Since Li Ang had been stabbed and injured before, these most loyal partners were closely guarding the lord all the way, and they were always armed to the gums.
Meitengheim Great Swordsman's armors were already extremely thick. Now that they have become members of Silver Hand, Li Ang has specially provided them with a set of shining silver arm armor.
It was an enchanted equipment produced by Noldor. It was a plate armor with mittens forged from stainless steel and embedded with the Mithril rune. The forearm of the arm armor was widened and thickened, and integrated with the gauntlet. There were also some spikes on the elbows and gauntlets.
In fact, this kind of gauntlet itself is also a weapon. The thickened forearm can be used as a wrist shield or an arm hammer, and both punches and elbows can kill people.
It is also quite reliable when used as a wrist shield. Although the protective area is relatively small, the curved forearm plate armor is quite solid. Unless it is hard-wired with an axe, ordinary swords will basically be unable to break through the defense.
This kind of silver gauntlet that integrates offense and defense is the signature equipment of the core members of Silver Hand. At least it looks like a genuine 'Silver Hand', which is much more reliable than Ebony Gauntlet Knights, which is not equipped with ebony gauntlets at all...
It's just that this kind of arm armor cannot be mass-produced, and Li Ang does not dare to be equipped in large quantities. Only true confidants can get it - this thing is very expensive, and the cost is more expensive than the same volume of silver. It is a genuine Silver Hand.
The one-foot-wide gauntlet makes up for the Meitengheim Great Swordsman's shortcoming of not carrying a shield, and makes the big macho men look like a bunch of iron men with spikes, full of intimidation.
The female explorers brought by Shala are all the best under Amy, eight female warriors who have obtained the status of reserve knights.
Amy asked Sarah to take them with him in the army, not only to 'protect' Li Ang from being 'violated' by an underage elf girl, but also to allow them to contribute to the country and establish military exploits.
This is actually a declaration that 'Griffin Claws' is a regular retinue loyal to Amy, a bodyguard of the kingdom Princess, not a mercenary.
In this way, Amy can justifiably canonize these women as regular knights as Lord White Deer Fortress, and they will not be regarded as illegal conferments - no matter where they are, if they want to become a recognized legal knight, fighting for the country is a necessary process.
These female soldiers are the top warriors under Amy, and their equipment is naturally the best. Amy is now a rich woman and has obtained many good things for her men.
Ten tough men dressed like steel plates, eight heavily armored female knights, and two outstanding ones from Noldo Elves.
Such twenty bodyguards are not something ordinary people can handle.
In addition, Li Ang himself is not a weakling. In fact, even without the guards around, these Ghazi people probably can't catch the Lord...
Those hundreds of nomads had not made any preparations before. Their equipment was very crude, and their skills were not very good. Even if they were to fight with more than a few, they would not be an opponent. Besides, they had to be captured alive, so they couldn't fight with their hands tied.
Therefore, Ikram's plan naturally failed. Not only did it fail, but a large number of Ghazi people were killed and injured in a very short period of time. In the face of the attack, Li Ang and his guards would not hold back.
This brief battle was actually lackluster, with Meitengheim people blocking the outside to attract firepower, two Noldo Elves shooting arrows in the middle, and several female explorers wandering around to fill positions - they all have rich combat experience, and they know how to cooperate in this kind of small-scale battle.
Li Ang stood in the inner circle and didn't need to take action at all, and he didn't need to give any instructions. He only needed to guard against hidden arrows.
Just a few minutes later, dozens of the nomads died, and the rest dispersed on horseback. On Li Ang's side, only Sammer and two female warriors were slightly injured - this was because the Ghazi people threw a few waves of crudely made spears when they ran away.
This kind of crooked and tattered low-quality weapon is indeed quite threatening when thrown - the winding flight trajectory of the spear is really difficult to predict, and these people were originally guarding in front of Li Ang. They did not dare to avoid it, lest the lord behind him, whose sight was blocked, would be unfortunately hit.
So they intercepted the spears with their swords, and received some scratches - there were even thorns on the spear shafts that had not been scraped clean.
This attack failed to do anything to Li Ang. Kloze and others did not pay much attention to this kind of attack in enemy territory. After all, it was normal for troops to encounter such things.
But Li Ang was very unhappy.
On the one hand, it was because his plan was affected, and on the other hand, it was because Ikram was missing.
