Chapter 3: The Pirate Corps
The sun had completely risen over the horizon, and the mountains that had been reduced to silhouettes before dawn were gradually becoming clearer, casting shadows on the ground by the way.
The mines had been completely destroyed and dilapidated, and within a hundred paces, within a few paces there were one or several corpses, slaves, pirates, convoys, and mercenaries.
Looking at the grass hut that had been burned by the fire and the corpses all over the ground, Donner sighed in his heart.
It seems that only at this time will people not distinguish between high and low, and will they be fair and free in the true sense.
Looking around, after a big battle, almost all of the mine owner's escorts and mercenaries were wiped out, and the specific casualties of the pirates Donner is not clear, but there are more than 100 slaves in the entire mine, and less than 40 people survived.
The more than 30 slaves who survived from nervousness to death and then to death were basically all wounded, lying on the ground wailing, and almost none of them were embarrassed. There were also two seriously injured people who were covering their wounds and moaning in pain, dying and struggling, desperately screaming for the people around them to kill themselves.
The situation of the pirates is much better, after all, they have experienced a lot of life-and-death fights, and they are used to this kind of thing, and they are now cleaning the battlefield with injuries, ripping off the equipment and weapons of the mine guards one by one, and even the leather armor on their own companions, as for the corpses of their companions, just like those guards, kicked aside.
In fact, according to Donner's plan, it was a simple matter to organize the slaves to attack the convoy from behind.
There are more than thirty escorts plus mercenaries, even if they are well-trained and well-equipped, but they can't stand the large number of slaves, and they are attacked from both sides, and there is absolutely no possibility of being spared in a hurry.
But unexpectedly, several other slaves in the hut suddenly rioted on their own.
It's like the army bombing the camp at night, and it can't be controlled at all.
Stimulated by blood and infected by madness, nearly half of the more than 100 slaves killed each other and trampled to death, and some rushed to the war zone of pirates and convoys, almost doing the mine owner a great favor.
Fortunately, Donner arrived from the rear in time to turn the tide in one fell swoop.
The mine's convoy was largely killed, and only one or two mercenaries escaped.
Now that the threat of death and the shackles that bind his freedom have been opened, Donner feels an indescribable sense of comfort.
"Donner, what do we do next?" a voice sounded beside him.
Donner turned around, it was the cowardly slave who asked if he could make it, his name was Ed, he was estimated to be sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was thin and small.
Although the mine owner's guards have been eliminated, there are still twenty or thirty pirates armed with scimitars.
Now that the initiative is not in his hands, Donner has no better idea at the moment, so he has to say, "Wait and see." ”
"What are you waiting for?" Ed wondered, "Wait for Hans?"
Hans?
Donner narrowed his eyes and looked to the other side.
Not far away, on top of a boulder, Hans and Gerry were talking to a man and a woman, gesturing to Donner's side, as if those two were the pirate leaders, while Hans and Gerry were explaining the situation in the iron mining area last night.
The man was in his forties, wearing a rusty set of chain mail, carrying a broad-backed knife dripping with blood, short brown hair was messy, and a centipede-like scar on his cheek, almost from the root of his ear to the corner of his mouth, and he looked hideous and terrifying.
The woman was not very old, estimated to be about the same as herself, about twenty years old, wheat-skinned, very tall, although she was wearing a set of iron scale armor, but she could not hide the convex and backward Miaoman's figure, and the most eye-catching thing was a jaw-dropping sword standing on the ground in her hand.
The big sword was almost half a door panel wide, at least more than eighty pounds, and I don't know how this woman could hold it.
After a few moments, the big man nodded, and Hans and Gerry walked toward Donner.
Donner stared at Hans, waiting for him to speak.
"Donner......" Hans came to Donner and was about to speak to him about the situation, but Donner interrupted him with his hand and pointed to the stone on the ground, "Sit down and speak slowly." ”
At the moment, the initiative is in the hands of the pirate group, and they don't know anything about these people, and only Hans and Gerry know about it.
But these two people are obviously not fuel-efficient lamps either, and their identities have been hidden, so Donner can't fully trust them now.
Therefore, when they spoke, Donner deliberately interrupted the conversation, just to suppress Hans's momentum and seize the initiative in the conversation.
"Let's ......" Hans nodded and continued, but Donner spoke up again and asked, "Now tell me who you are?"
Hans gave Donner a deep look before he said, "Donner, I was about to tell you about this, but I'm sorry that we hid our identities......"
Donner waved his hand, signaling that it was okay and letting him continue.
"Actually, Gerry and I are both members of the Seawolf Pirate Group, just over a month ago, when a total of four of us went ashore to inquire about the news, the three of us were caught by the slave team, and then you all know about becoming slaves later......"
Donner nodded and asked, "The big man who just talked to you over there is your leader?"
"Yes! The girl next to her is the daughter of our regiment leader. ”
Donner hummed, then asked, "How many of you pirate corps?"
"There are more than 70 people in our pirate group, and there are more than 50 of them in this operation, but in order to save the three of us, we fought with the mine owner's guards, and more than 20 died, and now there are only 20 people left here, and my brother has also died in battle. Hans fell silent, a little depressed.
Donner couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said, "Your regiment commander really looks up to you, in order to save the three of you, more than 20 brothers died." ”
"No, our regimental commander didn't expect that the mine owner's guards were so powerful and well-equipped, so he sacrificed so many brothers. Gerry defended himself at this point.
What a simple child, Donner chuckled inwardly.
In Downer's guess, the three Hans were caught because they came to the mine to spy on the news, and it is easy to guess what this group of pirates came for.
What's in the mine? Iron ore. This can be seen from the leather armor on the pirates and the thin, almost transparent scimitars in their hands.
There is another one, that is, the silver coins in the pocket of the mine owner, and the equipment on the mine owner's guards is estimated to be the object of their covetousness.
It's been almost a year since Donner came to this world, and from the few words he heard, plus guesses, it can be known that the nobles of this world have almost all the knowledge of production, means of production and resources of production.
And pirates are engaged in no matter what world they are engaged in, and their essence is to burn and loot.
In Downer's opinion, the pirates had already planned to come to the mines to loot. As for the fact that Hans and Gerry were caught by accident, the good thoughts in his heart at the moment were purely self-consoling.
It's true that these pirates came to loot, and saving them is probably incidental.
"And what are you going to do next?" asked Donner, who didn't debunk their thoughts.