Chapter 746: The Moon is Full and Then It Wanes
The rain stopped, but the flood waters did not recede.
"You have already lost, surrender!"
Guan Yu stood at the bow of the ship with his sword drawn, looking at the Kushan soldiers floating on the ground, and persuaded the Kushan officers on the city wall to surrender.
"They shouldn't have died in such a cowardly way!"
Guan Yu looked at the soldiers struggling in the water and continued to persuade them.
Natural disasters are merciless, but it would be a dream to think that the flood alone could kill all the soldiers.
Even now most of the Kushan soldiers are still struggling in the water. As long as the Han soldiers who are driving these small boats lend a hand, they can all survive.
"Defeated!" Arvind was very frustrated. As the commander of the highest legion, he had no choice but to take responsibility.
"Prepare to surrender!" Arvind said weakly as he looked at the struggling soldiers. Even if he had more ideas, they were of no value in the face of the current situation.
Even if both sides are now in a state of disarray, the Han Dynasty already has a 100% advantage simply because it can still form a battle array.
The only result of their stubborn attitude is the desperate death of the Kushan soldiers.
"After you surrender, the Han Dynasty should not embarrass you. The Han Dynasty accepted the Southern Xiongnu back then, and it can accept you now!"
"Break out as much as you can, we Kushans can afford to lose!" Niranjan shouted loudly. "Arvind, are you willing to surrender without a fight?"
Pointing at the Kushan soldiers under the city, Arvind smiled. He was certainly unwilling to accept this, but if a commander abandoned all his soldiers and escaped, then there would be no future for him.
Let’s look at Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others under the city. How many of the officers and soldiers around them, who are like frost-bitten eggplants, can escape?
He wondered if he shouldn't have led the troops in the first place, perhaps such a huge defeat would not have occurred.
No, maybe if he were stronger, he wouldn't disappoint so many people's expectations of him.
After this thought came to his mind, Arvind suddenly understood everything about the past. It turned out that he had been avoiding his responsibilities.
Masinde, the expectations that Vasudeva I and the northern noble officers had once had for him appeared before him one by one.
Arvind realized that being responsible for everyone is the best way to live up to their expectations.
Arvind picked up his sword, put it on his neck, and shouted at Guan Yu below.
"The battle today is all my fault. I hope that the Lord Galan will treat them well!" After saying this, he was about to commit suicide. As the supreme commander and a member of the Great Yuezhi royal family, he had no other way to go after being captured but to die to thank the Kushans.
Guan Yu shook his head. Even though he admired De Avind for forcing them into a desperate situation and now willing to sacrifice his life in exchange for the lives of his soldiers, he needed to give an explanation to the dead Han soldiers.
Arvind's suicide is a reasonable explanation.
"Dang" the sword in Arvind's hand was knocked down by the sudden attack.
" General, reinforcements have arrived!"
Arvind opened his eyes and saw a fleet appearing on the distant horizon.
Moreover, on the water, there was actually a legion running, and no one had noticed this legion before.
It was not until the other party knocked the sword out of Arvind's hand that everyone noticed.
"It's the Kshatriya Warriors. We are saved!"
Cheers rang out, and some of Nangui's officers and soldiers had already recognized the legion running on the water.
The Kshatriya Legion is different from that Kshatriya Legion. This legion is a real aristocratic legion.
It is not a legion composed of useless people who have practiced Qigong, but a legion in the true sense that is worthy of the identity of Kshatriya warriors. It is also the biggest killer of the Kshatriya class in Nangui.
Different from those useless people who only have internal energy but no fighting ability, these Kshatriyas remember the original intention of the Kshatriya warriors. They are the real Kshatriya warriors, the royal guard legion that possesses the talents of gods and Buddhas.
Guan Yu reacted, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand flashed with a faint light, and he chopped out a huge blade of light directly at Arvind.
"Don't even think about it!" The surrounding Kushan masters attacked at the same time to resist the sword light.
Seeing the sword light shatter, Guan Yu's eyes almost wanted to kill, but the nearly twenty or so masters with internal energy on the city wall could not be killed in an instant.
"Galan God, the gods and Buddhas are the gods and Buddhas, and the mortals are the mortals. Let's go!"
Rahul's mighty voice came from the horizon. For so many days, Vesudeva and he in the rear had not been doing nothing.
Vasudeva I personally left Peshawar to meet Rahul, and the two had a heart-to-heart talk. In the end, Rahul completely surrendered to Vasudeva I.
They did not deny the defeat in the land battle, but they, the Kushans, would never admit defeat.
Naval warfare may be a troublesome matter for any country, but for them, it is exactly the backbone of their country.
"Can we defeat them?" asked Rahul, who was not proficient in water battles.
"It's so easy!"
The two naval commanders, Zhukasyapa and Ghazni, who were assigned to work under Rahul, said calmly.
"They don't know how to fight on water. They simply rely on chains to maintain balance. Such a fleet is totally worthless. They may be strong on land, but they are too weak on the water."
"Okay, now it's up to you. Defeat them immediately. Do you understand?" Rahul adjusted his perspective.
Through the endless distance, he looked at Guan Yu, and Guan Yu felt it and looked up at him.
"Peacock Legion, shoot!" Following Rahul's order, the Peacock Legion in the sky quickly drew their bows and shot with all their strength according to the angle adjusted by Rahul.
"Hahaha, Lord Galan, enjoy the first wave of gifts I bring you!" Rahul's loud laughter resounded across the battlefield, a laughter of victory .
"Be careful to dodge and retreat immediately, we are no match for them!" Guan Yu's face turned pale.
He had a premonition that the Han army would suffer a crushing defeat this time.
The more smooth sailing the Han army had been before, the more miserable it would be next time!
"Ship attack!"
Following Zhu Jiaye's order, nearly twenty not-too-weak legions attacked the city in a fan-shaped formation and slashed towards the Han army.
The Han warships tied together by iron chains had no way to dodge and could only take the blow head-on. Several small boats were directly blown up.
Even the waves caused by the legion's attack swept many soldiers into the water.
Just as Ghaznavids said, this group of Han troops were completely unskilled in naval battles.
Mahadeva watched the changes on the battlefield and seemed to understand why Mogchen was willing to die for the Kushans but wanted to drag the Kushans to failure.
"No destruction, no establishment. Has it reached the stage of destruction before establishment?" Mahadeva muttered to himself, "Vesudeva I, maybe I should go meet him?"
Maudgalyayana, a mortal who performed the deeds of gods and Buddhas and finally plotted against Brahma, actually placed all his treasures on Vasudeva I, Rahul and Arvind.
The luck of rebounding from the bottom will be concentrated on these three people, and even he cannot predict to what extent.
This made Mahadeva, the living god, extremely curious about the three people.
Having said this, Mahadeva turned and left. There was no need to look at the battlefield below anymore.
