Chapter 1 The Decoration

The carriage was decorated far too brightly, whether it was the carvings on the outside or the colorful curtains draped over it, all of it seemed extremely exquisite.

This suited the aesthetic of the Qian Kingdom people very well. In the pursuit of art and quality of life, the Qian Kingdom people could be said to be far ahead of the other three Eastern powers.

The current Qian Kingdom emperor's beautiful Slender Gold calligraphy had become an object of imitation for elegant scholars in Shangjing and even throughout the country.

This wasn't simply bootlicking or because the King of Chu liked slender waists, because the Qian Kingdom treated the scholar-bureaucrats with such preferential treatment, the literati at many times weren't very respectful of their "official family," and even less likely to tarnish their reputation in order to curry favor and gain the emperor's attention. Therefore, this also meant that the current Qian Kingdom emperor was indeed a great calligrapher.

Just like most of the small, red cars in later generations were driven by female drivers, it was very likely that a noble woman was sitting inside this carriage.

When the barbarian soldiers rushed over and saw the carriage, they were all extremely excited.

In fact, for them, the death of clansmen and comrades had long been a common occurrence. The criminal tribe in the desert was cannon fodder under the control of larger tribes.

Therefore, they wouldn't be too sad about it. They also believed that sooner or later they would die in battle, and reunite with their dead companions at the end of the Heng River.

However, snatching women was undoubtedly a great event for the barbarians of the desert!

The desert barbarians had always had the custom of bride kidnapping. This was like the saying that other people's rice always smells better than your own; other people's wives also seemed more charming.

Kidnapping a bride was a symbol of heroism and strength in the eyes of the barbarians, and a guarantee of whether a tribe could prosper.

The root cause was that the desert's living environment was too harsh. In the desert, women were more like property than people.

The desert still had the tradition of "father died, son inherits," and "brother died, younger brother inherits." Here, inheritance wasn't just inheriting family property, but also inheriting one's "mother" and "sister-in-law."

Zheng Fan found it difficult to understand the emotions of his barbarian subordinates, who were as elated as if it were the New Year. The reason why he chose to lead the team here was simply to try his luck.

To be able to ride in such a luxurious carriage in the Northern Lands, and with so many guards, without carrying any commercial goods, it must be a noble.

If they could take her down, it would be equivalent to having another hostage in his hands.

"My lord, you lead a hundred men to hold the line, and I'll lead the team to fly a kite."

Zheng Fan didn't really want to be protected like a princess like this,

But he had no other choice. It was also very important to lead a team to hold the line, watch the wind, and observe the surroundings, lest he be ambushed while he was ambushing others.

At the same time, Zheng Fan also knew that if he were to lead the charge, it would basically be the same old routine:

Wave the machete,

Strike a pose,

Shout "Ula,"

And then start charging!

Therefore, Zheng Fan could only nod in agreement. In this world, there were two types of people who had to consciously stand aside when something was really being done.

The first were the incompetent, and the second were the leaders.

Director Zheng occupied both.

"Oh!!!!!!!!!”

Liang Cheng waved the long saber in his hand and began to shout.

The surrounding barbarian cavalry also waved their machetes and responded loudly to the shouts.

This made Zheng Fan feel that Liang Cheng at this moment was very different from Liang Cheng when he led the army before, perhaps because the tactics were about to change.

Zheng Fan guessed correctly.

After leaving a hundred riders for Zheng Fan, Liang Cheng led more than two hundred riders straight down towards the carriage.

The guards beside the carriage immediately reacted. These guards were clearly not simple. Faced with this sudden cavalry charge, they didn't collapse, and quickly began to prepare for battle around the carriage, drawing their bows and nocking arrows. Some people even took down military crossbows from their backs!

This couldn't help but make Liang Cheng re-evaluate the distance in his heart. When the distance between his side and the carriage was shortened to a certain extent, Liang Cheng quickly raised his long saber and waved it in a circle.

"Oh oh oh oh oh!!!!!!!!!”

More than two hundred barbarian cavalry began to shout, and at the same time, they quickly split up. The ones on the left turned left, and the ones on the right turned right, making a big U-turn in front of the carriage.

"Release!"

At this time, it happened to be when the leader of the carriage guards ordered to release the arrows.

However, most of this wave of arrows and crossbow bolts missed. Except for one barbarian cavalryman who was a little unlucky and was shot in the leg of his horse, causing him to fall, it basically didn't cause any substantial damage to the barbarian cavalry.

And after turning, the barbarian cavalry on the left and right sides quickly inserted forward,掠掠掠 to the sides of the carriage formation, and then began to draw their bows and nock arrows together.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!!!!!!!!!”

"Puff! Puff! Puff!”

Guards fell off their horses one after another, and the guard ranks were in chaos for a while.

However, when the guard leader finally managed to reorganize his men and began to shoot back, the barbarian cavalry on both sides turned away at just the right time, creating distance again, and this was another round of arrows flying into empty air.

The next moment,

The barbarian cavalry掠掠掠 again, drawing their bows and nocking arrows, and many guards fell again.

This was the most terrifying thing about the barbarian cavalry - mounted archery!

Better horsemanship than you, more superb archery than you, not fighting you head-on, just cutting you with a soft knife, layer by layer, directly collapsing you!

A hundred years ago, when the barbarian royal court launched its western expedition, the knightly orders of the Western nations, those big iron cans, died quite miserably when faced with the barbarian cavalry's kite-flying tactics of mounted archery.

Zheng Fan knew that the reason why Liang Cheng chose to do this was also to reduce casualties on his own side as much as possible.

