"Prince, there is not a single bird shadow here!"

"Such a big city, let's find it again!" Sima Dan and Niu Tian walked into an unknown city.

The city was about the same size as Otsuki Castle, the walls had been folded, most of the houses were in ruins, and as they slowly entered the city center, more and more houses made of granite appeared in front of them, and although the granite cut into squares fell all over the ground, these sturdy houses still retained most of their original appearance, and many of the houses even had many carvings, still showing the glory of the past.

"It's a wide road!" Ushida screamed in fuss.

"And not only is there no one, not even a single corpse."

"Yes! Why? ”

"Because the people who destroyed this city were also afraid that the plague would spread to the grasslands, proving that they lived nearby, and this was already the edge of the desert, and there were many oases, and they killed the people who could not be slaves here by cleansing the tribes, and the rest was taken to enrich their wealth!"

"Aren't they cultists?" Ushida is unknown.

"The believers also have to eat, and these slaves can be sold to the West in exchange for a lot of gold and silver, and even if they can't be sold, they can help them work, and starve to death without pain." Sima Dan replied in a deep voice.

"It's such a big square, bigger than Big Moon City!" As they spoke, the two entered a square surrounded by numerous arches, the ground was paved with granite, and there were a total of eight roads leading in eight directions, which was extremely grand.

"The structure of this city is better than that of the Great Moon City, there is no royal palace, the center is a square for citizens to meet, and there is no high platform, which shows that all people are equal, I can't imagine that there is such a city in Persia, and it is in such an easterly place."

"Why can't there be? What's so special? "Ushida is unknown.

Sima Dan didn't explain, just smiled and shook his head.

Suddenly, there was a sound of wind.

Sima Dan instinctively nodded to avoid it, and the long arrow flashed into the ruins behind him.

Sima Dan saw a figure flashing on the street corner not far away, and hurriedly chased after him, Niu Tian was not stupid, he quickly climbed to the top of a building, untied his longbow, took it in his hand, and hurriedly ran towards the place where Sima Dan disappeared.

Although many of the buildings here have fallen, because they are all stone houses and the brackets are still there, Niu Tian jumped from one house to another, and saw Sima Dan's long lance head exposed on some houses, so he quickly went south and hurriedly caught up.

Sima Dan ran dozens of feet, turned a few corners, and saw a weak figure climbing up a big house.

The houses in this area are very magnificent, apparently the residences of the nobility, but the damage is the most severe, except for some frames, and huge walls, the rest have fallen to the ground and become ruins, and the skeleton of the mansion that the enemy climbed is still there, so the enemy flashed and disappeared behind the high wall.

But Sima Dan turned over faster, to a higher point, a few jumps, and when he was already chasing the enemy, the wind behind him sounded, and an arrow had been shot from the right side.

At this time, Sima Dan had already caught up with the enemy, and with a wave of his right hand, he just caught the arrow that came from him, before it hit the back of the enemy's head.

The enemy in front of him fell to the ground in fright, and Sima Dan saw it clearly, "It's really a child!" ”

It turned out that the arrow was sent by Niu Tian, and Sima Dan didn't want to hurt the enemy, so he came to the rescue.

The enemy was just a child of about fourteen or five years old, with red hair, big eyes and a pointed nose, and his clothes were in disarray, like a screaming child, and he rolled on the ground, frightened, and stared blankly at Sima Dan.

Sima Dan asked softly, "Child, where are you from?" ”

At this time, another younger red-haired girl suddenly appeared and screamed, the little girl was only eight or nine years old, and he only noticed it when she reached Sima Dan's side silently.

Sima Dan was surprised, and Niu Tian in the distance suddenly shouted: "There are cavalry!" ”

Sima Dan and the others were in a small street, surrounded by abandoned huts, and sure enough, at this time he heard a sound of hooves not far away, and the cavalry were still blocked from a few piles of ruins, but it was obvious that someone had heard the little girl's flash, swishing a few times, and the long arrows had escaped.

The arrows didn't hit any of them, but the red-haired boy had already turned over and pulled the little girl into another alley.

The red-haired boy was jumping around the neighborhood, apparently familiar with every piece of rubble.

He turned to a street corner and suddenly let out a whistle.

Sima Dan originally felt that they were not in a group with the cavalry, and wanted to follow to protect them, but when he heard the whistle, he couldn't help but suffocate.

