Soothing his mount, which was feeling a little uneasy and kicking the ground, Hansen asked the knights around him to play the team's flag.
At the same time, he loudly said to the cavalry stationed more than ten steps away: "We are envoys sent by Tandan. We are going to Xi'an. Please get out of the way."
When the flag of the Bloodstone City Tandan was raised and Hansen shouted these words, the team of knights blocking the road finally took action.
The leader walked out of the team, holding a spear in his hand, and his beard could be seen under his helmet and visor.
The leader said in accented Common Tongue:
"We are soldiers of the United Roman Legion. The envoy from Tandan wants to go to Xi'an to pay a visit. Please let me guide you."
After the leader with a beard finished speaking, he returned to the team.The cavalry, with the golden eagle as its flag, took up its hooves again.
Seeing this, Hansen breathed a sigh of relief.
As the escort for the convoy on this trip, he also knew that the slave city-state named Xi'an had undergone drastic changes recently.
This mission does not yet know what is going on inside Xi'an.But looking at it now, at least there is not much hostility.
If the opponent is really hostile and launches an attack on the convoy, although his side has a numerical advantage, Hansen actually doesn't have much confidence in repelling the opponent.
The team continued to move forward, with a tacit understanding of maintaining a certain distance between them.
Just as the leader of the cavalry team said, they seemed to be really here to protect and guide the way.
Hansen did not dismount again, it was only half an hour away from his destination.
He returned to the carriage he was sitting in before.
The window of the carriage was opened, revealing the old man's face. Before Hansen could speak, the old man opened his mouth and asked:
"Hansen, how are you?"
Hansen nodded slightly, and then replied:
"Lord Enoch, that cavalry team belongs to the force that currently occupies Xi'an."
"The traces of the convoy should have been discovered by the other party's scouts patrolling nearby, so they sent people to investigate."
"After I raised the banner of Tandan, the other party showed no hostility for the time being, and instead led us to Xi'an."
"That's right..." Enoch nodded.
When the motorcade stopped just now, although he stayed in the carriage and did not get out, Enoch could feel the tense emotions of the guards at that time.
Strictly speaking, these guards are not Tandan's people, but a mercenary group hired by Tandan on the road at a huge cost, called the Silver Shield Mercenary Group.
The two parties signed a 30-year contract, which can actually be regarded as Tandan buying the Silver Shield Mercenary Group.
Hansen is the deputy leader of the Silver Shield Mercenary Group, and he is also a powerful warrior who has experienced baptism.
Needless to say, the combat effectiveness of the Silver Shield Mercenary Group, Tandan's willingness to spend a lot of money to hire them has its own reasons.
Although it is not as good as the formal regiments with numbers trained by the Kingdom and the Principality on the road, it is still considered second-rate among the mercenary regiments.
But this second-rate mercenary regiment was already one of the strongest in Slaver's Bay.
"How many people are there in the team sent by Xi'an?" Enoch asked.
"Cavalry of 40 men."
"What do you think of strength?"
Although Hansen did not speak immediately, Enoch already got some answer from his expression.
"Not to be underestimated..."
Hansen replied seriously:
"Although we have never fought against each other, we can tell from some details that they are at least professional cavalry trained at the earldom level."
Counties, marquises, dukes, and kingdoms divide territories according to titles and statuses.The larger the territory, the greater the population, the greater the wealth, and the stronger the military equipment and numbers it cultivates.
"If we are hostile to the opponent, we should have a slight advantage due to our numerical advantage, but because we have to protect the convoy, we will be at a disadvantage."
"That's right, I understand." Enoch nodded.
"Lord Enoch, if there are no other questions, I will go to the front of the team to command the escort." Hansen said again.
"Thank you for your hard work, go ahead, Hansen."
After Hansen left, Enoch closed the window of the carriage, lowered his head and fell into thought.
"grandfather..."
Seeing his grandfather's brows furrowed, Rajer couldn't help but speak.
Seeing Rajer's concerned and worried expression, Enoch stopped thinking and sighed softly.
"Is Grandfather thinking about the cavalry?"