These guards were indeed not bad, at least in terms of combat power and fighting will, they were much higher than those garrison soldiers in Mianzhou City last night.

But no matter how elite they were, it was unbearable to stand in place and not be able to shoot the enemy while constantly being shot by the enemy.

Therefore, after the guard leader glanced back at the carriage, he left ten people to continue guarding the carriage, and led the rest of the people to ride their horses and actively kill the barbarian soldiers on one side.

However, the barbarian soldiers still didn't fight him head-on, nor did they play any kind of charge and duel. Seeing them rush out, the barbarian cavalry began to retreat actively.

The guard leader didn't dare to pursue too far. Seeing that the other side didn't respond, he could only order to slow down the horse's speed and prepare to continue returning to protect the carriage. However, as soon as the guards prepared to turn around, the barbarian cavalry who had run far away turned their horses around faster and迂回吊了过来, and at the same time began to shoot arrows.

For a time, more than a dozen guards were shot by arrows and fell off their horses.

When the guard leader let out an angry roar and prepared to chase and kill again, the barbarian cavalry retreated again.

On the high ground in the distance, the barbarian cavalry beside Zheng Fan kept raising their arms and cheering as cheerleaders because they couldn't enter the arena to fight. It could be seen that they were very excited.

Because for them, this kind of housekeeping skill, this kind of scene where they could abuse their opponents with almost no casualties on their own side, had really not been seen for a long time.

Because the opponents were different, in the desert, internally, they were the infighting within the tribe. You knew how to ride and shoot, but didn't others?

Externally, they were facing the Zhenbei Army!

Better equipment than them, better fighting will than them, better morale than them, better tactics than them, and even mounted archery was not inferior to them.

This damn, it wasn't a war, it was despair!

Now it was good, they had finally found the joy of abusing vegetables.

Zheng Fan stroked his chin and thought to himself: This routine is really dirty.

The guard leader just watched his comrades fall one by one, but he couldn't even touch the enemy.

The guard leader was so angry that he kept flashing green.

He was still a ninth-rank expert.

This was actually unavoidable. The border of the Qian Kingdom had been peaceful for a hundred years. Although there had been a rebellion of the southwestern Tusi in the past few years, those Tusi who lived in the mountain gullies didn't have any阵仗 or any cavalry tactics. They were just playing guerrilla warfare.

And since they stopped fighting the Yan Kingdom, the Qian Kingdom hadn't tasted the heavy punch of iron cavalry for a long time.

These guards were the stewards in the manor, so their quality was naturally very good, but they also didn't have the experience of facing this kind of mounted archery阵仗, so they could only be遛死 like this like a kite.

As for the ninth-rank expert, he was even more miserable. After his subordinates were basically shot to death and his horse was also shot to death, he roared like a mad lone wolf, and was finally shot into a hedgehog by arrows.

From beginning to end, as a ninth-rank martial artist, he didn't even hit the enemy with a single knife.

This scene couldn't help but make Zheng Fan's mind flash back to the ending of Zhang Yimou's "Hero," where Jet Li was shot to death by ten thousand arrows.

As for the other side, the barbarian cavalry pounced on it. This time, they didn't shoot arrows anymore. First, there were not many guards left near the carriage, and second, they were here to snatch a bride. If you shot the bride to death, then what were you going to snatch!

The remaining guards couldn't cause any trouble for the barbarian soldiers. Everyone swarmed up and directly besieged and killed them.

Liang Cheng got off his horse, turned over and got on the carriage, opened the curtain, and stuck his head inside.

A young girl's sobbing face appeared in front of Liang Cheng, delicate and moving, pitiful to see.

"Please, please, don't hurt me…………”

The girl pleaded while crying.

Liang Cheng raised his hand,

The girl opened her eyes wide and looked at Liang Cheng,

Seeing his hand getting closer and closer to her,

The girl took a breath and slowly closed her eyes,

As if resigned to her fate.

"Slap!"

The girl was slapped away by Liang Cheng.

“…………” The girl.

Without the girl's obstruction,

The noblewoman sitting in the carriage revealed her true face in front of Liang Cheng,

Ancient women gave birth early. Her daughter was so old, but this noblewoman was only in her thirties.

Liang Cheng's mind immediately flashed with the charm of Fourth Niang,

Although the woman in front of him was definitely not as graceful as Fourth Niang,

But his lord's taste seemed to always prefer淑女.

Liang Cheng raised his hand and pointed at the noblewoman.

"Don't hurt my mother, don't hurt my mother, you can do anything to me, but please, don't hurt me…………”

The girl climbed up and grabbed Liang Cheng's hand.

Then,

"Slap!"

The girl was slapped back into the carriage again, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted in intense shock and incomprehension.

Liang Cheng glanced at the girl,

When he was in the Tiger Head City mansion before, there were so many young ladies, but his lord didn't touch a single finger, which proved that his lord was not interested in little girls or lolis.

Liang Cheng's hand pointed at the noblewoman again,

The noblewoman grabbed a dagger in her hand and placed it against her neck,

She said sharply:

"I would rather die than let you defile my purity!"

Liang Cheng was not at all shocked or flustered by this,

In fact, he was a zombie, and being cold to people was his normal state. If it weren't for the need to recover his strength, he wouldn't even bother with Zheng Fan.

When the noblewoman showed her determination to die,

Liang Cheng just pointed at the unconscious girl,

And said:

"You die, and let her be ravaged by these barbarians."

The noblewoman was so angry that her hands began to tremble when she heard this,

She looked at her daughter,

And couldn't help but put down the dagger in her hand,

And scolded Liang Cheng:

"You are a devil, a shameless devil!"

Liang Cheng nodded,

And said:

"Overpraise."