In mid-June, the weather began to get hotter, but it was rare for Tiniez to rain heavily.

Where the north-south trade road passed through the birch forest, a rider in a black cloak sat on a black war horse, and behind him a two-wheeled donkey cart covered with felt cloth was loaded with grain and a small amount of bacon, and three men in shabby cloaks followed the donkey cart as a group of four people strode towards the birch forest.

In the birch forest, the leader of the bandits, Redogan, who had been waiting for a long time, was looking forward to the prime minister with his feet crossed.

"Big chief, they're coming, four people in a car." A bandit minions braved the rain and returned to the birch forest.

Redogan wiped the rain from his face and instructed the two henchmen: "Remember, these brothers were all found by themselves after they escaped last time, and they also robbed these food supplies. Remember, don't say that you leak your mouth, or you and I won't be able to save our heads. ”

The two henchmen nodded their heads repeatedly.

"Let's go meet the brothers."

As he spoke, he led the way out of the birch forest in the rain and ran towards the few people who galloped over

Redogan ran forward and grabbed the rider's reins, wiped a handful of raindrops and said with a smile: "Lord Angus, I am very grateful to my subordinates for personally sending food and supplies." ”

The rider lifted his cloak and said to the bandit leader in front of the horse: "Redogan, from this day forward you will call me Doyle, and I will call you the Great Chief. "Angus didn't want his name to appear among the bandits, which would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble for Art.

After a moment's thought, the bandit leader understood what Angus meant, and hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, Lord Doyle." It's raining heavily here, so let's take shelter in the woods. ”

Angus asked his men to hide the donkey cart, and then drove the bandit leader into a hidden place in the birch forest.

"This is the first batch of supplies that the lord has allocated to you, six hundred pounds of barley, fifty pounds of bacon, and ten swords and axes under the grain bag, along with this donkey cart."

"Thank you for your generosity, and please express your gratitude to you on my behalf."

"My lord said, since you have become his subordinate, he will not let you and your brothers do things for him hungry, as long as you are willing to work hard, food and materials will never be less than you, if you can make a contribution to your lordship, you can also get money."

"But if you dare to play tricks, you don't mind adding a few more heads to the trade road in the south~"

Lei Daoan waved his hand again and again, "No, no, I will definitely do my best to serve the adults." ”

"That's good, in addition, tell you that your son has been placed in the territory of the adult, and when the anger on his body is gone, the adult will arrange for him to enter the priest's parish school to study, you don't have to worry about him ......"

"Thank you for taking care of my son~"

Angus looked left and right, and asked Redogan in a low voice, "How did the Lord let you do the work?" ”

"We are working on it, and now I have gathered twenty-eight men under my command, plus the three old brothers you brought back, a total of thirty-one people, and we are currently ranked third in the whole county. At the top of the list were a group of people in the mountains west of the county town of Tignats, who numbered more than sixty people; The second was a gang of guys in the canyon near Thorne, and there were forty or so of them. The rest were small teams of ten or twenty people and scattered bandits scattered throughout the county. ”

"Have you figured out their bandit nest?"

"Several powerful people have figured out where the bandits' nest is, and we have even written down the way in and out. As for the remaining sporadic bandits, the rogue is always on the move, and it is not easy to find out their lair. ”

"Well, is there any news about the matter at Ryan Manor?"

Redogan leaned closer to Angus's ear and whispered, "I've asked the bandits in the nearby mountains that Lane Manor is indeed not clean. Baron Bazel allowed a group of able-bodied outcasts recruited by the Manor Stewards to plunder farms and settlements in the surrounding areas, and often ambushed in the mountains and valleys to intercept passing merchants. ”

"How many of these mongrels in human skins are there?" Angus asked.

The leader of the bandits thought for a moment and replied, "There are not many of them, less than twenty people, but there are a few of them who have escaped from the army, and they are quite well armed, and there are even a few cavalry."

Angus was silent for a moment after hearing this, then raised his head and whispered to the bandit leader: "Recently, the lord is going to personally bring a large number of valuable southern goods from the south, you send someone to quietly go to the Ryan Manor to tell those mongrels that you want to unite them to intercept this huge caravan, when the time comes."

