I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 184 Destruction
On August 42, the 8nd year of the founding of Pella, Dunla led the army.

On a muddy path in Dunla, a caravan with ten carriages was driving slowly. Perhaps it had just rained two days ago. The ruts brought up several muddy water.

"Oh shit, this splash of muddy water stained my pants!"

A caravan guard with a short bow complained to his companions while avoiding the muddy water brought up by the wheels of the carriage in front of him.

"Come on, Jenny, your damn pants are already dirty, and the muddy water just adds some 'beautiful' new patterns to your gray pants." Another caravan guard replied.

"Fuck you, Danny, I bought these trousers in Bulllap for eight silver coins, and they are made of the best fabric from the southern city-state!" The archer named Jenny said to his partner's shoulders. Turned around and said.

"So what? It's a damn pair of pants to me," Jenny shot back.

"God, you're such a jerk."

Listening to the conversation between the pair of guards, Buck, who was riding a horse not far away, glanced at his friend Edie, who immediately reminded those people: "Be alert, I think you will not want to see someone attacked us."

This cannot help them to be vigilant, because the tasks they perform are very dangerous.This caravan was actually not an ordinary caravan. All the people in it were selected from the mercenary group hired by Antigonus. Their task was to lure the robbers out and carry out encirclement and suppression.

This is a way Antigon came up with. He first released news in this area, claiming that a caravan from Bulllap was going to the Kingdom of Macedonia to sell valuable goods, which attracted the attention of Taylor's bandits, etc. When the caravan is attacked by robbers, the army that has been following far away will dispatch when it receives the signal to surround the robbers who came to attack.

Considering the notorious reputation of the bandit leader Taylor, Antigon didn't think that such a big temptation would not work for him.

Buck, the leader of one of the small mercenary groups hired by Antigonus, should not have been allowed to carry out such a dangerous task, but Buck, with a keen mind, seized the opportunity and thought that as long as he could complete it perfectly In this task, assisting in the extermination of the bandits will bring more benefits, and even a bad reputation will be gained.

He was also in this caravan with the deputy leader of another mercenary group. Antigonus did not trust these mercenaries who fought for money, and did not hand over all the genuine caravans full of goods to Buck. And his mercenary group, but recruited some people from other mercenary groups to insert them in and supervise each other with Buck.

Buck understood Antigon's actions very well, and if it was him, he would do the same.

……

Seeing the outline of the forest gradually appearing ahead, Buck and everyone in the mercenary group couldn't help raising their hearts to their throats. Buck, the leader, swallowed his saliva to calm himself down slowly, and then turned to the people around him. Shouted: "Relax, don't let the tension take over your heart, they are just a group of mobs organized to fight us, and we can only win."

Buck's shouting made the mercenaries feel a lot better. After all, the other party was a bandit who lacked armor, and we were a mercenary group that had been on several real battlefields, and each of them had at least one or two lives in their hands. If compared, it seems that they are more dangerous.

With this in mind, the mercenaries talked again, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed, and laughter could be heard from time to time in the team.Buck looked at the performance of the mercenaries and found that although they looked relaxed, their eyes would still look around from time to time, and their hands were always holding weapons and shields.

"Buck, are those bandits really going to attack us?" Edie, who had come back from a stroll on the horse before, came to Buck and asked him softly.

"Very likely, if our employer is not mistaken."

"I hope the reinforcements can catch up in time." Edie put his palms on his chest, prayed, and then continued: "I heard that many caravans and passers-by in this place were attacked. After the attack, only a few Very few survived."

"That's really unfortunate." Buck said, but the expression on his face didn't change.

Seeing his appearance, Edie couldn't help but asked in confusion, "Why don't you look surprised at all?"

Buck glanced at him, shrugged, and said, "Maybe it's because one of my relatives died at the hands of this bandit group."

"I'm sorry." Edie said quickly.

"No, it's nothing." Buck shook his head. "I don't have a good relationship with that relative. I can count the number of times we've met since childhood."

While the two were talking, the caravan slowly entered the forest. The muddy dirt road they walked crossed a dense forest, and passing through the forest was the territory of Trollope Territory. The dense forest nurtured many animals and plants , The complex terrain also provides a place of survival and shelter for those who fall into bandits. If you stay away from here, those rampant bandits will be crushed mercilessly.

Looking at the lush and lush trees on both sides of the road, and the bushes that are almost as tall as a person, the mercenaries in the caravan couldn't help holding their breath and stopped talking. There is a layer of unchanging natural color everywhere, as well as birds jumping in the forest.

After the mercenaries stopped talking, nothing could be heard more clearly than the chirping of birds and the howling of wild beasts in the forest, as well as the rustling of the treetops being blown by the wind.Listening to the symphony played by nature for their group of guests, the mercenaries did not feel relaxed, their gazes were still on the bushes that were almost as tall as a person, as long as there was a turmoil, they would react like a conditioned reflex React.

Even though they all knew that what they were going to deal with was just a group of mobs gathered together, and they were no match for them in terms of viciousness, but they still couldn't help acting like they were facing a big enemy, because they were also afraid of death, afraid that they would die in a possible attack.

As the caravan traveled longer and longer, and the attacks they imagined did not occur along the way, the nerves raised by these mercenaries relaxed a lot, and some of them began to talk aloud again, but The sound is smaller than before.Mark's determination has also been shaken. After walking for so long, the imaginary attack still hasn't come. Could it be that the robbers are not going to target them?
Once such an idea took root in my heart, it became stronger and stronger. After walking for several hours, not only Mark, but most of the mercenaries had already slacked off.

