Chapter 52 World War I Famous

Aldahir rushed out of the valley under the escort of the Guards. The endless desert was illuminated into a silver sea by the bright moonlight. The sand dunes were like solidified waves, and the Sassanid iron horse was like a flood of breaking the embankment.

Aldahir ran all the way and didn't even have the courage to look back. He knew that even looking back would not help, but only made him more angry. More and more iron riders rushed into the desert behind him, gradually leaving the tragic sound of fighting behind him.

Lu Xun looked at the Sassanians who disappeared in the desert, with a sneer at the corners of his mouth, and then ordered more than 10,000 Sassanians to be surrounded. Aldahir broke out of the siege. The Sassanids had hoped that he would come back to save them, but it seemed that Aldahir had gone forever, and the pursuers and the ambush on the cliff did not give them a chance to breathe. These Sassanids, who were originally mercenaries, soon put down their arms and surrendered.

The dawn came quietly in the gradually calming shouts. When the first ray of sunshine shone into the valley, the valley was filled with the smell of blood and the smell of burning skin and flesh. The captured Sassanids lined up in a long line. Under the guard of the Vietnamese army and the Bedouin, they dragged their heavy legs into the designated area. They, who fought in the middle of the night, are now muscular and want to have a mouthful of food to eat and a mouthful of water to drink. Everything else is not considered.

The Bedouin and Roman mercenaries were overjoyed when they looked at Mangu's booty. These weapons, armor and war horses were what they were eager for, but they did not fight this battle alone. The more people were the first work, and it was their turn to share the loot until the more people picked them.

Although Xia Hourong is also very tired, he is in a very good mental state. He stands side by side with Lu Xun, gossiping and waiting for the statistical results. They are all people with status. Even if they are very excited, they can't see too many strange things on their faces.

"This battle has injured at least 10,000 enemies and captured thousands of prisoners. The general's record is really enviable." Xia Hourong looked at Lu Xun again with a little more pity. He used pedoons to compare the speed with the cavalry. Even if Lu Xun walked nearly three days in advance, even if the Sassanid were delayed by him, he would have to admire him for daring to use troops like this. More importantly, Lu Xun broke into the desert first and then rushed back in the middle of the night. He had never heard of such a play before, but it was such a tactic that deceived such an experienced veteran as Ardashier.

Lu Xun became famous in World War I. After this war, no one dared to say that Lu Xun became a general by nepotism.

"General Xiahou's courage to go deep is the key to the success of this battle. If you hadn't chased behind, the Sassanids would not have panicked and retreated in panic, and the loss would not be so great. Aldahir is a very dignified person, and it is not easy for him to enter and retreat. Lu Xun turned his head and looked at Xia Hourong, smiled and said, "Don't you worry that this is Aldahir's trick to seduce the enemy?"

"Worry." Xia Hourong smiled and said, "If I don't get accurate information, I dare not rush in at night."

"Is it?" Lu Xun raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "It seems that you have a very good scout."

"Yes, but it's not my subordinates, but Teutonic people." Xia Hourong pointed to Stilico, who was talking and laughing with several barbarian leaders in the distance, and said, "That barbarian has a centurion. He is not only brave and good at fighting, but also thoughtful. He took people into the valley and found General Lu ambush here."

As soon as he heard that he was a barbarian, Lu Xun suddenly lost interest. He took a faint look at the excited barbarian gathered in the distance. A natural arrogance appeared in his eyes and casually said, "Really? General Xiahou has such a barbarian to help him. It's hard not to make contributions. General Xiahou, Aldahir fled into the desert. Do you have any plans?

Xia Hourong smiled and asked, "Does General Lu have any plans?"

Lu Xun shook his head: "I only have 20,000 people here. In order to catch up with the speed, I didn't bring heavy crossbows, and the arrows were almost used. Isn't it boring to catch up? Let him go. When he returns to Tesifeng to take a breath, the army of the Romans and the Guishuang people will be killed under the city, and it will not be too late to take his head.

"The general is right." Xia Hourong breathed a sigh of relief: "I originally planned to fight with him at all costs, but now that General Lu has beaten him to death, I don't have to be reluctant anymore. I'm going to take the Bedouin to keep scratching him in the desert and let him sleep well. As for the results, I don't force it."

"That's also good. The Bedouin are very familiar with the desert. With them behind them, Aldahir will definitely sleep at night."

"Hahaha..." Xia Hourong laughed cheerfully and pointed to the barbarians: "When I chased them out, I promised to make them rich, but I didn't take any advantage of it all the way. Now I have won a small victory with General Lu. I don't know if General Lu can..."

Lu Xun looked at Xia Hourong with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."

Xia Hourong arched his hand and said, "Then thank you, General Lu. After the trophy is divided, I will start to chase."

