call out!
Wherever a sharp arrow went, a Guanzhu that scurried through the grass was immediately shot in the head.
"Good archery!"
Amidst a burst of applause, the two mercenaries rushed over, stretched their legs and kicked the beast, turned around and smiled and said, "It's dead! You can have a good meal tonight!"
The archer was the head of the Russell mercenary group, the middle-aged warrior named Russell. He put down the bow in his hand and looked quite proud amid the cheers nearby, but pretended to be reserved and smiled: "It's just spring, and these beasts are not fat enough. If it's autumn, these beasts are all thick and fat. When they are roasted with fire, they are full of oil and water. That's enough."
Xia Ya smiled. He hadn't spoken yet, but a group of majestic men around him had a somewhat dissatisfied look on their faces. The leader of them was Hawke, the leader of the Flame Rhino Mercenary Group. Hawke refused to see Russell alone. Taking the limelight, he laughed loudly and shouted: "Captain Russell, your archery skills are really good, but this beast is not enough for so many people, let's see if I will add something to everyone!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and drank, and a few trusted mercenaries immediately followed him and rushed out into the woods. Xia Ya's heart moved, and he followed him. Hawke looked back, Seeing Xiaya following, he smiled and said, "Your hand is itchy too?"
Xia Ya laughed: "You don't know, before I joined the army, I was a hunter on the Wildfire Plain. I like this hunting thing the most."
A few people ran for a while in the woods, and suddenly Xiaya raised his hand: "Stop!"
Xia Ya shrugged his nose immediately, smelled a strange smell in the air, and said with a smile, "Ha! There's a big guy."
Several people got off their horses one after another and searched around for a while, Xiaya had a sensitive nose, and soon found the source of the smell, and found a stinky trace beside a bunch of bushes, Xiaya smiled: "This is a Big guy, these beasts like to use the smell of urine to divide their territory, we may break into its territory, be careful."
Hawke was refreshed, and with a wave of his hand, several of the warriors under his command took off the hatchet axe hanging on their backs.
A few people searched along the bushes, and after a while, they suddenly heard the roar of "Ao", and a big lynx with colorful fur jumped out of the bushes. , This beast didn't dare to hurt anyone, so he turned around and fled into the woods. Hawke laughed, and suddenly whistled. The whistle was sharp. Before Xiaya could recover, he saw those flaming rhino mercenaries. With a shout, several people stood together and waved their arms at the same time, and several hatchets were thrown out!
The lynx was still fleeing in the bushes, and suddenly several short axes flew over and chopped down on its body. The beast wailed and fell to the ground.
Hawk cheered and ran over with a gallop. He was so strong that he lifted the lynx by himself and laughed: "Okay! This guy has enough weight!"
Xia Ya's heart moved, but he glanced at the flaming rhino mercenaries next to him: These guys threw the axe just now, and the movements were uniform, obviously a well-practiced tactic! If you can gather more than a hundred people and form an array, these men obviously have thick arms and full of strength. Hundreds of axes are thrown out, how powerful is it
With a smile on Xia Ya's face, she couldn't help but feel more and more tempted.
That night, the brigade camped in this forest. A big lynx and a pig weighed one or two hundred kilograms. These mercenaries are veterans who are used to playing in the wild. There were many people, and everyone was given a large piece of fragrant barbecue. Xiaya asked people to take out several large barrels of ale that he had brought in Wildfire Town before they set off and distribute them. Immediately, these mercenaries were overjoyed. None of these mercenaries who risked their lives all day long did not like drinking, and all of them were heroes of wine. , A few large barrels of ale were divided, which immediately attracted a burst of cheers.
Xia Ya, Hawke and that Russell were sitting together. These two guys were all targets of Xia Ya's intention to recruit. In contrast, he liked the burly Hawk more in his heart. This Hawke was not very old. Sheng's appearance is mighty, his temperament is also forthright and stubborn, and he has the most temperament towards Xia Ya. In contrast, that Russell is older, more sophisticated, refined, and reserved in words and deeds.
It's been three days since we came out this way, the team is traveling on the road, and it's hard to get up to speed. Xia Ya deliberately made friends with these mercenaries along the way. He was originally a mountain hunter. Living with these mercenaries, Hawk Russell saw that the officer had no pretence, and he felt a bit close to him in his heart. During the conversation, Xia probably set the other party's direct line.
The Fire Rhino mercenary group led by Hawke was originally a first-class large mercenary group in Wildfire Town. It was famous and had a good reputation. It was just the year before that, Hawke's father was the original head of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group. In a hiring mission, a business group protecting a human passed through the Blue Basin, the territory of the dwarves, and was besieged by the dwarves for some reason. Hawke's father died in battle to protect the guests, and the remaining subordinates escaped desperately.
In that battle, the elites of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group were killed and injured a lot, and their momentum was not as good as before. Fortunately, Hawke himself is extraordinary in martial arts, and has a straightforward nature. He is also very popular in the mercenary group. After his father died, he carried the banner. He was sturdy and upright by nature. , Under his actions, the momentum of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group gradually recovered a lot. Several big business groups are willing to hire a reputable mercenary group like Hawke as their guards.
And that Russell is an old man in the industry. He debuted at the age of eighteen and worked as a mercenary for more than 20 years. The Russell mercenary group was formed by himself ten years ago with a group of old brothers. Cautious, his own martial skills are also quite accomplished. Over the years, relying on his prudence, he has expanded the scale of the Russell mercenary group to the current situation. In Wildfire Town, it can be regarded as the top five large groups.
Hawke is like a fire, while Russell is mature and stable. The temperaments of these two leaders are different, and even the behavior of the two mercenary groups under them is also very different.
