Chapter Thirteen: The Accident Comes, and the Bandits Arrive!
On the second day, early in the morning, just after dawn, the team had already gathered.
After a night of repair, everyone's mental outlook has been greatly restored, both in terms of physical strength and mental outlook.
As soon as the gate of Shanyang City was opened, the team continued to leave the city in batches. However, this time out of the city, everyone's pace could not help but slow down.
Everyone became more vigilant, much more vigilant than they had been on the road a month ago, and carefully observed the surroundings.
From Shanyang City in Qizhou in the Northern Ming Dynasty to Jiyin City in Hanzhou in the Western Tang Dynasty, it takes three days for a warrior to travel.
During this distance, because it belongs to the border between the two countries, neither country has much control over it, so it is inevitably chaotic. It is also the place where businessmen doing cross-border business are most likely to encounter danger.
After all, the officers and soldiers of the Northern Ming Dynasty and the Western Tang Dynasty would not care if the bandits attacked in such a place.
Of course, the journey between Shanyang City and Jiyin City is pretty good. The round trip time between the two is the shortest, and you rarely encounter bandits.
But vigilance is always necessary.
After all, there are only a few bandits here, not none.
Moreover, the group of bandits who dare to wander around the border are certainly not weak in strength, and they are usually extremely vicious people.
For this kind of bandit, they don't care whether you are a Longmen escort or not. All they have to eat is licking blood from the tip of a knife. The worst they can do is rob your escort and hide in an uninhabited place. Shenzhou and Kyushu are as big as Longmen.
Even if the escort agency wants to catch the thief, it is powerless.
In the same way, the Longmen Escort Agency only eats the food of the Escort Agency, and it is inevitable that the Escort will be robbed.
Of course, the reputation of the Longmen Escort Bureau lies here after all. Some small bandit groups will definitely not dare to touch the Longmen Escort Bureau.
Well, they are just bandits in a small way, but when bandits develop to the extreme, they can become the top forces in the world. Not to mention the Longmen Escort Bureau, even the imperial court dares to rob.
For example, the Demon King's Village, one of the seven major gangs, is located in Qinzhou of the Western Tang Dynasty!
For another example, the Tailiang Village in the Southern Song Dynasty, even if it was not the top power in the world, was still not far behind. It had always been a serious concern for the Southern Song Dynasty court.
For such giant bandits, even the imperial court dared to rebel, so Longmen Escort Bureau was nothing.
Li Sixing is also very wary. In game terms, players can choose the place where they are born, which is considered a novice village. Then places such as the borders of various countries are obviously more advanced maps, places that current players cannot enter.
Again, the strength of the bandits who can escape the pursuit of various countries and hide at the border junction of the two countries to commit crimes is unmatched.
Therefore, these three days are the most dangerous time.
And the accident happened at this time!
It was a day later. Seeing that the journey was already halfway through and there was no crisis, everyone who was hurrying slowly could not help but relax.
Just when everyone thought they would not encounter any danger along the way, the escorts who were walking in front and acting as scouts suddenly sent back the news that a group of bandits were heading straight for them.
After hearing the news, Li Sixing subconsciously glanced at the carriage of the woman in the curtain hat.
After hearing this, Li Chaoyong, the team leader, kept his expression unchanged and calmly and immediately issued several orders.
First, let the large army stop and defend on the spot. If they are carrying goods and cannot run fast, they will definitely not be able to outrun the well-prepared bandits.
At the same time, ask the bodyguards who are acting as scouts outside to immediately come back for reinforcements and gather all their effective forces to deal with the incoming bandits.
"Keep an eye on the situation. If something goes wrong, follow my instructions."
Li Sixing, who was not sure whether these bandits came for the three women in curtain hats, grabbed Li Jing, who was about to rush to the front row, and signaled him not to be impulsive.
Although Li Jing had a puzzled look on his face, seeing his master's solemn expression, he had no choice but to give up his plan and follow Li Sixing honestly with Jiang Ye and Hou Guang.
Seeing this, Li Sixing nodded inwardly, because he was afraid that Li Jing would be impulsive and not obey orders.
In fact, no matter whether these bandits are here for the woman in the veil, if they dare to rob the escorts of Longmen Escort Bureau, their ambitions aside, their strength will definitely not be low anyway.
His three disciples do not have the strength of the three brothers Sun Wukong.
So at this time, it is not the disciple who protects the master, but he, the master, wants to protect the disciple!
After receiving the order, the team immediately took action. Although the escorts came from different escort bureaus, they were all escorts after all, and they all had experience in escorting. Under the command of their respective escort heads, they immediately took action.
The goods surrounded the middle of the team.
Just after everyone set up their positions, they heard shouts of killing not far ahead. The bodyguards acting as scouts in the front were struggling to resist the siege of the bandits while retreating.
Li Chaoyong's face was not good-looking, and the number of escorts who came back was very few, so the number had obviously been reduced.
When they saw a group of bodyguards waiting in formation not far away, the thieves gave up their plan to pursue them. A group of hundreds of thieves armed with weapons and with ferocious faces confronted the bodyguards.
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"Everyone, please come to Longmen Escort Agency for your convenience!"
Li Chaoyong looked around at the group of thieves, with a calm expression on his face, and held his fists in his hands, as if he wanted to communicate and stop the fighting.
After listening to Li Chaoyong's words, the group of thieves was crowded, and a fierce man with a sinister face, a black scarf on his head, and a ferocious broad knife on his shoulder came out, who seemed to be the leader of the bandits.
"I'm sorry, brothers, we are short of money these days. The master of Longmen Escort Bureau can't let us drink the northwest wind, can he?"
Grinning, his face became more ferocious, and the big man continued: "But for the sake of Longmen Escort Agency, I can let you go if you keep the goods!"
"Sorry, the escort is here!"
Li Chaoyong carefully looked at the fierce-looking strong man and squinted his eyes, knowing that this matter might not be rectified.
In fact, there is no need to ask this question. After all, the escort flag of Longmen Escort Bureau is planted there and fluttering in the wind. As long as these bandits are not blind, they can definitely see it.
And since you can see it and know that this is a bodyguard from the Longmen Bodyguard Bureau and still dare to take action, then calling out your own name at this time is actually completely meaningless behavior.
But is it really meaningless?
of course not!
At least it can delay some time so that the escorts outside can have time to return support, right?
Li Chaoyong smiled because he saw that the bodyguards who were outside had rushed back and attacked the bandits from all sides, catching the bandits off guard.
"snort!"
With a cold snort, the bandit leader knew that he had fallen into a delaying trick, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. Without hesitation, he immediately shouted to kill.
At the same time, Li Chaoyong also waved his hand, and the bodyguards who were waiting for him went straight towards the group of thieves. With the help of the bodyguards who rushed back from all around to support them, it actually felt like the bandits were surrounded! This chapter has been completed!