The Sun and the Lion

A few days later, a mighty army pounced on Ramsar. This border settlement did not have a large population, but there were quite a few bandits operating nearby. After all, border management was very complicated.

However, ordinary green forest bandits are just younger brothers in front of the bandit army. Of course, there are many brave ones - Nader Shah returned to the country after his expedition to India. Because the number of beasts of burden and prisoners far outnumbered the soldiers, it was difficult to guard and brave. The gangsters secretly took away the beasts of burden loaded with gold and silver at night, causing him to lose some trophies. In short, in order to ensure the safety of the passage, the red heads came to Bosnia and Herzegovina to steal the strongholds they could find in the forests and mountains. They were all plucked out and many slaves were captured.

And these slaves and the cannon fodder sent by Ali Kakia were sweating profusely in the flying dust, while the defenders in the castle could not do anything while looking at the enemy troops in the distance. After all, the peace had lasted for a long time, and the Shahs of the Marash dynasty He and the emirs have not reorganized the castle defense for a long time.

The defenders took advantage of the fact that the red heads had not completely blocked the road, and secretly sent a herald under the cover of night to run back to Amol to request reinforcements.

Also under the cover of night, Kehobard, who had just been promoted to centurion, led his brothers to bypass the castle through the mountain trails. Behind the castle was a relatively open flat land, where Ramsar residents and cultivated land were concentrated. it's here.

Continuing to the east are endless cultivated lands and settlements, and the villages are almost all connected together. The entire corridor is filled with rice, vegetables, mulberry and fruit trees.

The village they saw in front of them was so rich. If a raw silk merchant happened to be buying raw silk in the village today, they could make a fortune. However, these herdsmen who do not know how to raise silkworms do not know that no silkworms can spin silk in winter.

"Centurion." A fifty-man leader who was promoted for his outstanding performance in training said excitedly to Kehobard, "You can order the attack now. Farmers are all extremely humble creatures, as timid as mice. , we only need to blow the bugle and fire a few warblows to drive away everyone here, and then pocket their gold and silver." It seems that he himself did not realize that he was holding the bow tightly in his left hand arm.

Kehobard looked at the village in the distance, and then turned around: "Don't worry, let the brothers rest for a while. It won't be too late to rush in when they are worshiping at dawn. It will be just in time to catch the whole village."

The two 50-man commanders expressed their appreciation, then returned to the troops, arranged the sentries, and began to rest.

"Huh...huh..." The sudden gasping sound attracted the attention of the sentry. Under the moonlight, a blurry figure came from far away and then suddenly fell to the ground.

The two sentries groped hard in the darkness with the help of the faint moonlight. The mysterious man who fell on the ground heard the footsteps that could not be concealed and planned to get up and run away, but the sentries would not give him this chance.

He rushed forward with a lunge and punched the figure, right in the abdomen. The person who received this blow fell down as soon as he stood up. Because of the pain, his body curled up like a prawn caught from the Caspian Sea.

Without a chance to breathe, the two dragged the mysterious man to the temporary camp. Because the moaning was too loud, a sentry covered his mouth tightly so as not to disturb the rest of his comrades.

"There's a lot of money here." The sentry took out a bag from the mysterious man, shook it, and heard several sounds of metal collision. Then he opened his pocket and took a look: "One...two...why are there so many coppers and so little money? Let's split it between the two of us. Anyway, there is no military judge here."

Marching at night was a risky business, and in addition to desertion and theft, losses due to the difficult terrain were nothing new. Although Kehobard led a hundred-man team, there were only more than eighty people who could keep up with the large army when they arrived on the ground. The rest were still wandering around the unfamiliar mountain trails like headless flies.

"Okay." After counting the coins and putting the money into his pocket, the thief's pocket and dagger were thrown away together.

"What is your name and what are you doing here?" the sentry began the interrogation, but the man lowered his head with a dull look on his face and did not answer the question.

"Is he a fool? Or a lunatic?" Seeing that his question was not answered, the sentry felt a little angry that he was being despised by the prisoner.

"No, maybe it's just that he doesn't understand Turkic language." The companion told the truth.

"What should we do? How many of our centurions can speak Persian?" Although Turks and Turkmen have been in Iran for centuries, not everyone is proficient in both languages.

"Then report it to the centurion and let the big shots worry about it."

After a while, Kehobard, who was dissatisfied with his sleep being disturbed, brought an officer who could speak Persian to interrogate the prisoners in person.

"I'm not interested in your name. Tell me what you do and why you come here." After the simultaneous interpretation, the thief who was held down by two red heads raised his head and looked for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan. com observed the officers in front of him, thought for a few seconds and replied: "Dear military lords, I am just as humble as dust. I have committed something wrong in the village by running here. I want to run to a place where those people can't control me." Avoid."

The sentry added in Turkic: "Centurion, this man is not an honest and good citizen. When I captured him, he even took out his dagger and prepared to resist."

Kehobard thought for a moment and realized that this was probably a rogue from the village or a nearby bandit.

"Are you a local?" Centurion asked.

"yes."

"You must know all the prominent local figures, the priests and landowners."

"I know it, and I will know it even if I go to hell." For some reason, the scoundrel suddenly gritted his teeth when he mentioned this.

Then, under the temptation of money, the rogue overlooked the village from a high place and drew an abstract map on the ground with tree branches. Based on this, the officers roughly understood the terrain of the village, and then planned an attack route.

The raid on the village after dawn was almost effortless. Most of the cavalry surrounded the mosque, leaving a few small teams to block the road to the east and guard the east side of the village to prevent enemy reinforcements from raiding.

None of the priests ran away. Under the identification of the leading party, all the priests were dragged out by the red heads and then lynched. The powerful men were uniformly detained, and the village's granary was also controlled. Under the threat of sabers and hunger, the village was forced to succumb to the red head.

The defenders of Ramsar's castle noticed something strange. Flames, smoke and refugees appeared in the rear where they thought they were safe. Looking to the west, they could vaguely see timber being carried out of the woods.

In order to fill the manpower vacancy, the emir responsible for garrisoning the castle took the risk to open the city gate and accepted some lucky refugees.