"By agreeing to your terms we will live decades longer but the cause of what we have been fighting for and our names will be alive forever in History." Nabi seriously answered. "We started the war because of the love for our country and that love can never take the place of convenience and death is sweeter for us" he declined. The Soldat allowed them to go back and with that the war went on.
Chapter VII
The war went on for three days and both Nabi and Hajar were seriously injured. They were able to get rid of the bullets that hit them but their strength seemed to have left them. There were only five remaining fighters, the rest either died fighting or seriously wounded and near to death.
One night, they decided to attack. Out of the five men, two remained to cover them while the rest crawled in the dark into the Russian soldiers' line near the horses' stables. The attack was unexpected, they were sure that they outnumber Nabi and Hajar's army. They succeeded in getting the horses and tried to ride as fast as the wind towards the mountains and lose the pursuing soldiers. Near dawn, they felt that their wounds are again bleeding, they could not stop due to fear of being arrested by the soldiers but they became very weak and could not continue riding. They soon found a cave where they were able to transfer the half-dead bodies of Nabi and Hajar with some bread and water. Nabi pleaded them to go and save themselves. It is best for them to scatter so the soldiers could not find their trail and at the same time they may be able to pass the border to their own country, Iran.
The plan could not be put into action till morning. By then the soldiers have caught up with them following their footprints. Shooting started and the people in the cave tried to use every single bullet they have wisely. Their position was right in the middle, straight ahead of the line of fire but being good marksmen, nobody had the guts to get near the cave.
Army reinforcement came and they decided to surround the cave and take it by the top. They planned to conquer the cave through the mountaintop, they may lose some men but for sure they will be able to
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