The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

.......

Silent all night.

The next morning, the convoy continued its journey.

Along the way, several more groups came to stalk us.

However, this place belonged to the territory of the Persian emperor, so the bandits did not take action immediately.

Two days later, the convoy stopped at a place called La Plati.

If you go further here, you will leave the territory of the Persian emperor.

The convoy will stay here for two days, waiting for more Persian soldiers to arrive.

This is also the meeting point agreed in advance.

Once you leave the territory, the bandits will definitely take action.

Ning Quan’s current military strength is still somewhat insufficient.

As for the soldiers in space, it is best not to use them if possible.

Therefore, more soldiers must be gathered.

Ning Quan’s wait was certainly not in vain. Two days later, another seven or eight hundred Persian soldiers came to surrender.

In this way, Ning Quan's military strength was close to three thousand.

Early on the third day.

The convoy continues to set off.

At this time, there were more bandits lurking near the convoy.

Moreover, they did not hide their greed at all as they looked at the convoy.

Ning Quan knew that the bandits would take action soon.

As expected, around noon, three groups of bandits appeared in front of the convoy at the same time.

The sizes of these three bandit groups are almost the same, with less than two thousand people each.

They seemed to have discussed it beforehand, and as soon as they appeared, they rushed towards the convoy together.

"Form a battle array to meet the enemy."

Xiang Yu waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to form a battle line.

Immediately, the soldiers began to form a defensive formation.

"Fire arrows."

Then, Xiang Yu drew his sword and roared.

shhhhhh!

Suddenly, bows and arrows were fired, and dense arrows were shot towards the three bandits.

"Pfft!"

"thump!"

"Pfft!"

The rain of arrows fell on the group of bandits like a rainstorm, and blood splattered everywhere.

But these bandits were also vicious. They continued to rush forward with shields raised.

A moment later, the bandits rushed forward.

"kill!"

The bandit leader yelled.

In an instant, swords and axes flashed, and a bloody battle began.

Although Ning Quan and others are few in number, they are all veterans with extremely rich combat experience.

In contrast, the bandits were disorganized and even lacked coordination, making it impossible for them to compete with the veterans.

In a short while, the bandits suffered heavy losses.

“Retreat, retreat.”

Seeing that they could not take over the convoy, the three bandit leaders ordered a retreat at the same time.

Upon hearing the order, the bandits felt relieved and immediately fled in panic.

But after retreating, they did not leave, but continued to watch and wait for an opportunity to strike.

Ning Quan frowned when he saw this.

It is obvious that the other party has no intention of giving up.

"Your Highness, it's bad, there are cavalry coming up from behind."

At this time, Li Cunxiao came hurriedly from behind.

"What?"

Ning Quan's expression instantly turned ugly when he heard this.

Cavalry is not easy to deal with, especially since all his men are infantry.

"Your Highness, the enemy cavalry is only about a thousand. We can destroy them with crossbows."

Li Cunxiao suggested.

"Okay, then use a crossbow."

Ning Quan ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Crossbowmen, assemble."

Li Cunxiao took the order and immediately greeted loudly.

Suddenly, two hundred archers gathered quickly.

At this time, the cavalry behind had arrived and stopped a hundred meters away.

Ning Quan looked up and saw that this cavalry was obviously a regular army.

They were well-equipped, wearing black armor, holding scimitars and carrying spears on their backs.

The leader was a young general.

This man was about twenty years old, handsome, wearing purple and gold armor and holding a royal blue spear.

There is a sword inlaid with red gems hanging on his waist, giving people a sense of majesty.

"I am Karl Halis, captain of the guard of His Majesty the Emperor of Persia. I have been ordered to investigate the theft of grain. Where are you merchants from? Where did this grain come from?"

The Persian guard captain, Karl Halis, shouted loudly, his voice so deep that it shocked the whole audience.

Ning Quan felt relieved when he heard this.

It turned out that they were not enemies, but people sent by the Persian emperor to track down food supplies.

"We are a caravan from Daqian. We purchased the food through normal procedures. Here are the contracts and customs documents."

At this time, Zhao Yu walked out of the crowd and took out the contract and documents.

Hearing this, Carl Harris rode over, took the document and examined it carefully.

The contract and documents are correct, it is a genuine grain transaction.

"Well, the contract is fine, you can go."

Carl Harris returned the contract to Zhao Yu and said coldly.

"Yes, thank you, sir."

Zhao Yu bowed.

"Are those bandits here to kidnap you?"

Carl Harris suddenly pointed at the bandits in the distance and asked.

“Yes, they just attacked us.”

Zhao Yu replied.

"snort."

Hearing this, Carl Harris snorted coldly, with a hint of anger on his face.

"The situation is so chaotic now. You shouldn't buy so much food at once. It's hard to avoid being targeted with such a large convoy."

"Although I really want to help you, I have important things to do."

"So from now on, you'll just have to wish for the best. I hope you can return to Daqian safely."

After Carl Harris finished speaking, he left with a group of cavalrymen.

"Haha, this guy has a strong sense of justice."

Looking at Carl Harris leaving, Ning Quan couldn't help laughing.

"Huh, what sense of justice?"

"If you really have a sense of justice, why don't you help us eliminate the bandits?"

Zhao Yu snorted coldly.

"Haha, it's good enough that he didn't cause us any trouble. We even want him to stand up for us. How can that be possible?"

"Okay, let's get on with our journey."

Ning Quan shook his head and said.

"Continue on our journey? The bandits haven't left yet?" Zhao Yu said in surprise.

"Even if we haven't left yet, we have to hurry on. Are we going to waste time here with them?"

Ning Quan asked back

"Okay, it's up to you."

Zhao Yu pouted and agreed.

So, under the leadership of Ning Quan, the convoy continued to move forward.

The three groups of bandits did not launch another attack, but just followed from a distance.

The strength displayed by Ning Quan's side made them very wary.

And so the convoy continued on its journey.

We walked for three days without any incident.

But Ning Quan knew that this was only a temporary calm.

In the past three days, more bandits appeared, and they were all eyeing us covetously.

"Your Highness, there are more and more bandits. It seems we are facing a bloody battle." Li Cunxiao said worriedly.

"Yes, I know. Always be prepared."

Ning Quan nodded.

.......

What is meant to come will eventually come.

Three days later, a group of over 10,000 bandits stopped the convoy.

This is not a single bandit group, but a combination of multiple bandit groups, otherwise it would not be of such a scale.

As expected, the bandits reached an agreement in private and prepared to cooperate to devour the grain team.

"kill!"

“Take away all their food!”

"Hahaha, so much food, it's all ours."

The bandits were extremely excited. They shouted and screamed as if the convoy was already in their pocket.