The hooves of those cavalry roared, and soon turned out from another street corner, Niu Tian saw it, and couldn't help but take a breath, "It's heavy armored cavalry, damn, people and horses are invulnerable!" ”

Those cavalry are also dressed in black robes, but the iron armor outside the black robe is actually double, in addition to a whole piece of breastplate armor, there is also a layer of chain mail, the whole body is in extreme protection, and the general spear, even if there is a horse speed cooperation, it is not broken, and it is stronger than the heavy armored cavalry of Dayue City.

These are the legendary Persian heavy horsemen? But the black robes on their bodies indicate that they are knights of the Hazra, and these Manichaean fanatics have used their flesh and blood to defeat the owners of these iron-armored monsters, and even take these iron-armored monsters as their own.

When the red-haired boy saw the three ironclad cavalry, not only did he not leave, but he also stopped and watched the ironclad cavalry rush closer.

The ironclad cavalry drew their sabers, but slowed down, fearing that there would be traps or something like a trap on the ground.

But no, the Iron Knight was a mile away from the red-haired children, and in the middle of them was a small stone pile, and the head of a statue was lying across the stone pile, smiling.

"Good guys!" Sima Dan couldn't help but speak.

At this moment, the ironclad knight suddenly rushed forward, and with the help of his speed, he turned over the small stone pile, and the long knife in his hand was already raised.

A piece of wood suddenly fell from a house in the east, with a strong wind, just in time to catch the leading ironclad knight, and then the top floor of the house suddenly collapsed, knocking the next two knights off their horses.

There was a loud bang, a smoke screen filled the air, and the knights in front of them were dead in the pile of stones, and the two knights who had fallen from their horses screamed angrily and chased after the red-haired child.

The red-haired young man dragged the little girl and jumped to the second floor of the house on the other side, and the ironclad knight could not move around, so he could only rush to the staircase, which had already made hands and feet, and when they stepped on it, he let out a scream, broke off from it, and threw them into a pit that could not be seen beforehand, and although the wooden pole in the pit did not pierce their iron armor, they were stuck there, and they fainted.

The red-haired young man had expected this, walked back slowly, took out the fire origami, lit it with flint, cursed a few more times in his mouth, and threw the fire origami into the pit, and the fuel in the pit roared and spewed fire, burning the two ironclad knights to death.

When the fire rose to the sky, Niu Tian had already arrived and couldn't help but say, "Good boy! Burn him to death. ”

Sima Dan stepped forward and caught the red-haired youth, the red-haired young man struggled, and the red-haired female voice screamed, noisy and noisy.

"Shut up! I'm not going to hurt you, just a few questions. Sima Dan touched his black robe again, "We're not Hazra, we just don't have clothes, do you understand?" ”

The two didn't struggle anymore, the red-haired young man nodded, but looked at Sima Dan angrily.

"Well, boy, what's your name, a resident here?" Sima Dan began to ask.

"My name is Mag, her name is Marseille, and we are Roma."

"You're Romans?" Sima Dan misheard.

"No, it's the Roma, some call us Gypsies, we're from the south."

"You're talking about the West."

"Pretty much there, a little bit south."

"What is this city called?"

Mag's face darkened, "This used to be the most prosperous city, but now it's like this. ”

"Little brother, you may not believe it, we got lost and ran a few horses to get here, and we don't know what this place is."

Mag was incredulous, "You're not from Hazra?" ”

"I've already said it, I'm not!" Sima Dan let go of Mag and told him to stand up straight.

Mag stretched and sighed, "Further south from here is the Chaori Dynasty, and that's where we escaped. ”

"You're from the South?"

"No, we are used to wandering around, but here we see hope and establish Loulan City."

"Loulan?"

"You've heard of it? Our ancestors built several Loulan cities, and this one was built 20 years ago. ”

Sima Dan lost his voice and said, "Twenty years ago? This city is huge, and it has only been built for 20 years? ”

"My mother said that when I was young, this city was not so big, but soon there were many people who did not have houses to live in, so the old city walls were demolished, and many new houses were built, and here, it used to be a theater, and there were arenas and baths there, and there was an open royal palace, and the treasures in it were all open to the public......" As he spoke, Mag seemed to return to the old Loulan City.

"So that's it! You've been moving around, and this city you've built in twenty years, it's amazing, it's bigger than many cities I've visited. ”

Mag was grateful for Sima Dan's admiration for the city, "Yes! It's a pity that ...... That...... Those dastardly hazra...... Unexpectedly...... ......He couldn't go on, but Sima Dan could imagine the fierceness and cruelty of the siege battle, and he patted Mag on the shoulder and gestured for comfort.

