725. The Battle of the Merchants
A group of cavalrymen from the garrison camp were heavily armed and rode through the bustling street market on their cooper horses, and the pedestrians in the streets immediately avoided the sides of the street to make way for the cavalry, the metal armor refracted a blinding light in the scorching sun, and the knights' spears in the saddle carried a murderous aura.
The townspeople saw only the cavalry stop in front of the trading house, confronting a group of mercenaries at the entrance of the trading house.
These mercenaries are an armed group formed by the trading house for many years, and they are responsible for the security of the trading house in peacetime, and they are also responsible for escorting the goods of the trading house to Wilkes City.
The mercenaries are all hired from the mercenary guild by the owner of the trading house, and each mercenary has the strength of a warrior, and he is also arrogant in Dodan Town in peacetime, and almost no one dares to provoke the group of people in the armed group of the trading house.
More than half of the mercenaries in the armed regiment have a bulk of the magic pattern construction, this kind of magic pattern construction can only enhance a specific ability, far less balanced than the complete set of magic pattern construction enhancement attributes of the construction knight, but the strength of the magic pattern construction attribute of the loose pieces is very different, and the value is also very different from a dozen magic crystals to dozens of magic crystals.
The weapons in his hand are even more varied, all kinds of long-handled weapons, war spears, axes, clubs, swords, war hammers, flails, longbows, daggers.
It was this group of mercenaries who surrounded the traders to the death, preventing the cavalry of the garrison camp from approaching.
Manager Anthony stared at Surdak with a cold face and said, "Do you really need to make this matter so stiff?" ”
He pursed the corners of his mouth, a ridiculous sense of superiority on his face.
Standing in the hall of the trading house with a winning posture, he looked at Surdak in front of him.
Six mercenaries strode out from behind Anthony's manager, surrounding Surdak and the two cavalry squadron leaders in the middle, and even the mercenaries were guarding the various entrances of the comptoir.
"All unrelated people, please leave the trading house." One of the squadron leaders beside Surdak shouted.
There were not many customers in the hall of the trading house, and when they saw the tension inside and outside the hall, they hurriedly stopped trading and rushed to leave this place of right and wrong.
For a time, there was chaos in the trading house.
Manager Anthony saw the last little smile on his face when he saw the customers who had taken advantage of the chaos to leave the firm.
He said with a gloomy face:
"You make me very embarrassed by this, originally our trading firm and the commander did not offend each other, but now you are openly challenging the bottom line of our trading group, I want to ask you what reason you have to seize the trading firm?"
"Didn't I just say enough?"
Surdak turned to look out the door and walked towards the outside of the comptoir.
Six mercenaries dressed in half-body demonic uniforms stopped in front of Surdak, four armed with swords and shields, and two with war spears, blocking the path ahead of Surdak.
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"Please get out of the way!"
The cavalry squadron leader scolded the mercenaries.
At this moment, on the street outside the trading house, there was also a cavalry squadron leader shouting: "All dismount!" ”
The grinding of the armor was harsh.
The streets outside the merchant's gate were full of heavily armed heavy cavalry, but instead of riding war horses and holding knights' spears, they dismounted and lined up one after another, armed with knights' swords and knights' light shields.
The command of a squadron leader:
"The cavalry of the teams is ready to ...... Advance! ”
The sound of neat and consistent footsteps, like the slow sound of war drums, knocked into the hearts of the onlookers one after another.
'Wow! ’
All the cavalrymen drew their knights' swords and looked very impressive.
The expressions on the faces of the mercenaries guarding outside the door of the trading house also became nervous, and one by one, shoulder to shoulder, they aimed their weapons at the slowly approaching cavalry, and the temporary human wall also crashed into the cavalry.
……
A faint aura of power lit up under Surdak's feet, and although he was not wearing a demonic pattern structure, or even any heavy armor, the knight's momentum had already emanated from him.
He stared at the mercenaries in front of him.
The mercenaries' magical patterns flashed with a halo of magic, and the weapons in their hands pointed directly at Surdak.
Surdak glanced down at the noble badge on his chest and strode towards the door of the trading house.
A mercenary stopped in front of Surdak, reached out to hold him down on the shoulder, and said with a joking smile to him, "Lord Commander, if I were you, I wouldn't be walking out of the trading house now......
Before he could finish his words, a sharp sword that had been turning into white light shot in from outside the door.