During the daytime, dozens of carts formed a long line in front and back. The grains loaded on the carts were so packed that they were covered with tarpaulins. The two mercenary groups were responsible for the escort and dispatched. Hawke's people guarded the periphery, while Russell's people guarded the convoy.
Along the way, the warriors of the Fire Rhino Mercenary Corps, whose nature is like fire, also behaved in the same style as their leaders. The young and sturdy men rode on their horses and could not stop for a moment. Horseback riding around the convoy and galloping back and forth, the men on the horse are all vigorous and whistles from time to time.
The members of the Russell mercenary group were closely guarding the left and right of the convoy. Most of them didn't say a word, but they were wearing neat weapons and armor.
After leaving Yehuo Town, I walked all the way for three days, but I didn’t encounter any right or wrong. Although there are many monsters in Wildfire, most of the powerful monsters have spirituality. With such a large group of people passing by, those single monsters are far Run away from far away. As for the black tribes of the thieves and horse thieves on the Wildfire Plain, it is also a black tribe that I have not seen. I want to come to the two mercenary groups to jointly protect the goods, and those ordinary thieves and black tribes have already heard the news and dare not make it. time.
It's just that the journey was peaceful, Russell and the others seemed to be very satisfied, but Hawke was a little bored, so he couldn't help complaining that this trip was so boring, the brothers were so bored that their hands and feet were itchy. , I wish there were a few thieves to let everyone relieve their boredom.
After hearing this, Russell just smiled slightly, and then pondered for a while before persuading sternly: "Hawk, we are mercenaries, licking blood on the edge of the blade, and earning hard money with our lives is our duty, but after all, brothers' Your life is also yours. If you can’t work hard, it’s better not to work hard. In my heart, I still hope that the journey will be safe and sound. Taking risks is our duty. If there is danger, you can fight with your life, but you must also take into account the safety of your brothers. You are still too impatient, and when you are a regiment leader, you can’t just be aggressive and ruthless.”
Hawke listened to it. Although he agreed on the surface, he felt a little disapproval in his heart. He only thought that the head of Russell was probably old, and his anger and courage had been worn out.
Xiaya was listening, and his heart suddenly moved. He immediately made a decision: starting tomorrow, Russell's people and Hawke's people will switch tasks. Russell's people are responsible for guarding and searching the periphery, and Hawke's people stay behind and follow the brigade.
Xia Ya's intention is very clear. Although Hawke's people are full of energy, they are far inferior to Russell in terms of finesse. This peripheral alert thing is like a scout in the army. .
Xia Ya didn't expect that his temporary decision was actually right!
On the fourth day, the calm along the way was broken!
It was a rare sunny day. Although this season would not be hot, such a sunny day also made people feel refreshed. , walking on the wilderness, from a distance, the surrounding terrain is open, only occasionally there are hills and small patches of sparse woods in the distance.
Hawke's people were bound to follow the guard of the brigade, and the impatient young men were a little unhappy. Even Hawke couldn't help but ran from the front of the team to the end several times, and then from the end to the end. In front, it seems that he was born to be a restless guy.
Just at noon, in front of the road, Russell ran back with a few mercenary Pegasus. From a distance, Russell was full of sweat, rushed into the team in one breath, and came to Xia Ya's side. Xia Ya saw that Russell's face was different, his heart moved, and he vaguely knew that something might have happened.
Sure enough, Russell got close to Xia Ya, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Sir, I'm afraid something is wrong."
"What's wrong?" Xia Ya frowned.
Russell took a breath and said in a low voice, "Sir, keep your voice softer, things haven't been clarified yet, don't startle the team."
After speaking, Russell and Xia rode their horses to the side of the road, and Russell said in a low voice with a serious face: "My people were divided into several teams, and went around to a forest on the left, and a hill in front of them to have a look. There is something wrong. In the forest on the left, there are obviously traces of a lot of horse teams stationed there. The other party is also a veteran and has dealt with the traces, but my people are meticulous, and I can still see some traces. It's not neat, obviously a large team of horses passed by, and the turf was gnawed by horses!"
Xia frowned.
Russell continued: "There is also the mountain in front, my people copied it up and searched, and also saw the traces of the turf being passed, and the traces of the turf are all new marks, it should be the last two days that the brigade has been stationed. Yes. I estimated that the number of the other party is at least around five hundred."
After he finished speaking, he pulled out the dagger from his boots and whispered: "I checked some by myself, dug a few holes in the ground, and I found something, some buried food, beast bones, and feces! Obviously the other party is deliberately hiding their traces. I think, these guys are probably following us all the way for two days!"
Having said that, Russell glanced at Hawke next to him. Hawke's face flushed immediately. For the first two days, his people were responsible for vigilance and search for the periphery, but they didn't find the slightest, so even his people were dereliction of duty.
Xia Ya nodded, sank slightly, and shouted loudly: "Sharba!!"
Sharba was originally behind the team, and when he heard Xi Ya shouting, he immediately ran over on his horse, Xi Ya's eyes flashed, and he whispered: "We are in trouble, maybe someone is eyeing us, you bring a few people, Run back down the road! Watch the movement!"
Shaerba was not afraid at all, grinning: "What kind of birdman is so daring and dares to make up our minds."
Xia Ya knew that this guy was brave, and said sternly: "Don't be careless! We are not in the army now!"
Sharba looks a little more cautious now - if he is with a flag regiment, no, even if it is just a battalion of Rodriguez, even if he walks sideways on the wildfire, no one dares to provoke him, but now there are only a hundred people around. There are many mercenary warriors. Although these mercenary warriors have good personal martial skills, in the eyes of the old cavalry from the elite troops such as Sharba, they are a group of rabble. Squad, two charges can directly defeat these people.
