The reason why Heras Curt chose to advance in the direction of the Wuhu River was because there were also some slave soldiers in the Sassanid army. These slave soldiers were mainly responsible for the miscellaneous labor that the Sassanids were unwilling to do, as well as logistics and transportation. Heras Kot's first goal was to incite the slaves to revolt and to snatch weapons, armour, and rations from the Sassanid army, which were necessary for military activities. After all, when he returned to the territory of the Sassanid Empire after the defeat of this trip, he would definitely be repeatedly questioned by the Sassanids about the causes and consequences of this defeat, and those Sassanids who escaped by luck would definitely blame themselves for the cause and effect of this defeat. Do you want to know that you have now scattered all your possessions to form this Roman legion, and now that you have no money in your hands, who will give you face? So it doesn't matter if you don't return to the Sassanid Empire, as long as you return to the Sassanid Empire, then you will only end up with death.

To sum up, instead of sitting back and waiting, Heras Curt decided to strike first. Take the lead in raising an army of slaves and fight your way back to the Sassanid Empire. Anyway, it was Ellie standing behind him, and Ellie represented the attitude of those Han troops, not to mention the money, food and sophisticated weapons in their hands. Even if you want to pull up a force temporarily, how difficult will it be? As he kept planning to implement his plan step by step after returning home, Heras Curt didn't notice that a small force was following behind him. This small force is none other than a temporary special task force jointly formed by the Night Stalkers led by Ellie herself. They had only one target this time, the small Sassanid force that had been lurking in advance and had not yet known a clear purpose for its operations.

In Ellie's opinion, no matter what the intentions of that small Sassanid force were, they would definitely jump out after seeing the Romans, the former allies. When the time comes, he can also take advantage of the situation to surround and destroy the small force of the Sassanids. It is easier to gather and annihilate them than to search the mountains and encircle and suppress them all over the mountains in the future, so Ellie personally led the team to follow Heras Curt's marching team far behind.

Heras Curt's party was slowly moving along the mountain path, and with the current traffic conditions, it would be impossible for them to increase their marching speed. The mountain path is rugged and flanked by dense and uninhabited forests. Unless you pass through the forest at the risk of total annihilation, you can only obediently follow the path that your predecessors have stepped on to the Wuhu River.

During the nearly half-day march, Heras Curt's troops had long been exhausted by the rough and difficult road conditions. All of them are depressed, and they are no longer the blood and heroism of the past. At this moment, a large number of people sprang out of the forest on both sides, all of whom covered their faces with cloths, and only the sharp blades in their hands reflected a cold light in the sunlight. When they came out of the woods, they surrounded Heras Curt's party.

Heras Curt looked at the group of centaurs in front of him, and always felt that the armor they wore and the weapons in their hands seemed to have been seen somewhere. However, the half-day march seems to have not only exhausted his physical strength, but also made Heras Curt's reflexes a little sluggish. So at this time, I can't remember where I have seen these things, but after all, the number of people in that team is much larger than my own pair, and if there is a conflict rashly, I must suffer on my side, so Heras Curt asked, "Who are you?" What do you want? What do you want for money? If we have it, we will give it to you. ”

"It doesn't matter who we are, the reason why we're here to stop you from moving forward is just to ask you for something." The man who looked like the leader deliberately lowered his voice and said to Heras Curt.

"What do you want?" Heras Curt had a faint sense of something bad in the man's words, but before confirming his thoughts, Heras Curt did not want to clash with this large team, so he still asked.

"I want your lives, please don't resist, and leave it to us obediently." When the leader heard what Heras Curt said, he shook the weapon in his hand and said to Heras Curt.

At this time, Heras Curt finally remembered where he had seen armor and weapons of this style, and in astonishment, he could not help blurting out: "You are Sassanids!" You are the army of the Sassanids, we are allies. We are the Romans who escaped from the front line, and we are about to report to the commander-in-chief, is there some misunderstanding in the middle? ”

The man who was in the lead was also stunned when he heard Heras Curt's words, and then looked at Heras Curt with a fierce look and stopped talking, but instead raised the knife in his hand and slowly walked towards Heras Curt. After the leader had already reacted, the remaining masked men also picked up the sharp blades in their hands and gradually walked towards Heras Curt's team, gradually compressing the entire encirclement towards Heras Curt.

Just as Heras Curt was about to give the order for his officers to fight to the death with the masked men, the familiar sound of gunfire rang out behind the masked men again. The leading masked man stopped after the gunshots rang out, looking down in disbelief at the bleeding wound on his chest. He felt as if all the strength in his body had flowed out with this wound, and he wanted to look back to see who was attacking him from behind him, but he couldn't do it with even a simple movement. Under the loss of physical strength, he could no longer stand, and slowly knelt on the ground. In the last moments of his life, he finally remembered that the gunfire was emitted by the strange weapons used by the Han army that he had once opposed.

As soon as the gun rang out, it was like an order, and suddenly a more dense gunfire rang out from the surrounding forest. The other masked men who had just witnessed the death of the leader before they had time to react were shot to the ground, and then another team of centaurs slowly emerged from the white mist between the trees in the forest, this team was none other than the Joint Special Operations Team led by Ellie. The men marched forward, reloading their short-barreled muskets in their hands. When he walked to the corpses again, he stabbed them one by one, whether they were dead or alive, and after confirming that they were completely dead, he took the place of the masked men and surrounded Heras Curt again.

(End of chapter)