With a "poof", it plunged into the mercenary's arm.
The tip of the arrow peeked out from the other end of the arm, and the tail feathers of the steel arrow still trembled.
The mercenary looked at his arm in disbelief and let out a terrible scream.
He stared out of the hall of the trading house, but saw no archers outside, and the other three mercenaries looked at the door with horrified expressions.
Finding that there was no one behind him, two mercenaries armed with round shields and guarding the direction of the door.
Several of the mercenaries looked at Surdak again, trying to stop him.
The wounded mercenary, clutching his wounded arm, strode out of the hall of the comptoir, running outside to find the archer who had shot him through the arm.
Surdak walked forward.
Another mercenary stopped in front of him again, a little nervous, and reached for the long sword at his waist with his right hand.
The moment he drew his sword, an arrow flashed through the door again, and the arrow appeared in front of the mercenary as if out of thin air, piercing the wrist with which he drew his sword.
The two mercenaries standing with shields didn't even see where the steel arrows were coming from.
They looked at Surdak with a stunned expression, and the expression on their faces was no longer relaxed.
Surdak walked forward again, and the remaining four mercenaries did not dare to step forward to stop him.
When he walked out of the trading house, he saw Samira, dressed in salamander tight-fitting leather armor, standing on the roof of the shop across the street, holding the hunting bow of the 'withered painting' in her hand, and the 'momentum' condensed behind her was quietly dissipating.
The right half of her face was even covered in bloodshot, and her right eye had turned from pale red to blood-red.
Obviously, in addition to using his own 'potential', he also mobilized the power of the elven blood in his body.
So much so that the recovery power of the 'Divine Blessed Body' could not suppress the dark wounds on her body.
Manager Anthony watched Surdak walk out of the hall of the comptoir, and he was a little afraid of the archer outside, hiding his body behind the counter, just poking his head out and looking out.
At this time, he couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted sharply:
"What are you waiting for, is Hai Ye waiting for someone to dismantle the trading house? Do it! ”
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The mercenaries standing outside the trading house heard someone shouting 'do it' in the trading house, and these mercenaries were usually arrogant and domineering in Dodan Town, so they didn't think much about it at all, they drew their weapons one after another, and pounced on the heavily armed cavalry.
They also knew that the full-coverage heavy armor on the bodies of these cavalrymen was very strong, and they immediately called on the magic pattern structures on their bodies, only to see some magical glimmers on the mercenaries' bodies, and the 'momentum' behind them appeared almost at the same time, and the weapons in their hands sent out a full blow in various postures.
The strength of these mercenaries themselves is indeed a cut higher than that of the cavalry, and they have the attribute bonus of the magic pattern construction pieces on their bodies, and they collided with the heavy cavalry, and instantly cut down the front row of heavy cavalry to the ground.
Immediately after that, he pounced on the hoplites in the back row, and the hoplites in the second row only had the power to parry.
For a time, the mercenaries and hoplites were mixed together, and the cavalry was clearly inferior.
However, the cavalry battalion came with two squadrons, which had an absolute superiority in numbers.
These cavalrymen were also veterans of the battlefield, and they faced the more powerful demons and Nakma on the battlefield, and they had the power to protect themselves in the face of the demons, so although the battle was chaotic at first, the veterans of the cavalry battalion immediately stabilized the situation.
With this sturdy heavy armor, they were able to deal with a mercenary with a few men.
At the same time, Andrew, an indigenous warrior of the Nanai tribe, rushed to the front with a butcher's axe.
Although there are also warriors who are close to the peak of their strength among these mercenaries, they do not have the 'Shield of the Earth' magic pattern structure.
With his 'Berserker's Soul', Andrew is simply a way of exchanging injuries for injuries on the battlefield.
He immediately activated the 'Earth Shield' on the Demon Pattern Structure, helping him block three attacks and knock the two mercenaries in front of him to the ground.
The ogre Gulitum stood in the crowd, and all the mercenaries and cavalry present were at the height of him from the chest down.
He was armed with a bone-shattering stick, and the mercenary on the opposite side activated the 'momentum' in his body as soon as he saw Gullitham, and a crusader swordsman with a big sword appeared behind him and swung a sharp sword at the ogre.
Some quaint totem ornaments also appeared on the ogre Gulitham's body, and the bone-shattering stick in his hand greeted the phantom.