Lu Xun nodded and said nothing more. This time, Xia Hourong's timely attack helped him a lot, and it was natural to give them a little booty. Lu Xun wanted to hit Aldahir hard and complete Sun Shao's overall arrangement. Now that this task has been completed, Sun Shao's reward will certainly not be less. He doesn't care about the Sassanians. At present, Yue has almost taken over Uziron, and the weapons are excellent. In addition to war horses, he really looks at the equipment of the Sassanids. Not eye-catching.

Half a day later, the statistics came out. About 18,000 Sassanids were killed in the battle, nearly half of them were killed by arrows and stones, and more than 2,000 people were killed by the pursuers led by Xia Hourong, and the rest were trampled to death by their own people. There are more than 5,000 prisoners, most of whom are barbarian mercenaries. Their only requirement is that they cannot be distributed to those barbarians, because the barbarians either behead or become slaves to the prisoners. Even if they want to be slaves, they are willing to be slaves of the Vietnamese. Everyone knows that the Vietnamese are the richest, and even if they go to Yue to be slaves. Not bad.

The Vietnamese army is the first merit. Although the barbarians regret that they could not share the slaves, Lu Xun gave them all the seized weapons and armor, which was also a compensation for their losses. Naturally, the barbarians were happy.

After a day's rest, Xia Hourong rushed into the desert with the Bedouin and followed the footprints left by the Sassanids. Lu Xun rested in place for another two days, and then rushed to Goodes City with the Vietnamese army and thousands of Roman mercenaries. Along the way, those who fell behind kept returning to the team. They were still complaining about Lu Xun, but after listening to the soldiers who participated in the battle, they regretted that they couldn't keep up with the pace and lost a great opportunity to make contributions.

Two days later, Sun Shao caught up with the army with the destruction camp and three thousand Aksum slave troops. As soon as he saw the loaded booty and the smiles on the faces of the soldiers, he knew that he had won the battle. Although he did not know how big the victory was, he finally won.

Lu Xun took Cui Qian's generals out of the camp to greet him. As soon as they met and saluted, Cui Qian said first, "Your Majesty, you're late. You didn't see the ambush under the command of General Lu. That's really... Alas, it's really amazing."

Cui Qian said while shaking his head, which made Sun Shao couldn't help laughing.

"Jianzhong, are you enjoying this battle?"

"It's fun." Cui Qian said exaggeratedly, "It's more enjoyable than the battle to kill Maximus."

Sun Shao couldn't help laughing and pointed to Cui Qian and said, "You big pirate, don't pretend to be obedient in front of me. If something goes wrong, you will be a demon. When did you, Cui Qian, be so clever? Looking at you like this, I know that you must have made a mistake. Sell it to me first.

"No." When Cui Qian saw Sun Shao joking with him, he immediately put down more than half of the burden in his heart. He praised Lu Xun and mentioned his own achievements. He just knew that Lu Xun could not be provoked now. He had offended him before, afraid that Lu Xun would say something in front of Sun Shao, so he deliberately showed his extraordinary feelings with the king in front of everyone. . It's just that it's a little embarrassing to be broken by Sun Shao's face to face.

Lu Xun welcomed Sun Shao into the camp, understated the story, and put the main credit on the generals. In particular, he talked about Xia Hourong's credit, and even praised the Roman mercenaries. Sun Shao was very happy and greeted the barbarian leaders enthusiastically. The barbarian leaders came forward one by one, and everyone scrambled to flatter and praised Sun Shao to the sky. Sun Shao just answered with a smile and asked them about the situation from time to time.

Stilko finally stood in front of Sun Shao, but his face was very strange. He stretched out a finger to point to Sun Shao, but found that it was a little rude. He quickly withdrew his hand, but stammered speechless, and his face turned red.

Cui Qian was furious. He stood up with a sinking face and was about to get angry, but he was stopped by Sun Shao.

"Don't worry, take your time." Sun Shao gently comforted him. Stilico nodded gratefully, calmed his mood, stroked his chest with a deep bow, and then inquired in a stiff Chinese, "Your Majesty, have I... have we seen it before?"

Sun Shao was stunned and thought for a time: "Have you ever been to Aksum?"

Stilico shook his head quickly. Sun Shao was very curious. He had never set foot on the borders of the Romans. This time, he set out from Axum and rushed to Goodes through the Red Sea. He also went to the territory of the Bedouins. How could Styllico have seen him? Isn't this barbarian who wants to get close? He smiled and said, "Then we must be friends of God for a long time."

After listening to the translation, the barbarian leaders couldn't help laughing and saying that Stilico was cunning. In order to get close, they actually came up with such an excuse. Stylliko shook his head stubbornly and thought about his beard for a long time. Suddenly, he realized and shouted, "That's right, you look like my son-in-law."

