Dantu Town, more than 50 miles away from Zhenjiang Mansion

Thirty carts are walking slowly on the official road under the escort of more than 100 men and guards, because the Ming Dynasty's finances are almost exhausted, the official road has been in disrepair, and the road is full of potholes and mud puddles and deep wheel prints. Both sides of the road are also overgrown with wild grass, which is very dense, but it is still possible to tell that it was once a rice field, but it has been abandoned.

A middle-aged man in a blue-gray robe, with a thin face and gray sideburns, looked at the abandoned rice fields around him and sighed: "Alas...... It's a pity that such a good field is so wasted, it's all the work of thieves. ”

A man in his early thirties with a long knife hanging from his waist echoed when he heard this: "Who said it wasn't, it is said that Zhenjiang Mansion and Changzhou Mansion are the most prosperous places in our Ming Dynasty. ”

"Alas...... Don't talk about that. The middle-aged man sighed lightly: "Cen Darthead, everyone has worked hard all the way." This time, if we can deliver the goods to Zhenjiang Mansion safely, the old man will increase your remuneration by two percent. ”

Cen Darttou was overjoyed when he heard this, and thanked him: "Yo...... The villain thanked the brothers below for his generosity. ”

"You're welcome, Cen Darthead is what you deserve." The middle-aged man waved his hand disapprovingly and looked around again, a hint of melancholy flashed in his eyes.

Seeing the worried appearance of the middle-aged man, Cen Darttou comforted: "Master Fang, don't worry, now we are less than fifty miles away from Zhenjiang Mansion, and the thieves in the area of Zhenjiang Mansion have just been killed by the official army, even if they are bold, they will not dare to come over for a while." ”

"I hope so." Although the middle-aged man said this, the gloom on his face still did not subside.

Just as the team continued to move slowly, suddenly the three dart masters who were exploring the way in front of them rode back on horseback, and they shouted something while galloping on their horses, a gust of wind blew, the weeds separated, and a few horsemen and horses appeared in the distance, and it seemed that dozens of people were followed behind.

The face of the Cen Dart Master, who had just finished comforting the middle-aged man, turned pale, and he muttered, "Thief? ”

"Oh no...... The thieves are coming! ”

The three panting dart masters soon reached the center of the group, their faces full of surprise and their voices trembling.

Although they have dealt with a lot of people from all over the world in this business, the people who can deal with them are at best just some mountain bandits, although these people are also engaged in business without capital, but as long as they are filial piety on time after they get on the line, and leave some money to buy the road, it is basically no big deal, after all, if the businessmen are scared away or never take this road again, what will they eat in the future, the trickle of water is the safest.

But today they met the most ferocious robbers, these robbers will not care about these, these thieves from foreign countries will only do one thing after they meet them, that is, kill all of them and then force them to rob all their goods, as for how the Ming Dynasty will have a fart relationship with them in the future.

At this time, the team was also shaken and panicked, many dart masters drew their weapons and began to look around, and the guys began to move all the carts closer together, and formed a circle under the command of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man instructed his men to bring the cart closer to him and asked the three dart masters who had just run back: "Have you seen clearly, how many thieves are there?" ”

A dart master replied, "Master Fang, you have seen it clearly. There were about twenty people in a troop of horses, as well as fifteen or sixteen thieves armed with swords and more than a dozen pikemen. ”

"Are there any archers!" Cen Dart on the side interjected.

"Like...... It seems that there is. A dart master replied.

This answer made everyone's faces change suddenly, the archers of this era are equivalent to the long-range weapons of later generations, this kind of weapon is too great a threat to people. Therefore, the imperial courts of all dynasties can allow the people to have weapons such as knives, guns, clubs and other weapons to a limited extent, but for bows, arrows and armor, it is strictly forbidden for the people to possess them, and once discovered, they will be punished with serious crimes.

"Cen Darthead, what should we do?"

Everyone's eyes were on Cen Darthead.

"What else can I do?" Cen Dart bit his lower lip and said hatefully: "These thieves have never left a living mouth, and all those who don't want to die will be nailed to me, if they can hold on until the arrival of the officers and soldiers, they may still have a glimmer of life!" ”

As they spoke, there was the sound of horses' hooves in front of them, and the first to appear in front of them were more than twenty cavalrymen, who stopped at a distance of more than three hundred paces from them, and after a while, dozens of would-be robbers armed with various weapons also arrived one after another. Most of these thieves wore floral shirts on their upper bodies, a pair of shorts on their lower bodies, and many of them wore clogs.

