Chapter 658: Courage
The wind swept through the dry fields.
The warm air and sand made people's nostrils and throats feel dry, and the dust rose and tumbled under the movement of the horses' hooves, and the two 10,000 horsemen of Xianbei and Xiongnu spread out left and right with more than 1,000 tigers and leopards in the middle. And the wolf king at the front, at this time, looked at the gradually clear Roman army formation in front of him, squinted his eyes, and a cavalry of dozens of people rushed out of the array over there, coming towards this side, and then, three hundred zhang away, they all stopped, and a child's voice suddenly sounded in surprise.
The child's small body was held up in the air.
"Honorable Commander Cerlius, Captain of the Janissaries of the Roman Banner, please come out and see you, there is one thing that Your Excellency may be interested in."
In the middle of dozens of horses, wearing half of the fence and red, muscular half-body armor, and white shorts on the lower body, the forty-two-year-old Cesarus looked up at the child with his arms raised, regardless of the other party's struggle, he grinned and continued to shout loudly: "...... this Germanic child in my hands is not a pure-blooded Germanic man, he is a mongrel, with a lowly life, and he is not worth even a dinar in the eyes of the Romans...... However, he is worth a lot of money now......."
The sky was slanting in the west, and the high-pitched and presumptuous sound echoed in this field, and the sound of horses' hooves was also quiet at this moment, as if even time was stopping for a moment.
The horse's hooves stopped, and the horse's heads side by side spewed uneasily and shook their manes in this atmosphere, and many people may not understand what the other party is saying, but the tone and the children raised in the other party's hands can see a clue, and the whispered communication flows between them, and one by one they clenched their spears.
The tiger and leopard rode forward, the warm evening breeze swayed by, the wolf down stroked on the collar armor, Gongsun Zhi's brows were furrowed very tightly, and in the distance, the struggling little figure screamed and waved his hands and feet, occasionally turning his little face, his eyes seemed to be looking over, looking at him......
"Lord, I'm going to kill that Great Qin man-" Dian Wei pulled out his halberd, his eyes flashed with terrifying ferocity, and his teeth grinded: "What kind of ability is it to bully a child?!" β
The words continued, and Markuus on the Han Dynasty's side ran up, Gongsun Zhi glanced at him, and squeezed out cold words: "Word for word!" Over there, Marcus swallowed, carefully translating the original words.
"........ for his own bloodline, whether the Cylius in the East value it, Cesarus doesn't know, but in my hands, if you want to get your children back, please get out of the way, how to fight the next war, that's Your Excellency's business! My request is as simple as that, would you like to come out and talk? β
Under the wolf flag, Gongsun Zhi looked at the child in the air without any expression on his face, closed his eyes slightly, and did not make a sound, but the muscles at the corners of his eyes trembled slightly, and his cheeks swelled. In the distance, the tiger and leopard riders and wolf riders who heard Marcus's translated words nearby, several generals clenched their weapons, and the fierce aura gradually spread over them.
"These Great Qin people are spineless!" Zhang Fei gritted his teeth angrily, took two steps back and forth with the war horse, raised the snake spear and shouted: "Gongsun Dudu, let my old Zhang go over and stab him to death with a spearββ"
"Shut up and go to the ..... of death single-handedly" Before Xiahou Yuan finished his reprimand, Gongsun Zhi raised his hand to make them all stop, and his lips opened lightly: "Come with me." β
Zhang Fei casually pushed away Xiahou Yuan's hand and laughed: "I will accompany the governor, if the Great Qin people are not honest, I will poke them to death with a spear." "Those who followed here, in addition to the forty guard wolf riders with two scimitars, as well as the two generals of Dian Wei Li Ke, Xiahou Yuan turned his head and glared at Cao Chun, who was carrying a knife: "Zihe stayed, if you are not injured, don't go to make trouble, and follow your brother to sweep the formation." After saying that, he turned out his longbow and chased after him.
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In the distance, a touch of red was rushing towards the confronting military formation, a strand of hair sticking out of his sideburns curled in the wind, and beside him was a raging torrent sweeping south.
"I hope it's ......too late," Lu Bu thought, followed by "Drive!" With a loud shout, the red rabbit horse neighed violently, and the churning hooves of the horse increased its speed again, and a long line of smoke and dust was raised like a gallop, and it galloped forward over the rolling waves of people.
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The wind blew through the fields, rolling up the sand.
Two hundred zhang.
Cesarus lowered his raised arms and put the child in front of him, looking at the other side and smiling even more, the sound of horses' hooves stopped in front with a rumbling roar, and more than forty Cylius cavalrymen tightened their reins, raised their weapons, and lined them up, their eyes showing a fierce look.
Then, several horsemen slowly came up from the rear with different weapons, but Cesarus had never seen the commander, so he still asked: "Your Excellency is the commander of the Eastern Legion?" It's so young. When Li Ke snorted while holding the mace, the other party's face was still moved with sighs, this war has been fought so far, it is the most difficult battle he has ever fought in his life, and the tactics used by the other party and the quality of the Celeus soldiers are unforgettable for him.