Rajel said:
"I heard from the nobles of Xi'an that the group of people occupying Xi'an now seem to come from the realm behind the Forbidden Land, and their faces are somewhat different from ours."
In the Forbidden Land, dense forests surround the entire eastern part of Slaver's Bay, and deep in this huge forest, there is white mist lingering.
Anyone who steps into the White Mist Forest will get lost in it. There is also a forbidden land near the White Stone City of Xi'an and the Blood Stone City of Tandan.
Chapter 1 The purpose of the mission
The desire to explore is one of the most fundamental desires of human beings. The City of Three Stones has organized a certain scale of exploration into forbidden places, but all ended in failure.Over time, the forbidden land was regarded as a forbidden area, a natural chasm that humans could not set foot on.
When the nobles of Xi'an fled to Bloodstone City, the Lord of Tandan asked them about the complete process of the Xi'an incident.
The uprising of the slaves is still next. The key is that a gap has been opened in the Forbidden Land, and the human forces behind the Forbidden Land have intervened in Xi'an.
"After learning about this, the city lord immediately organized slaves to explore the forbidden land, but the result was still the same. There was still no return."
"It seems that only the forbidden land outside Xi'an has been opened, which can connect the inside and outside."
Enoch reached out and stroked Rajel's silky golden hair.
"Regardless of what lies behind the Forbidden Land, it is certain that humans live behind it."
"Xi'an's exploration of the Forbidden Land only found a town with a population of more than 5000, but this does not mean that it is the total number of humans living in the Forbidden Land."
"Slaver's Bay is not small, but it is definitely not big. A sudden influx of more than [-] people may have a great impact on the layout of Slaver's Bay."
"Just like when the ancestors of Yanan came to this land?" Rajer suddenly interjected.
"No, that's not the same."
Enoch shook his head slightly.
"Hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of Yanan came to this land with a population of only a few thousand. Although they settled down on this land, they quietly guarded their own one-third of an acre. Communicate less with the outside world. We even wish we could communicate more with Yanan."
Although the number of people in Yanan is small, it seems that they have the secret formula for making the baptism for warriors, and can independently produce the baptism secret medicine.There are excellent craftsmen inside, who can create utensils that are far beyond ordinary things.
"Yarnan should not be underestimated, but he never interfered with the affairs of the Three Stone City. Therefore, the first 100 years before the ancestors of Yharnam came to this land and the last 100 years after they settled in Slaver's Bay remained unchanged. .”
"But this time is different...The intervention of human forces after the Forbidden Land has begun to change the pattern of the Three Stone City."
What kind of impact it would have on the entire order of Slaver's Bay was exactly the purpose of his trip, what he wanted to explore.
"If they don't affect us, what should we do?"
Rajer couldn't help but ask.
"Our group of guests beg the city lord to send troops to conquer Xi'an every day so that they can go back one day. They almost gave up the last bit of noble dignity and knelt down outside the city lord's palace to plead."
Listening to Rajer's words, Enoch chuckled:
"If the current Xi'an, if the forces emerging from the Forbidden Land really will not affect the isolation of Slaver's Bay, but are willing to work with us to maintain the order of this land. Then let them become the new masters of Xi'an So why bother?”
"The defeated former city lord of Xi'an was a fool."
"I have long heard that the former city lord worshiped the emperor who represented fear on the mainland, liked hunting, and was known as 'brave'."
"But even if you bully the wild people outside the city who are worse than weeds, how could you be so stupid as to take all the Unsullied into the Forbidden Land as soon as it opens?"
Enoch said coldly, with no politeness in his words.
"I was impressed by the deeds of the emperor on the mainland, and I also wanted to become a figure like Emperor Kusha. However, for us in the Three Stone City, as long as we can maintain the order here."
We are not afraid that our descendants will ruin the family, but we are afraid that our descendants will want to start a business.
"In short, Xi'an's former city lord was a troublesome guy who was unwilling to be lonely. It doesn't matter even if he dies."
"As long as Xi'an's current owner is someone who stands with us, if the other party is willing to do this, of course both we and Blackstone City are willing to recognize the other party's status."
