Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 152 Picking up a Darius (Part )

Less than ten miles away from the Xinxia envoys,
Darius III, who was imprisoned in a prison cart because of the coup, was wearing golden shackles and suddenly raised his voice and shouted, "Water!"

"I want to drink honey water!"

One of his few loyal subjects, Atabazi, immediately asked the rebellious noble Baisu to comply with the order of the King of Kings.

But Baisu didn't want to pay attention to him.

Nabazani, the Persian prime minister who once gained Darius's trust but eventually turned against Baisu, said disdainfully to his former colleague, "He is no longer the king of kings!"

"We are all on the run now, how can we give him some sweet water?"

"Let our noble king satisfy his thirst first, and when we stop to rest, we can draw water from the river for him!"

Atabazi could only curse him bitterly, "You shameful traitor!"

then,

He turned back to Darius and hugged and cried with the fallen monarch across the fence of the prison car.

Not long after,

Suddenly a soldier reported that he found traces of pursuers behind them.

Baisu and others were immediately panicked.

According to Baisu's plan,
He took Darius to the Bactrian province on the eastern border of Persia, and then forced Darius to give up the throne to himself and become the ruler of Persia.

He admitted that
He was the governor of the province of Bactria and had been operating there for many years. He had enough power to stop the Macedonians who had been attacking for a long time.

As long as you stop it,

Although Persia was destined to lose most of its territory,
But he can still be the king of kings and enjoy wealth and glory, right?

But how did the Macedonians arrive so quickly?
I am about to reach my own territory and implement my plan!
In a panic, Baisu ordered Darius to be released from the prison cart, gave him a fast horse, and asked him to rush forward with him to escape the attack.

But Darius refused to come out of the prison cart, and even swung the golden shackles that bound his wrists and hit the servants who tried to pull him out.

He denounced Baisu, “My rule will live and die with my country!”

"You shameless betrayer!"

"Your dream will never come true!"

"asshole!"

Bai Su stamped his feet in anger.

He was in a state of panic and eager to escape. Looking at Darius, who was standing tall in the prison car and cursing at him, he gave a direct order, "I'm going to kill you!"

He took the servant's spear, called Nabazani, and walked towards the prison car together.

They first stabbed the horses pulling the cart to death, causing the prison cart to fall to the ground.

Darius fell to the ground and lay on the ground, still cursing as he faced the approaching spears.

Atabaz tried to stop them but was caught by others.

Baisu even said to him, "Watch carefully how your king dies under my spear!"

finished,

Several spears stabbed Darius.

But by chance, the soldier who was lying on the ground listening to the sound of horse hooves reported again: "The sound of horse hooves is approaching!"

This caused Baisu's spear to accidentally tilt, and the handle of the spear hit the railing of the prison car, dissipating some of its force.

But he still stabbed Darius and made this noble King of kings bleed.

"Quick, run!"

"The Macedonians are chasing us!"

Seeing Darius bleeding, Baisu felt that he would not survive. The soldier kept emphasizing that time was running out, so the frightened Baisu quickly mounted his horse and ran eastward with his accomplices.

Once in Bactria,
everything will get better!
Atabazis and the few remaining soldiers loyal to the monarch stayed where they were, rushed to open the prison cart, and pulled out Darius, whose face was gradually turning pale.

The loyal minister said to the monarch, "Hurry up and get on your horse. We can still escape!"

Darius waved his hand, then put his arm around Atabazi's shoulders and said to him, "There is no need to run away, my fate has been sealed in Ecbatana!"

"I have been on the run for too long. My wife and daughter fell into the hands of the Macedonians because of me and were tortured."

"Now, I just hope that I can fight the enemy and die in the process, so as to live up to my mission as a king!"

With tears in his eyes, Atabazi swore to his monarch again, "We will follow our king to the battlefield."

then,

The king and his minister picked up the spears that Baisu and his men had left behind when they looked back in panic, and stood side by side to meet the approaching enemy.

Just a lot of thoughts in my mind,

When I saw the person coming,
But it was gone. "Why are there only a few people?"

"What's up with these people with black hair and black eyes?"

……

Qin Jin didn't expect that
I was riding my horse along the winding road in the mountains, and I accidentally got behind a team that was heading east.

He looked from afar and found that the other side did not have many people.

There was a dead horse and a prison cart lying on the ground.

So Qin Jin rode forward and wanted to ask about their situation.

"How is this going?"

"what!"

"You are hurt!"

The closer Qin Jin got,

The more the other party treats it as a formidable enemy.

The few soldiers who remained thrust their spears forward to show their vigilance and rejection.

Qin Jin didn't take it as an offense, he just looked at the one who was obviously injured and said.

Unfortunately, these barbarians cannot understand the elegant music of the Xia people.
Still looking at him warily and making intimidating sounds.

But unfortunately, Qin Jin and others couldn't understand what they said.

So in the end, Qin Jin chose the most approachable communication method -

He suddenly took action, taking advantage of his high vantage point on horseback, and swept across with the spear in his hand.

The enemy's soldiers had obviously suffered during their escape. They had unconcealable weakness on their faces and their bodies were very thin.

Therefore, Qin Jin disrupted their formation without much effort.

Some soldiers even lost the strength to hold their spears. They fell to the ground and began to pray for no apparent reason, accepting their fate of death.

The others quickly followed and subdued these people.

Qin Jin stepped forward again and used the same old trick to bully the two elderly people in front of him.

One of them was seriously injured.

therefore,

Another easy win.

Darius held Artabazus' hand, and his heart was not sad.

He thought:
"These people don't look like Macedonians at all."

"My country was destroyed by the Macedonians, and my life cannot end in the hands of the Macedonians."

"Being killed by some strangers is a good thing!"

Then he collapsed to the ground exhausted, closed his eyes and welcomed the end of his life.

As a result, Qin Jin ordered simple treatment for him.

He also said, "I'm afraid these people have strange identities!"

"This bleeding guy is wearing golden shackles. He must be an important person."

"Try to keep him alive. Who knows, we can use his identity to do something."

Darius did not understand him.
He did not continue to observe the actions of these people.

Because he lost too much blood,

Before the bleeding could stop completely, he closed his eyes and fell into coma.

No one can guarantee that he will wake up again.

Atabaz was crying for his monarch nearby.

Qin Jin had the prison cart straightened and replaced with a good horse, then carried Darius, who was suspected to be dying, onto it and began to walk east, intending to pick up these people and reunite with his companions.

Not long after,

Qin Jin followed Si and others and met them.

　﹌○﹌According to records, Darius III was really stabbed by Baisumunang and thrown on the road.

　　Because he was choked, Darius could no longer run. When the pursuers caught up with him, he had already died from excessive bleeding.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)