As the two mercenary groups got closer and closer to the hiding place of Qin Dong and the others, Qin Dong had been weighing in his heart, whether to suddenly kill out or show up with men and horses to block the way to ask for goods from Heram and Putistes, and at the last moment Qin Dong finally decided to take people and horses to stop the road to ask for goods, if the other party did not agree, immediately start a war.

It's not that Qin Dong is merciful in his heart and doesn't want to kill more, but because the terrain here is really not suitable for cavalry raids, there are mostly ponds and swamps on both sides of the road, or there are no people to hide at all, the only place that can hide people is the barren grass where Qin Dong and they are hiding now, if a surprise attack is launched from both sides of the road, it will make the cavalry fall into swamps and mud, once the cavalry falls into this situation, it is the end of defeat, it is better to rush along the road head-on, as long as the attack is rapid, it can not fail to achieve results.

After making a decision, Qin Dong immediately gave an order: "Everyone get on the horse and follow me out to block their way!" ”

After receiving the order, the soldiers got on their horses with neat movements, and under the guidance of Qin Dong's gestures, they slowly trotted out of the wild grass onto the main road, blocking the fork in the road, and everyone lined up in four columns, just occupying the entire road.

The sudden appearance of a large force of cavalry startled the leader of the Rhodope mercenary group, Putistes, who was at the front on horseback, followed by his men driving the carriage, and behind him were the men and horses of the Sun Mercenary Regiment. The large force of cavalry appeared and happened to block their road to the south and north, and although there were no obstacles on either side of the road, it was a soft swamp on which no one could necessarily gain a foothold, let alone the carriages could not pass.

"Stop-" After noticing the sudden appearance of a large force of cavalry in front of him, Puptistes raised his right hand and grabbed his horse and shouted. The whole team suddenly stopped, his face was solemn, and he saw the situation on the other side. He knows that he has met the black and eats the black, and the most afraid of this kind of halfway robbery is to encounter the black and eat the black, and he is tired and busy, but in the end he is cheap to others, and he is extremely unwilling, but there is no way, unless everyone dies and the net is broken.

Herram, who was behind, got the news and quickly rode over. "Putistes, what's going on ahead, why did it suddenly stop!" Khram apparently did not know the specifics. I only knew that the team suddenly stopped leaving because something happened in front.

Ptistes raised his chin at Qin Dong and his men: "Look for yourself, I think we're in trouble!" ”

Herram looked up, and at a glance he knew that the cavalry in front of him was definitely not a good thing, and this kind of movement was uniform. And when standing still, no one does superfluous movements alone. The whole team is not able to do it without moving, Heram lives on the tip of the knife all the year round and is naturally extremely sensitive to danger, the cavalry in front is like a man-eating beast, a steel killing machine, he looked at the situation on the opposite side and said with a stern face: "Where did this come from?" We are all well aware of the forces in this area, but we have never heard of any force with so many elite cavalry! ”

After hearing this, Puptistes couldn't help but smile bitterly: "How do I know? Who knows where these people popped up? If it weren't for the fact that the surrounding terrain was not suitable for cavalry raids, we'd probably be done long ago, man, we're in big trouble. Now what? ”

Heram shook his head and said, "I don't know what to do, is the decision up to us now?" The key is to see what the person on the other side wants! ”

Just when the two were discussing countermeasures. The other side ran out and rode out, and the man rode his horse and ran to a distance of about fifty meters from the two of them, stopped and shouted: "Helam the leader of the Sun Mercenary Regiment and Putistes, the leader of the Rhodope Mercenary Regiment, you listen, our leader said, leave the goods and carriages and mules and horses, we will get out of the way, you can leave with the loot and tax silver, we don't want to erect more enemies, everyone is mixed to eat, there is no need to fight to the death, and this batch of goods is ours, it was Pedro's guy who plotted against us and stole the goods, We just want to get the goods back, nothing else, if you can't even satisfy us with this, then today everyone will only have blood spattered here, give you a quarter of an hour to consider, if there is no reply after a quarter of an hour, then don't blame us for being polite! ”

