Those guards were stripped naked one by one. Among these horse thieves, there seemed to be some vile and vicious people. Only these poor guards were left with a pair of underwear, tied with ropes, and more than a dozen prisoners were chained. With several big trees tied together so naked.
The equipment of these guys was packed up by the horse thieves.
I have to say, as the guards of the Corsica Governor's Palace, these equipments are still good things. The worst of those armors is the black flat armor, even in the Central Army of the Empire, it is a good thing that only elite cavalry can equip. And some of the elite guards wore "patterned armor", which is a good thing that only battalion-level officers can equip in the Central Standing Army.
Although these horse thieves were incorporated into the official army, after all, they were incorporated in a small place like Denzel City, and Xiaya was only a place to guard. What good things could be equipped for them? It is nothing more than the ordnance of some ordinary local garrison troops, and the cavalry is nothing more than some simple breastplates. The main body is made of leather, and only a few iron pieces can be placed in key parts.
Seeing that they got so many good things, all the horse thieves immediately competed. The weapons used by the guards of the Corsican Governor's Mansion are also of good quality, especially the seven or eight exquisite short crossbows, which have become the most sought-after goods for horse thieves. This short and capable weapon is easy to carry on the body, and it can be fired quickly when picked up. Moreover, the short-range penetrating power of this short crossbow is extremely strong. Within twenty steps, it can penetrate even iron armor.
The leader of the few horse thieves unceremoniously wanted to get one by one.
But Xiaya quickly stopped these guys' chaotic snatch.
"If these sharp weapons are scattered, they will be of no use at all. Only when they are concentrated in the hands of a group of people, when they are about to fight, they will be sharp enough when they are sent out. You officers are just showing off when you hold them in your hands. Carry a fire stick!"
Xia Ya called the shots and selected a few who had better archery skills in the past. One of them sent a short crossbow, and then put on the armor of the original elite guards for these people, and made a separate team. The rest divide the rest.
After spending a lot of time in the woods, many horse thieves changed their appearances, and put on the attire of the guards of the former Corsican Governor's Palace, plus Xi Ya who was wearing a fancy dress.
It's a pity that the carriage was smashed by Xi Ya, and the carriage could not be repaired, but the two horses pulling the carriage were all high-quality goods. Xia Ya chose a mount as his own, put the fire fork in his waist, hid it under his jacket, stood in front of everyone and said with a smile, "How is it?"
A few horse thieves, look at me, I look at you, some people say yes, but some people can't help but say: "The appearance of the uncle is naturally majestic enough. But how do you look at it, if you pretend to be the young master of such a rich family, it seems like It also lacks meaning.”
Xia Ya is also helpless. He is tall, tall and heroic. If he wears armor, he will look like a fierce general. Dressing up such a nobleman, he is a little less extravagant.
After thinking about it for a long time, a horse thief suddenly patted his head, grabbed a handful of white powder from the pocket behind his butt, and said with a smile: "Master, I think those nobles are all white-faced like women, you might as well apply some of this. something."
Xia Ya looked at the handful of white flowers in this guy's hand and stared, "What?"
"Lime." The horse thief laughed loudly: "I was blocking the road just now, and I was going to throw it on the charming eye, but it didn't work, and these guys were put down by us. It's not easy to burn this lime, it's still in the When I was building the city wall in Mesta City, I got such a small bag, and I never wanted to use it. This is a good thing. When people are killing people and making more money, they suddenly spread out like this. Dao!"
Xia Ya heard the hair in his heart, looked carefully at the "cavalry" under his command, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, these guys, the thieves are hard to change, the wildness is hard to get rid of, when they talk about killing people and stealing goods, they are full of joy...
Damn, what kind of soldiers are I bringing here
"Uncle, mix up some oil and apply it evenly on your face. You can only use oil, but never water. This lime will burn as soon as it touches water!"
Xia Ya was helpless, so he could only pinch his nose, get some barbecue oil, mix this lime, and smear a few times on his face, but his face turned white, and then the horse thief around him looked at it and grabbed two more He wiped the bare neck and arms of Laizai Xia Ya, so it seemed that the guy who was good at first turned into a person who looked pale as if he was seriously ill.
