Until the cheers filled the corner, Jesse looked at his hands in disbelief.

Kill yourself!

Jesse, who had never thought of killing, pulled out the axe he had thrown from the wall and threw it out at the moment when the bandit rushed over, and before he shot, he subconsciously let the axe deviate to the left, and the bandit recognized him at the same time Jesse also recognized him, for five years, Jesse knew the habits of each bandit well, and the bandit who rushed into the house always habitually turned left when dodging, and as expected, the axe hit the center of the eyebrows, and the bandit was directly chopped to death!

When he came to his senses, the mysterious old man had already entered the house, examined the bandit's body, and looted all the more valuable things on his body, and almost in the blink of an eye, all the valuable things on the bandit's body went into the old man's small but very capable black pocket.

"Child, what's your name?" The hoarse voice was full of love, Jesse suddenly noticed that the old man in front of him seemed to be a little different from just now, but he couldn't tell what it was, so after telling the other party his name, the old man took out a small bottle and put it under his sister's nose and shook it twice, and the sister actually woke up!

As the old man went out of the house, he found that there were many people who were not much different from the old man, almost all of them had white beards and pale eyebrows, they were dressed in different clothes, some dressed like bandits, some dressed like soldiers, and some of the men in black were covered with scarves on their faces, except for white eyebrows, the rest were eyes that glittered from time to time.

What is the origin of this group of old men? army, or bandits from the nearby hills?

Until an old man with a tall posture and wearing a light blue military uniform arrived, everyone saluted solemnly, Jesse noticed that no matter what role the old man was, he was doing a military salute, so these people should be soldiers, but is there a complete composition of old people in the imperial army? The Sunset Army is all old people, but they are all veterans who have retired and are ready to spend their old age in peace, how did they come here?

"Isn't it confusing?" the old man appeared behind Jesse and asked kindly, Jesse nodded indifferently, everything that happened from last night to now was too sharp, and he had thought about revenge before, but he knew that it was just a luxury, but just now, he just raised his hand and directly killed a bandit who could beat and scold him at will before, just like that, everything has become a thing of the past.

For a while, Jesse suddenly felt a trace of confusion, this confusion devoured his thoughts, so that he didn't know where to go in the future, at this time he thought that even if he ran away with his sister according to his plan, for the future, he also had a lot of things missing, and this was a problem that he didn't realize at all, when this problem appeared in front of him, Jesse couldn't adapt at all, so after hearing the old man's question, he just nodded blankly, trying to sort out his chaotic thoughts, but in the end he still chose to give up。

Not because the surrounding environment is noisy, but suddenly become quiet, to say quiet is not very appropriate, to be correct to say that everything around began to become orderly, a kind of orderly atmosphere began to envelop the cottage, after the capture of this small cottage, these two people can add up to more than a hundred years old people began to arm themselves with bandit equipment, bundles of feather arrows were transported to Gao, a handful of weapons were also distributed to everyone, the old man who got the weapons slashed at will, as quickly as possible to adapt to the weapon.

"It's ......" The old man who appeared last night never left, and Jesse could see him as soon as he turned his head.

"According to your information, they will return before the evening, and presumably with their men and belongings, and we will annihilate them all here. The old man said very easily, with a confident face, Jesse did not doubt the old man's self-confidence, especially when he saw that some of the old men in the team could also release the legendary fighting spirit, from the chaos just now, Jesse vaguely remembered that someone called the magician, and the magicians in the cottage all followed the leader out, and the only one who had the magician was this team.

"Who are you, and why are you attacking this cottage?" Jesse thinks it's better to start with the root cause, so that he can sort it out.

The old man laughed and said: "I thought you knew, since you don't know, you might as well tell you, we are the eighth legion in the Sunset Legion, and now we are on the march, the direction is west, as for why we attacked this bandit den, there are two reasons, first, we are for the people, and second, we need to be self-sufficient." ”

The first Jesse understood, and the second he still thought for a while before he understood, the Sunset Legion spends a lot of imperial resources every year, and the number of marches is huge, so he can only find a way by himself, and as a result, he directly aimed at the bandits nearby, and the bandits entrenched on one side not only have property, but also food, which are necessary for the legion to march, and the empire does not provide it, so they have to be self-sufficient and at the same time clean up the pests that harm the empire, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

However, since the Sunset Legion has already captured this place, and everything that can be taken has already been taken, why not leave immediately, and wait for those bandits to return? Counting the number of people in the cottage, it should only be a few hundred, and once the battle is engaged, there will definitely be casualties, so wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?

