Golden Turtles (Part 3)
"Golden Turtles (Part 3)" (金龟袋 (其三)) is the nineteenth chapter of the manhua Assassin's Creed: Dynasty written by Xu Xianzhe.
Plot summary
It is a complete rout. A lone soldier of the Tang flees in panic across a gulley of fallen comrades. Having lagged behind the others sprinting ahead, he tears off his armour to pick up his pace, neverminding the hail of arrows falling over their heads. He takes a glance back at the Yeluohe cavalry storming behind them, unleashing the unrelenting flurry of death. Though the Tang troops number in the thousands, it is every man for himself. If they can only reach the safety of Tong Pass, they may just survive to fight another day.
Watching the disaster unfold from above is the commander Gao Xianzhi, now the Great General of the Right of Jinwu. He gives the order for the archers to ready their bows, but his lieutenant, the jiedushi of Anxi Feng Changqing, protests that their men who have not yet reached the gate would fall within their field of fire.