Hastings smiled, but no matter what Char said, he didn't answer.
The caravan went all the way east, first to the south, and then to the east.
Although it is not a war zone along the way, it is also a place of warlords, and the more you go to the southeast, the more tense the atmosphere becomes, and the towns you pass along the way, the armies of those local warlords, are more and more tightly guarded.
It's just that although the inventory is strict, it still doesn't cause any real obstruction to this caravan.
That Ade's father quietly explained to Char: "If there is a big chaos today, if these warlord governors in various places want to continue to divide their territory, they will need the support of those chambers of commerce on the mainland, at least, those strategic reserves such as military materials, equipment, grain and grass, if there is no help from these big chambers of commerce in the world, it will never be possible, so these warlord governors in various places, although they are harsh, but if they encounter the teams of these first-class large merchant groups, they dare not embarrass others too much." ” After a pause, he laughed in a low voice: "So if we small families want to survive in this troubled world, we can only rely on these big business groups, pay some money to buy roads, and ask for peace." ” After walking for about ten days, this day had entered the eastern part of the Byzantine Empire, and came to the important town of the Kovist Military Region in the eastern part of the empire, but this time, the caravan finally encountered the iron plate.
Even if the leader of the chamber of commerce at the top came forward, the other party refused to buy it.
I saw that the team stopped, just in front of it, but it was a small city, this small city is between two hillsides, but it is a "corner city", the city is built in the gap between the mountains, from a distance, it seems to be a checkpoint.
The team stopped outside the city, only to see that the city gate was half open and half closed, and the soldiers above and below the city were all fully armed, as if they were facing a great enemy, and the leader of the merchant group in front of them negotiated with the military management under the city gate for a long time, but the other party only shook his head again and again.
I saw that the leader stuffed a bag of heavy things into the officer's hand, and the officer, although his face looked a little better, he still shook his head, and although his attitude was much kinder, he still refused to let go at all.
Even if the leader of the caravan pointed to the banner of his own business and said something soft and hard, the other party's attitude remained the same.
Char and the others watched the excitement in the back, and after watching for a while, they saw Daddy Ade squeezing back from the front, with a hot sweat on his face, and kept sighing and shaking his head: "Damn, but it's so unfortunate that there is a war ahead, and they are all blocked and not allowed to pass."
Good words and bad words have been said all over the place, and it is useless to stuff money, it seems that it is not good to go out this time, but I am afraid that I will have to pay a lot of money. ” When Char heard this, he and Hastings glanced at each other, and they both read a trace of surprise in each other's eyes. fight What kind of battle can be fought here You know, this is the eastern part of the empire, and it is still not far from the eastern frontier of the empire, and it can be regarded as the only "peaceful place" in the entire Byzantine Empire.
The eastern part of the empire, where did the war come from It is far from Yanjing Osculia in the south.
The Battle of Yenching in Osgilia never affected this place at all.
And the invasion of Odin in the north is far from hitting this place.
Later, the Great Southern Rebellion, the Duke of Minas went south to quell the rebellion, which was also far to the south.
In the eastern part of the empire, there are only a few second-rate warlord party governors of small and small military districts entrenched, and the power is not big or small, but it is only a part of raising a cry in the Red Round Table.
Several warlord forces in the vicinity are all parties of the Red Round Table, and they don't have any big hatred for each other, especially in today's season, and they know that everyone can only survive when they are in a group Char and Hasting, one is the number one powerful man in the empire today, and the other is the number one general of the enemy country who has been plotting against the Byzantine Empire for half his life, and they are naturally well aware of the current situation.
It stands to reason that there should never be any war in the east.
At this moment, the caravan had stopped, and the merchants behind the team saw that the road was blocked, and they all sent their men to inquire about the news, and that Daddy Ade was no exception.
After a while, the person who listened in front came back to report, and when Dad Ade heard it, his face was as pale as paper, and he kept beating his chest and sighing, his face was crying, and he couldn't help shouting: "It's a loss, it's a loss, this time it's a loss."
You must know that he traveled this time, and stook a small half of his family property, all of which were put on these truckloads of goods, even the travel expenses plus the goods, plus the insurance money for joining the caravan, it is already a huge burden If he arrives in the holy city safely, the transaction is profitable, and it is naturally a big profit, but now the road is blocked halfway, and he must not go forward, if he turns back to Kalan City, then the freight of this trip and the insurance money of the partner are naturally all thrown into the water, and so many cars of goods are in the hands, where to digest them He was not a top merchant in the first place, but he was a wealthy merchant in Kalan City, and although he was rich, he could not be called rich.
