Chapter 23 Crossing the River
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Go find the ship! Marius quickly commanded the crowd. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Su Shi and his party easily reached the river north of the courthouse, and the boat was very important.
When Su Shi originally came here to observe, he saw several small boats, enough for Su Shi's own men. But now the team of hundreds of people is obviously not enough, and more ships must be found.
By this time, however, the Roman ship of Simon had already begun to depart.
Su Shi and the others clearly saw the start of the Ximen ship from the river, which meant that Su Shi and the others had little time!
Marius looked a little anxious, if he had not gone straight down the river without a boat, the heavy armor and the rushing water would probably have washed people away! But the ships were getting closer, and Marius had to sit down and decide.
"Everyone, take off your armor! Prepare to go down the river. Marius said to the crowd.
When everyone heard Marius's order, they immediately prepared to take off their armor, but then Su Shi stood up and said, "Wait! I have a way. ā
Su Shi did not pause, and directly continued, "Let's go and get some wood and ropes first, one person and one piece of wood, and everyone is connected with ropes and tied to the stern of the boat." The people sitting on the boat rowed the boat and led everyone towards the big boat. ā
With that, Su Shi swung his sword and cut off a piece of wood from the house next to him, and found a rope from his side to demonstrate.
Ma Luo thought for a moment and said, "Su Shi's method is feasible, everyone act quickly!" ā
There are more than 100 people, and there are a lot of ropes and wood. They had to search the nearby houses several times to get the materials, and the people connected them with ropes and held a piece of wood in their hands.
"Go, push the boat down." Su Shi commanded.
There are four small boats, and Schusher can undoubtedly occupy one.
As the boat descended the river, Schusser took Sebas and Reines on board. Marius and Sulla also got on one, as did a centurion with whom Sioux was not very familiar.
On the ship, there were also five soldiers on board to paddle the water.
Seeing that everyone was ready, Ma Luo waved his hand and said, "Let's go!" ā
When the soldiers heard Marius's order, they began to row hard, and the soldiers tied with ropes jumped into the river one by one. Behind each boat was a long line of soldiers, who floated on the surface of the water with logs and paddled vigorously to follow the boat's pace.
Roman ship.
"What the hell are you for! You can't defend the city, you still can't defend the gate! So far, you still can't find someone! Tell me when the hell Marillaular goes?! ā
There was endless anger in the tone of the person who spoke, as if he was about to tear the soldier in front of him apart in the next moment.
The man who reprimanded his men on the Roman ship, Su Shi, was known, and he was the captain of the meeting this morning. In the face of this situation, Su Shi was also very angry, it was nothing if he didn't defend the city well, and it was nothing if the south gate was lost early, but it was really difficult to lose Mario!
Who is Mallio? The captain knows very well that he is the deputy of the corps commander! He is the red man in front of the legion commander, the most powerful subordinate!
Now that the captain has withdrawn, but Marius is estimated to be still surrounded by the courthouse, and will he not be torn in half when he meets with the corps commander? If you hadn't lost the city wall earlier, would it have become like this if you had lost the south gate?
Obviously, Eleus's prowess certainly wouldn't.
The commander of the legion could see at a glance that the captain had sailed away early to save his life and had not waited for Marius.
However, at that time, the captain didn't have time to think too much about it in order to save his life, so he directly ordered his subordinates to sail and leave, and now he can only be in a hurry.
While the captain was distressed, a soldier ran to report to the captain, "Report! We've found traces of the Marky Centurion! ā
"What? Where is it? Take me there! The captain hurriedly said.
Ignoring the helmet that he hadn't taken off after getting on the boat, he ran directly in the direction pointed by the soldier.
The captain walked to the deck, looked to the right, and saw Marius at a glance!
"Quick, drop the ropes and get ready to meet Centurion Marshall!" The captain quickly commanded.
But then he forgot that he had lost his weapon at Simon, and a scorpion crossbow was aimed at the big ship!
The bolt was only aimed at the big ship, but the bolt flew through the air from the scorpion crossbow, with the sound of the wind whistling by.
"Hurry up, put the ropes!" The captain waved at Marius and said, "Marius! Over here! This.. Yes! ...ā
Before the words fell, a crossbow arrow flew through the captain's body! The huge inertia even brought the captain's body a few meters away from where the captain was standing just now, and was nailed to the deck!
