The Sun and the Lion

"Are these people planning to attack the city? Or... no, this must be just a vanguard force. Their large force should still be behind, and it should be a few days away." Ahmed Burke's mind Keep thinking and making guesses.

Then he summoned his cronies: "Now that the enemy has just arrived and has not yet established a stable foothold, this unit that is still camping must be the enemy's vanguard, and it is not many in number. I plan to personally lead the elite troops to raid the enemy camp, win a small victory, and give a boost." Boost morale.”

After saying that, he began to assemble his troops and selected about four to five hundred cavalry from his garrison companions to follow him out of the city. After leaving the city, he divided the cavalry he brought out into several groups and asked them to raid the enemy camp from different directions.

By the time the sentries arranged by Abdul discovered Ahmed Burke and his companions, he had no time to organize a leisurely counterattack. Fortunately, all the forward troops were on alert, and the sentries reminded them in time, and everyone gathered at various locations according to the organization. Near the tent, prepare to meet the enemy troops that are about to rush in.

"As I expected!" Ahmed Burke saw that there were no trenches, fences, or walls around the Safavid camp, and the archers on the periphery only relied on tents and bonfires to shoot outwards.

He first used his saber to slash at the sentry on the side and in front, knocking him down, and then rushed into the camp without stopping, trampling on the tent. Several archers quickly retreated and gathered with their comrades.

More and more Guregani cavalry broke into the camp to contact the Safavid army, and the entire temporary camp was in chaos. Fortunately, Ahmed Bek failed to penetrate the entire battlefield in one attack.

"All the soldiers, as well as you captains of ten and fifty, all mount their horses and obey my command." Abdul quickly ordered the troops around him who had not fallen into chaos to mount their horses and prepare to put out the fire.

At this time, he had seen many Guregani cavalry rushing left and right in the camp. He planned to lead the cavalry team to exit the camp first and launch an attack inward on the flatter periphery.

The short bugle sound mixed in with the shouts of killing and the clash of gold and iron did not attract too much attention. The red-headed cavalry immediately expelled and killed many lone Guregani cavalry. Abdul He successfully led his troops out of the camp.

However, it became difficult to search for the enemy at this time. All the companions brought by Ahmed Bek were scattered, but the red heads gathered together, floating like a group of ants on the water composed of tents and Gulegheni cavalry. .

There was no military flag to refer to, so Abdul simply led his army to attack the group of Guregani cavalry that seemed to be the largest. The crowd first fired at them with bows and arrows, and then used lances and swords to engage the enemy.

On the whole, the Safavid army led by Abdul has more elite companions than Ahmed Bek. Judging from the current local battlefield, the Safavid army still has a numerical advantage.

Ahmed Burke did not expect that the enemy troops who were attacked could organize a counterattack, and the tip of the lance was pointed at him.

"Call the brothers to come over and kill this group of desperate enemies!" Ahmed Burke was extremely angry when his planned action was interrupted. He also saw that the opponent had an obvious numerical advantage and planned to kill him. "The enemy's last hope".

Seeing that the Guregani army took the initiative to return to fight, the red heads were even more eager to do so, so that they would not have to think about how to kill all the enemies.

The better-prepared red heads finally won the first round of the fight. Only a small number of the companions around Ahmed Burke fell off their horses due to arrows and lances. This surprised him and made him even more determined. The idea of ​​defeating the enemy in person.

Several groups of companions gathered around him in obedience, and the cavalry who joined his team supplemented the loss just now, and there were still more people.

"A rabble is a rabble, and more will be just a rabble!" Seeing that his side had achieved fruitful results, Abdul concluded that the enemy's army was nothing more than that, so he shouted loudly to his side to strengthen his morale.

"Huda has given us victory!"

"Kill all these intruders!"

Amid the shouts of killing, the two groups of men and horses collided together again, and this time it turned into a brutal close combat. The two sides fought with swords, daggers, and stones with bloody courage, fighting from horseback to Under the horse, and then from standing to lying down, both sides exhausted their courage and wisdom in the melee.

Dozens of corpses wearing armor were lying in a mess. The ground was soaked in blood, and the remains of limbs covered the battlefield. The felts or furs worn by the living were also stained with blood and stained red.

It’s just that time is not on Ahmed Burke’s side. The longer he and Abdul struggle, the more red heads recover from the raid. When he looks around again, he finds that he seems to be surrounded by the enemy. The army surrounded him.

Seeing that the attention of the people around him was not on him, he whipped the horse hard with a whip and rushed straight out of the camp.

No matter what losses it brought to the Safavid army today, it was a dark day for Ahmed Bek. Almost all the troops leaving the city were lost, and they were accompanied by him and Hus Lao.

If Hus Lao knew that he had done such a foolish thing...

Once the army was defeated, Huslao's past brutal behavior replaced Huslao's desire to win over his tribe in his mind.

While he was thinking, he defended himself against the interceptor's attack, but was defeated by the gradually increasing number of pursuers. He tried with all his strength to escape, but his horse was hit several times, and the injured horse threw its rider off.

Burke's luxurious clothes and armor revealed his identity as a commander and saved his life. When his right hand was cut off, he lost his last ability to resist and could only be dragged away by the red head.

When Ahmed Bek was dragged back to the camp, the battle was over. The Guregani cavalry who came to raid had all been driven away, killed, and captured. Abdul counted more than three corpses and prisoners. Hundreds, hundreds of horses captured, hundreds of ordnance.

As a result of the surprise attack, the Safavid Army suffered a lot of losses despite its rapid response, with only slightly fewer casualties than the Guligani Army.

Ahmed Burke was then dragged to Abdul: "General, these are enemy troops trying to escape from the battlefield. It seems that their status is not low."

Abdul knew that Ahmed Burke's status was not low when he saw his clothes: "You should be a Burke, why did you abandon your troops and try to escape instead of staying and dying together, Hu I despise this kind of behavior."

Ahmed Bek remained silent, and Abdul quickly lost interest in him and simply asked his soldiers to continue interrogating him.