In the few minutes when those herdsmen attacked Li Ang, or in the minute or two when Li Ang was blocked from sight by the tall Meitengheim people, Ikram disappeared without a trace.
The surrounding area is surrounded by grassland with little shelter, and the only places where people can hide are a few dilapidated large tents and some fences for horses.
But Ikram is still missing. It is obvious that Ikram ran away with those nomads.
These nomads ran very swiftly on light horses. Li Ang was not familiar with the terrain, so they would definitely not be able to catch up with them. Gazi Mountain was surrounded by grasslands, and the place was quite large, so he didn't know where they would go.
"Sir, what do you think he said to those herdsmen that caused them to attack you? Did he mean Bahaman by doing this?"
At the moment, only Sarah can discuss countermeasures with Li Ang, but neither of them has figured out Ikram's intention - if Li Ang is really killed, Ikram himself and his whole family will be destroyed. This is easy to understand. It's not like Lion Territory's army can't kill without a marshal.
In fact, without the restraint of Li Ang, Lion Territory's army would have destroyed Aishikeman into ruins long ago.
"I think Bahaman is not stupid... Actually, I don't care what Ikram said. Anyway, it has happened. The problem now is that after Ikram does this, the Dexia herdsmen in this area have completely become my enemies. And it is difficult for us to communicate with them..."
Li Ang looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed, "I originally just wanted to do business and didn't want to kill people... But now, I probably have to kill a lot of people."
--After all, dozens of people have been killed. It is difficult to calm down this kind of life-and-life conflict once it occurs. In addition, due to the language barrier and the inability to communicate, it is impossible to solve the problem peacefully in a short time, so we can only continue to kill.
Sarah also sighed, "It's a pity that I can't speak the ancient Dexia language..."
It is true that she did not speak the ancient Desha language, and she was not yet born when her father, Sarafan Shaykh, left the Holy Mountain.
After Sarah was born, Sarafan never took care of her. It was her mother who brought her up - Sarah's mother was a noblewoman from the Chelez tribe in northern Dexia and had no contact with ancient languages.
"It is no longer possible for me to show goodwill to them, and they will definitely not believe me, phew... Since they have chosen to be my enemy, then I must destroy them..."
Li Ang looked eastward, but in fact Gazi Mountain could not be seen from Fangdal, only a piece of grassland could be seen.
"They should also be destroyed! In fact, this is also a good thing for Dexian people - that holy mountain is simply the source of all evil! But, sir..."
Sarah agreed with Li Ang's decision, but at the same time he also had some concerns. "But that is Dexian people's holy mountain after all. If you kill people in the holy mountain, Dexian people may regard you as a devil, and you will be hunted by assassins for your whole life... There are many assassin groups in Dexia."
"I know, Aishikeman has a Scorpion Assassin Brotherhood, right... It's just because I don't want to provoke them, so I want to accept Aishikeman peacefully."
Li Ang sighed and shook his head, "But it's different here. I don't actually need to destroy this place... Sarah, you and Sigismund should go back to Aishikeman together and tell General Agason that there are many war horses that Emperor Marius wants. Gazi Mountain has a lot of them..."
In fact, Li Ang did not expect that in the end, Agason would still have to scrape the ground in Dexia...
"... Sir, you want General Agason to come over and do this dirty work. I understand that... but those herdsmen will not keep horses under Gazi Mountain. General Agason can't see horses when they come here. Where can we find those enemies?"
Sarah frowned and expressed incomprehension. Gazi Mountain is surrounded by grasslands. Who knows where those herdsmen are gathering now?
"You don't need to see it, Sarah, go and tell Agason - as long as he burns down the God Vata temple, countless ownerless wild horses will appear under the mountain..."
Li Ang curled his lips. "By the way, tell Agason that in order to ensure that he can take the horse away, he'd better bring more manpower and weapons and equipment... I'll let Sigismund take the gladiators over to help Agason, lest that guy dies in battle on the mountain, and he still owes me a large debt that he has not repaid!"
Li Ang is not going to change his plan. If there may be problems with the plan, then get rid of those who may cause problems, no matter how many people they are.
But the lord still has to do business, and doing business requires peace and anger to make money - so you must not do things like murder and arson by yourself, as it will be too hateful and will affect the business.
But Agason is different. This imperial general definitely doesn't care whether Dexian people hates him or not. The more Dexian people hates him, the more satisfied he may be - for a general, hatred from an enemy country is actually equivalent to his own reputation.
