Chapter 5: The Pursuit of the Horse Thief
A moment later, on the outskirts of Chanda, the two rode their horses to trace the large number of horseshoe prints on the ground, and the footprints extended to the northeast, and after a while, they had left Chanda far away, and at present the two of them did not know anything about this continent, so they slowed down. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info At this time, they heard shouts of killing nearby, so they went to check......
The two of them looked around on a high ground and noticed a small army of bandits attacking a caravan, and the caravan's guards were completely unprepared to flee westward, while the bandits' troops pursued behind.
For this reason, Xia Yan held the handle of the knife and asked, "Do you want to make a move?"
"I'm okay!" said Jubei in agreement, slowing his horse.
Natsuhiko first jumped off his horse and slid down the high ground to rush towards the bandit gang, while Shibei rode his horse and rushed towards the bandits who were plundering the caravan......
The state of the bandit striker was affected by the sudden attack of the Ten Guards, and immediately stopped attacking the caravan, quickly turned around and rushed towards the Ten Guards who came on a single horse.
Seeing this, the ten guards urgently reined in their horses and jumped into the air on horseback.
"Poison Moth!!" After a rain of needles, the Ten Guards fell to the ground, quickly knocked down several seriously injured bandits around them, picked up their knives, and rushed into the crowd with a shout......
Two hundred meters behind the caravan, Xia Yan, who had raided, also made a move......
"Maitreya Flow!Moon Shadow!" A huge sword aura appeared from Xia Yan's sword, and several people appeared in succession, Maitreya stepped on the corpse of the fallen bandit to the center of the troops, turned around and jumped up, and swung the knife again.
"Water Moon Dance!" The blade slashed all the bandits in the surrounding arc, and even swiped out a diffuse ring of sword qi to kill dozens of people around him......
The bandits' troops suffered heavy losses under Xia Yan's terrorist attack and had already begun to flee, Xia Yan looked at the back of the fleeing enemy army and swung out the third sword qi, or cut through the moon shadow formed by the atmosphere.
The huge sword qi penetrated through the back doors of all the bandits, and at the moment when the bandits fell, Xia Yan sneered: "Hmph...... You scum should be honored to die under the water moon. ”
At this time, the battle turned to the other side, and the ten guards were surrounded by several people, and the flying needles in their hands were fired in all directions, causing a group of bandits around to fall.
"You can stop, the bandits have been repelled!" he hoped that this would arouse the desire of the dart masters to fight, so that they could quickly get out of the predicament in front of them.
As he had expected, the caravan's guards turned their horses around and began to chase the bandits, and then a shrewd merchant in a jacket came to the Ten Guards and thanked him.
"Thank you for your help, my lord, I am Manid Lares, a merchant from Gronia. ”
"My name is Kenjubei, Mr. Lares. This is a gesture, don't thank me, or thank my friend, he should have defeated the bandit army behind. The Ten Guards shook Manid's hand.
Puzzled, Manid asked, "Defeat the bandits, is your friend the lord of Nord, or the leader of the bounty hunters?"
At this moment, a white figure approached quickly. The Ten Guards introduced Manid: "Here he comes, my friend, Maitreya Natsuhiko, who has killed a thousand people!"
Xia Yan kicked away the corpses piled up on the ground and came to the two of them, and said to the ten guards, "You are really leisurely, you actually have time to chat." ”
At this time, Manid excitedly shook Maitreya's hand and expressed his gratitude again: "Thank you. Mr. Maitreya, thanks to your help. Our caravan was not seriously damaged, and we had to change our destination and go to Zenda to rest first......"
"It seems that let's stop by and go back together, I can help escort the caravan, on the condition that you give Jubei a few guards who are familiar with the nearby roads, and he needs to track down a horse thief......" Natsuhiko decided to escort the caravan back to Zenda, and handed over the tracking to Jubei.
Shibei shook his head, but still agreed, and responded: "Okay, I'll go after that hateful horse thief, you don't need to give me a guide, just give me a map of the neighborhood......"