A few horse thieves looked at it for a while before exclaiming: "It's done! This looks a bit like a nobleman who can't help but feel weak."
Xia Ya fiddled with these people for a while before shaking his head and said, "Okay, let's go, I hope it doesn't rain this day, otherwise I will be a mess."
Someone below asked: "Uncle, where are we going to do business?"
Xia Ya's eyes widened: "What business! We are going to carry out a secret military mission!"
The horse thief was obedient, but his expression was obviously disapproving.
Xia Ya was helpless, and could only pretend not to see it, and said, "We dress up like this, even if we sneak into Manninger's camp. But the point is, that guy Manninger has seen Lao Tzu, and he can't hide it in person. He. But we don't have to go to Manninger's camp, we just need to find a team of Odins all the way, go up and mix it up, and then take the opportunity to run away, this black pot will be planted firmly."
Immediately, the gang of horse thieves changed their clothes, most of them pretending to be the guards of the former Corsica governor's palace, and some of them pretended to be the coachmen who escorted the transport carts.
Xia Ya and others have seen the things on the transporter. Most of them are cattle, sheep and livestock, and there are more than ten barrels of good wine. There are also several chests of gold coins.
Unless things like cattle, sheep, livestock and fine wine don't move, what are those gold coins, Xiaya naturally intercepted them rudely, and sent ten horse thieves to take them to Mesta City first.
Before leaving, Xia Ya looked at the prisoners in the forest and sighed: "I don't want to kill more people, but we can't miss the news this time... Alas, I can only apologize... "
The horse thieves who stayed by the tree to guard the captives were ordered by Xia Ya and raised their knives one after another...
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A group of people walked out of the forest with such a swagger, all the way towards the lower reaches of the Luoluo River.
On the Corsican site on the side of the Rolo River, with the mobilization of the Odinian army in the past two days, the Corsican army has also moved. Several villages and towns along the river have stationed some troops for defense. A lot of beacon towers and the like were erected, and the main army was located in the second-tier towns behind to support.
Xia Ya and his group walked swaggeringly along the road by the river, passing through two villages and towns along the way. They encountered the Corsican defenders, and Xia Ya did not show up, so they hid in the transport car, leaving only a horse thief. The chief pretended to be the guard of the Governor's Palace and went with the captured gold badge of the Carlos family.
Those small groups of troops along the coast, seeing this group of people wearing the equipment of the elite guards of their own governor's mansion, and showing their gold badges, how dare they stop? Can only let go, and send a team of people to escort the previous section.
As for some of the troops who were the direct descendants of Gaia, the second son of the Governor of Corsica, they did not dare to stop them, so they could only hurriedly send messages to report.
After walking like this for a full day, I passed three villages and towns and four checkpoints along the way. I don't know how many pairs of eyes saw "The noble eldest son was ordered to go to the other side of the Odin army to negotiate."
What Xiaya wanted was this result, and it was not until the next day that he took people across the river and entered the territory of the Odins.
There were originally many bridges on the course of the Luoluo River, one of which was at the mouth of a village and town downstream, where two Corsican battalions were stationed.
Xia Ya and his group swaggered across the river and headed towards the place of the Odins opposite.
The Odins did not have many troops stationed on the other side of the river. There were only a group of Odin warriors of less than 300 people. Coincidentally, this group of people had quite a history and was a direct descendant of Manninger's son Morka.
The structure of the Odin people's army is crude. When fighting into an army, they are all ordered by the patriarch, and the warriors under their own organizations are called upon by the heads of the following tribes. The concept of "flag" is also very complicated. Large flags can have thousands of people, and small flags can have hundreds of people.
As the son of Manninger, Morka led a flag and had two or three thousand people. But at the moment most of them are scattered and looted everywhere. There were only so many three hundred left behind on the river bank, monitoring the movements of the Corsican army on the other side at any time.
Xia Ya and his group crossed the river and were quickly stopped. Although these Odins were vicious and domineering, it seemed that the son of the governor of Corsica came to negotiate in person, and did not dare to neglect, so they divided half of them, half escorts and half supervisors, and led Xi Ya and his party to the court. Set off to the capital of Shirtan County.
