For hundreds or even millennia, countless caravans and mercenaries risked their lives to grope their way along the rugged mountain roads with heavy wagons, and finally settled on a road that was the easiest to move and the shortest distance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It can be said that every trade route on the land of this world is the crystallization of the wisdom and courage of countless merchants.

The establishment of trade routes allowed these caravans to sell and purchase goods between various principalities, races, and towns on the continent to avoid many unnecessary taxes and many rough roads that could be reduced.

But at the same time, it also gives those bandits who have been staring at these caravans an innate condition to squat!

A trade road, winding for an unknown length of time, no one can tell how many bandits have entrenched along the road, waiting to tear a piece of flesh from these caravans to fill their stomachs.

This somewhat strange convoy traveled along the trade road, and was stared at by the 'crows' scattered by the Thunder Rats and Thieves for dozens of miles. Along the way, every ten miles, someone would quickly run back to the lair along the mountain path to report.

And as the convoy got closer and closer to the nest of the Thunder Rat Thieves, there were more and more 'crows' who were secretly staring at them, and they would never have escaped from the eyes of these 'crows' until they left this trade route completely.

The members of the Thunder Rats Thieves may have very average strength and poor backbone, but after all, they are bandits who eat on this mountain range, and the paths that are difficult for outsiders to know are like their own backyards.

Marking people, they can't be better at it.

"Commander, look, it's this convoy!"

A member of the bandit of thieves whispered to the convoy on the trade road, hiding under a bush high in the mountains.

Ronald and Duruna also crouched to the side, condescendingly watching the slowly moving convoy on the trade road.

A carriage with an extremely ordinary exterior decoration, and the horses pulling the carriage also look lean old horses. There were two wagons pulled behind the carriage, and the goods on the wagons were very little tied, and even the horses pulling the carts looked relaxed.

After quietly observing it, the corners of Ronald's mouth suddenly showed a sneer: "Duluna, this team, hehe...... What do you think?"

Duruna frowned, his eyes swept over the convoy on the trade road, and he also grinned and sneered: "There is a problem, this convoy definitely has a problem." "Although Duruna's actual combat skills are very low, after all, he is also a person who has been a bandit, and he still has the experience he should have.

"I'll just say, regimental leader, I, Cullen, have also been bandits for two or three years, although my ability is not great, but my eyes are very accurate, I will say that there is a problem with this convoy!" A member of the thief group on the side patted his thigh and said proudly.

"Was that the first convoy you spotted, and you warned you about something wrong?" Ronald asked, turning to the member of the bandit who called himself Cullen.

Cullen hurriedly nodded, and said with a flattering expression: "Yes, it's me, Commander." ”

"Go back and get your own reward, you have a good eye, and reward you with three gold coins!" Ronald commanded with a shake of his hand.

Cullen's eyes lit up, and his expression became excited, if they weren't hiding here to observe the situation, it is estimated that he would have wanted to kneel on the ground and kowtow a few times. Several members of the thieves who came with him also looked at Cullen with envy and jealousy.

Although they have been working in the Thunder Rat Thieves for a while, the previous leader was a guy who ate alone, and all the benefits were looted into his own hands, and he couldn't wait for a copper plate to leak out to the people below.

Three gold coins is not a small amount for them.

What's more, this is a reward from the new leader! What does this mean, it means that Cullen has been appreciated by the new leader!

Judging from Ronald's reward this time, it is obvious that he is a generous regimental leader, if he is appreciated and works harder in the future, the money will not flow into his arms like water!

They took off the clothes of the people and started the robbers, for something, not just for money!

"Thank you Commander, in the future, I will follow the Commander of the Regiment for my Cullen's life!" Cullen looked excited, and hurriedly expressed his position in front of everyone.

"Hehe, do a good job, follow me, you all have good, with my bite of meat to eat, how can you drink soup, can't you?" Ronald reached out and slapped Cullen's head a few times, as if to soothe a dog wagging its tail at him.

"Just three gold coins, first set an obedient example, and then recruit a group of people who can't resist temptation to stabilize the team, and finally if someone is not honest, it will be used to set an example...... This otherworld is no different from the earth, and if you move the old one, you are afraid that you won't be able to cure them?" Ronald looked at the envious and jealous looks in the eyes of the others, and sneered in his heart.

"Commander, I see that there are too many suspicious places in this convoy, so let's just let them go. Duruna swept the members of the thief group next to him, and suggested: "The strength of our thief group is still too weak, if there is an ambush against us, it will be very troublesome." ”

Duruna's words made the members of the thieves blush, and their expressions were embarrassed, which was basically made clear - the strength of the old team of these Thunder Rat thieves was too poor, and they couldn't stand it at all, so there was no need to take this risk.

But what Duruna said was so true that these people didn't even have the courage to refute.

Ronald stretched out his hand and pointed at the convoy as if he hadn't heard what Duruna said, and said, "Duluna, tell me what's suspicious about this convoy?"