In the voice of inquiry, several generals in armor moved left and right to get out of the way, and then, a black war horse carrying white wolf velvet and black armor, and a knight with two blades at his waist walked out, protruding a horse's head from the horse.
The horse's hooves kicked the fine stones and stopped, and in the daylight, Gongsun Zhi's eyes stayed on the face of the child in front of the Roman general, and the little boy with golden broken hair sat there in a daze, obviously the previous fright had not passed, but he timidly looked at the man with black hair opposite, his eyes were a little wet red.
He ...... It's Dimat's father..... ....." The thin little mouth moved, and finally said the voice that only he could hear.
Above the boy's head, Cesarus looked across and laughed, and when he saw that there was a Roman beside him, he probably understood what the other party was doing, and said to Marcus: "You are not worthy to be a Roman, but you can tell the commander of the East completely." He stretched out his hand and put his arm around the boy in front of him: "Your Excellency, what I said before are you willing to accept it?" This son of yours ..... so handsome......"
"Your name is Dimat, can you speak Han Dynasty dialect?"
When Cesarius spoke, Gongsun Zhi's voice also sounded at the same time, he didn't listen to the words of the Roman general at all, just looked at the child opposite, and there was a little emotion in his eyes, this was the first time he had seen this son in several years, if it weren't for Stephanie's letter, he wouldn't have known at all, although he understood the woman's calculations, but the same, he was also poked in the weakness by the other party.
"Speak...... My mother taught me...... Are you my father? Dimatt pursed his lips, and when he asked the words he wanted to confirm, his tone was slightly choked, and he tried to suppress it in his throat, and when he saw the tall figure on the other side slowly nodded, tears slid down, and the choked voice became louder and louder, and he cried out with a whimper: "Mother didn't lie to me..... Dimatt has a father's ......"
"Your Excellency, have you heard me say..... Thesarius's voice rang out on the other side.
Gongsun stopped on the horse's back and was silent, and slowly spoke: "Dimat...... Men can't cry easily, that's a sign of cowardice, and your mother wrote to me saying that your name symbolizes bravery and prestige, and that you don't look like a girl now. β
"Well, Dimatt doesn't cry." The boy bit his lip and lifted the back of his hand to wipe the wet marks from his face, trying to lift his chin and straighten his back.
"Your Excellency, are you listening...... What the hell are you talking about? β
The voice sounded again, Gongsun Zhi still looked at the son opposite, and nodded with a smile: "That's right, half of your body is the blood of my Han people, flowing with my Gongsun to stop the bleeding...... So son, are you afraid of death? He slowly raised his hand and grasped the bow behind his waist.
The boy hesitated, shaking his blonde hair.
"This is my son." Gongsun Zhi pulled out his longbow, pulled out an arrow and put it on it, and the surrounding Xiahou Yuan, Li Ke, Zhang Fei and other generals were startled, "The leader (Du Du)!" What are you doing here.......
Cesarus, who was on the other side, was also taken aback by this move, pinched the back of Dimat's neck, lifted him up, and blocked the front: "Your Excellency, you don't want your son anymore?" Dozens of nearby Praetorian Cavalry also nervously raised their shields and held the javelins in the pouches on the side of their horses.
At the same time, a voice from the side shouted: "Wen Hou is here." β
The arm that raised the bow stopped, Gongsun Zhi's gaze slanted slightly, in the dim sky, the red rabbit horse rushed here from the side and back through the phalanx of the Xianbei people, seeing this picture, he roughly knew what was going on, and with a bang, he stuck the halberd into the mud, and before the people around him reacted, even Gongsun Zhi did not react, and he heard the voice screaming and shaking everyone's eardrums: "-Who gave you the courage to stand so close to a certain house!" β
Stretched out his hand and snatched the bow and arrow, stretched his arms sideways, and pulled the bow in one go, in the air, the strings sounded, and a black shadow flew straight out of the air.
Dimat's eyes were tightly closed, his neck was shrunk, and the moment his voice exploded, he heard a 'poof' sound in his ears, and there was a warm liquid dripping on his hair, and more on his ears and cheeks, and when the strength of the back of his neck suddenly loosened, he opened his eyes slightly and glanced up.
An arrow sank more than half of Thesarius' right eye socket. The moment the shaking body fell from the horse, dozens of Roman cavalry around reacted from what happened in the lightning, and while throwing javelins at the opposite side, the horse rushed to grab the boy on horseback.
Before the figure could get closer, a few more arrows flew and nailed to them, Xiahou Yuan put down his bow and glanced at Lu Bu over there: "...... Wen Hou is not the only one who can shoot arrows. Forty wolf guards swirled past him with scimitars, and Zhang Fei had rushed to the front with a spear and a roar.
On Lu Bu's side, he pulled Gongsun Zhi, who was about to rush out, and lowered his voice: "Just let them go, hurry up and let the team dodge ......"
"Huh?" Gongsun Zhi looked at him.
"The rebels are coming."