The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 339
The smooth formation of the Sassanians was hit head-on by this, several knights turned on their backs, and the few knights following behind couldn't adjust enough and bumped into them.The knights behind were even more angry. They urged their horses to avoid their fallen companions with their superb riding skills, and continued to charge at these Teutonics.

The black-haired warrior was also unwilling to fight, and shot several arrows one after another. After shooting down the first few Sasanians, he turned his horse and ran away.The Teutonic warrior ran away yelling after him.

Their victory could not save the failure of the cavalry of the Roman mercenary regiment. Under the impact of the Sasanian heavy cavalry, they were quickly defeated. Some people fled around on horseback, and some returned to the Roman infantry. With the help of the Bedouins, Barely kept Rome's home base.

However, the victory of the Teutons bought Gordian precious time. When the furious Sasanian knights fought with the mercenary cavalry and the Bedouin, he adjusted his formation again. The legion protected the rear, the four legions in front turned into an arc, and the six legions formed a half-moon formation with Lake Timsach as their back, and dealt with the impact of the Sasanians in a dense formation.

Behind is the lake, and there is no way to retreat. The Romans fought with their backs. Even the youngest rookies knew that going back would be a dead end. Amid the constant roar of the legion commander, they gritted their teeth and supported the last warrior and Glory prepares for the charge of the Sasanian cavalry.

Ardasil sneered, he waved his hand, and ordered the heavy cavalry who had dispersed the Roman cavalry and Bedouin cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield. Corpses, blood flowing freely, and ownerless horses wandering between the two armies in a daze, lowering their heads from time to time, and arching their masters who could no longer stand up.

Looking at the slowly retreating Sasanians, Gordian heaved a sigh of relief, and sat down somewhat unbearably.In the fierce battle of just two hours, more than half of the 1 mercenary cavalry lost more than half, and the first and fourth legions at the forefront also lost more than 3000 people. It is useless to arrange a dense formation, and sooner or later it will be dragged down step by step by the Sassanids.

"I tried my best!" Gordian didn't know whether to say it to himself or to someone else, he glanced in the northeast direction with some worry.He only delayed the Sasanians for half a day, not the two days that Lu Xun had promised at the beginning. With the speed of the Sasanians, when they chased Gudes City, Lu Xun had just entered the city.The city of Guzd was bordered by the Sasanians, and fighting was commonplace. Of course, there were defensive facilities, but it was not enough to deal with Ardashir's [-] troops.

Several legion commanders rushed over, looking at the messy battlefield, each of them showed fear, and looked at Gordian with a little more admiration in their eyes. Fighting against the Sasanian's attitude of consumption, I'm afraid their losses will be even greater.More importantly, their losses were not small after the battle ended like this. Even if the Yue people were not satisfied, they still had a reason to explain.

Xia Hourong rode a tall horse, surrounded by a dozen Sheba knights, and rushed over. Gordian glanced at his son guilty, and waved his hand to greet him.Little Gordian understood, and rushed up, gratefully said to Xia Hourong: "Thanks to General Xiahou's help, otherwise our entire army would be wiped out this time."

Xia Hourong glanced at him, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "You are too polite, general. It is your mercenary army who sacrificed themselves for this kind of fighting. We just did what we should do."

Little Gordian blushed. Xia Hourong only mentioned the Roman mercenary legion, but did not mention the Roman infantry phalanx. Obviously he saw the cowardice of the Romans. He smiled awkwardly and led Xia Hourong to the Gore In front of Dean.

"General, the Sasanians left just like that. We didn't complete the scheduled mission, and the impact on the entire battle situation will be fatal." Xia Hourong said straight to the point: "I don't know what the old general thinks?"

Gordian smiled unnaturally, stroked his beard and said: "General Xiahou, you have also seen that we have tried our best, but the Sassanid's offensive is too fierce, and we really cannot resist it. And they are all Cavalry, if we take the initiative to retreat, we will not be able to catch up even if we want to."

The corner of Xia Hourong's mouth twitched, he glanced at the Roman phalanx that was resting on the spot, nodded, and said with something in his words: "Yes, it's really not easy to chase after it's so crowded."

Embarrassed, Gordian forced a laugh and turned his head away. Little Gordian blushed and explained, "General, you also know that most of these people are newcomers. If they don't squeeze together, I'm afraid They have been in chaos for a long time. They were forced to come up with such a method. They wanted to fight a bloody battle with the Sassanians, and no matter how much sacrifice they had to make, they had to hold the Sassanians back. Unexpectedly..." He spread his hands , with a look of helplessness.