"Search back, don't run too far, if you encounter an enemy, don't be reckless, come back immediately, pay attention to safety!"
Although Sharba is brave, he is very convinced of Xiaya. After all, Xiaya has a life-saving kindness to him. After firmly remembering it, he asked Russell for a few people, and went back to search on horseback.
As soon as they heard that their group might be targeted, Russell and Hawke looked very serious, but Xiaya looked calm. After all, he had been in the army and had seen the war of tens of thousands of large corps. With two hundred miscellaneous cavalry, he dares to rush to the siege army of Hastings, do you still care about the thieves on the wildfire
He didn't even order the team to speed up, but instead told Russell to order the team to move slowly, and then found the members of the Galens Merchant Group accompanying the team. The people of the Gallens business group have been walking in the wildfire field for many years. Xi Ya asked them for a map, looked at it for a while, and then raised his head and smiled: "It seems that we are right, we are being watched."
After speaking, he threw the map on the ground and tapped it with a dagger: "Look, the road ahead is exactly two forests, with a narrow terrain in between, if you want to ambush us, there is the best place. ."
Hawke and Russell looked at them and nodded, but Xiaya smiled immediately: "These guys are also cunning. Although we have seen through their tactics, we have to go this way."
What Xia Ya said makes sense. Russell and Hawke didn't look strange when they heard it.
You know, what is the biggest difficulty in traveling on the vast wilderness
Not food, but water!
It is not difficult to carry some food, but it is difficult to carry a large amount of water. Even if some water is prepared in the convoy, but there are hundreds of people, people want to drink and horses want to drink, even if some water is prepared, it is not enough for so many people and horses.
Therefore, caravans have always walked on the wildfire plains, usually with several fixed routes, walking along several well-known water sources, they must accommodate the distribution locations of the water sources, and sometimes even take detours. .
"We must go forward and rush to the next water source to replenish the water. Otherwise, even if people can persevere, the horses can't persevere. The horses are dead. We can't carry these carts by ourselves." Xia Ya smiled: "So, this road is the only way for us, we can't go around it, it will take two more days to go around, and if there is no water for two days, our horse team can't move. Now, once we can't walk, these guys who are staring at us will take the opportunity to attack us. Most of them are a group of horse thieves, they come and go fast, if they come to raid, we can only resist, maybe they will be scattered by them already."
Russell and Hawke both looked awe-inspiring when they heard it.
If it is a real sword and real gun, both of them are old mercenaries who have experienced adventures, so naturally they are not afraid, but... lack of water, but not courage can make up for it! Both of them have rich experience of survival in the wild. They know that once the team runs out of water, the people and horses will be thirsty, and even your elite team will be helpless. On the huge wasteland, if there is no water source, then you can only be trapped to death by the opponent.
"Break through!" This was Hawke's suggestion, the stubborn young man gritted his teeth.
Russell pondered for a while, frowned and said, "Or let's walk east, avoid them, find a water source to replenish on-site, and then see the situation." This is a prudent way of doing.
Xia Ya smiled and looked at the two of them. His eyes flickered, and there was a hint of brilliance in his eyes. At this moment, a trace of killing flashed in Xia Ya's eyes. After all, he had experienced war. People, thousands of troops and horses rushed out of the killing, and once they really showed their strengths at this moment, Hawke and Russell both froze in their hearts!
"No need." Xia Ya sneered, his smile at the moment had a bit of a sense of sternness. At this time, Xia Ya seemed to have really recovered a bit of the way he had when he led the army to fight Hastings on the Wildfire Plain. Courage to come.
"Let's move forward and walk slowly." Xia Ya said coldly, "Don't rush, just walk slowly at the current speed, and then wait for them to attack!"
"Isn't this just sitting still?" Hawke took a breath!
Russell glanced at Xia Ya more and said solemnly, "Hawk, don't worry! Your lord must have other ideas."
Xia Ya snorted: "Of course there is an idea, huh... It would be too difficult to dash through the ambush site."
When he said this, Hawke and Russell were a little unconvinced. After all, if they encountered hundreds of horse thieves in the wilderness, it would be difficult to rush past them at the speed of everyone walking. After all, carriages can't run fast. Moreover, their own side is at a disadvantage in terms of numbers—they still don’t know the depth of Xi Ya’s personal abilities, let alone the young man in front of him who was famous in the last war. He fought with Hastings and became famous in one battle. Char's Thunder!
"My idea is to teach these guys who dare to attack Lao Tzu's ideas severely." Xia slammed a punch on the map.
Both of them took a deep breath. Only the few Lantis warriors standing beside them had received orders from the chamber of commerce before they set off. All they had to do was follow the instructions of Mr. Xia. Indifferent, anyway, what Xiaya said, they did it well.
"It's too difficult." Russell shook his head: "We are at a disadvantage. We are lucky to be able to rush through safely. If we want to..."
"We divide our troops." Xia Ya sneered.
As soon as these words came out, Hawke and Russell were shocked!
"Russell." Xia Ya looked at the middle-aged man: "You are the most cautious and careful in your work. You take all your people and immediately leave the team and go west to find a water source to get water! There is a water source for about a day's journey to the west. Your men walk fast, I'll give you two days! Give you some leather bags and horses in the convoy. You have fifty men, each with two horses! It's enough for you to keep your speed! Your task is to bring the water Take it back."
