My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 607 Burning Two Horses in a Row
Thick smoke billowed, the wind helped the fire, and the deep night sky was reflected in red.

Outside the north gate of Satila, Lepidus, the Roman cavalry commander of the Egyptian legion who rushed out of this furnace-like city, was looking at the darkness ahead.

Dots of ashes floated in the wind towards General Selis in front. The opponent was holding a Tianxie green sinking gun, wearing unicorn armor, and a cloak fluttering in the speckled sparks.

"Selis..."

As the cavalry captain in Caesar's hands and later one of the Three Giants of Rome, Lepidus had a certain momentum of his own. He quickly reacted from his surprise, clenched the short spear in his hand, and smashed it against the round shield.

There were only twenty guard cavalry beside him, so he was naturally not afraid of the opponent. He waved his sharp short spear, pointed at General Selis in front, and shouted: "Kill him!"

The twenty knights drew out their daggers from their waists, dragged their cloaks on their shoulders, and galloped out. Lepidus also clamped his horse's belly and ran towards the opponent.

"Haha, good time!"

Jiang Wei raised his gun with one hand, his cloak fluttering, and in the darkness behind him, the sound of horses neighing and hoofbeats suddenly sounded.

More than a hundred riders broke through the darkness like lightning and came out.

Tread!

"dismount!"

嘭

Jiang Wei jumped off his horse and headed towards the dead body. There were Roman cavalry rushing to grab the body, but they were all shot off by the green gun in his hand. The horse's legs were broken, and both the man and the horse rolled on the ground.

The gun body bent toward the goggles, making a twisting sound.

On the opposite side, Lepidus galloped towards him. A red halo flashed suddenly, and his figure and his horse suddenly grew in size.

Several generals gathered around him, looking at the red night sky to the west.

The war horse under him also stood up in shock.

The horse galloped, Jiang Wei swung the gun in his hand, and smashed the guard cavalry's head with a bang, and the brains spurted out along with the iron helmet.

The number of Roman cavalry here was not large, and since Lepidus had his head cut off, he no longer had the will to fight, so it was impossible to pursue the Seles people again.

The moment the two horses crossed each other, the blade of the sword pressed against the barrel of the gun and drew sparks. Jiang Wei suddenly pushed forward and used the force of the barrel of the gun to push back the dagger on the opposite side——

'Oh! '

The blood-stained gun head instantly enlarged in his eyes.

The Dmitri who accepted the order nodded slightly, and then saluted the blond man who was surrounded by everyone.

Looking at the fire all over the city, he turned the reins and shouted: "Stop fighting, just leave with me!"

As long as he gets there, more and more soldiers will join him, and the terrifying General Selis will be trapped under heavy siege and will no longer pose any threat.

Lepidus covered his chest in embarrassment and ran towards the suspension bridge. Not far away was the city gate, and on the other side of the city gate, there were many Roman soldiers and wild cavalry rushing out.

Jiang Wei's target was naturally the barbarian general who rushed up.

Howling!
The horse under him neighed, and the horse's hooves kicked open the mud. The strong horse rushed over. A Roman cavalry abandoned Selis's light horse and blocked Jiang Wei's charging route.

Some of the generals beside him also warned Dmitri, who had just received the order: "Be careful! Be cautious!"

Then, his vision went dark.

Secret Technique: Roman Warrior!
The fighting spirit and murderous intent suddenly arose in an instant, and the short spear in his hand was thrown violently.

Standing up again, Jiang Wei pulled out the four-sided Han sword from his waist and slashed it down at the corpse on the ground. The moment blood spattered, he raised his head and turned back to the horse.

The sound of horse hooves came after him, and Lepida subconsciously looked back. General Selis, who was riding on horseback, was already a few steps behind him.

The surrounding Yuezhou cavalry fought for a while, one after another getting rid of the barbarians on the opposite side, and followed their generals away.

"Dmitri, take our troops and go to Satira!"

Jiang Wei's green gun blocked the slashing sword. The handle of the gun trembled slightly in his hand, and the gun tip was raised.

when!
Jiang Wei reacted very quickly and raised his arm. He swiped the green gun and touched the flying short spear. The air wave blew away, and the cloak behind him was blown straight back.

The man who warned him was called Seleucid, and he was also the founder of the Seleucid dynasty later, but they were only generals in Alexander's hands who were brought here.

Lepidus rode up, drew a white sword from its scabbard, and slashed with it.

Over there, the dagger scraped the air, making a 'buzz' sound, and slashed the head of the spear to the side. Lepidus waved his arm. Under the red-maned iron helmet, he opened his mouth and roared, raised his arm to the extreme, and slashed with the sword again.

