Chapter 14: ISIS Bandits Crossing the Border
"Have the losses been calculated?" Roger, who was sitting on the basement chair of the Caesar family mansion, felt annoyed. Although Viscount Lehman and Mrs. Christina were not injured, his mother was scared. Old Lehman was still calm and comforted him not to worry.
"The Third Young Master, according to preliminary statistics, a total of 17 houses were burned by this group of bandits, and twelve town residents were injured. Fortunately, no one died, and all the robbed property was recovered. However, to save the people who were burned, to rebuild the houses, and to treat the injured people, the medicines needed will be paid..." Fered stood aside and said carefully.
"Okay, you don't need to say anything about the money. Just pay according to the rules. But I'm very surprised: Over the years, even when we were the poorest in Hangu Town, we have never had any bandits. As far as I know, these bandits have come from the border area in the past month. Why is that?" Roger always felt that this was particularly bizarre. Because the border area is the junction of the two countries, as long as the bandits cross the border, their troops will not cross the border to chase them, so as not to cause national conflicts. Therefore, the bandits at the border area at the border between Baissos and Iss have always been serious. However, Hangu Town is more than 300 miles away from the border between Issas, and under normal circumstances, bandits will not run to such a far distance from the border to rob.
Hawking, who was standing beside Roger, was even more angry. This time, he was led by another group of bandits with only about twenty people and circled around the edge of the foggy forest and ran a few big circles before catching up and annihilated the other party. Then he learned from the other party's captive that the twenty people were just to lead him away. He was shocked and hurriedly led his team back to the town. He saw the thick smoke from the houses in the town from afar. He suddenly felt nervous. When he rushed back to the town and met Clyde, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. His master, Roger, rushed back in time at the same time as Qianjun, and annihilated the bandits who were sneaking into the crowd.
"You two honestly told me: Why did you suddenly come to us? Shouldn't you always be moving in the border area?" Hawking asked angrily at Hanks and Cruise tied to the torture rack. He had the intention of whipping the whip if he was not satisfied with the answer.
"I said! I said!" Hanks begged for mercy quickly and said, "This is the thing..."
After Hanks's story, Roger, Jessica, Adams, Hawking and others finally understood what was going on. It turned out that three months ago, the bandits on Ice suddenly crossed the border to Baissus, fought with Baissus' bandits and seized a lot of territory.
Originally, the bandits of the two countries had cooperated frequently in the border areas. The bandits on Baissus often ran to Issus to avoid the pursuit of their own border guards, and the bandits on Issus often ran to Bessus to escape the encirclement and suppression. Therefore, although the two sides often fought fiercely, in general, such large-scale cross-border territorial robbery would not have occurred.
But this time the situation was very strange. The bandits on Is almost came out in full swing, and their preparations were relatively sufficient, and their strength suddenly improved a lot when they fought. The bandits on Bessus were caught off guard and retreated continuously. They were forced to migrate to the inland. And Hetante County, which is closer to the border area, became the preferred area.
"We heard that Hangu Town suddenly became rich in the past two years, so we wanted to come to Hangu Town to fight Qiufeng, but we didn't expect... We didn't expect that your town is so strong, not only are there five-level warriors as garrison captains, but there are also magicians..." Hanks said dejectedly. Both he and Cruise were only as powerful as third-level warriors, and the bandits under him were at level one and two, so they only dared to bully ordinary civilians. Originally, they thought Hangu Town was a piece of fat, but now it seems that this fat meat is not that easy to chew.
"Is' bandits crossed the border?" Roger and Jessica looked at each other, and both felt a little strange. How could Is' bandits crossed the border in a good way?
"Where are the bandits in Is now?" Roger asked after thinking for a while.
"Most of them are on the Baisus border, but one of them has already flown to Hetante County. Before I came here, I saw their leader Martin near the town of Pianyan 80 miles away. It is estimated that the number of people is five or six hundred." Cruise replied honestly.
"Roger, how many people can fight in Hangu Town?" Jessica frowned slightly, held her cheek and thought for a while, before asking.
"I asked Hawking to build a Hangu Town Garage before, with a total of forty people. Now..." Roger looked at Hawking with inquiring eyes. A year later, he no longer knew much about the situation in the town.
"The last time the young master went to the college to go to school, he would like to expand the garrison if he had the chance, so about three months ago, with the consent of the master, I expanded the garrison to 100 people. In the past month, because bandits often invaded the town, many young and middle-aged people volunteered to join the garrison to defend their homes. Now there are about 300 people in the garrison, but only about 100 people really have fighting spirit." Hawking replied rudely.
Jessica suddenly became a little silent. The 300 garrison members of Hangu Town had only one hundred combat power, and the 300 cavalry she led was only four hundred, and most of them had not gone through actual combat. Can they fight five or six hundred and have rich combat experience, especially the Is bandits who are good at mountain combat? What's more, Hangu Town cannot leave anyone to guard. She couldn't help but have some doubts about her idea of destroying the Is bandits who fled into Hetante County.
Seeing Jessica silent, Roger guessed what she was worried about. He smiled, thinking that Jessica was too cautious and thought the problem too seriously. Roger asked Hanks: "Depending on your understanding of Is bandits, how strong are they? What are the strengths of the leader and ordinary bandits?"
"Their strength is actually not much different from ours. But we are all small-scale operations, but they are large-scale players going out to plunder. I am quite familiar with the Is bandits who come to Hetante County. They have a name called the Wind Thieves Group, the leader is Martin, a level 4 warrior. He has five or six hundred people, archers, thieves, warriors, and knights, but there are no magicians, and the level ranges from level one to third. But..." Hanks said this, the flesh on his face shook for a moment, and hesitated a little.
"It's just something?" Roger asked in a hurry.
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