A team of Bosnian soldiers escorted a group of locals walking on the rugged mountain road. These people were hardworking workers in nearby copper mines. Most of them were prisoners sentenced to prison. The one who issued the order was the King of Bosnia?.

Since becoming the king of Bosnia, Roeh has worked hard for the Ottomans, and his enthusiasm is even more active than some countries and nobles who had become Ottoman vassals before.

His cooperative attitude certainly made the Ottomans happy, but the dissatisfaction caused by this obviously followed one after another.

Roe? I don't care about the scolding of him. At a banquet, he told his men: "Many people who are willing to bear the injustice in order to save their country have experienced the injustice I have suffered. Before I made this decision, I already knew my end, that is, I will be regarded as a traitor and a shame to my family and country. People will despise my tombstone after my death, and even my descendants will feel humiliated by my surname. But I want to tell you all, I saved this country, I made Bosnia not completely engulfed by pagans, and I made the cross and church stand on this land, so no one is qualified to judge me, because when they despise and belittle me in the name of moral nobleness, the Ottomans are ravaging our hometown, and I am trying to avoid making such tragedy happen less."

Those who heard his words were infected by the king's great sacrifice spirit. Some of them were secretly dissatisfied with Roye's behavior and were moved by the king's noble self-sacrifice. Because of this, when Roye ordered his full support for the Ottoman rule in Bosnia, although some people still had doubts about his orders, Roye soon used his tough iron fist and cruel rule to let those people know his determination to say that.

Unhesitantly executed those who tried to resist, whether nobles or civilians, as long as they find that they have a different intention, they will be arrested and judged mercilessly. Roe? He changed the style of the noble, brave, kind and generous great knight in the minds of the people before, and he exercised harsh rule for the Ottomans in Bosnia in the image of a tyrant.

The workers walked along the rugged mountain road to the mountains. The veins in this area are located far away in the mountains. A deep canyon leads the veins to the southeast, which makes it take many roads for those entering the mountain to reach the copper mine.

The Ottomans needed copper ore, which was obviously the top priority. Although the various minerals in the Balkans were very rich in production, except for Hungary, copper ore was only richer in the mountains of Bosnia.

The prisoners were driven forward, and these Bosnian soldiers were recruited from Royes' own territory. They were extremely loyal to Royes, but extremely cruel to others.

The team passed by a small group of travelers on the roadside and saw a young woman in the team. The prisoners were whistling frivolously in pain. This did not arouse the dissatisfaction of the escort soldiers. Instead, they also whistled and shouted frivolous trumpets at the women in the travel caravan.

A young woman who wrapped her body tightly walked in the team. Her headscarf was pressed down very low and made her look unseen. Her thick wool coat also wrapped her from top to bottom, making her look a little bloated.

However, her outfit did not attract much attention. With the long-term invasion of the Ottomans, many people in many Balkans have actually converted to pagan beliefs or not, and even the locals who still believe in Jesus Christ have gradually accepted many pagan customs as the Ottomans subtly influenced them over the past decades. For example, the changes in women's clothing have made a big difference between the Balkans and the West.

However, even though the wrapping was tight, it can be seen from the flexible posture and light movements of walking that this woman was not old, especially when she had to tiptoe and jump over quickly because she wanted to cross a puddle, her raised sleeves exposed the smooth and fine skin on her arms.

Coincidentally, the two teams chose a relatively flat place in the canyon as a camping site. Fortunately, this place is suitable for rest, so under the shade of two trees a distance away, the two teams stopped.

Bosnian soldiers tried to check whether the ropes of prisoners whose arms were tied with a rope were firm. When they found that some people had loose buckles, they tied the ropes tightly regardless of the people's begging, and at the same time, they sternly warned those people not to try to escape. Just look at the arms hanging on their saddles and you should know what the fate of running away will be if you are caught.

"I can guarantee that he is still a young girl," a dirty, thin, bearded prisoner squatted under a tree and said to his companion next to him, "bet with today's supper, she should not be a civilian family."

"I believe you said she is a young girl. You can tell by looking at her butt, but how do you know that she is not from an ordinary civilian family?" The companion asked with some dissatisfaction.

"Oh, look at how she sat down and ate, she was different from us," the bearded prisoner narrowed his eyes and looked at the young woman sitting under the tree with her legs slanted under the tree in the distance. "She looks very regular in eating, and I have only seen this habit before in some noble ladies and ladies in big cities."

