"My lord, there's someone in the woods ahead!" To the west of the forest, Baron Berion's attendants hurried back.

Baron Berrion stopped the marching group and said to his attendants in a slow voice, "How many are there?" Are there any weapons? ”

The attendant swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied nervously, "I'm afraid there are a dozen of them, and they have some wooden forks and iron rods and a small number of knives and axes in their hands. ”

When the baron heard that there were more than a dozen people in the forest, he began to get a little nervous. Although the other party may be just an ordinary mountain bandit with no sophisticated weapons, if the "wild dogs" really bite from time to time with their tails down, the three cavalry are also tired of coping.

"My lord, but they didn't come for us, they seemed to be heading east." The squire added.

"Anyway, go up and have a look, you three hide the wagon and grain behind the rocks." Baron Berrion ordered the three serfs in charge of driving the car.

When the wagon was hidden behind the stones, Baron Berrion took out a well-made riding bow from his quiver in the front saddle, and led his two attendants into the woods......

On the other side of the dense forest, the three Yat in front of the campfire had just chewed half of the roasted bacon in their hands, and there was a roar in the dense forest.

Ron jumped down from the stone with his unsheathed armed sword, "Master, I can see clearly, there are about a dozen guys." He carried knives, axes, wooden spears and clubs, and no bows and arrows. ”

"Ron, get your horses ready to retreat east."

"Jason, find a slightly higher place and shoot five light arrows into the crowd, get on your horse and prepare to retreat."

Art climbed up the pile of rocks beside the road as he gave orders to Ron and Jason beside him.

Climbing to the top of the stone pile, the surroundings were unobstructed, and more than 300 yards away, at the edge of the dense forest in the west, more than a dozen mountain bandits carrying wooden sticks, knives and forks rushed towards this side under the leadership of several strong men who dragged huge axes and held long knives.

Art pulled out four light arrows from the quiver on his waist and clasped them tightly with his little thumb, and then took out another one and put it on the bowstring, with a slight "creaking" sound from the back of the bow, the riding bow began to slowly bend and stretch, the birch arrow shaft pointed straight to the sky, and on the other side of the arrow was a few black bean-sized heads that rushed to the front, less than two hundred yards away from Art, roaring and charging this way.

Stretch, 恘~

The tension of the horned bow was released to the birch arrow, which twisted away from the bowstring, and gradually moved away from the bow, away from the stone pile, and flew towards the sky, and finally became a small black dot in the eyes of Art......

The mountain bandit "one eye" as the second leader has always been brave, he rushed to the front of the team with three old rogues and strong men, according to the rules set by the big leader of the mountain bandits, the first person to rush up can take away a pleasant battle catch afterwards, he has long been eyeing the black horse, so he is more fierce than usual and not afraid of death.

It was only a little more than a hundred yards away from the three miscellaneous pieces. "One Eye" stopped and waited for the minions behind him to follow, and inadvertently glanced at the sky, and a black dot appeared in his eye, and the black dot slowly became larger and clearer......

Poof!

The light arrow was nailed to the leg and stomach of an old rogue, who was shot to the ground by the sudden arrow, wailing incessantly.

"One Eye" turned his head to look at the minions rolling on the ground behind him, and shouted: "Shut up, TM can't kill you if I fly so far, don't play dead, hurry up and rush for me." ”

After hearing this, the minion stopped rolling, picked up his right foot and looked at it, the light arrow flew too far, and there was not much strength at all, but it pierced a layer of skin and hung on the stomach of the leg.

The minion just stood up and smiled and congratulated himself on picking up a small life, another heavy arrow followed by a heavy arrow into his waist and abdomen, he looked down at the "one eye" that was still lying on the ground, and slowly squatted down holding his stomach......

"Big boss, they have archers, shoot accurately." One eye said to the big leader of the mountain bandits more than ten steps away.

"I'm not blind!"

"Tell the guys to spread out and don't crowd in a bunch as a target." As he spoke, the chief bent over and continued to walk briskly.

Before the words fell, another light arrow was fired, and although it was inserted into the dirt and missed, it also caused a great sense of fear to the charging mountain bandits. Just after a few steps, another light arrow came from another direction......

Under the pressure of several leaders and bandits, the mountain bandits slowed down their pace and leaned towards the place where the black smoke had risen.

The distance was shrinking step by step, the mountain bandit who hit the head was less than a hundred steps close to Art, and Jason on the other stone had already shot the five light arrows in his hand, although none of the arrows were missed, Jason still jumped off the stone and ran to Ron's side according to Art's order, took the reins, turned over and got on his horse and prepared to retreat.

Art stared at the guy who rushed to the front, he had already shot ten arrows, this guy dodged left and right, and didn't even hurt a single hair. Art turned his head to look at Ron and Jason, who had already stepped on horseback and were ready to retreat at any time, picked out an armor-piercing heavy arrow from the quiver, suddenly turned around and raised the bow to draw the arrow, pulled the riding bow in his hand to the extreme, and held his breath to aim at the mountain bandit who was rushing at the front. The target is getting bigger and clearer, and Art has even seen the face of this mountain bandit with only one eye.

"Wind~" Art thought silently in his heart......

