The section from the north to the Riga Sea was 800 li, and the caravan traveled day and night, maintaining a constant speed of not traveling, and traveled only 150 li a day, and after six days they arrived at Riga on the east coast of the northern part of the Riga Sea. It's all been a quiet journey.

Xiao Yan is also a calm reader, reading the books introduced to her by Xiao Lan, which helps her understand the customs and customs of Xizhou; Occasionally get out of the carriage and ride side by side with Xiao Lan, watching the grass spread out from under the horse's hooves, undulating in the southwest direction, Here is the grassland in spring and autumn, and the wasteland in winter and summer. In the distance, there are gently rolling hills, high hills, all of which have only grass cover, and no trees. It is very suitable for the charge and robbery of horse thieves, and they will roar away without being killed, but it is impossible to hide people and horses. Therefore, horse thieves can only be light horses, and can quickly charge when they are discovered by the merchant group from afar. The corresponding merchant group's escort or mercenary regiment is equipped with archers and crossbowmen at most.

In the escort group of the Four Merchants, the bowmen and crossbowmen accounted for one-half. This is the border free trade zone opened up by Datang, and the ban of "non-military parties are not allowed to hold crossbows" will of course not be implemented, and even the military will sell some of the replaced crossbows to the bodyguard shop, in order to improve their combat ability against horse thieves. With the background and strength of the Lanling Xiao clan, of course, what the guard regiment holds is not the crossbow replaced by the military, but the heavy crossbow and the repeating crossbow.

The merchant group rested in Riga for a day, and in the early morning of the eighth day, they set out again, and the carriages boarded the flatbed ferry from the port, from where they crossed the Riga Sea.

The Riga Sea is a long and narrow sea area separating the West and the West, this section of the sea is not wide, only more than a mile, there are no waves, the merchant group is very stable and safe, there are no horse thieves on the other side, arrows fall like rain.

Crossing the Riga Sea is the region of the Great Western Continent.

Xiao Yan got off the ferry, didn't get into the carriage, but still rode with Xiao Lan, talking about Xizhou as he walked forward.

The free trade route from here to the Black Sea is 1,700 miles long, at the junction of the South and North West Continents, but because they are all plains and hills, the dividing line is actually blurred. The previous dividing line was the Gaul Mountains that connected the southern Black Sea with the southern Riga Sea – the dividing line drawn by the Euroton Empire – and in order to open up trade routes, the Euroton Empire showed its "generosity" by allowing its army to retreat north of the Ugazo Mountains, ceding this land 600 li long and 1,700 li crossed.

"This abandonment is not a loss," Xiao Lan said with a whip, "you have also seen, the land here does not produce crops, sparse bushes, shallow salt water lakes, hunting, fishing and hunting cannot survive, except for pastures in spring and autumn, there will be no human habitation, and Euroton occupies only a piece of military land; With commercial circulation, waste becomes treasure; Militarily, with this buffer area, Euroton's border defense line directly facing the Ansi Protectorate would be reduced by seven hundred miles. - More benefits than the land that is given away.

"The Great Eclipse agreed to open this passage, although under the pressure of the two empires, but it was not without its benefits: the stretch from the Riga Sea to the Black Sea was equivalent to six hundred miles of land for nothing; If Euroton were to attack Dashi from land, he would have to send troops from the Ucasso Mountains, and with such a buffer zone, a surprise attack would be impossible.

"Of course, the same is true for the big food attack on Euroton.

"But the sea power of the Great Food is slightly stronger than that of Euroton, and looking at its consistent offensive direction, attacking Euroton is from the sea, attacking its waist, and will not choose the land route in the northwest of the Black Sea.

"There was nothing to lose in the trade of profits, and the Silk Road opened up a northern port, which had the greatest impact on Persia; But the Great Eclipse occupied Persia for so many years, and the Persians still did not submiss, and it was Persia that prospered directly through the Silk Road passage from the territory of Persia, and the Great Eclipse could not plunder more benefits except for taxes. However, the opening of the Silk Road Passage in the north, adjacent to the passage is the northern province of Dashi Xizhou, which is more conducive to the prosperity of Dashi Xizhou. Persia is only wool for the Great Food, and it is not as important as the prosperity of the Western provinces. ”

"Therefore," Xiao Yan thought deeply, "the stable existence of this passage is ultimately due to the interests of the Three Kingdoms. ”

"That's it." Xiao Lan's eyebrows were mixed with a sneering and fierce expression, "Between countries, only interests can be glued, and there is always the tension of resistance when force is suppressed, even if the big surface is not destroyed, small actions will continue, and this channel will not be so stable." If state-to-state agreements are not to become empty letters, the interests of each side are fundamental. ”

Xiao Yan thought of establishing the Xizhou Apocalypse Alliance, which is also an alliance of interests, in which there is a common principle, and he bowed and said with a smile: "Be taught." ”

……

On the fifth day, this passage had already walked halfway, and when it was about to break the camp at noon, Xiao Yan suddenly raised his eyebrows in the carriage, put down the scroll in his hand, and said to Xiao Lan: "It's here." ”

There is no way to hide people and horses in the gently undulating fields, and there is a shadow on the distant horizon.

