The Cossacks were a nomadic group living in the steppes of Eastern Europe. Historically, it is known for its bravery and good fighting.

Later, the Russian tsar discovered that these people could be used for conquest, so he bribed the Cossack upper echelons by means of giving them money and dividing the land, so as to control the Cossack army, and drive and trick them into acting as pawns for consolidating their rule and carrying out aggression and expansion.

As a result, the Cossack regiment became the vanguard of Tsarist Russia's aggressive expansion into Central Asia, Siberia and Northeast China.

In order to win over the Cossacks, both the tsar and the Eros nobles, governors and generals who commanded the army gave certain privileges to the military chiefs of the upper echelons of the Cossacks.

The Cossacks in Dzungaria, on the other hand, could ignore Count Ostermann's refusal to allow the Eros to be brutally oppressed, and instead plundered them to satisfy their greedy ambitions.

However, among the tribes of Dzungaria, there are only some cattle and sheep at most, where are the merchants in the past who say that the consignment goods are attractive?

In the darkness of the night, the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves began to sound, getting closer and closer, shaking the hearts of all the merchants.

The Cossack cavalry stood out. In the eyes of the people of the Great Zhou, they were dressed in strange clothes and strange shapes, but these people once made many armies in Eurasia frightened. Fearless to death. It is the whole of their spirit, and the indomitable spirit is the essence of their tactics.

But at the same time, the more brutal killing, the more the tradition invades their bone marrow.

Soon, in the darkness, hundreds of horsemen surrounded them, all of them holding torches, yellow hair and blue eyes, holding steel knives, wearing fine armor, and the first one was full of yellow hair, high nose and deep eyes, and the merchants looked trembling.

Although Qiao Dayong was brave with a knife in his hand, in the face of this menacing Cossack, his frightened soul was scattered, and he had to look at the head of the guard: "Old Chen, what should I do?"

"What should I do?

The leader of the guard gritted his teeth and replied.

They have seventy or eighty guards, although there are knives and guns on the periphery and firearms on the inside, but in the face of hundreds of Rakshasa ghosts riding tall horses and wielding sabers, I am afraid that there is no chance of winning at all!

Even if you fight to the death, I'm afraid that in the end, the whole army will be wiped out.

"It's helpless, I can't beat it, I'll be soft first!"

Qiao Dayong gritted his teeth and made up his mind in a low voice.

The goods are gone, you can't make money, and you will definitely be scolded by the boss when you go back!

But if life is gone, then there is nothing!

At this moment, the Cossack leader was babbling a lot of words, and a man behind him came out of the crowd and shouted: "If you want to live, leave all the goods on the cart, drop your weapons, and stand in the open space one by one with your heads in your hands, and the noble Cossack warriors will let you go, and if you dare to oppose us, you will cut off all your heads and feed them to the wolves." ”

He said a round tone and clear words, which was the official dialect of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Looking at his appearance, he is clearly a Han man.

Looking at his appearance next to the Cossack chief, it is clear that he is a traitor.

It seems that these Cossacks knew very well who they were plundering, so they used a traitor as a translator.

When the word "live" was heard, the entire caravan was in a stir.

In the face of this group of Cossacks, there is no hope for goods, but if you throw away your weapons and walk away with your head in your hands, will you not risk your own life to the enemy?

Qiao Dayong knew that the leader of the guards around him was not good at words, so he gritted his teeth, threw the steel knife in his hand, took a few steps forward, and shouted: "This lord, please tell this general, our Qiao family trading house is also a little thin in front of Count Ostermann, and it is also a frequent visit on this trade road, everyone asks for money, please take these silks, porcelain, spirits and so on, but please don't kill people, otherwise, who would dare to trade here with goods!"

"Qiao's firm? What a big name! We have also heard of the name of your Qiao family in Shanxi. Look at your words, it's still a set, let your people lose their guys, and come out one by one, otherwise the generals will be merciful. ”

The traitor said arrogantly.

