Chapter 942
The first thing Sabir did to pass through the swamp was to find some guides. Otherwise, the remaining 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin people would not be able to transfer out for a few days when they were transiting in the maze-like dry roads. Fortunately, there were many densely populated villages and towns in the swamp.
The Bedouin army seized a lot of food, grass and supplies and captured many civilians for two consecutive days. These villages and towns were either without troops or Persian soldiers who were about to collapse or even fled in sight.
This gave Sabir a new idea. When he was driven into the swamp by the Liang army, he lamented that the Liang army had such strong combat power. He thought it was impossible for him to achieve the planned goals set by Sayed. He could get out of the swamp and bring his troops back to the southern part of the Bedouin Desert with his own thanks.
But now when he looked at it, it turned out that the defense in the heart of Liang's army was so empty that the Persian soldiers who acted as local garrison were vulnerable. Then it was still possible to complete the original mission goal. So he changed his target again and let the army continue to march towards the hinterland of Mesopotamia and the middle of the Mesopotamia basin under the guidance of the hijacking.
On the third day, several hawks appeared again above the swamp. They were all released by Liang's scouts. Soon their sharp hawk eyes discovered a large army of Bedouin advancing northwest along the water-intermediate dry road like a giant python. Less than ten miles behind this Bedouin army, Feng Yu, Zhao Yun and Dian Qing were each leading a group of troops and horses following him.
At the same time, a large number of Liang army Viking warships appeared on the water surface in the north and south. They were all transferred from the Lin Tao fleet anchored in Wucha Port. There were no Liang army infantry on it, but a large number of sailors were equipped with. On the west side, the Ma Chao army, which had just gathered in the western part of Mesopotamia, also rushed along the official road left by the former Sassanid dynasty.
At this time, Sabir was still immersed in the dream of rushing out of the swamp and capturing Taixifeng in one fell swoop, but he still didn't know that the tens of thousands of remaining troops were facing a catastrophe. While he was dozing between the two hump peaks, a rapid sound of horse hooves came. Then there was the fear of the soldiers: "Report to the chief, the Liang army is catching up again. It is the Liang army with yellow skin and black hair!" The order soldier also made a point of emphasis at the end to prevent Sabir from understanding these Liang army as those Persian soldiers who were about to collapse.
Sabir suddenly woke up in shock and said hurriedly: "Save some troops to break the back, and the rest accelerate to get rid of these Liang troops."
The fierce Liang army had already left a mark of fear on the Bedouin people including Sabir. So Sabir was in a hurry to get rid of them without asking how many people came, and he didn't even want to fight with all his might.
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound of arrows breaking through the air came from the air. Several Bedouin knights were penetrated by the arrow and fell from horses and camels. Sabir thought it was Liang's army behind him who was catching up, but the Bedouin people around him were in a stir. Only then did he find that one strange-style convertible warship after another came out of the reed marsh hundreds of steps away from the water surface on one side.
"Drop off your horse! Take the crossbow and shoot them." Sabir shouted loudly. The Bedouin people jumped off the backs of horses and camels, bent their bows and shot at these Viking warships. The sailors in the ship immediately retracted, hid their bodies behind the high shipboard, and took off the large shields on both sides of the ship to cover their bodies. The arrows hit the hull and shields, but they could not stop the ships from continuing to lean towards Bedouin's queue.
When Sabir was anxious, there was also a commotion in front of the army. Many people rushed back for some reason, and then heard someone shouting: "No! The front was blocked by a fire."
Sabir looked up and saw that there were hundreds of rushes ahead, and the flames and smoke rose up. The reeds passing through the road ahead burned, and the Bedouin people who were already walking there ran back and crowded. Needless to think, this must be the setting fire of the Liang army. Then there was a sound of fighting in the back. It must be the pursuit of the Liang army and the Bedouin soldiers behind the palace began to confront each other.
Looking at the Liang army warships getting closer and closer, Sabir, who was sweating profusely, gritted his teeth, pulled out his scimitar and shouted: "Fight with them, prepare to fight with me and fight."
After saying that, he led the way into the water and waved his sword to welcome the Liang army warships that were sailing. Many Bedouin soldiers jumped into the water like him. In fact, many people were squeezed into the water.
On this two-mile section, there were more than 10,000 Bedouin soldiers, but there were only more than 30 Liang warships rushing towards him. Sabir calculated that even if there were forty Liang soldiers on each boat, there would be more than 1,000. As long as one close combat was fought, no matter how fierce the Liang soldiers were, they would still fight at will.
When the thirty Viking ships were still more than twenty steps away from the shore, they turned all the way, and turned the hull across, facing the Bedouin on the land. Sabir clearly saw something like a crossbow in the cabin and lit a brazier. Five of the ships had a metallic copper tube on the edge of the side of the side of the ship. One of the five ships was facing him.
Sabir suddenly realized that he screamed in despair, and then he trekked hard in the water and headed towards the Viking warship. Five fire dragons with three or four battles spewed out at almost the same time. The fire dragons lasted only three breaths. In this short period of time, they were still swept across the water in a fan. Within their burning range, nearly a hundred Bedouin people, including Sabir, suddenly became charred corpses floating on the water.
At the same time, dozens or hundreds of fireballs in the remaining ships rose into the air and threw them onto the dry road where the Bedouin people gathered. Dozens of flames immediately gathered into several seas of fire, swallowing hundreds of Bedouin people.
The scene was full of flames and smoke, and there were pains and howling everywhere. Many Bedouin soldiers were already scared, and some people jumped into another area of water to avoid the fire. However, this area of water was very deep. Most of these Bedouin people who lived in the desert all year round did not know the nature of the water and could only drown.
The Viking warship continued to cast fireballs and spit out fire dragons without any mercy. The five Viking ships with Greek fire spitting cabinets had approached less than ten steps to the shore, and continued to spew flame dragons into the crowd on the shore.
Not only this section of the troops were attacked, but the Bedouin army, which stretched for five or six miles, either encountered similar fire attacks or the reeds where they were located, were burned into a sea of fire. Only the Bedouin people at the tail and the head of the team were slightly better, but they quickly collapsed under the fierce attacks of the front and rear Liang troops. Tens of thousands of Bedouin war cavalry were easily destroyed in the swamp.
Chapter completed!