Noji saw the water pulling! Nogi saw the man coming, and said to Medus, "There is a situation, Medus, that someone is coming from the enemy camp! I do not know whether he wants to visit our ship, or whether he has come to strip the dead of his armor, but in any case, let him go, and when he is on the flat ground in front of us, and after a few steps, we will rise and pounce, and chase him by surprise." But if he runs faster than we do, then force him to the ship, in case he leaves his legs and return to the camp, and do not let up in the slightest, intercept him with your throwing gun, and never let him run back to his camp in the east city. ”

Having made a good plan, they flashed to the side, and lay down in the pile of corpses, while the water ran unconsciously and foolishly, and his legs and feet were swift, and when he had run some distance, about the length of a ridge drawn by a mule's plow, he led the plowshare, and ploughed the deep crop, and the mule ran faster than the oxen, and Medus and Noji began to pursue.

Hearing the sound of his footsteps, he stopped standing still, thinking that it was his fellow city companion who had come to call him back to the camp, and thought that Noc, who had discouraged the attack, but when the two men who were chasing him came within range of the guns, perhaps closer, he saw that the comer was not good, and immediately threw off his legs and ran as hard as he could.

When Noji and Modus saw this, how could they allow him to escape? They stood out of their legs and pursued them closely! Like two well-trained hounds, baring their sharp canine teeth, staring at a prey, a fawn or a hare, they were in a hurry to chase and pounce on the space of the woodland, and the prey ran wildly and screamed sharply.

In the same way, Medex, and Noji, the raiders of the castle, cut off the return of the water back to the camp, and pursued them unrelentingly, and when he ran towards the ship and approached the sentinels of the camp in the western city, the sheep-eyed angel poured great courage into the son of Modestius, lest the other men of the West City in bronze armor be the first to throw their spears, and Merdes would be second, and the mighty Modes rushed forward and shouted, "If you don't stop any longer, I will throw my spear and stab you boy!

With that, he waved his gun, but deliberately missed a little, and the sharp tip of the spear swept over Lashui's right shoulder and plunged deep into the mud, and Lashui was startled, and stood still, stammering, his teeth rattling in his mouth, out of fear of human bones.

Madus and Noji pursued him to the side of Lashui, gasping for breath, holding down his arms, pulling water and sobbing and pleading, "Take me alive, and I will pay the ransom, and my house is heaped with bronze, gold, and gray iron, and my father will delight your heart with innumerable gifts, and if I hear that I am still alive by the ships of your Xicheng people." ”

Hearing this, he replied resourcefully: "Do not be afraid, death is not yet coming, tell me, tell me honestly, in this dark night, when all the other mortals have slept, why did you leave the barracks and sneak alone towards the ship? Do you want to rob the dead of their armor, or do you go to the deep sea ship on the order of Noc, and spy on the military situation on the side of the ship one by one? Perhaps, it is your own will that compels you to embark on this journey?"

With trembling legs, he replied, "It was Nocin who led me astray and tempted me to excessive desire, and the swift horse which he promised me to give me the haughty Nodin, with his chariot, shone with a dazzling bronze light, and he commanded me to pass through the hasty, dark night fog and approach the enemy camp to find out whether you were moving as usual, and whether you had sent men to guard the ships as usual, or, because we had been battered by us, were gathering together to plot an escape, and had no time to take care of the tediousness of the night guards, and set up a sentry, and he said that your men were exhausted. ”

Hearing this, the resourceful Noji grinned and said, "Needless to say, these are the great gifts you have dreamed of, brave horses, which are difficult for mortals to control or control behind horses, and no one can do it, except Nodin, for he is especially favored by the angels, well, to answer the next question, you have to be honest: where did you go on your journey, the soul shepherd who left the soldiers? Where did he put his armor? Where was his horse? Where were the other generals of Dongcheng? Where were the sentries and the warriors who were asleep? What did they plan together? to stay where they were, and press on the ships, or to withdraw to the castle and leave our battered men behind?"

