For an army that had already been frightened, demoralized and in disarray, it was a disaster to encounter a frontal surprise attack, and Pedro's Roman soldiers were slashed like chickens by masked mercenaries led by Herram, and those Roman soldiers were so desperate to flee that they did not dare or think of turning around and resisting.

Massacre, nothing short of slaughter! The consequence of the massacre is that the casualties of one side have skyrocketed, and the other side is killing more and more fiercely, killing more and more ruthlessly, Pedro can't care so much, the only thing he can do now is to save his life, he broke through to the front under the protection of his own personal guards, and everyone who stood in front of him, whether it was his soldiers or masked robbers, was cut down by his personal guards, and finally broke out from the ambush site, Pedro looked back and saw that there were less than a hundred people still following him, That is, the other more than 400 people were all folded in the position of being ambushed behind.

Pedro's face was miserable, and he was sweating profusely, you must know that he is just a businessman, this position of general was bought with money through his brother-in-law Holt, where has he experienced such a battle? At this time, he was already weak, first he was frightened and almost scared to death, and then he ran desperately to escape, and he ran for more than ten miles before stopping, these were all cavalry behind him, a total of more than sixty people, fortunately it was cavalry, otherwise they would not be able to run so fast.

"Rest, I'm so tired!" Pedrol's horse stopped, and it was his fate, and he didn't fall off his horse when he was hit by rocks overhead, and he ran all the way here.

The cavalry behind him all reined in their horses and stopped to rest. These cavalry had no combat effectiveness at all, and could only walk and jog on horseback, or scout and convey orders, etc., and it was basically impossible to think about fighting with these cavalry.

The cavalry captain rode up to Pedro and said, "Your Excellency." We're all that is left, and it's estimated that very few of us will be able to escape back, and the other infantry will either be killed or captured, what should we do now? ”

Without even thinking about it, Pedro said, "Of course it's to get out of this hellish place and go to Constantinople!" ”

The cavalry captain reminded: "General, you are the commander of the whole army, how can you explain to Constantinople?" The crime of losing the tax money will be hanged at the very least! If there are some people on it holding on. It is likely that your whole family will be implicated."

As soon as these words were uttered, Pedro's face turned as white as if he had died and had not been buried, and he trembled and said, "Yes." What to do? What to do? The charge of losing the tax money is too big, too big, they will definitely hang me, they will definitely hang me! ”

Pedro kept repeating what he had said. Obviously, there are already six gods without a master. The cavalry captain said: "General, if we can find out who attacked us, the crime should be mitigated a little, after all, that place just now is too dangerous, it is impossible for any general not to be raided without knowing that there is an ambush, and we were ambushed within the territory of the empire, which shows that there is a big problem with the security in this area, and the local officials cannot escape responsibility." In this way, we don't have to bear all the blame! ”

Pedro, who was reminded by the cavalry captain, also sobered up. Nodding again and again, he said: "Yes, yes, we need to find out who attacked us and robbed the tax silver, now the battle should be almost over, they should be counting the loot, preparing to take the tax silver and goods away, we quietly return to follow them, see where they are going!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

Pedro failed too quickly, and when the news reached Qin Dong's ears, he was surprised, could it be that the army of the Roman Empire was so unbeaten? was defeated and lost by a group of rabble in a few minutes, is this still the Roman Imperial army in his impression?

Qin Dong asked the guards who reported the news: "Is the battle over?" What are the Sun Mercenaries and the Rhodobi Mercenaries doing now? What happened to Pedro? Was he killed? ”

The guard said: "My lord, the battle is over, Heram and Puptistes are directing the mercenaries to cut and kill the prisoners, and at the same time they are cleaning the battlefield and counting the spoils, Pedro fled to the east with more than sixty cavalry, and the other more than four hundred people were all killed or captured!" ”

"They're slaughtering captives?" Qin Dong asked incredulously.

"Yes, sir!"

After getting a positive answer, Qin Dong thought about it for a while and figured it out, after all, the target of the raid was the Eastern Roman Empire army, not people from any other force, once the news spread, the Sun Mercenary Group and the Rhodope Mercenary Group would definitely be wiped out by the Eastern Roman Empire army, this is a big thing, and they can't be negligent at all, so Herram They had to order to kill all the prisoners and block the news to prevent future troubles.

Another piece of news is that Pedro actually fled with more than sixty cavalry, which made Qin Dong have to sigh that Pedro's life was really hard, this kind of Cheng dù's ambush did not kill him, it seems that this guy is a good hand at escaping.

Qin Dong stood up and said: "Order everyone to get on their horses and set off for the north-south fork junction twelve miles west of Slo Cliff, since they will divide the spoils on the spot and then go their separate ways, they will definitely break up there, where will we wait for them, let these buns know that our things are not so easy to take!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

The order was quickly conveyed, and the Hun cavalry, who had already woken up and were in good spirits, stepped on their horses and rode their horses in a neat formation under the whole team of ten commanders to the predetermined place, Qin Dong rushed over under the arch guard of several guards, and received news about the two mercenary groups from the scouts from time to time along the way.

The speed of the archers was fast, and in less than ten minutes, Qin Dong rushed to the predetermined location with his men and horses to ambush them, and as soon as the two fully loaded mercenary groups appeared, they immediately came out and blocked their way.