In a hurry, he called Erman. Sun Shao didn't understand, but those barbarians knew Erman. Hearing this, some of them were so scared that they changed their faces. They hurried up to drag Stilico, while others were a little gloating, waiting to see Stilico dragged out by the Yue people - he compared the king of Yue. To be his junior, a little centurman, isn't he asking for bad luck?

The interpreter hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to translate. He looked at Sun Shao timidly. Sun Shao was puzzled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. What did he say?"

"Your Majesty, this barbarian is unscrupulous and says... that you are like his daughter's husband."

Sun Shao didn't react for a moment, but Cui Qian was stunned. Huo stood up and pointed to Stilko and shouted, "Ji Er Barbarian, dare to be rude to my king."

Stilico didn't care about other people's faces and quickly explained, "Your Majesty, you... you really look like my son-in-law."

"Your son-in-law?" Sun Shao is angry and funny. Does this barbarian have a daughter to marry me? Do you have to say that he looks like his son-in-law? He looked at Lu Xun inexplicably. Lu Xun said disapprovingly, "It's inevitable for a barbarian who doesn't know etiquette to say something wrong. The king doesn't have to care about him." After thinking about it, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, turned to Stylico, who was white with a hurry, and said anxiously, "Is your son-in-law a black-haired warrior?" The one who is very brave in the war?

Stilko listened to the translation of the translation and nodded repeatedly. A trace of chagrin flashed in Lu Xun's eyes. He turned around and walked quickly to Sun Shao and said a few words in his ear. Sun Shao was stunned and showed surprise: "It's not such a coincidence, is it?"

"Isn't it? Please come and have a look and you will know?"

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said with a meaningful smile, "Don't worry." He raised his hand to call for a translation and asked him to tell Stilco to say a few words. Although Stilco didn't understand, he saw that Sun Shao was careful and did not dare to neglect it. He nodded quickly.

"Well, it's a great pleasure to meet you today. It's a simple thing in the army. I can only entertain you with thin wine. When I stay in Goodes City, I will invite you to drink again." Sun Shao said loudly and ordered people to prepare a banquet and invite all the barbarian leaders and meritorious people to dinner.

Looking at these screaming Germans, Gauls and Goths, Sun Shao's eyes were full of smiles and a trace of emotion. Who would have thought that the descendants of these barbarians would later dominate the world, claiming to be the heirs of Roman civilization, civilized people, the others were barbarians, and even the real Romans stood aside. . In fact, it's not just the Romans. Now the four major empires have not fallen. The Guishuang people disappeared in the long river of history. The Persians killed each other. The land that once gave birth to the two river civilizations was full of war. After the collapse of the Han Empire, it ushered in a chaos full of blood and tears. In the following nearly two thousand years, it was countless The barbarians took turns, and there were even two barbarians who unified the whole country. Now there are enough arrogant Han people. At that time, they shamelessly worship their own barbarians as great heroes.

History, is it so insulting? Sun Shao was a little distracted for a moment. Lu Xun saw it and thought that he still wanted to think about the black-haired warrior, and he couldn't help but feel sorry for his momentary mistake.

After the banquet, Sun Shao returned to the back tent. Lu Xun sat respectfully opposite him, holding a beautifully decorated sword in front of Sun Shao with both hands.

Sun Shao took a look, turned to Ao Lei, and then glanced at Lu Xun with a calm face: "Why haven't you taken it out and used it?"

"It's not necessary." Lu Xun said lightly, "The king's sword is the most important weapon of the country. How can it be shown to others?"

"Hmm." Sun Shao sneered: "My generals, I still know that they are used to being domineering and don't know the depth of heaven and earth. Now is the time of war, and it is the time to use people. They think that they have soldiers and ships, and they have all overdoed. However, Bo Yan, the war is coming to an end. If they still do so, won't they destroy the love of our kings and ministers?

Lu Xun hesitated for a moment before he understood Sun Shao's intention. He showed shame on his face and lowered his head and said, "I... I am ignorant."

Most of Sun Shao's generals have followed Sun Shao for many years. Many people are very arrogant and feel that they are meritorious. During the war, the generals were the first, and other ministers would endure even if they had some opinions, but now the situation has changed. The Sassanids are trapped in the siege of the Three Kingdoms. Even if they do not die, it is expected that their power will be greatly reduced. After civil strife, Rome has also been greatly damaged, and it is impossible to provoke a big war in a short time. It seems that the most glorious country has actually exerted its strength. It is impossible to have the strength to further expand the scale of the war in the short term. Instead, it should stop and digest the fruits of victory. The reason why Sun Shao tried his best to make Lu Xun a general was that on the one hand, he valued his ability, and on the other hand, he also hoped to help him up to compete with the old generals led by Cui Qian, so that they should not be too arrogant and develop to an uncontrollable level, pushing the feelings between Sun Shao and them to the point of helplessness.

