Chapter Twenty-Three: Bandits and Captives

Han Ji and his party were marching on the road in a strange state, Han Ji and Arthur rode horses in front, and in the middle was Hou Yi on foot, Han Ji vacated a horse for Agnes as a substitute, and she was now riding a horse and closely following Hou Yi's side.

The smell of the old cow was too unbearable, and under the threat of Arthur's disgusted gaze and Hou Yi's unkind eyes, the old cow was driven to the back of the team, optimistic about the horses carrying the booty.

"There's someone in the woods! There were about 20 people and they were approaching us quickly! As Han Ji and the others passed by a forest, Hou Yi spoke.

"Hou Yi, how far are they from us?" After hearing Hou Yi's words, Han Ji turned his head to stare at the woods, but he only saw big trees and small trees, and he didn't see the enemy's figure at all.

"About 150 meters, still close!" Hou Yi quickly estimated the distance.

"Old Niu, come here! Protect Agnes and the horses! Go farther, we're ready to fight! Han Ji shouted to the old cow to take the horses away.

"Master, leave it to me!" The old cow hurried over with his horses, "Miss Agnes, come with me, let's stay out of the way, and beware of the enemy's arrows." ”

"Abbas, don't you fight? Leave me alone, I'll stay away myself. "Agnes looked at the giant bull demon and immediately thought that he was also a warrior.

"No, I'm not a warrior, I'm a scholar, an expert in agriculture and animal husbandry!" Lao Niu once again emphasized his identity as a cultural person, leaving Agnes speechless in surprise. The old cow saw that Egnes was not moving, and he led her horse to the side of the place.

Han Ji and the others stepped back a little to make sure that they would not be injured by the sudden cluster of arrows fired by the enemy, and it was not yet certain whether the person who came was an enemy, although Han Ji felt that there should be no other possibility in the woods except for the robbers.

As the people approached, Han Ji also discovered that they were indeed robbers and bandits, and Hou Yi was already ready to shoot a bow and arrows.

"Wait, it's not too late to see what they want to do!" Han Ji stopped Hou Yi's archery behavior, and the 20 or so robbers on the opposite side were not a threat to Han Ji and the others.

"Brothers, go up!" "Hurry up, they've found us, hurry!" "Rush!"

Han Ji looked at these robbers who rushed out of the woods, they were completely a rabble, the clothes and armor they wore were very shabby, the one that was a little shiny was a piece of cooked leather armor, and the others were linen clothes, coarse woolen sweaters, raw leather armor or something.

The weapons were also knives, short spears, wooden-handled hand axes, wooden shields, and sickles and pitchforks, all of which had one thing in common, that is, they did not use much iron, and they were generally used by peasants.

"Hey, it's all this kind of garbage that you don't want to clean up after fighting!" Han Ji took a look and knew that these people were poor ghosts.

"Hahahaha, the uncle's people found out about you fat sheep a long time ago, and finally caught up with me." The leading bandit leader said proudly that he treated Han Ji and them as fat sheep.

"Quick, hand over your dinar, I already smell it! You must pay 10 dinars, and we will let you go, or you will taste the knife!" The bandit leader said viciously.

Han Ji on the opposite side was unmoved, Han Ji touched his chin, Arthur put on a fighting posture, and Hou Yi in the back just looked at it coldly.

"Is there any way to take them captive? Arthur? Han Ji asked Arthur, for these robbers and bandits, the living is more valuable than the dead.

As for the experience value, it is estimated that there are not many of these people who have killed them, they are all first-order miscellaneous soldiers, and there is a second-order one who has survived, in Han Ji's opinion, these people should all be part-time farmers in the vicinity, and they don't look like professional robbers.

"Your Excellency, I'll go get a blunt object!" Arthur rode to the old cow, then found an iron-clad stick and walked back.

"You know each other! Pay the money and we'll let you go!" "When the robber leader saw Arthur leaving, he thought he was going to get the money, but who knew that Arthur came up with a stick.

"Dare to trick me, brothers, give them some power!" The bandit leader felt fooled and roared at Arthur.

Arthur rushed forward without fear, pushing and slapping the shield he held in his left hand, and striking left and right with a wooden stick in his right hand, and he could bring down an enemy in one fell swoop.

"Ouch", "Oops", "It hurts me" Soon the robbers were put down one by one with a shout, and some people wanted to run away when they saw that the situation was not good, and as soon as they moved, an arrow was nailed to their side, and no one would think that the archer over there was missed.

"My lord, don't kill us, please let us go!" Soon the robbers fell to their knees, and the leader of the robbers cried out.

"You're my captives! Be obedient, I will not kill you, and if you try to escape, then an arrow will surely crucify you. "Han Ji wants to catch them all and sell them, after all, how can a strong man sell a few dinars, and he is also meat for mosquito legs!

"My lord, please spare us!" "My lord, let us go!" "My lord, I still have a child at home, he will starve to death, please."

As soon as Han Ji's words were finished, the voice of the other side begging for mercy was noisy.

"So it's so troublesome to catch prisoners! If I had known, I wouldn't have done it! Han Ji thought to himself.

Now Han Ji is in a bit of a dilemma, it will definitely not work to kill them, the other side has surrendered, what will Arthur think, what will Agnes think, what will Hou Yi and Lao Niu think, Han Ji is not a murderer.

Pulling them to sell for money as planned, and seeing the other side crying and begging for mercy one by one, Han Ji heard that many people still had children to raise, and he immediately felt that it was tricky.

"If you dare to attack a nobleman, you must pay for it! From now on you will be my slaves, and you must do things for me and atone for your sins! Han Ji said coldly.

"You, go and tell their families about my decision, if their family wants to come and work for me with them, I will guarantee that they will not starve to death, so that they can get my forgiveness as soon as possible, maybe I will pardon you!" Han Ji pointed at the bandit leader and said coldly, Han Ji could see that the prestige of this robber leader was not bad, and he was not a ferocious person, it is estimated that his character should not be bad, and he could barely give it a try, anyway, if he ran away, he would only be alone.

"My lord, what you said is true?" The bandit leader was very surprised and surprised, the other party would actually propose this, if the nobles on the opposite side could talk and count, it would be a good thing for pie in the sky.

"Of course! Don't doubt my credibility! Han Ji looked at the bandit leader fiercely.

"My lord, I will definitely convey it to their families for you, and tell them about your merciful and generous decision!" The bandit leader was very excited, and felt that he had met a nobleman with noble character in legend.

"Go ahead! Inform everyone that I will be passing by in four days, and you can wait for me here then! Han Ji pointed to all the captured robbers, "Now you go and tell them to be obedient, otherwise I will kill all those who are unwilling to cooperate." ”

"Leave it to me, my lord, and I'll convince them to be honest." The robber leader said obediently.

"Go ahead!" Han Ji let him move.

In this way, Han Ji got 20 obedient captives and followed Han Ji honestly.

Han Ji didn't even bother to tie it up, and no one tried to escape halfway through.

There are many people in the team, and the action will inevitably be slow, and when it was noon, Han Ji and them went into a small town to rest and eat, and by the way, they would deal with the old cow.

The smell of Lao Niu's body is really maddening, and at least he has to have decent clothes, and now he looks like a refugee, and when he walks out, Han Ji feels that he can't hang it on his face.