At noon on the ninth day after Sun Hao and his group entered Canglong Mountain, Luo Xuan handed Sun Hao a piece of roasted wild boar meat and said, "Husband, how about trying my barbecue skills?"

Before entering Canglong Mountain, Sun Hao sent people to infiltrate a nearby city and purchase supplies enough to support their entire team to cross the Canglong Mountains. However, most of what they bought were sorghum rice, flour, and horse feed for war horses.

Therefore, the brave generals under Sun Hao's command would go hunting when they rested along the way to replenish some meat for the team.

This morning, a wild boar weighing six or seven hundred kilograms broke into Sun Hao and his group's camp, so everyone had roasted wild boar meat to eat at noon.

Sun Hao took the barbecue and took a bite. "Not bad, your cooking skills are really good. The meat is not dry at all."

Luo Xuan smiled and said, "I often barbecue myself in the palace of Iron Lion City.

The seasonings are not complete now, otherwise the grilled meat would taste better.

I also like to cook. When we return to Ganyang City, I will make a few of my specialties for my husband to taste."

At this time, Huang Zhong suddenly came over and said, "Master, Madam, the brothers who were on guard around here have discovered a group of people in the valley heading towards us.

Maybe they were attracted by the smoke from the barbecue."

Ever since his relationship with Luo Xuan reached a new level, Sun Hao discovered that Luo Xuan was very good at dealing with people. Now even the generals under Sun Hao's command began to call Luo Xuan "Madam", and Emile was completely under Luo Xuan's control.

Considering that his own backyard also needed a real hostess, and Luo Xuan was a princess, Sun Hao acquiesced to everyone's address to Luo Xuan.

Sun Hao frowned slightly, "Huang Zhong, how many people are there on the other side?"

"At least five or six hundred, maybe even more. We're still some distance away, and we can't tell where they came from yet."

Luo Xuan then said to Sun Hao, "My dear, any group that dares to travel through Canglong Mountain is probably not a good person. We must be careful."

Sun Hao nodded, then instructed Huang Zhong, "Brothers, prepare to meet the enemy and see what these uninvited guests are capable of."

What soon caught Sun Hao's eyes was a group of ragged strong men, including people from the Liang tribe, white people, and even quite a few dark-skinned black people.

There were also some black people in Liang State, but these black people were slaves sold to Liang State by merchants and were called Hei Hu slaves.

It is said that the Heihu slaves came from a very distant place in the far west. They were first sold to the Western Regions by slave traders from Western countries and then resold to Liang State.

Since Sun Hao and his men were on a hillside at the time, and the hillside was full of towering ancient trees, it was impossible for the cavalry to engage in combat.

Therefore, the brave generals under Sun Hao's command have consciously formed an infantry battle formation and stood in front of this group of uninvited guests.

The leader of the group was a strong man from the Liang clan, who was at least two meters and two meters tall and extremely strong. When he stood forward, it was as if half a city wall was standing there.

Seeing the heavy infantry formation formed by Sun Hao's fierce generals, the sturdy Liang clan man suddenly became very excited and asked loudly, "Are you from the Daliang Kingdom? Have we reached Daliang Kingdom yet?"

It turned out that this group of ragged strong men came from the Parthian Empire, one of the five major powers in the Western Regions.

The Parthian Empire was located in the westernmost part of the Western Regions, bordering several western countries. It had more than 300 cities and a population of approximately 20 million, of which the Liang people accounted for less than 30%.

The Parthian Empire was also the most militarily powerful country among the five major powers in the Western Regions, without a doubt.

The white people living in the Western Regions and the white people in Western countries not only look different, but also have different beliefs.

Most white people in the Western Regions believe in Mosha religion, while those in Western countries believe in Tiantang religion.

Some powerful Western countries once tried to spread the Heavenly Religion to the Western Regions through invasion, but they all failed within the territory of the Parthian Empire.

Although the Parthian Empire repeatedly repelled the invasions of Western powers, it was the country most influenced by the West among the countries in the Western Regions.

For example, the gladiator culture that is popular in various Western countries has already taken root in the Parthian Empire.

The group of ragged strong men that Sun Hao and his companions encountered were all slave gladiators who had escaped from Shuiyue City, the capital of the Parthian Empire, totaling more than 800 people.

These slave gladiators almost all had to undergo extremely harsh training from a young age. Only those who survived could become gladiators, and some were prisoners of war.

Half a year ago, a large-scale slave gladiator riot broke out at the gladiatorial contest held in Shuiyue City, the capital of the Parthian Empire. These more than 800 slave gladiators were all survivors of that riot.

Lu Biao, the sturdy man who was over two meters tall, munched on a white flour pancake while saying to Sun Hao, "Master Sun, we had no choice but to revolt.

The main reason was that the King of Parthia had some unknown illness and actually demanded that the victorious gladiator in this gladiatorial contest must kill the defeated one on the spot.

There were hundreds of gladiators who were qualified to participate in this gladiatorial contest. According to such rules, only one person could survive in the end.

It was unclear which arena's gladiators started the rebellion first, but later almost all the gladiators in Shuiyue City joined the riot because of this rule, totaling to as many as seven or eight thousand people.

Unfortunately, Shuiyue City was home to the four most elite legions of the Parthian Empire. In the end, we had no choice but to escape from Shuiyue City and all the way into the Canglong Mountains, hoping to escape to the Daliang Kingdom.

After all, for us gladiators from Parthia, I'm afraid the only way to survive is to go to Liang State."

Sun Hao handed Lu Biao a piece of roasted wild boar meat and said, "Brother Lu, how about you try my wife's barbecue skills?"

After learning about the origins of Lu Biao and the others, Sun Hao immediately became very enthusiastic and asked his men to start cooking again to entertain these gladiators who had been living in the open for several months.

Sun Hao discovered through the "Primary Exploration Eye" that the combat power values of this group of gladiators were mostly between 70 and 80 points. Only a few people's combat power values did not reach 70 points, but they were all close to 70 points.

In addition, there are more than ninety people whose combat power values can be classified as "level eighty" generals, and seven people whose combat power values can be classified as "level ninety" generals.

What shocked Sun Hao the most was Lu Biao, known as the King of Gladiators, whose combat power value was as high as 100 points.

You should know that the combat power values of the most skilled generals under Sun Hao are only 99 points.

Since he encountered this group of homeless gladiators, Sun Hao certainly hoped to recruit them under his command, especially Lu Biao, whose combat power value reached 100 points.