However, now he has not made such a tough attitude for his personal plan. Although Cui Qian and others no longer despise him now, there is still some way to go for the purpose of leaving Sun Shao.

In other words, he did not fully achieve Sun Shao's goal.

"No one is perfect, and you don't have to blame yourself too much. I'm satisfied that I can fight the war to this extent. Sun Shao waved his hand and signaled Lu Xun's relief. "Aldahir just went into the desert like this. It's really a question whether he can return to Taixifeng. Don't hesitate to gather the Romans as soon as you arrive at Goodes to prepare to attack Tassiphne. This time, if you don't kill Ardahir, you have to take off a layer of skin.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the 10,000 Bedouins led by Xia Hourong, are there any other interceptors?" Lu Xun asked tentatively.

"Of course there is." Sun Shao showed a ferocious smile: "My habit is to kill him if I don't take action. Although the Sassanids are now losing money one after another, the real Sassanid elite has limited losses, and most of the casualties are mercenaries of the country. If Aldahir is allowed to return to Taixifeng safely, he can recover in only two or three years, but now, with Guishuangren and Cao Zhang's 50,000 spirits waiting there, his day will not be so good?

"Have the cavalry of the State of Wei arrived?" Lu Xun was shocked. His biggest headache this time was that there were no cavalry. He could only use pedons to deal with the Sassanians. Unexpectedly, the belated Wei cavalry was assigned to that front by Sun Shao. In this way, as soon as the Sassanids came out of the desert, they would face the attack of 50,000 spirits. Its lethality can be imagined.

"Of course it's here." Sun Shao curled his lips proudly: "Not only Cao Zhang has arrived, but also Cao Zhi has also come. At the same time, there is Li Yan from the State of Shu. Unfortunately, there are only 20,000 cavalry. Cao Zhi and Li Yan are mainly stepmen. This time, the role they play is limited, and they can only be left to be powerful when they besiege Taixifeng."

Lu Xun was stunned. He always thought that Sun Shao's handwriting was big enough now. He used himself as bait to attract the Sassanid elite to Aksum. The Romans, the Bedouin and the Sassanians who were intercepted here and returned without success, severely damaged the main force of Sassan. Unexpectedly, Sun Shao had a bigger one, who actually took the Wei cavalry and The soldiers of the State of Shu were all transferred to cooperate with the Guishuang people to intercept the Sasans again, and finally besiege Taixifeng. This is a major action that spares no effort. He made full use of all the power that Sun Shao could use.

"The king... is smart." Lu Xun muttered.

"You are smart in war. If you play with these means, then I dare to say who will give up to me." Sun Shao said without any humility.

"King..." Tu Hu appeared at the door of the tent and motioned with his eyes. Sun Shao immediately put away his smile, turned around and sat in the right position, and nodded. Tu Hu retreated. For a while, a young man in a Han uniform came in and looked at Sun Shao, who was sitting in a high position. He smiled and said, "My son, I'd like to see my father." Then he turned around and saluted Lu Xun: "My nephew pays homage to my uncle."

Lu Xun looked at his elegant manners. In addition to his dark face, Sun Feng, who looked heroic, quickly saluted: "I have met His Royal Highness."

"Auntie is polite." Sun Feng gracely saluted, and then arched his hand and said, "My father has always said that my uncle is a crouching dragon, and one day he will soar above the nine heavens. Today, it has come true."

"I dare not. If it hadn't been for the prince's entry into the mountain late at night to inquire and let General Xiahou lead the army to attack, the prince took the lead, forcing the Sassanids to advance and retreat at a loss, I would not have a chance to gain a big name."

"Cough!" Sun Shao coughed angrily, "I asked you to come, is it to see you flattering each other?"

Sun Feng and Lu Xun couldn't help laughing. Sun Shao didn't have a smile on his face, and he said with a gloomy face, "Ji Zi, you are so bold that you have become a mercenary, and you must charge forward in every battle. Have you forgotten that you are the prince of Yue? Do you really think you are an ordinary scholar?"

Although Sun Feng was scolded by Sun Shao, he felt the deep concern under Sun Shao's gloomy expression. A warm current surged in his heart. He put away his smile and bowed and said, "Father, my son and minister are unfilial, which makes my father worried. However, the minister's behavior is also to imitate his father's feat in Xijuan City to increase his actual combat experience and sharpen his body.

"You..." Sun Shaoyu choked, then stood up and said angrily, "Little vertical, your wings are hard, aren't they? Dare to speak cleverly in front of me, when I dare not deal with you? Do you know how your mother is worried since you changed your path without authorization and the fifth battalion lost your trace?

When it came to the bridge, Sun Feng's face showed a strong feeling of longing. He choked and said, "Father, how is your mother?"

(to be continued)