It was getting dark, and the surging current in the city showed no sign of fading away. Fried had no choice but to issue a second retreat order: "All departments withdraw from the upper city and retreat down the mountain. Additional troops are deployed,
Control the roads near Hoarfrost City to prevent the remaining forces of Midgart from transferring. Inform Shark Sarver to be more careful and don’t let the king of Midgart escape!”
Mad Shark Sarver did not participate in the siege of Hoarfrost City. He led a group of troops into several teams and guarded several key roads to the south and southwest of Midgart. If the people of Hoarfrost City wanted to flee to the Rhine Country
Or the Storm Country in the south, which is the only way to go these days.
The place where he is now is a main road just south of Baishuang City, dozens of miles away. Of course, it is not just the main road, but he has also sent spies to those mountain roads. If anything is discovered, they will report it to him immediately. He is sitting
On two boxes of military supplies, he was smoking a cigar in boredom, looking northward and muttering to himself: "I don't know what the battle situation is like in Baishuang City. With so many refugees escaping, we should probably capture it."
At this time, it was already dark here, and there should have been many carriages and horses on this main road. However, due to the war, there were very few people on the road, which made it easier for them to arrest people.
Suddenly, several spies who had been sent out hurriedly ran over, shouting loudly from a distance: "General Sarver, General Sarver..."
It wasn't until they ran in that Safo said unhappily: "You're in a panic, why are my men so useless! What's going on, tell me!"
The spy didn't dare to talk back, so he just said: "General Safo, there is something going on behind, something doesn't seem right."
What they said was behind the guide. Savo stood on the box and looked south: "What's wrong? I didn't see anything."
The spy said: "There is an army coming from the south."
"Army!" Safo was very surprised: "What army and how many people are there?"
"I don't know. There's a lot of smoke and dust billowing on the ground," the spy said.
Sarver was suspicious and muttered: "The one in the south is the army of the Storm Country? No, the marshal sent a peace envoy to the Storm Country to negotiate. Could it be that the negotiation was not successful? It wouldn't have come so quickly!"
He patted his subordinate's arm and asked him to summon his griffon mount and fly to the south. Before flying far, he saw a cloud of smoke and dust coming from the south. He quickly took out his telescope and took a look, only to see dust and smoke.
A large flying flag flutters in the wind.
"It's the flag of the Storm Kingdom!" His subordinate officers also saw it.
"How could it be? Even if the negotiation fails, they shouldn't be so quick to send out the army!" Safo immediately understood: "Damn it, the Storm Country has been preparing to take action for a long time. I'm afraid the Marshal's envoy hasn't gotten there yet. Their
The army has already set off! The generalissimo must be informed of this matter immediately!"
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In the mountain forest outside Baishuangshang City, the mummy, the gladiator, and the sand dragon were tying a family of refugees to a tree with the ropes used to tie the boxes.
There are five people in this family, including young and old. The elder is a high-ranking official in Baishuang City and has royal blood. They originally planned to disperse the servants, but brought out only the most valuable and important things.
He fled to the bottom of the valley through the small trail in the back mountain, and then waited for an opportunity to leave. Unexpectedly, he avoided the fighting, but ran into these bandits. As a result, he was beaten up by these three people and took away his baggage.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch." The old man groaned in pain on the tree: "Please let us go, we don't have anything valuable, we are just ordinary civilians."
The mummy didn't believe it: "Are there any civilians living in Baishuang Upper City?"
The old man said with a sad face: "Oh, it's true. We didn't come to the city, we hid from... from other villages. I didn't lie to you."
"Who are you kidding?" The mummy pointed at the five of them and said, "Look, you guys look at each other. Each one of you has thin skin and tender flesh. At first glance, you look like someone who is dominating all day long and doesn't have to work by yourself.
How can ordinary people take care of themselves as well as you? Look at this woman. She is young, beautiful and has good skin. She wears ordinary clothes and has such shiny nail polish on her hands. I won’t believe you if I say you are commoners! Let me tell you.
, we are not those pirates on the seaside who are easy to fool, we are sand pirates in the desert in the north. We can tell at a glance what the poor and the rich are like in this area. For someone like you, he must be an official, and a civil servant
The high officials are not those who lead troops to fight. To tell you the truth, if you were officers, we would not rob you, because the officers who fled could not rob you of anything good."
The old man fell silent.
Sha Jiao sat aside and didn't make a move. He just said, "Stop talking nonsense to them. Come and see what's in their bags."
The gladiator was unpacking. There were only three bags, and they contained some daily necessities and a change of clothes.
"Damn, it's just so tattered." The mummy was unwilling to give in and searched carefully, but couldn't find anything good.
The kidnapped person had something to say again: "My dad said that we are not rich people, we are just civilians passing by. You can't get anything good if you rob us."
The gladiator looked at the sand dragon and said, "What should I do? These people have searched their bodies and found no valuable treasures."
The mummy scratched her head unwillingly: "It's impossible. Did I make a mistake?"
The sand dragon stared at these five people like a snake, and suddenly sneered: "We sand thieves also have our own rules. We must take something away. Since we can't steal wealth, we will take their lives!"
When the five people heard this, they immediately cried out and begged for mercy. The mummy understood and continued: "Yes, our laws cannot be changed. But before killing them, you can still rob them. Look, this woman is still very good.
It tastes good, it will be very pleasant if you stay for a while and feel happy."
The young woman was so scared that she was frightened, shouting not to, and said to her husband: "Don't hide it, give them things, no matter how important money is, it is not more important than life."
The old man and the middle-aged man glared at the woman fiercely.
The mummy smiled: "That's right. It's a good choice to save life or wealth. Don't end up losing both people and money."
The old man said helplessly: "Then we will give you the money, and you have to let us go."
The middle-aged man was worried: "Father, don't believe them. What if they don't keep their words?"
Sha Jiao laughed in a high-pitched voice: "If you don't tell me, I will cut off your finger right now. Do you want to give it a try?"
The old man sighed bitterly: "Oh, son, stop struggling, our lives are in their hands now, we can only believe them. They are just doing sand thieves for money, why do they want our lives?"
The mummy nodded: "Old man, you understand, I'm not confused yet."
The old man said: "When I was fighting with you just now, I asked my grandson to throw the valuable baggage into a nearby soil hole during the chaos. You will definitely find it there."
The mummy volunteered: "I'll go take a look. If you dare to lie to me, you won't survive."
Looking in the direction mentioned by the old man, the mummy found a small earth hole within a few minutes. A brown cloth bag was hidden inside not far from the hole. When he picked up the bag, he could only hear the tinkling bells inside.
It rings, and when you open it, it sparkles inside. They are really worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The mummy was excited and was about to go back when he suddenly stopped and listened: "Who is it, come out! I have discovered you. If you don't come out, I will take action!"