However, danger always comes when you are unprepared. After most people let go of their vigilance, a sparse rain of arrows suddenly flew out from the woods on both sides of them, directly shooting at the war horses pulling the first carriage. Death prevented them from moving forward, and some of the mercenaries standing on the outside of the team were also shot without defense.

At the moment of being attacked, Mark on the horse turned over and jumped down reflexively, dodging the arrows shot at him, scrambling and running behind the shields erected by the mercenaries under the cover of the horses, Sitting down on the muddy dirt road, he looked at the fallen mercenaries, pulled out his sword from his waist, and shouted loudly: "Get ready to fight!"

His reminder was unnecessary, because the mercenaries in the caravan were ready to fight as soon as they were attacked. They raised their shields one after another, looked for their comrades nearby, and formed a small hollow between the carriage and the carriage. Shield array, defending against arrows falling from the sky.Those mercenaries who fell to the ground were lying in a pool of blood in pain, struggling to crawl to their comrades for help.

Buck, who was hiding in the shield formation, realized that Edie hadn't come with him. He stood up quickly, trying to find his friend, but when he found him, the other party had already been hit by two arrows in the chest and fell to the ground. Under his war horse, his eyes were closed tightly, and his life and death were unknown.Buck wanted to bring him in, but reason told him that he should stay in the shield formation, and going out would be a dead end.

Before he could figure it out, hundreds of bandits lacking armor and wielding weapons rushed out from the woods. They rushed out of the bushes with shouts, and the ferocious expressions on their faces could be seen all around.

"Prepare to defend against the enemy!"

The mercenaries in the shield array pulled out their sabers or put their spears on their shields, waiting in full force. Looking at the robbers rushing towards them, an archer beside Buck asked nervously: "Buck , shall we transmit a signal?"

"Not in a hurry, I'll send it later." Buck replied without thinking. After hearing his words, the archer was puzzled. He was about to ask, but was interrupted by a deafening roar from a few meters away.

"kill--"

The leading bandit roared loudly, holding the wooden handle of the tomahawk with both hands, raised his head high, and jumped up with a run-up, trying to smash the shield in front of him from a high place with the force of inertia, but the long man holding the shield The spearman didn't give him this chance. The mercenary with the spear showed determination, and took a step back with his right foot. The spear mounted on the shield pierced fiercely towards the sky, and the robber who couldn't dodge came directly in the air. A heart-warming memory!
"Stop them!"

Amid Buck's loud roar, the robber slammed into the shield formed by the mercenaries, knocking the mercenaries in the first row back a few steps, but quickly gained a firm footing, and pushed back with all his strength. More and more robbers rushed out of the forest, and then Buck patted the archer on the back and ordered to him.

"transmit a signal!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the archer took out a special arrow, set the bow to lead the arrow, and shot it high in the direction it came from. After the special arrow was sent into the sky, it made a sharp whistling sound, and the whistling sound cut through The sky has attracted the attention of many robbers.

However, they didn't know what this meant. These bandits were basically ordinary farmers who were forced to make a living. They had never seen screaming arrows, let alone heard the sound of screaming arrows.And after the screaming arrow was shot by the archer, the mercenary group led by Antigonus, who was far behind the caravan, heard the sharp sound, and Antigonus, who personally led the army, received the report , decisively, sent all the cavalry to rush along the road to help, and led the infantry to divide into three groups to surround the robbers.

Although the road across the forest became muddy due to the rain, the cavalry marched quickly, and it took less than 10 minutes to reach the rear of the battlefield, roaring into the battle group.

Seeing the sudden appearance of cavalry, those robbers immediately understood that they had fallen into a trap. They shouted and wanted to retreat to the forest, but the mercenary cavalry would not give them this chance. The robbers, preventing the other party from being able to withdraw smoothly.The mercenaries who were besieged also seized this opportunity to break out. The robbers were already shaken by the cavalry's strong assault. Under the attack of the mercenaries, they turned around and retreated. They were unwilling to continue fighting them up.

This was only a small-scale defeat. When the main force of mercenaries led by Antigonus arrived, the robbers had no intention of continuing to fight at all, and they were defeated at the first touch.

……

As soon as the news that Taylor's bandits were wiped out within one day was released, it shocked the three regions of Dunla, Gower, and Trollope. And the fate of Taylor, the leader of the bandit group.After being captured by Antigonus, Taylor was sent to his castle in accordance with the agreement with Viscount Longfellow, and then Viscount Longfellow, who had been defeated by Taylor relying on terrain, ordered him to be hanged in public, and his body was also hung in the The violent corpses on the city gate deter the passers-by.

Taylor could actually escape, but Antigonus had the foresight to divide his mercenaries into three groups. Two groups bypassed the battlefield and went to both sides of the battlefield to surround the escaping bandits. The other group followed the road and directly joined the battlefield. Hunt down those who are defeated like headless chickens.Under the double pursuit of Antigonus's cavalry and infantry, only a few of the bandits were lucky enough to escape, and the rest were either captured or killed.

For those captives, Antigonus was merciless. He sent someone to contact a slave trader and sold all the captives. Compared with directly executing them, he preferred to let the captives become lowly slaves. tired.

The news of the destruction of Taylor's bandit group also reached the ears of "Hungry Wolf" Vincent who was active in Trollope. The bandit leader who had participated in the attack on the Eratosthenes caravan had a premonition that he might be in trouble. , hurriedly gathered the bandits under him to prepare for escape, he decided to wait and see the "bounty hunter" organized by the menacing Macedonians (among bandits, those who specialize in chasing and killing them are called bounty hunters) , if the other party comes to kill him, then run away, if not, then he will continue to stay here.

(End of this chapter)