"These are some commercial maps, maybe not too detailed, so I'll use them. Manid said as he took out a calibrated compass and a few maps from the suitcase behind him and handed them to the Ten Guards, and they set off for each other......
After the division of labor, the Ten Guards continued to track to the northeast, and according to the instructions of the map and the compass, he determined that he was currently near a village called Loire, so he decided to go to the village to inquire about the situation......
Loire is a relatively prosperous village, and in the early hours of the morning, some villagers have already begun to work, and some villagers have come out of the village with their own products, and the ten guards dismounted and stopped a group of villagers and asked them for news.
"Hello, have you ever heard a large number of horses' hooves passing by here at night?"
When they were stopped in the early hours of the morning, the villagers were a little frightened and hurriedly replied: "We are just poor peasants...... Uncle, you raise your noble hand and let us go......"
Shibei shook his head helplessly, and hurriedly explained his purpose: "I'm not a robber road tyrant, I'm just an inquirer...... Have you heard or seen a herd of horses passing by in the vicinity at night?"
"Ah, my lord, we all remembered that we had seen a herd of horses running into the woods to the east when we were out on patrol at night, and we were all strange at the time, but it was the rainy season, and perhaps they wanted to take shelter there!" the villagers told Jubei what they knew.
"Oh...... Thank you, and may you have a good harvest, but you're gone!" Shibei said goodbye to the villagers, jumping on their fast horses and heading towards the woods to the east...... On the other hand, Manid's caravan was moving towards Chanda, and Natsuhiko escorted the caravan to Chanda as agreed, and an hour later, the caravan had arrived near the village of Udenillad, when the sky was stormy and it was pouring rain, and the caravan had to go to the village for shelter...... When the group came to the outskirts of the village, before they could explore the road, they heard a burst of shouts and killings from the village, Manid ordered all the dart masters to protect the goods, and he and Maitreya went to the center of the village to check on the ......
In the midst of the storm, the village center of Udinillad is now a small battlefield, and pirates from the coastal areas are attacking the local militia groups. Under the onslaught of the pirates, the militia commander was killed, the militia rioted due to the loss of their leader, and even abandoned their weapons for the pirates to slaughter. Seeing this, Manid drew his sharp sword at his waist and charged towards the pirate's troops.
"Interesting...... Isn't this guy afraid of death?" Xia Yan also patted his horse and chased Manid into battle.
Surprisingly calm in the face of the ferocious pirates, Manid rode his horse into the crowd from the most suitable position, cutting down several people before the pirates could even notice him.
Xia Yan also jumped off the horse's back and pulled out the Water Moon Tai Knife in the face of the wind and rain......
"Maitreya Flow--Waning Moon!!"
He pointed his sword to the ground, and swung out a sword qi that advanced along the ground with all his strength to penetrate the enemies in the straight line, and all the pirates who were hit were cut in two, blood and rain were staggered in the air, and the pirates killed and injured more than a dozen people in a short time, and immediately turned the attack target and pounced on Xia Yan.
In the face of the pirates' charge, Xia Yan calmly brandished his sword to meet the enemy group, and a pirate swung a giant axe to slash at Xia Yan's head, but in the blink of an eye, Shui Yue's blade had been embedded in his neck several centimeters deep, and the pirate's head fell to the ground in the blood gushing, which made the pirates feel terrified of Xia Yan like a demon, and retreated one after another.
But some pirates with long-range weapons quickly gathered together, and in an instant, axes, javelins, and arrows were flying all over the sky, and even Xia Yan could no longer resist with the scabbard alone, and the sharp-eyed Manid immediately picked up a wooden shield on the ground and threw it to Xia Yan, so that he temporarily withstood a wave of meteor shower-like attacks......
The pirates who had retreated earlier began to charge again, and all of them attacked with long axes in unison, plus the support of long-range fire from the rear, and came directly in front of Xia Yan and Manid.