Cherchen and his party left Werner for two days. On this day, people were talking and laughing on the avenue when Fatima suddenly stopped her horse.
"What''s the matter? Fatima?" Chechen asked strangely.
Fatima did not answer. She jumped off the horse and put one ear to the ground.
"Captain, a large group of people are coming to us, fast," Fatima said, patting the dust on her hands.
Chechen and Pedro looked at each other, and they both had a bad feeling.
"Could it be Jerzy halletsky''s?" Pedro guessed.
Although commander sapega expelled them from Lithuania instead of pardoning Cherchen under pressure, this may not be satisfactory to yezh halletsky. According to Pedro''s idea, it is also possible for the colonel to send people to chase and kill the lone Chechen because of his character of reporting defects and never giving up until he reaches his goal.
"Very likely."
For uncle''s guess, Chechen nodded. He turned to Fatima and said, "Fatima, can you judge how many people there are?"
Fatima bowed her head and meditated. She jumped off her horse again and put her ears close to the ground.
"There are more than twenty riders," Fatima said with certainty.
More than 20 riders, that is, a team of people on the line at 30 and off the line at 20. Even the minimum number of 20 is far more than the current total number of mercenaries. What''s more, the mercenaries at this time, such as salburn and Ingrid, had no combat power.
Yelishei and fedot also thought of this layer, and their faces became dignified.
"Whether it''s yezh haretsky''s people or not, put on your armor first. Let''s speed up. It''s open and naked around here. The terrain is too unfavorable for us. There''s a hill ahead. Let''s go and hide there first. Let''s see who''s coming." Chechen said.
Everyone nodded yes. Everyone unloaded their weapons and equipment from their pack horses and put them on themselves.
With the help of Tommy Hau and Anjie, although other materials of the mercenary regiment were confiscated, everyone''s weapons and armor were kept as personal belongings.
When everyone was armed in place, Cherchen ordered to speed up and move on.
Before long, everyone hid behind the hill. Chechen and Pedro lay on the wet soil, staring at the end of the road.
After about ten minutes, a team of cavalry appeared on the road. These cavalry men were wearing thick fur coats and carrying muskets, bows and arrows. It was zeppesh who led.
There were twenty-two cavalry.
"Sure enough, it''s this bastard."
As soon as Pedro saw zeppesh, it was his enemy. He was very jealous when he met. He quietly stretched out the barrel of his gun and wanted to give the villain a bullet.
Chechen pressed Pedro''s action and motioned him not to be impulsive.
Zeppesh swaggered along. He stopped at the place where Chechen and others had stayed, as if he had found something.
Che Chen looked at caipeishi and squatted down, then looked in the direction of Shanbao.
It''s footprints. Chechen understood in an instant. After the snow on the road melted, the road was wet and soft. They left the road and hid behind the hill. They left footprints all the way. This is the most obvious sign.
"Damn it." Chechen scolded himself carelessly.
However, under such road conditions, unless they are given enough time, it is impossible to deal with their whereabouts in a very short time.
Zeppesh waved, and the cavalry scattered with the hill as the midpoint.
"We''ve been found. We''re ready to fight." Chechen shouted to his companions.
Fatima and others held guns and bows, and even salben and aunt VARVARA came up with muskets.
"Uncle salburn, go and hide behind." Chechen said to salburn, who was trembling with fear.
"Captain Chechen, I can do it." salben smiled confidently at Chechen. But the smile looked like crying.
"Don''t shoot until they get closer. There is a slope on the hillside. They must slow down when they get below." Chechen taught salben and aunt valvalla.
Close to play again, this is a requirement for beginners, fedot is obviously not in this column.
Fedot aimed at a straight cavalry and pulled the trigger. After a gunshot, the cavalry fell off his horse.
The other party obviously didn''t expect that there was such a powerful sharpshooter here. When they lost a person, they fell on the horse and began to hide.
Caipesh is the focus of Pedro. But this guy is a ghost. He always hides behind some rider so that Pedro can''t aim.
Yelishei and Fatima emptied their muskets. Instead of loading, they flew back and rode on horses to meet the enemy.
Chechen emptied a pistol and a rope gun. He was not lucky enough to hit none of his enemies.
Twenty one enemy riders reached the bottom of the hill in a half moon shape. Sure enough, their horse came down quickly because of the steep slope.
"Shoot!"
Che Chen shouted, and his pistol fired at the same time.
This round of six muskets fired at each other and knocked four enemies off their horses. This is a good result.
The horses that had lost their masters whined and circled around the place, which blocked the way of the riders behind them.
Chechen and Pedro killed from the mountain bag with a long sword and saber. There are still eighteen enemies they will face.
Some enemies fired indiscriminately, but the bullets either flew to the empty or fell around them, and none of them hit.
Chechen''s slender sword stabbed a guy hiding behind the horse. The thin long sword passed through the man''s right eye, and the pulled out sword body brought out a Peng of blood. And Pedro did not want to be outdone. He slashed his opponent in front of him.
The saber cut open the thick fur coat, but did not cut open the enemy''s body.
It turned out that fur coats were just a layer of camouflage, and they all wore a lock armour inside.
The second round of gunfire rang out. As Chechen and Pedro fell into a scuffle, the effect of this volley was much worse. Only fedot hit an enemy alone.
The riders on both sides of the hill tried to encircle the mountain from both sides. At this time, yelishei and Fatima were killed from both sides.
"Yelishei and Fatima, they are all wearing lock armour." pidrog shouted at the two enemies after blocking their sabers.
Yelishei knows. He put the saber back in its scabbard and pulled out a leaf hammer.
Blunt attack is always the most effective means to deal with armored enemies.
Yelishei opened left and right with horse speed. He was wearing a mirror armor representing the highest achievement of Czar Russia''s armor. The saber was cut on it, leaving only a few white marks, but yelishei was unharmed. His short page hammer was very destructive to the lock armour. Only two dull noises of "bang bang" were heard, and two enemies fell off their horses.
Just as yelishei became powerful, Fatima''s Damascus machete also beheaded an opponent. Her machete cut her hair and was extremely sharp. Even the strongest armor can''t stop it.
There are thirteen enemies.
Zeppesh saw that he had lost almost half of his people in just a few minutes. He was so scared that he quickly summoned all the people back. These people are the Colonel''s regular army. They can''t account for the loss of so many people.
Zeppesh regretted that what he thought was a sure thing had turned into a loss of strength.
Even if zeppesh didn''t say retreat, the remaining people had lost their fighting spirit. They began to flee in all directions.
Zeppesh also rode on his horse to escape. But how could yelishei and Fatima let him go. They left other enemies behind and rushed towards caipesh.
Fatima''s horse is fast. With a cross cut of her machete, she cut off caipesh''s Mount from his neck.
Blood gushed from his neck and shot zepesh. The headless horse fell down, and zeppesh was pressed under it.