Russell ran with sweat all over his face, even though it was early spring and the sun was not too hot, but after running for half a day on his horse, he was exhausted and out of breath. More importantly, the fatigue of this body is second, and at this moment Russell's heart is as anxious as a flame!
He led his subordinates out of the brigade and ran out to find water. What was the idea of that lord
With Russell's rich experience, he already faintly felt that this attack was unusual! Dare to attack such a large convoy, and those horse thieves have always been keen on news, and they may have secret eyeliners in Wildfire Town. Knowing that there are two major mercenary groups guarding them, and they dare to do it, then they must be in a lot of trouble now.
After taking people away, can the remaining dozens of people cope with the attack of horse thieves? Where did the grown-up's unreasonable confidence come from
Get water, get water!
damn it! Even if the water is obtained, what is the use of the brigade being defeated by those horse thieves!
For a while, Russell just felt that he must be crazy to believe that "adult" who was too young! Well, I must be crazy! That kid is younger than Hawke, and how much he knows! So blind and arrogant, I'm afraid that they may have been defeated by horse thieves now!
Dozens of people like me ran back and forth to find the water source, it was a waste of effort!
But on second thought, when the young adult made the decision, his expression was calm and resolute. When he fought with the Odins last time, Russell had seen Byzantine troops passing by in Wildfire Town, those Byzantine soldiers. In the elite standing corps, those senior officers, vaguely are such a magical, full of vigor, and at the same time implied power...
Looking at the adult's appearance, it doesn't seem to be frivolous and arrogant.
Could it be that he really had a way to stop the horse thief's attack? With dozens of people, against ten times and dozens of horse thieves...
There was even a moment when Russell couldn't help but think: Let's just take people away! Anyway, before setting off from Wildfire Town this time, the young adult has already paid half of the payment. Besides, now each of his subordinates has two horses. With such conditions, he will take the road to the southwest non-stop, and then go back to Wildfire Town in a circle. Relying on the maneuverability of the two horses, they will definitely be able to escape the trapping circle of horse thieves!
It's almost a certainty!
To run... or not to run? !
Russell's heart has been weighing hesitantly.
If he ran, he already got the money anyway, and he got fifty horses out of thin air, which was a big profit.
But in this way, it is too despicable and cowardly.
But if you don't run... Even if you find water and run back, you will die...
Seeing that the sun was in the west, Russell suddenly shouted: "Stop!!!"
He shouted, and the fifty mercenaries under him immediately restrained their horses and stopped. At this moment, everyone was sweating, and someone asked, "Captain, why, do you want to rest?"
"Change horses!" Russell had a gloomy face. He originally wanted to say "turn around", but when the words came to his lips, the pride and the principle of being a man in his heart did not allow him to do so. He finally sighed in his heart: "Forget it, just do it." Go crazy with that young adult! The big deal is that if they are already defeated when they go back, it will not be too late for me to run away with people. Anyway, I am here with two horses. If I really want to escape, I may not be able to escape.
"Change horses for horses!!" The mercenary group shouted loudly, and then jumped off their horses one by one and put on the prepared horses.
These mercenaries are very tired. After all, they are neither cavalry nor horse thieves. Although I can ride a horse, my riding skills are really bad, and I can barely ride a horse. As for some advanced riding skills, such as how to cherish horsepower, how to save physical strength, etc. Won't.
Some mercenaries put their arms around the horse's neck once they got up to speed. As a result, the man did not die of exhaustion, but almost exhausted the horse first. All cavalrymen with excellent riding skills know how to maximize their physical strength on their horses when they walk for long distances, but these mercenaries are stretched one by one, their legs are tightly sandwiched by the horse's belly, and their physical strength is extremely exhausted. After half a day, everyone was so tired that they almost collapsed. Even if the horse was changed, the speed slowed down for a while.
Fortunately, Russell's heart was a little reassured that he didn't see any horse thieves blocking the road on this road to the west. Obviously, the horses didn't think that their own side would dare to split up and walk.
There is indeed a water source in the west, but the distance from the brigade is too far, and it takes two days for a fast horse to rush back and forth. Therefore, horse thieves are not afraid that their brigade will temporarily change their route.