"Valley Wooden Fort has recently sent a group of peasants to Boulder Town to temporarily guard the camp, so I can take two squadrons of soldiers to potentially pre-set the ambush site half a mile or so in advance, and as long as you blow the horn here, we will rush out immediately. At that time, Redogan will also cooperate with us to lurk, and after we fight with those mongrels in Ryan Manor, Redogan will take the opportunity to attack Ryan Manor with his men, and then we will pass by Ryan Manor by chance, and by the way, we will drive away this group of bandits who attacked Ryan Manor."

Art quietly listened to the plan that Angus had discussed with the bandit leader Redogan, and then looked up and asked, "This plan is only known to Redogan, right?"

"Yes, I told him again and again to keep it a secret and not tell it until the last minute. Even if Redogan and the others can't help, our own caravan guard plus thirty soldiers will be enough to deal with the mongrels in Ryan Manor. ”

"That's fine! That's it. The caravan will continue to march north early tomorrow morning, you return to Boulder Town and lead the troops to the preset location in advance, lurk in the dark, don't be spotted, I will let the guards hide their weapons, and let those bastards think that we are weak. ”

"Yes, I'll go back to Boulder Town and set off with my soldiers in a while."

"By the way, tell Redogan to let him find a way to select a group of strong serfs from the prison in Ryan Manor for me to bring out, these serfs are the strongest outcasts, it's a pity to be used as cattle by those mongrels, I want to rescue them back to the valley knights to lead them to live well, whether it is plowing the fields or entering the army in the future, they will be the best candidates."

"Your Excellency is thoughtful, and I will convey your instructions to Redogan."

"Okay, then you can go."

History repeats itself, and yesterday's picture always repeats itself today.

When the butler of Lane Manor, who had become the leader of the bandits, led his seventeen or eighteen "bandits" to ambush a huge caravan with another group of robbers, he would never have imagined that the target of this wolf ambush was themselves from the beginning.

Time goes back two days ago.

A man who came out of the birch forest to the south quietly entered Lane Manor and found the fat butler of the manor, quietly declared his identity and invited the manor steward to plan a big business together. At this time, Baron Bazel had returned to another more luxurious manor castle, so the Ryan Manor became an independent kingdom of the fat butler, but the affairs of the Ryan Manor were all a foregone conclusion for the fat butler.

Since the year before last, Baron Bazel personally led his troops to loot a group of displaced people who fled from the south to Lane Manor and made a windfall, looting the homeless people and passing caravan has become a means of collecting wealth and getting rich in Lane Manor, relying on the recruitment of brave ruffians and young and strong wanderers Lane Manor secretly organized a group of robbers with good combat strength, this group of robbers are stationed in Lane Manor as manor guards on weekdays, and they are clearly and obediently forced to collect the commercial tax and transit tax of Lane Manor. When encountering pedestrians with huge fortunes or caravans that could not be expropriated, these manor guards would disguise themselves as mountain bandits and robbers to surround and intercept them

The gains from the robbery and plunder were too great, so when the fat housekeeper of the manor heard the news provided by the "mountain man", he immediately felt itchy, but he still had an extra heart, and sent two riders to the southern trade road to check and confirm the news provided by the "mountain man".

How could the greedy wolf let the fat sheep that flew into its mouth slip away like this, the housekeeper of the manor immediately sent someone to contact the "mountain man", and the two sides worked out such an old-fashioned ambush plan after collegial discussion.

Returning to the birch forest, the bandit leader Redogan looked back at the dense forest behind him from time to time.

Seeing that the leader kept looking behind him, a small minion beside Redogan asked, "Big Chief, why don't I take a few guys to the back to check it out?" ”

Redogan turned his head and asked sharply, "What to look at?" Look at your cleverness, let me stay here, and I'm not allowed to go anywhere. ”

The little minion wanted to show it, but he was taken in the head, and he was very aggrieved, muttering: "What else do you want to look forward to if you have nothing to check?"