Sarah already understood. She bowed to the lord sincerely, then mounted her horse and went to find Sigismund.
Three days later, the God Vata temple on Gazi Mountain unfortunately caught fire.
This fire attracted all the traditional herdsmen who devoutly believed in Vata, and they all came galloping to put out the fire.
But Gazi Mountain is so steep and steep that horses cannot go up it, so there are indeed countless "ownerless horses" at the foot of the mountain.
The Dexia herdsmen rushed up the mountain like crazy, while Agason stood guard on the mountain from a high position, turning an invasion war into a defensive war.
In fact, it was Sigismund who burned the temple, and he always lit fires on the top of the mountain to ensure that all the temples on the mountain were burning - this was to illuminate the entire mountain to prevent Agason from being attacked at night.
Sigismund couldn't bear to see this kind of thing where people used the name of gods to make money and seduce women. In his opinion, destroying such evil sacrifices was tantamount to saving the common people.
And Agason also knew that Li Ang did not fool him. As long as he could hold on and kill all the Dexian people who attacked the mountain, those horses at the foot of the mountain would naturally become real ownerless war horses...
But it's hard to tell how long this battle will last and how long he will stay on the mountain...
Fortunately, the snow on the top of the mountain has ensured the water source for many years, and the food produced by Sigismund in the temples is also piled up like a mountain, and even the dinars used to reward soldiers are piled up like a mountain - these temples are really rich, I'm afraid Li Ang will be greedy just looking at them.
The only problem is manpower.
Agason only brought a thousand troops - this was half the strength of the fleet he brought to Dexia, and the other half was in Aishikeman.
And there are countless Dexian people at the foot of the mountain. Anyway, there are heads everywhere. Throwing a spear can cause casualties to two enemies...
Moreover, these Dexian people became extremely crazy after the temple was burned, even crazier than digging their ancestral graves.
It looks like it might turn into a protracted battle.
While Agason was fighting hard to defend the temple, Li Ang had successfully arrived under Toba City.
Toba City At this time, the city gate was tightly closed, and there seemed to be a few cantilevers extending out from the city wall. It was probably because large catapults and other equipment were deployed in the city.
From a distance, Dexia soldiers standing at the top of the city can be seen moving on the city wall.
Li Ang's troops are stationed about five miles north of Toba City. This is the transition zone between the green space outside Toba City and the desert, and it is also the location where the land is the hardest.
In the distance, there is light yellow sand blown up by the wind, bringing up a piece of fine dust like silk, which shines golden light under the reflection of the setting sun.
The defenders inside Toba City had obviously discovered the army of Li Ang a long time ago, but they closed the city gates at such a distance and started manipulating catapults. The defenders inside the city were probably quite cautious.
Of course, this is also a sign of lack of confidence.
"Sir, do you want to send a scout over to investigate?"
A Lion Territory knight approached Li Ang. This was a subordinate of Forster - Forster, like Amy, did not come himself, but sent several representatives.
Li Ang did not let Forster accompany the army. He had already taken away Eric, so Forster must stay within the scope of Long River Town, because Forster has a huge deterrent effect on those rogue nobles or bandits hiding in the mountains.
Nowadays, Forster is busy in the eastern region of the Lionheart Kingdom and is regarded as a 'butcher'. Everyone knows that he is ruthless and ruthless, and some discerning people know that he is the murder knife in Li Ang's hands - but no matter what, when this knife exists, no monster or snake god dares to show up.
The knight under Forster only brought thirty soldiers with him, but all of them were very skilled light cavalry. They were the elite family of Forster.
This is the attitude shown by Forster towards Li Ang - his troops are willing to take on the hardest jobs, such as serving as the most risky scouts.
"There should be a lot of Dexia Windrider in the city. Their archery skills are quite good. You'd better not go there... It won't be long before someone comes over to tell us about the situation in Toba City. Maybe they can even bring the city defense layout..."
Li Ang did not send the knight out, but patted the knight on the shoulder and gave him another task. "Take the people to patrol about thirty miles to the north. I am more concerned about whether there will be enemies in the desert behind. The Dexia cavalry trapped in the city in front is not a concern at all."
Then the army began to camp on the spot and make fires to cook.
Li Ang is going to rest here for the night and wait for Ramon's people to come to him.