Wu Yuan, Gu Ji, Wu Xiong and the others rode Xishuang's big horses, sparing no effort, and followed the flat official road. In only half an hour, they had already crossed dozens of miles.
I also gradually moved away from the city and went deep into the countryside and wilderness.
This is the world of land and water thieves.
In the distance, you can see a vast hilly area in the distance, rolling and rolling, with a large number of trees growing in the hills.
The official road passes along a gorge in the hills.
"Ahead is the 'Wanling Valley', which is more than ten miles long. It is also one of the most active areas for bandits in Licheng. Everyone, please be careful." Wu Xiong shouted loudly: "Go around the young master."
"Haha, Brother Wu, you are too careful."
"Although land bandits often gather in Wanlingu Valley, do they still dare to attack us?"
"Ten miles of land, rushed over in an instant." These guards who were originally "centurions" laughed loudly.
Although he doesn't care about it.
But their movements were not slow at all, some accelerated slightly, some gently pulled the reins, and quickly and with tacit understanding, they surrounded Wu Yuan and Gu Ji in the center of the team.
In their opinion, the weakest people in the team are Wu Yuan and Gu Ji, who is the butler.
In fact, many guards were confused and even dissatisfied that Wu Yuan wanted to take a housekeeper with ordinary strength.
However, when Gu Ji showed his outstanding riding skills, these guards were too sensible to ask any questions.
"Boom, boom, boom~" The horses' hooves stepped on, without stopping, the team rushed directly into the winding pipe, and even the speed did not slow down at all.
More than a dozen war horses charged with all their strength, the earth trembled, and the movement was very shocking.
...Wanlinggou, a gentle slope in the second half of the journey.
In the dense forest on one side, there was an ambush of a large group of land bandits, nearly two hundred of them, some wearing black armor, some wearing soft armor or cloth armor.
As for the weapons they carry, they are also varied!
However, more than ten of them were hiding tens of meters away from the gangsters, wearing uniform black armor and masks, with only a pair of eyes.
The most eye-catching thing is the huge crossbows they hold!
Looking at these men in black armor, many other land bandits had a faint look of fear in their eyes and did not dare to get too close.
Ordinary gangs like land bandits, water thieves, and the Hengyun Sect turned a blind eye.
There are two exceptions.
One is heavy armor! The other is powerful crossbow!
Once any gang dares to hide or cast these two things in large quantities, the local city guards and the Nanmeng Army will join forces to kill them.
"Big Chief, the first half of the Crooked Valley terrain is the most suitable for an ambush. Why do these mysterious masters take us to the second half to ambush?" Some of the land bandits were puzzled and asked in a low voice.
"madness."
The land bandit leader had a ferocious scar on his face and whispered: "The one who can allow them to use armor-piercing crossbows to ambush is an ordinary caravan? It must be a master!"
"The first half of the crescent gully has steep slopes on both sides and a large number of trees. It seems suitable for an ambush. But we know it, but doesn't the other party know that?"
"The target will only pass quickly and be extremely alert!"
"After the first half of the journey, when the horses are exhausted and people relax their vigilance, it will be the easiest time for the crossbow to achieve success."
"Don't ask any more questions."
The leader of the land bandits shouted: "These mysterious masters can completely force us to come, but they still spent 'five thousand taels of silver' to hire us, so do it well."
"yes!"
"Understood." Although these land bandits were in a mess, over time they became more convinced of their leader.
What they didn't know was that their leader had received huge benefits and asked them to work hard.
"Don't blame me." The leader of the land bandits glanced at the large number of bandits around him and sighed in his heart: "Ten thousand taels of silver is enough for me to change my name, change my surname, and live in a happy life in another county."
He knew in his heart that this deal would not be as easy as the other party promised.
But he had no choice.
If you don’t choose silver, you will die!
suddenly.
The ground trembled slightly, and the gentle sound of horse hooves came. The black armored men and the bandit leaders were both powerful, and they all felt it instantly.
The target is probably coming.
"Hide it!"
"Take out your bows and arrows and get ready." The originally noisy bandits immediately fell silent and stared fiercely into the distance.
They all knew that their whereabouts must not be exposed at this time. Dozens of land bandits in the front row were bending their bows and readying arrows, ready to shoot at any time.
The power of a crossbow has little to do with the user, it all depends on the instinctive power of the crossbow.
The power of a bow and arrow depends not only on the material of the bow and arrows, but also on the strength of the user!
The ambushers did not let the group of ambushers hesitate for too long. A group of nearly twenty figures appeared in their line of sight in the official road of the gorge.
"Eighteen riders?"
"There are more than expected! Is this the target?" These men in black armor were hesitant.
This is much more than the number of people in their intelligence.
"Such a tough team of knights is rarely seen in Wanlingou every day! One or two at most. We would rather kill by mistake than let go! Enter!" The leader of the black-armored man was burly and had a powerful voice. He asked Lu.
The bandit leader gave the order.
"Fire arrows!" the bandit leader waved his hand and ordered.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
In an instant, dozens of sharp arrows whizzed like meteors towards the knights' team, which had begun to slow down.
..."The second half of the journey will be much safer."
"Don't worry too much." After the most dangerous first half of the journey, the team's guards were obviously much more relaxed.
"Sir, don't worry. Most of the land bandits rob caravans and convoys. Dressed as knights like us, we look like tough opponents at first glance. They rarely deal with us." Wu Xiong's horse was slightly faster than Wu Yuan.