Menophilus snorted dissatisfied: "General Lu has 5 people, even if he is not well prepared, he won't be taken advantage of by the Sasanians, right?"

Xia Hourong glanced at him, and said with a smile: "That's not the case. Even if General Lu can't defend the city, he can retreat to the seaside. General Cui's warship is on the seashore, ready to meet him at any time. Judging from the current situation, General Lu probably won't be able to make it to Gudes City, the best way is of course to go directly to the seaside. It's just that..."

Xia Hourong stopped talking, and looked at the Roman generals with a half-smile, his eyes full of sarcasm.As soon as the dense formation of the Romans appeared, Xia Hourong guessed their intentions. He looked desperate, but the bet was that the Sassanids would not fight them to the death.Sun Shao had told him many times that the Romans had transformed from a small city-state into a vast empire, and the Roman Legion had played a very important role in it. However, with the expansion of the territory of the Roman Empire, the once invincible Roman Legion They became a malignant tumor of the empire. They ran rampant inside, even killed the emperor and sold the throne. However, in the foreign war, they lost their previous vigor. Barbarians, they have no effective way, and in turn have to hire barbarians to fight for them.The Romans who used to be proud of being in the army have fallen, and they are no longer the Roman legions known for their hard work and well-trained.

Gordian frowned. Xia Hourong's words contained threats. If Lu Xun found out that the Romans released the water, instead of going to Gudes, he would go to the seaside to meet Cui Qian and avoid the Sasanians directly. If so, then the Sassanids will be able to return to Ctesiphon safely, and the Guishan people who are attacking the Sasanian Eastern Front will of course suffer, and the Romans will have to pay the price for today's move sooner or later.

"This...what should I do?" Gordian was in a dilemma.

Xia Hourong didn't answer either, and looked at the Roman's face with great interest.Little Gordian and the others were frightened by Xia Hourong's straightforwardness. When they thought of the consequences, they also felt very embarrassed. They thought that the Yue people would be in the way of face, and it was impossible to accuse them face to face. They didn't expect Xia Hourong to lose face Instead of staying, he directly said that Lu Xun would give up intercepting the Sassanians, and unceremoniously shifted the responsibility to them, as if turning his face.Thinking of the consequences, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

"General Xiahou, what's your opinion?" Little Gordian saw his father's depressed face, his snow-white eyebrows were furrowed, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily. He knew that he was in a difficult situation, but he couldn't bear to plead with Xiahourong. , had no choice but to humbly ask Xia Hourong for advice.

"I don't know what to do." Xia Hourong shook his head, "Now we can only see if General Lu can speed up and get to Gudes City as soon as possible. There is a glimmer of hope. Still, we will send some men to support them, lest he be caught off guard by the Sasanians."

"But we can't keep up with the Sasanians?" cried little Gordian.

"If you can't keep up, we might be able to." Xia Hourong waved his hand and signaled little Gordian not to worry: "If the general is willing, I hope you can gather the rest of the cavalry and go to Gude with me." At the same time, he sent someone to send a letter to General Lu, telling him the situation here and making him ready for battle."

Gordian breathed a sigh of relief, since Xia Hourong said so, they haven't given up their last chance yet.He didn't say anything more, and immediately asked people to gather the remaining 3000 barbarian cavalry, led by young Gordian, and rushed to Gudes with Xia Hourong.

Ardasil looked at the prisoners in front of him with a gloomy expression, and his heart was beating violently.He just got the news from the captives that not only the Romans and Bedouins, but also the Yue people came to stop him this time. The insidious Yue people asked the Romans to fight him here, but he hid in the ancient Des, ready to give a head-on blow to the Sasanians who have let down their vigilance.

If he hadn't learned the whereabouts of the Yue people from these captives, he would have rushed to Gudes to replenish supplies, rest for a day or two, and then return to the country via the desert. Once he arrived at the city, he found that the Yue people had already occupied Gudes City Then he will be at a loss for advance and retreat, unable to attack the city, and there will be no water in the desert, except to return to Lake Timsah, and in that case, his journey of hundreds of miles will be a waste of time.

The joy brought by the victory over the Romans just now was swept away, and Ardashir's brows trembled uncontrollably. He secretly prayed to Ahura. It was a great fortune to receive such news at this time, and it must be Ahura. To bless him in secret, these prisoners were sent to convey.