Along the way, Xia Ya had orders, and all the horse thieves under his command showed the momentum of being friendly with the Odins. Originally, the Odins were still a little bit wary, but these horse thieves were all brothers and sisters. Every time they stopped to rest When I was there, I took the initiative to chat with these Odins. Anyway, there were many delicious wines and food in the transporter I brought.
This time, the Governor of Corsica spent a lot of money for the peace talks. Knowing that the Odins are addicted to alcohol, the dozen or so barrels of fine wine in the car are all real good wines stored in the cellar of the Governor's Palace. If you throw a bucket into the market, I'm afraid you can sell it for a hundred gold! Originally, these fine wines, even if they were sent to the Odin army, were not enjoyed by ordinary warriors. They were all assigned to the leaders of the Odin army such as Manninger.
However, Xiaya is generous to others. He opened these wine barrels at will on the road, and when he was resting and eating, he would spread it out for the enjoyment of these accompanying Odin warriors.
These Odins are all from the bitter and cold places of the Northland, where have they enjoyed this kind of wine! ? The wine in the Corsican governor's palace has a clear and mellow taste, and the Odins only drank it all with crooked noses. They only opened a barrel and tasted a little, and then they immediately caused a robbery!
These Odins quickly relaxed their vigilance. Anyway, they all entered their own territory. The surrounding area was where their own troops were stationed.
Moreover, these horse thieves listened to Xia Ya's orders, and all of them put up their posture, pretended to be their grandsons, and served these Odins like uncles.
In less than half a day, this group of horse thieves had become brothers and sisters with the accompanying Odins.
After walking like this for a full day, it seemed that he was about to reach the first important town in Syltan County. There were five or six thousand Odin defenders stationed in this important town. When it was fifty miles away from the city, Xi Ya refused to leave.
He knew that the road had come to an end, and if he went forward, he really entered the city, what tricks could he play
He immediately instructed, and asked his horse thieves to discuss with the leaders of the accompanying Odin warriors, only to stop and rest, and then enter the city after dark.
These Odins were originally reluctant and walked a day and a night. Although they felt that these Corsicans were weak and polite, they also felt that these Corsicans were pustules, procrastination, and the team walked slowly. Despised a lot. And after running such a long distance, everyone wants to go to the city to rest early, live in a house, get hot water and take a good bath. Seeing that it's almost here, stop and rest for a fart
However, Char also had an idea, so he simply invited the leader of the accompanying Odin army to meet and talk.
This Odin drank a lot of Xi Ya's wine along the way, and it was considered a lot of politeness. Xi Ya said to stop and rest, the other party was dissatisfied, but only politely refused.
Xia Ya sighed and smiled bitterly: "This warrior, we also have some difficulties."
After a pause, he pointed to the transport carts behind him, and said with a wry smile: "These fine wines I brought were originally intended for the patriarch Manninger. These wines are all high-quality treasures, in our Byzantium It's worth a thousand gold coins a barrel!" This shameless turtle had no scruples anyway, and opened the mouth and doubled the value of the wine ten times.
When the Odin heard this, he was shocked!
A thousand gold coins a barrel? ! Then where is the wine you drink, it is simply gold! !
However, when I recalled that the wine had a mellow taste and an endless aftertaste, it was really a good thing that I had never tasted in my life, and I couldn't help but believe it.
Xia Ya continued: "Originally, this thing was specially given to Lord Manninger, but I saw that everyone escorted us all the way, so I ordered to open two buckets to comfort the warriors. But I didn't expect everyone to drink it refreshingly, But I accidentally drank most of the wine that was a gift... Seeing that this is going to be the place, but the gift that was going to be given to Lord Manninger entered our own stomach. After meeting the noble patriarch, we But it's not easy to deal with."
The Odins who said this suddenly blushed. Among the Odin people, the patriarch has the most prestige. This is a tradition. Manninger has a very high prestige among the tribe, and everyone in the Basak clan is respected, but he didn’t expect to steal the things of the patriarch…
This Odin leader is guilty and scared at the same time - the most fair among the Odins, the spoils of war among the tribes must be distributed fairly, if anyone embezzles other people's property, it is a serious crime!