Russell was anxious and kept urging his subordinates to speed up, but these mercenaries were not good at riding. Zhu complained: "Captain, I really can't run anymore, let's stop and rest."
Russell said with a gloomy face, "Nonsense! I'm afraid you guys have been idle too much recently, and your bones have been lazy! Can't you bear the pain!"
In fact, he was quite tired himself. Although he had extraordinary martial arts, he was over forty years old, his physical strength was not as good as before, and he was not good at horseback riding. Running all the way down, both legs were sore and painful, especially the inner thighs. After rubbing on the saddle for an afternoon, the pain was already burning, and the body almost fell apart on the horseback, but he was the head of the regiment. , but had to set an example, otherwise even he himself would complain, let alone restrain his subordinates.
Seeing the head of the regiment reprimanded, his subordinates complained: "Head of the regiment, it's not that the brothers are lazy, the brothers follow you to the south and the north, and you haven't suffered! It's just that we are not cavalry after all. You’ve been fighting for your life, and if you’re running, you can’t do it with your horse or man, so stop and rest!”
Russell saw it, and sure enough, many of his mercenaries were already crumbling on horseback, but he was very strict on weekdays, so no one dared to fall behind to rest. At this moment, many of their hands were pale, and they had obviously lost their strength. Moreover, even many horses had foam in their mouths.
"...Okay!" Russell gritted his teeth hard, and gave an order helplessly, but he was unwilling after all, and suddenly raised his head to look into the distance, and he saw on the horizon in the distance, faintly seeing a small hill, up and down. Covering a forest, Russell's heart moved, and he shouted: "Okay! I ran to the forest in front, and just stopped to make a fire and eat! Everyone is working hard, and we will be there soon!"
After such a lot of agitation, he urged the mercenaries under him to run forward for a while.
The mountain in the distance looked like it was not far away, but after all, there was a saying called "Wangshan runs to the dead horse". Seeing that the mountain that seemed not far away, it took another half an hour to reach it.
As soon as they got to the woods, without waiting for Russell's order this time, all the mercenaries rolled over and dismounted, some of them fell to the ground, and their horses were not tied.
Russell was furious, and swung his whip a few times, urging his subordinates to get up reluctantly and lead the horse, and then he slowly entered the woods. He didn't go too deep, he just stopped at the edge of the woods, and then dispatched people to dig a hole, dig a hole, pick up a branch, and make a fire. Russell walked aside and leaned against a big tree. Naturally, his confidant brought food. He ate a few mouthfuls and lost his appetite, but took out a water bag and filled it with half of it in one go. The burning sensation subsided for a few minutes. He let out a long sigh, and looked at his tired subordinates who were lying all over the place, and his heart was also worried.
While resting, Russell opened his trousers and saw that a blister had already worn out on the inner thigh, and the blister had already worn away, and the blood was sticking to the trousers, and when he pulled it gently, it suddenly hurt. He grins. He sighed, after all, these people used to be guarded by the caravan on foot, and the fact of riding is too loose.
After all, a horse is an expensive piece of equipment, and the cost of supporting a not-so-great horse (not even a trained warhorse) is enough to support three or four strong men. What a mercenary group like them earn is hard-earned money, how can there be any spare money to equip horses? The horses used before coming out this time were all borrowed by Char and the Galens Chamber of Commerce.
Russell rested for a while, breathed well, and recovered a bit of energy. He habitually looked around vigilantly. His subordinates were exhausted, and he had already run far away, so he was not worried. They would be ambushed by horse thieves, so as soon as everyone stopped to rest, they were all so tired that they quickly fell down. They couldn’t even care about the routine dispatching people to guard and search around. Although Russell urges to send people to guard the surrounding area, he saw his subordinates. All of them are crumbling, and they really can't let this cruelty down: Forget it, just slack off once, and nothing may happen.
But at this moment, he raised his head and looked around. The woods were gloomy and seemed to be quiet, but Russell's vigilance developed in his mercenary career for many years seemed to immediately feel something wrong.