This was Jesse's doubt, but he didn't say it, just asked the old man next to him if there was anything he could help Although he spoke, the old man looked at him approvingly and didn't ask for anything, but asked in a soft tone: "Child, now that you can't stay here anymore, do you have any plans for the future?"

Hearing this question, Jesse was stunned for a moment, and then asked with a solemn look on his face, "Then do you have any suggestions?"

"Me?" The old man obviously didn't expect the young man in front of him to ask himself, but he was already quick to react, so he gave an answer after a little hesitation.

"I suggest you take your sister with us, according to our original intention, we want these bandits to join the Sunset Legion, but now it seems a bit unrealistic, you have been here for a long time, and when this battle is over, there is really one thing that needs your help, but now I will take you to the deputy commander to see what he says, and you yourself will think about it, although there will be a war in the future, but in the short term, we will be supported by this group of old bones, and you can also be safe." With that, the old man led Jesse to the hall where the bandits had been.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw the old man with a smiling face pointing at a table with several old people of the same age, and from time to time an old man stood up and saluted, and then hurried by, Jesse was soon brought to the old man named Alex, just standing opposite the old man, Jesse also felt that he was using the greatest courage to keep himself from falling, but the trembling of his body was not controlled by him.

Alex waved his hand and asked a few generals to go down to arrange the defense, looking at the child in front of him who was trying to control himself, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, he didn't expect to see so many excellent children in his lifetime, although the young man in front of him was much worse than the regiment commander, in the description of the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, this boy named Jesse has firmness and decisiveness beyond his peers, if he teaches well, a good seedling can grow into a towering tree or unknown.

"Jesse, don't be nervous, come and sit on my side. Alex pulled Jesse to the table and sat down in as soft a tone and movement as possible, and it was only then that Jesse saw that there was actually a drawing full of curves on the table.

"Is this a map? is it a topographic map of the cottage?" Jesse asked with some uncertainty, there is no one in the cottage who can draw a map, and the surrounding terrain is drawn on paper in a short time, except for the army, I'm afraid no one can complete it so quickly, and the circles should represent the mountains......, right? Jesse felt that he seemed to be able to understand the meaning of these lines, and for a moment the terrain of the whole cottage jumped into his mind through the paper on the table, first glanced at Alex in amazement, and then looked at the map and felt that the map was already close to the mountains and rivers.

Alex's eyes flashed with surprise, looking at Jesse's expression change, he knew that this was Jesse's first time looking at the map, but just now he glanced at himself, which proved that he had completely understood the map, and he could understand the map by instinct at such a young age, he was definitely a genius!

"That's right, this is the topographic map of the cottage, from now on, you stay by my side, I think, I should teach you something......" was about to continue to speak, but heard a report from outside the hall that the bandits who had gone out to loot had been able to see their tracks, and it was estimated that it would not be long before they could reach the cottage.

Hearing the news, Jesse found that the old man named Alex had become extremely serious when he had softened before, looked at the map coldly, and snorted, which scared Jesse into trembling, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably again.

"Is there a formation?"

"Nope!"

"Skirmishers, bow and arrow first!" Hearing that the other party didn't even set up a formation, Alex sneered and gave an order, asking an old man next to him to mark the location of the bandits, and then turned his head to Jesse and said, "Today, I'll teach you a lesson first, defense." Jesse nodded obediently, he knew that this kind of opportunity was rare, so he must seize this opportunity.

"Defense, just a seemingly simple word, but in military affairs, the word has a different meaning......"

The deafening sound of horses' hooves sounded from outside the cottage, and Jesse's ears suddenly moved, as if they were bows and arrows.