Xia Ya smiled: "Our number was originally small, and those horse thieves never expected that we would dare to divide our troops! So even if they will be vigilant around, they are at most some scattered roaming squads, and they will definitely not be able to stop you."
Russell listened, his face moved: "Sir, as soon as we leave, there will be only Hawke's people in the team. The number is too small. The other party will attack, you... block... "
"I can't stop it." Xia Ya smiled proudly and looked very disdainful: "It's just a group of bandits and horse thieves, hum..."
Hawke took a deep look at Xia Ya and gritted his teeth: "Xia Ya, are you sure!"
Although he was brave, he was not a fool after all. After Russell's people left, there were only a few dozen people left in the team who could fight. With dozens of people and no horses, it is really difficult to resist the attack of hundreds of horse thieves in this wilderness.
Xia snorted and smiled: "Horse thief? Joke! Lao Tzu came from the Rodriguez Cavalry Regiment! Play cavalry with Lao Tzu? Lao Tzu killed them!"
Russell looked gloomy and uncertain, and finally gritted his teeth: "Okay! You are a customer. Since you have made up your mind, we will do it! But..."
He hesitated for a moment, stared at Xia Ya and said slowly: "If you can't do it, you can run westward, and my people will pick you up."
"No." Xia Ya shook his head: "Just remember, come back with water in two days, otherwise, even if we defeat the horse thief, we will die of thirst without water."
After finishing speaking, Xiaya glanced at Russell, and suddenly smiled: "When you came back, we just happened to cooperate inside and outside, and give those guys a taste of suffering."
Russell also showed a bit of decisiveness at the moment, stood up immediately, and quickly gathered his men. Xia Ya was also unequivocal, and immediately let the horses come out. Russell's 50 people ensured that one person and two horses, and the team will be replaced. Most of the water was given to Russell's men, and the convoy was left with barely enough water for two days.
Russell didn't talk nonsense anymore. He took people directly, got off the horse and left the group, all the way to the west.
Seeing that Russell was gone, Hawke also looked gloomy and went to gather his men to prepare for the battle, but then the Lantis people who had been by the side came up, and the leader of the Galens Chamber of Commerce in the accompanying team, who was leading this time, whispered. : "Lord Char... That Russell, will he take the opportunity to run away?"
When Xia Ya heard this, he glanced at the man and said lightly, "If he runs away, then he is also looking for his own death. If I go back in the future, I will naturally find bad luck with him. But I think this guy is very smart, so he shouldn't do this. of."
Xia Ya's words are very confident. After all, his personal strength is placed there, and there are only horse thieves. If Xi Ya hadn't taken care of such a large convoy, if he just broke in alone - how could these rabble horse thieves stop him?
The Landisian smiled: "We're not worried at all. Lord Xia is not even afraid of Hastings, let alone the little horse thief."
After a while, Shaerba, who had returned to the original road to search, brought people back. Shaerba went with a group of six riders, but when he came back, there were only three people left. In addition to Shaerba, the other two servants came back. The soldiers were all wounded, and an arrow was hit in one of the shoulders. Half of the arrow shank was stuck in the shoulder. When he ran back, he just jumped off the horse and fell down.
Xia Ya frowned, seeing that Sharba was safe and sound, even though the armor on his body was obviously stained with blood, he went up and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Sharba shook his head, took a breath after dismounting, but sneered: "Hmph, our back road was cut off, damn, it's not too far for me to take people out, the forest we passed through this morning is already We were taken, and before we even got close to the forest, the other party's horse team came out. We almost surrounded us. We lost two people before we killed them, but we didn't let the other party take advantage, and I cut four a brain…”
After finishing speaking, Sharba snorted and said disdainfully: "These guys are chattering, rabble, and they are far worse than the reindeer cavalry of the Odins. If it is our Rodriguez regiment, give me a squad, I can get those guys out."
After a pause, Sharba lowered his voice before frowning: "Xia Ya, these mercenaries are not bad in infantry fighting skills, but Ma Zhan's skills are too weak, the two guys who lost only met face to face, so I was stabbed by the other party. If you want to rely on these people to overwhelm the other party, I see it hard!"
Xiaya smiled and said nothing, and then asked Sharba carefully.
After all, Sharba is an old cavalryman in the army with rich experience. An old cavalryman like him, who had been a scout in his early years, knew that he needed to pay attention to those details, and quickly shared the information he had observed.
There are at least 300 people who cut off the back road, all of them are horse thieves, and according to Sharba's evaluation, these horse thieves are all good horsemen. If horses fight, then these mercenaries are definitely not opponents. After all, in a cavalry-horse battle, the test is not about personal martial arts, but the sophistication of equestrianism.
Moreover, Sharba also said that there are at least three groups of horse thieves who cut off the back road, under different banners.
Hawke's eyes widened when he heard the news: "Damn it! It seems that we are being stared at by a group of hungry wolves!"
Although there are many black gangs in the Wildfire Plain, but generally speaking, the scale of these gangs and horse gangs is not large. A few hundred people, in addition to the old and the weak, women and children, can have dozens of soldiers, even if it is not bad. There were actually three flags behind it, apparently three different horse thieves groups were united together.
"It's a big hand. There are only three groups of people who broke our back, so this time I'm afraid that there are not a few guys who will join forces to make our ideas." Xia Ya sneered, and suddenly glanced at Hawke: "You What do you think?"
Hawke's expression changed, he thought about it for a while, and suddenly his heart moved, and he yelled: "Damn! Those bastards from the Cossacks!! Those guys were originally horse thieves, this time you didn't hire them, they just came and wanted to eat them. We are here! There are a lot of people in our team. Those Cossacks must have contacted several black gang tribes on the Wildfire Plain. This time we are only facing a group of hungry wolves who have united!"