This kind of vigilance in the heart is not some inexplicable feeling. Russell knows very well that this kind of vigilance has saved his life countless times! I must have instinctively noticed that something was wrong, but I was exhausted physically and mentally at the moment, but I didn't think about what was wrong for a while, but the instinct developed over the years has already reminded myself first!
Thinking of this, Russell stood up and stood up, holding the big tree in his hand, squinting his eyes and looking into the woods, thinking hard in his heart, in an instant, his face changed wildly!
wrong! wrong! ! !
Such a large forest, naturally there must be many birds perched in the woods! But such a large group of people ran in, and people screamed that the horses were neighing. If it was an ordinary wild forest, a large number of birds should have been alarmed and flew up! !
But these people have been in for a long time, but where did they see any shocking birds
Then the only explanation is... The birds in the woods here have already flown away long before these people arrive! As for why it flew away... Naturally, many people have come here long before these people! And those people are just afraid... in the woods at the moment! !
The more Russell thought about it, the clearer his thoughts became. His face changed wildly. He suddenly drew out his long sword with a swipe and shouted loudly: "Everyone get up! Form the police..."
Before he was too late, he suddenly heard a whistle coming from the woods! The whistle sounded from three directions at the same time! Immediately, I heard the rapid sound of hooves galloping! In several directions in the woods, the shadows of dozens of riders jumped out of the woods at the same time!
These riders who are ambushed in the woods have excellent riding skills. Although the woods are not too dense, after all, the gaps between the trees are not too wide. But the hundred and ten cavalry rushing out from here came quickly and wrongly from the gaps in the trees, and they were as sensitive as apes! Obviously they are all elites with extremely good riding skills!
Hundred and ten cavalry galloped through the woods quickly, but it seemed to be on the plain, and the speed was not slow at all. Russell didn't say a word late, and the rider in the front almost rushed to everyone's eyelids! !
At this moment, the sky has darkened, and seeing these dozens of cavalry galloping out of the woods, they are like ghosts! When I rushed up, I only heard the dull movement of the horse's hooves, but no one shouted the horse's neigh! These guys came like ghosts, and they were ghostly in the night!
The mercenaries were immediately agitated, many jumped up and down, and some rushed to get their weapons, but these original riders quickly rushed into the mercenary group. Quickly made a few interspersed divisions, dividing dozens of mercenaries into pieces, the rider on the horse leaned over slightly, without looking at any weapons in his hands, quickly cut the mercenaries one by one. The soldiers were knocked down, and some riders rushed over, the two were side by side, and then quickly spread out, opened a large net and threw them out, and immediately three or five mercenaries were directly caught in it, with the power of the horses added. Rush up, and directly collapse the mercenary rush!
In less than a moment, Russell was horrified to discover that all fifty of his subordinate mercenaries had been defeated by the opponent! The other party didn't seem to have any intention of killing, but the guys on horseback threw out pieces that looked like fishnets, and their own people became fish in the net, and they immediately turned their backs on their horses. When he pulled it, he immediately caught all his own people!
Russell saw that his heart was broken, and his heart was frightened and annoyed. He madly drew his sword and rushed out, roaring loudly, and slashing at the passing cavalry! It's just that these riders seem to be very cunning. Knowing that he is the leader, they ran back and forth, but they didn't fight him hard. They just threw a few nets from a distance. Russell's long sword vibrated, and immediately cut several nets. , roared loudly, but those cavalrymen ran away as soon as they dropped their horses, and did not confront him directly.
At this moment, Russell has seen the appearance of these riders, and his heart is even colder!
These riders are not uniformly dressed. Some wear cotton robes, some wear leather jackets, and some wear leather breastplates. This kind of attire is simply a standard horse thief! !
Still ambushed by these horse thieves! !
Seeing that all of his subordinates were knocked down and struggling in the net, there was no doubt that it was the end of a group annihilation! Russell's hands and feet were cold, and his heart was desperate. He couldn't help but roared in grief.
When the riders saw him pounce, they huffed and pushed them far away. Their movements were sharp and quick, and they heard the mocking laughter of the other riders in the dark: "Don't worry, don't worry, you are for our little leader. ."