"Stop advancing immediately, fill all the water bladders, and drink the camels to their fullest. Let's not go to Gudes, go back directly, let them wait in Gudes." Aldashir said bitterly.As soon as the generals heard it, they didn't say much, and immediately carried it out. They sent a team to escort the subordinate troops transporting military supplies to Lake Timsach, and filled all the things that could hold water. Start again.

When the news reached Xia Hourong's ears, he was shocked. In this case, the plan would fail completely, and Lu Xun would have nothing to do in Gudes. Even if the big situation that led the Sassanians to Axum ended without a problem, the Sassanians went back without any danger.

He immediately sent someone to send a message to Gordian, asking him to lead people to catch up, while he himself led more than 1 cavalry to chase up, hoping to find an opportunity to tear off a piece of Sasanian flesh again.Upon hearing his decision, the Bedouins screamed with excitement. If the Sassanians wanted to flee for their lives, there must be a lot of bargains to be had, which was a windfall for them.But those mercenaries were unwilling. With their current strength, they rushed over to fight the Sassanids, which would be tantamount to death. The Sassanian heavy cavalry had already experienced it, and they knew that they were not opponents, and the opponent was like a wall of steel. The wall that was built, rushed over recklessly, and their weapons and equipment could not do anything to the opponent.

Among the thousands of mercenaries, only the Teutons supported Xia Hourong's decision. Their leader was a tall and strong man with messy blond hair and a long beard braided. Huang Xixi's teeth stood behind Xia Hourong without hesitation, announcing that more than 500 Teutons would follow Xia Hourong to pursue the Sasanians.

Xia Hourong was a little surprised, he stared at the Teutonic for a moment, the Teutonic wanted to turn his head away a little uncomfortable, but forcibly restrained himself.Xia Hourong felt that his expression was a bit unnatural, but he couldn't see anything wrong, so he smiled and said: "I have heard for a long time that the Teutons are the most valiant warriors. Today's battle is indeed well-deserved. We can have a leader to help us It will definitely succeed. I, Xia Hourong, hereby declare that as long as you defeat the Sasanians, you will definitely return home with a rewarding experience."

The strong Teutonic man listened to the translation, smiled with satisfaction, nodded again and again, turned his head and glanced at his overjoyed subordinates, the black-haired warrior was hidden behind several strong men, and gave him a thumbs up.

The rest of the mercenaries saw that the Teutons had gone, and Xia Hourong's offer was indeed attractive, so they couldn't help being moved. They discussed it and decided to follow Xia Hourong to have a look.

Xia Hourong immediately set off with the [-] cavalry, followed the Sassanid's footsteps, and at the same time sent someone to send news to Lu Xun.

Ardasil soon knew about Xia Hourong who was chasing after him, and he dismissed these mobs.He also knew that the Bedouins were predatory, and they were very familiar with the desert, and they were good at guerrilla warfare. If these people followed them into the desert, he might not feel at ease, so he hurried on, leaving two Lu ambush, ready to lure Xia Hourong into the ambush circle and kill him.Unexpectedly, Xia Hourong was not an idler. The Bedouins were also very familiar with the terrain here. He sent a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance. He found signs of the Sassanids dividing their forces, and then led them around in a circle to avoid Instead of a Sasanian ambush, he attacked one of the troops.However, the Sassanians were numerous and powerful. Although he had the upper hand, he failed to defeat the Sassanians in one fell swoop. Seeing that the situation was not good, Xia Hourong was afraid that he would not be able to escape after being entangled by these Sassanians, so he immediately led the army Roaring away, when Ardasil found out that Xia Hourong had disappeared and sent people to help, Xia Hourong had already run away without a trace.

Ardasil was angry and angry, but he was helpless. He couldn't waste his time following Xia Hourong's team. If that was the case, Xia Hourong was playing in his arms, and his purpose was to slow down the Sasanians.Ardasil left a cavalry behind, and then ordered the army to advance at full speed, not giving Xia Hourong a chance to attack.

When Xia Hourong heard the news, he could only look up to the sky and sigh, but he had no better way to think of it. He could only follow the Sasanians from afar, hoping to find the Sasanian's flaws, and at the same time beware of Arda. Hill launched his ambush again, and the two sides were afraid of each other, and rushed eastward one after the other.

Ardashir was eager to rush back, and spent most of the time on his way except for the necessary rest.The Sassanians have fought a lot these years, and most of the soldiers have adapted to this high-intensity march. There are not too many people who are left behind. Ardashir is very careful, and Xia Hourong who followed behind did not pick up anything. Cheap, seeing that the Sasanians are about to walk into the desert, he is very anxious but has nothing to do.

(End of this chapter)