After leaving the county, they all called Wu Yuan the same name - Young Master!
"Yes." Wu Yuan nodded slightly, but inadvertently glanced into the distance.
In terms of physical fitness, Wu Yuan is no less than a second-rate master, and in terms of martial arts skills, he is not inferior to a master. And how powerful is his spirit now?
Even if his sense of control over the environment is not as good as that of the Earth Ranking Master, he will never be weaker than the top masters.
Hundreds of land bandits lay in ambush. No matter how careful and careful they were, the sound of their actions was very obvious.
Third-rate experts can't detect it.
How could you hide it from Wu Yuan?
However, Wu Yuan did not say a word to remind him, but he was a little curious in his heart. Was this bandit team a coincidence? Or was it specifically to ambush him?
suddenly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Densely packed arrows suddenly shrouded down from the dense forest on the gentle slopes on both sides, each arrow shining with metallic light.
Extremely terrifying!
"No!" Wu Xiong, who was still chatting and laughing, suddenly changed his expression and roared: "Enemy attack! Protect!"
Huh! Huh! He suddenly pulled out the two guns from his back, swung them into a full moon, and flew away the arrows that were fired like lightning.
Wu Yuan looked shocked and seemed to have narrowly avoided two more arrows.
The other guards also reacted extremely quickly, either waving their spears or pulling out their long knives, deflecting the incoming long arrows like lightning.
At the same time, the war horses galloped and quickly gathered towards Wu Yuan.
but.
"Pfft~" "Pfft~" There were still two knights whose strength was only 'senior samurai' who couldn't dodge and were shot.
One was hit in the chest by an arrow, but it was blocked by the soft armor. It was just a surge of energy and blood, so it was not a big problem.
"Bang!" Another knight was extremely unlucky to be shot in the neck. Blood spattered and he fell from his horse. His life and death were unpredictable.
"There are many people lying in wait."
"A bunch of bastards!" Wu Xiong and the others were all angry when they saw their own casualties. From the power of the arrows, they could roughly judge the strength of the ambushers.
There don't seem to be any experts.
"No. 2 to No. 4, cover the young master and rush out of the encirclement first." Wu Xiong shouted angrily: "The rest of you, come up the slope with me to kill the enemy!"
In the team, except Wu Yuan and Gu Ji, everyone in the guard calls each other by their code names.
"yes!"
"Kill these bastards and take revenge!" These city guards may have internal competition, but they are extremely united externally.
How can we give up after the death of a brother?
"Boom!" "Boom!" More than ten Xishuang horses instantly divided into two groups. One group continued to move forward, and the other group rushed directly along the gentle slope towards the dense forest.
Well-trained, you can turn like the wind.
"What? Only one died? Are they all top-notch masters?" The hundreds of land bandits who were full of confidence just now all looked horrified.
It should be noted that of their team of nearly two hundred people, only the leader is a top-notch expert, not even a few martial arts masters.
After all, if you have the strength as a martial artist, you can definitely join a big gang.
For example, Wu Yuan single-handedly picked the Fierce Tiger Gang.
An armored master can completely defeat dozens of seventh-grade warriors and eighth-grade martial artists.
"leader!"
"What should I do?" Many land bandits looked at the leader in horror.
The leader of the land bandits had already received the gesture from the burly man in black armor, and immediately understood that the group of people in front of him was the target.
He couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Kill for me! Kill a knight and you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
"kill!"
"This is a dense forest, and the impact of the big horse cannot be used to its advantage." These bandits were already licking blood at the edge of their swords, but under the heavy reward, each one of them also showed a ferocious look.
He fired a second round of arrows, then took out his weapons and charged towards Wu Xiong and the eleven knights who were rushing towards them.
"rise!"
"Kill them all!" Wu Xiong and the others rushed up the slope with their horses. When the horses were still twenty or thirty meters away from the dense forest, they suddenly jumped up one by one.
People take advantage of horses' power.
In an instant, he crossed a distance of tens of meters, landed with a crash, and directly met the land bandits who were coming up like a tide.
"Bang!" "Puff!" "Wow!" Either sweeping with a long spear, stabbing with a short spear, or slashing with a long knife!
Like a meat grinder, limbs flew around, heads fell to the ground, and blood splattered. In an instant, more than twenty land bandits died.
The six city guard centurions are not only physically strong, but also wear the "fourth-grade soft armor" given by the sect. In addition, they have practiced for many years. How skilled are they in cooperation?
They joined forces to attack each other, and they could be described as a team of dozens or twenty top-notch masters who were unfamiliar with each other.
Such horrific casualties made hundreds of land bandits frightened and their movements stopped. They were seeking money.
Even if you are not afraid of death, you don’t want to die!
Wu Xiong's two short spears pierced the bodies of each land bandit like lightning. His eyes swept across the entire dense forest, and suddenly he saw a dozen black-armored figures well hidden on one side of the dense forest!
A large crossbow with its handle raised, arrows ready, was aiming at Wu Yuan and others who had already flown hundreds of meters.
"No! It's an 'armor-piercing crossbow'!" Wu Xiong's face changed drastically.
But where can I stop it?
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" Thirteen armor-piercing crossbows that could threaten second-rate masters were launched instantly, shooting away like thirteen black meteors like lightning.