The team leader smiled widely and agreed as he stepped back, "Okay, we're all doing business anyway. As long as we make money, it doesn't matter who we sell to.
"Sir, please lead the way!"
After returning to the carriage, he quickly took out the crossbow from under the cloth.
At the same time, he shouted: "Brothers, grab your weapons!"
He raised his crossbow and shot an arrow at the leading barbarian general.
The barbarian cavalry never dreamed that this caravan would be so fierce.
Not only did they dare to resist them, but they also had powerful weapons like crossbows.
Especially when the distance is so close, there is no time to react.
Plus, he had just shown his submission and was not on guard at all.
He watched helplessly as the arrow pierced his chest, and fell down with his eyes wide open and an expression of disbelief on his face.
You have to know that they are all wearing armor, and it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to break through their defense.
However, the power of this crossbow arrow is surprisingly great, and the arrowhead is extremely sharp.
Even armor made of iron plates can be shot through.
The others followed his orders and joined in without hesitation.
Over the years, I have encountered bandits and horse thieves more than once while doing business on the grassland.
The fighting method has long been mastered.
The cooperation between them is very close.
Although no one spoke, everyone had already locked onto their target.
They fired crossbows together and killed dozens of cavalrymen.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the few cavalrymen standing behind spurred their horses and turned around to run away, not daring to start a fight at all.
While escaping, he turned around and shot arrows to prevent the caravan from chasing him.
Although it was a sneak attack, we still didn't wipe out all the enemies.
In addition, the enemy's war horses were of excellent quality and ran very fast. In the blink of an eye, they had already run over a hundred meters away, and there was no time to catch up.
"This is troublesome, it seems something unexpected must have happened on the grassland.
We let them escape again, and retaliation is imminent. We must retreat quickly."
The team leader made the decision without hesitation.
His subordinates were very unwilling to give up and persuaded him: "It will take time for the other party to seek support. Let's hurry back."
"That is to say, we can't just throw away so much cargo."
"Let's run as fast as we can, as long as we can get back to the city!"
The team leader was so angry that he yelled at everyone: "It's already this late and you're still thinking about asking for goods.
I think you guys are just trying to kill yourself.
Since the enemy didn't want to steal the goods, they must have made sufficient preparations long ago.
Their cavalry is much faster, and if they catch us, we will all die.
I ordered him to abandon all the goods and flee on horseback.
Of course, these goods cannot be given to the enemy, burn them all.
His Highness has already instructed us on this matter: if we encounter danger, we should first protect the people; it is nothing to lose some goods."
After saying that, he ran forward to replenish all the cavalrymen who were not completely dead.
With these dozens of horses, it’s not too bad.
If there were not enough horses, two or three people would ride on one, set the goods on fire, and run away.
He whipped the horse hard all the way, not daring to delay for even a moment.
The barbarian cavalry is famous for its swift charging speed.
If you run a little slower, you might be caught up.
They are not afraid of death, but they must get the news back as soon as possible to prevent more caravans from entering the grassland.
The fleeing barbarian cavalry quickly returned to the camp to find their own troops.
"Oh no! Someone come quickly! A fierce merchant caravan attacked us with crossbows.
Come with me and hunt them down!"
The generals in the military camp were extremely angry when they heard this.
He glared at the fleeing people and shouted angrily, "What did you say? Your group of people were attacked by a mere merchant caravan.
What do the others eat?"
The cavalrymen who escaped back were panting and still a little frightened: "This caravan is different from the others, they are not only large in scale.
And the crossbow is very powerful.
From the very beginning, he pretended to be submissive and willing to follow Qi.
When we were off guard, they suddenly attacked and killed our people with crossbow arrows.
Except for the three of us who escaped, everyone else was killed."
Upon hearing that so many people had died, the barbarian general was extremely angry.
He didn't bother to deal with his subordinates.
He roared and mounted his horse, "Someone is following me and dares to kill my barbarian warriors. We must not let them go.
They must be caught and punished to the fullest extent possible."
A group of hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out of the military camp quickly.
Soon we arrived at the place where we met the caravan.
You can see thick smoke billowing from a long distance away.
The cavalrymen who fled back were so angry that they slapped their thighs and said, "These Dayuan people really deserve to die.
They knew they couldn’t carry the goods, so they burned them all.”
When they came to the carriage, they saw the bodies of their own men lying on the ground, but the war horses were nowhere to be seen.
Especially seeing that everyone's neck was patched.
He was even more furious.
The general gnashed his teeth in anger and said, "Chase them, don't let any of them go.
I will make them suffer every possible torture.
These people acted decisively and were definitely not ordinary businessmen.
It's very likely that they are Dayuan soldiers disguised as soldiers coming to gather information."
The barbarian cavalry followed the traces and chased after them.
They have to use their speed advantage to catch up.
No one on the grassland is faster or more familiar with the terrain than them.
The caravan ran for a while before they discovered cavalry chasing them.
Many people looked panicked.
There is no comparison between the speed of horses pulling carts and the running speed of war horses on the grassland.
Not to mention that one horse has to carry at least two people.
After running for so long, the horse was already tired and out of breath, and its speed had slowed down a lot.
However, it would take at least half an hour to return to the border of Dayuan.
"Oh no! The enemy cavalry is catching up. What should we do?"
"What else can we do? Fight them! If we get caught, our death will be even more miserable. Killing one will cover our losses, but killing two will make us a profit."
"No, I'm not afraid of dying in a desperate fight with them, but the news won't get through.
There will be more caravans entering the grassland without knowing it, which will cause more people to die."
"Boss, what should we do? We can't run away, and we can't fight back."
The leader gritted his teeth and said, "The barbarian racehorses run fast, so the youngest people will ride the captured horses first.
We stayed behind to cover their retreat.
Be sure to bring the message back.
Even if we die in battle, His Highness will avenge us."
Everyone had a look of despair on their faces when they heard this.
Everyone wants to stay and let others take over.
The team leader knew that continuing to fight would waste more time, so he called out the names of dozens of people and asked them to retreat immediately.
Leave all the crossbows and arrows behind and let them deal with the enemy.
The queen forced herself to leave and told the young man to hurry up.
"Whoever delays me will be killed. I'm going to die anyway and I can't be held back by you."
After being scolded, the chosen person rode away with tears in his eyes.
"You must hold on, we'll go get reinforcements."
But everyone knew that the possibility of the army coming to the rescue was extremely small.
Even if they rushed back and forth, they would have been killed long ago.
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