The surrounding guards who were in charge of vigilance blew the whistles hanging around their necks one after another. The harsh sound broke the silence and made everyone in the convoy feel their hearts skip a beat.
"Bandits! Bandits are here!"
The guard did not continue to stay on high alert, but ran back and loudly announced the reason for the whistle.
"What?! Bandits? Why did the bandits show up at this time?"
"Bring it over? What does this mean?"
"Don't be afraid. Our carriage shop has friendships with all the villages in this mountain. Maybe they are people from the Evil Wolf Village. Didn't they show up before? Maybe they are here to collect tolls?"
When Zhang Yan heard the police whistle and saw the sentry guards rushing back, his first feeling was that these bandits were too arrogant.
What can a mere ten guards guard? If the bandits want to remain unnoticed, they can send powerful warriors to come in and kill the guards who serve as sentries first, and then expose their blades when they get close. These are very rare in the military.
It was an ordinary strategy. But these bandits just came over with loud noises and no concealment at all.
Perhaps for the bandits, they never thought about how a convoy of about fifty people could resist them. Just like they never considered any strategy when crushing ants.
Although he looked down on these rabble in his heart, Zhang Yan felt a little more confident at this time. After all, it was easier to deceive a group of fools than a group of scheming villains.
The ten guards seemed so thin at this time. Even if they were surrounded by the car formation, they could not bring any sense of security to the other people in the convoy.
The most panicked ones were the leader of the convoy and the guard leader. They had exchanged opinions before and believed that the bandit forces in this area were likely to be reshuffled like they had been five years ago. They also believed that once they were touched by the chaotic bandits,
It was probably a narrow escape. So I planned to just show off tomorrow and go back to avoid the limelight, but who would have thought that the danger would come that night. At this time, I could only keep hoping that my guess was wrong, or that this time the bandits
I won't do anything that involves killing everyone.
Run? Where to run? There are mountains all around, and the mountains are the hunting ground of bandits. Let alone the convoy, even if the army of Nanyuan Kingdom enters the mountains to encircle and suppress them, they cannot clear them all. This is because the mountain roads here are rugged and complicated. Once the bandits
You can scatter and run away by yourself, and you can hide in any cave for a month or two. When the time comes, can the army afford it? As soon as the army leaves, they will come out again.
Moreover, now that it is surrounded on all sides, there is no place to run. We can only wait for our fate behind the car formation.
The people in the convoy were already in panic. Those who paid money to follow the car like Zhang Yan were even more frightened and hid in the back like frightened chickens.
Zhang Yan did not panic, but silently pulled out a short knife from the bag. In fact, it was transformed from Wanxiang Pearl, which is consistent with his status as a soldier who returned home from the Yubei Mountain Fortress. But he
He lacked the usual evil spirit of the soldiers of Yubei Mountain Fortress.
A person who practices Taoism pays attention to a peaceful state of mind, and evil spirits cannot stay in him. Therefore, Zhang Yan should be the only person who has stayed in Yubei Mountain for more than two years without any evil spirits at all.
"Brother, if, if something goes wrong later, can you, help, help me?" When the driver surnamed Xiong saw Zhang Yan with a calm face and a knife in his hand, he found it immediately.
A person to rely on. He knew that compared to people like him, people like Zhang Yan who had just come out of a place like Yubei Mountain Fortress, where people died every day, were much more reliable at this moment. Maybe he could rely on the other person to save his life.
A small life.
"Brother Xiong, don't worry, stay with me, I'll try my best to help you. But it shouldn't be necessary, right?"
"Thank you, brother! But brother, don't be careless. Bandits never attack the camp in the middle of the night. I'm afraid it will be difficult today!" At this time, the uneasiness in his heart hit him even more, making him extremely scared.
After just saying a few words, Zhang Yan's perception was filled with a lot of rapidly approaching auras. The auras were strong or weak, but they were not as strong as ordinary people should have. It was a warrior, a master among bandits who arrived first!
By the light of the fire, you can see that there are suddenly many figures on the nearby trees on the surrounding mountains. They are either standing or squatting on the branches of the trees, holding long and short weapons, looking at the people trapped in the middle of the car formation with a playful expression.
These dozen people.
"That seems to be the third master of the Evil Wolf Village! The one next to him looks like the second master of the Black Blade Village? Why are they here together?"
“There are still some people I don’t know!”
"The people over there are from Huan Shanzhai!"
"Well, people from the Evil Wolf Village, Black Blade Village, and Huanshan Village are all here? But why don't we see their boss? Strange!"
Seeing some familiar faces, some people in the convoy were slightly relieved. But those who had suspicions, such as the convoy leader and the guard leader, were on the contrary. Seeing this mixed face, their hearts fell straight to the bottom.
Although the three big bandit forces on this mountain road are not hostile, they are definitely not in a relationship that can be mixed together to do business. Now that the people are mixed and the leaders of each village are not seen, the problem here is basically obvious.
The three bandits' village was in chaos.
You can't wait for the bandits to take action, you must at least understand the other party's intentions first. And it seems that the bandits who came should not come out in full force. The warriors who arrived first and showed up were only about twenty, and the rest of the bandits who followed should not
More than two hundred.
"Everyone! We are the convoy of Shunji Chariot and Horse Company in Xuanhua City. We are connected to all the villages in the mountains. All the heads of the family are here. If there is any shortage, feel free to tell us. Although our boss is not here, you can
We can also take your boss's words back to let the boss know.
Haha, it is really unnecessary to set up such a big battle."
The back of his head was soaked with cold sweat, but his face was really calm. He climbed onto a carriage and stood on it, shouting loudly to the bandits surrounding him not far away, hoping to stabilize them, no matter what.
Everyone agrees first, and then he can go back alive.
"I know you are from Shunji, but do you know who we are?"
"I know, you are from the Evil Wolf Village..."
"Wrong! The Evil Wolf Village is gone! Now it's the Qingyue Village! So what does your Shunji Carriage and Horse Racing Shop have to do with me? How dare you come to make friends? Now that I have so many people here, you just want to rely on three
You dismissed me with just two sentences?"
"No, no, no, everyone in Qingyue Village, please don't misunderstand us. Our carriage business is always doing business, and it's not just a one-off transaction. If you, the heads of the family, have any requests, just ask us, and we will definitely be able to bring them to you. And this time the toll will be paid.
I won’t let you down, so you can let go..."
"Okay, okay, you are the leader of the team, I am too lazy to tell you."
"Then I will definitely take the words with you..."
"Hey, don't say anything. I'm here to collect things today. Not only do you need to collect your goods, but also your lives. I will collect them without fail!"