As he spoke, the interpreter whispered and translated the words to the Cossack chief.

The leader laughed, raised his arms, and hundreds of Cossacks shouted in unison, and the sound suddenly shook the world, and many people immediately fell down.

The leader relied on hundreds of cavalry of all colors behind him, not only riding tall horses, but also holding long knives and short spears, and some people with bows and arrows, and at this moment, under the light of the fire, all the cold lights were shining.

If Fang Cai was still a little lucky in his heart, seeing such a fierce appearance, Qiao Dayong didn't dare to have any other thoughts in his heart, and the leader of the guards was also deflated, and shouted:

"Don't do it, big guy, if you can't beat it, it's a vain death, this surname is life-threatening, go out if you lose your family!!"

The leader of the guards walked down dejectedly, but the deputy on the side came up and whispered: "Brother Chen, we have no weapons, won't we let people slaughter them......?"

Before he finished speaking, he was slapped in the face by the leader of the guards, and the leader of the guards grabbed him by the placket and said viciously:

"There are more than a dozen inside, hundreds outside, as soon as you make a move, who can run, your child is just a month, what can you do, get out quickly." ”

“...... They can keep their mouths alive......"

"If you kill people, you don't have to wait until this time to kill, intercept them on the grassland in Baiyuli, and you can kill us cleanly, these Cossacks are lawless, but if we all kill them all, who will transport goods over there?"

The leader above spoke, and the guards on Qiao Dayong's convoy all dropped their weapons in frustration and began to walk out, the largest caravan was still like this, and the others were even more frightened.

But the Cossacks didn't take much precautions against them, and some caravans didn't even have a guard, which was really not worth guarding against, but in the current situation, they could also judge that their lives were probably worry-free, and two caravan leaders actually got together to discuss, which really surprised them.

"I heard that the Cossacks were so slaughtered that they would really spare our lives?

"Maybe they know you can't go fishing, right?"

The inner and outer rings were empty, and the Cossacks began to drive the cattle up, and then set up carts, and since they did not kill people, they had to leave a few wagons behind when they were released from the steppe.

But suddenly, a Cossack suddenly screamed.

Qiao Dayong and the others hurriedly turned to look, but saw several Cossacks laughing around a Han man.

And the Han people were still at the location of the merchant group just now, and they didn't move.

It's Lin Zhao!

He didn't leave, and he still had the spear in his hand!

In an instant, everyone's eyes converged here.

"Lin Zhao, are you crazy, come out quickly!" Zhang Dongjia roared in a low voice.

Didn't you see what the occasion was?

The Qiao family merchant group has so many strong guards, and none of them dare to speak up, obediently throw away their weapons and come out, but you Lin Zhao are still staying there, still holding that spear, is this the time for you to do it?

Yes, you know that you are strong in martial arts and invincible in cavalry and archery, but now there are hundreds of Cossack cavalry here, and people have weapons in their hands, and even some people have muskets, do you think people will mind killing an arrogant one?

When the time comes, maybe even yourself and others will be implicated.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dongjia deeply regretted it, why did he recruit this young man who was just coming out of the rivers and lakes!

Qiao Dayong and the leader of the guards surnamed Chen couldn't help but change their faces drastically.

They felt that Lin Zhao was extraordinary, and they still wanted to recruit him into the Qiao family's business group, where did they think that this kid would be so arrogant and dare to ignore the threat of hundreds of Cossacks?

"Hahahaha!" The leader of the Cossack cavalry, the manipulator, came to Lin Zhao's side not far away, pointed the saber in his hand at Lin Zhao, and shouted in Russian: "Kill him!"

"Ula!" Immediately, a Cossack cavalry shouted excitedly, and he didn't dismount, but directly clamped his legs, and the horse rushed towards Lin Zhao, with a steel knife in his hand, shining with dazzling light under the light of the starry sky and the surrounding torches!

At the same time, at least ten firearms were aimed at Lin Zhao.