Lei Dogan ignored the little minions talking to himself, turned his head and said to a few bandit leaders: "Let's not rush to charge for a while, the group on the opposite side is well-armed and powerful, and when they are almost rushed, we will go up again, do you hear?" ”

"Yes"

"Okay"

On the other side of the road, a guy with an elite body and a thief's eyebrows and rat-eyed eyes bent his waist and returned to the back of a bush next to the road, and said to the masked fat leader who was covered in sweat: "Butler, the fat sheep is here!" The fat sheep is coming! ”

The masked fat leader raised his hand and slapped the elite guy, and scolded: "Bastard, how many times have I told you bastards, don't reveal your identity when you come out to work, do you want to die?"

The elite guy hurriedly changed his words and said, "Big ~ big leader, the fat sheep is in!" It's very fat, and it's defenseless, it seems that a group of mongrels from the south thought that the black-robed dogs had emptied all the bandits in the north, and they didn't even bring much guards. ”

"No guards?"

"Yes, sixteen wagons, only four or five armed guards, and three riders."

"Is there a coat of arms of that family or that noble?"

"No, not even the caravan flag."

"No flags? Don't have a guard? How can it be! Do you bastards see clearly? ”

"I saw it clearly, but I didn't play the flag~"

"It's strange~ It's unreasonable~ Will there be fraud?" The masked fat leader touched his belly and muttered to himself.

"You, go and investigate again."

"You two go back and have a look."

The masked fat leader gave orders to a few of his men, then stood up from behind the bushes and beckoned to the other side.

After a while, a middle-aged man ran over from the opposite side of Shang Road, he touched the masked fat leader's side, and shouted softly, "What do you want to do?" The fat sheep is coming in soon, what are you talking about? ”

The masked fat leader smiled through the mask and said, "Brother Redogan, will there be a problem with that fat sheep, why do I think something is wrong~"

The middle-aged man glanced at the masked fat butler and chuckled, "Even if you have the courage to learn from us to be the king of the mountain?" My men have also reported the situation of the caravan to the south, and I would have known earlier that they didn't even have much of a guard, so what else do I want you to do? If you're worried, quit immediately, my brothers are still trying to enjoy the fat sheep alone~" The middle-aged man said and was about to turn around and leave.

The masked fat leader grabbed the middle-aged man, took off the masked cloth and smiled shyly, "Brother Redogan, look at you, that's what I said." There are only 20 dogs around Fat Sheep, there are more than 30 warriors under you alone, and there are more than a dozen elites on my side, what are you afraid of them! ”

"I'm still the same sentence, if you're afraid, leave quickly, I can swallow this fat sheep without your help now, don't want to contribute and want to drink soup at that time, even if I agree, my brothers won't agree." Redogan turned his face to the guy behind him and said coldly, and then left without looking back.

The fat leader glanced at the back of the departing figure, and said fiercely: "Bastard, sooner or later I will destroy you!" Then the fat leader put the veil on his head again.

Seeing the middle-aged man's back disappear into the grass on the opposite side of the business road, a fierce-eyed bandit beside the masked fat leader asked, "Big leader, how is it, do you want to fight?"

"Hit! Not only do you have to fight, but you have to fight me hard. In a moment, you lead the guys to the front, try to slaughter a few more dogs, and then we will talk with human heads, lest the group of guys on the other side say that we have few troops and bully our members. ”

"Don't worry, we're definitely much stronger than those mountain minions."

At the southern entrance of the birch grove, Art rode on horseback and glanced back at the caravan deputy steward Raven, Laven nodded, and then explained a few words to the caravan guards behind him, and the caravan immediately divided into two parallel columns and advanced, and the twenty or so escort attachés walked into the middle of the two carriages, and their hands touched the carriage where the weapons were hidden.

Seeing that the convoy was ready, Art took a few steps back, keeping the horses in the shade of the carriages on both sides, and then gave the order to the convoy and walked slowly towards the birch forest.

In a few moments, the convoy was in the deepest part of the birch forest, and Art saw a seemingly random pile of stones on the trade road and knew that it was about to enter the predetermined ambush site.

"Tell the order, everyone be on guard and ready to act at any time." Art ordered sideways to Ron, who was following him.

Ron turned his horse's head and shouted loudly to the convoy behind: "The old man said, everyone hurry up, there is a camp in front, and everyone will eat meat and drink soup when they get to the place."

The guards of the convoy immediately became vigilant and tightened their grips on the hilt of their swords......

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