On the Seven Towers

At the scene of the battle, Shi Hao sent people to do a simple cleanup. He moved the bodies of the people and horses to the roadside and lined them up one by one. More than fifty soldiers of the Andur family died, and the family members in the carriage More than 20 servants died, plus more than 40 horses that were beaten to death. These corpses were lined up in a row, at least nearly two hundred meters long, which looked very shocking.

He deliberately left the carriages with their horses unloaded on the road, blocking the road ahead. Shi Hao was sitting on the top of a carriage holding a saber. There were seven or eight soldiers around him who were using the carriage as a cover and were ready for battle, looking like they were waiting for the enemy.

They waited for about twenty minutes before the second batch of escape convoys arrived. This time the size of the convoy was larger than that of the Andur family, with ten carriages and hundreds of horse-riding guards around them. However, judging from the color and style of the carriages, this convoy is obviously made up of three small convoys. The scouts arranged by the convoy saw the abnormal situation here from a distance. They rode forward to see the situation here, but unexpectedly they ran into corpses on the ground as soon as they arrived. One of them was so frightened that he turned around and ran away. The other scout was better. He mustered up the courage to step forward and roughly counted the number of corpses on the ground. However, the strange way of death of these corpses still made him feel chilly.

"Hey, you go over and bring a message." Leo walked out of the woods next to the corpse, "The road here has been blocked by the Tower of China. You'd better listen to us and follow us to set up camp and transfer your belongings Leave it to us for safekeeping and review, otherwise these people before you will be your examples.”

The scout was frightened by Leo's sudden appearance. He kept a safe distance from Leo and asked, "Sir, are these the Andur family who are walking in front of us?"

"Yes, they took the initiative to attack our army, and you saw the result. A few steps forward from your position, you can see Viscount Waldo and his wife. Haha, the red one, The one with blood holes all over his body is the Viscount." Leo sneered and said, "What are you afraid of? I won't kill you. Come here and take a look so that you can give your master a careful report! Understand the situation and make the same mistake as the Viscount, and you will regret it later. "

The scout approached the viscount's family and took a closer look, then hurriedly patted his horse and drove back.

This team is composed of a businessman Favres, a mid-level mage Prados, and a noble Baron Portinas. The bolder scout is the subordinate of Baron Portinas. When he arrived at the motorcade that was staying far away, he caused panic in the entire team.

"Is it too late for us to go back and take the southern path?" The fat businessman who spoke was Favres. He carried the most belongings among the three teams. Six of the ten carriages must belong to him. Half of them were filled with belongings. Half of the mounted guards were also his.

"That's impossible. These people are cavalry, and their speed is much faster than our carriage. If we escape, we will only be killed by them on the way to escape." Baron Portinas has a military background and is a serious-looking man. A middle-aged man, he wears armor and looks quite heroic. As a peak mid-level warrior, he is also the strongest one in this team. Although the manpower he carried was less than that of Favres, the quality was much higher. The main combat power of this team came from the personal guards and veterans he brought back from the border. He observed from a distance for a while, but could not clearly see the Chinese hiding in the forest, but from the rangers running on the roadside, he saw a tough look, "These cavalry are quite elite, although they are not veterans. , but it would be unwise to conflict with them.”

"I think there's nothing wrong with following what they said." Master Prados was a guest of a chamber of commerce. The chamber of commerce was prepared to defend Suero with the Marquis, but he was not prepared to accompany him, so he ran out with his apprentice and family, "China I have dealt with people who are generally reasonable, and I don’t believe they will confiscate all your belongings.”

Favres said dissatisfied: "You don't have much property at all, of course you can say that. But my life's savings are here. Everyone knows that these soldiers are devils turned from leeches. As long as we back down a little, they will They will suck every drop of blood from us. We can’t just obey them, we have to fight them!”

Prados sneered: "Resist? What are you using to fight? I'm just a mid-level mage. In front of the masters of the Tower of China, I'm nothing. What about you? Are you going to fight with your belly?"

Favres blushed and said angrily: "I, I will reason with them! Do they want a intact Suero? After offending the businessmen, if they take Suero, it will only be an empty city. !”

Prados said: "Isn't it just right to kill those businessmen who are unwilling to stay and cooperate and just want to run away with money, and support those businessmen who stay to support them?"

Baron Portinas said: "Okay, it's useless for you to argue. Just make a decision quickly about what you are going to do. The Chinese don't seem to be prepared to wait any longer. The cavalry are passing on orders, and they may start to move. "

Favres said: "Okay! I decided to talk to them myself. Everything in this world is just business. There is nothing that cannot be discussed!"

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As a businessman who traveled all over the country, Favres had seen a lot of things and had been in and out of the battlefield. In the early years, he had been in and out of the front line of the confrontation between the Empire and the Kingdom for profit and provided supplies to the Kingdom's army. At that time, various sporadic battles could often be seen. When the battle was the most intense, there was a chance to see dead people almost every day. But when he walked past the row of corpses of the Andur family, he couldn't help but feel panic in his heart and sweat on his head. He couldn't help but cover his chest. The scene with a sense of ritual in front of him kept shaking his heart.

Just before leaving today, he had chatted with the Andur family and invited them to act together. But at that time, Viscount Waldo thought he was strong enough and did not join their team. He insisted on setting off first. Favres still remembered the viscount's proud expression at the time, but now he was lying there, turned into a pile of rotten meat. He couldn't help but think, if the four families acted together at that time, and Viscount Waldo annoyed the Chinese and dragged them into the war together, what would be the outcome?