The mercenary leader was startled at first, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look ahead, but he couldn't see anything, and could only faintly hear a noise. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and sighed: "No, if we return to the city, then the goods will not arrive within the agreed time, so we must not leave!"

The mercenary leader turned his head and shouted loudly to the team: "All obey the order, march quickly! I know there is a cave not far ahead, let's go over and hide first!" After speaking, he quickly left with the team.

Hearing the news that there were thieves in front of them, Chen Fan and the others were also stunned, and then saw the mercenary captain taking refuge in the cave with the team, several people smiled knowingly, Chen Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Then, let's withdraw quickly!"

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It was getting late, the sunset reflected the burning clouds and stopped in the sky, because the vegetation in the mountains was very extensive, during this time period, the jungle was almost dark, everyone hid in a relatively wide cave to rest, some gnawed on dry food, and some closed their eyes to rest.

There is no fire outside the cave, and the purpose is simple, not wanting to expose the target.

Chen Fan leaned against the mountain wall at this time, holding the Xuantian Ring Ruler in his arms, looking at the tired people around him, he always felt that this was not like a mercenary group, but more like a disaster victim fleeing the famine!

Chen Fan looked at the mercenary leader sitting not far away, stepped forward, and wondered: "Commander, there are so many bandits on this mountain, why do you want to pass through here?"

"Hey!" the mercenary leader raised his head and took a sip of water, and sighed faintly: "It's not because this place is close to the destination! The bandits here are famous, a while ago, several big families in the city had pooled money to hire a team composed of warriors to come here to encircle and suppress, but the bandits were cunning and unsuccessful, I thought they would be safe for a while, but I didn't expect to be caught up by us at this time, if they really found out, the consequences would be unimaginable! I heard that in recent years, this bandit robbery has never missed!"

Although the mercenary leader's voice was very soft, it still reached the ears of everyone in the cave, and immediately, everyone fell silent.

Chen Fan was also silent for a while, and then, as if he remembered something, he hurriedly said, "By the way, Commander, have we cleaned up the rutted footprints of our retreat?"

"Well, it's all taken care of, we can only wait until it gets dark, and then we can get out of this mountain in the dark!"

As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly, two dog barks came from outside the cave. The sound seemed to come from a long distance through the dense woods, and everyone's hearts tightened and they held their breath.

After a few seconds, the sound of the dog barking came again, and then a rough male voice was heard: "Boss, don't worry, our hound has locked on them, this mercenary group can't escape!"

When Chen Fan heard this, he was secretly frightened, no wonder this group of bandits could survive for a few years without incident, and their shrewdness was really extraordinary! Not long after, I saw a hunting dog suddenly burst out from outside the cave, and the hunting dog was completely black, staring at the shining black eyes, opening its bloody mouth, and roaring at everyone.

"Plop-" The mercenary leader backhanded a sword and cut it in two, and then, the mercenary group pulled out their weapons one after another, everyone knew that they couldn't dodge, and for the sake of today's plan, they could only make a desperate bet and fight hard!

In the blink of an eye, more than 20 fierce bandits with torches appeared in the grass. The two sides confronted each other briefly, and then, without saying a word, swarmed and slashed.

In the cave, what a mess, the sound of fighting, wailing, and screaming was mixed together, and as soon as the two sides came into contact, the sound of weapons colliding echoed all around, and the Kong Wu slashed vigorously and roared hysterically, which was really life and death.

Hiding behind the carriage, the corners of Chen Fan's mouth were slightly raised, and inexplicably, an impulse surged in his heart, which was an alternative personality that would only appear at the moment of life and death. Suddenly, a bandit flew upside down heavily, Chen Fan easily dodged, and at the same time, only a loud bang was heard, and the bandit smashed the carriage, scattering all kinds of goods on the ground.

Chen Fan, Fang Han and the others looked at the bleeding corpse next to them coldly, several people forgot about each other, nodded secretly, roared one after another, and joined the battle circle together.

At this time, the mercenary leader was struggling against a big bandit, and after a few moves, he was at a disadvantage, only to see the other party stabbing hard, breaking through the defense of the mercenary leader, and then kicking it forward with a "bang" kick, the bandit held the knife in both hands, raised it high, and stabbed him in the chest.

said that it was too late and that it was fast, Chen Fan didn't move, his hands went first, he raised the ring ruler in his hand, and smashed it into the back of the thief's head with a loud scream.

