The reason couldn't be simpler, Collingworth's blockade order was completely detrimental to others, and the use of horse thieves was even more injurious to force Salling, and Viscount Mellor's ultimate goal was not to completely trap Salling.

Because the blockade of the territory cannot be sustained for a long time, otherwise the Collinworth leader himself will be finished, and Leon's sworn enemy is going to completely anger the Thrall.

If Leon leads the Thunderbeast Warcamp to attack Collingworth Territory, the charge of rebellion can be firmly deducted, and the title and territory can be stripped according to the laws of the kingdom!

How could Leon be so stupid about the other party's plan, but he also can't let the other party continue to be unscrupulous, and he must give a fierce response.

"Don't ask why, just do what I do!" Leon reached out and pressed the puffing rock hammer down.

This bear hammer is more than brave and intellectual, and at most he can only be a brave general rather than a wise general.

Leon then declared a state of emergency in the Sal Territory, and the Thunderbeast Camp was ready to fight at any time.

As soon as the meeting ended, Leon was pulled by Master Bron: "How is it, have you got the purple crystal?"

When is it, you still care about this?" Leon couldn't help but smile bitterly, Salling's current situation was obviously not taken seriously by this master-level figure at all, he only cared about the Twin Spell Tower under construction.

"Where is it so easy, I found a collector in Tormond City, but the other party asked for a million gold coins!"

"A million gold coins, well, the price is a little expensive!" Bronn thought thoughtfully: "I'm afraid you won't be able to come up with this money, right?"

It's a little more expensive? That's a million gold coins! Leon was really speechless, but he couldn't offend the master builder in front of him: "Don't worry, I can't afford to buy it, but I will think of other ways to find the purple crystal within a month!"

"That's good!" Bronn said happily: "I have already completed the layout of the Sanctuary Teleportation Array, and I have invested a lot of materials in the early stage, if there is no Purple Spirit Crystal, it will be all invalid!"

Leon, an important member of the Sanctuary Teleportation Array, understands, but the most important thing at the moment is to solve the trouble from Collingworth.

Viscount Mailer, who lost his eldest son, could not predict what else he would do under his madness.

On the day of Léon's return to Saarland, the Sal Territory issued a state of emergency, declaring the territory to be on full alert.

Three hundred Thunderbeast warriors stationed on the border of Thrall and Colinworth have been redeployed, and the foreign merchants and mercenaries who remain in Thrall have received bad news.

Sal Ling has been attacked by the Water Demon Tribe in the Western Everglades, which is the Water Demon Clan's revenge for a previous defeat, and the war is likely to spread to Thrall City.

Under such circumstances, Sal Ling could no longer care about the dispute with Collinworth Lord, except for some of the Thunder Beast warriors who stayed in Thrall City, most of the warriors went west into the Mangda Mountains to resist the invasion of the Water Demon Clan.

The merchants and mercenaries in the city could no longer sit still.

For the merchants, the disappearance of foreign caravans and mercenaries, their business plummeted, and they were also facing the threat of war, and there was no benefit in staying in the slightest.

And the state of emergency in Sal Ling also made the mercenary union office stop its business, and in the case of the invasion of the water demon clan, it is irresponsible to let the mercenaries go deep into the forest.

So the merchants and mercenaries began to evacuate Sal City one after another, and in order to ensure the safety on the road, some relatively large merchants formed a joint merchant group and hired dozens of mercenaries to return to Glay City together.

They brought all the goods they bought from Salling, and although the summer harvest festival had passed, these goods were still very marketable in the city of Grei, and they could get back a lot of money after selling them.

More than 300 sand camels formed a long procession, with more than 40 mercenaries and hundreds of merchant guards protecting goods and merchants, and marched east along the rugged mountain road.

The road from Saarland to Collingworth has been being built, and although there is not much manpower invested in Saarland, most of the roads have been hastily carved out, but it is undoubtedly much better than before.

After a two-day journey, the United Caravan successfully reached the border of the territory, and the grasslands of the Collingworth territory could be seen in the distance.

However, no one breathed a sigh of relief from this, and the mercenary guards greatly increased their vigilance.

Not long ago, the horse thieves who appeared at the border of the two territories attacked the passing caravans several times, causing considerable losses.

What's more, the thunder beast battle camp originally stationed in the border area has been transferred, and it can be said that there is no defense here, and once you encounter a horse thief, you can only rely on the strength of the merchant group itself to resist.

As it grew dark, the caravan camped on the meadows on the west bank of the Boundary River - it was not a wise choice to continue on their journey at night.