The bone-shattering rod brought up a fierce wind to block the phantom sharp sword, and the phantom quickly dissipated behind the mercenary, and Gulitm felt a chill on his waist, only to see the mercenary cut a sword on his waist, his skin was solid against the rock, but it was cut by the sharp magic sword.
Gulit was furious and lifted the elephant-like stout large. The leg kicked at the mercenary, and a shield-wielding mercenary stepped forward behind him, raising his iron shield with spikes to face the ogre.
'Bang'
The ogre's knees pressed against the shield of the thorn, and the heavy force knocked the mercenary of the shield backwards and flew several meters away, slamming the shield directly into the stone wall of the trading house.
The stone wall was white and gray with spider web cracks, and the mercenary leaned against the wall, unable to help but spurt out a mouthful of blood.
Gulit Tem also pierced several bloody holes in his knees with a stabbing shield, and the ogre in severe pain let out a deafening roar, picked up the bone-crushing stick in his hand, and stopped the mercenary who had a sword cut at his waist.
A sword of sunset made of red steel was smashed by a bone-shattering stick and curled like a scrap of iron.
The mercenary's sword-wielding jaw was also shattered by the tremendous force, and his body rolled on the spot before he dodged the ogre's kick in embarrassment.
Gullitham's feet stomped heavily on the stone slabs, and the slabs under his feet shattered one after another.
Surdak walked back into the cavalry, and the aura of knightly power on his body suddenly came into play, and the combat power of the entire cavalry squadron increased by a bit.
The cavalrymen were not worried about being wounded, and there was no psychological pressure of 'not being able to afford expensive healing potions', and almost every cavalryman showed an extremely firm will to fight.
In particular, Andrew and Gulitham both came into their way at the same time.
In a few steps, the mercenaries who stood in front of the door were smashed into a defenseless position.
The cavalry guarding behind Andrew only needed to hold shields against the enemies on his sides, and prepare ropes to tie up the fallen mercenaries one after another, and the mission was completed.
The cavalry battalion was outnumbered, and although some were wounded, they would be immediately replaced by cavalry standing by the back.
Gulit rushed to the wall of the trading house, and smashed the bone-shattering stick in his hand against the stone wall of the trading house.
'Boom'
A stone wall collapsed inside, revealing holes in the wall that were more than a man high.
The momentum of the cavalry battalion rose sharply, and the mercenaries guarding outside the trading house saw that the number of people they could fight was getting smaller and smaller, and a group of cavalry formed a human wall to press towards the trading bank.
The cavalry grabbed some of the mercenaries who had fallen to the ground and were wounded.
Only a few saw that the situation was not good, and fled quickly through the back door of the trading house.
At this time, he hid in the trading house and realized how big a hornet's nest he had stabbed, regretting that he should not have peeked into the trade of the natives of the Warcraft Forest, and refused the trade of cotton clothes, quilts, felts and other items from the commander of the garrison camp.
In a panic, he tried to stop the fleeing mercenaries, but found that the attendants in the trading house were also running away.
The battle soon stopped, but the battle scene was a little cruel, these mercenaries used weapons when fighting, at least more than 50 cavalry were wounded, but these mercenaries did not bargain, and nearly 60 mercenaries were caught by the cavalry, and almost all of them were injured.
In addition to these mercenaries, there were more than forty mercenaries who took advantage of the chaos to escape from behind the trading houses.
Surdak did not let the cavalry risk chasing, but directly emptied all the people in the trading house, and several gates were sealed.
The attendants of the trading house who wanted to resist, along with Anthony, the manager of the trading house, were all captured by the cavalry.
Manager Anthony stood outside the comptoir with hemp rope tied in his hands, watching the comptoir being sealed, the green tendons on his forehead were raised, his eyes were almost popping out of his sockets, and he shouted in a hysterical voice:
"Stop! Have you ever considered the consequences, but the backer behind our trading firm is the Councillor of Wilkes City. ”
Surdak walked up to Manager Anthony, looked down at him and said:
"You have to make it clear, we are the garrison of Dodan Town, and any armed force that is not registered with the military is a destabilizing factor in the town, and as the military and political officer of Dodan Town, I have the right to contact your armed group."
After saying that, he rode on the Gubolai horse.
Andrew reached out and touched the blood on the armor, followed behind Surdak like a fierce god, and shouted at the three wounded cavalry squadron leaders beside him:
"Take it all!"
At this time, Samira on the other side of the long street also disappeared from the roof.