Xia Ya nodded: "There are 300 people who have broken the way, so I am afraid that the number of people waiting for us is at least about 500. Ha! So many people have been dispatched, do you think Lao Tzu is a fat sheep?"
Shaya said it well.
He sprinkled gold coins in Wildfire Town, and offered 300 gold coins to hire mercenary guards. According to the practice of business groups, he could see the price of 300 gold coins to hire guards. Generally speaking, the value of the goods he carried was worth 300 gold coins. At least dozens of times more! Otherwise, wouldn't the business be at a loss
It's just that those guys didn't expect that Xiaya didn't carry any precious goods. These dozens of trucks were just ordinary food, and they were not worth much. However, these horse thieves did not expect that someone would do such a loss-making business. Although Xia Ya was shopping for food in Wildfire Town, the horse thieves got the news and thought it was the other party's suspicion, maybe they were stealing some precious treasure. in the fleet.
Carrying heavy treasures and using ordinary goods to hide people's eyes and ears are also common tricks in the business industry. Those horse thieves only thought that Xia Ya was the same. This time such a big fat sheep crossed the border, and the Cossack regiment was the liaison. The seven or eight powerful horse thieves nearby all united!
These seven or eight horse thieves have a population of nearly ten thousand! If they came out in full force, they would be able to gather thousands of cavalry!
And the other party's idea is very clear. If such a big fat sheep can eat Xiaya, it is guessed that the goods carried by Xiaya are worth at least thousands or even tens of thousands of gold coins. , enough to be worth the harvest of these seven or eight horse thieves for two years!
After hearing Sharba's report, Hawke and the others were brave, but when they heard the number of the other party, they all changed their color.
After all, there are only dozens of people on my side, and I have to resist hundreds of thousands of horse thieves...
"What are you afraid of?" Xia sneered: "The team continues to move forward. These guys will not attack us for the time being. They will wait until we reach the ambush location. Don't speed up, we will walk slowly."
Hawke was a little puzzled, and he asked Xia Ya for advice with his anxiety in his heart. Xia Ya had a good impression of this young and strong man, and then explained: "Our group of people is walking, and the carriage team is walking slowly. Running around, I am afraid that after the team is in chaos, the opponent will take the opportunity to attack. When hundreds of horse thieves rush forward, we will not be able to resist. It is better to walk slowly, the opponent will not attack for the time being, just wait for us to enter them the location of the ambush. It's called driving the sheep into the wolf's den."
After a pause, the turtle grinned with a grin on his face: "It's just that these wolves couldn't imagine that what they drove into the den was not a fat sheep, but a fierce tiger."
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Under Xia Ya's order, the team moved more slowly, and the team maintained a strict queue, one car over one car, walking extremely compactly.
The horse thieves who broke off at the back became more and more unscrupulous, and faintly chased after the horses from behind. Anyway, they had already met Sharba. The horse thieves knew that they had revealed their tracks, so they simply did not hide their whereabouts. Hundreds of horses fled far away. In the back, like an escort all the way, standing in the convoy and looking back, you can see a dense shadow on the horizon in the distance on the wilderness.
The horse thief was very patient, and just drove behind them, waiting for the caravan to enter the ambush site—they were not in a hurry to attack, since it was the site of the ambush, and there were accomplices waiting.
Second, they are not worried about the fat sheep running away.
There are dozens of carts in the vast wild fire field, and the speed is slow. Where can there be horse thieves coming and going as fast as the wind
Finally, in the afternoon, there were two long woods in the distance, and the terrain on both sides gradually increased. The woods covered the slopes, and the carriage team was obviously unable to walk. There was only a middle of the two slopes. The flat terrain with a width of 100 meters can pass.
Coming here, Xiaya suddenly ordered: All stop!
Then he calmly ordered dozens of carts to surround them, forming a circle on the spot!
Fifty carts formed a circle, and the tall carriages and carriages were connected together. It was like a circular city defense, protecting the convoy of more than 200 people in the middle.
The horse thief in the back seemed a little surprised.
Seeing that this fat sheep has been driven to the door of the wolf's den, suddenly a turtle array is placed in the wilderness? !
"Distribute weapons!" Before the horse thieves could react, Xia Ya immediately called everyone over. The accompanying motorcade, the coachman and the groom were all from the Gallens Merchant Group. It appears to be very disciplined, there is no chaos, but it is quite calm, and these motorcades who have been walking in the wild for many years, the driver and groom are used to seeing this kind of scene, although many people are panicked, but they are generally calm.
Xiaya directly instructed the Fire Rhinos and the Lantis warriors to allocate some weapons to these coachmen and grooms, and pick out dozens of strong and simple ones to arm them, so that everyone can at least have a sword in their hands. ,that's enough.
The Lantis people are excellent shooters, and they are simply used as archers by Char. Thirty Landis warriors gave up their melee weapons, leaving only bows and arrows. Armed inside. The samurai of the Fire Rhino Regiment took fifty armed coachmen and grooms to the inside of the line of defense formed by the carriages of the carriage.
Xia Ya did not block the circular line of defense, but deliberately left a small gap. The gap was not big, only three or four meters wide. For such a narrow passage, as long as there is a person like Xia Ya The fierce generals stopped there, even if the opponent had hundreds of people, it would be difficult for them to rush in.
After Xiaya's formation, the people below were a little dazed. Even Hawke doesn't understand Char's intentions!
