Two hundred miles to the west of the city of Tius is a mountain range, and one of the main roads from Berkshire to the sea is at the foot of the mountain, and many caravans trade between the two sides every year.

Sitting on the eaves of the cottage and looking around, he was the leader of the thieves, and he had a lot to deal with every day, in fact he didn't sleep at all last night, and the lack of food and clothing was quite serious when winter came.

Le Su doesn't really care about the life or death of the thieves, but these guys will definitely be embarrassed for him before they die, and their simple heads will make the thieves think that everything is the fault of the leader, and when that time comes, the so-called righteousness and usual respect will be worthless.

"But I really don't want to give up." Lying on the eaves and sighing, Le Su knew he loved power and couldn't help himself, and the last twenty years of life had made it clear to him that he could only survive better if he drove more people.

Unfortunately, this year suffered a major setback, and the internal affairs officer of the Taishou Prefecture refused to accept a bribe at the end of the year, citing a severe shortage of supplies such as cloth and ordnance that could not be traded.

And they can't buy enough food, even if there is no shortage of money in the cottage, but the food of the small chambers of commerce has long been bought by the Taishou Mansion and the nobles, and the large chambers of commerce have stocks, but they are not afraid of the threat of thieves, taking advantage of the shortage of food, the price has risen to an unbelievable level.

"It's not going to be a war."

Le Su sat up suddenly, the only thing that could make the internal affairs officer put away his ugly face was power, and now this power needed cloth, ordnance, and food, and there was no other reliable option except war.

"The alien race seems to be about to go south, and Taishou is preparing for an expedition."

The lack of information made Le Su can only make such a judgment, he is not optimistic about Taishou, and only hopes that after the other party dies, the successor will still be a bastard.

In the midst of thinking, the sleepiness of a sleepless night hit, and Le Su lay down and closed his eyes again, with his knight-level body, there was no problem in sleeping outside.

At some point, smoke rose from the mountains and a fire began to burn, allowing the fire to spread quickly due to the dry air and fallen leaves all over the ground.

Ten minutes later, someone came to report.

"Chief, the mountain is on fire!"

Lesu woke up and observed for a week, and then glanced at the people who came, it was really timely, and everyone would not leave if it was too late.

"Inform everyone, pack up your things and go to the main village, this temporary construction can't be wanted."

There is a water source near the main village, and he is not afraid of fire, but the location there is too deep, in order not to miss the opportunity to plunder more property, he deliberately moved to the main road near the foot of the mountain, although there is danger, but they are all about to starve to death, and no one can do anything.

More than 300 thieves moved their positions, and everyone didn't take it seriously, and it was common for Orions to eat in the wild and cause fires, especially in winter.

"How does this fire look like an encirclement?"

Le Su frowned, and soon, he knew that there was no need to guess, the dense forest in front of him had been cut down in patches, and thousands of soldiers had already lined up, and the soldiers in the first few rows were even wearing leather armor.

Lesu looked up, and the young man on horseback in the battle array was very handsome, but his eyes were extremely cold, like a gem that exuded cold air, and he couldn't touch it at all.

Seize the flaw and burn the mountain to force the enemy, this is not a strategy, and the other party is more likely to want to have a face-to-face collision.

Le Su found that many people in the enemy formation were shaking their legs, and he suddenly had confidence, if it was training, then he still had a chance.

"Follow me!"

The battle began in an instant, with the enemy advancing step by step, spears on rambars, sabers wandering, arrows firing, everything in order.

After the arrows killed more than 30 people, the two sides met each other, Lesu jumped and smashed into the enemy formation, the situation was not bad as he guessed, and the momentum reversed in an instant after the melee battle opened,

With a single sword, the knight-level power broke through the leather armor, and flew backwards with the enemy's corpse, knocking down seven or eight people.

Lesus tried to slash again, but a black flute held his blade steadily.

The person who came was a blonde boy with lifeless eyes, but he was extremely powerful, and he was also a knight.

The two are at a stalemate, and the original situation is gradually reversing, and with the advantage of numbers and equipment, the death toll of the thieves is rising rapidly.

Nearly half an hour later, a young aristocratic man in a hunting suit shouted: Surrender or kill, and the thieves' weapons gradually fell to the ground.

Le Su clutched the two wounds in his shoulders, the blonde boy's black flute was extremely the contrary, his saber had been broken, and if he continued to fight, he might really die.

"We surrender!"

Then comes the boring bundling and statistics.

……

Makeshift camp at the foot of the mountain.

"There were 47 casualties in the lineage, and 143 casualties in the Rennes army, for a total of 190 people." Will reported.

"What about thieves." Jiang Yuan asked.

"No more than 200 people, plus we found 300 gold worth of goods on two cottages and thieves."

"The captain with the greatest military merit will be promoted, and the one who beheads the enemy will be rewarded with a silver coin, if it is the Rennes army, then restore the status of a free man, and fill the vacancies in order of war merit, and if the injured are serious, send someone to the barony for treatment, you will take a trip and send the pension to your relatives, and later call the leader of the thieves and the new captain."

"Understood."

Wren stood aside and remained silent in a rare manner, he was devastated by the huge casualties of the troops, and the opponent was just ordinary bandits, and now there were only more than 900 people left in the army.

Jiang Yuan said calmly: "Judging from the results, your performance is not as good as Will, and there are too many people in the battle formation, of course, this is also related to the quality of the soldiers, next time you pay attention, when you get to Berkshire, I will give you a supplement." ”

"Understood." Wren replied.

Not long after, the new captain escorted the bound Lesu into the tent.

"I have a task to give you, to ride to the barony and check the payment of the bereavement pension." Jiang Yuan said to the new captain.

"Yes, Lord Baron."

"You are the first batch, don't report differently from the later ones."

"Yes." The new captain bowed his head in reply.

Next to him, Le Su looked at the young master in front of him and couldn't help but sigh, it turns out that everyone is so tired.

"I'm going to use you, it's too wasteful to kill knights, what are you going to want." Jiang Yuan asked bluntly.

"I want to manage more people." Le Su considered the words, he was afraid that the word power would touch the other party's taboo.

"Yes, select ten guys from the captives who are close to the dead thieves and kill them, and if you can do it, you will be the commander of a battalion, and you will be in charge of a thousand people, and your power is not small." Jiang Yuan said that his expectation was to take 3,000 people to participate in the winter hunt, and the three battalions would be one school.

"No problem." Le Su licked the corners of his mouth.

In the afternoon, Lesu, who untied the ties, went to the center of the camp and dragged out ten people to behead the public, facing the hateful eyes of his subordinates, he didn't have too much emotion, because there is a return for paying, and he runs the cottage by himself, waiting for the opportunity.

(End of chapter)