Riding and Slashing

Chapter 17 Jatu Marauders

The next day, Li Ang and Sarah set off for Changhe Town together.

Sarah had a fine horse—even when she was in dire straits, it never occurred to her to sell her horse.

Moreover, Li Ang also discovered that Sarah has amazing riding skills, not even much worse than Li Ang himself.

Probably even in the D'Shar Principality in the southern desert - that semi-nomadic and semi-settled tribal alliance, Sarah would belong to the top equestrian category.

It's like two old drivers traveling by car together, and they are traveling very fast.

Although Sarah kept silent about her surname, Li Ang could tell that Sarah was originally from the D'Xia.

She probably really loves to travel, but maybe she is also avoiding something.

Apart from her excellent riding skills and love of horses, there was nothing about Sarah like a rough and uneducated D'Shar tribe.

Sarah is not only an excellent bard, but also a talkative scholar - she knows the culture, customs and even the military system of various places, and is even more familiar with the historical secrets of the nobles of various countries.

And she is very good at chatting, and her ability to understand is extraordinary. It is indeed a pleasure to travel with her.

Sarah also no longer tried to seduce Li Ang with beauty, and she showed a different respect for Li Ang.

Probably because Leon really completely ignored her gender appearance or other factors, and treated her completely like a foreign affairs officer—this was indeed different from all the nobles she met.

It also made her feel really relaxed and happy.

So she quickly got used to serving Li Ang with the knowledge and information she possessed instead of using her body.

But maybe, Li Ang still has a trace of regret in his heart...

Therefore, there will still be graceful singing sounds from time to time along the way.

In just one day, the two traveled hundreds of miles, and they had already entered the jurisdiction of Changhe Town.

The name is Changhe Town, but it is actually a county.

And in terms of the area under its jurisdiction, Changhe Town can be called the largest county in the mainland - its jurisdiction occupies [-]% of the land area of ​​the Lion Kingdom, and most of the entire eastern province falls under the jurisdiction of Changhe Town.

When the Lion Kingdom was first established, Changhe Town was just a fortress town on the border of the Kingdom.

But now, it has become the hinterland of the kingdom and the center of the eastern province.

This is because Changhe Town has been the first choice for pioneering lords since more than a hundred years ago.Generations of pioneers successively used the foundation of Changhe Town to open up territory to its outskirts, and established one after another inhabited villages and fortresses in the surrounding area.

Up to now, the border of the kingdom has been opened up hundreds of miles northeast of Changhe Town in the past 100 years - the current border fortress is Earl Oden's Fort Yongshield.

Just because this place used to be a border, unlike Sarleon City, which is almost entirely surrounded by fields and farms, most of the land under the jurisdiction of Changhe Town is uninhabited—except for those territories that have been opened up by generations of lords, other places Either a virgin forest or a wild wasteland.

Many places are no-man's land, and no human habitation can be seen for hundreds of miles.

And Li Ang and Sarah walked in a no-man's land.

Looking at the wilderness everywhere, Li Ang now understands why Sarah wants to find someone to go with her.

It's not a question of whether it's safe or not. If you walk alone in a place like this, you'll probably go crazy.

There are many rivers and hills in the distance, and the mist has been misty, which makes the sky extremely drowsy.

From time to time, the roar of various beasts can be heard, and occasionally other strange sounds can be heard-it is hard to say whether it is caused by the wind passing through the valley, or some incomprehensible unnatural species.

The road has always been there, winding forward all the time, but the road ahead that can be seen under the fog is only a few tens of meters, and animal bones can be seen from time to time on the side of the road-occasionally human bones.

Although they had been driving all day, neither of them had any intention of camping until the sun went down.

It's because Li Ang didn't bring a tent at all...

Sarah had camping tools, but I'm afraid any woman wouldn't be able to sleep in a place like this.

The two simply drove overnight to Changhe Town.

There is no starlight at all in this place at night, all kinds of strange sounds in the distance are mixed together, forming a terrible silence, and the desolate road is still uninhabited.

The two of them rode slowly on horseback - it was not suitable to walk too fast at such a night that they could not see the road clearly.

Sarah has been talking, probably the only way to ease her inner fear.

She told Li Ang all the way what she saw and heard in this continent, and Li Ang listened carefully.

He needs to know more about Pendor as soon as possible, and Sarah, a well-informed traveling poet, is undoubtedly the best teacher.

Li Ang even secretly vowed that if he had the opportunity to return to the original world in the future, when he played games again, he must fully understand the background and story of each game, instead of just knowing how to fight and kill...

It wasn't until the sky turned pale that the two stopped talking.

Because they heard the sound of horseshoes, at least hundreds of horses galloped together to make such an obvious sound, and even the ground shook slightly.

The voice came from the front, that is, from the direction of Changhe Town.

"My lord, we'd better avoid it..."

"Sarah, hide quickly, maybe it's a horse thief..."

The two gave the same suggestion at the same time, and then drove the two horses to hide in the mountain forest by the roadside.

Hiding behind the rocks in the forest, the two saw a group of cavalry galloping past.

There are at least a hundred cavalrymen, and they are clearly organized troops, wearing uniform armor and holding uniform lances.

This is already a very strong combat power, even equivalent to the entire armed force of a middle and low-level lord.

But this army did not fly any flags, and the formation was a little scattered. They yelled and shouted all the way while marching, without discipline.

The faces of these cavalrymen could not be seen clearly due to the mist, but it could be seen from their attire and the sloppy manner when they marched that this was a nomadic army.

This team of alien cavalry seems to have gotten a lot of spoils—or they just robbed a certain caravan or village, and each horse carried some civilian items that had nothing to do with the battle.

Such as fabrics, crafts, or everyday utensils such as pots and pots, and even women's dresses.

Neither of them dared to make a sound at all, so as not to disturb the passing alien troops.

It wasn't until the army completely disappeared from sight that the two spoke again.

"Nomads? Sarah, can you recognize who those are?"

I don't know why, seeing living people, even a group of terrifying horse thieves, Li Ang's fearful heart became more at ease, and he began to ask Sarah for advice.

"This is a Jatu man! Such a large-scale Jatu looter appeared in the hinterland of Sarleon... Could it be that Fort Valor was breached?"

Sarah's eyes were full of horror and her face was pale.Lips are trembling.

"Jatu people? There are at least five hundred miles away from the border of the grassland! Sarah, are you sure you read it right?"

Li Ang realized the seriousness of the matter.

"A month ago, I saw two Jatu riders at Fusher's place, and they were dressed like this..."

"Is Jatu invading... Sarah, we have to hurry and report the news to the garrison in Changhe Town!"

(End of this chapter)