The Cossacks are a group of nomadic communities living in the steppes of Eastern Europe. They are famous for their bravery and fighting skills in history.
Later, the Russian tsar discovered that the bravery and fearlessness of these people could be used in battles, so he bribed the upper-level Cossacks by paying salaries, dividing land, and other means to control the Cossack army, and drove and tricked them into serving as pawns to consolidate his rule and carry out aggression and expansion. .
As a result, the Cossack Legion became the vanguard of Tsarist Russia's invasion and expansion into Central Asia, Siberia and Northeast China. They burned, killed, and looted wherever they went, earning a bad reputation.
In order to win over and use the Cossacks, both the Tsar and the Eros nobles, governors and generals who commanded the army gave certain privileges to the upper-level military leaders of the Cossacks.
The Cossacks in Dzungar could ignore Count Osterman's instructions to prevent the Eros from brutally exploiting them, and instead launched troops and plundered to satisfy their greedy ambitions.
However, among the tribes in Junggar, there are only some cattle and sheep at most. How can any passing traders say that the consigned goods are attractive?
In the dark night, the thundering sound of horse hooves began to sound, getting closer and closer, shaking the hearts of all the businessmen.
The Cossack cavalry is outstanding. In the eyes of the Zhou people, they are strangely dressed and strangely shaped. However, it is these people who have made many armies in Eurasia tremble. They are brave and unafraid of death. This is their entire spirit, and their indomitable spirit is theirs. The essence of tactics.
But at the same time, brutal killings invaded their bone marrow tradition.
Soon, in the darkness, hundreds of cavalry surrounded them. They all held torches, had yellow hair and blue eyes, held steel knives, and wore fine armor. The leader had a yellow beard, a tall nose and deep eyes. The merchants looked like Trembling all over.
Although Qiao Dayong was brave with a knife in his hand, facing this menacing Cossack, his frightened soul disappeared. He could only look at the guard leader: "Old Chen, what should I do?"
"What should I do? Salad!"
The guard leader gritted his teeth and replied.
They have seventy or eighty guards. Although they have swords and guns on the outside and firecrackers on the inside, facing hundreds of Rakshasa ghosts riding tall horses and wielding sabers, they have no chance of winning!
Even if you fight to the death, I'm afraid your entire army will be wiped out in the end.
"There's nothing you can do, I can't beat you. I'll give in first and then I'll talk!"
Qiao Dayong gritted his teeth and made up his mind in a low voice.
If the goods are gone and you can’t make any money, you will definitely be scolded by your boss when you go back!
But if your life is gone, then there is nothing!
At this moment, the Cossack leader said a lot of words, and a person behind him came out of the crowd and shouted loudly: "If you want to survive, leave all the goods in the car, throw down the weapons, and hug each other one by one. Stand in that clearing with your head down, and the noble Cossack warriors will let you go. If you dare to go against us, all your heads will be chopped off and fed to the wolves."
The words he spoke were clear and clear, clearly speaking the official dialect of the Zhou Dynasty.
Looking at his appearance, he is clearly a Han Chinese.
Judging from the way he looked next to the Cossack leader, it was obvious that he was a traitor.
It seems that these Cossacks knew exactly who they were plundering, so they used a traitor as an interpreter.
When they heard "survive", the whole caravan was in a state of excitement.
Facing this group of Cossacks, there is no hope for the goods, but if you throw away your weapons and walk away with your head in your hands, wouldn't you risk your own life in the hands of the enemy?
Qiao Dayong knew that the guard leader beside him was not good at words, so he gritted his teeth, threw away the steel knife in his hand, took a few steps forward, and shouted loudly: "My lord, please tell this general that our Qiao family business is in Austell."
Count Man is also a bit shy in front of him, and he often comes and goes on this trade road. If you want money, please take these silks, porcelain, spirits, etc., but please don't kill anyone, otherwise, who would dare to bring them?
Trade goods here!"
"Qiao Family Trading Company? What a great name! We have also heard of the name of your Shanxi Qiao Family. It seems that you are always talking in the same way. Your people will lose their temper and come out one by one, otherwise
The generals are merciless."
