Chapter 24 The First Battle of the Bandit
After nearly an afternoon of hard work yesterday, nearly 1,000 steps of trap zone have been laid on two paths leading to the bandit village. Now, Daxi Kyoji is organizing people to continue setting traps to the village on the edge of the woods near the wild mountain, which means turning the surroundings of the village into a place of death.
Masara was leading the training on the school grounds. The bandits were about to attack and they had to conduct special training in a targeted manner. "Sir, the person responsible for keeping the watch is back." At this time, Sahararo, the little surnamed Sahara hurriedly came over to report the report.
"Oh? Let's go, take me over and have a look." Masarara asked Tsuda Hirozo to continue leading the team to train, and he quickly walked out of the school field. At this time, a 13-year-old boy came over. Luo looked closely and saw that it was Shingoro, the three team leaders of the patrol team.
"Shingoro pays homage to Your Highness" Shingoro gave a standard military salute to Masaru.
"Well, what's going on?"
"Your Highness, we found a team of ten bandits, who are now stationed by the stream and listening to their conversation. They are preparing to attack us along the stream in the evening," Shingorohui reported.
"Oh? Are there only ten people? Are you still going to attack us?" Zhengliang felt strange. The bandits were not just so many people, right?
"Yes, Your Highness. Their original purpose was to investigate our situation. As a result, the bandits in the team changed their attention and decided to attack us. It seemed that they had a dispute with the people in the team because of this." Shingoro saw that the Lord Lord was confused and continued to report in detail.
"Very good, Shingoro, your information is very important. After Shinsan comes back, tell him that he can go to the warehouse to receive a bucket of miscellaneous grains as a reward for this mission." Masayoshi was very satisfied with this information. No matter why the bandits changed their minds and decided to attack the village first, it was a good thing for the territory. What Masayoshi feared most was that the bandits gathered together to attack the village, and even if the village won, it would be a miserable victory. Now they attacked in batches, which was exactly what he planned.
"Thank you, Your Highness" I didn't expect to get the reward, and Shingoro was very happy.
"Heiji, for light meals, prepare lunch more, add more fish and pork; in addition, add one more meal in the evening (Japan only eats breakfast and lunch at this time). Guoji, some people are allocated to strengthen the traps on the stream and the forest trails, and find ways to add a little more traps." Masayoro turned around and ordered Hiroji Togo and Hirozo Oxi who were rushing to come.
"Yes, Your Highness" and the two of them hurriedly went separately after receiving the order.
"Then, we'll wait for our guests." After the order was finished, Masayora turned around and looked at the lush mountains.
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Time flies, and soon, a red sun gradually sinks. From a distance, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the wild mountains, spreading a blush for everything.
After dinner, Masayoshi's team was divided into three groups. Eleven bows, arrows, and eleven spears were led by Tsuda Hirozo into the woods near the stream, preparing to attack the attacking bandits in the dark; the other eleven spears were led by Osaki Kyuji to lurk in the wild mountains near the intersection leading to the village, preparing to ambush the escaped bandits or block the invading bandits. The remaining seven spears were together with Masayoshi, preparing to deal with emergencies or reinforce the two groups of people in the front.
On the bandits, they were already in a hurry. If they hadn't been worried that the early attack would cause the shock of the town, they would have let the villagers escape early. Yue Daito had already commanded everyone to enter the woods. After finally a afternoon of hard work, Yue Daito quickly woke up his subordinates who were sleeping like a pig, then entered the woods on the bank of the stream and began to move towards the village.
After nearly an hour of thorn-cutting, ten bandits finally arrived in front of the trap. At this time, the night had already arrived, and the cold moonlight shone on the woods, but the woods were still pitch black.
"Your Highness, are you lit a torch? It's too dark here and you can't see the road at all?" Song San suggested.
"Well, okay, light the torch, but be careful to extinguish the torch when it is approaching the edge of the woods, so as not to disturb the untouchables." Yue Daito agreed with Matsuzo's opinion and immediately issued an order.
The woods in the dark were particularly gloomy. The bandits lit up the torches and continued to move forward. As everyone walked, suddenly, a piece of mud covered with fallen leaves suddenly split. Before one of the bandits could scream, they fell down and then made a burst of moans. Another bandit quickly shone in with the torch, and saw that the bandits who fell into the pit were penetrated by bamboo sticks, and they seemed to be unable to survive.
"Ah! Be careful, there is a trap." This twilight was frightened by the scene in front of him, and quickly screamed and retreated. At this time, he suddenly felt a cold wind coming from behind his head. He was about to turn around to check, and with a "touch", a black object hit the back of his head, and his head suddenly "buzzed" and dizzy. He fell forward and fell into the pit. Then another scream came from inside. The unlucky bandit became the companion of the bandit who fell into the first.
"Ah!" A bandit walking on the other side suddenly fell into the soil. Although he immediately reacted and grabbed a shrub next to him in time and did not fall completely, his feet were already pierced by bamboo sticks, and he screamed in pain. Another bandit behind him immediately went forward to pull up the injured bandit, but a long arrow shot in the darkness, just shot into the bandit's neck. The bandit fell down with a muffled groan.
In the blink of an eye, three bandits died tragically, one bandit fell to the ground, and everyone was stunned. Song San walked at the end, and saw that the situation was not good, he shouted and turned around and ran back first. The rest of the people, including Yue Daitou, also turned around and ran back. "Swoosh, swosh, swosh", at this time, several arrows shot from all directions in the darkness, "Ah, ah, ah", accompanied by three screams, the three bandits fell to the ground.
"No, don't leave me behind, come back soon." A bandit shouted in the dark and got up, trying to continue escaping, but fell down all of a sudden, obviously he was shot in the thigh.