Thinking of Patriarch Manninger's majesty and ruthless face, the Odin leader's face turned pale.
And what Xia Ya said was quite polite, and it seemed that he drank half of it... In fact, of the more than ten barrels of wine, the rest was less than three or five barrels at most.
This Odin has a simple mind, but he didn't think of the key for a while: Since it is a tribute, you opened it for us to drink, how can you blame us
Seeing that the other party was afraid, Xia Ya smiled bitterly: "I am also embarrassed. I originally gave this gift to please Lord Manninger, and the two families are in harmony. Now the gift is gone, what should I do... I don't want to be embarrassed. Everyone, think about it and come up with a good way."
"what?!"
Seeing that the Corsican noble eldest young master had a solution, the Odin leader immediately began to ask questions.
Xia Ya pretended to be embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "What about giving gifts? If you give less, it's not beautiful. Instead of giving less, it's better not to give it! Anyway, I have other gifts in the car. On the gift list, cross out these wines. These barrels... just thrown away! Let's just pretend that these wines never existed, how? Anyway, here are your subordinates and mine. After the peace talks, I naturally bring them with me. My people go back, and your subordinates, as long as you tell them to keep their mouths tight... Who would know these things that didn't exist in the first place? It's like I made you a friend! How? During peace talks, Please also give me some good words!"
When the Odin heard it, he burst into laughter, glanced at Xiaya, and said with a smile: "Not bad! You are a Byzantine interesting! I originally saw your face as white as a dead person, but I still don't like you. But your words are nice!" The Odin squinted at Xia, and at the moment he just agreed... As for peace talks, how could he, a little captain of a hundred people, have the right to interject? But you might as well agree to this Corsican noble young master first!
But then the Odin laughed again: "This... the buckets are all thrown away, it's easy to handle, but... there are still a few buckets left, don't you..."
Xia Ya laughed: "Look, it's still early, everyone rests on the spot, let's enjoy the rest of the wine, and then go on the road lightly! After entering the city, you don't say, I won't say... this... hehe... "
The Odins were overjoyed, and immediately agreed, turned back, and instructed his subordinates to stop the team and rest on the side of the road.
Char Ya sent the horse thieves to take out the remaining wine barrels and distribute them for the Odins to enjoy.
These Odins have eaten Xia Ya and others several times along the way, and it is nothing to eat one more meal at the end. And now that he is only a few dozen miles away from his important town, where is there anything else to worry about
More than 100 Odin warriors could only share four and a half barrels of good wine. With the Odin's usual amount of alcohol, there were still some that could not be divided, and they almost got into a fight.
At the entrance of the wine, Xi Ya also ordered to get some livestock meat from the car to drink, which made the eating and drinking smoother.
The Odin people were gathered around, and they were happily eating and drinking, but some people were surprised: when they were eating and drinking before, these Corsican people were drinking and drinking with themselves, but now they didn't come to grab something to eat, Instead, they all watched from the sidelines.
Later, the food was gradually exhausted, and the wine barrel was almost bottomed out, but the Odin leader was a little embarrassed. He ate and drank other people's things by himself. Arriving in front of Xia Ya, he smiled and said, "I'm a little embarrassed just watching us eat and drink. This Corsican brother, let's have a drink together."
Xiaya stood there with squinted eyes and smiled: "It's okay to eat and drink together for the first few meals... But what about the last few barrels of wine... I have already added it... You can drink it, but we can't... "
As soon as he finished speaking, the Odin leader felt that something was wrong in his words, and was about to say something when a gust of wind came, only to feel dizzy, his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground with a thud, with wine in his hand. The helmet is also left aside...
The Odin people sitting there eating and drinking at the moment have already been stumped, some are ignorant, but they are just dazed. The quick-responding Odins felt something was wrong, but when they wanted to stand up, they fell softly with a little force.
There were only a few seven or eight people who drank less and ate more meat, barely got up, and went to grab weapons...
"Brothers, work."
Xiaya stood there holding her arms and smiled softly.
