The bandits in Xiaocangshan were murderously arrayed in the camp, and the spies who went out of the camp in advance to reconnoiter near the trade road had already set up a reconnaissance position next to the trade road. According to the regulations in the training, a half-deep pit with a depth of 50 centimeters was dug one kilometer away from the trade road, and the weeds above the head were squatted in it, and the movement below was observed.

Just under their sight, a group of black-robed knights on horseback slowly walked over. The horses under the crotch of the knights have a supple and bright coat, and they are obviously good horses that have been well cared for.

"Go back and report to the team, the opponent's striker has passed. Unsure of the distance behind the team, let the team adjust the ambush location. The leading spy whispered a few words to his subordinates, and then looked worriedly at the black-robed knights who had already walked away. "Also, report to the team, and pay extra attention to the guys in black robes who are traveling with the team—they don't smell right. I feel like a dagger guy. ”

The guy who plays with the dagger is the name of the assassins among the bandits in Xiaocangshan. When dealing with other cottages, the ones who can pose the greatest threat to the bandits in Xiaocangshan are those assassins who hide in the mountains. For this reason, the spies will pay special attention to the assassins when they go out to investigate, and if the number of opponents is too large, they will even cancel the operation and use the heavy knights and long-range fire units to conduct fire reconnaissance.

Yes, Xiaocangshan has a heavy cavalry of its own. After robbing two cottages with wooden sticks in hand, they copied more than 100 sets of cavalry heavy armor from the basement of the cottages. There is also a matching horse full-body chain mail.

It is unbelievable that such an important armor should appear in the basement of the bandits. At the beginning, the bandits in Xiaocangshan, who copied out so many "militaristic heavy weapons", still felt a little hot on their faces. After all, it used to be a regular army, and there were so many bandits hiding near the station, and it also allowed people to snatch so much heavy armor from the armory, which can only show that Xiao Cangshan was lazy in training and lacked combat effectiveness before. It turned out to be no deterrent to this group of bandits.

With the development of the cleaning operation in the back, more than 1,500 sets of heavy armor were finally piled up in Xiaocangshan's warehouse.

The team was looking at the high-quality heavy armor shining with cold light all over the warehouse, and their throats stumbled for a long time. Swear the most vulgar swear words in your hometown.

"Team Zheng, what's going on with these?" asked the little soldier next to him curiously looking at Chongjia.

"Those aristocratic lords, they are smuggling heavy armor. The team gritted their teeth and scolded, "It's still smuggling towards the wilderness!"

Although the Celestial Empire and the Savage Lands are both considered to be mainly animal husbandry, there is still a big difference. Perhaps the most obvious difference lies in the way of life of the whole country. The Celebris Empire was more of an agrarian state, ruled by nobility and royalty over all citizens, with the conditions to enforce laws and internal affairs. At the same time, it has a decent handicraft and metallurgical industry, and at the same time the business is quite developed. In the wilderness, however, there is still no form of government that can sign a peace treaty. The Wild Land is made up of countless tribes, large and small, living in the form of almost primitive tribes. Unless faced with an attack by the Sibrus Empire, there is little chance of peace between the various tribes meeting each other. They fought with each other with their worst bone blades and fists for everything they could reach—pastures, livestock, lakes, women.

However, under such a loose structure, the Savage Lands were still able to compete with the Celebris Empire, in addition to the skills of the most powerful tribesmen, the beast court, and the powerful light cavalry was also one of the reasons. As a tribe ready to move long distances, almost all men over the age of twelve in the Wild Lands were the best light cavalry. Although they used broken bows that were not very lethal, and wore tattered leather robes. But with the support of excellent horsemanship, the four hundred barbarian land light cavalry dared to attack the imperial cavalry of three or four thousand people. And after the attack, they turned to guerrillas, and if they were allowed to pursue the Imperial cavalry, they would be able to divide and destroy all the Imperial cavalry in a week.

So whether it is the Celebrus Empire or the Duchy of Grant, there is a clear prohibition on trade. It is forbidden to sell any metal products to the Wild Lands, and it is forbidden to disseminate any metallurgical knowledge and technology to the Wild Lands. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to spread elemental knowledge and farming techniques to the Savage Lands.

It is said that 400 years ago, there was a great magister with a broad mind who created a very special theory of peace unification, which advocated that all countries should abandon the use of force and settle all disputes through diplomacy and dialogue. After visiting all the major countries of Noah's world, he is alone and ready to travel to the Savage Lands to spread culture to the tribes there, trying to educate them, and have a dialogue with the Empire, so that they can live in peace from now on.

Emperor Antonium II was once a student of the Archmagister. After hearing that the Grand Magus was about to go to the Wild Land, he warmly invited his teacher to spend a few days in the imperial capital, in order to fulfill the friendship of the landlord.