"Boom!" After a sound, the thief's brain burst and he tilted his head to the side.

Chen Fan took a few steps forward quickly and said with concern: "Commander, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!" a flash of gratitude flashed in the mercenary leader's eyes, and then, as if stimulated by some kind of stimulus, the bandit raised his sword and rushed again.

The mercenary leader only blindly rushed forward to kill, and did not pay attention to the situation behind him, but Chen Fan was not, seeing that there was a bandit behind the mercenary leader who wanted to make a sneak attack, Chen Fan's eyes glared, and he quickly grabbed the mercenary leader's neck with both hands, and threw it forward, smashing it towards the bandit.

The thief was stunned for a moment, unexpectedly, in a hurry, he used his strength to eat, kicked violently, and heard a crisp sound of "bang", and the big foot firmly kicked on the backbone of the mercenary leader, and in an instant, the body of the mercenary leader was like a deflated ball, rushing to the side of the mountain wall, and after a miserable scream, the latter slowly fell to the ground along the cliff.

Chen Fan grabbed the vacancy, got up quickly, and after the bandit kicked the mercenary leader, he swung out a foot, only to see the ruler flash, and the head on the bandit's neck could not withstand the impact of blood pressure, and was rushed high, and then rolled to the side weakly.

Chen Fan stepped forward, kicked down the headless corpse, and then looked at the mercenary captain on the side, seeing that he was fine, he shook off the blood on the ring ruler, and did not turn his head back, and ran to the next target.

Chen Fan and the others joined the battle in time to undoubtedly increase the combat effectiveness of the mercenary group by several notches, and the battle did not last long before it ended in the rout of the bandits.

The bandits withdrew, but the mercenary group did not take much advantage, most of the goods escorted were robbed, and more than a dozen people were taken prisoners by the other party. It can be said that if it weren't for Chen Fan and others joining in time, I'm afraid the entire team would have to be explained here.

After counting the results of the battle, Chen Fan and the others and the mercenary group leader combined, if they chase them now, they have a great chance to find the Iron Lion Thieves Group, and then find a way to eliminate them and recapture the goods, but in this way, their own danger has greatly increased. But if you go back in a few days, at that time, within a radius of more than 100 kilometers, the uncertain whereabouts of the Iron Lion Thieves will be impossible to find.

In the end, Chen Fan put forward an opinion, you can follow the Iron Lion Thieves from a distance first, and wait for the opportunity slowly, so that you are not afraid of startling the snake. After weighing it up, Chen Fan decided that himself, Xiao Wu, and Yue Wuya would go to be the bait to attract the attention of the Iron Lion Regiment.

That night, taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind, Chen Fan and the others slept for a while, then quietly got out of the tent and went away.

After the three of them went around in a circle, they came to the place where the Iron Lion Thieves committed the crime, although some of the corpses killed in battle had been put away and burned by the mercenaries who passed by, but the ubiquitous blood stains and the strong smell of blood made Chen Fan and the three of them nauseous, and they almost vomited, it was too bloody.

The traces of the large army were still obvious at the beginning, especially the thieves also robbed a large amount of goods, and the traces were even more obvious, so the three of them quickly found the direction of the thieves. The grass was crushed and deformed, there were obvious wheel marks, the branches were broken and countless roots were scattered on the ground, and the pieces of cloth with blood on the side of the stream all showed Chen Fan and the others the direction.

The thieves with the goods walked as much in a day as the light Chen Fan walked in an hour, and from a distance, Chen Fan saw the thieves' camp. Except for the leader, no one else had tents, and each brought only his own weapons, rations, water, and mounts to ensure the mobility of the gang.

There were many thieves on duty, and Chen Fan only saw a figure walking through the woods from time to time. The three of them surrounded the outside, of course these little Luo minions on duty couldn't find the three of them, after a circle, the three of them all sighed, worthy of being a group of thieves who can survive for decades, it was already the second half of the night, but none of the thieves on duty were lazy to sleep, and they were all patrolling energetically.

After observing for a while, the three retreated to the distance and took out their tents where the thieves passed, and now they were to be in the best condition so that they could strike a fatal blow at the bandits at any time.