When the caravan stopped and began to build fortifications, Leo's pack car also became part of the fortifications under the command, and its position happened to be next to the child's caravan.

After the owner of the pack car had settled the beasts of burden, he jumped on the car and hid in the tent. He also erected the wooden planks in the tent used to defend against arrows to add a little more defense. He also picked up the wooden planks hidden in the car.

There was a pair of old crossbows inside, sitting nervously near the entrance, looking out.

While nervously checking the situation outside, he also told Leo the information he had found. He was worried that Leo didn't know about the sand pirate owl, so he also gave some detailed information about the owl.

This owl is both the name of a group of sand pirates and the name of a person. No one knows what this person's original name was, but it can be seen from the brand on his body that he was originally a slave.

As for how Xiao turned from a slave to a sand bandit leader, the outside world does not know these things. The Savile tribes only know that Xiao was very bold in his first attack. He led his men to plunder various city-states in the west and handed them over to the kingdom.

taxes.

This robbery alarmed the kingdom. The kingdom immediately dispatched troops to cooperate with the rangers of various western city-states to encircle and suppress their gangs. As a result, they were led by Xiao Xiao and his men were fooled around. Not only did they lose their troops, but even the kingdom's special envoy died in Dagusi.

desert.

From then on, Xiao's reputation spread throughout the Saville Kingdom, and Xiao became the representative figure of the Dagusi Desert Bandits Group. In the following ten years, he escaped countless attempts from the kingdom and from

The tribe suppressed the tribe and became stronger and stronger, almost becoming the uncrowned king of the Dagus Desert.

However, Xiao Gusi rarely comes to the Little Gusi Desert to plunder, because the Little Gusi Desert is too small, only one-tenth the size of the Big Gusi Desert. If he encounters the royal army and the city-state's rangers,

If so, they would have nowhere to hide.

After recounting Xiao Xiao's information, the owner of the carriage then analyzed: "I guess this may not be Xiao Xiao's main force, but just one of their detachments that came out to hunt wild food. With the number of people and defenses we have here, as long as we don't mess up,

There won’t be much danger.”

"It seems that you are not just a simple driver!" Leo listened to what the other person said and smiled.

"You are not a simple driver." The owner of the carriage smiled and said.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside, and then a group of neatly armored cavalry emerged from the sand dunes. Most of these cavalry were holding bows, arrows and spears, and only a few

Some people held mechanical repeating crossbows in their hands. Although there seemed to be a lot of people, a careful count revealed that their number was only over a hundred, which was only one-third of the caravan.

"It's indeed a detachment." The owner of the pack truck popped his head out, looked at the scene outside carefully, then retracted and said, "But it's not easy to deal with! These guys are the detachment that was awarded the flag."

"The detachment that awarded the flag?" Leo looked at the owner of the carriage with some confusion.

"That guy Xiao is worried that his men will be too big, so when the number of men and horses under his men increases to a certain number, he will forcibly separate the extra men, award them with flags, and become an independent detachment." The owner of the pack car replied seriously.

: "These guys are different from those who have just joined and been organized into the team. They are veterans who have actually seen blood and know how to catch prey."

Leo smiled and said: "You must have been a Xiaoxiao before, right?"

The owner of the carriage did not answer Leo's words, as if he had not heard them.

At this time, the sand bandits outside stood on the sand dunes and overlooked the caravan's camp. They turned their horses and left one after another from the sand dunes. It seemed that they felt that they could not capture the caravan, so they gave up the robbery.

In the caravan, many people had the same idea after seeing this scene, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and some even cheered quietly, as if they had won a tough battle.

"Idiot! Those guys are just playing with their prey!" the owner of the packcar said with disdain after hearing the quiet cheers outside.

Although most people in the caravan believe that the crisis has passed, there are still some people who know that things are not that simple.

I saw the caravan director ordering two of his men to go out to inquire about the situation. As soon as the two men left the camp and rode their pack animals onto the sand dunes, they saw more than a dozen arrows shot from behind the sand dunes and instantly pierced the two men.

The two men were killed on the spot.

Then I saw a sand bandit riding a pack animal emerging from behind the sand dunes. He casually looked at the caravan camp and then took away the two pack animals that had lost their owners, leaving only two corpses.

Lying on the sand dune.

At this moment, the camp instantly became quiet, no one made a sound, and an almost solid atmosphere surrounded the caravan.

"What a bunch of idiots. Now that we know the number of people on the other side, we should gather our troops and rush out to fight with them. The longer this passive defense is delayed, the worse it will be." The owner of the pack car looked at the situation in the camp and endured.

He couldn't help cursing, and then he turned to look at the small group of followers outside the camp, and whispered: "I hope the worst situation won't happen!"

"Do you think there are associates of the sand bandits among those people?" Leo asked in a deep voice.

The owner of the carriage said solemnly: "I hope not."

"It's a pity that your hopes are in vain." Leo shook his head. He had already sensed all the movements around him through the spiritual network, and naturally he was also very clear about what was happening in the small team.

When the owner of the carriage heard Leo's words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of Leo's words.

Leo did not explain, but said: "Get ready! Their first wave of attacks is about to begin."

Almost as soon as Leo's words fell, a sound of beasts of burden stepping on the sand came from the direction of the sand dunes, and then they saw the group of sand pirates reappearing, quickly approaching the caravan camp, and then arriving at the caravan.

When the camp's bow and arrow reached the limit, it split into two, moved quickly around the caravan camp, and when moving again, kept drawing the bow and shooting arrows towards the camp.

As the owner of the cart said, these sand bandits are all veterans, and the same applies to the use of bows and arrows. Several rounds of bows and arrows suppressed the caravan to the point where it was impossible to fight back. Several people tried to fight back, but as soon as they showed up, they became the target of the arrows.

