After encircling and annihilating everyone in the Sixth Wing, Qin Dong was ordered to put the knife into the sheath: "Blow the trumpet and order everyone to assemble here!" ”

This was a predetermined plan, and everyone knew about it, so Afald immediately arranged for someone to blow the trumpet to convey the order, and soon Pethius and Gebuus arrived here under the protection of several escorts, and soon the horses were delivered.

The people who were in ambush on the main road knew that the matter had been done when they heard the trumpet, and that the east gate had been captured by their own personnel, so they immediately ran towards the east gate.

The desolate sound of the horn woke up the people of the Fifth Wing and the people of the First Wing in the west of the city, they had never heard this kind of trumpet, they did not know what it meant, and they did not know whether it was their own people or someone else's blowing, although they were a little puzzled, but they still ignored it.

After a quarter of an hour of blowing the trumpet, Qin Dong ordered each of the ten commanders to count the number of his men, and after two minutes, the result was that Qin Dong's more than 180 people were not killed or wounded, while Gebuus's guards were killed thirteen and more than a dozen wounded, mainly because Alfar used them as the main force to seize the city gate and fight against the reinforcements of the Sixth Wing, so the casualties were so large.

"My lord, there are no casualties on our side, thirteen of the guards under Master Gebuus are dead and sixteen are wounded, all of them are minor injuries and do not affect the horseback!" After the inventory, Alfald reported the situation to Qin Dong.

Qin Dong nodded and said, "Take the corpse, let's leave the city immediately and leave here to go east!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The team quickly assembled, Qin Dong personally led the team in front, and Peteus and Gebuus organized personnel to carry the bodies of the dead guards onto the horses. The wounded man was lifted onto his horse, and the whole team soon left the east gate.

Qin Dong and the others braved the heavy rain to advance, although they had a robe draped over their bodies. But his body was still wet from the rain, and now there is no place to hide from the rain, so he can only move forward in the rain.

In this way, the horses trotted all night, and the heavy rain did not stop until dawn, Qin Dong and the others arrived at a small town outside, there happened to be a dilapidated small church, and after searching, no traces of inhabitation were found. It seemed that it had been dilapidated for many years, so Qin Dong ordered to rest here.

Arrange for some people to clean the dilapidated chapel first, and then let the wounded into rest. Then Qin Dong arranged for people to make a fire to cook hot soup and food for everyone to expel the cold and fill their stomachs, in the morning when the sun came out, Qin Dong, Peteaus and Gebuus and others arranged for people to cremate the bodies of those guards who died in battle, collect the ashes and put them in containers and hand them over to the guards who had a good relationship with them before their deaths, and take them back to their families.

After dealing with the corpse. The sun is already getting high. Qin Dong asked everyone to take off the wet clothes on their bodies and dry them, and clean up their personal hygiene, at this time a guard came to report: "My lord, Master Peteaus and Master Gebuus are a little uncomfortable, probably because of the rain last night, and their spirits are a little sluggish!" ”

When Qin Dong heard this, he immediately rushed to the place where the two people were resting to check, and the faces of the two people were really bad, and they had some fever. Qin Dong knew that it was bad, and it was estimated that he was infected with wind and cold. immediately ordered someone to call Charlie Cao over to diagnose the two of them.

Petus and Gebuus are both weak people, and they can't be compared with these perennial warriors and guards, it doesn't matter if these people are outside for a few days, but the two of them can't, where have they suffered this kind of hardship, even if they run all night, and rain all night, how can their weak bodies stand it?

After Charlie Cao gave the two of them a pulse, he put down his hand and stood up, Qin Dong hurriedly asked, "Dao Chief, if their situation is true, is it infected with wind cold?" ”

Charlie Cao made a joke: "Yes, my lord, but the two of them have just had a seizure, as long as they take the medicine on time, it shouldn't be a big deal, adults can rest assured!" ”

Qin Dong hugged his fists and said: "Then it depends on the Dao Chief, if there is anything you need to speak, I will definitely arrange it for the Dao Chief!" ”

"Your Excellency is polite, Poor Dao is going to prepare herbs!" Charlie Cao made another slap and left.