The outpost reported the presence of an enemy.

The leader of the convoy made a gesture, and three drumbeats rang out.

The merchant group stopped, and the escort group marched forward.

The divine consciousness of several grandmasters in the merchant group shot over.

Ten miles away in the field, thousands of cavalry waited quietly.

Laugh at! Laugh at! Laugh at! ……

An invisible voice sounded, and it was the two Grandmaster Divine Thoughts attacking each other in the air.

Xiao Yan's divine thoughts collided with one of the extremely powerful and pure divine thoughts, and it seemed that both sides sighed softly.

The Grandmaster's temptation was over, and the leader of the Guardian Regiment raised his arms and gave the order to the sound of a drum.

The caravan continued on its way, but the convoys lined up in a fish-scale formation, in front of the caravan and on both flanks.

Xiao Lan and Xiao Yan had already stepped out of the carriage and rode to the front of the caravan and the rear of the escort group.

Dada, dada......

The cavalry, standing ten miles away, mounted their horses and trotted in small steps.

Xiao Yan's divine sense was strong, and he quickly counted his troops, and his clear and calm voice sounded in the escort regiment and caravan, "The enemy's three thousand horsemen: two thousand light horsemen in front, scimitar, round shield, helmet, cuirass, arm armor, leg binding; A thousand heavy riders were behind, and the men and horses were equipped with iron armor. Note: The shield and armor are engraved with French patterns. ”

This is what Xiao Lan said, "not a real horse thief", no horse thief will use heavy cavalry, and no horse thief can have 3,000 cavalry, it is very simple: I can't afford it.

- Grain can be stored by looting; But there are few shallow water resources in this place, several large shallow lakes and rivers are near the trade routes, for the use of the trade groups, and the large lakes that are not near the trade roads are also well-known locations, and the horse thieves are stationed here to know their nests, and in addition, there is no large shallow water area to support 3,000 people and 3,000 horses for a long time.

Not to mention that these 3,000 cavalry also have French shield armor.

But all the grandmasters and leaders of the escort group and the deacons of the caravan were not surprised - the merchant group was so slow, just waiting for such a "horse thief" to appear: it was always necessary to give the other party time to obtain information and react.

With the sound of the whistle and the order, the bowmen and crossbowmen and cavalry were replaced with armor-piercing arrows and runic arrows, dealing with rune armor, not to mention light arrows, ordinary heavy arrows are difficult to penetrate.

With the sound of the clattering hooves of the jogging horses, the distance between the two sides is gradually narrowing.

Six Mile ...... Wuli ...... Four miles......

Suddenly, "Boom! "Boom!" Two loud bangs.

The vanguard of the convoy suddenly moved, and the dirt turf and men and horses flew up.

Ambush ahead!

Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows sharply.

This is...... □□？！

The west wind blew the smell of gunpowder.

Xiao Lan's face had become sharp, but he was just holding his horse, staring at the northwest field through the dust and smoke. A series of orders and flags were issued one after another, and the caravan stopped in an orderly manner, like an army, and quickly formed a cascading square circle on the wilderness, the carriage erected its shield, and the coachman instantly formed a bow and crossbowman, holding a bow or setting up a crossbow; The stewards and the men also held bows and crossbows, and stood in their own positions, and no one walked in a panic, as if there was no attack ahead.

Xiao Yan secretly nodded for the quality of the Xiao family's subordinates.

The convoy had stopped and retreated, the wounded were brought back by the ambulance team, and one of the grandmasters swept out, striking the ground with a palm wind, whirring and hitting the ground, and causing another thud, until the two miles of land were swept away, and the grandmaster swept back.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, this buried □□ that was detonated in the step was developed by Da Shi or Euroton? Still is...... What will Xingping provide? Even □□ formulation method and detonation technology are provided?

