Lorraine looked at the half-cooked rice in the pot and cursed with some reluctance: "These bastards~! They are still haunted."
Carter raised his head and asked: "Whose team is that? Did you see clearly?"
The guard shouted: "I don't know. They are dressed in colorful clothes, and they look like a gang of bandits."
Leo couldn't help but become curious and said, "Then how do you know they are our enemies?"
The guard came closer, grinned at him, and said: "There is a leader among them who keeps shouting at the top of his lungs. The bounty for catching the girl is three thousand, and the bounty for catching the guard is five hundred. That's it.
The child also has a reward of one hundred."
Leo was furious and cursed loudly: "Those damn bastards, the young master is worth at least five thousand gold coins."
At this moment, the group of people had already made a lot of noise, walked around the hill, and appeared in everyone's sight.
Lorraine took a closer look, and sure enough, she saw that those people were noisy, and no one was in order. They were gathered in a group like herding sheep. They were dressed in colorful clothes, and they seemed to use whatever they caught.
Even women's clothes were there, and they were carrying weapons such as swords and spears.
Seeing this, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and a surge of anger surged into his heart.
This is indeed a group of bandits. They should have snatched those clothes. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so messy. They even wear women's clothes. Who else would be so shameless except those bandits? Think of it as a kind of medal.
Show off. And the fate of the original owner of those clothes can be imagined.
Although I knew that officials and bandits have been a family since ancient times, I never expected that someone in the Holy See would stoop to cooperate with these shameless bandits.
He couldn't help but let out a roar deep in his heart, a sound that would make even a lion tremble in fear. The light in his eyes became brighter and brighter.
The bandits were stunned for a moment when they saw the people here, and then they understood and burst into loud cheers.
In the crowd, there was a burly man with a red scarf tied on his head. He pointed at the crowd with a big knife in his hand and shouted: "Brothers, hurry up. The opportunity to make a fortune has come. If you catch the woman, you will be rewarded three thousand. The man will be rewarded with three thousand yuan."
The reward is five hundred gold coins. Even the child has one hundred gold coins."
After hearing this, the group of thieves suddenly shouted in unison, then rushed over with their swords and guns raised.
"It's your grandma~!" Leo was furious, jumped up from the ground, put his hands on his hips, and cursed loudly: "You bastards. I've blinded you. Master, I'm worth at least five thousand gold coins, five thousand gold coins."
.Do you know?"
Everyone on this side saw that the other side was powerful, but on their side they had been running wildly all night and were exhausted, so they looked at each other and jumped up from the ground without giving any orders.
Someone overturned the pot, someone led the war horse... Although it happened suddenly, they acted in an orderly and methodical manner, which shows how sophisticated their usual training is.
Carter turned over and jumped on the horse, then reached out and picked up Leo from the ground, who was furious and yelling at the bandits.
At this time, the bandits had rushed to only a few dozen steps away from them, and you could even see the scorched yellow teeth in their mouths exposed when they shouted wildly. But everyone still had the cold and calm indifference of the iron-blooded elites.
He calmly looked at the surrounding terrain.
Lorraine saw a winding path not far away leading to the mountain. The mountain was steep and the terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, which was extremely advantageous.
He hurriedly whistled, pointed there, and then ran over immediately.
One of the guards shouted repeatedly: "Sir, you are wrong. That is a dead end. You cannot go that way."
Lorraine looked back at him and shouted loudly: "Don't worry, we must have traveled two hundred miles that night. This is the territory of Balindo Province. As long as a beacon is lit, the army will definitely be able to see
Got it. We just need to hold on until they arrive."
After he finished speaking, he added another sentence in a low voice. If everyone heard that sentence, they would definitely be frightened.
Lorraine leaned on the horse and said in a low voice while climbing up: "Maybe this is it..."
Everyone had been running around in a daze all night, and no one had time to calculate how far they had run. When Lorraine said this, they looked at each other, and then each rode their horse to follow.
Leo's curse was still left in the wind: "Master, I am worth five thousand gold coins, five thousand gold coins..."
Everyone rushed to the mountain on horseback and saw that the terrain was indeed extremely dangerous. There was only one winding path leading to the top of the mountain. There were cliffs on the other side. As long as they held the top of the mountain and were condescending, they could block the path up the mountain.