After Charlie Cao left, Pethius said, "Bull, bother! ”

"What did my uncle say? This is what a nephew should do! Qin Dong found a small stool and sat down and said: "Uncle, Mr. Gebuus, I want to discuss with you, according to your current situation, it is not appropriate to speed up the journey, I mean that I will take most of the people to chase after first, and you two and the rest of the people will be in a hurry while recuperating, you don't have to be in a hurry, the speed of the journey does not have to be too fast, the main thing is to recuperate, I will definitely try my best to chase the goods back!" ”

Pethius looked at Gebuus and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Gebuus nodded and said: "I think Bull thinks very around, what has happened these days has proved that Bull is a good helper and has enough ability to complete this matter, Master Peteaus, you are really blessed, it is difficult to have such a capable nephew to help you, you don't want to get rich!" ”

"Thank you, Master Gebuus, for the compliment!" After Peteus finished speaking, he said to Qin Dong: "Bull, just do what you want, you don't have to worry about us, recover the goods as quickly as possible, just leave a mark at the three-way intersection along the way to show us the way, and wait for us after you recover the goods, we will catch up in time!" ”

"Yes, uncle!" Qin Dong agreed and said to Gebuus: "I also need a few people under Master Gebuus to be guides to lead the way for us, otherwise we don't know how to walk the road to Constantinople!" ”

Gebuus agreed: "That's no problem, I'll arrange a few people to be your guides to lead the way!" ”

At noon, Qin Dong arranged for people to go into the town to buy food and some daily necessities, due to the urgency of time, Qin Dong and the others did not stop much, after lunch, he took a hundred archers and eighty elite guards under his command, a total of one hundred and eighty horsemen, with three days of dry food, set off to chase Pedro's army, leaving Afar with more than a dozen Germans and more than 20 guards under Gebuus along the way to protect Peteaus, Gebuus and some other personnel, I believe that there is Cao Charlie. The sick and wounded should be fine.

Since they had been resting for the first two days, even if they hadn't slept all night last night, all the one hundred and eighty horsemen who Qin Dong and his men set off together were in good spirits. The morale was very high, but by the evening some people wanted to doze off, but Qin Dong did not order to stop and rest, but ordered the troops to continue on their way.

Dinner was also settled on horseback, and in the case of not being able to stop to rest, the warriors who wanted to sleep could only tie themselves to the horseback to prevent themselves from falling, which was also a common thing for the Huns who lived on horseback all year round. This little thing can't be difficult at all, and it can't drag them down.

On this afternoon and night, Qin Dong led his men with one hundred and eighty horsemen to drive hundreds of miles. At dawn, he arrived at Edine, the western capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and stopped to rest.

Edine was a large city in the western part of the Eastern Roman Empire, and it was also an important military town, with a heavy garrison and a hub for land and water transportation. It is the confluence of the Maricha and Densar rivers. Not only did ships go south to the Aegean Sea, but there were also major roads that led directly to Constantinople.

After finding a place outside the city for the troops to rest, Qin Dong called the two guides sent by Gebuus to lead the way for him, and asked them to enter the city to inquire about the news, to see if any troops passed through here to the direction of Constantinople, and escorted a large number of goods.

Naturally, other things were arranged by the Centurions and Centurions at all levels, and Qin Dong did not need to worry about it. Soon hot food and soup were delivered, and Qin Dong asked if everyone else had eaten them. After receiving a reply that everyone else was eating, he just started to eat, and after eating breakfast, he lay down to rest, and the officers took turns to lead patrols and guards, which had already formed a custom on the march, which had long been stipulated, and there was no need for Qin Dong to personally be responsible for arranging.

As soon as he slept until noon, not long after Qin Dong woke up, two guides who had entered the city to inquire about the news came back and brought good news.

"Lord Bull, we got the news in the mercenary tavern in the city, there is an army escorting a large amount of goods and belongings stationed in the east of the city, and this morning set off to the east, I think this should be the Pedro and his wing we are looking for, we will catch up now and estimate that it will only take two hours to catch up!" One of the guides said with some pleasure.

