In sight, a group of knights emerged from the night, dressed in uniform bright armor. From the numerous lifelike patterns on the armor, it is not difficult to see that their forgers have extremely high artistic attainments and the pursuit of beauty. At the same time, the owner of the armor carved these patterns at great expense and at great expense, indicating that the forgers of the armor were wealthy and had a slightly morbid perfectionist spirit.

In the knightly procession, the leader was not very old, about his early twenties, and the armor he wore was particularly eye-catching. A beautiful cross-shaped totem is engraved on the heart shield on the chest of the armor, with soft totemic lines and a beautiful structure surrounding it with vine patterns. Above the cross totem, the chest position is carved with Pan Yun's atlas, and the shoulder armor on both shoulders is like the claws of a team of giant bears. His helmet was particularly beautiful, carved with the head of some kind of beast unknown to the Romans, and a group of fierce eyes at the top of the helmet were particularly expressive, giving people a chilling feeling when looked at from afar.

Just when Maximin was worried about the current situation. His Guizi guide was full of smiles, looking like he was going to live after the catastrophe, "We are saved, the army of the Empire...... Oh no, Seris's army has come to our rescue. ”

"Really?" Maximin was stunned, "Are you sure this is Seris's army." ”

"Can't be wrong!" Shen Wu pointed to the flag in front of the knight and said, "You see, the flag with the red 'ten' on the white background is the banner of the Holy Huaxia Empire, which is what you call the banner of Seris. ”

"Oh?" Maximing looked fixedly, there really was a flag like that. "It turns out that the flag of the Seris is like this."

As Shen Wu said, the current team of 200 people is the cavalry squad under the Imperial Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and the young general at the head is none other than Zhao Yun's biological son Zhao Tong. On the orders of Zhao Yun, the governor of Qiang Dao, he exterminated the increasingly rampant horse thieves. But how can the horse thief be cunning, hiding in Tibet and refusing to be with the imperial army professor, Zhao Tong slept on the Gobi for more than half a month, failed to find the trace of the horse thief, in desperation, had to turn his 5,000 men into zero, launched a carpet search, recently got the news of the horse thief, Zhao Tong chased all the way, happened to meet the horse thief to carry out the robbery.

It is said that the moment he saw the Imperial Blood Red Cross banner, he immediately knew that he was saved. Excitedly, he took out a wooden box from his baggage, and then solemnly took out a parchment-covered booklet from the box with a reverent face.

"What is this?" Petronius asked, not knowing why.

Shen Wu pointed to the three Chinese characters on the cover and said: "This is the 'membership card', with this thing, Seris's army will desperately protect us, and we will be saved." After speaking, he held a small book and shouted at the cavalry from far and near: "Respected Imperial Knight, I am a believer in the Diocese of the Holy Sect of Qiuzi, there is my shop in Yangcheng, I pay the empire more than 1,000 taels of silver in taxes every year, please save me." ”

The Imperial knight who had come from afar stopped at the same time fifty paces away from the Roman legation, and found his figure in the well-armed caravan in front of him, as well as the certificate in his hand, "Brother in the Lord." Zhao Tong and his knights rushed forward and bowed, "May the master mother be with you, and the army of the empire is willing to serve you." ”

"Ah...... Heaven's Gate. Our Lady blesses. "Draw a few crosses on your chest.

"We've got the bandits here!" Zhao Tong immediately dispatched the soldiers and horses between the Roman mission and the bandits, and protected the Roman mission behind him.

"Tell the general that we are an army from Rome and are willing to assist him in suppressing the bandits." Petronius said to him.

Shen Wu was about to speak, but he heard a standard Roman language come out of Zhao Tong's mouth, "You are Romans?" ”

Maximin, Petronius, and all the Romans were stunned. It can't be an auditory hallucination, right, the general in front of him can actually speak Roman?

"It's strange why I speak Roman, right?" Zhao Tong saw the doubts in the hearts of the Romans, and took the initiative to explain: "The students of our Imperial Yanwutang must take a foreign language, and I chose Roman dialect. But then again, your language is really difficult to learn, and Mr. Hercules gave me a lot of hardship, and I finally passed the exam after three years. ”

"You mean to say...... There are quite a few people in Seris who can speak Roman? Maximin asked.

"Seris? Is that what Rome called the empire? Seris is the Roman word for silk. Our Sacred Chinese Empire is rich in products, but it is not only silk...... This name doesn't work well. In the future, you'd better change your name. Zhao Tong showed a little stunned.

