"Haha, Master Han Jun, you should accept Gu Sui's kindness, and the mercenaries of Qiuzi will not blackmail you." Ma Yunlu scolded the woman, and a table of mercenaries slapped the table and laughed and ridiculed.

The pomp and circumstance of these mercenaries was larger than Liu Cang's, a table of six or seven people, and there were four or five men and women squatting next to them who were thinly dressed but also holding weapons, and the mercenaries sitting at the table would throw some food to the people squatting next to them, feeling like they were feeding pets.

The mercenary's ridicule drew laughter from the other tables, who were reckless, but they didn't really come forward to provoke.

The reprimanded woman licked her lips and showed a wicked smile to Liu Cang, and then returned to her companion, her body softly shrunk into the arms of a man.

The man put his hands up and down, the woman laughed arrogantly, and the surroundings seemed to be accustomed to this, and the slightly dim hall was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

"These scoundrels, thugs." Liu Cang, Dafu, and Sifu were accustomed to this atmosphere, and Ma Yunlu scolded in a low voice because of the woman's coquettishness.

After a while, the store first served a pot of hot vegetables to Liu Cang and a few people, and seeing that Liu Cang and the others did not make any special moves, the people in the inn no longer paid attention to their table.

Earlier, the woman stood on the table and danced a charming dance, which attracted the whistles and shouts of the mercenaries in the hall from time to time.

The so-called Qiuzi mercenaries are equivalent to the army of Qiuci country, they have no military salary, but they receive commissions.

Most of the armies of the Western Regions are composed of mercenaries, and these mercenaries usually have a very low sense of belonging to the employer, and they will work hard for their employers if they are satisfied with the commission, and if the employer cannot afford to pay the commission, they will also switch to other places in minutes.

The three tables of mercenaries in the store belong to different forces, and the weapons and leather armor of the Guizi mercenaries are obviously better. Although in recent years, the Han army has killed many mercenaries who work part-time in the Western Regions, but none of the mercenaries in the store have shown obvious hostility towards Liu Cang and others.

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Not to mention the Han army, even if these mercenaries belong to the forces may have a hostile relationship, but unless they are officially on the battlefield, they will basically not fight each other at every turn when they meet in private.

This is also an unspoken rule among mercenaries in the Western Regions, unless they have a personal vendetta, they usually do not hate other armies because of their employer's emotions.

A group of soldiers who abide by the rules of conduct, have extremely low moral standards, and are quite savage, wanton, and solipsistic.

Liu Cang and the others ate and drank at will, the shop was noisy, and in the quarrels of the mercenaries, they could still hear their discussions about the Han army's suppression of bandits from time to time.

The iron smelting industry of Qiuci is relatively developed, and the iron tools of many cities and states in the Western Regions are mostly given to Qiuci, and in addition, there are rich singers and dancers here, and the Qiuci country is relatively wealthy, and there are many channels for money. The mercenaries here rarely do some horse banditry.

But from the arguments of these mercenaries, Liu Cang still heard their dissatisfaction with the Han army's suppression of bandits.

"Hey, Master Han Jun, I said you guys are really bearable. Your emperor has so much money, so he has so many cavalry running around the Western Regions day and night, it is better to spend money to hire us. We are the masters of the Western Regions, and as long as we are here, the Silk Road will be the safest place in the world. ”

The stewed whole sheep was served by the shopkeeper, and the half-sized lamb exuded the heat of the fishy fragrance, and a drunken mercenary in the store also rubbed against Liu Cang's table, and while talking to Liu Cang, he naturally took a dagger and cut a piece of mutton.

Although Liu Cang was wearing a simple power suit, his body was too clean. From the equipment of Dafu and Sifu, the mercenaries naturally regarded Liu Cang as an official of the Han army.

called Master Han Jun in his mouth, but the tone was very obvious ridicule, oil and gas, this mercenary was looking for a topic, not to mention provocation, but more like taking advantage of the mutton just served on the table.

"The safest? Heh, what's going on with the armed horse bandits near Qiuzi? Ma Yunlu frowned and didn't like it, Liu Cang, Dafu, and Sifu were cutting meat and eating by themselves, and they didn't care about the mercenary's behavior of eating and drinking.

The three of them have been in war for a long time, and they have often gathered with vulgar men to fight for food, and the nature without dislike makes the mercenaries slightly stunned, and the ruffians on their faces have converged a lot.