According to rumors, the Grand Magus had several very serious quarrels with His Majesty the Emperor in the imperial capital. The original five-day itinerary was also shortened to three days. It is said that when the archmage left the imperial capital, he was very dissatisfied and said that the most regrettable thing in his life was to put Antony II in the door, and at the same time thought that Antony II could not understand his theory of peaceful unification at all.

Then, on the way to the Savage Lands, His Excellency the Archmage suddenly fell ill and died. He died at the age of 57 at the then Marquis de Tucson Palace.

It is said that powerful elemental users of the level of the Great Magister generally have a lifespan of more than three hundred years old. The average lifespan of a high-ranking priest who is not as capable as the Grand Magus is about two hundred years old, and the Pope is only at this level. No wonder some people joke that in Noah's world, the longer you live, the more you fight—maybe a thousand-year-old turtle fished out of a lake can destroy a country with the touch of a finger. But the reality is also true, the more powerful you are, the longer your lifespan seems to be.

However, at the age of 57, His Excellency the Grand Magus died in the Marquis of Tucson's palace. This has to make people suspicious, and almost everyone is wondering if it is because His Majesty the Emperor was unable to convince His Excellency the Grand Magister to assassinate him. However, because there is no evidence, and at the same time, His Majesty the Emperor angrily removed the title of the Tucson family from a marquis to a baron, and at the same time permanently assigned it to the Grand Duke as a vassal, such a severe punishment also makes people have to suspect that the Marquis of Tucson may have assassinated the elemental user with great ideas.

Whatever the truth of the death of a violent illness, only one thing is certain - the Empire's blockade of the Wild Lands is complete and harsh. Anything that might increase the power of the Savage Lands is not allowed to enter the Savages—not even knowledge.

And those noble lords in the Barony of Tucson dare to smuggle knight heavy armor to the wild land!

If it weren't for the Empire's Heavy Knights, I'm afraid that the entire eastern part of the Empire, and even the entire Duchy of Grant, would have been destroyed by the war - those large and fierce tribal light cavalry are not afraid of any elemental users. While the mages chanted incantations, the cavalry galloping across the plains would rush in front of the mages and cut off their heads with neat slack. Only when they are guarded by Imperial Heavy Knights can Imperial Mages have ample time to complete the spellcasting process. Summon a huge meteorite and crush those brutes to death.

If the light cavalry of the steppes were to be re-armoured, the empire would lose its most important weapon against the wilderness. If elemental users can't cast spells, and the heavy cavalry is no longer invincible on the battlefield, then the entire empire can simply surrender - it's useless to have locusts!

Although the bandits in Xiaocangshan have fallen into the grass, their patriotism is still there, their relatives, children, friends and relatives, everything they know and cherish since childhood is in the Duchy of Grant, in the Barony of Tucson. And those damned aristocratic lords are planning to bury it all for the sake of some precious goods on the grassland.

"Put away the heavy armor, you can't use it without my order!" The team explained the reason to all the brothers around him very seriously, "These bandits are probably the smuggling routes used by the noble lords. Specializing in smuggling cavalry heavy armor into the wilderness, it's no wonder that they don't have a good ability to fight. It's just that our place is close to the Corrugated River Plain, and the group of guys who are farming on the plain will not stop the barbarians' heavy cavalry for us! These things must not fall into the hands of the barbarians, otherwise, we will be tantamount to slashing our relatives on the head!"

Although it is messy, after years of training, the big-headed soldiers also know what they mean by being right. Treasure every set of heavy armor in the warehouse and lock it up - it can't fall into the hands of the enemy, which means they can't use it easily. Otherwise, once a brother wearing heavy armor falls into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid that the enemy will immediately realize that there is a reserve of heavy armor on Xiaocang Mountain, which will bring disaster to Xiaocang Mountain.

Therefore, on this expedition, the bandits in Xiaocangshan did not equip any heavy armor. It's just that like other bandits, some nitrate animal skins are tied in key places on their bodies. Although leather armor cannot block heavy blunt damage, it is still enough to defend against sharp blades.

The bandits left the camp quickly, and although the training was still a little delayed compared to normal times, they still managed to get the reward of the spies ahead before they reached the first ambush circle.

"The team is right, we have to take the brothers to the third ambush circle. The spy who came to report whispered, "The striker is usually not too far away from the rear team, and five minutes away is enough." But when I set off to report the news, the battalion commander still didn't notice the other party's convoy. This layout is unreasonable, and you have to be careful of deception. ”

The third ambush circle is still half an hour away from the first ambush circle. It's right in the middle of a valley. When the bandits of Xiaocangshan swept away the bandits occupying the valley, they unexpectedly found that there were many crumbling boulders in the valley. Many of the boulders have been drilled deep holes in the bottom by the bandits who used to occupy the valley. As long as gunpowder is placed in use, these boulders can turn into rolling stones and smash the people of the valley into meat sauce.