The many horse thieves next to them all with grinning smiles, drew their swords and rushed towards them...
There was no scream, and there was almost no resistance at all. More than a dozen Odins have long since fallen to the ground, and were killed as easily as slaughtering pigs and sheep. The rest were barely able to resist. Under the attack of many horse thieves, a round of short crossbows shot past, and they died.
Xia Ya looked at the sky and immediately said, "Hurry up! Work!"
Many horse thieves were busy, and in the woods on the side of the road, they rearranged the bodies of these Odins, and then unloaded the trucks. Inside the trucks, there were some guards from the Corsican Governor's Palace. The corpse, one of the corpses, belonged to the poor son of the dead ghost...
Most of the corpses were left, but only the corpse of the dead boy was taken in the car. Xiaya took off his clothes again, and deliberately stained some blood on it. Re-cover the damaged and disfigured corpse of the dead ghost boy...
Finally, everyone got on the horse, leaving all the carriages behind. Then the collective lit a fire in the woods…
Xia led the crowd and galloped away in the direction of the Luoluo River...
The forest was lit, and when the fire started to burn, it was discovered in the distant Odin town after a while. Ya and the others have long run away.
When the patrolling soldiers of the Odins saw the scene here, there was a mess everywhere. There were half-burned carriages, and the corpses on the ground included their own people, and some were wearing Corsican army uniforms...
This time is no small matter! The Odins saw that there were more than 100 soldiers on their own side who died in their own territory, and there were also Corsican corpses at the scene
Soon there were thousands of reindeer cavalry out of the city, chasing after the horseshoe marks along the road...
However, it was said that Xi Ya took a group of horse thieves to run at full speed, and in less than a day, he returned to the bridge crossing the river on the banks of the Roro River. Originally, there was still Odin's army stationed here. Seeing Xi Ya's group of people, To come back so soon, there are still some surprises.
But Xia Ya led the group of horse thieves, galloped from a distance, and rushed to the front, Xia Ya led a sudden shout, "Avenge the eldest son!!"
With a hush, the large cavalry rushed into the team of the Odins guarding the bridge. The Odins were originally small in number here - most of the troops that were originally divided to supervise and escort Xia and others along the way were all killed.
At this moment, he was in a hurry to fight, but he was easily broken through by Xia Ya and others, and then killed more than ten, and rushed to the bridge to cross the river.
The Corsican army on the other side was closely monitoring it. Seeing that there was an army of their own family on the opposite side, they broke through the Odinian defense line and came across the river, but they were dressed as the guards who escorted the eldest son who had just passed by a day ago. , could not help but startled.
Xia led the team to kill the bridge. After the chaos, the Odins behind had already organized a team, and they were going to press across the river to chase and kill.
Xia crossed the river, rushed into the front of the Corsican army, raised his voice, and cried out in grief: "The Odins are cruel and greedy! They covet the gifts we sent, and they want to make money! They were killed halfway. The eldest son! Brothers, avenge the eldest son! Kill these Odins!!"
These Corsican troops were all stunned by the screams of Xi Ya. Before they could react, Xi Ya had already led someone to rush through their team, but stopped and threw the corpse of the dead boy. On the ground, and then without stopping, the horse galloped away to the side.
The officer of the Corsican army was confused and forgot to stop him for a while, so he hurried up and had the body moved back. Besides the eldest son, who else would dress like this
I wanted to stop Xia Ya and others to ask about the situation, but the Odins had already killed the river. I can only bite the bullet and organize my subordinates to resist and block...
For a while, along this bridge, the two sides fought fiercely, with swords and swords, and the killing was a joy, but Xia Ya had already taken someone over the river defense and galloped away along the path...
He rushed through several checkpoints and villages and towns along the way, and encountered a small group of defenders in Corsica. Xi Ya did not stop, just ran with people, shouting and shouting all the way, only saying that the eldest son was killed by the Odin people coveting property Now, I want to bring someone back to the Governor's Palace to report the news. The army on the road was stunned by the news, and they saw the beacon fire on the beacon tower by the river in the distance. Obviously, the Odin people crossed the river and invaded. How dare they stop Xia ya? Let Xia go away with a group of people...