"Have you ever met a noble lady and a wife?" The companion first sarcasticly, and then asked curiously, "Tell me what you used to do. I used to be a winemaker, but when the Ottomans came, they did not allow people to drink, I lost my job. For this, I was so angry that the Ottomans who ordered the winemaking workshop to be sealed."

"Oh, you are such a hero, but why didn't they hang you or behead you directly?" The bearded prisoner asked curiously.

"Maybe it was because I said hello first, and I was a duel with the Ottoman and I beat him, probably because of this. During the trial, I was really afraid that I was dead, but I didn't expect that I was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor. Speaking of which, I was content, and at least I had a chance to see my family." My companion waved his head and smiled bitterly, and then he asked, "Tell me, how did you get caught?"

The bearded prisoner looked at the Bosnian soldiers who were cruising back and forth in the distance, and pulled the corners of their mouths due to lack of water and cracks. "I have worked for many people before, some of them are big names. I have met the ladies and wives from those people's homes, so I said that this girl should know that she is from a good background when she sees her wooden spoon, but..."

"But?" the companion asked curiously, "But what?"

"But it's strange how she's going to be like this," said the bearded prisoner, and suddenly raised his other arm that was not tied and greeted the young woman from a distance. "Miss, can you do a favor?"

The young woman who had been eating silently stopped. She looked over with a little vigilant, and her eyes were alertly looking at this side outside the veil covered with her face.

"For God's sake, let's drink, little girl." The bearded prisoner seemed to want to squeeze out a kind smile, but the messy beard on his face made him look not so kind.

The young woman seemed to hesitate for a moment, but after looking at the water bags placed beside her, she still picked them up and walked towards the prisoners' team.

The arrival of the young woman attracted the attention of the escort team. A Bosnian soldier came over to stop her, but the bearded prisoner had already explained: "I just wanted to ask her for saliva."

"Or you want to ask her for a place to live, right?" The soldier's obscene joke attracted a lot of laughter from others, and the bearded prisoner also laughed haha.

The young woman seemed a little angry. She stood there staring straight at the bearded prisoner sitting under the tree trunk, and the water bag in her hand was tightly pinched.

"Give him water quickly and leave," the Bosnian soldier reminded him, and before leaving, he still looked at the woman with malicious eyes. "Unless you really want to make some extra money from him."

The soldier's words caused another burst of laughter, but the young woman seemed not to understand what he meant. She hesitated and took a step forward and bent down slightly to hand the water bag to the prisoner.

At this moment, the bearded prisoner who had been leaning lazily under the tree trunk suddenly straightened his waist agilely, and at the same time, his free hand suddenly stretched forward and grabbed the young woman's wrist!

"What are you doing?!" The young woman was shocked. She instinctively wanted to shout but seemed to be afraid of anything and dared not make a loud noise. At the same time, she was frightened to find that the other arm that was originally tied to the rope had magically escaped, and then quickly reached her waist.

"It's true, there's a guy hiding you." The bearded prisoner lowered his voice and said to the girl who was frightened and uneasy in his eyes. "You haven't called it out yet, so you definitely don't want others to notice you, right?"

"What are you going to do?" The girl asked again in a low voice. She tried her best to calm herself down. Looking at the bearded prisoner who was also unwilling to speak, she asked vigilantly, "I don't have much money on me, and if you want to rob, it's not the time."

The bearded prisoner looked at the girl with a little surprise. Although he probably guessed that this young woman should not be simple, he didn't expect that she was so brave.

"I guess what you hide is not a short sword or something," the bearded prisoner then covered the girl's body and touched her waist with his other hand. "But you are not alert enough. It is easy to find hiding the guy in this place, and are you sure you will fiddle with this thing?"

The girl pulled her hand hard and finally got rid of the other party's grasp. The water in her hand was spilled out because she used too much force and poured onto the right port.

But the man reached out and wiped the water droplets on his beard and put them into his mouth.

The girl showed a panic look, she left quickly as if she was chased, which caused another burst of laughter from other prisoners.

The bearded prisoner's companion looked at him in shock. When he saw him putting the rope on his arm as if nothing had happened, his companion asked in a daze: "Why don't you run? You have the chance to escape along the way."

"Why should I run away?" A smile appeared on the bearded prisoner's thin face. The smile made his companion feel uneasy, as if he was about to do something terrible. "I was just a little curious about how the lady would have come to such a place. It can be seen that she was not going to be with this caravan, but it was strange that people like her appeared in such wilderness."

