quickly. Anuhu, who was directing the tribesmen to stand and walk, felt the wind behind his head. He turned around subconsciously and saw an arrow flying towards him. In an instant, it stuck to the side of his head. past!
puff!
The sound of an arrow piercing flesh was heard from behind. A Matian barbarian who was rushing towards Anuhu was hit in the face by an arrow. The arrow went straight through the bridge of his nose and the back of his head. He swayed twice on his horse's back and fell off the horse at an angle.

Then, Jiang Wei heard even more surprised words.

"It will be a great blessing to meet Bo Yue again!"

The opponent had just been torn from the front line. After learning that Sakprut's army was still marching in array, Anuhu made a quick decision and stopped entangled with the opponent. He asked the tribesmen to retreat to Satila while blowing the horn. , leading the scattered slaves or soldiers of the Yuezhou Army to move closer to this side.

Anuhu was wounded in many places and was dripping with blood. He summoned the fleeing tribesmen and regrouped 3,000 people to join a Yuezhou army of more than 2,000 people.

"Bo Yue, do you know Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong?"

The veteran general who came to kill on Pegasus tightened the reins, and the running horse slowed down its hooves, swinging its head and mane. The old man on the horse looked at the raw slave general with a surprised expression on his face.

After saying that, Jiang Wei wiped away his tears and raised his hands again, with a smile on his face: "Seeing you again now, Prime Minister, will comfort you for the rest of your life. From now on, when the Prime Minister is here, Jiang Wei will be there!"

Under the scorching sun, with a serious look on his face, he hung an iron gun on the side of his horse, took out a bow with his backhand, nocked an arrow, and aimed at the incoming barbarian cavalry.

"But Anuhu!"

It was Jiang Wei who arrived. He led the only thousand cavalry in the city to come to the rescue on the order of the prime minister.

Here, Anuhu quickly handed over his hand: "It's Anuhu!"

"Retreat immediately!" After saying that, Jiang Wei galloped on his horse and led his light cavalry into the chaotic and scattered troops, stopping this group of Western barbarians.

Anuhu didn't know Jiang Wei, but when the other party said: "Retreat", he immediately called out to the tribesmen and quickened his pace.

"You just need to escape into the city, then exit through the north gate and go to Longcheng."

Jiang Wei, who was fighting with the Western barbarians over there, turned around and shouted to Anuhu, pointing the direction of Zhuge Liang.

Not long after intercepting this 700-man barbarian cavalry, the Roman silver heron flag spread.

Roman cavalry armed with short swords and bronze shields came from the south for reinforcements, and also came with a large number of Matthias' servants, wild cavalry.

The sky is slanting.

Some of the Shengnu and Yuezhou troops who had escaped from the brigade passed through the battlefield and shouted to their own Qingqi who were still fighting and blocking: "Old general, leave quickly, the barbarian reinforcements are coming!"

Jiang Wei, who was leading a thousand cavalry to fight against the Mattian barbarians on the opposite side, heard these words and pulled out a spear from the chest of one of the barbarians.

He stretched out his hand and stroked the horse's neck, and then raised his eyes. As far as the eye could see, in the distance, the Silver Heron flag held high in the dust was faintly coming towards this side.

What caught the eye at the same time was countless weapons reflecting the skylight, revealing pieces of cold metal, as if intertwined with the ocean, slowly pushing towards this side, and the earth made a dull sound under the opponent's feet.

"Let's go!" Jiang Wei turned his spear and said softly.

However, in the field of vision, more barbarian cavalry and Roman cavalry were outflanking from the southern wilderness and came here first. The Yuezhou soldiers and slaves who had been separated along the way had no choice but to leave on foot without war horses. , what they will face is the massacre that catches up.

"How can we let them die here?"

Looking at these defeated and isolated people, Jiang Wei recalled for no reason the scenes of the Shu soldiers who were intercepted by the Wei army during the defeat of the Northern Expedition.

Seeing that he was about to be overtaken, Jiang Wei gritted his teeth and left five hundred to ride back. After all, he couldn't lose all the cavalry here.

"The rest of you will follow me to attract the attention of the barbarian knights and buy time for those comrades to evacuate!"

He suddenly shouted loudly, picked up his spear and galloped wildly.

The ground around him suddenly exploded, and the five hundred cavalry who stayed behind started running wildly with him!
At the same time, Mattia's servant Tolan, the general of the wild cavalry, cooperated with the Roman cavalry commander Lepidus to sweep away the remaining fleeing Seles troops in the wilderness.

This barbarian general was originally a warrior under the chief of the Mattia tribe. After the tribe was conquered and the chief was killed, he joined the Egyptian army and became a servant army.

