Chapter 10 Bandits must be suppressed
in the suburbs and mountains.
With lush trees standing tall and slightly rugged hills winding around, this was obviously not an easy road to walk.
Under a slightly deep slope, a dozen men dressed as bandits were nesting here, chatting incessantly.
"Axe, are you sure there will be fat sheep passing by on this road today?" "
Of course." The man nicknamed Ax replied impatiently, "I stayed in the bar for seven days before I heard the news." "
If not. Come here, be careful, the boss will cut off your ears!"
The ax almost became anxious when he heard it. He got up in a vicious shape and wanted to shout, but then pressed it down forcefully: "You stupid pig with smallpox in your brain! Be careful if you talk nonsense again. Cut your teeth..."
A voice interrupted: "Shut up! You idiots who all deserve the plague, shut up!"
The commotion quieted down for a while, these rough guys have restless tempers , someone spoke up again.
"Scarface, is it too risky for us to choose this place? I'm really worried about attracting the city guards of Sintra. Let me tell you, it's fine for us to hunt wild food near the village..." "We're doing it here
. With one vote, we can buy half of the village when we go back." Scarface said harshly.
"And we have a boss. Even if the city guards come, they can't catch us."
In the distance, there was a rutting sound on the road, and a group of merchants were seen walking slowly from a distance. The weight of the heavy cargo caused the wheels to sink deeply into the mud, which also made the eyes of the robbers ambushing beside them shine.
"There are many people, let's keep an eye on it. Go and call people, Axe, and call them all over! After we finish this job, we will have enough for the rest of our lives. Praise TN's Cintra!" After a while, the sun rose three poles
.
Just when all the merchants were exhausted, a large number of stones and tenders were suddenly thrown down from the dirt slopes on both sides of the road, mixed with a few bows and arrows.
This wave of ambushes only caused the merchants to turn their heads and bleed, and some unlucky ones were seriously injured and fell into a coma on the spot.
Fortunately, they were just a group of bandits and could not obtain a large number of crossbows. Otherwise, this wave of merchants would be reduced by half.
Seeing that the ambush was effective, the robbers immediately rushed down with a roar. The merchants, who had no will to fight in the first place, immediately dispersed, carrying small pieces of jewelry, dragging their seriously injured companions onto their horses and escaping in a hurry.
The robbers excitedly surrounded the truck. Some of them became red-eyed when they saw the merchants carrying jewels and wanted to chase after them. However, the leader of the group, Scarface, slapped his horse down with a backhand and a shield.
"You idiot with bleeding brains! Where do you have time to take care of those merchants? It's enough to just carry these goods!" On the
other side, a robber slashed open the sack on the truck, and suddenly the rich smell of spices spilled out. .
Several companions standing nearby laughed with satisfaction. Then several people skillfully hitched their horses to the truck and rushed down the road to a remote area like the wind, leaving a few companions on foot to follow behind and cover the ruts along the way.
When all the merchants ran to the outskirts with their glory, more than ten knights and robed merchants had been waiting here for a long time. The knight was holding several hounds beside him, and they were panting.
It was finally safe, and several merchants with poor psychological quality fell off their horses as soon as their bodies softened. The leading merchant quickly dismounted and saluted the robed merchant and the knight captain.
"Sir, boss, it's done."
As he said that, the merchant carefully took out a special cloth bag from his arms, which contained the same spices as those on the truck, and handed it to the knight captain respectfully.
The knight captain took it unceremoniously, put the bag in front of the noses of the hounds aside, and let them sniff them one by one. He turned to his deputy and ordered: "The plan is successful,
you go back and report to Lord Lannister immediately. ." Then he roared towards the remaining knights:
"Let's go!"
More than ten cavalry scouts flew away in the dust. At this time, the merchant said to the robed merchant with a sad face:
"Boss, we have lost four more guys this time, all of them are good guys..."
Several seriously injured people who were brought back on the horse were soaked with blood. The saddle was soaked through, and he had long since lost his breath. The robed merchant nodded expressionlessly:
"I know. I just hope that these damn bandits can be eliminated in one go this time..."
"Then I will have a way to double the money back!"
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Xint On the outskirts of La, deep in the dense forest.
Several patched tents were scattered around a campfire that was still warm. Bones, fur fragments, bloody pieces of cloth and other debris were scattered around the campfire.
More than ten trucks were pulled by horses and arrived at the camp. The bandits no longer had any scruples here and were completely free.
In the tent that occupies the best terrain in the camp, a figure carrying two swords slowly walked out. His face looked as unkempt as the surrounding bandits, but the equipment on his body was extremely well-maintained. At first glance, he looked different from the surrounding bandits. The environment is even a bit out of place.
The intimidation from the leader made the demons dance quietly for a moment.
Scarface took out a handful of spices from the sack that was opened at the beginning and ran over.
"Good harvest?"
"Of course! Look, boss!" Scarface said as he handed his hand forward as if offering a treasure. The dirty hands, which were mixed with mud, blood and all kinds of unspeakable things, seemed to be marinated in the aroma. .
The leader tilted his head, and suddenly five or six people rushed onto the truck and chopped each sack with machetes. Food and spices gushed out along the edge of the knife like spring water, making the eyes of the onlookers glow with golden light.
"I didn't expect it. I didn't expect that I could gain such a big harvest this time." Scarface looked at the small handful of spices in his hand and threw it behind his head.
The bandit leader's breathing became thicker. These are spices that are almost equivalent to gold. These alone can be worth all the previous harvests.
"You came back with the cart, have you cleaned it up and down?"
"Don't worry, look." Scarface pointed at the closing team that appeared in the jungle, "This is Cintra around here, we must be careful. No matter how careful you are."
"You can never be too careful. Sintra is nearby." The bandit leader said gruffly, "You ask the brothers to pack up and prepare to evacuate. I will take a few people to prepare the boat. Such a big vote It's time to change places after we're done."
"Haha, boss, don't worry, even if someone comes after us, can they still defeat our thirty-odd brothers? There are no thieves as big as ours in the entire northern countries!" On the other side
, Suburbs of Sintra.
The cavalry captain and his men rested against the tree in boredom.
In order to prevent the sound of horse hooves from being detected by the enemy, the scouts sent out dismounted and turned into infantry, and then hurriedly returned. A scout stepped forward and whispered something to the cavalry captain.
"Have you finally arrived?" The cavalry captain pouted, "It's so slow."
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