At the battle scene, Shi Hao sent people to do a simple cleanup. He moved the bodies of people and horses to the roadside and lined them up side by side. More than fifty soldiers of the Andur family died, more than twenty family members and servants in the carriage died, and there were more than forty horses that were killed. These corpses were lined up in a row, the longest of which was nearly two hundred meters long, which was very shocking.
He deliberately left the carriages without horses on the road, blocking the road ahead. Shi Hao sat on the top of a carriage, leaning on a saber, and there were seven or eight soldiers around him, using the carriages as cover, ready for battle, looking like they were waiting for something to happen.
They waited for about twenty minutes, and finally waited for the arrival of the second group of escape convoys. This time the scale of the convoy was larger than that of the Andur family, with ten carriages and hundreds of horseback guards around. However, judging from the color and style of the carriages, this convoy was obviously composed of three small convoys. The scouts arranged by the convoy saw the abnormal situation here from a distance. They rode forward to see the situation here, but they didn't expect to run into corpses all over the ground. One of them turned around and ran away in fear, while the other scout was better. He mustered up the courage to move forward and roughly counted the number of corpses on the ground, but the strange way these corpses died still made him feel cold.
"Hey, go over there and tell them something." Leo walked out of the woods next to the corpse. "The road here has been blocked by the Tower of China. You'd better listen to us and follow us to the camp. Hand over your belongings to us for safekeeping and inspection. Otherwise, these people will be your role models."
The scout was frightened by Leo's sudden appearance. He kept a safe distance from Leo and asked, "Sir, are these people from the Andur family who are ahead of us?"
"That's right. They took the initiative to attack our army, and you saw the result. A few steps forward from your position, you can see Viscount Waldo and his wife. Haha, the red one with blood holes all over his body is the Viscount." Leo sneered and said, "What are you afraid of? I won't kill you. Come here and take a good look so that I can give your master a detailed report! Otherwise, they will not be able to see the situation clearly and make the same mistake as the Viscount. Then they will regret it."
The scout approached the Viscount's family, took a closer look, then hurriedly rode back.
The team consisted of a merchant named Favores, a mid-level wizard named Prados, and a noble named Baron Potinas. The brave scout was Baron Potinas's subordinate. When he rushed to the caravan that was parked far away, he caused panic in the whole team.
"Is it too late for us to retreat and take the southern path?" The fat merchant who spoke was Farvres. He carried the most treasures among the three teams. Six of the ten carriages must have belonged to him. Half of them were filled with treasures. Half of the horse-riding guards were also his men.
"That's impossible. These people are cavalry, and they are much faster than our carriages. If we run away, we will only be killed by them on the way." Baron Portinas came from a military background. He was a middle-aged man with a serious expression. He was dressed in armor and looked quite heroic. As a mid-level peak warrior, he was also the strongest in the team. Although he had fewer people than Favres, their quality was much higher. The main combat power of this team came from his guards and veterans brought back from the border. He observed from a distance for a while, but could not see the Chinese hiding in the woods clearly, but from the rangers running on the side of the road, he saw a kind of fierceness. "These cavalry are quite elite. Although they are not veterans, they are well trained. It is unwise to clash with them."
"I think there's nothing wrong with doing what they say." The wizard Prados was a guest of the Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce was prepared to defend Suero with the Marquis, but he was not prepared to join them, so he ran away with his apprentice and family. "I have dealt with the Chinese before, and they are generally reasonable. I don't believe they will confiscate all your property."
Favrez said dissatisfiedly: "You don't have much money, of course you can say that. But my life savings are all here. Everyone knows that these soldiers are leeches transformed into demons. If we retreat a little, they will suck every drop of blood from us. We can't just listen to them like this, we have to fight them!"
Prados sneered, "Fight? What can I fight with? I'm just a mid-level mage. In front of the masters of the Tower of China, I'm nothing. What about you? Fight with your stomach?"
Favres' face flushed red, and he said angrily: "I, I will go and reason with them! Do they want a complete Suero? After offending the merchants, they will only leave Suero as an empty city!"
Prados said, "Wouldn't it be a good idea to get rid of those merchants who are unwilling to stay and cooperate and only want to run away with the money, and support those merchants who stay and support them?"
Baron Portinas said, "Well, there's no point in arguing. Just make a decision quickly. The Chinese don't seem to be prepared to wait any longer. The cavalry are passing on orders, and they may be ready to move."
Favrez said, "Okay! I decided to talk to them myself. Everything in this world is just business. There is nothing that cannot be discussed!"
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As a businessman who traveled far and wide, Favres had seen a lot of things, including being on the battlefield. In the early years, he had been in and out of the battle lines between the Empire and the Kingdom for profit, and provided supplies to the Kingdom's army. At that time, various sporadic battles could be seen frequently, and when the battle was the most intense, there was a chance to see dead bodies almost every day. But when he walked past the row of corpses of the Andur family, he couldn't help but feel panic in his heart, sweat on his head, and he couldn't help but cover his chest. The scene with a sense of ritual in front of him kept shaking his heart.
Just before setting off today, he had chatted with the Andur family and invited them to act together. But at that time, Viscount Waldo thought he was strong enough and did not join their team, insisting on setting off first. Favres still remembered the proud look of the Viscount at that time, but now he was lying there, turned into a pile of rotten meat. He couldn't help but think, if the four families acted together at that time, and Viscount Waldo angered the Chinese and dragged them into the war, what would the outcome be