Chapter 44: The Assassination of Xerxes
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The morning sun dispelled the fog, but the salty sea breeze could not blow away the thick smell of blood.
Collapsed tents, plumes of smoke from the pitch-black fences, broken blades, broken shields, and layers of corpses littered the camp.
Qin Ruishi walked around the battlefield, casually looking at the corpses on the ground, and some enemies who did not die cut off their heads with a knife and threw them into their pockets, while the other Greek soldiers around them were keen to rummage through the gold and silver ornaments on the corpses.
The wounded soldier groaned in pain, and the rude doctor casually pasted the hemostatic herb on the wound, and after a few perfunctory strokes, went to look after the next wounded.
Leonidas sat on the stone on the side with a vicissitudes of life, last night's bloody battle had lost a third of his Spartan royal guard, more than a hundred people were killed, and the rest were basically wounded, and few were intact.
The Sun Legion lost more than a thousand people, and the losses of other Greek soldiers were similar, if it weren't for Qin Rongshuai's morale aura at the first moment of attack, the entire Greek coalition army would have collapsed long ago.
The only ones who were unscathed were Qin Ruishi and the Amazon female warriors, thanks to their strong physical fitness, and Qin Rongshuai's meticulous care, he was like a hard-working nurse, constantly releasing healing techniques for his subordinates, and after the battle, he felt like his body was hollowed out.
The undead army suffered heavy losses, leaving more than 2,000 corpses in the camp, and countless wounded, and the 10,000-strong undead army can be said to have been crippled in the first battle.
Among them, Qin Ruishi contributed more than half of the heads, and the record of the Spartan soldiers in the melee was three to one.
Qin Rongshuai sat opposite Leonidas, also with a sigh on his face, and he was afraid in his heart, if he hadn't gotten up in the middle of the night to check the movement, then it would have been the Greek coalition that had been defeated in this battle.
The two of them sat speechless for a long time, and before they could say anything, a soldier ran over, "Your Majesty, Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Xerxes sent a message to ask for a truce, and he said......"
Leonidas' eyes narrowed, and he asked coldly, "What did Xerxes say?" ”
The messenger swallowed nervously, "He said he wanted to meet the commander of the army in person, just outside the hot spring pass." ”
Leonidas got up and laughed, "Okay, I'll go see him." ”
The Spartan soldiers next to him were startled and hurriedly dissuaded, when the two armies were fighting, the commander negotiated in front of the battle, what is this, what if it is a trap?
Leonidas is armed with a war spear, when have you ever been afraid, strengthening, regeneration, enchantment and stealth, can't you run if you can't beat it?
At this time, Qin Rongshuai also stood up and clapped his high-fives, "Yes, let's not go as if we are afraid of him Xerxes, I'll go with you." ”
The people of the Greek coalition army were panicked, one could not go, and two had to go together.
Before everyone could advise, Qin Rongshuai waved his hand and said very heroically: "I'll take my guards with me." ”
The people of the Greek coalition were speechless, and they could not say anything to persuade them.
Qin Rongshuai led a group of Qin Ruishi and female warriors to follow behind Leonidas, and strode proudly towards the valley mouth of Hot Spring Pass.
After the two of them stood still at the mouth of the valley, they looked up, and saw that the direction of the Persian camp was glittering with gold, and it was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that there was a mountain of gold moving like this.
Xerxes sat on a huge golden throne, slowly moving by hundreds of slaves, surrounded by two rows of undead armies.
Qin Rongshuai looked at this splendid pomp and suddenly asked, "You said I was going to cut a piece of gold down, okay?" ”
Leonidas paused for a moment, why did this person suddenly have this idea, and shook his head after a few seconds, "I can't see it." ”
"Oh, that's a pity." , Qin Rongshuai had a regretful expression on his face, "I killed Xerxes in that moment, what do you think?" ”
Leonidas was stunned, and after a while he opened his mouth with difficulty, "You have taken a fancy to that piece of gold, and I will help you cut it." ”
"Haha, I'm kidding." Qin Rongshuai patted Leonidas, "Don't be so nervous." ”
The cutting of gold was a joke, but the assassination of Xerxes was serious.