This news lifted Qin Dong's spirits, but he quickly calmed down and asked, "Did you get the news in the Mercenary Tavern?" ”

Another guide said: "Yes, my lord, we guards have always been mercenaries, and we know the truth very well, and we can find all kinds of news in the mercenary tavern, as long as we are willing to bid, someone will sell the news!" ”

Qin Dong nodded, he touched his chin, and said thoughtfully: "You got the news in the mercenary tavern, which means that this news has spread on the road, and many people are staring at the property and goods escorted by this army!" ”

The two guides glanced at each other, and one of them said: "The adults are wise, the villains don't think about this aspect, but the adults think of this aspect all of a sudden, if you follow the adult's thinking, it means that someone is already fighting the idea of this batch of taxes and goods!" ”

Qin Dong thought for a while and asked, "Do you know of any slightly larger bandits near this area?" Or are there any armed forces that are not officially controlled? ”

After listening to Qin Dong's inquiry, the two guides pondered for a while, and one of them said: "I haven't heard of any bandits here, the empire cracks down on bandits very severely, but there are several armed forces that are not subject to official control, they are the tribes of the Bolgars, a total of three tribes, these three tribes mainly live in the nearby forests, usually do not pay taxes, live a self-sufficient life in the forest, rarely contact with the outside world, the general contact is to trade living utensils with outside residents, most of them are bartering!" ”

Qin Dong asked again: "In addition to these three tribes, are there any other large mercenary groups?" ”

"Yes, my lord! There are two relatively large mercenary groups here, the number of them is about 400 people, one of them is called the Sun Mercenary Group, the other is called the Rhodope Mercenary Group, the leader of the Sun Mercenary Group is called Herram, who is a brave German, and the leader of the Rhodope Mercenary Group is called Putistes, he is a Greek, born in Mount Rhodope, so the mercenary group he formed is named the Rhodope Mercenary Group, this guy is a very smart person! A guide gave a general overview of the two mercenary groups.

Qin Dong thought for a while and asked, "I want to know where these two mercenary groups are located, and what are the specific types of troops and equipment of their mercenaries?" ”

The guide said: "The Sun Mercenary Regiment is stationed in Demihan in the northeast, and the Rhodope Mercenary Regiment is stationed in Azat in the southeast, the mercenaries are basically not divided into any troops, just like us, these two mercenary groups basically use whatever weapons and equipment they have, there are very few horses, there are only a dozen horses in each mercenary group, after all, horses are not so easy to get, and there are a small number of bows and arrows, but there should not be many, there is not much threat!" If these two mercenary groups want to fight the tax money and goods escorted by Pedro, they must join forces, and the location of the operation should be chosen in Hafusa, where the terrain is dangerous, suitable for a sudden attack and the men and horses who have entered have no time to set up defenses! ”

After the two guides took turns to introduce him, Qin Dong finally had an understanding of the forces in this area, if nothing else, he estimated that these two mercenary groups wanted to fight the tax silver and goods escorted by Pedro's army, and the other three Bolgar tribes were also possible, but it was unlikely.

Qin Dong asked, "According to your estimates, when will Pedro and his army arrive in Hapsa?" ”

"It should be possible to arrive close to noon tomorrow, after all, most of them are infantry, and there are still a large number of taxes and goods to be escorted, and the speed of the march will definitely not be fast, so if the Sun Mercenary Regiment and the Rhodope mercenaries want to make a move, they will have enough time to catch up, or they will already be ambushed in Hapsa!"

Qin Dong thought for a while and said: "In this case, we might as well let those two mercenaries do it first, they each have about four hundred people, if they want to succeed, they must have enough troops, so they are likely to join forces to deal with Pedro together, we will rest here for a day today, and hurry to Hapsa in the middle of the night, with the speed of our cavalry, we can catch up with Pedro and his sixth wing at dawn, we just need to follow far behind, and wait for those two mercenary groups to kill Pedro, Let's get back the goods and tax silver! ”

The centurions and ten-centurions next to him all stood up and saluted when they heard Qin Dong's arrangement: "Yes, my lord!" (To be continued......)