Maximing saw that Zhao Tong was in a bad mood, and hurriedly explained: "I also admit that it is one-sided to pour Seris on your country's head, which is caused by Rome's ignorance of the great eastern country. It is only through mutual interaction that mutual understanding can be fostered and true friendship and respect can be established. This is the fundamental reason for my mission to the Eastern country. ”

"Oh? Are you a Roman envoy? ”

"Exactly! I have in my possession the official documents of the Roman consuls. ”

Zhao Tong showed a little joy, "Welcome to the empire." But before we can do that, we need to deal with the bugs in front of us. ”

"Bed bugs? That's a good analogy. Petronius laughed, "We'd love to fight alongside the Cyris Legion to exterminate these bugs." ”

"No need!" Zhao Tong waved his hand, "You are the honored guests of the empire, how can you make a big move." This little thing, we can solve it ourselves. ”

"General Seris...... Listen to me, these horse thieves are not ordinary horse thieves, we have just fought with them, they have a complete range of arms, know how to cooperate with each other, and have a strong combat ability. There are only two hundred of you, and I am afraid you are no match for them. ”

"I know that." Zhao Tong smiled and nodded, "I have sent someone to find out." They claim to be horse thieves, but in fact they are an army of brilliant men. Their king, greedy for the lucrative profits of the Silk Road, sent his army to raid in the guise of bandits. As of now, several caravans from the Western Regions and the Empire have fallen into their hands, and the purpose of my trip is to exterminate them and give the King of Perfection some color. Zhao Tong raised his spear and pointed at the thousand-strong elite team not far away, "There is no difficulty for the Imperial Army to eliminate this point of men and horses, and it is not enough for us to plug our teeth, you just need to let your soldiers and horses protect themselves." We'll take care of the rest. ”

"This ......," thought Petronius, against a thousand enemies with a mere two hundred...... How can it be? Is it that the young general in front of him is too arrogant, or is Seris's soldiers and horses so strong that they can ignore the enemy's five-fold superiority in strength.

Relatively speaking, he is more convinced that the proud young Seris will taste the consequences of his arrogance. Therefore, although he did not refute Zhao Tong, he secretly looked at the two hundred Roman soldiers and asked them to be ready to support the Seris at all times.

Just as he was secretly making arrangements, Zhao Tong began to negotiate with the Elite People. "General Wutu of the Elite Country, I've been looking for you for a long time."

"What do you say? I don't understand. The leader of the horse thieves responded.

Zhao Tong said angrily: "Don't pretend to be confused. The Empire knows all about your evil deeds, and if nothing else, the crime of robbing the Imperial caravan twice and killing ten hundred and six Imperial merchants is intolerable. Those who offend me in China will be punished even if they are far away, so they will quickly dismount and be captured, and return to the empire with me to be judged. Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind to you. ”

"What if you know who I am?" The leader of the horse thieves, known as Wutu, smiled coldly, "With this little bit of men and horses under your command, what can you do to me?" I advise you not to meddle and go back to your so-called empire. Otherwise, don't mind killing two hundred more people. ”

"Kill us?" Zhao Tong seemed to have heard the ridiculous joke and looked up to the sky and laughed. The two hundred iron horsemen behind him also laughed, and the black scribble that laughed was terrifying.

"What are you laughing at?" Wu Tu asked.

"Laugh at your childishness." Zhao Tong said coldly, "Imperial knight, prepare to fight." ”

"Drink!" Two hundred cavalrymen laid down their armor in unison, "for the glory of the Virgin, kill and kill......"

The momentum of the army rose in an instant, and the murderous posture shocked all the Romans, including Petronius. A scene that shocked them even more then happened, the charging knight of Seris, the elite bandit decisively chose to bend his bow and arrow.

A round of dense rain of arrows overwhelmingly smashed towards Zhao Tongxing.

However, the dense array of arrows did not deter the Cyris Iron Cavalry in any way. The Seris army, which did not have shields, chose not to dodge or dodge, and only relied on the protective power of armor to resist. The arrow smashed into the armor of the Seris, bursting with a fierce popping bean-like sound, and the sharp arrow failed to penetrate the armor, only to make white marks on the edge of the armor and was blown away.

Petronius was surprised, "What material is the armor of the Seris, and why is it so hard?" ”

He replied, "It's a very hard metal, they call it steel." By the way, it's the kind of material that the Sabbatarians used to make the Hundred Refining Treasure Knife. ”

"Steel?" Petronius was dumbfounded. Yes, the sharp knives of the rest people are famous all over the world, but even in the rest of the world, such knives are very rare, and the price of the knife has reached a huge price, which is like Seris...... Not only are the blades made of steel, but even the armor is made of steel. "Good ...... No wonder Junior General Seris is so confident, it turns out that he has something to rely on. ”

Under the leadership of Zhao Tong, the imperial cavalry broke through the elite arrow array without a single soldier, and killed less than fifty steps away from the elite army array.