In fact, from the perspective of pros and cons, it is naturally more cost-effective to kill one person than to kill everyone. But who can deal with it calmly when facing death?
When people are under extreme pressure, it is easy to collapse. On one side are officers and soldiers, and on the other side are deadly butcher knives. Soon, some people can't bear it anymore. With a scream, they throw down the weapons in their hands and run away.
For every one, there are two. The appearance of a local deserter quickly attracted the others, and more bandits dropped their weapons, turned around and fled.
Even the dead soldiers who were slashing wildly from behind could not stop the fleeing bandits.
Of course, there are still many die-hard elements on the bandit side, maybe they are the henchmen of the bandit leader, or maybe for other reasons. In short, out of the bandits who are several hundred years older, only about a hundred people are left behind.
Xu Biao gave Yang Xiao a thumbs up and praised him for doing a good job.
His Royal Highness King Chun also secretly admired that as long as he and others could escape from danger, he would at least be able to protect his position in a hundred households when he returned.
At this time, Mr. Na Ding's face was already ashen, and the two bandit leaders were also a little dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the other party would scare most of his men away with just a few words.
However, Mr. Na Ding could not continue to blame the two bandit leaders at this time.
"You two masters, success or failure depends on this one move, let's take action."
The two of them also knew that anyone could run away from this matter, but they couldn't. They gritted their teeth and stamped their feet: "Brothers, if your head is scarred as big as a bowl, whether you get promoted or make a fortune, it depends on this shop, everyone.
Come on, guys, shoulder to shoulder."
Amidst the shouts of killing, the bandits swarmed up, including the fifty dead soldiers dressed in black.
Yang Xiao waved the simple sword in his hand with a cold light, knocked away the arrows, and protected His Highness Prince Chun as he returned to the main hall.
The offensive and defensive battle began again, but this time it was different. With the addition of the fifty dead soldiers, the intensity of the battle suddenly increased.
With just one stick of incense, a big hole was punched out of the wall on the side of the hall, and half of the wall collapsed.
The bandits immediately swarmed in.
At this time, there were not many manpower left in the main hall. More than half of the Yulin guards were dead or injured, and including the palace guards, there were only more than seventy people.
Facing the surging bandits, they had no choice but to fight with all their strength.
But bandits are easy to deal with, but those dead soldiers are very difficult to deal with.
The dead soldiers were highly skilled and formed a formation, advancing inward step by step. The sergeants simply could not resist.
Seeing this, Yang Xiao picked up a brick and smashed it over.
With a 'bang' sound, the stone hit a dead soldier's head directly, killing him immediately.
The other sergeants also followed suit, picking up everything and throwing it at them. For a while, bricks, wooden stakes, and even weapons were thrown like raindrops in the hall.
But soon, the dead soldiers held up their shields.
But Yang Xiao just happened to touch a two-meter-long beam, and immediately rushed forward while holding on to the beam.
When the bandits saw this situation, they retreated from the main hall in a swarm.
The bandits all withdrew, and the pressure on the dead soldiers increased sharply, forcing them to retreat as well.
This wave of fighting was quite fierce. The bandits lost at least fifty or sixty people, and the dead soldiers also left about ten corpses.
But Yang Xiao's side also suffered more than thirty casualties.
Although the ratio of the number of people was still two to one, Yang Xiao and others were already breathing a sigh of relief.
Now there are less than a hundred thieves left, but except for the dead men in black, the bandits are already very frightened and do not pose much of a threat.
The most important thing is that the thieves can no longer surround the main hall.
Yang Xiao glanced at Xu Biao and His Royal Highness Prince Chun, and said: "The man dressed as a scholar should be the leader. Mr. Xu, you guard His Highness, and I will find an opportunity to go behind and capture that guy."
Xu Biao nodded: "Then you have to be careful."
His Royal Highness King Chun also ordered: "If something cannot be done, don't take risks."
Yang Xiao cupped his hands, opened a window, and quietly stepped out.
After a short rest, the bandits outside launched another offensive. This time, the dead soldiers were the main attack, and even the two bandit leaders personally went into battle.
In the main hall, they were clinging to the collapsed wall. When the fierce battle was going on, Yang Xuan's hearty shouts came from outside.
"Stop it all, your leader has been captured by me."
When the thieves heard this, they turned around and saw that Mr. Ding had indeed been captured by Yang Xiao, with a dagger held at his throat.
His Royal Highness King Chun was overjoyed and immediately said loudly: "As I said, only the first culprits will be punished and the followers will not be punished. You guys should disperse quickly."
The thieves were immediately dumbfounded and had to retreat slowly, especially the two bandit leaders, who immediately panicked when they saw this situation.
Mr. Ding is their future and their lives. If Mr. Ding dies, even if he takes the third prince, they will have no place to receive the reward.
Tiejiao Li and Cao Tietou looked at each other, and through eye contact, they made a decision in an instant.
"Brothers, pull up."
With a shout, the two bandit leaders turned around and ran away. The other bandits also reacted very quickly. When they heard the word "rahu", they immediately dispersed.
Only the dead men in black were left.
Mr. Ding looked up to the sky and sighed: "Today I was defeated at the hands of this rabble."
At this point, Mr. Ding suddenly shouted loudly: "If you don't take action yet, when will you wait?"
At the same time, he twisted his neck and wiped his neck with the dagger.
When the dead men in black saw this situation, they immediately rushed towards His Royal Highness Prince Chun without caring about their own safety.
This time, they did not hesitate to take their own lives, completely ignoring the swords falling on them, and just slashed at the opponent in front of them with their long knives.
With the sudden rise of the black-clad warriors, the Yulin Guards sergeants suffered a huge loss. More than ten of them were directly replaced by the black-robed warriors.
The palace guards hurriedly covered His Highness Prince Chun's retreat, while the Yulin guards fought desperately.
Yang Xiao also flew forward and attacked the dead man in black from behind.
This battle was extremely brutal. When all the dead men in black were killed, almost all of the Yulin Guards were killed and injured. Even Xu Biao of a hundred households was seriously injured. One of his arms was cut off at the elbow by the dead men in black.
The palace guards have never participated in the battle and have always been guarding His Royal Highness Prince Chun. However, in this short period of time, more than half of them were killed or injured.
In the end, there were only about twenty people left, more than half of whom were injured, and seven of them were seriously injured.
After cleaning up, everyone set out on their journey again.
When they arrived at Youzhou Mansion, it was already dark, and His Highness King Chun took out his toothpaste and called the city gate open.
For a time, the entire Youzhou Prefecture officials were in chaos.
The third prince who came on official business was intercepted and killed by thieves on the way. Ninety percent of the Yulin Guards were killed or injured, more than half of the bodyguards were killed, and everyone in his entourage perished.
Such a big thing happened in Youzhou Prefecture. Not to mention Youzhou Prefecture Yin and all the officials, even Prince Yan was shocked and came from the military camp overnight.
Fortunately, the third prince was safe and sound, otherwise the Youzhou official would have had no choice but to die as an apology.