When everyone saw this situation, they didn't say much and jumped off their horses one after another. Then, guided by the soldiers' natural fighting instinct, they began to work and build defenses.
Some people carried boulders and stored the stones. Some people collected the bows and arrows equipped with the war horses, and drew their bows for warning. Some people collected pebbles on the ground, and some people also cut off the horses' neighing reins and made them into catapults.
As backup long-range strike firepower.
In just a quarter of an hour, the top of the mountain had been transformed into an outpost and camp armed to the teeth in their hands.
At this time, although the bandits on foot were a little slower, stimulated by the shining gold coins, they were already chasing after them, shouting.
When they saw the people on the top of the mountain, they immediately cheered.
"They can't run away."
"They have no way to escape."
"Brothers, come up."
"..."
These bandits' eyes turned red when they saw the crowd in front of them. They didn't see the situation clearly. They just knew that there were only 20 people on the other side, and there were more than 300 people on their side. If they don't work harder, the money will be lost.
cannot fall into one's own hands.
"Rush, rush... If you catch someone, you can get gold coins..."
The shouts soon turned into the most ferocious roars, gathering together like the roar of the turbulent sea. They stared with blood-red eyes, and like huge waves, rushed towards the twenty or so people on the top of the mountain.
.To drown them completely.
The guards stood on the top of the mountain, looking at them with a cold and indifferent expression like a lion looking at a rabbit that roared at itself.
When the bandits rushed to the top of the mountain only a few dozen steps away, Carter waved his hand coldly and ordered decisively: "Hit~!"
Everyone picked up the stones on the ground and threw them down.
Leo was no exception. He picked up the stone and threw it down, while shouting angrily: "Master, I am very valuable, but I only ordered a hundred gold coins. You guys who have no vision, go to hell~
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Because they were at a high altitude, the stones they selected were heavy. When they fell below, they had already carried huge kinetic energy and were blown by the wind. They immediately caused terrible casualties.
"My arm..."
"Who will save me..."
"..."
Screams and wails kept coming. Even the uninjured bandits lay on the ground and hid, fearing that they would be attacked by stones thrown from the mountain.
The offensive was suddenly blocked.
At this time, the roar of the big man came from behind: "Charge up to me, there are only twenty of them. With so many of us, we will drown them all."
He paused for a moment, and seeing that the thieves did not get up, he shouted loudly: "Whoever disobeys the order will be killed!"
As he said that, he waved the back of his sword and beat several bandits who retreated until they screamed.
Hearing the screams coming from behind, the bandits had no choice but to get up one after another and climb up the mountain in fear.
A guard holding a long bow on the top of the mountain heard the big man's roar and knew that he was an important leader. He bent his bow and was about to shoot at him. But after taking aim for a moment, he put it down slumped.
Although the bandit leader called himself heroic, he cautiously retreated out of the range of the bow and arrow.
Seeing this, Lorraine couldn't help but sneered and shouted: "Vera, come here."
The little maid was happily throwing stones. She had great strength and could lift the stones very heavily. Moreover, she threw them accurately and hard. Every time she hit them, someone would scream and roll down the mountain.
When she heard the cry, she hurried to Lorraine's side. Without waiting for instructions, she took off the musket from the horse next to her and handed it into Lorraine's hands.
Although he can easily get a musket, as a qualified nobleman, the most important thing is to learn to show off his skills. Even if he is on the guillotine, he still has to do it well.
Lorraine took the gun in his hand, then smiled softly. After loading the gun with gunpowder, he took out an arrow-shaped bullet from his pocket, wrapped it in deerskin, and gently placed it in the barrel of the gun.
Seeing this, Carter glanced down the mountain, then shook his head repeatedly and said: "Sir, although I don't know if your thing is really effective. But at such a distance, even a magician may not be able to hit it.
Hit the mark."
Lorraine raised the long musket and said calmly: "Just watch it."
Leo had long been salivating over those muskets. When he saw the situation here, he didn't care about throwing stones. He ran over, biting his fingers, and watched curiously.
Lorraine raised the musket, took a brief aim, and then gently pulled the trigger.
There was a loud bang, and a thick plume of white smoke came out of the muzzle.