The army structure of the Daning Dynasty was divided into Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Bo Chang, Captain, Partial General, Zhonglang General, and Great General.

A battalion is usually composed of 500 to 1000, and the highest commander is the captain, and there are 5 to 10 uncles under the command, which is regarded as a middle-level officer.

Compared with the number of people, the hundred brocade guards brought by Wang Xu are definitely not as many as the other party.

But in terms of combat strength, not counting him as a pacification envoy, there are also two great masters below, Xiahou General and Cheng Qianhu, plus hundreds of elite Jinyi guards, and they are not afraid of fighting against the last battalion.

Surabaya County...

"My lord, Surabaya County has arrived, should we go into the city to repair?"

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the trail came to an end, and Surabaya County came into view.

Surabaya County is a lower county, surrounded by mountains, with a population of no more than 10,000 households, which is not a big city.

Wang Xu sat in the sedan chair, looked at the city gate of Surabaya County, shook his head and said: "It's still early, keep going, we have enough food, we don't need to waste time." ”

"Yes..."

The heralds rode away, and a procession of hundreds of men bypassed the city gate and continued along the mountain road.

After walking for more than two hours, the sky slowly darkened, and an inn on the side of the mountain road slowly appeared in front of everyone.

"Keep walking!"

If it weren't for Ye Zhiqiu's report, he might have asked the team to stop and rest at the inn for one night.

But with Ye Zhiqiu's warning, he stupidly entered the inn to stay, that is, his brain was abnormal.

After all, if there is an ambush, the inn must be a good place to start, so simply don't give the other party a chance.

"Kill!"

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the sun is setting, leaving only a trace of light in the sky.

Wang Xu and his party had just walked around a corner along the mountain road, and there was a shout of killing in front of them.

"My lord, there seems to be a bandit robbing ahead!" Listening to the shouting and killing in front, the Jinyi guards who walked in front reined in their horses one after another, waiting for Wang Xu's order.

Wang Xu's eyes did not move, the mountain road was difficult to walk, he had changed from a sedan chair to a war horse, of course he could see what others could see.

In sight, twenty or thirty people dressed as bandits were shouting and shouting around the three carriages.

The carriage seemed to belong to a squire, with a dozen family members, and was surrounding to resist, inseparable from the bandits.

Seeing the sudden arrival of a large group of people, the bandits broke out into a commotion, and the hands wielding weapons unconsciously stopped, giving the guards a chance to breathe.

"My lord, we are the family members of Geng Yuanwai's family in Surabaya County, and the carriage is our young lady, we have been attacked by bandits, please..."

A man dressed as a family member ran over and shouted to Wang Xu and his party for help.

Wang Xu didn't wait for him to come, so he pulled out his crossbow from the saddle and shot an arrow without looking.

Sou!!

The crossbow arrow broke through the air and hit the family directly in the chest, and the family looked at the crossbow arrow on the chest in disbelief, opened his mouth, and staggered to the ground.

"Hmph, carving insect skills, you also want to lie to me!"

Wang Xu withdrew his crossbow, looked at the family members and bandits who were a few meters apart, confronting each other, and said coldly: "Kill, kill all!" ”

Whoosh...

Hundreds of brocade guards raised their crossbows in unison, and the rain of arrows came to their faces.

Dozens of meters apart, it was the time when the crossbow was the most lethal, and it was only three salvos, and no matter whether it was a bandit or a family member, there was no one who could stand.

"After fighting for a long time, no one died, I didn't need to look at it to know that these people were acting!"

Wang Xu rode forward, walked up with Xiahou General and Yan Shi, and looked at the corpses all over the ground with a sneer.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Yan Shi slapped his ass silently, looking like I admired you.

"Huh?"

After walking a few steps, Wang Xu suddenly stopped his horse, and with a wave of his hand, he shattered the carriage of a carriage with a splitting palm.

"Ahh

The screams came, and there were two young girls sitting in the carriage, one dressed like a young lady, and the other looking like a maid.

Seeing the two people screaming and hugging each other tightly, Wang Xu frowned slightly, and with a wave of his hand, the carriages of the other two carriages were also shattered.

In the two carriages behind me, one was loaded with cloth and silk, and the other was loaded with silver and old clothes, as if they were young ladies who had gone to live in the countryside.

"Zheng!"

Xiahou stepped forward, drew his sword, and slashed at the second daughter in the carriage.

Burst!!

The sword qi was vertical and horizontal, the head fell to the ground, and a pair of masters and servants returned to the sky in an instant.