Piles of bonfires were lit, and the mercenary guards who had been trekking in the mountains and forests for two days could finally sit down and enjoy a hot dinner, and it was a great happiness for them to be able to drink a bowl of broth.

However, the mercenaries who were in charge of guarding were not so lucky, and they had to patrol the surroundings in case the horse thieves suddenly appeared and attacked.

Everything seemed to be peaceful, the rumored horse thief did not appear, only the chirping of insects could be heard in the quiet grassland, and the goddess of the silver moon and the lady of the night in the night sky quietly disappeared into the clouds.

The campfires in the caravan camp were still burning, but most of the tents fell silent, hundreds of sand camels gathered together, neighing lowly.

A mercenary in charge of patrolling walked to the river and squatted down, holding the clear river water with both hands and puffing it on his face, and his spirit was greatly lifted by the stimulation of the cold water.

He stood up and was about to return to his companions in the rear, when he was suddenly stunned.

I saw that on the grassland on the side of Collinworth in the distance ahead, countless galloping black shadows appeared, like an open giant net, rushing towards the defense line of the merchant camp!

The earth began to tremble, and a low roar came from far and near, like a sledgehammer striking hard at the mercenary's heart.

Horse thief!

The mercenary's eyes widened, and his whole mind was completely shocked by the might of the other party's charge.

After a few moments, he let out a hoarse howl: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Whoosh!

A few feathered arrows flew from afar, knocking the mercenaries who couldn't dodge to the ground.

The camp of the merchant group suddenly exploded like a pot, and the mercenary guards who were lying on the ground resting with weapons in their arms woke up from their sleep and jumped up one after another.

In a dangerous place, the mercenaries and guards did not sleep deeply, and most of them had rich combat experience, although the enemy came very suddenly, but it was not chaotic.

Under the loud orders of several team leaders, the mercenary guards immediately formed a simple line of defense, and the archers in the team immediately fired arrows at the enemy on the other side of the boundary river to intercept them.

The number of horse thieves was completely beyond their imagination, and there were at least two or three hundred horsemen scattered in the black oppression, and if it weren't for the obstruction of the Bounded River, it would have been possible to level the camp of the merchant group with a straight rush.

But no one can expect to be able to completely block the other party on the east bank of the boundary river by relying on the knee-deep river, at most, the mercenary leader immediately decided to let the employers and merchants retreat to the mountains first, and the mercenaries and guards stayed to block the enemy.

As for how long it can last, it can only depend on luck.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The horse thieves' main force came very quickly, and after rushing far enough, they took the lead in attacking with their riding bows, and black feathered arrows flew into the sky, landing in the defensive array of the mercenary guards.

"Ahh

Screams rang out one after another, and more than a dozen hapless mercenary guards were shot by arrows, killing at least five or six on the spot.

The rest of the mercenary guards fought desperately behind the axe and shield bearers, and the archers and crossbowmen fought back with all their might, killing and wounding some of the horse thieves.

But at this moment, the horse thieves at the front suddenly scattered quickly to both sides, and a black-armored cavalry suddenly rushed out of it, galloping straight towards the boundary river!

"Ironclad cavalry!"

One of the mercenaries' eyes widened, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

With the faint light of the moon, he could clearly see that the body and horse of this cavalry were covered with iron armor, like a moving fortress launching a terrible charge towards him!

The usual horse thieves are light cavalry, wearing leather armor and using bows and arrows, and move quickly to come and go like the wind, and only the most powerful horse thieves have ironclad cavalry, which is specially used to attack the storm.

But in the territory of the Beamon Kingdom, there are only a handful of large horse thieves with such strength, and they only operate in the north.

To the horror of the mercenaries, the knight at the head of the cavalry team held up his battle axe glowed with flames, and several feathered arrows that fell on him were easily bounced away by the soul armor of the protective body.

The mercenary guards' courage to resist disappeared almost instantly, and they watched as this powerful iron cavalry rushed into the Boundary River.

It's over, it's all over! Every mercenary guard was in despair, and the archers instinctively fired feathered arrows, but in front of the opposing ironclad cavalry and soul armored warriors, such interceptions seemed so powerless.

Everyone can imagine the scene of the total annihilation of the merchant group, once the ironclad cavalry team rushes into the camp, it will inevitably carry out a merciless slaughter, what can they rely on to resist the charge of the opponent's iron cavalry now?

Some of the mercenaries completely broke down and turned around and ran to the rear, abandoning their duties and just wanting to run away.

In the blink of an eye, the ironclad cavalry crossed the boundary river and landed, only a few dozen steps away from the merchant camp.

The mercenaries could even see the fierce eyes of the knight in the lead, hidden under his visor!

(To be continued)