The speed of these two mercenary groups is really unbearable, maybe they have never seen so many gold and silver coins, the mercenaries are a little overjoyed, and there are a large number of fur coats, although they can't be worn in the heat now, but in winter they are very warm clothes. The words of the mercenary leader Herram shattered the mercenaries' dreams: "Want to wear this fur coat? And you don't look at what you look like! Do you know how much this fur coat can sell for? Fifty gold coins, at least fifty gold coins, can you wear clothes for fifty gold coins a piece? That's the equivalent of five years of your savings! I sue you. Don't even think about it, I've already thought about it, I'll sell this batch of goods, and then buy us some more weapons and equipment, and then make you guys two new clothes each, and improve your life, and save the rest of the money. It's not always that we have the good fortune to come across this kind of fat sheep! Also, you can't move the wine, can you afford it? Do you know how much a glass of this wine costs? You can only drink two cups of sour beer. This beer can sell for at least one dinar, you know? Okay, okay, hurry up and pack your things and get ready to go back! ”

This time, the Sun Mercenary Regiment and the Rhodope Mercenary Regiment both sent 300 troops each, and the losses in the battle were not very large. It is also within the acceptable range. Among them, the Sun Mercenary Regiment lost eighty-nine people, and the Rhodope Mercenary Regiment lost one hundred and three people, and in the case of superior strength and absolute geographical advantage, the two mercenary groups also lost nearly two hundred people, eliminating more than twice as many Roman soldiers as them, and on the other hand, it also proved that their collective combat effectiveness was indeed not very good, after all, they were not an army. If Pedro's army is unanimously well-trained, it is still unknown whether the two mercenary groups will be able to win the battle.

When his men are cleaning up the battlefield. Heram and Putistes met again, and Heram said, "Putistes, according to the rules we have set in advance, this money and goods are half and a half for each person, is this okay?" ”

Ptistes nodded, "Of course, this is what we said a long time ago, but I think the rest of the loot should be mine!" ”

Now Herram is not satisfied, there are nearly 400 Roman soldier corpses here, the leather armor on the corpses of these Roman soldiers and the armor on the officers, as well as weapons, etc., are a lot of gains, and they are also worth a lot of money, and Herram is trying to change some good equipment for his mercenaries, and now these trophies can be used, how can it be possible to let Putistes take them all?

Heram objected on the spot: "Oh, Ptistes, you are too greedy, so much loot is worth a lot of money, you want to eat it alone?" Isn't that a bit unkind? ”

"No, no, no, Herram, I'll tell you why all this loot should be mine!" Ptistes immediately stated his reasons: "First, it was my people who got the news that I pulled you to do it, if it weren't for me, would you have such a good chance to make a fortune?" Second, I made all the plans, which requires a lot of brains, you know? If I hadn't chosen to ambush in such a good place, do you think we would have been able to kill so many soldiers and rob the tax money and goods for so little? Thirdly, it was my mercenaries who died the most, and my side contributed the most, combined with the above reasons, no matter which one of them, it can be said that these spoils should belong to me! ”

Herram is a German, there is absolutely no problem for him to kill people, but he is a little embarrassed to use his brain, but it does not mean that he is stupid, although he is not very smart, but he has nothing to do with stupidity, he immediately shook his head and vetoed Putistes's three reasons, he said: "I know that you contribute a lot, but the amount of these batches of loot is too large, I can't give you all at all, or according to the previous distribution principle, one person and half, what do you think?" ”

Ptistes smiled: "I think you are a little wishful thinking, if you still want to maintain cooperation with me, it is best to take a long-term view, this time it is I who contributed the most, of course, I should get the most, this is a matter of course, if who contributes the most, but takes the same distribution of items as others, who will be willing to contribute more in the future?" When everyone wants to preserve their strength, how can they cooperate? ”

Herram had to compromise: "Well, I'll take a step back and give me a third!" ”

Ptistes also knew that although Heram was not very smart, it was not easy to take advantage of this man, and he could not stay here for too long, this road was not untraveled, it was a major road from east to west in the Eastern Roman Empire, and caravans and pedestrians often passed by, and if he was seen, it would be troublesome, so he could only agree to divide it in this way, and give one-third of the spoils to Herram, and the rest to himself.

"Okay, that's it!" Ptistes agreed, and the two immediately instructed their mercenaries to load all the spoils on their carts, and some of them even threw away the rusty weapons in their hands and took the good weapons they had just captured, and put leather armor or armor on themselves, no matter how hot the weather was, to show off on their bodies and satisfy their vanity.

Seeing that the mercenaries were moving a little slowly, Ptistes found Heram with some worry and said: "There are many tribes in this area, let's let our people speed up and hurry up on the road, if the time drags on and lure those barbaric tribes over, we will be in big trouble!" ”

Herram thought about it too, and immediately ordered the mercenaries to speed up, and Ptistes' side had already packed up, so he immediately took the mercenaries to drag the carriage and left, and didn't care about Herram.

Heram was also a little anxious, trying his best to urge the mercenaries to hurry up, and soon caught up with Putistes, who was ready to separate at the fork in the road twelve miles to the west, Puptistes was going to take the centaurs south back to his lair, and Heram was also going to take his mercenaries north back to his lair.

Qin Dong and the others hid in a field of weeds that were higher than people and horses, although it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon at this time, the temperature was still a little high, and it was very hot in the weeds that were taller than people, and many soldiers, including Qin Dong, were drenched in sweat, but no one complained.

At this time, a scout horse ran quickly into the wild grass from the end of the eastern road, and when he saw Qin Dong, he dismounted and reported: "My lord, those two mercenary groups have already dragged a large number of carriages over, and they are less than five miles away from here!" ”

After listening to this, Qin Dong gave an order: "Okay, let everyone get ready, get on the horse immediately after waiting for my order, and then rush out with me!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

After receiving the order, everyone calmed the restless war horses, which are also very spiritual animals, and they knew that there was a battle going on, so they seemed to be a little unstable, and they needed to be appeased by the soldiers to calm down. After waiting for less than twenty minutes, a black spot appeared in the distance, and as the time prolonged, the black spot turned into a force of people, this is the person Qin Dong and they were waiting for. (To be continued......)