But their only way out was quickly blocked. The gravel on the mountains on both sides of the entrance to the valley rolled and fell, and some rolling logs also fell down, quickly blocking the entrance.
The two hundred bandits were trembling in the narrow valley. They knew that they would be greeted by a very cruel killing, but they didn't know what it would be like, and they didn't know how painful it would be.
Sometimes, the result is certain, but the process is uncertain, which is quite uncomfortable. After all, living here hard will make people suffer from mental breakdown.
In this desperate situation, Boyd inspired some courage. He stood on a tall stone, raised his battle ax, and shouted to everyone: "Brothers, now we are ambushed by the enemy.
To resist is to die, and to wait for death here is also to die.
Are you willing to stand here and wait for death? Or rush to the side of the hillside with me and fight your way out alive?"
"Kill out!" After one pirate responded, the rest of the pirates also responded in unison. However, in this critical and desperate situation, they burst out with a strong will to fight.
After shouting loudly, Boyd shouted and led the people to rush to the hillside on one side. The hillside on this side was not too steep. If they could rush up quickly, they might be able to find a way out.
But not long after they rushed, they saw countless fireballs rolling down the hillside on this side, directly hitting the two hundred bandits who were climbing the hillside, extinguishing their newly ignited fighting spirit.
Seeing that this side was not working, Boyd and the others began to try to climb out from the other side of the hillside. However, as soon as they climbed up, they were hit by fireballs and lost a lot of people.
In fact, not many people were killed or burned to death after being directly hit by the fireball. Many of them lost their footing and fell down the hillside. The scene was very miserable. For a while, the valley echoed with the screams of the robbers.
The sound of wailing.
Listening to the screams of the bandits in the valley, Balian asked people to shout on the hillsides on both sides, put down their weapons, kneel down and surrender. After all, Balian was not a cruel person, and he did not want to cause unnecessary massacres.
But after shouting, several arrows flew out of the valley and shot in the direction of the shouter, almost injuring those who were standing on the hillside shouting.
Boyd's disrespectful behavior really angered Balian. He ordered the soldiers to throw haystacks soaked in oil and set off rockets. Soon the entire valley was filled with flames and thick smoke.
Inside, the screams of the robbers became smaller and smaller, until there was no movement.
After the fire stopped, Balian glanced at the valley that was still smoking black, and sighed, "Hey! Although these people are annoying and hateful, they are also pitiful people!
A few months ago, they were still able to survive as farmers and craftsmen, but when they were invaded by Toba pirates and the lords did not protect them, they could only become refugees.
Hey! Who would be willing to be a robber if they couldn't survive? May the God of Fire forgive their crimes and have a stable life in the next life!"
After hearing this, Eomer also let out a long sigh, "Yes, you told me before that you would rather be a dog in peaceful times than a person in a chaotic world. I still didn't understand it, but now I finally believe it.
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Balian shook his head with a wry smile and patted Eomer on the shoulder, "Okay, you can take the people down to clean up the battlefield. I will personally take the people to attack Boyd's lair."
On the way to attack the hiding place of Boyd's remaining men, Balian reviewed the ambush battle in his mind and felt that the key to victory in this battle lay in Huck and his team's proper investigation.
Without their precise reconnaissance, Balian would not have set up this cunning plan and achieved this great victory.
Especially in the last critical link, Balian was initially hesitant about Boyd's choice of ambush location. After all, Black Forest was more suitable for Boyd and the others. When the caravan passed by, Boyd asked his men to
Just rush out and kill him.
However, Balian's hesitation at the time was that according to Huck's intelligence, Boyd did not stay in the Black Forest for long when surveying the terrain. He spent a large part of his time some distance away from the King's Road.
, and the caravan will definitely not pass through the valley.
Although Boyd was defeated miserably at the hands of Balian, Balian later heard from Gu Huiyang that Boyd was a very intelligent person, not as stupid as his rough appearance.
Silly.
Finally, the key information that allowed Balian to determine Boyd's ambush strategy was detected by Huck himself.
Huck surveyed the entrance and exit of the lower valley, and concluded that the exit could only accommodate one person and one horse. In addition, Huck discovered that Boyd had not asked anyone to build a block of wood to block the front and rear roads.
This is too strange. After all, this is on the King's Road. It is not impossible for the carriage to break out of the encirclement.
How could Boyd not know this as an old robber who had been robbing Knights Avenue for many years?
It was precisely because of this that Balian decided on Boyd's ambush strategy. He just wanted to drive the caravan into the valley. Anyway, the caravan didn't know the situation inside and plunged in, but couldn't bring the carriage out.
In the end, either these thirty cavalry guards will live and die with the carriage, or they will escape directly. Of course, Boyd is basically sure that the cavalry guards will definitely escape. After all, who is willing to risk his life for other people's supplies?
After confirming Boyd's strategy, Balian formulated a targeted ambush strategy and finally annihilated Boyd's main force of the new Grizzly Bandit.
Thinking of this, Balian made up his mind that this time, he must recruit more people in Valombre and expand the reconnaissance team. After all, the reconnaissance of the battlefield situation is too important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can determine the outcome.
After arriving near Boyd's new hiding place, Balian asked everyone to go up quietly. However, Balian was too cautious. He didn't expect that the remaining one hundred robbers would be killed when the boss Boyd was not at home.
Finally, they were completely let go, and there were no one on guard.
However, this is most likely related to the small victory two days ago. After all, the city defense battalion and some of the leading nobles could not defeat them. Who else would not be wise enough to dare to provoke them, a group of people who are known to be good at fighting?
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It was their carelessness that allowed Balian and the others to attack without much effort. Before the bandits had time to react, they were controlled by soldiers from Balian's personal guard company. Naturally, the remaining women and children