After the knight finished speaking, he rode back to his camp, leaving Heram and Putistes looking at each other, and Putistes said: "I didn't expect it to be them, my people talked about this when they got the news, saying that there was a large caravan settled in the city of Dirmite, it seems to have come from the Huns, and stayed in a carriage and horse shop that night, and the next morning all the goods were gone, and the cattle and carriages were all missing, I didn't expect them to chase here so quickly!" You're a veteran, you should be able to see the strength of the cavalry on the other side, now what do you say? ”

Heram said: "If there is a real fight, we people will not necessarily lose by taking advantage of this terrain, what I am worried about is that it will be bad for us if the time drags on, after all, these things are robbed by us, if our identity is found out by the imperial side, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in the empire, and it is difficult to say whether we can escape, if the people on the other side confront us like this, we really can't bear it, after all, we have not eaten for two meals, and the brothers have long been hungry, how can we fight with the people opposite without strength?" ”

These words made Ptistes couldn't help but be a little impressed by Herram, he didn't expect Herram to think of these aspects, it seems that this guy can be the leader of the Sun Mercenary Regiment is not luck, but has real skills.

Ptistes nodded and said: "Your worries are not unreasonable, no matter in which aspect, we are not dominant, even if they can't help us, but we don't have the ability to do anything with them, even if they don't fight with us and let us go, I still don't feel at ease!" ”

Ptistes' words puzzled Herram and he said, "Why is that? They let us go, what else are you worried about? ”

Ptistes pointed to the tax money and booty on the carriage behind him and said, "Don't forget how these things came from, we killed the Imperial army that escorted them, and now those people on the other side already know our identity." If they get the word out about it, what do you think will happen in less than a month? There must be imperial troops to exterminate us, but if we leave the goods for them, and they get back what belongs to them, they will definitely not want to cause more trouble, and they will definitely not tell us about our murder and looting! ”

Being plucked by Ptistes like this, Heram quickly understood the joint point and nodded: "Yes." You think very clearly, it seems that we just don't want to leave the cargo, mules, horses, and wagons behind! ”

Ptistes shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "Man, I'm afraid that's the case!" ”

Herram was a little unwilling. "We fought to the death, and so many people died, so we handed over the goods to others?"

"Now we have met the original owner of the cargo, by any point of view," said Putistes. The original owner wanted his goods back, which was a matter of course. What can you do now? It may not be possible to beat it, and if it drags on for a long time, it can only be detrimental to us, and if they let them spread the news, we can only die in the world! Whether this money can be used or not really depends on two words! ”

After a fierce struggle in his heart, Herram said: "It's not impossible for me to leave the goods, as long as one of them can beat me, I will admit defeat and automatically leave the goods!" ”

Herram was arrogant and wanted to gamble with Qin Dong and the others on the other side. Since everyone came out to mix, then follow the rules of the Tao.

Ptistes didn't expect Herram to come up with such an idea. He thought about it carefully, he now has two choices, promise Herram and come up with a way to benefit his side, second, kill Herram, agree to the request of the people on the other side, the second choice is too risky, the people on the opposite side have not yet started, his own side will be in civil strife first, and the other party will be cheapened in vain, he can only choose the first one, agree with Herram's idea, and propose to the other party to decide whether to stay or leave this batch of goods by means of a competition to determine whether to win or lose, but this method needs to be further improved, he thought about it carefully and had an idea, He whispered a few words in Heram's ear, and Heram nodded his head again and again, and finally Herram said, "Tell them, your mouth is a little more so!" ”