"I think you are even more strange," the companion moved to the side with a little uneasy, but because of his arms tied, he could only struggle for a few moments before stopping. "No matter what you want to do, don't involve me, you must know that I have a wife and children. If the Ottomans knew that I ran away halfway, they would not be polite to my family this time."

"Do you think he will be polite to you now?" The bearded prisoner smiled coldly. "You know that the Ottomans have ordered a punitive blood tax. Your child should be in this punishment. Do you think you still have a chance to meet him? Maybe 20 years later, when he and other Sudanese soldiers come to arrest you for service, huh?"

"What are you talking nonsense," the companion growled angrily. "Listen to me, I don't know who you are, and I don't want to care about you. I won't report you, but don't involve me?"

"Okay, brother, it's a bit late to say this now," the bearded prisoner looked into the depths of the woods. "Listen to try to hide as far as possible when something happens. I don't want to accidentally take your life in it."

The bearded prisoner's words frightened his companions inexplicably, and at the same time, the girl who returned to the caravan looked in their direction uneasy.

"Little girl, you shouldn't provoke that kind of person," a middle-aged woman came over. She was the wife of the caravan's merchant leader. It was she who agreed to the young girl's request for her colleagues. As for the girl who paid her a bracelet of pure gold for this, the merchant leader's wife thought it had nothing to do with that. "These men are very dangerous."

"I know, they are all prisoners."

The girl nodded slightly, saying that she had indeed been a little reckless before.

The woman looked at the girl's veiled face and stopped for a moment, then shook her head slightly.

"I said these men are dangerous, not that they will do anything to you," the woman glanced at the opposite side. "I mean that men like that are dangerous to women, rude and savage, and even sinful. These sound terrible but mysterious. They have a special attraction that makes you want to pay attention to him, but once you are curious about him, you are in danger."

The woman's words made the girl a little ignorant, but when she thought about it carefully, she had to admit that what she said made sense.

It was probably because of this kind of thought that a familiar and unfamiliar figure appeared in the girl's heart, a mysterious and exotic man. It was probably because of that curiosity that made me a little confused for a moment.

The girl was thinking alone, so she didn't notice that the Shangtuan wife, who was originally talking to her, was looking up at the woods with a puzzled look on her face.

"like……"

The girl seemed to hear the Shangtuan wife say something, but then her voice was covered by the rumbling sound of hooves suddenly sounded from the woods.

The Bosnian soldiers escorting the prisoners also heard the sound of hooves from the woods. Before they could react, some of the originally honest and obedient prisoners in the team suddenly launched an attack on them who were unprepared!

The bearded prisoner took action first, and the arm he tied was magically freed. When he rushed to the closest soldier, the soldier had only had time to instinctively take a step back. The bearded prisoner's bearded arm had already passed through his neck with a cold light, and blood was spurted out instantly. Before the guard's body fell, the bearded prisoner had already passed by him, and at the same time, he took the backhand to pull out his waist knife from his waist.

He strode forward, and as his waist knife skillfully showed the dazzling sword in his hand, the sharp blade had rolled down from bottom to top, cutting open the arm of another guard and overturning him to the ground.

The entire escort team was instantly in a melee. At the same time, with the rapid sound of hoofs coming from the jungle, a group of flashing figures ran out of the woods from time to time.

These sudden attackers were dressed in sloppy but brave. They rushed towards the escort team, and their sabers kept waving and slashing at the Bosnian soldiers.

"What happened!" The Shangtuan wife screamed in horror, but this caused trouble. The Bosnian soldier who had made fun of her seemed to have noticed them and rushed towards the two women. The spear in his hand was shining with a cold light, and his eyes were filled with a hideous and terrifying light.

Shangtou's wife kept screaming. She turned around and wanted to escape but was moved by a box behind her. Just as she closed her eyes and screamed in terrifyingly, a whistling suddenly passed by her head.

With a "pop", the Bosnian soldier fell to the ground, and a sharp arrow was still trembling slightly behind him.

"Are you okay?"

A young man rushed over with a bow in his hand. When he came to the two women, the young man was slightly stunned.

Because he saw the younger woman holding a musket in her hands, the black muzzle was swaying between him and the dead Bosnian soldier.

"I said you don't know how to fiddle with that thing," the bearded prisoner came over. "It seems you really don't know how to use this kind of thing."

"Who are you?" the girl asked vigilantly.

"The two brothers of Kulash are willing to serve you, Miss," the bearded prisoner looked at the young man and smiled. "So who are you, respected Miss?"
Chapter completed!