William, the deputy battalion commander, led the horse convoy into the forest, and the battalion commander led the cavalry to a kilometer behind the carriage, and after encountering the thieves, he first fought with them, and waited for the cavalry to catch up and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

This is the battalion commander's battle plan.

"When the credit for this time is in hand, give the shops in the imperial capital to the regiment commander, and you can almost move up the activities......" The battalion commander led the cavalry and walked slowly.

In the middle of July, when the weather is at its hottest, the dense forests block out the sun, the transpiration also makes the temperature a little lower, the forest paths are bumpy, the vines and weeds on the roadside spread to the road, some bees and butterflies come and go, and the birds are active, chirping up and down, noisy.

Ke Mingde and the other five men got into the carriage, enduring the heat and bumps. The carriage had no windows, it was not breathable at all, it was stuffy and hot, the thick cloth armor was even worse, and the sweat under the helmet could not stop flowing.

Ke Mingde put the long sword aside, propped up the cloth armor with his hand, and blew into it to cool down.

Outside the car, William told the soldiers not to make a noise and not to take off their helmets, fighting who could come.

The people in the car endured the harsh environment and don't know how long it took.

The carriage stopped suddenly, and soon there was a sound of conversation outside.

"When~~~"

With a gong sound, Ke Mingde grasped the sword and shield and became nervous.

......

Outside the carriage.

"Stop!" William shouted.

There was a pile of wood on the road ahead, and the carriage couldn't get through it at all.

"Let's go over and see what is going on!"

He commanded.

Suddenly, out of the dense forest, a dozen people appeared, dressed in leather armor and holding swords.

"Leave all the goods behind, you can go!"

Shouted for the first one.

"Warriors, we are just some merchants, and we are transporting worthless grain, I will give you money, let us go!"

William pretended to plead.

"Food, great! Get out of here, or you're all going to die here!"

The leader was overjoyed and threatened.

"Honorable leader, we can give you a cart of food, and we can also give you money, let us go!"

William said, his fingers quietly gesturing a motion.

The man who was pretending to be a coachman saw it, took out a gong from his horse, and struck it vigorously.

"When~~~"

"What for!"

The leader of the thieves was startled, then furious.

"They're not merchants, let go of the arrows!"

"Come out and kill them!"

When William heard this, he quickly hid behind the carriage and commanded the soldiers to step forward.

Forty-eight soldiers swarmed out, but they were met by a dozen arrows, dodging and blocking, but not a single arrow was hit.

"Give it to me!" William took out a bow, bent it and struck the leader of the thieves in the shoulder.

"Run!!" the leader of the thieves was shot by an arrow, and when he saw dozens of soldiers with swords and shields rushing towards him, he turned and fled.

Ke Mingde rushed out of the carriage and saw an arrow flying head-on, one of them dodged sideways, and then saw a dozen thieves turn and flee, and took the lead and chased after him.

Striding away, he caught up with a thief in three or two steps, and a sword slashed at his back, and the thick leather armor blocked the sword.

The thief stumbled and hurriedly turned around and slashed, and Ke Mingde blocked it with his shield, and slashed his thigh with his right sword in his hand.

"I surrender! Don't kill me! I surrender!"

Seeing that he could not escape, the thieves hurriedly threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

The battle ended quickly, two thieves were killed, and one was taken prisoner.

The battalion commander and the cavalry arrived belatedly, and by the time they arrived, the rest of the enemy had already fled.

"Damn!" cursed the battalion commander, the woods were so deep and dense that the horses couldn't run.

"Battalion commander, we have a captive!" William reported, "and there is something wrong with this gang of thieves. ”

"What's wrong?"

"They have a dozen bows, and each of them has leather armor?"

"What?" the battalion commander was shocked, "where are the prisoners?"

The production cycle of a bow is at least one year, and a skilled archer can make up to five or six bows at the same time, except for the army and nobles, few people can have so many bows, and leather armor is even more precious, and only the battalion commander and two deputy battalion commanders have leather armor in the entire cavalry battalion, which shows its preciousness.

Ko Mingde brought the prisoner to the battalion commander.

"Who are you?"

The battalion commander asked.

"I was a farmer and then a thief......"

"Where did you get your bow and arrows and leather armor?"

"It's all from the leader, I don't know!"

"Battalion commander, he's lying!" said William, "looking at the calluses on his hands, it is obvious that only people who shoot arrows often have it, not farmers!"

"My lord, I'm a hunter, no, I often hunt when I'm not farming!" the captive hurriedly argued.

"Nonsense!" the battalion commander was furious and whipped him on the head, "take him away and interrogate him well!"

"Yes!"

Ke Mingde replied, taking his collar and about to leave, when he suddenly saw an arrow flying.

Lightning fast.

He quickly let go, squatted down, and rolled to the side.

Poof.

He looked up and saw that the captive had an arrow stuck in his neck, and the feathers of the arrow were trembling.

"Enemy attack!"

Everyone was on alert, and for a moment, nothing could be heard except the chirping of birds and insects.

For a moment, nothing happened.

"A few of you go over there, a few of you go over there......"

The battalion commander gave the order to reconnoitre, and then walked over to the prisoners.

The captive was lying on the ground, covering the wound on his neck with one hand and had lost his breath.

"Herald!"

"Here, sir!"

"You ride back to the city quickly and tell the regimental commander everything that happened here!"

"The first flag patrols around, in teams of two, and the second flag stands by and is ready for battle!"

In such a situation, the battalion commander was a little flustered, but he still gave various orders in an orderly manner, and the soldiers were busy.

Ke Mingde followed Wilson deep into the forest.

"These people are no ordinary thieves. ”

Wilson whispered.

"Ordinary thieves have already fled when they encounter this situation, and it is impossible for anyone to leave a mouth. ”

"Besides, this arrow is fast and accurate, at least a knight. ”

Ke Mingde listened to his words, and had a part of his thoughts, and enabled the scanning function of the super printer.

A simple scan has a radius of 3,000 meters, and with a slight scan, the surrounding environment is already in full view.

In the 200-meter-deep forest to the north, there were a few people, dressed like the previous thieves, hiding in a hidden place, monitoring all this; 2,000 meters to the northeast, a group of people were repairing, and one of them had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, which was the same few thieves who had just blocked the road; and there was a military camp at the river of 3,000 meters to the north, which was not small, but it was beyond the scope of the scanning, and only the corners of the camp were visible.

Ko Mingde sketched a picture of an army lurking deep in the forest, cutting off the trade routes in order to avoid being discovered, and sending a small contingent to rob the goods in the guise of thieves, and the fleeing merchants would advertise that there was a gang of thieves entrenched here, so that no one would pass through. And today I encountered a force that came to suppress the bandits, and some people were captured, and in order to prevent leaks, someone was sent to assassinate the prisoners.

What is the origin of this armed group, what are you doing here, and why are you hiding information?

A mystery looms over Ke Mingde's mind, but unfortunately his status is too low to obtain relevant information.

It seems that the battalion commander also knows nothing about this......

Ke Mingde suddenly felt a hint of crisis, but also an opportunity.