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Chapter 1644 Rise (6)

Looking at the assembled soldiers, Zhao Hu said loudly: "Brothers, we are about to face a severe decision. The damned Kazakhs know that our Falcon family ambushed their army, and now they declare that they will destroy all of our Falcon territory." Everyone will be exterminated, your old people and children will be nailed to the roadside stakes by the Kazakhs, your beautiful and gentle wives will be driven to their territory by the Kazakhs like livestock, and your heads will be piled up to advertise Brave Skull Mountain, according to the latest news, the vengeful Kazakhs will enter Sartor County from the Central Iron Tower area tomorrow morning, and now we still have one day to make a decision."

The soldiers below found that the hoarse and angry voice of their lord was getting higher and lower, as if talking to himself, but every sentence was clearly heard by every soldier, and finally stopped suddenly, Then there was a roar like thunder, which sounded in everyone's ears like a thunderstorm: "One is that our wife and children will be slaughtered by the Kazakhs, and the other is that we should return to the Falcon territory immediately and lead our family like refugees going south." driven like dogs by other lords."

The news suddenly announced by the lord exploded in the entire army, confused and hesitant, these expressions were written all over the faces of all the soldiers, only Meng Da, who was watching the excitement, was completely dumbfounded when he saw Zhao Hu's performance, his lord What kind of show is this going on? Most of this army composed of farmers and soldiers are honest farmers. If they can be frightened like this, they might really be scared away.

"Third, I will lead the bravest fighters among you to face these Kazakhs who want to slaughter our wives, children, and children. I will lead them to fight these arrogant Kazakhs head-on. I will let them know that there are no cowards in our Falcon territory , Some only have to meet the enemy's sword and blood, and all participants will be given a gold coin in advance for relocation, if we can come back alive from this battle, everyone will get a piece of land that belongs to him."

Zhao Hu glanced at the angry soldiers below. From their faces, Zhao Hu could see the determination to fight the enemy at the risk of life and death, especially when he heard the land, those eyes eager to shine, the heart that was hanging just now couldn't help but Put it down, it seems that this long-distance raid has hope.

Zhao Hu pointed to Meng Da who had a strange expression beside him, suppressing a giggle and said seriously: "We will set off after two breaths, and anyone who is willing to go can go to Captain Mengda! Remember, I only have three hundred people here this time." horses, so only the bravest warriors among you shall come with me."

"My lord, you can't..." Meng Da didn't expect to be pushed to the cusp of the storm suddenly, and before he could react, he was already surrounded by soldiers swarming up.

Three hundred strong soldiers were quickly selected. In addition to the fifty most brave mountain hunters under Munda's command, there were even 68 soldiers who claimed to be the guard knights of the Northern Territory.

"Are these people knights?"

Zhao Hu's eyes turned in surprise on the 68 knights who were obviously different in imposing manner from ordinary soldiers. The oppression and arrogance unique to professional soldiers made this group of people look very different from the nearby farmers and soldiers.

It's like putting a wolf in a flock of sheep. When the wolf lowers its head, it may be no different from a sheep, but when the wolf raises its head up and reveals its bloodthirsty fangs, no matter how many sheep are around, it can't cover up the natural threat and fear. wild.

"Yes, according to the badges they carry, most of them are the subordinates of some regional lords in the north who were attacked by the Kazakhs. They were forced to go into exile because their territories were looted, and there is one of them!"

Meng Da, who was in charge of selecting the soldiers, paused, and suddenly spread his palm in front of Zhao Hu with a mysterious expression. A silver-white pentagram emblem was impressively in Meng Da's palm.

"Silver Knight"

Zhao Hu's eyes contracted irritatingly. The pentagram in Munda's palm is the identity certificate issued by the Imperial Knights Guild for senior knights.

This silvery five-pointed badge shows that its owner is a high-level silver knight. Such a character is not only in the barren south, but also in the rich north.

Zhao Hu didn't expect that in his sudden selection of soldiers this time, there would be a silver knight among the newly recruited soldiers.

"What's your name, is this your thing?"

Zhao Hu weighed the silver badge in his hand, it was really heavy and scary, but it was only half the size of a palm, but he could feel the heavy pressure of Leng Yin, not like a fake made of ordinary silver, so he couldn't help being curious Look at the middle-aged man standing at the first place in the queue.

The middle-aged man held a simple spear in his hand, and had a terrifying scar on his face, extending from his ears to his mouth. Although he was only wearing tattered linen clothes, he stood there calmly, like a mountain The towering solitary peak radiates an unspeakable coercion all over the body.

