Although Zulzhio had already expected something, he was still shocked by the desolation and war-torn ruins along the way.

He has not participated in any wars, as a high nobleman, and as a high nobleman who has been planned for the future, he was born away from all human misery, thanks to the education model of the Vatimio family, especially the education model for male heirs is not closed to the nobility, so he still knows some of the world's sufferings more or less, so as not to think like those ignorant noble children that the so-called war is actually a romantic knightly game.

However, he didn't expect that this war would be so tragic, just from the edge of the Midland Kingdom to the first lord's land, he had seen no less than five thousand human corpses along the way, these were still the corpse remains he saw, and there were definitely more that he hadn't seen.

Theoretically, the nobles with a territory will accept the displaced people who enter their territory, at least the fertile women and men in it, these people can usually be used as serfs in the territory to raise, and can create a lot of wealth for the lord in the future, but this kind of accommodation also has a certain limit, the number cannot exceed the limit of the lord's bearing, including the size of its territory is also considered, if there is less arable territory, too many serfs are meaningless.

The same principle applies to wartime, during wartime, it is almost impossible for the lords to contain any homeless people, on the one hand, they are afraid of the existence of spies among them, and on the other hand, any food is life-saving food during wartime, and it is impossible to have any surplus food for those homeless, even if these homeless people can create ten times the wealth for the lord in the future as long as they survive.

Because of this, since the king of Mitland was captured by the Kusha army, a large number of territories were occupied, a large number of territorial nobles were killed, Mitland refugees began to pour to the periphery, the burghers, that is, the middle class can barely escape abroad, but a large number of low-level peasants, poor people, they have neither food nor roads, as the city is breached, the village is slaughtered, at least half of these people who fled into the wilderness died of starvation and disease, and at least seventy percent of the remaining half died of bandits, riots, rebels, or were captured or tortured by the Kusha army, and the remaining thirty percent basically became rioters or banditsLess than one percent of the lucky ones are allowed to escape into the foreign territories that host them.

In addition, after entering the territory of the first lord, there were at least ten teams of men and horses on the road looking at his merchant group from a distance, most of them were refugees and rebels with yellow faces and thin muscles, these people were no threat at all, any well-fed adult man could easily slaughter them, they could only bully the same refugee group at most, but there were two or three people riding horses, looking at the merchant group from a distance, and even following for some time, these two or three people were not simple, either the rebel army or bandits, if the number was one or two hundred, the guards around him alone can't guarantee the safety of the entire merchant group at all.

So soon, several stewards found Zulzhio, and they were all worried about the forces that were spying on the caravan, especially the two most well-equipped centaurs, one of whom looked to be about fifty years old, and the steward with his hair and clothes neatly arranged, said: "My lord, the number of guards is too small to protect such a large caravan, if you can, please camp nearby immediately, and ask the master of the family to send more knights and soldiers." ”

Zulzhio didn't reply, he just took out a book from his bosom, and then looked through it carefully, and the rest of them were stunned, they saw the cover of the book, it was a holy canon, and Zulzhio whispered out the ascetic passage.

After a moment, Zulzhio looked straight ahead and said, "Go on, camp normally, don't worry too much, the gods are protecting us......"

The people around looked at each other, several of them were old people who had followed Zulzhio for a long time, they naturally knew that Zulzhio was not so pious, although it was impossible to say this openly, but they actually knew that Zulzhio was only a shallow believer at most, and even a believer, he could not be so devout that the gods would save him and his merchant group, and the current situation was that this merchant group was like a lamb in a hungry wolf pack, in this time of chaos, so much food, such a small number of guards, not to mention bandits and rioters, those territorial nobles would tear off a bite of the merchant group, This is still up to the Watimio family, otherwise it is likely to play the role of bandits and rebels to directly attack and kill the merchant group.

As for the forces other than the lord, they will not be so polite, as long as they find an opportunity, they will kill everyone in the merchant group, loot these food that can be called the most precious food in the war, even if the number is insufficient, they will also connect with each other, and then gather hundreds of people to attack the merchant group, these people are already hungry, even if it is a real army escorting food, they may risk their lives to rush forward.

This is not the most terrifying Kusha army, you must know that the Mitlan king has fallen into the hands of the Kusha army, if you want to transport the grain of the merchant group to the Mitlan royal capital, there is no doubt that you will encounter the Kusha army, and everyone in the merchant group will be killed, and they will definitely be killed......

