The local gentry and squires led the common people, eating pots of pulp and crying bitterly to welcome the king's master.

Lord Luo couldn't bear to be disturbed.

Several times, he said very sternly that giving gifts was the most annoying thing.

My Lord, who has always been as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, hates this kind of evil trend that is coming to us. He also instructs the military judges under his command to keep their eyes open and never relax. They must use great efforts to straighten things out.

one time.

Regardless of whether this kind of thing involves anyone or anything, as long as it is verified, we will never be lenient.

We must put an end to this hateful evil trend.

He also kicked out a few guys who were giving gifts.

As soon as the Lord's move came out, he immediately won unanimous praise from the gentry in the south.

There were quite a few copper plates strung on the side strips, and the blind fool naively thought that the lordship had suddenly changed his character.

Later, I was severely punished by the Duke, and then I suddenly realized that the reason why the Duke did not accept the gifts was that they did not give enough.

And this sentence later became a famous interview phrase in the South.

Lord Luo, who was an ambassador, made another huge contribution to world culture unintentionally.

The army continued to advance, and by October, it finally reached the border of Oromia Province.

At this time, it was only a few hundred kilometers away from Haligad, the capital of Haddu.

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A small group of cavalry galloped on a narrow road through the woods.

They were wearing peacekeeping force uniforms, with cavalry light armor outside, and were scanning both sides of the road carefully and intently.

This is a deep and vast forest, with tall and lush trees on both sides of the road. The canopies of the trees are spread out, blocking the sky above, and the sunlight only casts swaying spots on the road.

There are dense bushes in the forest. From the mountain road, you can only see a few steps away, and then the scenery starts to become dim until it is pitch black.

The cavalry looked uneasily into the dark depths. The wind was blowing the trees in the forest, as if unknown monsters were moving in the depths of the pestle forest. They were looking at them with greedy eyes and circling around them.

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The leading knight looked around and said in a deep voice: "Speed ​​up, there are small groups of enemies nearby."

The cavalryman clamped his horse's belly, shook the reins, and urged the horse to run faster.

This kind of dense and strange woods is very unfriendly to the cavalry. It is the best choice to leave here as soon as possible.

The five knights crouched down and used the speed of their horses to gallop along the forest path with a gust of wind.

Not far in front of the cavalry, on the path covered with dead branches and fallen leaves, suddenly a thick black hemp rope with its debris of vegetation suddenly bounced up from the ground and stopped in front of the cavalry.

When the cavalry at the front discovered the rope, it was too late to do anything. He could only look at it with a horrified expression. He watched helplessly as the horse got caught on the rope, bent forward, lost its balance, and fell heavily to the ground. The horse rolled away.

It fell into the bushes on the side of the road twice.

The knight on the horse was immediately thrown out and plunged to the ground at a very high speed. He rolled twenty or thirty feet away and lay motionless on the ground.

Several cavalrymen behind him desperately pulled up the reins, but the warhorses got caught on the ropes or bumped into the fallen warhorses in front of them. The warhorses and several cavalrymen fell to the ground.

Fortunately, their speed had slowed down a lot, and the few cavalrymen who fell struggled to get up from the ground.

Only the last cavalryman slowed down in time. The horse neighed and stood up on the hemp rope in front of the man in front of him. He then stepped back and kicked a few steps on the ground.

The knight on the horse tightened the reins and clamped the horse's belly tightly to prevent him from falling off the horse.

Before the horse could stand still, the cavalryman grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist and pulled it out with a "clunk".

He only pulled out half of the sword, and heard a tense "bang bang" sound, and dozens of arrows flew out from the dark forest.

The knight's eyes widened and he watched in horror as the arrow shot out and pierced his body.

The person who fired the arrows was obviously well-trained. Most of the dozens of arrows hit the knight on the horse, but were blocked by the armor on his body. The most deadly arrow shot through the knight's neck.

The cavalryman made a "ho ho" sound in his throat, and then his body went limp and fell off his horse.

The cavalryman who was about to get up shouted: "Enemy attack~!"

Before they could draw their weapons, arrows were shot out continuously from the woods on both sides.

The cavalrymen could not escape and fell to the ground with their bodies covered with arrows.

The mountain road suddenly became calm again. The five knights fell to the ground motionless, and the horses lowered their heads and kept touching their masters.

There is only the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the forest.

It seems that the attacker has left.

After a moment of fighting, with the two chirps of birds, the bushes on both sides shook violently, and a group of people emerged from them.

Some of them were wearing Confederate uniforms, with weapons on their belts and bows with arrows in their hands.

Some wore straw hats made of tree branches on their heads, wore ordinary mountain people's clothing, carried spears or steel forks in their hands, and carried bows and arrows slung on their backs. You could tell they were mountain people at a glance.

They slowly gathered around with cautious steps.

One of them walked up to the fallen knight, turned him over with his toes, then squatted on the ground and played with the knight's head, laughing and saying: "This unlucky guy broke his neck."

The other people stabbed the knight on the ground with their weapons.

"You're dead, don't stab me." A mountain man waved his hand to stop everyone and said, "Don't tear your clothes."

Then several mountain men threw down their weapons, knelt down beside the knight happily, stretched out their hands to dig up and down the knight's body, took out their wallets, tossed them triumphantly, and put them into their pockets.

The surrounding soldiers also relaxed their vigilance, put away their weapons and stood aside talking and laughing.

After a mountain man searched out one of the knights, he moved a step forward to search for the body of the other.

The cavalryman, who was supposed to be a corpse in the eyes of everyone, suddenly jumped up from the ground with a "boo" sound, and the long sword in his hand swung a silver screen of light, sweeping across the necks of the mountain people.

This sword cut open most of his neck, and blood spurted into the air.

The people nearby were startled by the sudden change. At this time, the knight quickly grabbed the reins of the horse and stabbed the horse's butt hard with the long sword in his hand.

The war horse was stinging and jumped violently on the ground, then neighed and pulled away and ran wildly.

The knight had hugged the horse's neck and jumped on the horse's back, lying tightly on the horse's back and quickly left along the mountain road.

The Confederate soldiers reacted and shouted anxiously: "Stop him~!"

Others raised their bows and arrows and shot at the horses, but the bows and arrows just missed the cavalry's scalp and flew past.

Seeing that they could not catch up, the soldiers of the Confederate Army shouted: "Pack up and leave quickly. The enemy may come back soon."

The Confederate soldiers and mountain folk hurriedly pulled off the knight's armor and weapons, took away everything they could, and led the horse into the forest.

Not long after, with a rumble that shook the earth, a large group of cavalry came galloping along the road in the forest, with the leader carrying the flag of the peacekeeping force.

The cavalry quickly rushed to the place where their comrades were lying. The leading officer looked at his guilty colleagues who were recorded on the ground, and shouted angrily: "Search me~! Damn it, this is already the third time in the past two days.

Get up."

The cavalrymen agreed, jumped off their horses, drew their weapons and plunged into the woods, spreading out to search.

Next to the officer was the cavalryman who had just escaped.

At this moment, his upper body was covered with thick bandages. He thought for a while and said: "Boss, I saw that among them were not only the bastards of the Southern Army, but also hunters or civilians in the mountains."

Then he cursed bitterly.

The officer nodded and said: "Without the support of local people, they can't be invisible.

You~!”

The officer pointed at the Almohad man next to him and asked solemnly: "Is there a village nearby?"!

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!