Wu Yuan, Gu Ji, Wu Xiong and others rode Xishuang's big horses, sparing no effort in horse power, and followed the flat official road. In just half an hour, they had already crossed dozens of miles.
He also gradually moved away from the city and went deeper into the rural wilderness.
Here, most of the land and water thieves rule.
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 runs through a canyon in the hills.
"Ahead is the 'Wanling Valley', which is ten miles long. It is also one of the most active areas for land bandits in my city. Please be careful, both big and small." 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 away, rush over in an instant." The guards who were originally 'centurions' laughed loudly.
Although he doesn't care.
But their movements were not slow at all, some accelerated slightly, some pulled the reins lightly, 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 a little dissatisfied that Wu Yuan wanted to take a housekeeper with ordinary strength.
However, when Gu Ji showed off his outstanding riding skills, these guards were too sensible to ask any questions.
"Boom, boom, boom~" The horses' hooves stepped on, Wu Yuan and the others did not stop at all, and rushed directly into the winding ditch, not even losing the slightest.
More than a dozen war horses charged with all their strength, the ground trembled, and the movement was very alarming.
...Wanlingou, 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, cloth armor, and a very few wearing cloth armor.
As for the weapons they hold, they are also varied!
However, more than ten of them were 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.
The Hengyun Sect turned a blind eye to the ordinary gangs of land and water thieves.
There are two exceptions.
One is heavy armor! The second is a 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 asked in a low voice in confusion.
"madness."
The land bandit leader had a ferocious scar on his face and whispered: "How can it be an ordinary caravan that allows them to use bows and crossbows to ambush? There must be masters!"
"The first half of the Crooked Valley has steep slopes on both sides and a large number of trees. It seems suitable for an ambush. But if we know it, doesn't the other party know it?"
“They just pass quickly and are extremely alert!”
"But after the first half of the journey, when the horses are exhausted, people also relax their vigilance. On the contrary, it is the time when the crossbow is easiest 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.
But they didn't know 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, change my county, and live in Ansheng."
He knew in his heart that this deal would never 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 very strong, 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, and 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 ambush group did not let the ambush 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! Go!" The leader of the black-armored man was burly in stature 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 roared like meteors towards the team of knights who had slowed down a bit.
..."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 enemies 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 glanced in the distance inadvertently.
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 ability to control the environment is not as good as that of the Earth Ranking Master, he will never be weaker than the top masters.
There are hundreds of land bandits, no matter how cautious they are, their actions are loud and clear.
Third-rate experts cannot detect it.
How could he hide it from Wu Yuan?
However, Wu Yuan did not remind him, but he was a little curious. Is this bandit team a coincidence? Or specifically ambushing yourself?
suddenly.
call out! call out! call out! Densely packed arrows suddenly shrouded down from the dense forest on the gentle slopes on both sides, each arrow shining with metallic light.
Extremely horrifying!
"No!" Wu Xiong, who was still chatting and laughing, suddenly changed his expression and roared: "Enemy attack! Protect!"
call! call! He suddenly pulled out the two guns from his back, formed a full moon, and flew away the arrows that were fired at him like lightning.
Wu Yuan looked shocked and seemed to have narrowly avoided two arrows.
The reaction speed of the other guards was also astonishing. They either took out their spears or long knives, and deflected 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 soft armor. His blood was only boiling, so it wasn't 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.
"A lot of people."
"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 for 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 turned instantly and 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, 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 master, not even a few martial arts masters.
After all, if you have the strength to be a martial artist, you can definitely join a big gang.
Just like Wu Yuan single-handedly picked the Fierce Tiger Gang.
An armored master can completely sweep through dozens of seventh-grade warriors and eighth-grade martial artists!
"leader!"
"What should I do?" Many land bandits looked at the leader in horror.
But the leader of the land bandits had received the gesture from the burly black family member, and immediately understood that this group of people was the target.
He couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Kill 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.
After firing a second round of arrows, he immediately took out his weapon and rushed towards Wu Xiong and the eleven knights who were rushing towards him.
"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, residual limbs flew around, heads fell to the ground, blood spattered, and more than twenty land bandits died in an instant.
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 been practicing for many years. How skilled are they in working together?
They join forces to attack, and they can be regarded as one or twenty first-rate masters who join forces for the first time.
Such horrific casualties made hundreds of land bandits frightened and stopped in their tracks. 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!
The big crossbow with its handle raised, the arrows ready, was aiming at Wu Yuan and others who had already galloped 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.
Target.
It was Wu Yuan who was in the center of the team!
