Everywhere, the disobedient warrior class is a force that causes headaches for rulers.

Even in the countries on the west coast of the continent of Rigal, which lack a standing army, if the militia recruited in a war has seen blood, it will survive and become a bandit. And if the trained knight class and their subordinate sergeants disagree, it is even more troublesome.

Because they are professional warriors who are good at fighting, it is difficult to solve them by relying on the local security forces alone. It can only mobilize the masses to consume a lot of manpower and material resources, and send professional troops to solve the problem.

If the opponent's head is not good, he jumps out directly to challenge the power, and he bumps into it like a stunned blue and is solved by the superior army. The most fatal thing is that when the rebels fled into the mountains and forests, began to fight guerrilla warfare, began to rely on looting for a living, and fled to the west and west, without any intention of fighting the regular army head-on.

The end result of this situation is often that the bandits are no longer effective. Because the troops dispatched consumed extremely large manpower and material resources, the battle of searching the mountains made people's hearts exhausted, and if they were not cut off, they would reproduce like cockroaches and rats in a year and a half.

"If the harm is not really serious, we will not send troops to strangle it. "At some point, those in power have had to succumb to this fact and choose to compromise.

The security forces often thunder and rain little, rushing out only to drive away the bandits rather than kill them all. There seems to be some kind of tacit understanding between the two sides, as long as the bandits and bandits don't make too much trouble, the top will not do anything to them.

The big guys turned a blind eye, and the bandits didn't make too much of a fuss. On the one hand, there is a slight stalk in the heart, and on the other hand, you need to be a person with your tail between your legs. Although it was not very peaceful, peace was achieved with a potential agreement between them.

Therefore, this kind of unspoken rule suffers from the people below. In the land of the moon that has been peaceful for thousands of years, the same things have increased instead of decreasing.

It's very simple.

If the war starts, then where there are noble samurai who are thorny and disobedient, they can be grouped together and sent out as cannon fodder to die.

It consumes the enemy's strength and also makes these subordinates who will become a big problem in the future evaporate, although it is cruel, but it must be carried out in order to maintain the unity of the region and the country.

The country of the moon has not had a major battle or a long-lasting border war for thousands of years.

There will be all kinds of open and secret battles between the samurai, but they will basically stay at the political level. They will lose their property, their family name, and their land and mansion in various battles, and become landless ronins, and the most terrible thing is-

After this became the case, they were already a burden to the lords of Xinjing and various places just by living.

Poor, but unable to let go of his body to become a farmer and farm well, he has no silver taels in his pocket, but his heart is full of self-esteem. Coupled with the trained martial arts and the spirit of killing, it became a matter of course that the ronin class was not welcomed in Japanese society.

But they are still not dead, which is their great sin.

He lost the land and family name given by the royal family of the heir of the Great Moon God, but he couldn't muster up the courage to take the whole family to break it off on his own. They stubbornly survived without anyone's praise, only a reaction of disgust and avoidance as if they had seen a ditch rat and a cockroach and a fly.

In the land of the moon, where the hierarchy is strict, you will lose your land and become a ronin, and it will be difficult for you to turn over and rise again. It is even more difficult to become a samurai nobleman than a commoner merchant like the Aota family, because you have "once owned" and lost, and in the samurai world, if you can't protect what you have, you will be spurned, so the moment you lose your family name and land, any path and hope behind you will be closed.

It's impossible to go back.

Everyone at the top of society began to ostracize them, cutting off any hope of returning to the old days of a life of abundance and respect.

So.

They can only go to places like Swamp Village to use their martial arts to serve as security guards - these are the ones who still hold out hope and hope to regain their status by being recognized for their deeds of keeping to themselves. And those who gave up the struggle simply became outlaws, making a living by violence.

The past of the bandits and ronin, which was told to the group through the mouth of Qiao Aota, resonated with Rigalese such as Mira and Kaleva to a large extent.

Although there are different cultures and language barriers, people are all human beings in the end, and many places in a society composed of people still make people have a serious sense of déjà vu.

And although the words are as rude as ever, the observations about society and people's hearts revealed between the words of this bearded countryman also prove in a sense that he is also a character who is both civil and military.

Maybe just like the appearance of the soft man of the Qingtian City Lord, the people of the Qingtian family are very good at hiding their true nature, putting on a harmless appearance that people and animals are harmless and will not be taken too seriously.

All in all, the reason why Joe would discuss this topic was naturally because they had been delaying for half a day and a night yesterday, and at this time, it was impossible to get through this dangerous area in one breath as planned.

Let Henry and the others understand that these ronin bandits are desperate and trained criminals. Through the way of explanation, it is also so that the group can be vigilant and not treat each other as thieves and thieves.

Even if the equipment is relatively outdated and poorly maintained, the ronin still has the family heirloom armor, spear and sword, and the martial arts that go with it.

They were professional soldiers, and in some ways were more fearsome than well-armed regular samurai with little combat experience.

The sound of dense footsteps continued, and the scenery behind him was far away, and the end of the rocky path ahead was approaching step by step.

As the team became harmonious, Narumi instructed the people behind him to take out their hunting bows and be vigilant. He still won't send samurai to protect him, and the samurai are only responsible for guarding the little young master Yajiro, and maybe there are also Henry and his party. Second, considering the number of people, if the samurai are evenly distributed around the entire team for protection, there will be a lack of vitality in front of them, and it will be difficult to break through if they are surrounded.

