Chapter 57: The Attack
Perhaps because he regards these things as his own, Omando has been quite serious these days. He rides a horse to patrol every day and appears to be very responsible.
Chen Heng saw all this, but just smiled and said nothing.
They kept moving forward .
The roads of this world are very difficult to travel.
This is one obvious thing.
In modern society, good roads are like blood vessels for blood transfusion. They can greatly speed up the transportation of materials, reduce trade barriers, and have a positive effect on economic growth.
But for the lords of this era, whether a good road can bring benefits or not is not the point, but the dangers are visible and intangible.
A road in good condition means that the time required for the enemy to attack is greatly reduced, which means that one's own risk factor is greatly increased.
When it comes to economics and trade, most of these lords know nothing about it, but they are very sensitive to military threats.
So in many things, let alone actively building convenient roads, some places would even actively destroy roads in order to better hinder the advance of the enemy army.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine the road conditions of this era.
Although the distance was not far, it took Chen Heng and his companions three or four days to reach the end.
"It's almost there..."
Walking on the road, Baron Kaisen said: "I walked this road when I was young."
"Continue forward from here and walk a little further, and you will reach Baron Myra's territory."
"If nothing goes wrong, we will be there in a few hours."
He said this with a smile on his face.
"We received news from Baron Myra that he would bring people to greet us and take us into his manor."
A young man at the side also spoke.
"That's good."
Chen Heng's face was calm and he smiled and nodded.
At this moment, he was riding on a horse and was about to say something, but suddenly he was stunned and subconsciously looked in a certain direction in the distance.
At this moment, through his keen senses, he has noticed that there seems to be something strange in the distance.
"Are you here?"
Feeling this feeling, his face remained unchanged and this thought flashed through his mind.
Next, the team moved forward as usual.
Perhaps because they were about to reach their destination, everyone in the team was quickening their pace, wanting to reach their destination as quickly as possible so they could take a rest.
However, an accident still happened during this process.
On a small path, bursts of shouting and killing could be heard from afar, accompanied by a burst of flying arrows.
Under Chen Heng's gaze, many people wearing leather armor emerged from the jungle and rushed towards them quickly.
"Is this... a thief?"
Baron Kaisen was horrified as he looked at the many figures that appeared in front of him: "So many?"
There were a lot of people in front, and it looked like there were almost three or four hundred of them.
Three or four hundred people may not seem like a large number, but in fact, it is already a very large number around here.
As far as Chen Heng knew, although the lords nearby all kept troops, the number was not large.
Every lord has three or four hundred people under his command, which is considered to be very powerful.
Like Chen Heng's father, Baron Kaisen, he only had a guard force of two hundred people.
Any more, there will be no more.
Of course, under normal circumstances, the lord's guards are all warriors, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of ordinary people.
However, the people who appeared before him were wearing leather armor and even had bows and crossbows in their hands. They did not seem to be ordinary thieves.
For this trip, Baron Kaisen brought out half of his guards, about a hundred people.
Even if we include the laborers responsible for transporting goods around, there are less than two hundred people.
In addition, they had just experienced a long journey and were very physically exhausted, while the other party had deliberately ambushed here and was waiting for them.
The gap is even more obvious.
Baron Kaisen's face turned pale, but at this point, he had no choice.
Riding on his horse, he drew his sword and led his guards to charge forward.
After a while, the two fought each other.
Two different teams collided with each other, and then the area instantly turned into a battlefield.
The sounds of fighting were intertwined in this area, and screams were heard from time to time.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Chen Heng had a calm expression and looked away silently.
In front, Omando was also fighting with those people.
Of course, it wasn't because he was brave enough, but because he was forced to do so.
Before this, he was riding on the outside of the team, and those people happened to rush up. Even if he wanted to turn around and run, it was too late.
At this moment, he was on horseback confronting several thieves who were also on horseback, and he could handle it for a while.
Even though he seems to have fallen a little recently, Omando is from the Guards after all, so he has some foundation, and he also has good horsemanship, so he can hold on for a while.
But that's it.
As for the thieves in the distance, they were just ordinary to Chen Heng.
Perhaps for an ordinary lord like Baron Kaisen, these thieves are already elite, but for Chen Heng, they are just that and not that great.
Standing guard on horseback beside Baron Kaisen, Chen Heng had a calm expression and raised his hand silently.
Beside him, his subordinates immediately understood and raised a small flag.
On the small flag, there was clearly a mark belonging to the Chen Heng family.
All of a sudden, all around, the black-haired slaves who had been hiding behind the carriage seemed to have received some signal, and immediately rushed into the carriage nearby excitedly and took out their own equipment from the carriage.
While the guards were at the front, they quickly drew their weapons and rushed forward.
Because they had prepared for this situation in advance, Chen Heng had asked everyone to wear leather armor long beforehand, which saved some effort now.
The same goes for Baron Kaisen's guards.
Among the people present, the only two people who were not wearing armor were Baron Kaisen himself and Ormando.
Baron Kaisen did not wear any leather armor because he was thin and would feel uncomfortable even wearing light leather armor.
As for Omando, it was pure disdain.
He and Chen Heng had always been at odds, and he looked down upon Chen Heng's predecessor, Kailin, so he was not impressed by his proposal.
According to what he said before, they were about to arrive at Baron Myra's territory, so why did he need to wear heavy armor?
When he said this, Chen Heng just smiled and didn't say anything.
I don’t know if he regrets it now.
Chen Heng was too lazy to think about this problem .
At this moment, he raised his head and looked forward, then raised the sword in his hand and charged forward.