"But ......," Sima Dan said, "If you are just ordinary Roma, how can you explain these knights, patrolling is not the daily task of the heavy cavalry, and their target is you?" Why? ”

"It's a crossbow!" Niu Tian was searching the body of the ironclad cavalryman who had not been burned on fire, and the ironclad cavalry had a very sharp throwing gun in addition to a crossbow, which was very expensive equipment, not something that ordinary cavalry could equip.

Sima Dan studied the riding crossbow, although it could not be fired in three consecutive rounds like the crossbow of the Great Jin, but its range was longer and more accurate. "Say, little brother, you are by no means an ordinary person, what is your true identity?"

"He's a prince!" The little girl, Marseille, replied suddenly.

"Marseille!" The boy cried out uneasily, his face pale.

"The honorable man should not hide his identity, his name is Shapur, Nereth, **Gus, we call him Mag, he is the prince of Persia. I am Shapur, Neret, and Marcellina, and we are the same father. The little girl Marseille was stunned when Sima Dan said like a series of beads.

"Prince of Persia......!" Ushida snorted.

"You're asking how we ended up here...... We are hostages of peace talks, and we have escaped from Hazra, and you will surely ask how we can escape, how can we be explained by the fact that Hazra's supervision of us is very tight? If you know that there are many strife within Hazra, you will believe that we can come out of it, and besides, the Persian royal family is the highest priest of Zoroasrid among many tribes. Not long ago, the Roma saved us and caused the destruction of the city! ”

"Yes, your red hair is indeed the mark of the highest shaman of Zoroastrianism, little Marseille, your eloquence is so good, it reminds me of a person......" Sima Dan's heart ached.

"Remembering whom? Are you a child? ”

"When I met her, she was also a child, her name is Xiaomin, and she is ...... It's my wife. ”

"Ka! Ka! Ushida coughed.

Marseille's face turned red, "It turned out to be cheapening me." ”

"No, it's not! She...... She will definitely be my wife one day, not to take advantage of you, I say you are like her, because she is as smart as you. ”

Marseille muttered, "That's not a good thing! ”

"Don't say more, we're leaving!" Margra is going to go with Marseille.

"Wait! You're dangerous! Sima Dan was a little anxious.

"Don't you see how these three fools exterminated us? Do you want to monopolize the loot? Mag's face darkened.

"How could I, Ushida, leave this to him." Sima Dan beckoned to Niu Tian, "I just think that if the four of us are together, everyone will be safer." ”

"So you want us to protect you? There's a charge! ”

"Humph!" Ushida snorted in his nose.

"Of course, you know the terrain here, and we're willing to pay a little more." Sima Dan didn't want these two children to have a feeling of being forced, desperately trying to please them, he really didn't know if he could protect them, but if he wanted him to let them fend for themselves, he couldn't do it anyway.

"Mag! Don't be ashamed, this brother is here to protect us, hey, what's your name? ”

"Sima Dan, his name is Niu Tian, and we are from Dayue City."

"Why did you see that we are not Roma? Even the Roma can have nobles to hunt them down......" Marseille said in a wry manner.

"Instinct, guess! If you are really from Loulan, you can also say that you are Roma, but you will not say anything about the Chaori Dynasty from the south, the Roma are indeed from the south, but Mag explained in too much detail, so I became suspicious. ”

Marseille was deflated and said: "I didn't expect him to be too nervous!" ”

Mag was impatient, "Do you want to go?" Other pursuers may be chasing you! ”

So the four of them left the corner and headed northeast.

"The city is really big, and the bungalows in this area are beautiful!" Ushida couldn't help but marvel as they passed a huge arch.

"Loulan is a well-known self-governing city in the vicinity, and the Persian kings also gave it autonomous status, and nearby tribes often come here to exchange goods." Mag explained.

Marseille added: "Many of the Persian nobles hid their treasures here, because it was a place where they fled south—the struggle of the court was endless, and the way they prepared was usually here, and there were many more people from all over the world!" ”

Sima Dan's heart flashed with inspiration, "Yes, Dayue City should try to think of more ways to make everyone willing to come and live here, so that the surrounding fertile land can be reclaimed, and there are more people in the city to build houses, but Xiao Min also knows this truth, she must be better than me." ”

"What the hell did those Hazra bastards do?" Sima Dan came back to his senses and couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation.

"They? What will they not do? This is where the massacre took place. Mag replied in a deep voice.

Marseille continued: "We have come all the way, and all the cities and villages that they have taken are like this, is it terrible? You two Orientals really don't know whether to live or die, and it is a kind of kindness to want to protect us, but it is also a kind of stupidity. ”