Volume 1 Searching for Ruins in Troubled Times Chapter 16 A Strange Death
"Lord, the courtyard in front of you should be where the bandit leader lives, let's do this?" Xiang Fu commanded the troops all the way up the mountain and didn't know how many thieves had secretly fallen out, but when he saw the courtyard where the bandit leader lived, he still didn't rush forward, but chose to ask Xu Yang.
"After a night's preparation, the enemy is tired, and we just kill it directly!" Xu Yang opened his mouth and said, "Xiang Fu, I will take 10 guards into the courtyard with you in a while and go directly to kill the bandit leader." Cheng Hui, you take the rest of the brothers and divide them into two teams, one team is responsible for clearing the remaining personal soldiers of the bandit leader in the courtyard, and the other team guards the gate of the hospital, and don't let anyone in before killing the bandit leader! ”
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
The two of them immediately received their orders, because the entire army was dressed in the clothes of the bandits, and they did not encounter any trouble all the way to the gate of the courtyard. But when they were about to enter the courtyard, they were interrupted by a sudden voice.
"What are you guys doing, do you have the boss's token?" A sentry asked.
The sudden secret whistle made Xu Yang stunned, but then his face turned to the side, and he said with a smile: "Hehe, this brother, we just came back from changing guards at the bottom of the mountain." I want to report the situation to the boss, just now we found a group of people at the bottom of the mountain who kept exploring our cottage, we were afraid that this group was here to explore the camp, so we wanted to report to the boss! ”
I have to say that Xu Yang's half-truths and half-truths really stunned the secret whistle. However, the secret sentry also reacted to the situation, and said coldly: "Why did so many people come to report the situation at once?" I think you're just plotting......"
Sou!
A cold arrow shot directly into the throat of the dark sentinel, Xiang Fu put away the bow and crossbow in his hand, and the entire army entered the courtyard with an order.
"Kill!"
With the shouting of killing, the bandit leader in the courtyard and his own soldiers were all awakened, and after a night of rescue, coupled with the limited size of the entire courtyard, Xu Yang only saw about 100 fifth-order soldiers after taking the Praetorian Guards into the courtyard, presumably the remaining personal soldiers should take turns to rest.
"Shoulder to shoulder, copy guy!"
This group of fifth-order bandits was indeed much more powerful than those stragglers under the mountain, and one by one they brandished bright broadswords and killed the Praetorian Guards. But in the next second, their perception of their invincible attack was blocked by the long sword in their hands with the foreword, followed by a beautiful defensive counterattack.
Poof......
The sound of swords entering the flesh, the first time they fought, due to the carelessness of these bandits, more than 10 of the 100 people unfortunately hung up directly, and the rest were more or less injured. Some even had their arms cut off directly, and now these bandits still don't understand the situation, these guys in front of them who seem to be as high as themselves are regular soldiers, and they are very regular.
"The idea is piercing, the wind is tight!"
"Hurry up the mountain ......"
A string of familiar black words came out of the mouths of this group of bandits, I have to say that these guys are not very good at fighting, it can be seen that the wind direction is not right, and the speed of retreat is definitely first-class! Even if the Praetorian Guards under Xu Yang let go of the pursuit, they only eliminated a dozen of them again, and there was no whereabouts of this group of fifth-order bandits.
"Lord, these guys are running fast enough! However, why hasn't the bandit leader inside come out yet? Xiang Fu asked a little puzzled.
Xu Yang is also a little unsure about this situation, or is it really this guy who overslept, right?
"Be careful, go according to plan!" Xu Yang ordered.
So Xiang Fu and Xu Yang took 10 Praetorian Guards to carefully touch the room of the bandit leader, while Cheng Hui took the remaining 90 Praetorian Guards and began to set traps in the courtyard to prevent the bandits from counterattacking!
The door of the bandit leader's house was locked from the inside, and it took Xiang Fu some strength to crash open. As a result, the scene in front of him made Xu Yang stunned - the bandit leader died? Lying on his bed like this, he left behind a corpse and three things that he had exploded around!
"Lord, this ......" Xiang Fu looked at the situation in front of him, and he was puzzled for a while.
Xu Yang put away the three items dropped by the bandit leader in the past, one was the practice cheatbook, and there was a fourth-order bow and crossbow building map, as well as a token-like thing - the village building order, but this was an ordinary village building order. Regarding the death of the bandit leader, Xu Yang also thought of several possibilities, but when he couldn't find any clue, he could only put it aside like this.
After packing up these things, Xu Yang asked Xiang Fu to lead people to carefully search the entire cottage and eliminate all the bandits he encountered. This bandit leader has been eliminated as the highest combat power in the cottage, so the rest of the battle will be in no suspense! However, there is still one thing that Xu Yang has not yet completed, that is, the old man in the village entrusted him to find his granddaughter before leaving.
