In fact, this kind of escort mission is not very difficult.
Because during this journey, except for leader Bapa, who was riding a black horse alone, everyone else was sitting on a carriage. The boss was even sitting alone on a carriage with a beautiful carriage, and the rest of the caravan and mercenaries were
They all sat on the seats in front of the carriage.
This kind of two-seater carriage is pulled by two horses, with a person sitting in front and a cart full of goods pulled behind.
The speed of the carriage is naturally not much faster, it is just slightly faster than pedestrians walking on foot.
But for the mercenaries, it is a good thing to be able to walk without using their own feet and ride in a carriage. Although the seats on the carriage are a little bumpy and uncomfortable after sitting for a long time.
Ruian was sitting on a carriage in the middle of the caravan, and next to him was a strong man who was driving the caravan. According to Bapa's previous request, Ruian, who was sitting on the carriage, only needed to pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times to prevent anyone from approaching the convoy or
It's okay if it's not good for the team.
The strong man driving the bus was very talkative. He almost kept talking to Ruian along the way, which made Ruian not feel lonely on the journey at all.
Ruian still liked the strong man's speech. He listened quietly and occasionally answered a few words. The strong man talked about a lot of content, and the most important thing was his travel experience in the past few years. This made Ruian know more about the world, although
What the strong man said is somewhat exaggerated, and the real situation needs to be discounted.
The convoy walked for a long time and was already far away from Kata City. Ryan could no longer see Kata City when he looked back.
According to the strong man, the caravan will always walk on the official road built by the principality. The first two or three days of the trip are very safe, because the places they pass are close to towns, and no bandits dare to rob them.
After that, the journey in the middle became a little dangerous, because it passed through remote places, and even passed through a forest for several days. This requires a lot of energy to avoid accidents.
The last two or three days of the trip are also relatively safe, also because they are close to some towns.
Ryan asked the strong man named Lavsky about the robbers. When it came to the robbers, Lavsky even talked about it.
From the conversation, Ruian learned that there are many bandits in the wild mountains and ridges of this world. These bandits can be single, in groups, small gangs, or even several large gangs.
The strength of bandits varies. Most bandits are ordinary people who cannot even reach the level of swordsmen. However, these bandits who are not swordsmen should not be underestimated. Some bandits have rich combat experience. If a level 1 swordsman is not careful,
, it is easy to be defeated.
There are also some robbers who have the level of swordsmen. These robbers either fled the city after committing the crime, or were forced by their enemies to become robbers. Of course, there are inevitably some people who are willing to degenerate and are willing to work in this lucrative industry. Among them, absolutely
Most of the robbers are low-level swordsmen. The number of robbers who are intermediate-level swordsmen is very small. I don't know about high-level swordsmen. It is estimated that the number is even smaller.
Robbers are very discerning. They can judge the strength of those passing by by looking at the condition of the person passing by, and thus decide whether to rob. Generally speaking, those traveling alone or caravans with a small number of people are the targets of robbery by these robbers.
.Of course this is not absolute.
Like the caravan that Ruian is escorting now, there are forty or fifty caravan members plus mercenaries. This is something that bandits with groups of less than ten people dare not provoke. As for those large bandit groups, it is estimated that
If you don't like the goods of this caravan, you will generally not lower yourself to rob them.
I am afraid of those gangs of dozens of people, who specialize in robbing such caravans. Generally, when encountering such a gang of robbers, the caravan will first offer to give a sum of gold coins to the robbers in exchange for their release. But if
If we can't reach an agreement, the mercenaries will need to work hard.
However, Lavsky also reminded Ryan not to worry. The mercenaries in the caravan are still very strong. The bandits do not dare to fight against the mercenaries. They value their own lives more than anyone else. So this mission
, generally there is no danger.
The day passed quickly, and night began to fall. The caravan walking on the official road did not continue on its way, but chose to camp on a large flat land next to the official road to rest.
Ruian and his group of mercenaries do not need to assist in setting up camp. They only need to spread out around and be responsible for guarding and guarding. The work of setting up the camp is done by the hired hands and coachmen in the caravan. They have already done many of these tasks.