Yesterday's rain seemed to have been scheduled, and it didn't stop until the early morning when the group was about to set off. But even though the rain had just stopped, Narumi and the other high-ranking samurai's faces remained gloomy.

A hundred-man brigade with ten pack oxen carrying a full load of supplies would not have been able to come and go as lightly as the wind. The moment they entered the mountain, they must have been seen by the bandit spies hiding there. Because the environment in the mountains is complex and changeable, if the opponent is well hidden in the bushes, it will be difficult for them to find the opponent.

So Narumi had planned to hurry up and leave the area before the bandit scouts returned to inform them and the bandits had gathered enough people to surround them.

That is, taking advantage of the time difference between the other party's assembly team and directly throwing them off.

Unfortunately, the rain stopped their movements, and although the other party was still unable to travel, they could slowly gather their numbers in the base camp to make plans, and wait until the rain stopped to ambush them in front.

"Maybe, maybe they won't show up, you know, it's raining, slippery roads and stuff like ......that," said the timid young missionary Age, who was quite self-soothing, but he also knew that the reason was not convincing, and by the end the voice was getting quieter and quieter, and there was only silence.

Half of the hundred-man brigade was an old and weak man with little combat effectiveness, and he also carried a load and pack oxen. Such a team is impossible for the bandits to let go, even if the samurai in front of them are brightly armored and have weapons in their hands, as long as they can gather superior forces, they will definitely jump out of the fight.

It's not okay to let your guard down.

Raiders who make a living are like man-eating sharks swimming in the sea, sharp and swift, so don't be paralyzed by the feeling that you are not being targeted.

"Great God, you go to the left, old Joe, leave it to you on the right. The narrow rocky trail was finally finished, and the group stepped on the waterlogged dirt road again. The place has become much more wide, so Narumi also gave the order to divide the troops at the first time, and no longer take a single column.

The sergeant, who was the tallest among the Japanese samurai, about 1.78 meters tall, was dressed in black armor and surnamed Okami, nodded silently and led a group of people out of the left flank. Joe, dressed in green armor, led the other team up the right flank.

They were separated from the ten men of the main formation led by Narumi, and spread in a fan shape in front of them, using the mobility of the cavalry to form an early warning scout force.

Although spears were also carried, the samurai took out their bows this time. The samurai of Wato are heavy archers, although they are inferior to the archers of the Absera steppe in terms of mobility, and they are inferior to the heavy knights of Rigal in terms of protection, but they have a good balance of defense, mobility, and long-range projection capabilities, and they are extremely comfortable in the mountainous terrain of the Moon Country.

The trails are difficult to navigate, and heavy equipment can cause them to be limited by the terrain, and the environment on the mountains is so varied that sometimes enemy soldiers will be difficult to hit with melee weapons from a distance, and sometimes they will stop you at the slightest turn.

Therefore, long-range weapons and armor are necessary to have, and it is true that a thorough light suit can run faster, but it is only suitable for the prairie with a wide field of vision and flat ground, if it collides with the enemy infantry in complex terrain, and lacks armor protection, it is not even possible to rely on the impact of war horses to break through, because people will be directly stabbed to death with random arrows.

All in all, even if the part about actual combat experience that was poked by Henry before is indeed their weakness, it cannot be generalized that the Japanese samurai are all rubbish.

Their professionalism was no less than that of the Red Armor rebel samurai who had forced the sage and his party to retreat into the shrine, and their trained skills made their ranks as orderly as geese soaring in the sky.

"Spears, forward, double cross. Narumi then asked the Ashigaru to pull away from the pack ox as well, and he led the remaining ten mounted samurai to stay in the camp, while the ashigaru formed a formation and stood at the front of the line with spears in hand.

"It's completely an early warning assault formation. Our Luo'an girl, who was watching all this from behind, immediately understood Narumi's intentions.

The scattered left and right flanks were forewarned by highly mobile archers, and then focused their forces on the front of the group, apparently not intending to stay for long. If he encounters the enemy, he plans to directly rely on the superior forces to impact and tear open the breakthrough and then break away directly.

Indeed, this is the home of the bandits, and if they stay in the fight for a long time, the other party can bring in reinforcements, but they can't. Narumi did the right thing.

But here's the problem – Mira glanced at the Yiren tribe behind her.

Even if there is no problem for the striker to break through, it is a big question whether the people behind can keep up.

Narumi didn't look back, he probably knew about the problem too. But the plan was delayed due to heavy rain, and yesterday he was unable to complete it in one go, and now he can only save the important part.

If the Yi people can't keep up, then Narumi will probably abandon them.

It can be said that he is cruel and cold-blooded, but if he wants to protect the entire team with the strength of the armed forces in his hands, considering that the Yiren tribe is all on foot and there are many old and weak, even if most of them are healthy and hard-working, it will inevitably slow down the speed of the cavalry, resulting in the dilemma of being surrounded in all directions.

This is a last resort, and in Narumi's opinion, it will most likely be like this.

"Knock knock knock—" The sound of the horses galloping came from far and near, and the rapid sound of the horses' hooves seemed to announce something, making everyone's expressions solemn.

"Huh-" Qingtian on the right and the great god on the left both returned to the team and spoke almost simultaneously:

"Sure enough, there was an ambush!"