After more than an hour of cleaning the battlefield and searching, Xu Yang finally found a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in a firewood room, who should be the granddaughter of the old man. A total of more than 2,000 sets of fourth-order weapons and equipment were looted in the entire cottage, including more than 500 sets of bows and arrows, which was definitely a windfall for Xu Yang at this stage, plus the remaining 24,291 units of grain, 3,293 units of wood and 492 units of stone in the warehouse, Xu Yang felt that he had made a lot of money this night.
As for why these thieves have so much wood, and only a little stone, Xu Yang can only think that these guys are relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, after all, there are really enough trees around! As for the stone, these bandits should be robbed, after all, they don't have the patience to mine the stone.
With the momentum of the big victory, Xu Yang returned to Mingyue Village very happily. Today is the second day of the establishment of Mingyue Village (no way, who made this village be established at night), according to the prompts given by the previous system, tonight should be the time for monsters to attack the city, so Xu Yang still has to prepare some things.
Put all the harvested materials in the warehouse of Mingyue Village, Xu Yang really has a feeling of being a landlord. 33,945 units of grain, 12,059 units of wood, 10,105 units of stone, plus the 2,000 sets of fourth-order equipment, Xu Yang nodded with great satisfaction, sure enough, he still robbed this industry is relatively rich, and if he has time in the future, he can choose a few more cottages to rob.
At this time, there were already many villagers in Mingyue Village, and Xiang Shou built a large number of houses to deal with the constant flow of displaced people. Now these villagers are able to carry out normal daily production under Xiang Shou's command, and Xu Yang found that Xiang Shou has also transferred 20 soldiers.
"It seems that I was careless, I should have left a little Praetorian Guard last night, otherwise if all the staff are always dispatched like this, the village will be completely exposed to the wild monsters!" Xu Yang self-examined, and then went to explain the problem to Xiang Shou.
Hearing Xu Yang's apology, Xiang Shou hurriedly said that he was negligent, but then he thought of something and said: "Lord, today's midnight should be the time when monsters attack the city, and the transfer of these soldiers by subordinates is also to let the villagers of Mingyue Village understand that they are all part of the village, and they must also share it together when there is a crisis in the village." At the same time, the guard force of our Mingyue Village should not be served by the Praetorian Guard, so it is inevitable to develop the training of soldiers through the barracks. ”
Xu Yang agreed very much with Xiang Shou's statement, and then added: "I remember that our military camp can also be transferred to two generals, you know more about the villagers, so today I will select two people to transfer to military generals." Then let them take those newly transferred militiamen to clean up the wild monsters near the village, and today I will give them 10 Praetorian Guards to accompany them, and they will be on their own! ”
"Lord Mingjian!" Hearing Xu Yang's words, Xiang Shou immediately bowed, and secretly agreed in his heart.
Xiang Shou will do the rest of the things, and Xu Yang doesn't need to worry about it. He just asked Cheng Hui to transfer 10 people from the Praetorian Guard to obey the arrangement of the village chief Xiang Shou today, and then he went to find the old man himself!
In an ordinary house, the old man has been reunited with his granddaughter, and the old and the young can't help but hug and cry, making Xiang Fu on the side embarrassed!
"Thank you to the general for saving the old man's granddaughter, and the old man's bones will be the general's in the future!" The old man's withered and weak body quickly knelt down to thank General Xiang Fu after sorting out his emotions.
Where does Xiang Fu dare to take this matter, let the elders kneel for no reason, that is to fold his life, although he Xiang Fu is a martial artist, he still understands this etiquette. Hurriedly helped the old man and his granddaughter with strong hands, and said: "This incident is not my credit, if you really want to thank me, then thank my father-in-law!" This time to be able to break through the Black Wind Cottage is all my lord's clever plan......"
This kind of grace, affection Xiang Fu has the most headache! And this time the matter was also done by the lord, so he simply threw the pot in the air with a single move, and directly gave all these favors to Xu Yang. And it was at this time that Xu Yang walked in from the door.
When the old man and his granddaughter saw Xu Yang coming in, their bodies that had not yet stood up just now knelt down again, and hurriedly said: "Thank you to the village elder for your great kindness, it will be difficult to repay you for being a cow and a horse in case of ......."
Xu Yang, who had just entered the house, hadn't figured out the situation yet, so he hurriedly and politely helped the old man up, and looked at Xiang Fu at the same time. It's just that this guy has a "I don't know anything, don't ask me" expression on his face, and Xu Yang knows that he has to come by himself.
"The old man doesn't have to be polite, punishing evil and promoting good is what my generation should do. Although the world is still quite peaceful now, it is inevitable that there will be some places that the government can't see, so there are these young people. If the old man doesn't dislike it, he can stay in my Mingyue Village with his granddaughter......" followed by Xu Yang's series of words that although the village is small, it is also peaceful.
Why did Xu Yang do this? The answer is very simple, the old man asked for help from himself, but the old man was not a villager of Mingyue Village at that time. And the old man can trigger the task, it will definitely not be an ordinary outcast, in Xu Yang's opinion, this old man should at least be a craftsman, after all, the NPCs in the game have some ability, but they don't fall directly from the sky. It is precisely because of this that Xu Yang has the idea of wanting to keep the old man!