What's the use of this tortoise array in this wilderness
Although this circular defensive formation is the most suitable for resisting the charge of horse thieves... But my side is already short of water, and those horse thieves are not stupid. Wouldn't it be bad if they waited outside without attacking and consumed us alive
"No." Xia Ya looked calm and his eyes calmed down. At this moment, he naturally exuded a calm killing smell, glanced at Hawke, and sneered: "Those horse thieves will take the initiative to attack us if they move. , we can't afford it, and they can't afford it either!"
"why?"
Xia Ya smiled: "There are so many horse thieves, people eat horse chews, even if they can carry a few water bags each... Hmph, but food can never be carried with them, right? The other party said that there are hundreds of people who eat horse chews. Yes, they can't carry much food! I have been a cavalry! Even if the elite cavalry in the army runs a long-distance attack, they can only guarantee the combat effectiveness for three days! No matter how long the time is, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry cannot be guaranteed! Although the food is small, the horses eat a lot! A horse needs at least 20 kilograms of forage a day. If you don't bring food, you just let the horse eat weeds... Hmph, at most two days, the horse will not have the strength to run! Horses They need to carry a lot of feed! If it takes a day, they will run out of food first! I don’t believe that these horse thieves came out to rob, and each of them carried dozens of catties of food with them?”
Xia pointed to his convoy: "We have enough food! Humph, dozens of carloads of food can consume more than them! So, they will definitely attack first!"
Sure enough, as soon as Xia Ya's voice fell, the ambush thief lurking in the forest in front of him couldn't bear his temper.
After whistling for a while, a large number of horse thieves rushed out from the woods on both sides. These horse thieves made a commotion, and a swarm of bees emerged from the woods on both sides.
Seeing the groups of horses running out of the woods, although they were chaotic, from a distance, the number of leaders was beyond the expectations of Xia Ya and others.
Even Sharba, standing on the carriage overlooking the distance, couldn't help but scolded: "Fuck! So many! I'm afraid there will be seven or eight hundred riders!"
With the ambush at the front and the ones at the back, the total number of these horse thieves has exceeded one thousand!
Although these horse thieves look messy, obviously they have different flags, and they are only afraid of playing a dozen different flags, which obviously belong to more than ten different hills.
Moreover, the mounts of these horse thieves, although they are called "horse thieves", are after all far inferior to the cavalry in the army. There are only a few elite horse thieves, and they ride on war horses of good quality, but how expensive the war horses are, these horse thieves naturally cannot afford to equip them. Most of the horse thieves can get a horse to ride. The equipment of these guys is also different from each other. Some horse thieves wear the leather armor of the Byzantine Empire, but the styles are also different. Some are the costumes of the standing regiment, and some are the style of the local garrison. What is even more ridiculous is that some horse thieves do not know where they got it. The leather armor of the infantry was also put on the body in a mess.
That's pretty cool. Most horse thieves do not have the financial resources to equip armor. Many horse thieves wrap themselves in thick cotton robes. The cotton robes are soaked in oil, which is quite tough and has a certain defensive ability. Mottled and messy, some use spears, some use long knives, and some use long swords. Most of the horse thieves can get a long spear with a wooden handle.
As for the defense, only a very small number of horse thieves are equipped with shields, and most of them are wooden shields.
And the archers... belong to the technical arms, but I haven't seen a few.
Seeing that the other party didn't have any archers, Xiaya made up his mind for the most part.
The other party saw that Xia Ya's group had set up a car formation. Although this turtle formation had a good defense, it also blocked its own way. The horse thieves were not afraid, so the two groups of people gathered together quickly.
Immediately from a distance, thousands of horse thieves joined together. Although they were still noisy, people shouted horses neighing. Thousands of animals were running back and forth in the wilderness. The people inside suddenly filled the sky with loess trampled by horses' hooves in the wilderness, and for a while, thousands of horse thieves gathered together, and the momentum was amazing!
I saw the loess rolling, a large area of black horse thieves running, and the sound of horse hooves was as dense as summer thunder!
The people in this convoy, even the samurai in the Fire Rhino Mercenary Group, have seen dozens of people and hundreds of people in Ou Dou on weekdays at most, but where have they seen such a scene of thousands of troops? Everyone changed for a while, and even Hawke's face became a little blue.
Xia Ya looked at the people around him, and shook his head in his heart: This is impossible, the opponent is a mob, and the group of people under Lao Tzu are not very elite now, and the opponent's people are more powerful. If this goes on, we will have no morale before we fight.
He made up his mind, suddenly strode over, and split open a long box that was carried in the carriage!
In the box was a set of armor and two horse-warrior weapons. It was the good things I got from the palace arsenal when I was in the imperial capital.
Xiaya picked up an edged hammer, then grabbed the axe and spear and threw it to Sharba, got on his horse, and laughed wildly: "Sergeant Sharba!!"
Shaerba, who was standing on the carriage, suddenly heard Xi Ya shouting in the military's salutation, and immediately straightened his body instinctively and shouted: "Sergeant Shaerba is here!!"
"The enemy is provoking, what should we Rodians do!"
A fierce look appeared on Sharba's face: "Kill!!"
"Okay!" Xia Ya laughed wildly, the laughter suddenly overshadowed the shouting and clamoring from the thousands of horse thieves in the distance. Electric, shouted loudly: "Cavalry obey orders! Put on armor!!"
Sharba shouted loudly, turned over and got out of the cart, quickly ran to the side, and put on the set of hills and mountains armor. Originally, the hills and hills were heavy, even if they were worn by cavalry, they still needed a squire by their side to help. Fortunately, There is also a Duoduo Luo in the team who is accustomed to Xia Yashou's servant. Duoduolu ran out of the team at this moment and helped Sharba put on the set of hills and mountains. Shaerba laughed, got on his horse, and grabbed the He threw the heavy axe and spear, and slammed the chest armor with one hand, and shouted proudly: "Captain! The whole team of the Rodriguez Cavalry Regiment has been integrated!!"