After doing all this, Xia Hou put his sword into the sheath and said softly: "My lord, the true image of these two female bandits in disguise almost deceived me. ”

"This..."

Yan Shi looked at the corpse with a question on his face, and whispered, "Are we mistaken, these people don't look like bandits?" ”

"How can we be wrong, it can only be them who are wrong, and we can't make mistakes." Xiahou Jiang glanced at Yan Shiyi coldly, with a warning in his eyes.

Wang Xu didn't have any expression on his face, and said coldly: "Leave two people, dispose of the surrounding corpses, and we will continue on the road." ”

"Yes, sir..."

The convoy set off again, and as for whether there was a mistake, only God knows, and who cares about that.

Grunt...

The Jinyi guard rode his horse, and the wheels of the prisoner cart pressed against the sound of the mountain road were in his ears.

Half an hour later.

"Kill!"

How far has I gone, and from a distance, there is another wave of bandits who rob homes and houses.

Just like last time, this time there were also more than 30 bandits, shouting and killing around several carriages.

The only difference was that this time it was not the family that was besieged, but a caravan of five wagons.

In the caravan, more than a dozen martial artists dressed as dart soldiers are inseparable from the bandits.

Suddenly, seeing a large group of people arriving behind, both sides were startled and couldn't help but stop fighting.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a strong man dressed as a dart master came quickly with a short knife and said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the dart master of the mighty dart bureau, and we are escorting the silver taels of Chengxiang Yinzhuang, please..."

Sou!!

Wang Xu's reaction was the same as always, he pulled out his crossbow without looking at it, and shot an arrow at the strong man's chest.

"Kill, leave no one."

At the sound of an order, the Jinyi guard raised his crossbow again, and the rain of arrows rushed to his face.

Yan Shi didn't follow the action, with a look of unbearability on his face, and asked, "My lord, if it's wrong again..."

"Wrong?"

Wang Xu turned his head suddenly, met Yan Shi's eyes, and smiled after a moment: "I don't regret being wrong!" ”

Buzz!!

Feathered arrows fell from the sky like countless bees with a sound of breaking through the air, clanging down in the crowd.

Shot by a rain of arrows from the sky, the bandits and the dart master fell half of them screaming, and few were intact.

Crunch...

The second time it was wound, and the second rain of arrows swooped down again.

The rest of the dart masters and the bandits, leaning together to dial the feather arrows, shouted in unison: "Brothers, kill, the plan has been seen through!" ”

Bang Dang!!

The carriages of five carriages were smashed open, and in each carriage, there were eight strong men armed with steel knives dressed as bandits.

"Kill!" With the sound of shouting and killing, forty mountain bandits rushed down from the five carriages.

Similarly, in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, there are also people rushing from all directions, densely packed with hundreds of people.

"If you see it, I know it's an ambush!"

Wang Xu sat on the tall horse, with a smile on his face, and pointed: "You see, if we rushed in to help the dart master just now, we were destined to be scattered in formation. As soon as the soldiers in ambush in the carriage, no, the bandits rush out, we will be in a situation where we are fighting on our own. ”

"Your Excellency is so wise!" The corners of Yan Shi's mouth twitched slightly, the matter had come to this, what else could he say.

"Take the prisoner cart as the center, form a crossbow array, and kill them all!" Wang Xu gave an order, and the Jinyi guards immediately formed a circle, raised their crossbows and aimed at the periphery.

These strong men pretending to be dart masters and bandits, although they are dressed as bandits, they can be mixed between advance and retreat, and they are not afraid of crossbows, and they have been professionally trained at a glance.

"Free Fire!"

With the command, the sound of the bowstring pulling was overwhelming, and the mountain bandits who rushed in front fell in droves.

Wang Xu sat on the horse and watched all this coldly.

Some mountain bandits can't help but raise their left hand to resist when facing feathered arrows, as if they were equipped with a shield on their left hand.

Seeing the knee-jerk reaction of these people, Wang Xu sneered on his face, the first reaction of the genuine bandits, in the face of crossbow arrows, was to hug their heads and run away, the first reaction of these bandits was to resist, and they knew at a glance that they were not bandits.

Fortunately, these people disguised as bandits are not equipped with bows, arrows and shields, otherwise looking at those who rush to the front and will subconsciously raise their shields to block the reaction, it is not difficult to see that their troops come from sword and shield soldiers, and they are specially born to deal with the rain of arrows.