At a camp seventy-eight miles east of Satila, horses galloped into the military camp. The supreme commander of the army had already walked out of the tent when he heard the news.

The cavalrymen dismounted and fell silent around the headless corpse.

Jiang Wei was only blocked by two barbarian cavalry. The shadow of a spear was pointed out. The heads of the two guard cavalry who rushed over were instantly pierced. They fell on their backs and then fell from their horses.

Even though this temporarily formed light cavalry of the Yuezhou Army was not proficient in mounted combat, they could still contend with twenty Roman charge cavalry for a while due to their numbers.

Secret Technique: Youlin’s Divine Power!
As the horses passed each other, Lepidus screamed in pain, "Ah!", and the momentum he had just been dispersed was instantly shattered. The whole person was knocked out of the horse and fell directly to the ground, causing a lot of splashes. Mud and dust.

Gold and iron intersected, making a huge noise.

While Lepidus rolled around on the ground and got up, Jiang Weiting shot him. He turned around and ran away. The surrounding guard cavalry rushed over to intercept General Selis.

A cold light flashed in Jiang Wei's eyes, and the posture of the gun suddenly changed. A few inches away, the gun tip was blocked on the opponent's abdomen, and his arms regained their strength and swept across the waist.

The blond and handsome Macedonian supreme commander stared at the fire in the night sky. He did not have the anxiety of his allies being ambushed. His eyes were calm and he did not know what he was thinking in his heart.

At this time, Satila was completely caught in the raging fire, and the red night sky could be seen for dozens of miles!

"I will bring the heads of my enemies and lay them at your feet, my king!"

……

From here towards Satila, there is no strange terrain, just a few hills and the barren Gobi. However, the nearest road is naturally those hilly areas.

In the gap in the forest, only the distant firelight shone faintly.

Unknown night birds chirped in the forest. Occasionally, there was the sound of broken branches stepping on them, and a human figure moved up and down in the darkness, then fell silent again. In the hills filled with water mist, a cavalry team came quickly from behind. The general at the head then dismounted and walked quietly into the forest. He stepped on the fallen leaves accumulated on the ground and walked towards a moss-covered rock in the distance.

Over there, there was a figure wearing a crane cloak and shaking a feather fan. The sound of fallen leaves being trampled came closer. Zhuge Liang opened his eyes and saw Jiang Wei holding a green gun and a head in his other hand. .

"Prime Minister, this army of western barbarians hasn't come here yet?" Jiang Wei was old after all. He had only been here for one night. After running around and fighting all night, he sat down on the ground next to him tiredly.

Zhuge Liang took out a silk handkerchief and handed it to him to wipe his sweat, with a smile on his lips: "We must attack the enemy's place where we must rescue, not to mention it is an urgent matter, so we will inevitably take shortcuts. However, judging from the enemy's march in Hasai, it is also quite difficult. Those who have experience in military command can predict that the other side will only send a cavalry team."

There was a pause in his words, and a strange bird call sounded in the distance, as if conveying a certain message. He shook his crane fan and said with a smile: "Haha, it's coming soon. Boyue is already tired. Just look at it."

Jiang Wei, who was sitting on the ground next to him, wiped the tip of the gun with the silk handkerchief in his hand.

"The Prime Minister is really fair. He gave the barbarians in the city a fire, and he also gave the barbarian army a fire. When they talk about it in the future, they have to praise the Prime Minister."

"Ha ha!"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, and he was already in a good mood, but Jiang Wei's joke made him even happier.

He immediately stood up, patted the soil, and asked someone to send a signal: "Send the order, the barbarian soldiers are coming, don't move rashly, just wait for the signal to be sent out, and the fire in the mountain will be started."

Among the rolling hills, the sound disappeared into the blackness after a moment, and on the other side, the Macedonian military flag held high entered the road below the hills.

After a while, a Macedonian legion of about five thousand soldiers stepped here.

The darkness is deep, the sky is not illuminated by stars or moon, and the night insects in the grass are humming. As the sound of horse hooves spreads over, the insects' chirping suddenly stops.

One after another, horse-riding figures wearing cloaks were marching quickly on the road below the hills in the darkness. The situation was urgent, and there was no need to send scouts into the hills to search for possible ambush.

But as a veteran, Dmitri still sent two scouts to conduct a rough inspection of the surrounding area.

And somewhere they couldn't see, a pair of eyes, or even several pairs of eyes, were staring at them quietly in a gap between some rocks and behind the overlapping leaves on the tree trunk.

The cavalry at the bottom of the hill showed no intention of stopping and continued to move forward before the scouts returned.

