Chapter 433: Halfway Out
"Be on guard! Be on guard!"
The leader fell down after being shot by an arrow, and the remaining minions behind the adjutant immediately picked up their weapons and looked around. The one closest to their leader ran up to find out what was going on. The poor guy, the water in the canteen in his hand, mixed with the blood flowing from his neck.
The panicked soldiers had no idea where the arrow came from. They looked around and surrounded the carriage.
At this time, dozens of tall men suddenly stood up from the grass on both sides of the road. They drew their bows and arrows and aimed at the Alan people in the middle of the road.
"brush!"
A volley of arrows hit the Alans' leaders, and many Alans fell to the ground after being shot. Then a dozen riders rushed out from the grass, leading the cavalry on them to rush into the road waving their cavalry swords. For a moment, the Alans, who were fighting on their own, were leaderless and were instantly beaten by the sudden appearance of the cavalry and were at a loss for what to do.
The dozen or so cavalrymen were like a piece of cake in this chaotic scene, with swords raised and swords slashing, one after another, the Alans fell to the ground. There were casualties and the sight of the dark silver iron mask made the Alan guards, who were originally few in number, completely lose the courage to resist, one by one they threw away their armor and weapons, and even knelt on the ground to surrender.
"Damn bandits!" an Alan soldier yelled, jumping onto the nearest carriage, where the driver had been shot by an arrow and was lying on the carriage, dying. This guy didn't have much sympathy, especially in the current situation where he would die if he delayed a step.
He pushed the driver, who was still breathing, off the carriage, and sat on the carriage himself, holding the reins, whipping the horse and shouting, "Go! Go!"
The warhorse, which was already frightened by the screams, was now even more frightened and lost control. It shook its head desperately to try to break free from the reins, but when that was of no avail, it started to run away from the team, pulling the carriage.
The horse ignored all the resistance in front of it, and only heard the sound of "bang bang bang" of collision. Many Alans and attackers along the way were knocked to the ground and some even flew out.
Because he had no experience in driving a horse, the Alan let the reins slip out of his hands after several bumps. He had to admit that he was terrified, and sat in the carriage, holding tightly to the wooden board that could stabilize his body, his face pale. The out-of-control carriage rushed around in the melee area, forcing the two sides fighting each other to stop and run away under the impact of this terrifying carriage.
Such a heavy carriage rushed on this narrow road.
"Hurry, Andrew." Lu Jia called to Andrew and pointed at the carriage in front and said, "Go and stop him now. Don't let this reckless bastard mess up our plan."
"Leave it to me, Luca!" Andrew said, turned around, jumped on his horse, raised a lance, and rushed towards the out-of-control carriage.
The carriage kept running around on the road and even ran onto the grass outside the road. The violent shaking caused the cargo on the carriage to scatter all over the ground. The carriage was getting faster and faster. One could only see that the horse pulling the carriage still wanted to escape from here very much, but it didn't know which direction to go.
Andrew rode his horse forward quickly and soon caught up with the fleeing carriage. The first thing he saw was the Alan soldier sitting in the carriage, his face changed color. Without saying a word, he thrust his spear forward and stabbed. The carriage was running everywhere, so Andrew's stabs missed several times.
Andrew still didn't give up, he approached again, and seeing Andrew coming, the Alan soldier could tell what this guy wanted to do. This made him anxious, but he didn't dare to move, because if he relaxed his grip, he might be bounced out.
Andrew came again, which made him so anxious that tears came to his eyes.
Andrew once again kept parallel with the Alan soldier, and gritted his teeth and raised his lance, pointing the shiny tip of the lance directly at the Alan soldier who was crying bitterly.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
The Alan soldier cried and shouted as he let go of his hands. In the blink of an eye, he was thrown out by the up and down shaking carriage and fell heavily to the ground, unconscious.
After dealing with the failed horse driver, Andrew realized that the matter was not over yet. He drove the horses pulling the carriage left and right, moving it away from the battlefield.
Looking at the carriage that was getting smaller and smaller, Luka shook his head, took off his mask, and sighed, "What a hassle." Then he found an apple by accident on the road. He picked it up and took a bite, finally relieving the midday heat. It was really strange. It was late autumn, why was it still so hot? "No, no, no!" Luka shook his head quickly. What kind of idea was this? Such crazy thoughts would not help the current situation at all.
The sneak attack ended in just a few minutes. Now there were only corpses on the ground in the middle of the road and several Alans kneeling in surrender.
"Sir, we have no losses except for a few lightly injured!" Andrew reported to Luca. Luca just nodded and looked at the carriage parked in the middle of the road. The driver had been killed. If the soldiers hadn't stopped it in time, the other carriages would have run away like they did just now, and this sneak attack would have failed.
"Sir, there are still many Alans who have escaped. Do we want to chase them back?" a soldier asked Luca.
"No need at all!" Luga said as he handed him an apple. The soldier quickly took it and looked at Luga with gratitude in his eyes.
"Let them tell the Alans on the front line about what we did. We did this to let them know of our existence. If we keep it hidden like this, it might take them a long time to come to their senses." After Luga finished explaining, he looked back at the Alan prisoners kneeling in a row and said coldly: "Execute them." The soldiers began to act!
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"Gather the scattered goods, and this will be our next food supply." Luca called on the soldiers to move, and then said: "Next, we will split the troops into two groups. First, send one back to New Carthage to report to Malenius, and the remaining half will escort the carriage to New Carthage. These things are too important to sustain these refugees. As long as the refugees are well fed, there will be no major conflicts for the time being."
"If this happens, we will lose half of our combat effectiveness." Andrew rejected Luca's proposal immediately. He said, "If this happens next time, we will never be able to launch a successful sneak attack!"
"I understand, Andrew!" Luga stretched out his hand to signal him not to say any more. He continued, "The purpose of our departure was to recover these looted things, but now the goal has been achieved."
"What about us?" Andrew asked. "What should we do?"
"Of course, we'll go deeper, Andrew." Luca came closer and asked mysteriously, "Don't you want to see what an Alans girl is like?"
"Oh, yes, yes, but this is not the main problem after all, am I right, Luca?" Andrew nodded first, then shook his head and said, "If we are discovered by the Alans, how can we possibly avoid them with more than 20 of us?"
"That depends on God's will, Andrew." Luca shook his head and said, "Anyway, I must go!"
One update today. I’m very sorry. I feel like I ate something I shouldn’t have. I’m dizzy and sweating. I need to take care of myself. Take care of myself.
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