Xiao Yanteng swept to the crater of the explosion, and the three pits were carefully observed for a while, swept back into the rear of the escort group, and ordered Wei Chiting, who had only caught up with the merchant group yesterday, Li Yuzhen sent her to make a companion note--"Record, send it." Yu Chi Tingnuo said, took out an ink pen, recorded Xiao Yan's words, and immediately galloped to a black painted carriage in the business group, which carried the telecommunications station, and the dispatcher took the manuscript and turned on the radio to send it to the telecommunications station base station in Anxi Province, and then transmitted it to Chang'an through the base station of Hexi Road.

The convoy had already marched forward for a mile, the two wings of the bow and crossbow battalions rushing forward, the light cavalry behind, and the heavy cavalry at the rear, riding servant horses and leading the armored horses.

The opposing heavy cavalry also rode on servant horses.

Dada, dada......

The sound of scattered horses' hooves gradually became neat until ......

The sound of hooves was as fast as a drum, like thunder, and thousands of horses' hooves stepped on the grassland, shaking the ground several miles away to tremble slightly.

The enemy light cavalry spread out on both flanks and launched a charge.

"Crossbow!"

The crossbow battalions on both flanks of the escort regiment were lined up in three rows of rounds, and the front row was already armed with crossbows.

The light cavalry in the rear scattered outwards separately, making a detour for a while, and after the crossbow and bow battalion had finished shooting, they would attack the ribs of the enemy's light cavalry formation and cut off the cavalry formation.

This is a face-to-face battle, both sides know who the opponent is, there can be no surprise attacks, clever tricks and the like on the open field, only hard against hard, strength against strength.

Shout! Shout! Shout! ……

The first row of runic crossbows had already been fired, with a range of four hundred paces, and immediately turned around and ran back after firing.

The second row of runic crossbows then fired.

This was followed by the third row of Divine Arm Crossbows, with a range of three hundred and fifty paces.

The first row of retreating crossbowmen has reloaded their crossbows and arrows, and they have become the first row to shoot again.

This is followed by the second row, the third row......

Circular rotation.

The enemy's light cavalry formation was very scattered, but the crossbowmen of the escort regiment did not shoot diffusely, but locked onto the target through the sights on the crossbow machine, and each crossbow did not miss: some cavalrymen were nailed into the neck by sharp crossbows, and fell from their horses without a sound; Some crossbows were shot at the cavalry's legs, and the piercing runic leather armor burst open, and the entire thigh was gone, and the cavalry lost its balance and fell to the ground with a bang; Some penetrated into the belly of the horse, and the galloping war horse collapsed after rushing out a few steps.

These crossbowmen are equipped with crossbows. Arrows are different, and those with the ability to shoot are equipped with crossbows with heavy arrows. arrows, because they can shoot at a distance that the cavalry's arms and shields cannot protect; Equipped with a burst rune arrow with the ability to shoot accurately, as long as it hits the rider's body, it will cause great damage; Crossbowmen with the ability to shoot are also equipped with regular crossbows. Arrows, but aiming and shooting are horses larger than the cavalry, as long as the horse is shot at the vital point, the cavalry will lose the combat effectiveness of "horse shooting".

Ten miles to the northwest, on a high hill, four men and a woman wearing black cloaks and hoods were talking.

"What a luxury!" The tall and thin male mage on the far left said, just by looking at the fact that his eagle eye technique could be used ten miles away, he knew that this must be a mage master of the Grandmaster Realm.

The "luxury" he spoke of clearly included both sides of the war.

——Whether it is 3,000 cavalry equipped with runic shield armor, or runic crossbows and bursting runic arrows on the side of the "merchant group", they are all luxurious enough. The black iron armor of the heavy cavalry on the side of the "Shang Tuan" looks light and thin, but there are complex patterns on it, and it is obviously also runic armor. Of course, the rune armor of the heavy rider is not comparable to the light horse, the material and thickness are different, and the rune that can be carried is of course different, and the general rune arrows cannot penetrate such rune heavy armor.

The only female Dharma Teacher snorted lightly, "Of course it's extravagant! Three empires, one court and one garden, can it be extravagant? ”

The hussars of both sides have already clashed.

The quiver pouches worn by the cavalry of the "Shang Tuan" are also equipped with bursting rune arrows, and the arrows are not in vain, and each arrow must be hit. Moreover, he is very flexible in his roundabout turn, always keeping a distance from the enemy's light cavalry, firing straight and sideways, and turning around when fleeing, and the arrows do not miss. The opposing cavalry was inferior in bow shooting, trying to close the distance to the hand-to-hand combat. And the light cavalry armed with a short scimitar often has a dazzling and terrifying right horse whirling scimitar skill.

"This is the hussars of the Great Eater?!" A sound as deep as a bell rang from under the black cloak, and a pair of eyes as green as a forest appeared under the hood, deep and sharp, and the pale yellow beard covered half of the face, but the resoluteness of the silhouette could still be seen.