After reaching a depth of two miles, the scouts sent found no abnormalities, and the two hundred cavalry sent by Demetrius in front did not suffer any ambush.

After observing for a while, he ordered the rest of the cavalry to go together. After all, time waits for no one. The night sky was already lit up by the fire at Satila. It can be seen that the Egyptian army suffered a lot of losses. If they didn't hurry up and rush there, For reinforcements, I am afraid that only the Macedonian Legion is left in the south.

"Notify the soldiers in front to speed up the passage!"

Dmitri gave an order and raised his gaze to scan the surrounding woods. There was no firelight in his sight. It was a pitch black color. The dense forest made the black color appear deeper. If he was ambushed here, he would indeed be eaten. Big loss.

But Roman warriors were never afraid of battle.

he thought.

Occasionally, the cries of wild foxes can be heard in the mountains.

Dmitri slowed down his horse and glanced at the dark hills standing on both sides. He still couldn't see anything, but he felt uneasy in his heart.

Cavalry groups passed in front of him, and the sound of horse hooves kept ringing on the rugged road, which was particularly harsh in the silence.

"I always feel like the Selis people are spying on us secretly." Dmitri murmured, his brows gradually frowning.

When the accompanying deputy was about to say a few words of comfort, a dazzling light flew through the forest in the distance.

The fire drew a dazzling arc over the hills, and then fell, passing through the overlapping leaves. Below, a marching Macedonian soldier heard the rustling sound, raised his head, and the flaming arrow was nailed to the ground with a bang. A tung oil altar tied to a treetop.

Terrifying sparks fluttered on his face, "Uh-huh..." As the shrill roar came out of the soldier's mouth, the surrounding soldiers screamed in panic.

"There's fire!"

"It's the Seris—"

In the extremely quick reaction, there were already voices in the army shouting, and at the same time as the shouts were heard, the cavalry stopped. Dmitri behind him was so angry that he galloped forward on his horse. He held his sword and roared: "Speed ​​through. Pass here!"

The moment the command was issued, the surrounding area was covered with flaming arrows. On the side of the road under the hills, rockets pierced into the soil, and the tung oil soaked in the soil immediately burned.

It quickly extended into a long fire dragon along the road.

"Fire?!" the deputy pointed to the end of the road and yelled in fear.

"Instruct the soldiers in front not to stop, rush over immediately, hurry up!"

Dmitri gritted his teeth, actually he had already guessed about the sudden ambush. At this time, he still maintained the qualities that a general should have, and even when the fire came around him, he still gave orders calmly.

At this time, the Macedonian soldiers had already defended both sides, but the fire came so fast that before they could pass through, the fire had already engulfed the road ahead.

A few unlucky people got their straw sandals stained by tung oil on the ground, and the flames spread quickly, engulfing each other in the fire.

The most deadly thing is that in the plateau climate, a large number of fallen leaves have accumulated for years or decades. When burned by the flames, they bring up a lot of thick smoke.

The Macedonian cavalry below were immediately swallowed up by the thick smoke. Countless coughing sounds kept ringing inside, making it extremely difficult to breathe. Those who were lucky enough to escape had tears and snot all on their faces. The Macedonian soldiers Wailing, one after another fell down.

A look of fear appeared on the face of Dmitri, who was protected in the middle. The guards surrounding him also tightened their formation, looking desperately at the fire coming from all directions, as well as at the Macedonian soldiers whose bodies were burning with fire. He rushed out of the smoke and rolled on the ground heartbreakingly. Then he was swallowed up by the flames on his body, and his body gradually curled up with heat.

"The front team rushed out of here, and the back team immediately returned outside!" Dmitri yelled through gritted teeth, and his tears kept flowing down his face.

Among the cavalry of the Macedonian Legion, many horses were extremely surprised by this sudden change. They threw the people off the horses and bumped wildly in the crowd. The people behind were still attacking. They were not originally. On the very open mountain road, many people screamed and were pushed down the steep slope, falling into the spreading flames and letting out shrill wails.

Many lives were lost at this moment.

In the dazzling firelight, sparks filled the air. Zhuge Liang shook his crane fan and looked at the place covered by the fire.

A smile appeared on his face, and he immediately raised his other hand and waved it gently.

"Add more fire!"

Zhuge Liang waved his crane fan, and the wind on the road became louder, blowing flames and frantically surrounding the Macedonian legionnaires.

The road below the entire hill turned black, and more and more corpses were densely covered in the sea of ​​fire, showing various miserable shapes, either hugging or curling up.

There was a disgusting stench in the air.

And that Dmitri took dozens of horses and fled through the night back to the camp where the Macedonian legion was stationed.

(End of this chapter)