Then everything that happened turned all the speculations of these entourages upside down. According to the reports of several scouts, at least 300 people had gathered within a few kilometers of the camp, of which more than 50 were well-equipped and seemed to be bandits, and the other 200 people, although they were ragged and yellow-skinned, were mostly adult men, and a total of more than 300 people were eyeing this caravan.

Everyone was worried, but Zulzhio seemed calm, still sitting there looking at the Holy Cult scriptures, but he was just calm, he had learned from his father, and he was actually worried in his heart.

Then, just when Zurzhio began to wonder if he was really wrong, the dusk was coming to an end, and even those homeless people and bandits could be seen in everyone's field of vision, and at this time, the ground began to tremble slightly, and then in everyone's incredible eyes, a cavalry force of about 100 people rushed from a distance, directly crushed into the group of homeless bandits, although the number was only one-third of these homeless bandits, but the elite cavalry and the homeless bandits were two creatures at all, and the contact was only an instant, these homeless bandits began to cry and flee, and the cavalry group directly followed and killed......

Soon after, the cavalry came to the camp of the merchants, although they slaughtered those rebels, but the people in the merchant group did not feel at ease, only Zulzhio was relieved, he came to the front of the people, and one of the cavalry also dismounted and stepped forward, and before they got close, he said eagerly: "Are you all the merchants who are going to the capital of the king of Midland?"

Zulzhio nodded calmly and said, "Exactly, I am Zulzhio, the eldest son of the Vatimio family, Your Excellency?"

The man immediately smiled modestly and said, "I am the local lord, Feng ...... Well, I sincerely hope that you will be able to reach the capital of Midland safely, and I will personally lead a team to escort you to the border of your home for the next holiday. ”

Zulzhio keenly heard the deep meaning of this man's words, he didn't ask more, but showed a knowing smile and said: "As your Excellency wishes, the safety of the merchant group will depend on your Excellency." ”

The man immediately nodded yes, not even a little difficult for the merchant group, completely ignoring this merchant group with great wealth, and at the same time working diligently for the following time, he was more excited and nervous than anyone in the merchant group, until the merchant group completely left his territory and entered another lord's territory, he was completely relieved.

In the days that followed, many of the stewards and ordinary people of the merchant group felt that they were living in a dream, that the world was changing too fast, or that they had made a mistake in their own memory?

The merchant group encountered a large number of rioters and bandits along the way, but these rioters and bandits did not have time to attack the merchant group, and were immediately directly exterminated by the lords of their respective territories along the way, and these greedy lords who should have been more terrible than the rebels and bandits, they were simply as well-behaved as rabbits, not only turned a blind eye to the huge wealth of the merchant group, but also kept solving problems for the merchant group along the way, if it weren't for the stewards who often dealt with these territorial nobles, they would even think that these nobles were saints who suddenly appeared from somewhere。

In this way, in the incredulity of almost everyone, they approached the royal capital of Midland all the way, and all the way, whether it was the knights of the family who guarded Zulzhio, or the knightly vassals, or the stewards of the merchant group, or the entourage of the merchant group, they all listened to Zulzhio incessantly recite the passage of the holy scriptures about ascetics, and gradually, everyone seemed to understand something, and it seemed that they did not understand anything, but as the number of times Zulzhio recited the scriptures, a sense of absurdity arose in everyone's hearts......

Could it be this trip...... Is it really blessed by the gods?

Then, after breaking away from the last safe territory and entering the Kusha occupation zone, the group finally encountered the first Kusha army, an army of thousands of cavalry, elite warriors, with scimitars, and dark skin, infidels......

"God......" Zulzhio also became nervous at this moment, he clenched the Holy Cult scriptures in both hands, rode on the tall horse, looked at the Kusha army sweeping from a distance, he just muttered a divine name, and then, his whole mind was focused on the Kusha army that was rushing towards him.

The army slowed down as it approached the caravan, and then it slowed down and slower, and then ran around the caravan a few times, and everyone in the caravan was whispering the name of the gods, and they were all praying, they could not resist, they could not resist, and if this army attacked them, all of them would die here.

Inexplicably, everyone's minds echoed the classic passage that Zulzhio had read during this time, about the ascetic walking in the wilderness, because of the protection of the gods, bandits, rebels, beasts, and demons all turned a blind eye to it......

Then, the Kusha army went away, but instead of retreating directly, they stood guard in the distance, following the merchant group slowly, as they had met before.

"God...... May your kingdom come, and your will be done among men......"

Zulzhio prayed in the procession, and the voice grew louder and louder, and more and more people joined him, until at last the voice seemed to resound through the wilderness, and the Kusha soldiers in the distance heard it.

"As in heaven!"

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