............

"Wind~" Baron Berion's riding bow was almost full in his hand standing at the edge of the jungle, his eyes were fixed on a mountain bandit rushing towards the opposite archer, and he stared at the thatched pole in the clearing with his spare eyes.

His breathing became more and more steady, his arms opened more and more, and the two arrows from the east and west roared out almost at the same moment.

In a moment, two people fell at the same time in the clearing outside the dense forest, one with an arrow in the chest that pierced the chest and lungs, and the other in the back with an arrow wounded in the back.

"The second leader is dead!"

"The big boss is down!!"

"There were cavalry rushing out from behind!!"

The charging bandits suddenly blew up their nests.

Originally, a dozen people besieged three people, but suddenly it became more than a dozen people who were flanked by two waves of cavalry.

Before Art could react to who had shot an astonishing arrow in the dense forest, he had already seen three cavalrymen with spears and swords in their hands rushing towards the mountain bandits in the clearing.

After a moment of hesitation, seeing the brown-bottomed Pegasus heraldic flag carried by a rider, Art jumped off the pile of stones and yelled at Ron and Jason who were about to escape: "Don't withdraw, there are reinforcements arriving, rush up with me."

As he spoke, he jumped on his horse and rushed forward, drawing the knight's sword at his waist and running towards the crowd in the clearing.

The "hunters" never imagined that when they pounced on the fat "rabbits", they were being watched by "wild wolves" in their backs, and the situation had become one-sided against six cavalry against a dozen mountain bandits.

After chasing down the four bandits, the pursuing cavalry turned their horses and returned to the carriageway to converge. Baron Baron was aiming his knight's heavy sword at the bandit leader who had just awakened.

The leader was hit in the back by a sudden blow to the back and fainted on the spot, and when he woke up, there was already a knight's heavy sword against his head, and before he could figure out what was going on, the other end of the heavy sword first sounded and asked: "Do you still have any accomplices?"

The voice is distinctly southern.

The big leader glanced left and right in confusion, only to see that his second leader had fallen to the ground and did not move at all.

The big leader panicked, swallowed his saliva and asked, "Who are you?" Do you know~" The words were still in his throat, and the heavy sword had already cut through the leader's face, and after a cold numbness, there was a sharp pain that could not be dissipated.

Baron Berrion ignored the mountain bandits rolling on the ground, and continued to ask sharply, "There are no other accomplices yet."

As he spoke, he stabbed his heavy sword into the bandit's thigh and twisted the hilt of the sword.

"Ahh ~~ My lord, no more! There is no one else. The bandit screamed and roared.

Baron Berrion stopped stirring, and the bandits' screams became quieter.

The baron's interrogation continued to sound: "From here to the east, are there any other mountain bandits?"

The mountain bandit gasped several times, stopped his teeth trembling from severe pain, and replied with bated breath: "My lord, there are still several gangs."

"Do you know where they are?"

"No~ I don't know. They are all robbing everywhere, and wherever there is prey, they will go there to rob ......" The mountain bandits shook out all the information they knew.

Art had already returned to the road, dismounted and came to Baron Berion, who had already finished interrogating the bandits, "Your Excellency, thank you for coming out in time to do justice. ”

Baron Berrion didn't rush to answer, and asked the attendants to drag the big bandit leader aside and kill him, before he slowly turned around and asked, "Who are you?" Which lord's soldier? ”

"My lord, I am the Southern Border Inspector of the Court of the Count of Burgundy, and I am responsible for patrolling the border and maintaining law and order in the county of Tignats."

"Border Patrol? It's the first time I've heard of it. Are you in charge of maintaining law and order in Tiniezshire? It seems that you have not done a good job as a patrol officer, and we have come all the way, and everyone in Tignets is worried about the rampant bandits in the mountains. You three men with strong horses and long swords were surrounded and beaten by a dozen miscellaneous farmers and petty bandits. ”

It was the first time that Yate had been taught such a lesson, and although he felt a little aggrieved, it was indeed his duty to patrol the border and maintain law and order, at least nominally. He didn't know how to answer the reproach of the aristocratic lord in front of him, so he had to change the subject and ask, "Are you from the south?"

The attendant beside the baron replied, "Standing in front of you is the Baron Baron of Barion of the House of Tyberia, the keeper of the Duchy of Provence, the chief of the palace guard, and the House of Tyberias."

Art didn't answer the squire's words, but pointed to the bow on the saddle behind the squire and asked Baron Baron Berion, "You shot that arrow just now, right?" You're a marksman. ”

Baron Berrion eased his tone at this time, pointed to the riding bow in Art's hand and said, "Your archery skills are not bad, but this riding bow is too soft." ”

"This riding bow was captured from the Lombards, whose bows and arrows have always been soft."

"You've fought the Lombards?"

"By chance."

With a common enemy, Baron Berion's high shelves were immediately lowered. The more the two talked, the more they talked.

Art learned about the war situation in the south from Baron Berrion, and also knew that the purpose of Baron Baron's trip was to buy food and that he had not raised enough money.

Seeing the helplessness on Baron Baron's face, Art turned his head a few times and said to Baron Baron Berion: "Honorable Baron, maybe I can help you......"