Chapter 22: Burning, Killing, and Looting

The lame Jonad, a Rhodoc veteran who had not received the wages of his defeated and captured lord since he had been wounded, took up the promising job of being a robber, and on this day he was preparing to occupy a small village on the border of Swadia with 33 accomplices, and perhaps the leader would reward him with a village woman who had a broken one-handed sword and was considering a machete.

Some time ago, they met a team of 21 bounty hunters, and the original team of more than 50 people has become 34 now, but 12 bounty hunters have been captured, and they may not be able to resist the torture for a few days, and they will also become their companions. Jonad looked at the haggard and hungry figures of several bounty hunters, and tried to have fun with food and water, but he never had to have fun again, and a sharp arrow brought him a ticket to Deathland, and the arrow in his throat pierced his neck with an arrow, and he hissed and died. Then the brigade of cavalry crossed the border, and from time to time robbers were picked up by their spears or had their heads cut off by passing blades.

In the distance, Hu Bin put away his bow and arrows, and sighed that he was lucky, this time he could harvest 12 cavalry. Bounty hunters, as a classic neutral profession, are scattered all over the continent, skilled riders who are not willing to escort caravans to others, pick up blunt weapons to hunt bandits, and use the money from trafficking robbers to arm rescued farmers or other captives, becoming new bounty hunters to join the team and grow stronger. However, due to the development of bandit groups due to the war, they often encountered bandit bandits with too many strong and outnumbered bandits, and bounty hunters who lacked armor protection and blade support often died or were captured after losing their charging speed, and were brought back to the bandits' lair to become elite bandits, and in turn to deal with their former counterparts.

The general bounty group does not exceed 30 people, but because the people in Hu Bin's territory were originally converted from the neutral camp, the appearance rate of bounty hunters is extremely high, and the larger bandit groups around are harvested by Hu Bin, so that the bounty group continues to grow, and now there are two large bounty hunter groups with a number of about 40 people near Hu Bin's territory, so that the trade routes in the west of Salander are unimpeded, which greatly promotes the commercial development of Hu Bin's territory.

Hu Bin loves this kind of army that only captures alive, but it's a pity that the regular army doesn't allow the cultivation of this kind of blunt hand that can't kill, and the pride of the bounty hunters doesn't allow them to take refuge in the lord, even Hu Bin can't, but there is no such restriction in the recruitment of prisoners.

Hu Bin, a human trafficker who has not been equipped with a professional slave catcher, has harvested 12 bounty hunters at once today, and with the improvement of their skills, they will be equipped with better equipment with the support of the lord, and become a special hidden top class, the real blunt weapon master slave trader leader, armed with a sledgehammer and heavy armor, they like to rush into the crowd with their favorite horses, and then skillfully wield a sledgehammer to violently smash the shields held by the surrounding enemies, and by the way, stun the poor insects behind the shields. But often the fighting style of this type of troops keeps their casualty rate high, so Hu Bin decided to let them cooperate with other cavalry to rush into formation, and then use the blunt weapon in his hand to make the fleeing enemy have a good dream.

It is now the afternoon of the second day that Hu Bin left the border, there are still no holes in the defense of the north of Rhodok, Hu Bin has not received any news about the frontal battlefield of Salander, there is not much food left, but he can be resupplied in the villages on the border of the Swadia Kingdom, but Hu Bin's patience is about to be exhausted, tonight Hu Bin decided to reconnoiter again, I hope that the lord who has been staying in the castle has gone to the southeast to support, otherwise what awaits Hu Bin is an inevitable mountain battle.

Ryan had already killed all the people alive, Hu Bin couldn't let the captives slow down the troops, let a few captured peasant village women go home on their own, and with the rejuvenated bounty hunters, 56 cavalry immediately rushed south.

"God help me." At dusk, when Hu Bin reconnoitred again, he found that the north gate of Rhodok was no longer guarded, perhaps because he believed that the Salanders would not run so far to enter the mountains to sneak attack here Hu Bin quickly passed the checkpoint, and the sentries on the fortress did not find this cavalry force at night, Hu Bin hesitated after entering the eastern hinterland of Rhodok, whether to rob the eastern villages that had just been restored to construction, or to take the surrounding area of Viruga to play big?