"The country of Qiuci is prosperous in commerce, and the roads leading to various places are also well-connected, and it is not beneficial to raid the merchants. What kind of armed horse bandits, it's not that the country of Qiuzi got together with the descendants of the Huns. The mercenary accepted the ruffian, and looked at Liu Cang carefully, with a little dissatisfaction in his tone.

The Xiongnu were fierce, accustomed to enslaving others, and behaved worse than the mercenaries of the Western Regions.

The mercenaries of the Western Regions don't like the Xiongnu very much, or these mercenaries are more afraid of the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu actually have a strong sense of race, and most of the mercenaries in the Western Regions are more resistant to being hired by the Xiongnu.

"Descendants of the Huns? Guishan from there? Are you going to fight against the Han army? Liu Cang asked.

Today, the Xiongnu is a relatively general concept in the Western Regions.

There are many Xiongnu hybrids in the Western Regions, but because of the Han Dynasty's attack on the Xiongnu and the cruel rule of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu hybrids in the Western Regions usually do not regard themselves as Huns.

The descendants of the Huns that can be specifically mentioned by the mercenaries are likely to be the Guishan aristocratic forces who crossed over from the Guishan east west of the Green Ridge. Those forces are also the targets of Liu Cang's efforts to rectify the Western Regions.

"No, we don't want to go against the Han army, let alone fight for the Huns. Those bastards will always use mercenaries as cannon fodder. No, many of the guys who have reached the end of their employment period are ready to leave the turtles, and we don't want to fight with the Metropolitan Protectorate. The mercenary said.

There is no limit to what mercenaries can do, but they pay more attention to contracts. They pay more attention to rules of conduct than morality, which is also their way of survival.

In the face of the mercenary's general attitude, Liu Cang chuckled and was noncommittal, the mercenary lived a life of licking blood from the knife, but he did not have any loyalty at all.

In fact, in addition to killing people and doing wars, mercenaries are basically lazy and lazy at other times, and they are a model of causing trouble. The ** in the Han army are a hundred times safer than them, and Liu Cang really can't pay attention to these mercenaries in the Western Regions.

"Bell~~Bell~~Bell~~" The rapid ringing of the bell sounded in Xiluo Pass, and the noisy environment in the inn was quiet.

"Boom~boom~" The sound of iron hooves galloping came from outside the store, and the tables in the inn shook slightly, showing that a large cavalry team came closer.

"Free up the market for us! We bought these cattle and sheep! Fetch us water! ”

"The scouts patrol a radius of ten miles, and the armies rest and recuperate, and make fires and make food!"

Standard Chinese shouting, outrageous rhetoric, and the hustle and bustle in Xiluo Pass.

"Oops~ Master Jun, Master Jun! The small shop was too small to accommodate a large army. Xiao Er outside the store exclaimed.

"Get out of here, get ready to eat, and let your cook go to Fang City to help slaughter." With Xiao Er's shout, a team of sergeants walked into the store with a curse.

The halberds, armor, and iron boots were sonorous, and Liu Cang looked up, but it was a team of hussars who would enter the store together.

"Clear! Get some drinks and make room for Lao Tzu. First, a military officer casually glanced at the store and threw a bag of money on the nearby table.

Well, the people of the Western Regions are rude. Obviously, the hussars who follow the customs of the locals seem to be a little worse.

Dressed in a sinister body, the gray armor and stomach were stained with blood, and the dusty cloaks were dusty, and a group of mercenaries in the store got up silently. Knowing that there were many Han soldiers who came, none of the mercenaries retorted, as if they had long been accustomed to the domineering of the hussars.

"Lao Shizi's Guizi, Made, and turned against them. You, you're a mercenary? If so, go farther, so as not to start a war and lose your life in vain. ”

The scolding hussars did not embarrass the mercenaries, and more than a dozen soldiers entered the store, and while talking, they saw Liu Cang in a corner of the store.

"Huh? See Majesty.

。 My lord. Slightly stunned, a group of soldiers knelt on one knee and gave a military salute to Liu Cang.

"Well, get up. Just a few of you, pay off a lot of the field. Hey? You caught this? Everyone in the store was shocked, Liu Cang waved his hand to let the soldiers be exempted, but he turned to see that there were two lizardmen with five flowers tied up behind a few people, and Liu Cang couldn't help but be surprised.