If this trip loses, counting the investment in the early stage, there is still time to be delayed, and I am afraid that I will go bankrupt.
Dad Ade was crying here, Char immediately jumped down, grabbed Dad Ade's men and inquired a few words, just about the war, the soldiers of the city defense at the front checkpoint would not say much, but they knew that the city defense blocked the road, and the others couldn't get any valuable news.
The caravan stopped on the main road, and then someone came over and invited Daddy Ade to talk.
It turned out that the big chamber of commerce that was the leader of the caravan invited the merchants who were partners in the team to discuss countermeasures.
Daddy Ade's face was sweating and gone, but when he came back, his face became more and more gloomy and ugly.
I heard him say that this checkpoint has been completely closed, and the leader of the caravan has communicated with many parties, and a lot of money has been stuffed, and some relationships have been pulled, but the other party does not dare to let them pass anyway.
Although the leading officers of the customs defense are also greedy for money, it is a matter of military orders, and if something goes wrong, it is a big crime to lose their heads.
Although money is lovely, if you don't have a head, you will naturally not be blessed to enjoy it.
Although the caravan was frustrated, it was fortunate that it was not completely disappointed, such a caravan was formed, not to say that it would be dispersed, and everyone still planned to make further efforts.
It's not so simple to ask them to give up so easily.
Although there was no way for a while, everyone had to stay here and wait for news.
Fortunately, the officers of the defending army were bought, and although they were not allowed to let them go, they could spend money to sell some food and drinking water in the city.
Everyone waited on this road for the time being, and it was said that the leading figure of the chamber of commerce had sent an urgent envoy to invite some powerful people to come forward.
In this way, the caravan waited outside the city defense for a day, and at night, hundreds of people stayed on the side of the road outside the city, fortunately, everyone was traveling and trading, and it was common for people to sleep in the open air, and at night the caravan was surrounded in a circle, and then camped, just seeing that the city was in front of them, but they could not enter the city, they could only drink cold wind and eat cold dry food outside the city, and everyone was resentful in their hearts.
Early the next morning, several merchants sent people to the city gate to find the defenders to grind their mouths, and even if they were not allowed to let them go, at least they had to inquire about more valuable news.
The defenders of the city defense finally stopped being so tight, and under the silver bullet attack of those merchants, they finally relented and confided a lot of news, and then these news came to the caravan, so that Char couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, and then his face couldn't help but become strange.
It turned out that the warning of war in this place was true, and there was indeed a war to be fought And the side of the war is still an old friend that Char is very familiar with.
The caravan stayed here for another day, and at night, it was still ready to camp as usual, but it was dark, and suddenly people felt a vibration on the ground, these caravans that were accustomed to going out of the far door, were all experienced, and when they heard it, everyone suddenly changed color, and there were even those mercenary warriors, who quickly jumped up and called out to their companions, and quickly commanded all kinds of people to retreat into the circle formed by the carriage, and some of the warriors were already lying on the ground, their ears were close to the ground, and they raised and threw them with pale faces and said loudly: "South, The cavalry of the brigade is less than two or three thousand horsemen" These mercenaries really judged very accurately, and the caravan hid in the enclosure, and some young and strong men took out their weapons from their carts to go out, except for the hired mercenaries, they would not be unprepared.
This caravan has hundreds of people, and if there is an emergency, those who can do it can make up more than two hundred.
It was only not long after it got dark, and on the road in the south direction, you could still vaguely see a piece of dust flying, covering the sky.
Everyone in the caravan changed color, even those mercenaries who were used to licking blood with blades, they all looked awe-inspiring.
The dust swept up on the road in the distance, and Huo Ran was a cavalry That is, it was now the spring season, and a spring rain had just fallen a few days ago, and the roads were not as dry as in autumn, so the cavalry came all the way, and could not see the dust until they were near.
If it's autumn, I'm afraid that this dust can be seen from afar.