After hearing this question, Lashui replied: " Well, I will reply and tell you all this accurately, for at the moment, Nobingzheng and the chiefs of all stripes are avoiding the chaos of the camp, and as for the sentinels you have asked, my hero, there is not a single one, and we have not chosen any men to guard or protect the soldiers who are camping, but the soldiers of the eastern city, out of necessity, are waiting by their campfires, and one by one they remind their comrades not to fall into dreams, and the allies from afar have fallen asleep, and have given the duty of vigilance to the soldiers of the eastern city, because their wives and children are not sleeping there, but against the edge of the battlefield。 ”

Hearing this reply, he resourcefully asked, "Where do they sleep, mingle with the horse-tamers of Dongcheng, or camp separately?" tell me, I want to know all this. ”

After hearing this, Lashui replied, "Don't worry, I'll just reply and tell you all this accurately." So in order to survive, Lashui confessed to the two of them truthfully, and told the addresses of the allies of each side.

When he had finished, he suggested: "Now you may take me to the swift ship of the sea, or throw me here, and tie me firmly with merciless cords, until you have done your work and have verified with the truth whether my words are true or lies." ”

However, the mighty Modus glared at him viciously, and said, "You want to slip away, I say pull water, don't be delusional, despite the wonderful information you have provided; you have been held tightly by us! If we let you go or let you escape, you will be by our clippers again, either to spy on the military or to fight us face to face, but if I kill you now and crush you to death in my hands, you will never come out again and bother our strong men." ”

Hearing this, Lashui stretched out his big hand and tried to hold his jaw and beg him to spare his life, but Modus raised a sword and slashed at the middle of his neck, severing the tendons on both sides.

They took down his mink hat, stripped the raw wolfskin, and took up the bow and spear. Raising up the spoils of war, the Superior Nogi recited to the sheep-eyed angels, their protectors who were called the blessings of the plunderers, "Laugh, great and honorable angels, these are your things! ”

When Noji had finished praying, he raised his salute over his head and placed it on a cluster of tamarix, and grasped the large reeds and the luxuriant branches of the tamarix, as a conspicuous mark, so that on the way back, against the hasty, dark night fog, they would not be unable to find these things. The two men went on their way, treading on the ground with their armor and dark blood, and soon came to the camp of the enemies they were looking for, and they found the men snoring and sleeping, and the camp life had tormented them to the point of fatigue and weariness, and the fine armor was neatly stacked on the mud ground beside them, divided into three rows, and the horses stood by their respective masters, waiting to stand.

One of the generals slept in the middle, with his fast horse beside him, tied to the high pole of the chariot, and he saw the man's position and pointed him out to Medes: "Look, Medus, these are the men we are looking for, these are his horses, the good horses that the man who has cut down the water have described to us, and come, use all your might, and do not just stand here and idle your weapon, untie the reins of the horse, and pull it away! ”

When he had said this, the sheep-eyed angel blew the body of the man with great might, and Modus slaughtered him with his hands, one after the other, and the sharp swords that flew up and down led to a miserable howl, and the blood stained the ground red; The flock of sheep or goats under his care, with a voracious appetite, struck at the twelve generals in one go, and slew them in one go, and for each one he stood before the sleeper, and then struck with his sword, while the resourceful Rogi came up from behind, seized the dead man's heel, and pulled him aside, thinking that in this way the horses with their long manes would pass without panic from stepping on the corpses, and they were not accustomed to the miserable state of the corpses.

At this moment Modes came to the side of the general, and the thirteenth ghost of his command had taken the sweetness of his life, and at that time he was lying panting heavily, and in the darkness of the night a nightmare was hanging over his head, and without pause, he stoically untied his swift horse, took the reins together, and whipped them with his bow, and drove them out of the mess, and he did not think of the use of a horsewhip, and while he was lying in a finely made chariot, he sent a whistle to the fine Modus, in order to get his attention.

Modus, however, stayed where he was, thinking about what to do next: should he seize the chariot, with that beautiful suit of armor inside, and drag it away by the pole, or lift it up and take it away, or slaughter more of the enemy's soldiers?

As he weighed up, the sheep-eyed angel quickly stood beside him and said to the brilliant warrior, "Now, the time for the strong-hearted Medus, to consider returning to the deep sea! Otherwise, you will be persecuted by your pursuers, and I fear that one of the angels will wake up the sleeping enemy soldiers." ”

When the sheep-eyed angel had said this, Madus, knowing that it was the angel's voice, hastened into his chariot, whipped his horse with his bow, and galloped away toward the speedboat of the people of the West.

However, the silver-bowed angel Apollo did not close his eyes, seeing that the sheep-eyed angel was helping Modus, he was furious, and rushed into the huge Dongcheng military formation, awakening a leader, who was not far from even the handsome horse, and had the responsibility to protect the horse, he was startled and found that the place where the fast horse was standing was empty! And his companions were lying on the ground, breathing out the last breath of life, and could not help wailing and calling the names of their beloved companions, and the camp was immediately full of noise, and the horror of the catastrophe inflicted by the two strong men, before returning to the deep sea ship, the soldiers of the eastern city, you pushed me, and made a mess, and there was no action to stop them.

When Noji and Meddes fled to the place where they had killed the detective pulling the water, Noggy reined in the fast horse that was galloping, and Morders jumped to the ground, took the bloody booty and handed it to Noji, and then jumped back into the carriage, whipped it, and the steed ran away, without the slightest reluctance, towards the deep sea-boat, where they were fascinated.

Stoll was the first to hear the clatter of horses' hooves, and said, "Friends, chiefs and rulers, I wonder if I have heard it wrong, or if it is true? My soul tells me that at this moment it is the sound of the hooves of swift horses that are ringing in my ears, and that only the wise and strong Modus is galloping away from the camp of the people of the Eastside with the swift horses! ”

However, before he finished speaking, the people who came had already arrived in front of the camp!

Modus and Noji stepped out of their chariots, and their elated companions grabbed their hands and warmly congratulated them on their return.

Stoll, the famous chariot warrior, first asked, "Tell me, the praise of Noji, the glory and pride of the coalition army, how did you two get this pair of horses, did you take them from the many men and horses of the Dongcheng military camp, or did you meet some angel and accept his gift?" On the battlefield I have had frequent encounters with the people of Dongcheng, and I dare say that I have never shrunk by the ships on the shore, though I am an old soldier, but I have never seen such a good horse, and I have not even thought of it, and I think that some god must have met two of them on the road, and sent them off on horseback, and you are both beloved by the Almighty, and both are mortals loved by the sheep-eyed angels. ”

Hearing this, the resourceful farmer replied: " Stoll, the glory and pride of the coalition, an angel could bring out better horses than these if he wished, they were far stronger than we are, the two horses of which your old man had asked of came from the enemy camp, and soon after their arrival the brave Medus slew their master, and twelve of his companions, lying beside him, all of them in good spirit, and we slaughtered a detective, the thirteenth dead, who had been sent by Nob and other proud people of the East to spy on our army. ”

With that, he drove his horse, which was galloping through the trench, and laughed loudly, and the other allied generals followed him, all of them rejoicing! It was a happy moment, especially after a long period of frustration and hardship.

The people came to the fortified barracks of Modus, and tied their horses to the trough with neatly cut bridles, where the horses of Modes were already standing, munching on their delicious meals.

At the stern edge of the ship, Nobu laid down the bloody booty taken from the water and offered it to the sheep-eyed angels, and then they waded into the current, rubbing the slimy sweat from their calves, thighs, and nape of their necks, and the waves swept away the bruised patches on their skin, and a cool feeling moistened their hearts.

Then they cross the smooth bathtub, after bathing, pour out olive oil and wipe the whole body. Then they sat down to eat, scooped up the sweet wine from the full pot, and sprinkled it on the ground to please the hearts of the sheep-eyed angels.

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