"I would even say that marriage is not an option... I heard that the lord who currently occupies Xi'an is still very young and has not yet had a family. As a noble daughter of the lineage of the Lord of Tandan City, he is considered worthy of her. "
Hearing his grandfather say this, Rajer didn't look very good.
You must know that Xi'an's new master is a barbarian-like guy.In Rajer's imagination, he might be covered in hair and have fangs in his mouth.
Marriage with such a person, wouldn't this push Tandan's noble ladies into a pit of fire?
"What if the other party is unwilling? They are unwilling to accept our goodwill..." Rajer continued to ask.
"If the other party is unwilling..."
Enoch, who looked like a kind-hearted old man, suddenly became cold and stern.
"Then Xian is our enemy..."
"We recruited the Silver Shield mercenary group, coupled with the Unsullied Legion trained by ourselves, and combined with the Blackstone City army, we will kill this group of guys who came out from behind the Forbidden Land at all costs."
The conversation between the two of them almost ended here.
Rajer didn't ask any more questions after that, but just looked at the changing scenery outside the window thoughtfully.Enoch, on the other hand, closed his eyes and rested his mind, recharging his energy for the upcoming mission.The bumps of the carriage and horses suddenly decreased significantly, and the scenery outside the carriage began to show traces of human activities.
A slightly rough and smooth road appeared in front of the front convoy.And the white city wall buildings can already be seen in sight.
"Lord Enoch..."
Hansen, who was at the front of the motorcade, came to the car again.
"We're almost there."
In fact, this place is already within the scope of Xi'an City.
After another run forward, large areas of farmland began to appear outside the car.
The figures of human cultivators can be seen on the ridges of the fields, sitting on the ridges and chatting eagerly with people who look like companions.Houses made of earth, wood and stone can be seen on the horizon.
Not only was Rajel curiously looking at the completely different scenery between this place and Tandan, but Enoch was also staring at the field scenery, hoping to get some kind of information from it.
"Xian completed the spring plowing, and it seemed to be done well..." Enoch murmured in his mouth.
Spring plowing is extremely important for any ancient farming civilization.
Like the original Xi'an, Tandan, farming required a lot of effort to organize the ignorant and lazy slaves.
When the incident in Xi'an happened, it was the time for spring plowing. Logically speaking, it should have been a long period of time since the beginning of spring because of this drastic change.
“Can spring plowing be organized and completed in such a short time?”
Enoch was well aware of the efficiency of slave farming.
Chapter 1 Rules
Enoch learned the general situation of Xi'an from the Xi'an nobles who were exiled in Tandan.First of all, Raph insisted on destroying all the Unsullied Legion in the Forbidden Land.As a result, the armed forces in the hands of the Xi'an noble class were completely lost, and instead became a force in the hands of others.
Then there was a slave riot in the city. Without the suppression of the Unsullied, the situation in Xi'an instantly became chaotic.
After entering the Forbidden Land, the force called Rome entered Xi'an, and it took a lot of effort to stabilize the situation in Xi'an.Immediately afterwards, the Roman lord unceremoniously expelled the old nobles. At this point, Xi'an's original order could be said to be completely destroyed.
Organizational ability is based on the possession of order. Soon after the new order is established, slaves who have rioted can start to be organized to participate in production.This aspect illustrates the organizational capabilities of the forces behind the Forbidden Land.
While Enoch's thoughts were racing and his expression was changing, the carriage stopped.
Hansen came to the carriage again and informed Enoch that he had arrived and could get off.Get off the carriage and step on the solid road.The road was newly built, and the smooth stones were paved with not many traces of walking on the road.
This is the road leading from the outer city to the inner city. Not far away, you can see a construction site where stones are piled and workers sitting on the roadside taking a rest.
Will there be major construction work after the spring plowing is over?
However, building such a road...
The construction slaves in the Three Stone City are generally good at building slaves, but they are actually better at building noble manors, mansions and gardens.
Enoch subconsciously thought about what he saw, but he immediately restrained his thoughts and looked ahead at the road that had been built.
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