, with such a precedent, others would not dare to come out from hiding.

After several rounds of attacks, the sand pirates reunited at one point and returned to the sand dune. They looked down at the caravan filled with arrows, then turned around and descended to the other side of the dune.

Although it was already known that the sand thieves had retreated, no one in the caravan camp dared to come out to check the situation. And even though only a few people died, the caravan itself was not injured, but the overall morale of the caravan was hit rock bottom.

.

At this time, the small team following on the other side suddenly moved towards this side. Those who noticed this immediately became vigilant and warned others.

Although the caravan members were somewhat powerless against the battle-hardened sand bandits, they were still very brave in dealing with the small caravan following behind them. While shouting for them to stop, they aimed their bows and arrows at them.

However, the caravan guards soon felt that their vigilance was too much, because the group of people they faced were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and many of them were hit by arrows.

To be carried on the back of his companions and dying, it seems that the group of sand bandits just now vented their anger on these people when they saw that they could not break through the caravan's camp.

"Stop!" When the group of people had arrived very close to the camp, a guard on the roof of the car shouted loudly and pointed his weapon at those people.

"We pray for shelter, and I pray for shelter according to the law of shelter." The man leading the team put down all the weapons in his hands, then took a few steps forward and shouted loudly into the camp.

After hearing the shouting, the leader of the guard also knew that this matter was not something he could decide, so he motioned to those people to stay put and then went to find someone who could take charge of the matter.

In one of the pack cars used as defense fortifications, Leo sat leisurely on a soft velvet blanket. He asked the owner of the pack car who was nervously looking out, "What is the Law of Asylum?"

The owner of the cart said: "The law of shelter is that if you encounter life or death danger in the desert, you can seek help from other passing tribes. The passing tribes cannot turn a blind eye."

"So what does the seeker need to pay?" Leo asked again.

"It's very simple. All the property of the person seeking help will belong to the rescuer, and the person asking for help must also serve as a slave under the rescuer for three years. If he dies within these three years, the rescuer does not need to bear any responsibility."

The car owner explained: "This is a very harsh law. If we are not really on the verge of life and death, no one will ask for the implementation of the asylum law." As he said, he turned his head to look at Leo and asked: "You

Do you think there’s something wrong with those people?”

Leo smiled and didn't answer.

However, the owner of the carriage had already guessed what Leo was thinking, and asked doubtfully: "Since you already knew there was a problem, why didn't you remind them?"

Leo responded indifferently: "Why should I remind them? If I remember correctly, I have already paid the money and given up my car to transport goods for them. I should have fulfilled my obligations. Now it is their turn

You have fulfilled your obligation to protect us.”

At this time, the caravan director had also arrived at the edge of the defensive position, and he was also hesitating whether he should accept these people.

Because of the attack by the sand bandits just now, the caravan executives who were originally confident that they could withstand the next round of attacks were unsure. Now that someone has joined them to supplement their manpower, it is a good thing in any case, but they are...

Some people are worried that these people are actually sand bandits. Once these people are allowed to enter the camp, and the sand bandits cooperate inside and outside, the camp's defense will collapse, and the consequences will be disastrous.

And just when the caravan director was hesitating whether to accept these people, the sand thieves appeared on the sand dunes again, but this time they no longer went towards the caravan wall, but towards those who were praying for shelter.

Small caravan survivor.

Upon discovering that the sand bandits were attacking, the survivors of the small caravan all panicked. They tried to escape but could not get far. A large number of arrows were shot at them.

At this time, in order to register, some of the people who were carrying injured companions had to use their companions as shields to block the incoming arrows and survive the rain of arrows from the sand bandits.

These sand bandits seemed to regard the small caravan survivors lying on the ground as some kind of prey. After firing the first round of arrows, they turned their horses and returned to the sand dunes, disappearing to the other side.

At this time, the survivors of the small caravan got up from under the arrow-studded corpses of their companions. After a round of massacre, there were originally nearly eighty or ninety survivors, and only less than forty people remained.

, and half of them were injured and looked like they had no fighting ability.

Seeing that these survivors were already like this, the caravan director felt that it would not be a problem to accommodate these people, and he also decided in his heart that after these people came in, they would be dispersed into different teams until the official war with the sand bandits began.

When the time comes, send these people out first.

Just when the caravan director was about to have someone open a hole in the caravan's defenses and let these people in, the owner of the pack car hired by Leo hurried over and shouted: "Don't let them in, they are all gone."

It’s a sand pirate!”

Hearing the shouts of the owner of the pack car, the caravan director didn't believe it at first, but the survivors outside the car thought they had been exposed. They all took out a delicate small crossbow from under their robes and pointed at the guards on the carriage.

Shot it over.

The caravan director bore the brunt of the attack and was shot by nearly ten arrows. One of them was shot into his brain, killing him on the spot. Several guards also instinctively became vigilant when they heard the warning and acted.

He was out of hiding, so he only suffered minor injuries.

The movement here also alerted other people around, and the guards came to support one after another. However, the sand bandits disguised as survivors outside the convoy had no time to re-line their crossbows and arrows after a round of attacks, and

They were all completely exposed in front of people, with no place to hide. After the guards in the car were scattered at high altitude, nearly forty of the Sand Bandits all fell to the ground.

The battle here had just ended, and the sand bandits who had retreated appeared again on the sand dune over there. They looked at the corpses of their companions lying on the ground, and they all stayed in place motionless.

The atmosphere suddenly solidified at this moment. Everyone in the convoy thought that these sand pirates finally became angry because of the death of their companions and launched the most violent attack.

But after a while, something surprising happened to everyone. One of the leading sand pirates suddenly waved his arm, and then the entire team of sand pirates changed direction and disappeared on the sand dunes again.
Chapter completed!