As soon as this sentence came, I heard a full-fledged voice from the woods: "You are the leader! I will meet you when I come!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw an extremely majestic figure running out of the woods! With the faint light, Russell barely saw the person coming, and when he saw the other person's figure, he was stunned! The reminder of the person who came is extremely majestic, three points taller than the Hawke from the Fire Rhino Regiment that he knows, with long hair scattered and wild, carrying a two-handed epee, and wearing armor, but his face is full of An iron cladding covered his face.
This majestic figure rushed up, and immediately Russell felt a gust of wind on his face! The heavy broad sword in the opponent's hand slashed down! Russell gritted his teeth and blocked the sword, and he heard a bang, and he felt as if he was directly hit by the heavy hammer of the ancient giant. Russell felt the bells and drums in his ears, and his whole body felt like an electric shock. It all made a clicking sound! The long sword made of fine steel in his hand has been directly broken, and a good sword has directly turned into a folding ruler under the opponent's slash!
What a lot of strength!
Russell's palm was in great pain, the tiger's mouth had been cracked, and even his wrist was directly injured. Teng Teng stepped back a few steps, standing unsteadily, and his opponent smiled contemptuously: "It turns out that this is the only skill!"
After speaking, he retracted the sword with his backhand, but used the hilt to point towards Russell's chest! Although it is only the hilt, if this time it is real, with the strength of the opponent, Russell is sure that his sternum will be knocked out! He was horrified, and desperately moved backwards to dodge out. After all, he was very skilled in martial arts. After a few dodges, the opponent missed three shots in a row. Do you expect to use this kind of movement to dodge and exhaust the enemy to death!"
Russell's face was red when he said this. At this moment, he saw that all his subordinates were caught, his heart was stunned, he bent over and pulled out the dagger in his boots, and suddenly rolled on the ground, and stuck it on the other side! Seeing the opponent's giant sword slashing down, he didn't care! I just made a desperate plan, even if I was hacked to death by the opponent, I would stab this guy fiercely!
The man suddenly burst out laughing: "I still have a little backbone."
After speaking, without seeing what the other party was doing, Russell felt that he had slammed into a hard iron wall. When he looked up, he suddenly felt a pain in the palm of his hand. He patted the back of his hand heavily. Although the other party had saved his strength, this time, he almost slapped Russell's hand off. Then he hit him with a force, and Russell flew back. After landing, there were three or four next to him. A horse thief rushed up, wiped his shoulders, and tied Russell directly with ropes.
Russell sighed in his heart: That's it! Accept it!
It's just that he was horrified. Most of the horse thieves gangs on the Wildfire Plain knew their names. Although there were also a few tough guys, they had never heard of a strong person with such strength! In front of this guy, he easily took him down in three or two face-to-face encounters, as if he was far from doing his best! This kind of ability, let alone those horse thieves on the Wildfire Plain, I am afraid that the entire Byzantine Empire will not be able to find a few! !
Thinking of this, Russell simply scolded his heart and shouted: "Okay! You won! I admit it! It's just that this time you are being driven by those Cossacks, do you really have good intentions when you are Cossacks? Those bastards! The convoy belongs to the Gallens Chamber of Commerce. You should also know that if you rob the Gallens Chamber of Commerce, what trouble will you cause! And that lord, he is from the Rodriguez Cavalry Regiment. If you dare to do this, you will wait for it later Let the revenge of the Roderian cavalry!"
After speaking, Russell closed his eyes and waited to die.
After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for the expected butcher knife to drop. After a while of silence, the majestic master on the other side suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and a gruff voice came from under the mask: "What are you talking about in a mess, what kind of Cossack horse thief, What Gallons Chamber of Commerce... Hmph, after all these years, are those Cossacks still doing sleazy business
After speaking, the other party walked slowly in front of Russell, raised his leg and kicked Russell to the ground, two eyes staring at Russell under the iron face, sneered: "Listen to you, it seems like someone of yours, Was robbed by the Cossacks? Ha, or someone from the army? The Roderian cavalry? Even these sparse guys under your command are worthy of someone who claims to be the Roderian cavalry? Don't think I don't know you, you It's Russell! I heard your name early on."
Russell gave a "Yi" and widened his eyes: "Have you heard my name? You... You are not from the Cossacks?"
