The indignant warriors followed the guidance of Henry and Lulu and pursued them to the rogue camp. When they saw with their own eyes the robbers who had committed heinous crimes, several of them were stunned on the spot.
Because this is a group of boys and girls who are similar in age to Mira and Yajiro.
They were cooking the stolen rations. When the mighty and heavily armed samurai group appeared, these boys and girls in ragged clothes were stunned for a while, then they grabbed the rusty knives and axes, and started attacking them. He looked at them with a vicious look.
Those swords that were obviously used by samurai were either stolen or picked up. They were full of chips due to lack of maintenance and careless use. The way they hold and stand the knife is also crooked, but the rust on it due to blood shows that it is still a deadly weapon.
There are 4 boys and 2 girls, and judging from their appearance, the eldest one is probably no more than 15 years old.
But how many people have these children killed?
The hesitation of the warriors was quickly dispelled, because the other side also realized that the comer was evil. With the ferocity of youth and vigour, they shouted in Zhangzhou dialect, stood up from the campfire and took up their stance.
"Dismount and draw your sword, don't waste arrows." Narumi remained calm even after seeing the age of these bandits. He gave the order, and the warriors all dismounted and drew their swords. Ayong and another warrior led the horses to the other side to avoid being affected. Henry looked at the surrounding terrain. This was a common forest glade. These young bandits piled all the materials they picked up here and built several dirty and very dark tents with tattered things - —There may be others inside.
"Don't rush in, wait for them to come."
There is a large banyan tree in front of the open space. On both sides of it are passages that can be entered, while denser shrubs grow in other places. If people enter, their movement will be greatly hindered.
Narumi's decision was correct, but even though the opponent did not know the art of war, he seemed to subconsciously realize that fighting on his own territory would have a home field advantage - the few teenagers who were aggressive at first and planned to charge forward, but after the eldest rogue said After saying something, he didn't come out from behind the banyan tree. He just stared at this side fiercely, holding the weapon tightly.
The eldest man gave the order, and they retreated a little further, and some of them seemed to be planning to move to the other side of the big banyan tree to block that side as well.
In terms of physique and strength, they cannot compare with most of the adult warriors. These boys and girls obviously noticed this, so they planned to fight a defensive battle.
This keen intuition suggests that these people may have more practical combat experience than most of the current warriors in the Moon Country - at least they have a clear understanding of their own strength.
But a layman is still a layman.
"Shoot." Narumi gave the order directly to the boy in charge. The samurai behind him took off his half-bow from his horse and shot the young bandits through their leader with one arrow when they still didn't know what was happening. chest.
Blood overflowed, and the bandit leader, who had never suffered such an attack before, stared in disbelief as he looked up and fell down after the arrow that had penetrated his chest. The girl next to him yelled and dropped his weapon and ran over to help him, while the other teenagers rushed over with eyes split open and roaring - just as he expected.
The beloved leader of a tight-knit group is also the binding force for these fierce teenagers. They are like young snakes that are still young and do not know how to preserve their strength. Every time they bite their prey, they release all their venom in one breath.
This can be seen from the scars on the corpses of civilians who were hacked indiscriminately before.
But those civilians were ambushed, and perhaps they made some kind of promise not to take their lives before their hands were tied behind their backs, so there must be someone among them who was like a think tank to control the overall situation and formulate plans.
It is common sense among military strategists to capture the thief first.
The boy who fell to the ground stretched out his hand to try to stop him, but the other young snakes, whose blood was rising, had already rushed forward in one breath.
They entered an open area, and it was clear from which direction they would attack.
So this immediately became a battle without any suspense. Although these boys and girls were ferocious and had lives on their hands, they could only achieve results by facing civilians who had no resistance.
A layman's sword is always easy to predict, because they always like to swing the weapon at a wide angle, thinking that this way they can cut deeper.
Narumi assumed a mid-section sword-holding posture. The boy who was leading the way held the sword with one hand and threw it behind him. Then he ran and tried to swing it vigorously - but because of the "more powerful" swinging posture he imagined? He faced an empty door. Wide open and unprotected.
An ordinary vertical chop.
Turning on his heels and stepping forward, he accurately struck down? The long knife with a thickened back weighing 1 kilogram hit his forehead with rapid force. The boy who was killed on the spot by the blow had his knees weak and rust in his hands. The knife fell to the ground and died in a kneeling position in front of Narumi.
"Ahhhhhh!" Others were even more angry? But this only made them die faster.
No tricks required.
You only need to choose the best solution to the current environment from the killing skills that have been practiced for more than ten or even decades, and then use it.
Henry and Mira didn't even play? It took only 30 seconds for the warriors to deal with the boys and girls who rushed up frantically.
Only the leader of the bandits, who was still alive after being shot by an arrow, and the lame girl next to him were left.
These two people no longer have the strength or inclination to resist? But Narumi still did not tolerate it.
“Cut the grass and root out the roots.”
The moment the two of them breathed their last, there was a sound in the tent filled with debris, and then a dirty, dry and old woman came out. She had gray hair and cried "Wow" when she saw all this? Then she grabbed a pair of scissors and rushed straight towards Narumi.
She yelled words like "Evil ghosts pay for their lives" in Zhangzhou dialect, but the samurai leader jumped out of the way, and then hit the back of the neck with a backhand knife.