Although there are only two people at the moment, Xia Ya and Sharba have arrogant expressions on their faces, and they drink and answer, but they seem to have the momentum of a thousand troops! It seems that the two people are not here, but the famous Rodriguez Cavalry Brigade!
"Get on the horse! Rush with me!!"
After Xia Ya got on his horse, Sharba had already rode his horse to Xia Ya's side. The two lined up side by side, looked at each other, and smiled proudly.
The following Hawke heard Xi Ya say "rush into the formation", his expression changed suddenly, and he shouted loudly: "Sir! No! The other party has thousands... "
At this moment, Xia Ya ignored Hawke. He kicked the horse's belly, and the horse took two steps forward, and suddenly shouted!
"Rhodia!!!!!"
Sharba in the back was full of excitement, as if his eyes were red, and immediately gathered up all his strength and shouted loudly: "Go forward!!!"
The two rushed out of the gap in the car formation like a whirlwind! Although it is only two people riding, but it has its own violent momentum to move forward!
Especially when the slogan "Rodria Advance!" was shouted out, even the mercenary warriors next to him, although their hearts were shocked, couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement!
Xia Ya and Sharba rushed out of the formation with two cavalry, and they immediately crouched on their horses. The standard cavalry charging posture, the two cavalry rolled out, iron hooves, and the armor was cold in the sun! Although there are only two cavalry, they are closely arranged side by side, maintaining the tight formation of the standard cavalry charge!
The team of thousands of horse thieves in front was like a dark cloud, but the two of them turned a blind eye and slammed head-on towards the queue of thousands of horse thieves! ! !
Hawke in the back was stunned at first, and then seemed to wake up suddenly, as if he had been slashed in the face, jumped up suddenly, flew up to the roof of the carriage, stared at the lonely two riders, but brought them with them. With the momentum of the sky, it slammed into the enemy thousands of horses!
Hawke's face flushed, and even the muscles around his eyes kept shaking, and his whole body was shaking with excitement!
"One ride is a thousand! Damn it! This is the legendary one that is a thousand!! Rodriguez Iron Cavalry!!"
boom! ! !
Seeing that the solitary two horses were directly inserted into the queue of thousands of enemies, the horse thief team like a dark cloud suddenly completely engulfed the figures of Xia Ya and Sharba! The two of them stabbed into the enemy queue like a sharp needle, and immediately disappeared! !
I saw the team of horse thieves in the distance shouting to kill Zhentian. As far as the eye could see, people turned their horses on their backs. The horse thieves in front of him were right at Xia Adam's head, and he was directly broken in by Xia Ya riding alone! Several horse thieves were directly defeated before they met!
Sharba, who was behind, followed behind Xiaya, and the long axe and spear swept across the area, and the flesh and blood flew! !
The blood-colored red waves were quickly covered by the dust in the sky. Xia Ya's two horses were like a pebble thrown into the river.
Hawke saw that his heart was beating wildly like a drum, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be rushing to the top of his head, his face was red and his ears were red, and suddenly there was a sense of shame in his heart! He has always been arrogant and brave, but just now Xia Ya and the two rode into battle, how could he have such courage? !
Seeing that Xia Ya was nowhere to be seen, Hawke was anxious, and suddenly he stretched out a hand beside him and pressed it on his shoulder. Looking back, it was Xia Ya's subordinate named Philip.
"He'll be fine." Philip looked complicated.
After a while, I heard a sudden roar from the horse thieves, and in the distance, I saw a horse thief's flag suddenly collapsed in the chaotic cavalry, and then centering on that place, the horse thief suddenly moved towards The four sides were scattered, and seeing the chaos, the two horsemen suddenly came out from the crowd!
All the way, there are waves of blood churning! !
Xia Ya rode in front of him, his whole body was stained with blood, he was holding the edge hammer in one hand, and a bloody human head in the other hand!
Sharba, who was behind, followed behind him, his hair and beard were covered in blood, and the original bright armor was also full of scarlet!
The two broke out of the horse thief's queue. Seeing that they ran more than ten paces, the horse thief behind them chased after them in a chaotic manner. Xia Ya suddenly shouted, but instead of running back directly, the horse suddenly turned to the side. In one direction, the dozens of horse-riding thieves who were chasing behind turned around to meet them again!
When he saw his edge hammer swept across, three or five horse thieves were immediately swept away from the horse's back, and the broken arms were thrown away. Xia Ya ruthlessly broke into the opponent's array again like a tiger!
This time, the dozens of horse thieves who were chasing suddenly let out a shout, and then the swarms of swarms broke away. Xia unexpectedly rushed into the queue of horse thieves again. This time it was chaos. , the waves of people rolled toward both sides! Seeing that he and Sharba were invincible, they slammed into the horse thief's team, and this time another horse thief's flag quickly fell down, shouting to kill the sky!
After a while, Xia Ya slaughtered from the other side of the horse thief queue. This time, many of his armors were cut off, and some pieces of meat were hung on his body. His whole body was murderous, like a killing god!
The two cavalrymen rushed out of Ma Ze's queue and came back. Although there were many horse thieves this time, no one dared to chase after them!
Xia Ya and Sha'erba flew back, rushed into the car formation, stopped their horses, threw the edge hammer on the ground, wiped the blood on their faces, laughed wildly: "Happy!!", looked back at Sha Elba "How is it!".