From the moment when the scarred middle-aged man took out this silver five-pointed coat of arms, no one of the other soldiers who claimed to be guarding knights dared to stand side by side with this middle-aged man, but held hands with him tacitly. The horses collectively took a step back, which is a way for low-ranking knights to pay respect to high-ranking commanders.

"My name is Iron Dragon, and I am a spearman of the Falcon family. I don't know what your lord is talking about, but I just picked it up from the corpse of a roadside knight."

Zhao Huqi frowned when he heard the middle-aged man's name on his horse. There is no such name as Iron Dragon among the powerful families in the empire. It seems that this silver knight is not willing to reveal his true identity.
"Pikeman Iron Dragon, I don't care if you picked it up or your own, I just want to know if you can ride a horse?"

Now that the northern part of the empire is in chaos caused by the Kazakhs, it is not uncommon for a high-ranking silver knight to seek refuge in his territory. Zhao Hu is not in the mood to know the intention of this silver knight. With middle-aged humanity.

"meeting!"

Tie Long, the spearman, answered very simply. He turned over neatly and mounted the horse that had been prepared by his side. His familiar posture and the subconscious state of unity of man and horse showed that he was an old rider.

"Okay, very good, I don't care why you knights join my army, I only know that my enemy is the Kazakhs, I will lead you to drive out the Kazakhs who burned your territory and killed your relatives, and let the Kazakhs in your hands Your sword has a chance to wash away the shame you have suffered!"

Zhao Hu reined in the horse under his crotch, and took the Falcon battle flag with the Falcon family logo from the flag-bearer beside him and said: "Let's go, before the sunset today, we will cross the entire Sartor County and rush to the central part. In the area of ​​the iron tower, we will use the sword in our hands to teach those arrogant Kazakhs a good lesson, and let them see what the bravery of our Roman Empire soldiers is."

Passing through the difficult winding mountain road in the Sodalay hills, the scene of the hills in front suddenly changed. The dense dark green vegetation on both sides of the mountain road was replaced by dry brown loess slopes, and the feeling of humidity in the south suddenly became hot and dry.

The loess all over the sky swirls in the dry wind and dust. The dry air flow from the northern ocean, like the invading Kazakhs, blows the dry yellow sand from the loess in the western desert of the Kazakh grassland to the Suodalai hills in the middle of the empire. The Kazakhs who came along with the yellow sand claimed that it was a gift from Mother Earth to the Kazakh warriors.

The yellow dust particles that hit his face only poured into the gaps in Zhao Hu's clothes. Zhao Hu coughed, his fat face was shaved with tears streaming down his face, and his fat mouth spit out sand. If he hadn't followed the example of those northern cavalrymen who claimed to be knights and wrapped their heads in sackcloth clothes so that only two eyes remained, the fat man would have fallen off his horse a long time ago.

"Hoo hoo, I'm about to suffocate to death!"

Zhao Hu bent over the horse's back in pain, exhaling heavily, occasionally spitting sand out of his mouth like a small fish bubbling, the gallop all the way just now made Zhao Hu, who was only walking the horse outside his castle, Hu almost lost his breath, the large amount of yellow sand poured in from the gaps in his clothes made Zhao Hu's already fat body look even more swollen.

"What's going on? Why did they stop in front, they don't know they are in a hurry now!"

Fortunately, the area of ​​dust and sand this time was not big, and after running for more than an hour, he finally saw the yellow and green ground in front of him. Before Zhao Hu finished, he found that the galloping horse team in front suddenly stopped.

"My lord, there is a checkpoint of the local lord ahead."

Mengda next to him panted heavily, pointed at the entrance of the commercial road in front of him and replied, his face was as pale as a sheet of paper, Mengda, who was born as a mountain hunter, was not much better at horsemanship than Fatty, if it wasn't for his agility, Mengda Da Da was almost shocked by the galloping horse under his crotch.

"My lord, this should be the tax card set up by the local lords of Sartor County on the commercial road. We need to pay the tax to pass."

Zhao Hu stretched his head curiously to see that there were two cypress trees as thick as thighs, and the bars were on the business road that must be passed in front of him. There were more than a dozen peasant-soldier-looking people wearing tattered leather armor at the back, poking their heads out to look at the group of cavalry who suddenly galloped out of the yellow sand in the sky.

(End of this chapter)