A cool breeze blows across the ridges, which is not often seen in the Dyres. A group of soldiers marching in the mountains felt the pleasant wind, and each one showed a look of satisfaction.

This group of about 2,500 soldiers belonged to the Tyrean army, and was almost entirely composed of infantry, which had very few cavalry. Moreover, the task of this unit is special, and it is really impossible to use a large group of cavalry.

In the middle of the procession was a tall horse, carrying an equally strong man, who was the undefeated mercenary of the Tyresian army, Xenas.

The reputation of Xenus in the Tyrsian army is not very good, to be precise, it is very bad. Love to drink, gamble money, poor wine and gambling products, and get drunk, have a big temper, speak harshly, greedy for money, selfishness, etc., there are so many that they can't be enumerated. However, no one would deny that his martial arts were the best in the army, and it could even be said that even Li Tianhao could not defeat him.

This time, Xenas accepted Li Tianhao's order to lead 2,500 soldiers to capture the port of Portsmo in the east. The importance of Port Portsmo, as the only location in the Dirs Mountains that is connected to the outside world, cannot be overstated. The most important thing is that since the Tyresan rebels raised their troops, they have grown rapidly and basically controlled the entire Dils Mountains. Because of this, the port of Portsmo had ordered that no caravans should be allowed to enter the port and go to the interior, so that Elda's supplies would not be able to reach the Dils, which was a great problem for the rebels, and had to be solved immediately.

But who to send to lead the team has become a big problem, Li Tianhao has too many affairs to deal with, and he can't attack in the short term, Mueller was appointed to strengthen the training of cavalry troops and has no skills, and the rest of the generals are also entangled in affairs, and in the end, this task naturally falls to Xenas, who is gambling and drinking in addition to fighting.

Of course, there is another reason why Xenas has become the biggest idler, and that is that the troublemaker Alam had to lie on his bed to recuperate in the middle of his buttocks in the final stage of the last war. Without this scourge, after coming to the martial arts competition every day, Xenas has become an idler with nothing to do.

Many people expressed their dissatisfaction with the appointment, which was due to the notoriety of Senas and the fear that he would not be able to do the job. However, Li Tianhao decided on this candidate by consensus. The reason is both simple and complex, and the simple answer is that Senas is famous and a big idler. In addition, Li Tianhao saw several characteristics of Xenas: although Xenas was good at wine, he never drank alcohol during the war; Although he is extremely brave, he is by no means brainless, which can be seen from his shrewdness for money, and although he is indomitable in battle, he will always find the weakest link of the enemy and attack, and will never fight to the death, otherwise the title of "undefeated mercenary" may have long become a nostalgic past. With these points, Li Tianhao believed that Xenas was fully capable of this mission, but in order to calm the internal opposition, he still had to make some compromises and appoint Tatar as a lieutenant to go on the expedition.

Although Tatar's martial arts are not particularly strong (he himself disagrees with this statement, claiming that it is only because Li Tianhao and they are too strong), he is no longer inferior to Yaji's generals. In addition, he acted steadily and had the air of an elder, and the people in the army were not a little stronger than Nas. Therefore, with him as the deputy general, everyone believed that they could stop Xenas's misdeeds, so they stopped talking.

In fact, everyone's worries were completely unnecessary, since Senas led the troops, he and the Tatars decided to take a covert march and raid Port Portsmo. The march had been so silent for the past few days that many of the rebel garrisons had not noticed their movements, let alone the spies sent by the Yaqui Army.

At present, Xenas is facing his first trouble since the dispatch of troops: according to the report of the sentry ahead, a caravan of Palci has been spotted, apparently rushing to Portsmo Porto to do business. Senas groaned slightly, and Tatar had also been reported at this time and had rushed up from the rear.

"How? Do you want to get around them? ”

Xenas glanced at Tatar and did not answer. In fact, he was carefully weighing the pros and cons, but his sparkling eyes always made Tatar think that he was thinking about plundering the merchants. After a short silence, Xenas spoke: "Bypassing is a waste of time and the physical strength of the soldiers, not to mention that this road is so hidden, we are bound to return to this road, and they will still find out when the time comes." It's better to capture them all now and take them with you to prevent the news from leaking. ”

Tatar's heart was cold: this guy is really going to attack the caravan. The problem is that this caravan is a Palchi caravan, and it is inevitable that it will be at odds with the Duchy of Palci if it is rash, and the stakes are really complicated, so he asked softly: "Aren't you interested in their goods?" ”

Xenas didn't move his eyebrows, and said, "I'm here for the suddenness of the sneak attack!" ”

Tatar was taken aback by such a serious answer, but the next words were obviously the true face of Xenas: "Of course, on the premise of completing the task, it is not impossible to let the brothers make a small fortune with themselves." ”

Tatar cursed to himself: I shouldn't have thought that this guy was really on a mission! Even a moment is a sin. However, considering that he was a murderous bandit a year ago, he didn't seem to have the face to refute Senas's statement with confidence, and after a moment of internal struggle, Tatar agreed to his battle plan.

Once the plan had been decided, Xenas's action was very realistic, and he ran up the ridge on his prancing horse, and carefully observed the caravan, which numbered about a hundred men and nearly eighty vehicles, and was not of a very large size. Xenas immediately gave an order, instructing his 500 troops to disperse and detour, surround the caravan, and not let one go. When Tatar saw that he commanded properly, he secretly admired in his heart: the arrangement was not leaky, and he did not reveal his true strength. I didn't expect this usually swaggering drunkard to be a commander's material! He is considered to have lost his eyes, and most of the leaders of the Diles rebel army have looked away, except for Li Tianhao. Tatar's heart couldn't help but admire his boss even more.

Since the ratio of forces to strength is five to one, there is no suspense about victory. Therefore, Tatar did not intend to participate in the operation of Xenas, but he still mobilized his troops to protect the flanks and rear of the Xenas team in case of accidents. Then he rode his horse slowly in the direction of the group of merchants.