Sharba was panting, but his waist was still straight, but he suffered some injuries, the shoulder armor on his shoulders was chopped off, and he was also stabbed in one place in his thigh.
Sharba turned over and dismounted. Although he was injured, he also wiped blood on his face. He raised his brows and laughed wildly: "It's cool! It's just that these guys are too weak! It's not fun!!"
Xia Ya laughed, turned over and got off the horse, took off a bloody head from the saddle, and threw it on the ground!
Hawke stepped forward and saw that the head was none other than the head of the Cossack mercenary regiment! !
"I met it in the formation, and I cut it off!"
Xia Ya smiled proudly, but this time, when his eyes swept over, Hawke trembled. Although he was brave, he seemed to be suppressed by Xia Ya's momentum at the moment, and he didn't dare to look directly at the other party!
At this moment, Xiaya's whole body is stained with blood, and the armor is full of bloody minced meat! This look immediately shocked everyone!
After a while, there was a thunderous cheer!
With such a brave killing god on his side, why are you afraid of a little horse thief? !
Seeing that the queue of the horse thieves in the distance was killed by Xia Ya, they had already become a mess, and it took an hour before they were rectified. Intimidating, but the momentum is obviously not as confident as before.
Seeing that the sun was heading west, seven or eight horses suddenly rushed out from the horse thief team. The leader was a strong man with a fierce face, a bald head, a face full of flesh, a long axe in his hand, and iron armor on his chest. , which is obviously the leader of which horse thief.
The seven or eight cavalry rushed to the front of the car array, and did not dare to approach from a distance. The bald man at the head shouted loudly: "That guy in the daytime, come out and die! You killed my brother, I will take your life!!"
At this moment, Xia Ya was resting under the carriage. His armor was stained with blood but he never took it off. His body smelled of blood. With his appearance, even Hawke, who had been speculating with him these days, was in awe and dared not approach him.
As soon as Xia Ya heard the exchange outside, she raised her head and faced Lu with a smirk, got on her horse and ran out of the carriage to the front.
The bald man on the opposite side was fierce, but when he saw Xia Ya running out and seeing that Xia Ya was covered in blood, he couldn't help but feel a little weak, but then he got angry and shouted: "It's you! Do you dare to fight with Laozi for three hundred ax!"
Xia Ya laughed wildly and didn't say a word. Suddenly, he kicked the horse's belly and rushed forward! The fierce bald man was still shouting, but Xiaya had already rushed in front of him and hurriedly raised his axe to chop! Xia Ya blocked the edge hammer at will! With a bang, he saw the axe let go and fly out. The bald man screamed in pain, and his arm made a rattling sound. Apparently, Xia Ya's strange power had reached him. Not only did he let go of the weapon, he even broke his bones!
Xia Ya rushed in front of him, smashed his bald head down, and smashed his bald head into a pulp. Then he looked coldly at the horse thieves next to him, and suddenly grinned. Qi turned around and ran back, and Xiaya pushed the opponent's entity off the horse!
Xia Ya stood on the horse, and then shouted to the horse thief team opposite: "Who else doesn't want to live!"
He stopped drinking. After all, there are fierce people among the horse thieves. Immediately, a horse thief leader and a few cronies rushed out.
Xia Ya looked indifferent, suddenly riding on the horse, took off the Juxiao bow, and backhanded out an iron-ridged armor-piercing arrow!
With a bang, an arrow shot in the past, and suddenly the red light flashed! The head of the running horse thief was hit by a red light and flew backwards from the horse's back! When the person was in the air, the whole person above the waist and the upper half of the body had burst open, and it was rotten into a mass of minced meat! Half of the corpse fell to the ground!
The rest of the people were horrified, and they turned their horses and ran back!
Xia Ya stood there, holding a long bow, deliberately laughing loudly, and then proudly ran back and forth along the front of the opponent's formation on horseback, and then slowly went back, thousands of horse thieves, no one dared to chase!
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Among the carriages, Hawke stood in the carriage with red eyes and looked at the figure of Xia, who was riding alone. Suddenly, he punched the carriage and muttered fiercely.
"One ride blocks a thousand! It turns out that a fierce general who can block a thousand with one ride really exists... Damn, I call myself a hero, this is the real hero!"
Xia Ya ran back to the car, turned over and dismounted, and suddenly a figure rushed over and knelt in front of Xia Ya with a thud. The sword was drawn, and the sword cut his thumb, and then wiped it on his forehead, leaving a bloodstain!
Many mercenaries next to them looked at it and couldn't help being horrified!
This is clearly the etiquette of the highest-standard delivery on the Wildfire Plain!
If Xiaya is willing to wipe off the blood on the opponent's forehead at this moment, it means that he is willing to accept the opponent's service!
"leader!!"
"Hawk!!"
Many people exclaimed, but Hawke turned his head and glared at them fiercely, and then turned his head. The young man stared at Xia Ya with wide eyes, his eyes flashing, full of urgency and fanaticism.
Xia Ya looked cold, looked down at Hawke, and then showed a majestic smile at the corner of his mouth, then walked over, stretched out his hand, and wiped Hawke's forehead lightly.
Hawke's eyes showed a warm look, as if he was finally relieved.
When he stood up, his expression became a lot more respectful: "Sir, you are so brave, you must not be an ordinary person in the army! Please tell me your true identity, and let me understand which one my Hawke has served. A hero!"
Xi Ya did not speak, and Sharba suddenly laughed loudly: "He! He is Xi Ya Lei Ming! In the last war, he personally killed Prince Odin! He led a thousand remnants of the army to fight against Hastings with tens of thousands of iron cavalry. Yes, it's him!!"