"Kill" A shout suddenly came from the darkness, and then dozens of torches were lit up. Dozens of people rushed out from around them, and the injured bandits fell to the ground were instantly captured alive.
"Catch the living, don't kill them. The lord said that these guys are useful. If you die, just cut off your head and take away useful things." This is Tsuda Hirosum's voice.
"Sir, there are too many trees that hinder our pursuit. We can't catch up for a while, and we were fleeing by those guys." At this time, a breathless footstep came to Tsuda Hirosumu to report the report.
"Don't chase them, let them come back. Someone will call them for the escaped guys. Hurry up and clean up the place. Damn, staying in this wooded full of traps at night will make people panic!" Tsuda Hirosong gave the order while looking at the surrounding environment with lingering fear.
At the same time, Masara, who was waiting on the edge of the woods, looked at his watch. It was 8:42 pm, and it had been nearly 4 hours since the teams left. So far, no news came from each team. Masarara stood there quietly, looking at the hazy forest in front of him under the moonlight from afar. Togo Heiji next to him was already a little impatient and paced around Masarara. He was very nervous at this moment. This would be a battle to reverse the fate of the territory.
"Ah!" Several squeals of these undulating screams came from the dark night, which seemed particularly abrupt in this quiet moonlit night. Heiji Togo stood still and looked at the direction where the screams came, which was close to the woods by the stream.
"Your Highness, look..." Heiji Togo was already in vain.
"Well, it seems that the battle has begun. Don't worry, Heiji, we will win," Masayora patted Heiji Togo on the shoulder and comforted him.
Half an hour later, there were waves of "rustling" sounds from the woods, and dozens of torches lined up in a long row and walked out. A hearty laughter was heard at a distance, "Hahaha, Your Highness, it's successful, hahahaha." It was obvious that it was Tsuda Hirosum's voice.
Zhengliang couldn't help but mutter in his heart, "Is it necessary to be so happy? Even if Quan Sheng wins, there are only 10 people."
"Success? It's so good. Tianyou Luo's family!" Donggo Heiji, who was next to him, quickly knelt down on his knees and shouted to the sky.
Soon, the team heading for the sneak attack completely walked out of the woods. Tsuda Hirozo, who was in charge of leading the team, quickly walked towards Masara and Togo Heiji, "Hahaha, your highness, you succeeded. Three died, four were captured alive, and three were escaped. Hahaha." After saying that, he raised an object in his right hand.
Zhengliang looked closely and found that it was a head, and there was still liquid dripping.
"However, Your Highness" Tsuda Hirozo leaned over with resentment. Looking at the head in his hand that was still swaying, Masara quickly stayed away from this guy.
"Your Highness, don't run away, I have a very important request." Tsuda Hirozo saw Masara walk away, thinking that he had learned about his request, so he hurriedly chased after him and begged.
"Stop, Guangzong, let go of what you have in your hand first. If you have any requests, tell me," Zhengliang said quickly. Damn, Zhengliang is not afraid of killing people, but he cannot accept this disgusting behavior of treating other people's heads as toys.
"Your Highness, is it...is it?" Tsuda Hirosomusu threw the head in his hand to a footman behind him, and then hesitated.
"I said, Guangzong, when did you become a mother-in-law?" I couldn't stand Tsuda Hirosong's hesitation, Masara quickly said.
"Your Highness, I ask not to participate in such an ambush next time. I am so panicked! If there is a pioneer's action, I will take responsibility." Tsuda Hirozo finally expressed his thoughts.
Zhengliang was amused and laughed when he heard this. This guy was really unsaved, but now there was a pioneer action for him, so he had to deal with it casually, "Okay, Guangzong, I will consider it next time."
He couldn't stand Tsuda Hirosum's resentful face, Masara quickly found Heiji Togo as a shield, and then began to quietly wait for the result of another team of people. About an hour later, there were sounds of footsteps on the path leading to Noita Mountain, and a fire dragon slowly walked along the path.
"Your Highness, my subordinates have something to do." As soon as they came to Zhengliang, Daxi Guozhi knelt down on both knees and said with great regret.
"Oh? Is something wrong?" Zhengliang felt very strange. The remaining few bandits who escaped should be easily captured in panic.
"Your Highness, this time, only two bandits were captured alive. One of them jumped into the stream and dived and ran away." Daxi Guozhi said the first time.
"Uh! It's great to catch two alive. And it's also a good thing if someone helps me report the letter to the mountain," Zhengliang had no choice but to comfort him.
"Ah?" The surrounding Oxi Kyoji, Togo Heiji and Tsuda Hirozo were all confused by Masaru's words. Seeing their expressions, Masaru smiled and continued to analyze, "In the past, we were worried that the bandits would attack us. As long as we were worried that too many bandits would come in one after another, the bandits were now divided into several factions, and the faction that attacked the village was the most powerful. They had the power to gradually annex other factions. This time they were hit, and they would definitely send people to attack us when they knew. We must fight to defeat the bandits one by one, so as not to give them more time to integrate. Once they were integrated together, even if we defeated the bandits in the end, we would suffer heavy losses."
"Oh" the three of them suddenly realized and then admired the lord's wisdom.
"Heiji, tie these prisoners to the pillars in the central square of the village. Treat the wounds slightly. Don't let them die. I still have any help." Zhengliang glanced at the surrounding situation and began to arrange.
"Yes, Your Highness" Togo Heiji immediately bowed and said, now he was increasingly admiring this young lord.
"Guangzong, tell us that everyone who participated in the action tonight will be rewarded with five dou of miscellaneous grains; then arrange for them to rest as soon as possible. It is estimated that the bandits' counterattack will come soon," Zhengliang continued to arrange.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." After bowing, Tsuda Hirozo immediately turned around to make arrangements. After all, I was busy all night and the young men were indeed tired.
Chapter completed!