As soon as the Japanese arrived, they began to line up in a long snake formation, with more than 20 Japanese swords in the middle, next to more than a dozen spearmen armed with spears, seven or eight archers slowly following them, and finally more than 20 cavalrymen.

Although the queue of these widows was not very neat, the fierce and cruel expression was fully displayed, and the middle-aged man counted them and found that the number had reached more than sixty, and his face became even more gloomy.

In the end, the eyes of the middle-aged man and Cen Darthead stayed on a Japanese robber wearing armor on the right side of the house, for no other reason, because he was the only one wearing armor among all the waka, which also showed that this person was the leader of the waka.

The widows gathered together in twos and threes and began to speak, pointing at them, and from time to time bursts of rampant laughter, which was full of cruelty and ruthlessness, and the faint of heart would not even have the strength to lift a knife if they heard such laughter.

At this time, several Japanese cavalry on the periphery began to move, and then the four Japanese began to slowly ride their horses and began to trot around them, making strange noises as they ran. The heavy horse's hooves struck the ground and made a pimple sound, as if striking the hearts of the people.

In the face of the provocation of the pirates, everyone's eyes revolve around their footsteps, for fear that these thieves will suddenly rush into their middle and slash and kill, which is also the most powerful part of the cavalry, because you don't know when they will take advantage of the speed of their horses to suddenly rush over.

Cen ...... Cen Darthead, what should we do? The middle-aged man was also a little panicked, and pulled Cen Dart's sleeve and hurriedly asked, "Do you want to send a few brothers to fight with them?" ”

"No!"

The experienced Cen Dart Head quickly refused.

"If we have archers, we can still fight against the thieves, but now let's not talk about archers, we don't even have a few shields, how can we resist them. And we add up to seven or eight horses, and if they are all lost here, I am afraid that there will not even be anyone who runs out to report the news. ”

At this moment, a widow on horseback rode his horse to a distance of about a hundred paces from them, and shouted for a while.

"What do those thieves say?" A guy armed with a steel knife asked a dart master next to him.

"Who knows." The master shook his head, "It won't be a good word anyway. ”

After a while, seeing that no one in the team spoke, the Wako seemed to be annoyed, and rode his horse forward for dozens of steps, raised the long knife in his hand and shouted a few words towards the circle formed by the cart, and stood up on the horse's back and unbuttoned his pants to make a peeing motion, and as the Wako made this insulting action, there was a burst of laughter behind him.

Seeing this, the people in the circle were so angry that their faces turned red, and many of the buddy dart masters clenched the weapons in their hands and gritted their teeth.

At this moment, a knight rushed out of the circle, and when this knight rode his horse and rushed to a distance of more than thirty paces from the Japanese knight, he swung it vigorously, and the spear in his hand flew like lightning towards the Japanese knight on the opposite side.

"Puff ......"

The would-be coward who had no time to react was stabbed through the spear in this way, and the whole person fell from his horse like a heavy broken sack, and he could no longer move.

"Good ......"

"The dart head is mighty!"

There was silence in the circle for a while, and then a deafening cheer erupted, and the originally low morale was suddenly shaken.

On the other hand, the Japanese on the other side were first shocked, and then they were furious. Under the command of the leader, more than twenty pirates immediately began to run towards them, followed by more than a dozen pikemen and archers, and the remaining twenty or so cavalrymen also began to run around the circle, their purpose was clear, that is, to force these Ming people to show their flaws, and then pounce on them like hungry wolves and bite their throats.

Looking at the robbers who were approaching, Cen Dart said loudly: "Everyone be careful of the thieves' bows and arrows, squat down, don't show your head!" ”

"Whoosh......"

With the shout of Cen Darthead, an arrow shot from more than a hundred paces away from them, it lightly cut through the air, and after flying into the air, it fell smoothly under the action of the arrow feather, and fell towards the face of a fellow.

A guy who didn't have time to squat down was still a little stunned when he saw the oncoming arrows, with a hint of doubt in his expression, where did the arrows come from on the other side.

Before he could react, the arrow fell with great inertia and hit him in the cheek, and as the arrow fell, a stream of blood splattered out.

"Ah......h

Only then did the fellow let out a terrible scream, his hands clasped his face, the long knife in his hand was thrown to the ground, and a swarthy arrow peeked through his other cheek.

"Damn thieves,"

Cen Darthead roared angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and squat down!" ”

With his voice, several more arrows flew over, and the arrows were directly nailed to the cart, and the tail of the arrow couldn't help but tremble and make a fleshy buzzing sound.