"That's good!" Ptistes was not polite, and immediately stepped forward and walked dozens of meters to stop and shouted: "Heroes and warriors on the other side, hello, I am Putistes, the head of the Rhodopius mercenary regiment, I and Captain Herram heard your request just now, and your request is not unreasonable, this batch of goods was originally yours, and we also know this, but now this batch of goods is what we snatched from the imperial army, and we have also paid a lot, and many brothers have died, we can't just leave it to you so lightly, But you also said just now, everyone is out to eat, there is no need to settle a life and death feud, just now I discussed with the head of Herram, we have a mention, in order not to hurt the harmony between us, we mention that there are three people on each side, to test personal force to determine the winner or loser, to adopt a best-of-three system. A person can only play once, even if he wins, he can't continue to the next game, there may inevitably be casualties during the competition, if one of the warriors unfortunately dies, please don't get excited, after the three-game competition, if we lose, the goods are left for you, if you lose, please go back and forth from where, just when we haven't met, no matter which side loses, we must not publicize today's events, we must strictly seal the news, and we can't let the empire know about it! I wonder if your chiefs agree with our mention? ”

After Ptistes finished speaking, he looked at the knight standing at the front opposite, who was obviously the leader of the other party.

After Qin Dong waited for Ptistes to finish speaking, he thought for a while and said to the knight beside him: "Sue him, just say that I promised them to mention yì, the three games will be won or lost, if anyone dares to cheat, or lose, then everyone will be killed!" ”

The guards around him agreed, and immediately shouted out Qin Dong's words, so that even if the two sides reached an agreement, they would win or lose in three games of the competition, and decide the ownership of the goods.

Then the two sides began to prepare for each other, because both sides didn't know much about each other, and they didn't know which three people the other party would send out to fight, so it was very difficult to make ghosts, but Qin Dong thought of the story of Tian Ji's horse race, this story has a prerequisite, that is, you must know which horse the other party sent to race, Qin Dong decided to wait for the people sent by the other party to come out first, and then decide who to send out after he saw it, in fact, Qin Dong went through the people on his side in his heart, except for himself, There are no people with particularly high personal force value, only two people's personal force value is acceptable in his eyes, one is the centurion Barhan of a hundred archers who followed this time, and the other is the Germanic Leo, Leo is a man under Afald, who followed Afalde at the beginning, and his personal force is also good, and the others are relatively poor.

Qin Dong's side is ready, but there is a dispute between the two mercenary groups over there, Putistes's original intention is to leave the goods behind, since he can't really turn his face, why make a fuss like this, although he agreed to Heramti yì to win or lose in three games, but his side doesn't want to send people to participate, if this kind of thing loses, it will definitely be the end of death, and Herram's idea is that since everyone is in a group, Puptistes should also make a contribution, and also send someone to participate in the competition, However, Ptistes did not agree to send people to participate, and he asked Herram to choose three men from his own to participate.

The two almost had an argument, and in the end, Herram saw that Ptistes was unwilling to send someone to fight, so he did not force it anymore, so he could only choose one more person from his own men, and another one that had already been chosen, plus he himself was just three people.

At Herram's signal, a mercenary named Zola was sent out, Zola could not ride a horse, he walked to the middle of the two men and horses with his big sword and waited, and raised his sword to point to the opposite side to signal the other party to send someone into the field.

Qin Dong observed for a moment, he turned his head and raised his chin to Centurion Balhan: "Balhan, you go and deal with him, remember to use your speed when you are riding, be fast and accurate!" ”

Use cavalry to deal with infantry, if it is not for the difference in strength between the two, it is generally difficult for the infantry to take the cavalry, this is because the cavalry has long been accustomed to rushing and killing at high speed, and the reaction speed is extremely fast, and the infantry has not ridden a horse, and there is no reaction speed in a high-speed state, most of the infantry is hacked to death by the cavalry because they can't react, and the infantry drags the cavalry off the horse It is extremely rare, unless the cavalry on the horse does not pay attention to the other party, if the cavalry concentrates on dealing with a person, Basically, it is very difficult to be successfully attacked by infantry.

Balhan saluted on his horse and said, "Yes, my lord! After saying that, he trotted over with a clamp on the horse's belly. (To be continued......)