When Ash led thirty swordsmen and thirty crossbowmen to the barren stone road with the mentality of letting the soldiers practice their hands, he finally understood why his men had to report to him even after passing a caravan.

Hiding behind a mess of rocks, Ash looked up and saw a mighty caravan parked on the barren stone road more than 100 meters away from him, among which there were no less than 100 carriages full of goods, and the team extended from one end of the field of vision to the other end, and it was really 'very large'!

And around the caravan wagon, especially near the front, there were about two hundred people who looked like guards, waving their weapons in their hands, shouting and scolding, fighting a group of robbers who were still outnumbered of them.

There were at least nearly three hundred of the robbers, and they were all dressed in different ways, and the quality of their weapons was also uneven, and Ash still had some impressions, and it was obvious that several robbers had temporarily joined forces.

The battle had been going on for nearly twenty minutes, and the ground was already covered with corpses, blood was spilled all over the ground, and at the rear of the warband, about fifty men dressed as merchants were cowering together, and in the face of this group of vicious bandits, all they could do was entrust their names to this group of hired mercenaries.

It's just that the strength of this group of mercenaries is obviously not as strong as they boasted before leaving, although they seem to be quite tall and strong, but whether it is skill or courage, it is not good, not to mention that the number of the other party at this time is more than half of them!

Gradually, as the guards retreated, the situation of these merchants became more and more dangerous, and among them was a fat man dressed in gorgeous clothes, who looked like the leader of the caravan, and as the person who cared most about the caravan among them, his throat was almost shouted at this time, for he had seen that many robbers had broken through the encirclement formed by the guards, swaggered around the back of the caravan, and began to loot the goods there.

Seeing the goods being taken away one by one, the man only felt that his heart was dripping blood, and he kept waving the whip in his hand, whipping the caravan guys who were also cowering there with him, trying to drive them to stop each other, but those guys who were usually obedient had already turned into turtles with shrunken heads at this time, allowing his whip to fall on his body, and he couldn't move his steps.

Seeing this, the man raised his head to the sky frantically and shouted, then turned his head and shouted to a majestic man who looked like a leader not far away, "Levi! Levi! You bastard! Rubbish! Didn't you say your men were awesome!? What's going on now? What's going on now!? ”

Looking at the man's crazy appearance, the man named Levi didn't give him a good look, but because of the considerable reward paid to him by the other party, he still endured not to slap the annoying fat man in front of him, and secretly snorted angrily and said, "Mr. Ferrer! It's useless for you to yell at me! According to me, you should give up these goods, and let my men escort you to the city of Varose, and save your life first! ”

"Saving your life?"

Hearing this, Feller laughed angrily, and then said in a loud voice: "This shipment is my life!" ”

"Levi! I'm telling you, even if all your men are dead, you're going to protect this shipment for me!" Otherwise, the wrath of my master, you will bear it with me! ”

When the flowers fell, Levi, the leader of the mercenary group, frowned, and was about to refute, but as soon as he thought of the 'master' that Feller said, he held back the next scolding, and then looked at his subordinates who were fighting bloodily in front, took a deep breath, and ordered: "Fierce axe, pass my order, let the second team withdraw, protect the carriage and retreat, and call the first and third teams to resist!" ”

Hearing this, the little leader named Fierce Axe beside Levi hurriedly spoke: "Captain, what do you care about those carriages?" Now our people can't stand it......"

Before he could finish speaking, Levi interrupted him: "Do as I say!" ”

In desperation, the Fierce Axe had no choice but to convey Levi's order on his behalf, and then, among the warbands in front, more than sixty guards were withdrawn, and together with those trembling caravan guys, they scattered around those carriages.

And in this way, the pressure on the remaining guards naturally increased suddenly, and the already tight battle became even more tragic, almost every moment the guards fell, and their number was rapidly decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made Levi's heart drip blood!

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Ash watched silently what was happening in the distance, but he didn't have the slightest intention of helping, on the contrary, his attention was firmly on the wagons full of goods, just like the robbers.

Judging from the deep plough prints under the wheels of those carriages, it was really a lot of goods on it, but he didn't understand that this caravan was obviously coming from the direction of Valoser City and rushed to Fite City, but now even if the news of the fall of Fite City has not yet reached the first time in the Empire, but Varoser City, which is not far away, should have known it a long time ago, so what is the purpose of this caravan carrying so many goods to the war zone?

As he was thinking, Ash saw the two robbers quietly leave the battlefield and run in the direction they were, each holding a large bundle of goods tightly wrapped in wet linen.

The psychology they hold, Ash can guess some, it's nothing more than that he doesn't want to continue to fight for his life after he succeeds, and wants to run away with the loot, this kind of thing is still very common in the bandit team.

Without Ash's order, Johnson, who had been quietly following him, waved his hand at the soldiers behind him, who immediately understood, and they gently walked in the direction of the two robbers, hiding behind a pile of rubble.

"Hurry up! This way! You can hide here! ”

"It's best to see if there is a way around the back, and run straight if you can! If it is discovered by the big boss, it will be miserable! ”

The two robbers did not notice anything unusual in this way, and ran as hard as they could while whispering to each other, until they walked side by side around a boulder more than two people high, and were immediately thrown to the ground by several soldiers who had been lying in ambush for a long time, and then neatly tied up.

Looking at these black-armored soldiers who suddenly appeared, the two robbers turned blue with fright, although they didn't know where the other party came from, but judging from their physique and equipment alone, they were definitely not something that a robber of their level could afford to provoke!

At least, even the emperor ** team they had seen before didn't seem to be as powerful as this group of people!

"You guys? Who are you......"

"Big ...... Please spare our lives, my lord! ”

Several soldiers escorted the two to Ash's side, each kicked them in the crook of the knee, and the two of them knelt down twice, looked up in panic, and when they found that there were so many people in ambush here, they immediately wilted in fright, and begged for mercy with trembling.

Ignoring their pleas for mercy, Ash turned to look at the two soldiers behind them, who were holding the two packages they had snatched earlier.

Seeing Ash's signal, the two soldiers drew their long swords from their waists very neatly, and then with two snorts, they cut open the thick and tight linen, and the contents immediately fell out.

The contents of the two packages were not the same, Ash looked around, and found that one of the packages was full of food, and most of them were very porcelain dough and the like, like the portable military rations that Katerina's knights had seen before, while the other package was full of arrows!

Seeing this, Ash shook his head in some disappointment, and then frowned deeply.

Not far in front of him, two robbers also opened their mouths as the package broke, and one of them opened his mouth incredulously, "This...... This ......"

Seeing this, Ash glanced at him and asked, "What do you think is in here?" ”

Hearing this, the robber swallowed his saliva, and then stumbled back, "Go back...... Back to my lord, I thought it should be silver ingots and ...... and gold. ”

The contents of those two packages were stuffed to the brim, and they were definitely heavy enough to carry, but it was difficult for these two guys.

"Why are you so sure? Who told you? ”

"Yes...... It was a guy named Fierce Axe who sold us the news, saying that the owner of this caravan was a great nobleman, and because he had offended the enemy, he was desperate and wanted to go to the Lawrence Empire with his family property, so we ...... I gathered a few big bandit groups on the barren stone road and ambushed them here......"

"Take it down."

As the words fell, Ash nodded, and then turned away from the pitiful faces of the two robbers.

Immediately afterward, two soldiers stepped forward and covered their mouths, and another drew his sword and swiped it between their throats.

Ignoring the hoarse roars of the two men and the sound of blood splattering and corpses falling to the ground, Ash looked at the chaotic battlefield and convoy in the distance, and a conjecture was born in his mind