king of war

Chapter 5
Hearing the investigation results reported by the female warrior, Qin Rongshuai's heart suddenly jumped. If he hadn't encountered the warning of the fleeing people, his group would have bumped into this group of cavalry if they continued to move forward for a few minutes. Then it would be unthinkable.

This wave of enemies were either scouts on patrol or rangers who came out to plunder. If they wanted to hide, they probably couldn’t dodge it. Impossible to escape.

He can run on a horse, but what about the five Amazon female warriors? This is his biggest capital in this plane, and there is no way he will give up.

After all, he is a good people-oriented boss.

The boss had a solemn expression, and his newly recruited employees were even more panicked. Several of them quickly shouted, expressing various opinions in one go, and some looked around, thinking about when run away.

"Mr. Messenger, let's turn around and go back to the village."

"Let's disperse and escape."

"Stupid, can you outrun the Persian cavalry?"

"Then what do you say?"

"Why don't we surrender?"

"Are you an idiot, we will be cut off by the Persians..."

Looking at this group of men who were noisy like headless flies, Qin Rongshuai was very unhappy in his heart. He wanted to get rid of all these rabble, but he quickly suppressed the idea. Don't expect the mercenaries hired with money. too much.How can a person who works for money have any moral integrity? If he didn't run away when he heard the news just now, he must have been very professional.

Not to mention a group of mercenaries in this era, even in modern times, it is not easy to keep the army calm in the face of superior enemies.

Krosos turned his head quickly, and seeing his boss's gloomy face, he immediately said: "Sir, it is impossible to run away or avoid it directly. Why don't we pretend to be from the Ionian caravan and say that we are going to purchase goods?" The goods and materials are sold to the Persian army, and I will negotiate with the Persians later."

Qin Rongshuai was a little surprised, "Do you understand Persian?"

"I know a little bit. I once stayed in the Ionian region for three years." Crosus said with some pride.

Ionia is the ancient Greek name for the southwestern coastal area of ​​Asia. It belongs to the area ruled by the ancient Greek city-states, and the Ionian people of ancient Greece settled here.It was ruled by Persia in 546 BC, and an uprising against Persian rule broke out in 500 BC. Athens intervened in it and became the fuse of the Hippo War.

This time Xerxes led an army to conquer Greece, bringing with him a large number of Ionians and some Greeks as servants of the Persian army, including a large number of caravans, so Croesus's method made sense.

But this method is also very risky. What if the Persian cavalry suddenly wants to kill them and rob them? It is a war in the wilderness, and it is too convenient to do such a thing.

It is definitely difficult to run away, and it is not impossible to ambush a wave of ambushes.However, Qin Rongshuai was worried that if something unexpected happened in the battle, the battle situation would become anxious, and the time would be delayed. If the Persian soldiers who ran away brought people to chase them, it would be a pincer attack from front to back.

Qin Rongshuai rode his horse and ran to ambush a small hillside to observe it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He found a hill not far away. At the foot of the hill was a grove of olive trees, which was very dense.

He immediately ordered that the long contradiction cards captured by the Persian soldiers be distributed, and the four Amazon female warriors were divided into two groups, each with five people to ambush in the woods ten meters apart.

Then the remaining female warrior took a long rope and tied one end to the tree at the height of a horse from the ground. The other end was held in her hand and hidden among the dense branches.

Qin Rongshuai stuffed the machete into the cloth bag hanging around the horse's neck, selected several spears, cut them into half a meter long, and tied them to the back. He even wrapped cloth strips around these short spears for concealment.

It's just that the strip of cloth is a bit long and the binding is a bit rough and loose. It floats when the horse is running. From a distance, it looks like there are a few small flags stuck behind it.

After the arrangements were made, Qin Rongshuai and Crosos pretended to be businessmen and rode to negotiate. If they could be deceived, everyone would be happy. If they couldn't, then don't blame him for not being a martial artist.

As for why not all hide in the woods and wait for the enemy to pass before coming out.First of all, they were a group of more than a dozen people with horses, leaving too many footprints on the road. The traces could be seen at a glance, and it was impossible for them to sweep away all the footprints in a short time.

Secondly, these Persians drove the local Greeks, whether they were hunting for slaves or serving as scouts for the army, it was impossible to let go of such a conspicuous forest.

He and Croesus rode their horses and waited by the woods for a few minutes, then saw a cloud of dust in the distance, and a dozen Persian cavalry figures emerged from the smoke.