The traitorous translator said arrogantly.
With that said, the interpreter exhaled in a low voice and translated the words to the Cossack leader.
The leader laughed, raised his arms, and hundreds of Cossacks shouted loudly, which shocked the whole world and made many people collapse immediately.
The leader naturally relies on hundreds of cavalrymen of various colors behind him. Not only are they riding tall horses, they are also holding long swords and short spears. Some of them are also holding bows and arrows. At this moment, under the firelight, each one is shining coldly.
If he was still feeling lucky just now, seeing such a fierce appearance, Qiao Dayong no longer dared to have any other thoughts in his heart. The leader of the guard was also discouraged and shouted:
"You guys, don't do anything. If you can't fight, you will die in vain. Your life is important. Just leave your belongings and leave!!"
The guard leader walked down dejectedly, but the deputy next to him came up and whispered: "Brother Chen, if we don't have weapons, are we going to be slaughtered? Let the brothers hide their shorts and see if they can..."
Before he finished speaking, the guard leader slapped him in the face. The guard leader grabbed his front and said viciously:
"There are more than a dozen inside and hundreds outside. No one can escape once they start fighting. Your child is just three months old. Why are you trying to show off your abilities? Get out of here."
"...They can survive..."
"If you want to kill people, you don't have to wait until now. If you stop them on the Baiyueli grassland, you can kill us all. These Cossacks are lawless, but if we kill them all, who will carry goods there?
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As the leader above spoke, the guards on Qiao Dayong's convoy dropped their weapons in dejection and began to walk out. This was true even for the largest caravan, and the others were even more frightened out of their wits.
But the Cossacks didn't take much precaution against them. Some caravans didn't even have any guards, so it was really not worth guarding against. But from the current situation, one could tell that one's life was probably safe. Two caravan leaders actually managed to get together.
Discussing it together, this incident really surprised them.
"I heard that the Cossacks killed each other brutally. Will they really spare our lives? Are the rumors wrong?"
"Perhaps they know not to drain the lake to catch the fish, right?"
The inner and outer circles were empty, and the Cossacks began to drive the animals and hitch up the carts. Since no one was killed, a few carts would always be left behind when people were released on the grassland.
But suddenly, a Cossack suddenly screamed.
Qiao Dayong and the others quickly turned around and saw several Cossacks surrounding a Han man laughing.
But the Han man was still at the location of the business group just now, and did not move.
It's Lin Zhao!
He didn't leave, and he still held the spear in his hand!
In an instant, everyone's eyes focused here.
"Lin Zhao, are you crazy? Come out quickly!" Zhang Dongjia roared in a low voice.
Don’t you see what the occasion is?
The Qiao Family Merchant Group has so many powerful guards, but none of them dare to speak out loud and obediently throw away their weapons and walk out. But you, Lin Zhao, still stay there, still holding the spear. Is this the time for you to show off?
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Yes! Everyone knows that you are powerful in martial arts and invincible in riding and shooting, but now there are hundreds of Cossack cavalry here, and they have many weapons, and some even have muskets. Do you think they will mind killing an arrogant one?
When the time comes, maybe even myself and others will be implicated.
Thinking of this, Zhang Dongjia deeply regretted why he wanted to recruit this young hero who was just starting out in the world!
Qiao Dayong and the guard leader named Chen couldn't help but change their faces.
They thought Lin Zhao was very skilled and wanted to recruit him into the Qiao family business group. How could they have thought that this kid would be so arrogant and dare to ignore the threat of hundreds of Cossacks?
"Hahahaha!" The leader of the Cossack cavalry, the manipulator of the tall horse, came not far from Lin Zhao, pointed the saber in his hand at Lin Zhao, and shouted in Russian: "Kill him!"
"Ula!" Immediately, a Cossack cavalry shouted excitedly. Without dismounting, he directly clamped his legs and rushed towards Lin Zhao. He raised the steel knife in his hand and shone under the starry sky and the surrounding torches.
Dazzling light!
At the same time, at least ten firearms were pointed at Lin Zhao.