For this reason, he borrowed all Qin Ruishi's strong crossbows, used the injection energy of the spear of war to attach an explosive effect to the crossbow arrows, and then emptied his personal space, stuffed all the crossbows into it, held the scepter of life tightly in one hand and left hand, and aimed his eyes at Xerxes, waiting to take out the strong crossbow at any time to shoot rapidly, and then teleport away.
The huge golden throne came to a stop not far from the two, and the tall Xerxes stood up from the throne, with a proud look on his face, looking condescendingly at Qin Rongshuai and Leonidas under the throne, with a momentum that looked at the world.
"Who is the commander of the army?"
Leonidas stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "I, Leonidas, the king of Sparta, the commander of the coalition forces. ”
Xerxes descended the steps and came to Leonidas and looked him up and down, "Your army is indeed strong, my undead army has suffered heavy losses, and those who have fled back have praised you. ”
Leonidas suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he glanced at Qin Rongshuai, and said very sincerely: "In fact, there are other people who really defeat the undead army. ”
Xerxes followed Leonidas's gaze and looked at Qin Rongshuai, but Qin Rongshuai didn't speak, and kept squinting his eyes and staring at Xerxes tightly.
Xerxes was uncomfortable with him, and asked with a calm face, "Who are you?" ”
Qin Rongshuai laughed and said loudly: "I, Qin Rongshuai, a big country from the east of Persia, a messenger of China!" ”
Xerxes paused for a moment, and then said with arrogance and contempt: "Huaxia? I haven't heard of this country. ”
Qin Ruishi stepped forward with a "swish", his face was expressionless, his eyes were like knives, and the killing intent on his body came out through his armor, and the undead army guards next to him suddenly felt the oppression of the killing intent, and the nervous sword was unsheathed.
Xerxes frowned, glanced at these iron-blooded soldiers who stood like mountains, and had to praise, "It's really powerful." ”
"Have you heard about it now?" Qin Rongshuai smiled and looked directly into Xerxes's eyes.
Xerxes was a little displeased, he frowned, "Then the envoy from Huaxia, what are you doing here?" ”
Qin Rongshuai groaned for two seconds, and suddenly pulled out a strong crossbow from his personal space, "I'll kill you!" ”
A flash of light rushed to Xerxes's eyes, and suddenly exploded, and the loud sound shook the nearby people to their feet.
The fire dissipated, but Xerxes stood unharmed on the throne, the huge golden throne shrouded in a faint film of light.
Xerxes looked stunned, and then became furious, "You, how dare you ......"
Qin Rongshuai threw away the strong crossbow and took out another winding strong crossbow, and the explosion sounded in front of the golden throne again, and the light film of the entire throne shook for a moment, still unscathed.
At this time, the guards of the undead army on both sides also reacted, and hurriedly rushed towards Qin Rongshuai.
Leonidas roared angrily, directly pulled out the spear of war and raised his hand to burn the two undead soldiers into burning people, "I'll cover, retreat quickly!" ”
Qin Rongshuai didn't say a word, stood still on the spot, took out his crossbow arrow again, and shot it at Xerxes.
Xerxes got through the initial panic, then calmed down, and returned to the throne in a good time, sneering at Qin Rongshuai's futile movements.
The guards next to him waved their whips and scolded the slaves to walk back, someone blew the horn, and the Persian camp in the distance boiled, and countless black shadows poured out.
As if he hadn't seen all this, Qin Rongshuai pulled out another strong crossbow again, and Qin Ruishi behind him had already stopped in front of him, colliding fiercely with the undead army guards.
One Arrow!
Xerxes snorted coldly, "Huaxia people, there is no point in you doing this, except to provoke me!" ”
Two arrows!
The light film on the Golden Throne flickered, then returned to normal.
Xerxes still said casually, "Why don't we talk!" ”
Three arrows!
The light of the Golden Throne dimmed.
"How about we take a step back?"
Four arrows!
"Wait a minute!" Xerxes hurriedly shouted.
Qin Rongshuai sneered, took out another strong crossbow casually, aimed it at Xerxes and pulled the trigger, and the white light penetrated the light film and hit Xerxes's body.