"Except for the great cannibals, there are only Turks who make scimitars. Obviously, the Great Cannibals were reluctant to equip the Turkic cavalry with runic armor, even though the Turks had already annexed them. The one who was teasing in these words was still the tall, thin Dharma Master.

The green-eyed man nodded, his sharp gaze staring at the cavalry of the "Shang Tuan" who was superb and nimble, and a deep exclamation came from his chest:

"That's what it is...... The Tang Anxi Army's, the assault cavalry? ”

The thin and tall mage master was rarely silent for a while, and it always made people feel that the indecent voice had lost its frivolity, "The only one who can shoot the bow is almost artistic, but the Tang Dynasty has ridden lightly." If these words are heard by Liang Guogong or Ji Guogong, they will definitely add very justly that those who can play with bow shooting are also Oghuz and Yan Zhou light horses. On bow shooting, the Xizhou cavalry is heavier than strength, and pays attention to the strength of the bow, while the Zhongzhou cavalry is heavy on skills, paying attention to the integration of the bow man, the bow is like his own arm in the hand, how can the control of the bow be compared to the middle continent?

The bearded man with green eyes looked extremely attentive, his army had never fought with the Zhongzhou cavalry, this time he watched the battle on the spot, which made him feel shocked, and the rumor that "the Tang cavalry is invincible in the world" has also become detailed and real because of the battle in front of him.

……

It was not only these four people who were paying attention to the battle between the two sides, but there were at least four or five high ground within a radius of ten to twenty miles. As soon as they probed each other's senses, they all knew that there were masters. But they all have the purpose of watching the battle, of course, they don't interfere with each other, they just watch quietly.

"The Great Eater Cavalry is going to be defeated." The green-eyed beard said suddenly.

None of the three Black Cloaks doubted his judgment, because this was a very good military commander, and his vision on the battlefield was beyond their reach.

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Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the light cavalry of the Great Eclipse showed its decline.

The tall and thin Dharma Master did not hesitate to laugh, "Two thousand horses against one thousand two hundred horses, not to mention defeat, but also defeated so quickly, tsk, their Allah's face was crackled." ”

The female Dharma Tutor also smiled slightly, and it was obvious that these four people on the high post were happy to see the defeat of the Great Eclipse.

"The command of the Anxi Army is very powerful." The green-eyed beard said, his big hand in the air interspersed with the battle formation, "You see, every time you make a detour, advance or retreat, it is a strong front that avoids the Great Eclipse Cavalry, and it hits the ribs of the Great Eclipse Cavalry formation, and after many rib blows, the cavalry formation breaks." ”

The ribs, in the ancient Greek word in which these four people talked, represent weakness.

In the eyes of the three Grandmasters who did not understand tactics, the cavalry of the Anxi Army seemed to be very messy, but they did not doubt the assertion of Frya, the military commander.

His eyes were blazing, and there was more intense interest in his voice, "What's even more peculiar is that the command of the Anxi Army on these two wings is equally excellent, and it gives me a feeling, that sense of rhythm...... It seems to be commanded by the same person. ”

"Huh?" The three of them were amazed, and the female Dharma Instructor said, "Could it be that one of them is the commander-in-chief?" She shook her head as she spoke, and with her eyesight, she could certainly find the commanders of both sides on the battlefield—"No, those two cavalry officers only have the cultivation of mid-level martial artists in the Ascending Extreme Realm, and it is impossible for them to command with their divine senses. "And on the battlefield that is three miles long, without commanding with divine sense, it is simply impossible to give real-time orders to the other wing.

"Could it be twins? - It is said that you can connect your heart through distance. The tall and thin mage teacher was joking seriously, and was glared at by the female mage teacher next to him, "Lebret, you can say a few words." ”

"Oh, Armand, you're so boring."

The muffled man's voice, who had not spoken, sounded, "Maybe it's in the rear, which Grandmaster is in command of the tactics. "He wears a big sword at his waist, he should be a swordsman, and he can observe the battlefield from ten miles away, he has obviously advanced to the Holy Rank, and he is a Holy Sword Master of the Grandmaster Realm.

Freya nodded in agreement, "Otero Holy Sword Master is right, this should be the most likely. ”

"A Grandmaster?" Armand was intrigued, and his eagle-eyed gaze searched the back of the battlefield.

Of course, she was very careful, but her eyes swept over, and she did not dare to stay looking.

The Grandmaster's senses are too acute, she just wants to watch the battle, but she doesn't want to watch the trouble.

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