"No." The other party shook his head, as if to smile: "You are lucky, if you met us a few days ago, you would have been cut down with a sword! But, now I have sworn that I am not a horse thief, it's just us When you were resting in the woods, you broke in. You, Russell, are also very famous, why are you doing such a waste? You don’t send people to search and alert when you enter the woods? Humph…”
"You! Who the hell are you?!" Russell hurriedly asked: "Since you're not one of the Cossacks, please let me go... I admit it, since it's in your hands, I'll pay the ransom! It's just outside There are still people waiting for us to save our lives!! If we can’t go back, I’m afraid Lord Xia and the others will be in danger!!”
The other party listened and smiled disdainfully: "I don't care about your business, it's not impossible to let you go. When we leave tomorrow morning, we will naturally let you go before we leave. As for tonight, you should be honest... "
The man seemed to be casual, and when he said this, his eyes suddenly changed! A fiery light burst out from those eyes, and with a sudden roar, he grabbed Russell fiercely: "What did you just say! What Mr. Xia!! Say it again! Which Xia is it? grown ups?!"
Russell was grabbed by the neck, and suddenly had difficulty breathing, his face flushed red, and after struggling a few times, the opponent's fingers loosened a little, and his tone was full of anxiety and anger: "Speak carefully!! Cossack's People want to be black and black, and they are dealing with Xi Ya?! Tell me! What the hell is going on! He, where is he!!!”
Russell was helpless and could only grit his teeth to talk about the matter. The other party seemed very excited, and asked a few more questions about what that "Lord Xia Ya" looked like. Russell also told the truth, even the few people around Xia Ya. The appearance of the entourage, Dodoro, Sharba, and Philip, is not bad.
After listening to the other party, he seemed to be stunned for a while, and then suddenly dropped Russell and threw Russell to the side!
I saw this majestic guy yelling at the sky: "Bastard!!! Bastard!!! Those cossack bastards!! How dare you move Xia Ya's idea!! My mother cut them!!!!!"
old lady? !
Hearing the other party claiming so, Russell almost didn't faint.
This expert was furious, and his anger was like thunder! With a loud roar: "Everyone is ready to go! Brighten the knife! Follow the old lady to chop people!!"
Many subordinates responded with a bang, a whistle blew, and suddenly another hundred cavalry rushed out from the woods!
Such a scene surprised Russell! The opponent had a total of more than 200 cavalry, lurking in the woods, but there was no movement. Such behavior, I am afraid that it is the elite cavalry of the Byzantine Empire!
Seeing the other party's cavalry team coming out, every horse covered their mouths, thinking that they came to hide their tracks in the woods, no wonder they didn't hear any movement when they entered the woods...
Russell was thinking wildly when he was suddenly grabbed by the expert again, and was thrown on the back of a horse like a chicken.
"You! Show us the way!!! Go and chop those Cossacks!! Rescue Mr. Char!!"
Although Russell's head was in a mess at the moment, he still understood this sentence and couldn't help being overjoyed. He was on the verge of being and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Ah! You, may I ask you who..."
"Me?" The other party smiled proudly, got on his horse, and raised his chest: "My old lady is Lord Xia's fiancee, his future wife!!"
thump!
Russell fell off the horse again! !
The other party was obviously very annoyed, and grabbed him again and threw him on the horse's back, shouting: "Why are you so pustular! Sit down! If you fall, I will chop you up!"
After she finished speaking, she waved her hand: "Brothers line up! Follow me to kill people! The Cossack bastards want to kill my husband! What do you say!!"
The people below responded with a bang: "Chop the fuck!!"
"Okay! Go and cut the fuck!! Cut the cossacks! Cut the fuck!!"
More than 200 bright sabres were raised, and it was suddenly bright!
Russell, who was riding on the horse, was determined in his heart, but immediately felt that nothing he had ever experienced in his life was as strange as what he encountered today.
He was dazed by the more than 200 sabers, and couldn't help but secretly looked at the "Lord Char's wife".
Suddenly, Russell felt a trace of pity in his heart...
Alas, Mr. Char... He is also a pitiful person.
There were bursts of "cut the fuck" shouts, and more than 200 riders swept out like a gust of wind...