Sibi placere in Sogdianos recedere; Oxum amnem velut murum obiecturum hosti, dum ex  finitimis gentibus valida auxilia concurrerent.
That it was his intention to withdraw into the land of the Sogdiani; he would oppose the Oxus River like a wall to the enemy, until powerful auxiliaries should assemble from the  neighbouring nations;
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