Although the barbarian cavalry he led were not as good as the Roman soldiers in the Egyptian legion, they followed the Egyptian legion in sweeping away the city-states and tribes around the inland sea and achieved many heroic achievements. They were brave and fearless on the battlefield, and the Selis army in front of them was defeated by their charge just like the enemies they encountered in the past.

This time, the five hundred riders from the opposite side rushed over, which made Tolan extremely unhappy.

The two sides faced each other and rode and shot at each other. It was obvious that the Selis cavalry on the opposite side was not very good at shooting arrows on horseback.

It was quite organized at first, but after two rounds of entanglement, the Selis cavalry over there began to be a little confused and seemed to be swaying on the horse.

Jiang Wei here also knew that the cavalry he led was not elite. It was even a temporary Yuezhou light cavalry formed from the number of war horses brought from captives after the start of the Western Expedition.

Seeing that the cavalry under his command could not hold out for long, Jiang Wei counted the time and saw that many broken troops had fled into the nearby mountains and forests, so he stopped struggling.

"go!"

Jiang Wei flicked his spear and led only 472 remaining cavalry, fleeing in panic as if defeated.

"Chase, don't let this Selis cavalry escape!"

Tolan commanded the cavalry in his hands and defeated the opponent. Such a record made him in a state of excitement, as if he could see the supreme commander of the Egyptian Legion showing favor to him and allowing his clan soldiers to officially become regular cavalry in the legion.

One chased and the other fled, spreading towards Satira.

Along the way, Jiang Wei turned around from time to time to fight again, and then was defeated again, and continued to escape.

The slanting sunlight turned bright red, and from time to time the cries and screams of the Satsuma people could be heard in the wilderness leading to Satira.

The banners of silver herons and dragon heads were carried out vigorously, and on the surrounding trees were rows of hanged Samoan and Selis people.

When the cavalrymen who sent messages from afar came back, Lepidus, wearing a Roman helmet like a cockscomb, looked at the information in his hand and looked a little strange.

He asked his cavalry to slow down but still keep marching. He then turned around and rushed to the main force in the rear to tell Caesar about the Matthias' victory.

Caesar, who was under the banner of Yinlu, looked into the distance and still couldn't see the wilderness of the city. A smile appeared on his face: "The elites of the Salis people have gone to the north. What they left here are the logistics workers who look after and transport food. The army is not strong enough.”

At this time, he took out another piece of information and showed it to Lepidus, Antony, and his adopted son Octavian.

"The commander-in-chief of the Macedonian Army has sent his battle report. The retreat of Selis has been cut off by him. The city of Hasai has been burned. A large number of Selis people are fleeing in panic. The balance of victory has tilted towards us. ”

He waved the riding crop in his hand casually, urging the war horse to move forward and move slowly, "It's so boring. Let the army continue to advance, and take Satila before the sun sets!"

However, he still warned the people closest to him and whom he trusted.

"No matter what, we can't take it lightly. The Seris people may not be heroic on the battlefield, but they may have unpleasant plots. They sent many scouts to extend around Satila to check whether there is anything in the wilderness around Satila. Their troops set up an ambush.”

The messenger cavalry galloped away with Caesar's orders.

Soon after, the advancing Egyptian legions accelerated their pace, no longer mopping up the remaining Samians and the fleeing remnants of Selis, and followed the leading Mattian horsemen towards the fortified city of Satila.

Almost at the same time, the first batch of Matthias' horsemen had already arrived outside the gate of Satila City.

At this time, the Satila suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate was wide open. Looking inside from the outside, there were no soldiers at all, and the Selis flag on the city tower also disappeared without a trace.

The whole big city was empty, like a ghost.

The leader of the barbarian cavalry sent a cavalry of one hundred people into the city to investigate and ensure that there was no ambush. Only then did Tolan lead his army into the city, and then sent a fast horse to notify Caesar behind him.

The latter was also a little stunned when he received the news. He originally thought that the other party would stick to the city wall and fight to the end, but he did not expect that he led his troops to withdraw.

"Haha, the Selis people are very smart. They know that they cannot compete. They wisely choose to avoid the edge and retain their soldiers. It is a clear choice."

From the news, Caesar knew that the food in the city had been moved away, and the remaining food that had not been transported away in time was burned. From this detail, it can be seen that the Seles people left in a hurry, and before confirming the confirmation, they met with Matt Judging from the bravery shown by the Seris cavalry in the battle with the sub-servant cavalry.

It was to buy time for Satila to carry the food.

Even if there is an ambush in the city, Caesar is not afraid. The Macedonian army is less than a hundred miles east of Satila and may not be able to come tonight, but with this support force on its side, even if the Selesians set an ambush, they will not be able to defeat him. The Egyptian legion swallowed it whole.

"When we enter the city, we will visit the old capital of the Samoan people, just like we did when we entered Egypt."