Nowadays, people who walk in the wild cannot be considered familiar with these tasks.
Ruian had never seen these camping scenes, but he watched them with great interest.
The caravan drivers formed a circle around all the carriages, unloaded the horses, pulled them into the circle, and allowed them to drink water, feed and rest.
The hired workers set up a dozen tents at intervals around the carriage, forming a circle and surrounding the carriage.
The tent has a square shape with a pointed roof, about three to four meters long and wide. The tent is surrounded by a thick cloth, leaving only a small hole for people to get in and rest.
"This looks too much like the tent from the previous life." Ruian's first impression after seeing it.
After the coachman and the hired hands finished the work at hand, they gathered together and began to prepare dinner.
They first hung several oil lamps on the carriage and inserted a dozen lit torches on the ground next to the tents to illuminate the surroundings to facilitate guarding the goods and patrolling. Then they lit a pile of oil lamps in the open space between the tents.
bonfire.
Then they prepared dinner. They first hoisted a large pot and lit a small bonfire under the large pot. They first boiled water in the large pot. After the water boiled, they put in a large piece of chopped meat.
Boil into a large pot of thick broth.
During the trip, everyone's staple food was pancakes and jerky. Wet the pancakes and jerky in thick soup first, then put them on the campfire to heat them up before eating.
When it was almost time for dinner, Chief Bapa called all the mercenaries together and began to assign vigil tasks.
The task is very simple. Divide all the mercenaries into two groups. One group will eat first. After eating, they will replace another group of mercenaries responsible for guarding. Similarly, the night vigil is also divided into two groups. One group will go to bed first.
They sleep until midnight and then get up to replace another batch of vigils.
The method of vigil is also very simple. Spread out and guard outside the tent to prevent outsiders from approaching. Once you find any abnormal situation, just speak out to stop and warn.
Ruian was assigned to the first group, and he ate first and kept vigil first. With the thick broth, it was the first time he ate pancakes and dried meat that had been roasted softly. Ruian felt that they had a unique flavor.
After devouring the meal, Ryan felt that such a dinner was quite good, so he went to replace it with a mercenary from another batch.
According to the arrangement of Chief Bapa, Ryan has to guard the tent about twenty meters away until midnight. This kind of work may be very tiring for other people, but for someone who is extremely energetic,
For Ryan, it's a trivial matter.
Previously, the mercenaries had placed dozens of lit torches in the outermost circle, so that the mercenaries keeping watch could see the scene ahead. Therefore, Ruian did not need to do anything else when changing shifts, he only had to guard silently.
That’s it.
The night on the plain was a bit cold, and there was also a slight cool breeze, which caused the lit torches to flicker, and the area illuminated by the torches to shine suddenly dark and bright, making it more difficult to keep watch.
Ruian had already added an extra coat and lit a small bonfire at the vigil place for warmth.
Perhaps because it was so close to the town, Ruian, who was keeping vigil, did not notice any unusual people appearing, and the vigil time passed quickly.
Ruian, who was replaced in the middle of the night, tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.
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In the past two days, the caravan moved smoothly, and there were no unsighted bandits to harass it.
On the third day, things started to change.
At the end of the day, several groups of bandits tried to approach the caravan. There were not many of them, with the largest group having about ten people.
But as soon as they approached, the mercenaries of the caravan immediately warned them.
Leader Bapa quickly rode up to meet him. He didn't say anything else, he just raised his sword, and a sword light more than a foot long came out.
Just like that, when they saw that the caravan had intermediate swordsmen, the bandits did not dare to step forward and quickly retreated with all their strength.
This made Ruian, who had originally planned to fight, secretly cursed in his mind that the robbers were too spineless.
At night, the caravan was on full alert. In addition to the mercenaries keeping watch on the outside, the caravan also arranged for more than a dozen hired workers and coachmen to keep watch on the inner circle. Such a tight readiness ensured safety at night.
Fortunately, no robbers came to attack for several nights.