The woman who fell to the ground was unexpectedly not dead. She dragged the blood all the way to the dead bandit boy with amazing will. She murmured something and grabbed the tattered clothes with her hands before she breathed her last.
"It's mother." Lulu, who came with her, suddenly said.
"The age difference is a bit big, I think they must be over 50." The Luoan girl looked at the pair of rogue mother and son with dead eyes. Under the command of Narumi, the samurai entered the camp to guard and search, while the few people standing there were Discussing this way.
The samurai exacted their own justice.
Are they not wrong? These people cannot tolerate it.
Narumi's calm determination is necessary.
Just like the bears Henry had dealt with in Yi Di in the past, if you want Huairou to avoid killing as much as possible because he still looks young? That will only leave more hidden dangers.
A woman's kindness will lead to her own casualties in this situation. Even without training? Even if it is rusty? Those knives can still kill people with just one stab.
But even though it was objectively correct? Just like when they fought against the ghost clan of the shrine maiden army, they still remained.
There are some mixed feelings in my heart.
The Japanese society has been peaceful for many years, and the samurai's creed is to protect the monarch and the powerless.
This is where the contradiction arises - these boys and girls should be in a protected position, but they are unpardonable.
The leader of the samurai team may have seen this clearly, but the others - especially A Yong who killed the girl who was only 140 centimeters tall who rushed over, were obviously melancholy.
"Don't get stuck," Henry told them.
Things like this will inevitably happen in life, and the biggest taboo at such times is overthinking.
"Ignore it, cover it with something else, and move on."
In more than two hundred years of life, if every regret and contradiction, large and small, had accumulated in his heart, he would probably have chosen to live in seclusion and avoid others.
Forgetting is a blessing.
Living a little heartlessly may be the right answer, but who knows the right answer in life.
This is the meaning of travel. Encounters and partings, everything you encounter can be turned into spiritual food - but whether you are going in the right direction varies from person to person.
The "evil ghost" shouted by the mother of the dead bandits on the ground was probably sincere. No matter what crimes her children committed, in her opinion, only Narumi who killed him was the most sinful person.
This is the "right way" in her heart.
Faced with the test of contradiction, you can either choose to forget or ignore, be loyal and have a certain creed.
This is the reason why the black-and-white "theory of good and evil" will be born no matter what country or culture. Once you firm up your position and divide all those who violate this position into "enemies" and "evil", then you At least I won't be confused anymore.
The so-called free thought and independent thinking sound wonderful, but in fact they are not necessarily suitable for everyone.
The burden of choosing it is too heavy.
Believe in a certain creed, follow a certain way of life, and act according to the rules rather than judging on your own. That way, even if something goes wrong, the responsibility can be shifted to the "old rules."
It would probably be much easier to survive like this.
The words return to their original place.
Many old things were found in the camp of the bandits. Including these, judging from the tent pillars blackened by fireworks and the patchwork shelter, this seems to be a place that has been passed down for a long time. There are simple tents next to it. cemetery.
Several generations of people who made a living by robbing this village have called it their home. Those six boys and girls may all be brothers and sisters.
"It's like a stubborn disease that is difficult to cure. I'm so glad that we can eradicate it." The master sergeant said after inspecting the camp.
"fortunately"
It was the only positive word they could think of.
So far, how many families have been broken up and killed because of passing by this neighborhood, and how many people have suffered bloody disasters.
They came too late.
A little more sentimental, and maybe thinking about whether these boys and girls could have lived a different life if they were taken away when they were younger and not yet stained with blood.
But there are no ifs in life.
So I can only be glad that it all ended now.
Another less than glorious victory.
While becoming more and more contrary to their original vision of being ideal samurai, the Qingtian family has also matured at a speed that is almost impossible for other samurai in the entire Crescent Continent.
They may no longer be able to become the great heroes who turned the tide and saved tens of thousands of people as written in the "Wu Yong Lu" that they longed for in the past.
But this mature characteristic will enable them to survive when a crisis comes.
"I regret waiting until it's over. What's needed in battle is decisiveness."
The samurai who abandons innocence and idealism is the true Crescent Sword.
Peeling away the sanctified and sublime social status that has been given, and peeling off the elegant behavior and speech that have been cultivated by thousands of years of accumulated upbringing and cultural connotation.
warrior.
Always a murderer.
Bodies were piled up, along with old belongings. It wasn't until this group of people took a closer look that they discovered that the banyan tree had long since died.
Although it was a relatively inaccessible place, in order to avoid the plague, the warriors still chose to burn the corpses with fire.
The flame touched the drooping beard of the banyan tree, burned up, and spread quickly the moment it touched the dry leaves.
The fire caused the group of people to retreat hurriedly. Fortunately, because all the flammable materials were concentrated, it should not spread to the surrounding area.
The storm has arrived, and signs of troubled times are waiting for opportunities like wild beasts lurking in the night.
There should be no hesitation in Xinyue's sword, as carelessness and naivety can lead to fatal disasters. Even if the fruit is bitter, it still needs to be swallowed. Like a person who has not eaten for a long time, he chews everything and swallows it to turn it into energy for his body to continue moving forward.
Everything in the Kingdom of the Moon that has lasted four thousand years is about to face a test.
Many things that are old and decayed will be broken like dead wood in a storm, but after that they will inevitably be reborn.
Just like this dead banyan tree that still blocks the sun.
The huge thing collapsed.
In addition to decline, it may also mean vitality.