Duruna was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Commander, if nothing else, at this time, it is impossible for any caravan to go to Gregory from here." In a few days, the road will be closed by heavy snow, and they will go to Gregory without mentioning how many goods they can buy, and even if they receive enough goods, they will have to wait until next spring to leave. ”

"And why do you have to pull two and a half truckloads of goods when you are going to Gregory to buy goods? Why don't you take the highways that connect the towns? The merchants are not stupid, they are so shrewd that they take these trade routes on weekdays in order to avoid the taxes of leaving and entering the city along the way, and the cost of keeping the goods stored in the city. You must know that these caravans are often a dozen carts, or even dozens of cartloads of goods, piled up, if every town enters, then the storage fee of the goods and the entry tax can kill them. ”

"These caravans would rather save this money and use it to hire some mercenaries, or even to give some money to the bandits along the way. On the surface, they were being exploited by different bands of thieves along the way, but at least it was cheaper than those taxes, and they could save a lot of money in the end. ”

"But that's a full load of goods back to the city, and now they go to Gregory, just take the avenue, just a few people, can they collect a few of them poll tax? For the sake of such a little money, take the risk of hiring mercenaries to take the trade route and slip under the noses of the thieves?"

Duruna shook his head and pouted: "That group of businessmen is not so stupid, so although the convoy below is a little camouflaged, it is definitely not a caravan!"

Listening to Duruna's analysis, not only Ronald, but even the members of several thieves next to him nodded their heads one after another. They felt that what Duruna said was so right, it was simply to the bones, and there was definitely something wrong with this team!

Ronald nodded, and said with a smile: "The analysis is good, Duruna, you still have a lot of experience, so let's do it, you will be the deputy head of the regiment in the future! When I am not there, all these guys below will listen to you, and whoever dares to disobey will be killed directly." ”

Duruna grinned and nodded beautifully.

"Still, you haven't gotten to the point. Ronald stretched out his hand and pointed to the convoy below and said, "Look at the weapons they are wearing, they are all long swords, all long swords!"

"Don't you know what those mercenaries are? There are a few of them who have been trained in orthodoxy, most of them have been honed by fighting one after another, and as long as they use them well, they don't care what weapons they use. Ronald sneered: "I've seen a lot of mercenary groups in Gregory, and even the members of the Ice Wolf Mercenary Group don't all wear the same weapons, but that's Gregory's strongest mercenary group." ”

"But what about this group of people, the dozen or so people are all wearing long swords of the same specification...... So they can't be mercenaries at all!"

"A dozen of them are not mercenaries at all, but they are dressed as mercenaries...... You say, what kind of talent can find such a group of people who are very good at looking at their strength to play this scene?"

Duruna's face changed, and he glanced carefully at the convoy below, and suddenly took a breath: "Really, a dozen swordsmen? And if you look closely, they are very skillful in riding horses, which is not a big deal, I didn't care about this at first." Now take a closer look, how skillful the posture of this group of people on horseback riding is, it is simply a uniform standard!"

"The elite of the army's swordsmen's order, or the knights under the command of a big man?"

"Anyway, it's a noble, it's not uncommon for these dozen swordsmen to get together, but even the movements of riding horses are carved out of a mold, this group of people is definitely an elite with intensive training, and only the aristocratic forces can have such an escort. ”

Duruna's voice changed, and he said a little nervously: "Commander, let's withdraw, this must be the little cubs of that noble family who have come out to practice and play again." Being able to be sent by the family to protect them with more than a dozen swordsmen, the heritage and power of this family must be not small, maybe it is also related to the military, we can't afford to provoke them. ”

"Aristocrats?" Ronald was a little surprised, reached out and rubbed the stubble on his chin, and asked with some puzzlement: "Those nobles' sons come out to play, shouldn't they go to those big cities with a lot of money?

Duruna smiled bitterly: "Commander, you are talking about the heirs of most aristocratic families, they are indeed very delicate, but there are also some families, such as those nobles whose ancestors relied on military exploits, the heirs of these families are not so weak. Many people like to come out and practice and find some excitement. ”

"I used to see these people when I was a servant under a knight. They were accompanied by a large group of elites trained by the family, and then dressed up as caravans, and even formed a mercenary group to pretend to be pigs and tigers, and many thieves have suffered this kind of loss. ”

"I heard that in our Duchy of Lomons, there is a son of the Duke's family who is the most famous, and seven or eight years ago he led dozens of guards of the family to form a mercenary group to go out for training. Damn, an obscure mercenary group that has just been established for less than two months, there are actually two gold-level knights and a dozen silver-level swordsmen who have retired from the army......!

"The originally famous thieves in several countries were killed along the way by this strange mercenary group, and they were completely removed!"

The mercenary group, which has just been established for less than two months, actually has gold-level knights in it, and there are more than a dozen silver-level swordsmen?

It would be perfect if another gold-level bishop from the Holy See was brought along the way, safe and assured, and even if you are sick, you can be treated by magic!

Ronald couldn't help but roll his eyes, this is really an otherworldly version of 'City Club Play'!