The soldiers next to him stepped forward to take a look.
"Captain? ... The captain is dead! The nearby soldier said in a terrified voice.
"What? Captain he... He's dead? ā
"Run, maybe we'll be the next to die!"
The death of the captain aroused the panic of many soldiers, the fear of being chased and chased by the enemy!
Even a few people kept their cool, but it couldn't stop more soldiers from starting to get scared, and the fear began to spread on the ship!
Fear is like a powder keg full of explosives, which has gathered on the ship, and only a spark is close to igniting and detonating!
At this time, the enemy's stone catapult also moved to the west gate, and was slowly calibrating the position.
Su Shi has been watching the development of the situation, and to be honest, the death of the captain really gave Su Shi a lot of surprises. On this battlefield, no one can say who will die next! But Schusser didn't want to be next!
"Accelerate! Paddle me hard! Su Shi shouted.
If there were no accidents, soon the ship would not have waited for them to get on board and would have sailed away. At that time, if Su Shi does not get on the ship, it will be called the heavens, not the earth!
However, at the moment of crisis, Su Shi still did not lose his calm.
"Captain Mallor! Wait a minute, you take your soldiers on board to control the situation, and you must not let the ship go away! Su Shi said to Marius in a serious tone.
Although it would be safe to let yourself get on the ship first, Su Shi couldn't do this, and the commander who ran first when he encountered danger would only make the soldiers look down on him! Su Shi could not do this, even for the sake of his safety in the future.
After hearing Su Shi's opinion, Marius thought that it was indeed the right thing to do.
Only Marius's elite soldiers and Marius' personal prestige could suppress the panic of the soldiers on board.
The ship that Su Shi and the others were on was getting closer and closer to the big ship, and they saw that it was about to arrive. Su Shi shouted, "Everyone, wait quietly for me!" If you talk and disturb the morale of the army, kill me immediately! ā
According to the negotiation between Su Shi and Marius, Marius was responsible for quickly boarding the ship and controlling the soldiers on board. And Su Shi stayed below to control the soldiers below and not snatch the opportunity to get on the ship.
As the boat approached, Marius immediately grabbed the rope and crawled towards the boat, and Marius's elite soldiers immediately followed.
But just halfway up the climb, the enemy's catapult in the distance was completely in place!
A boulder is burning with flames and flies towards the big ship, although the average hit rate is not high, but maybe the other party has the favor of the heavens. First, a crossbow arrow shot the captain at an ultra-long range, and then a stone fell on the ship!
Caused a raging fire!
The soldiers on the ship were either killed or wounded! The soldiers were completely detonated, and the soldiers shouted angrily, "Go to the boat!" Sail! ā
There were even cases where soldiers pulled down the sails of their own accord!
And Ma Luo and the others, who were climbing on the boat, were attacked by the boulders, and the ship swayed from side to side, shaking off many soldiers.
However, Marius grasped the rope steadily, swayed from side to side, and boarded the ship without two blows. After boarding the ship, he drew his long sword and slashed to death a soldier who tried to lower the sails.
Pointing to the corpse of the soldier, Marius said loudly: "I am the centurion of the Fourteenth Army, Marius!" Anyone like him will be put to death at once, regardless of the lives of his allies! ā
"Our Fourteenth Army has never abandoned our teammates!"
"No, never! Although we suffered heavy damage this time, although we lost again and again this time, but! We will not give up on any soldier who can be saved! ā
Pointing to one soldier after another, Marius said, "Whether it's you, or you, or you!" As long as you don't die, I won't give up on the rescue! Now the soldiers who are under the ship have fought as bravely as you do, and now they have abandoned them, so who should they abandon next? I don't think anyone would want to be next! ā
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Su Shi instructed Sura, who had just climbed up, to "Hurry up and command the soldiers to put out the fire and put down more ropes!" ā
Sula went to the ship's commander with a few soldiers and asked them to cooperate in the fire fighting and rescue.
Marius turned his head to Su Shi below and said loudly, "The fire on the opposite side is getting fiercer and fiercer, we must be faster!" I'll drop more ropes next and let the soldiers climb a little faster! ā
Su Shi saw that Marius was in control of the situation, and a big stone in his heart could be regarded as landing.
Turning around, he said loudly, "Get ready, it's time to climb the boat faster, you know?!" ā
"Got it!" The crowd replied loudly.