Hu Bin's eyes flashed, and he led the team to the south immediately.

In Yimer Village, several cavalry are dispersing the villagers' arms, and the rest are rummaging through the boxes and cabinets looking for valuable items in the village, Hu Bin, who has filled a quarter of the space of his backpack, is anxiously waiting for the team to assemble, the sky is almost dawn, it is estimated that the enemy army near Viruga has approached here, Hu Bin began to think about throwing away the loot he had just arrived and escaping, but he still couldn't make up his mind.

Fine silk, neat cloth, precious spices, delicious wine, large jars of lamp oil, and a large amount of food and tools, if Hu Bin discarded these, it was estimated that Ted's resentful gaze would overwhelm him. Fortunately, the sun had just risen a while, and all the troops had been assembled, and Hu Bin gave a roaring order, set fire to the houses and livestock fences with torches, killed only a few cattle to meet the needs of the team, and left the village, which would soon be in ruins.

Hu Bin was in a very comfortable mood walking on the hill to avoid possible pursuers, Ted changed his vegetarian diet with cabbage in one hand and apples in the other, seeing that there were no pursuers coming, Hu Bin set up camp and ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot, although the rapid march of a few days did not reduce their morale, but the obvious lack of physical strength affected the combat effectiveness, and the horses also needed a period of time to recover their physical strength, and suddenly a carrier pigeon flew to Hu Bin, stopping Ted from wanting to roast this little guy, Hu Bin received the news of the frontal battlefield, and the situation was not optimistic.

The Rhodok army was held back by a large number of Salander troops 30 km west of Sharitz, and the legions of more than 120 men of the three Rhodoc lords were wiped out and one lord was captured. The Salander lords who pursued the victory were hot-headed and chased too long on the battle line, and one lord was surrounded by King Griffos's elite royal legion of more than 200 people, defeated and captured, and the rest of the army was surrounded by a large number of Lord Rhodok legions. The lack of Mamluks prevented the Salander regiment from breaking through the line of pikemen, and a large number of soldiers died from the rain of Rhodok's crossbow arrows. The legions of 5 Salander lords were crippled, and the cavalry was lost, with more than 200 casualties. Field Marshal Muhai Boyye led a large army at the fort of Wiyeha and the fort of Gamizi where the enemy army groups confronted each other across the woods.

Hu Bin put his mind at ease, it seemed that Rhodok, who was on fire in the rear, was not in a hurry to come to the rescue, so he simply grabbed them to save him. Next, Hu Bin robbed the village of Serenmis in the east of Viruga in the afternoon, and then looted the village of Serendier under the nose of Fort Gruenward, the gate in the north of Rhodok, and continued to destroy the village of Pegangde in the west in the second half of the night, so that half of the villages in the entire Viruga region were looted by Hu Bin.

The next morning, Hu Bin dragged the two returning lord legions all the way north into the border of the Svadia Kingdom. Gradually got rid of the pursuers, Hu Bin entered the second largest city of the Swadia Kingdom at midnight, Drehem, the city has experienced too many wars, the Kugit have surrounded here, the Nords once hit 5 kilometers away from here, the Vigians chased the enemy in the late Patriotic War to attack here, even Salander has been in the vicinity of the wind and rain, but still belongs to the Swadia Kingdom, the heritage of the great power is completely reflected in this weathered military center of the continent.

After dumping a large amount of loot in the market, most of the hard-earned money earned by Hu Bin was turned into the eagle wing steel helmet (head defense 51) on his head and the heraldic armor on the two followers. Hu Bin, who was drooling from his whole body plate armor on the counter, was helpless and shy, and rushed to the direction of Salander after a short rest, robbing the village of Sailun along the way, attracting the pursuit of the lord near Ameraburg, in order to avoid the pursuing lord, Hu Bin discarded all the items he had just grabbed.

Sighing, Hu Bin shook off his pursuers and rushed past the fortress, just in time to see the large army led by Saiga Khan in a decisive battle with the large army of Rhodok, Hu Bin rushed into the battle group without thinking about it.