The group walked along a small road to the front, and encountered a lot of abandoned villages on the way, and it was no surprise that Su Jingyun had picked up a lot of children. There are now fifty-eight of them. There was not much food on his body and not much he found on the road, and Su Jingyun knew that he had to return to the village as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they are hungry, they will be in danger if they encounter the enemy.

Along the way, the artemisia grass is overgrown, and the weeds on both sides are also very dense, but it can still be seen that the fields on both sides are now deserted and overgrown with weeds.

Suddenly, Tian Dashu and Tian Xiaoshu, who were exploring the road ahead, rushed back and reported that they had found traces of horse thieves in front of them.

The faces of the two were particularly shocked, and even the words were trilled. It was probably the first time they encountered a horse thief, and the two were a little at a loss. There was also a panic and tremor in the team, and Su Jingyun also hurriedly walked to the higher section and tried his best to look, but the sight in front of him was covered by weeds, and there were enough shadows to see. It's not very clear.

Su Jingyun asked the two brothers of the Tian family in a deep voice: "Have you seen clearly, how many people?" ”

Tian Dashu hurriedly replied: "I can see clearly, the horse thief has two horses, and there are about a dozen people. ”

Su Jingyun listened and was a little relieved, it seemed that he had not encountered a large army. It's just scattered patrols. There was some commotion in the team, some women were old and weak, and Wang Dashi looked at Su Jingyun anxiously: "Brother Yun, what should I do?" ”

Ordinary people are afraid of bandits and horse thieves, and they are usually subconsciously timid when they hear about it. But there are so many of them, there is still a chance of winning against a dozen or so people, but it is still necessary to plan carefully, the aggression of ordinary people is really not high, don't be in a hurry and help when the time comes.

Everyone looked at Su Jingyun expectantly, Su Jingyun's face sank like water, he raised his eyes and saw that there was a river more than ten meters wide more than ten meters away on the side. Now that it has dried up, Su Jingyun let the old and weak children go in and hide, telling the old people to look at the children and not make a noise, plus the high thatch on the side, they will not find it if they don't approach and search.

Su Jingyun asked the other women to run a hundred meters away from here, find a place with dense thatch, and hide prostrately, and only come out when the battle is over. The rest of the young men joined him in meeting the enemy.

I instruct everyone to hold on to their weapons tightly and not to relax no matter what they encounter. and asked everyone to form a formation as they usually practiced, and nervously guarded, Su Jingyun touched the long knife in his hand, and the metal pattern on it gave him a sense of steadiness.

Holding the long knife, Su Jingyun felt a lot more at ease, and felt that the Wang Governor's Mansion on the side seemed to be trembling, and he smiled: "Mr. Wang, don't be afraid. ”

Governor Wang smiled embarrassedly: "I'm ashamed, I still panicked when I killed the enemy for the first time......"

Su Jingyun understood, patted him on the shoulder, turned his head to look at the people who came out of Nanshan Village with him, and said firmly: "There are many of us, even horse thieves don't have to be afraid, more than ten people against more than 20 people, we have a great chance of winning." I will definitely bring you back safely, and there are still wives and children waiting for us at home. ”

The people of Nanshan Village have also calmed down, they are more determined than these refugees, and there is a way home ahead, and there are people waiting for them at home. Everyone responded, "Kill the horse thief, go home," and their emotions also infected the refugees around them, and they also wanted to live.

At this time, the bandits in front of them were getting closer and closer, and the artemisia grass was separated, and two horsemen jumped out, and they seemed to be surprised to see that this side was in full array, and they stopped more than a hundred paces away, gathered together, and looked this way. Although they are in a chaotic queue, the fierceness and cruelty of the bandits are undoubtedly displayed

Su Jingyun also saw the dress of the two riders clearly, the two of them were wearing square scarves, wearing short fights, their bodies were strong, and their expressions were fierce and rough. He carried a long knife beside him. Su Jingyun counted, the number of this group of thieves reached sixteen, and his eyes deliberately patrolled on the three spears, as well as the bandit with a sword and shield. His face sank slightly.

After reminding everyone to be careful, they will take the initiative. Meet at close quarters. These horse thieves swarmed, and there was no formation, but compared to the ordinary refugee team here, the fierce aura was much surpassed.

While fighting with the horse thief, Su Jingyun also noticed that many people in the team looked nervous, and the hands holding the sticks and weapons were also hard to turn white, and they were pressed and beaten, and he said sharply: "There are inhuman bandits on the other side, if you don't want your wife and daughter to become food and playthings, you will kill the thief to the death!" ”

Ge Youcai's face turned red, and he shouted hoarsely, "Kill the thief!" ”

All the young men roared, and there was no way back for them.

All of a sudden, the morale on their side declined, and everyone fought back desperately. Su Jingyun also slashed the horse thief who had been haunting him in the abdomen, and made persistent efforts to fly the head of the horse thief. Hot blood splattered onto his face.

Su Jingyun didn't care. He stepped back, took a light arrow from his quiver, drew his bow, and aimed at the man on the horse on the opposite side, about eighty paces. His small bow was fifty pounds strong, and he could shoot a hundred paces at a distance, and the bandit was already within the range he could throw.

"Whoosh." With a bang, the bowstring vibrate, and an arrow flew away, slicing through the air lightly and falling on the bandit's face.

The bandit was holding a stick, and he was still watching the game from the sidelines, but suddenly saw that the arrow that fell on his head had not reacted, and his expression was incredulous. Before he could react, the arrow fell with great inertia, and the cluster of arrows cut through his cheek, and the dripping blood splattered out like that.

"Ahh

The bandit immediately covered his face and howled, and the club in his hand was thrown away by him. The other thief on horseback saw that the other party had a bow and arrow, and their side slowly seemed to be at a disadvantage. So he rode his horse and tried to escape. Su Jingyun's bow and arrow followed.

But the thief was already on guard, and his back seemed to have eyes, and he turned sideways to avoid the bow and arrows. However, at this moment, Tian Xiaoshu, who didn't know where he came out, stabbed the horse on the front leg of the horse, and the horse suddenly pounced on the ground, because the inertial horse thief also fell to the ground, and after rolling around, he hit Tian Xiaoshu together. In the end, he was stabbed by Tian Xiaoshu by surprise and fell to the ground.

Seeing that the two leaders were killed, the other bandits fled backwards with shouts, and the sword and shield bearer also took the opportunity to escape, and with the strong sound of arrows, the bandit fell backwards to the ground with his back to the sky. A sharp arrow came out of his brain, and the bandit didn't scream, he fell to the ground and died of convulsions.

The battle ended soon after, and after the sword and shield man was killed, the remaining bandits had nothing to fear, and they surrounded them. Finally solved the group of horse thieves.

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