As the sky darkened, Caesar led the Egyptian legion into the city, greeted by the wild horsemen of Mattia. However, this time there were not as many people as before, with countless people throwing blood to welcome him.

Even before sending troops, he already knew that Satila was an empty city after two attacks, and Caesar had no discomfort with this.

After walking around the former imperial palace of the Samoan people, I did not choose to stay in the palace, but in a wealthy man's courtyard in the city.

There is nothing left in the palace and it is not suitable for living at all.

After nightfall, he, Lepidus, Antony, and Octavian called to the study for discussion, and on the way, he praised Tolan, the commander of the barbarians.

When it was late at night, the others had left, leaving only Octavian and him in the study.

"The Selis people's logistics have been cut off by us. Emperor Sakprut has also sent troops at this moment, and their elites cannot go south."

In the swaying oil lamp, Caesar put down the Seris document in his hand, "We must rush ahead of the Macedonian army and speed up the capture of the city in the hands of the Seris people. We cannot give the honor to the other party."

"Yes, father." Octavian was once the founder of the Roman Empire, but in front of his adoptive father Caesar, he seemed to have returned to his youth.

While they were talking, in the middle of the night in the city, there were figures climbing out of the cellar of the house.

They have typical oriental faces, and they are all brave men who stayed behind.

While the father and son were talking in the study room of the house, they lit the torches and the rockets in their hands——

……

In the study room of the house.

"Alexander is an ambitious guy. He will not be satisfied with a small area. If he gets these results, his prestige and base will be much greater than ours. In the near future, the other side may launch a war against us."

At this moment, as soon as Caesar finished speaking, he heard the sound of whistle arrows ringing in the night sky outside.

He frowned and vaguely sensed something was wrong. He opened the door with a bang and looked at the night sky from the attic. In his field of vision, a ray of fire flashed across the dark night in the distance.

Suddenly the alarm bells rang loudly in my heart, and I shouted at the guards below: "Sound the alarm bell, wake up the army!"

The moment he and his adopted son Octavian went downstairs and ran out of the house, the entire city suddenly fell into a huge sea of ​​fire.

Continuous explosions resounded crazily in the city. Caesar led the guards out of the street. A restaurant opposite that was not on fire suddenly burst into flames. There was another loud bang in the flames, and flames spurted out. , while Caesar hurriedly raised his arms to cover his face, the soldiers stationed in the wine shop were blown out.

"Rush out of the city gate immediately, or let them stand on the city wall to avoid the flames at a high place." Caesar looked a little embarrassed when he arrived, and the flames that had just spurted out left black marks on his face.

"The city gate is also on fire, it's on fire!" The messenger rushed over, shouting in fear.

噗

The sharp sword cut off the frightened messenger. Caesar was riding on horseback holding a blood-stained Roman dagger. The surrounding firelight reflected his ferocious face and roared.

"Anyone who spreads rumors to disturb the morale of the army will be executed immediately! In addition, immediately send people to check the areas that have not yet caught fire to see if there are any flammable objects, and clear those things out for soldiers to take shelter."

Orders were issued one after another, and there were fewer and fewer heralds around him. He covered his mouth and nose and rode his horse to find an open place. At this time, places with few buildings were the safest.

Along the way, Roman soldiers and Mattian horsemen who were on fire could be seen everywhere. They rushed out of the burning houses, ran around, made terrible, heart-rending screams, and then fell to the ground. He lay on the ground and was swallowed up by the flames. His body gradually curled up and twitched until it was charred black.

In a huge fire, in addition to the scorching flames, the violent smoke is often the most deadly.

Located on the plateau, the night wind never stopped. The black dragon that originally rushed into the sky was also pressed towards the city. Countless helpless people breathed hard, with tears and snot pouring out of their mouths and noses on their faces, wailing in the thick smoke. Then one fell down.

Caesar, who had gone through hundreds of battles, finally had a trace of fear on his face.

Moreover, none of the messengers he sent out have returned yet, and there is no news from Anthony or Lepidus.

From a nearby well, many soldiers drew water, soaked it in silk handkerchiefs and cloth, and used it to cover their mouths and noses. However, many people fell down one after another not long after covering their mouths and noses.

After hearing the news, Caesar immediately understood that the well had been poisoned by the other party.

This is to catch them all.

The entire city was filled with terrifying chaos. A large number of Roman soldiers and Mattian horsemen were running in the streets in fear, pushing and trampling each other. Occasionally there were explosions nearby, and there was even more panic. Da led the guards towards the north gate closest to him. After opening the city gate and letting the chaotic soldiers out of the city, he also moved outside to take command.

The next moment, he hurriedly pulled the reins and looked at the dark night ahead. A knight stood there, with the barrel of his gun leaning out of the horse.

"The barbarians know Tianshui Jiang Boyue!"

(End of this chapter)