When these cavalrymen were getting closer, Qin Rongshuai suddenly found that the costumes of these cavalrymen were a bit wrong. They were completely different from the Persian cavalrymen they saw before. They wore pointed leather hats, some wore leather armor, and some were shirtless. It looks extremely sturdy.

The cavalryman at the front is completely different. Outside the leather armor is also covered with scale armor made of bronze armor, with a full beard, a battle ax in his hand, a short spear and a shield on his back, and a sword on his back. A one meter long recurve bow.

But the most eye-catching thing is that these cavalrymen are all shining with gold, whether on their weapons, clothes or horse reins, and they look inhumane.

"It's the Scythian cavalry!" Qin Rongshuai immediately lowered his face.

The Scythians, also known as the Scythians, and the Cypriots in China, are nomadic peoples living on the great plains of Eastern Europe. They are good at raising horses, have superb riding skills, use powerful compound bows, and are quite powerful in combat.

The Scythians did not have writing, but they had many skilled craftsmen who were good at making gold and bronze wares. It is said that the place where the Scythians lived did not produce iron and silver, but there was a lot of gold and copper, so they liked to use gold. With a lot of embellishment, it now looks like the legend might be true.

Krosos' complexion is also quite ugly. Of course he knows the Scythians. These people are tough and have a tradition of beheading and skinning.

"Your Excellency, I think..." Krossos swallowed forcefully, and said in a difficult tone, "I think... shall we run?"

"Huh?!" Qin Rongshuai's face turned cold. You came up with the idea, but it turned out that you said you were going to run. Are you kidding me, so he subconsciously put his hand into the bag and touched the machete.

"I... I don't know their language..."

"A gold coin."

"They are quite brutal..."

"Two gold coins."

"This is very dangerous..."

"Three gold coins, if you don't agree, I'll kick you off the horse." Qin Rongshuai said coldly.

Crosus immediately patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely convince them."

When the Scythian cavalry discovered the two men, they slowed down and surrounded them. One of the most ornately decorated Scythian nobles opened his mouth and yelled a few words.

Qin Rongshuai secretly said that the system was cheating and only loaded him with ancient Greek, but not Persian, so he could only use his eyes to signal Croesus.

Crusos bit the bullet, urged the horse under his crotch to lean over, and started talking with the other party in proficient Persian, and gestured towards Qin Rongshuai from time to time.

Qin Rongshuai couldn't understand what the two were saying, so he could only squeeze a smile on his face, and at the same time carefully observed the other's expression, secretly guarding in his heart.

After a while, the other party burst out laughing, and Croesus's expression relaxed. It seemed that the two of them had reached an agreement. He turned his horse and ran back to tell his boss the good news.

"Your Excellency, I have already negotiated with them. We only need to hand over ten gold coins, and they can guarantee our safety..."

Qin Rongshuai listened to Croesus' words with a smile while staring at the Scythians.

At this time, a Scythian noble whistled and rushed over on horseback with a golden battle axe. The ax blade was raised high with a cold light, pointing at the unconscious Croesus' neck. Cut across.At this time, Krossos turned his back to the other party, talking happily with Qin Rongshuai.

With quick eyes and quick hands, Qin Rongshuai grabbed Crosus's hair, pressed down hard and pressed him down on the horse's back, and the golden battle ax slashed through the air.

The Scythian noble didn't seem to have expected this situation. He exerted too much force, swayed his body, and nearly fell off the horse. Fortunately, he was skilled in riding, and his legs clamped the horse's belly to maintain his balance.

The two sides were so close that Qin Rongshuai could see the opponent's blue eyes. How could he let go of this opportunity? He pulled out a short spear with his backhand and threw it towards the Scythian's face.

The sharp spear tip pierced the opponent's eyes fiercely, a stream of blood shot out, and the opponent fell off the horse with a scream.

With one blow, Qin Rongshuai slapped himself and Crosus's horse hard, and the two horses immediately galloped.

The rest of the Scythians were startled and angry, and immediately took the bows on their backs, nocked their arrows and shot.

"Whoosh, whoosh!", the dense rain of arrows passed by Qin Rongshuai, and Krosos screamed and fell off his horse.At this time, Qin Rongshuai didn't care about his clerk, gritted his teeth and leaned on the horse's back, and rushed towards the woods.

(End of this chapter)