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That cavalry came from afar, the speed didn't seem to be very fast, just maintained a uniform speed of marching, Char, a connoisseur who is used to leading soldiers, obviously the generals of this army deliberately left horsepower, and when they got closer, they could also see that the other party's cavalry was on the march, and the queue was very neat, and it was clearly an elite appearance, and the kind of third-rate warlord governor like a local tyrant in the countryside could never afford to raise a cavalry of this appearance.
Among the forces of the Byzantine Empire at that time, there were very few who could raise cavalry of this size.
And when the cavalry ran closer, so that people could see their banners and costumes, it was even more surprising.
It turned out to be the uniform outfit of the Central Army of the Byzantine Empire The cavalry is a pair or even three horses, which is a luxury.
The cavalry is also dressed in black-striped cavalry armor that can only be configured by the Central Army, with a small shield in the left hand, a rifle in the right hand, and a common saber on the saddle.
The Central Army, which was the standard cavalry of the Central Army of the Byzantine Empire Seeing that in the eastern part of the empire, which was already controlled by the warlord party, such a large group of cavalry of the Central Army suddenly appeared, which immediately made everyone fall into shock.
And the only one who didn't have a look of surprise on his face, but only a little weird, was our Uncle Char.
This cavalry is still far away, and the city defense has already frantically sounded the horn of warning, and the army on the city wall is nervously assembled.
And the caravan under the city has froze, at this moment they are only a few hundred meters away from the city wall, this distance is not close, it is not far away, it is impossible to enter the city, and it is impossible to leave.
If the two sides fought, the first to suffer was this caravan Whether it was those merchants or those mercenaries, they had already understood this truth in an instant, and many of them had turned pale, and only those mercenaries were still barely holding their weapons, but they obviously didn't have much of their original spirit.
The cavalry who came from afar, and he also discovered such a strange team under the city, and such a caravan formed a circle with horse-drawn carriages under the city, which was naturally very eye-catching.
The cavalry team saw it from a distance, and soon there was a burst of military horns, Char naturally recognized it when he heard it, it was the order of the cavalry of the Imperial Central Army to march, and after a while, the cavalry slowed down, stopped in the distance, and after regrouping, he looked at the caravan under the city with fierce eyes.
This scene was extremely strange, and I think this cavalry probably didn't expect such a strange situation.
They came to this city, but they didn't expect that there would be such a caravan stationed outside the city.
And here in the caravan, the leaders of half of the leading merchants have already fainted in fright, seeing that the cavalry stopped, but the leader of the chamber of commerce did not dare to let his subordinates make any reaction, this kind of matter is delicate, if there is any action on their own side that makes the other party misunderstand hostility, then it is an act of suicide Don't look at yourself, there are still hundreds of young men with weapons here, but when you encounter this kind of regular cavalry of the Central Army, if the other party uses your own knife, this kind of ragtag rabble meets the professional elite, and people can kill their own people in a moment Fortunately, the owner of this caravan, since the big chamber of commerce is a wealthy family holding the holy city's trade order flag, the leader who naturally sent out to lead the team is not a mediocre talent, and soon made the most correct response: send someone to hang his own business flag high.
Then he opened the enclosure, rode out himself, and raised his hands high, signaling that he had no weapons, and rode towards the opposite cavalry team.
He also knew the rules, and when he was far away from the cavalry team, he took the initiative to turn over and dismount, and walked over with a rolling belt, and two cavalrymen came up and searched him up and down, and then took him up and down the line, and the leader of the caravan was brought to a big man who was heavily surrounded by the cavalry, and knelt down to tell something.
A moment later, he was released, and he waved his hands high at this place, and here in the caravan, the few leaders who stayed behind were relieved when they saw his gesture.
It's safe.
The cavalry came in a small detachment, and quickly forced the caravan to encircle, and let them drive the carriage away from the garrison quickly, away from the city defenses, while the cavalry team continued to supervise and not relax at all.
Char in the team saw it and smiled in a low voice: "It's okay, I didn't treat us as cannon fodder, and I still have a conscience."
Looks like it's about to start. ” Hastings listened, opened his eyes and glanced at the cavalry not far away, sneered, and then closed his eyes again to recuperate.
He is the Odin Valkyrie, an invincible and famous general in the world, and I don't know how many elite soldiers and horses of the Byzantine Empire have been destroyed, and in the central army of the empire, it can be said that except for the Rodria cavalry in the past, all the rest are defeated by his Hastings Although this cavalry of the Central Army is majestic, where will Hastings look at it `` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: