Chapter 1479.
On the nameless hillock, the Qing An merchant team had just finished setting up their defense when the enemy couldn’t wait to surround them.
One to two thousand bandits roamed across the wilderness in the dark, their eyes glittering with greed and bloodlust, as if they were vicious wolves staring at a flock of sheep, eagerly displaying their claws and teeth.
These bandits are not ordinary vagabonds, most of them are robust, and equipped with spears, guns, swords and axes, as well as a small number of bows and arrows, and their actions are quite organized, absolutely simple rabble.
Moreover, in the middle of the bandits, there were some well-equipped leaders, yelling and encouraging morale from time to time.
The bandits stopped just half a mile or so away from the caravan.
They did not launch an attack rashly, but only surrounded the merchant caravan on the hillock, putting up a posture of eyeing the caravan.
Again, they seemed to be waiting for something.
Seeing such a scene, Wang Dust in the temporary camp had someone move a large box.
This crate was so heavy that it required four trippers to move it.
The box was placed in front of Wang Dust, who pulled out his sword and chopped off the copper lock hanging on it.
Then he kicked open the lid of the box.
The merchants gathered around couldn’t help but suck in a breath.
This was because the box was filled with snowflake silver of excellent color, which made people’s hearts flutter when they looked at it.
Although everyone knew that this time when they came to buy food in Yunze Province, the merchant team was carrying a large amount of gold and silver.
But knowing and seeing it with one’s own eyes was a completely different matter!
Wang Dust stepped on the silver box with his feet and said in a deep voice, “Everyone can see the situation now, we are being targeted by thieves and bandits, if we don’t get rid of these jackals, let alone bringing the grain home, everyone’s lives may not be preserved.”
“I’m going to charge once while these bandits and invaders are still small in number, which one of you is willing to kill the enemy with me?”
So many thieves and bandits were definitely not in the same group, presumably the roving thieves and bandits within the Yunze Prefecture’s territory knew that there was a fat sheep passing by, and one or two teams could not nibble it down, so they sent out a message summoning their kind to join them to partake in the meal.
Therefore, it is never a wise choice to die on this hillock without water, and the current enemy situation is not very strong, so it is the best time to kill a wave of people.
But how many can Wang Dust kill alone?
The crowd of merchant guards looked at each other in dismay, and immediately, dozens of them stepped forward and saluted in unison, “Willing to die for sir!”
These guards were all veterans of the garrison, and had once followed Wang Chuan to kill roving bandits on the walls of Qing’an County, so they had the most admiration and faith in Wang Chuan.
Moreover, they had killed people and seen blood, so they had their own spirit of bravery and responded most positively.
“Very good!”
Wang Dust kicked over the silver box, and a ten-twenty ingot of snowflake silver inside poured out at once.
“One person will take one ingot first, and there will be a big reward after killing the bandits!”
Letting people sell their lives definitely needs to be followed by enough silver, Wang Chen doesn’t like to draw big cakes for others, especially in the case of a great enemy.
“We are also willing to serve you, sir!”
Those dart masters and trippers followed and asked for battle.
Apart from being irritated by the silver taels all over the ground, they were basically all locals of Qing’an County and knew the importance of this batch of grain to their hometowns, if they couldn’t bring it back, they might not be able to feed their own families.
Most importantly, surrounded by the bandits, how can they survive without fighting back?
Surrender is not possible, surrender is absolutely certain to die!
Then why not follow Wang Dust and fight to the death?
“Very well!”
Wang Dust selected three hundred elite soldiers and armed them, while he himself took out a long wooden box from underneath one of the carriages.
The wooden box contained a long handle and a long blade, and the two were assembled to make a stranger’s sword that was over eight feet long!
This sword was forged by the best craftsmen in the government workshop specifically for this grain purchasing mission, and the blade was made of a thousand forged iron, which could easily cut through heavy armor after being infused with internal force.
When Wang Chen lifted this stranger’s sword which was taller than himself, the blade reflected a cold and chilling light, shocking everyone present!
“Gentlemen, follow me to kill the enemy!”
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Wang Dust rushed out of the camp first, heading towards the bandits below the hillock to kill them.
The three hundred Sharpshooters followed closely behind!
This scene made the bandits look dumbfounded.
They had the numerical advantage, and were considered to be the local snakes, thinking that they would encircle the Qing’an Merchant Team here and nibble on them little by little, and in the end, they would always be able to eat the most delicious fat meat.
However, they never expected that the Qing An Merchant Team would not follow any common sense at all, and actually took the initiative to launch an attack.
Looking at the raging three hundred sharp soldiers, many of the thieves and bandits became fearful and subconsciously retreated backward.
“Don’t panic!”
A leader of the thieves and bandits shouted in a stern and angry voice, “Prepare the archers, shoot them to death for me!”
At this time, Wang Dust was less than half a mile away from the nearest bandits.
The speed of his charge was very fast, thus greatly widening the distance between him and the 300 sharp soldiers at the back.
He was able to form a single-pronged attack.
Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!
Hundreds of arrows shot towards Wang Chen.
Although these arrows were shot out indiscriminately in haste and appeared disorganized, they were still densely packed and completely enveloped Wang Dust.
“Break!”
Wang Dust suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth to roar, an invisible wave of air exploded, surprisingly shaking away all the arrows that were shot at him.
In the next moment, Wang Dust steeply accelerated the speed of his charge, carrying the Stranger’s Sword as if flying, and instantly rushed to the front of the nearest bandits.
Whew!
The long Stranger’s Sword swept out, the snowy blade exploded with a cold aura, and struck two bandits at the same time.
These two bandits were all holding shields in front of their bodies, but under the sharpness of the Stranger’s Sword, they were just like papier-m芒ch茅, and did not play the slightest defensive role.
They were chopped into four pieces by Wang Chuan’s sword with their shields!
The bandits who were chopped to the ground did not die immediately, they let out a mournful and desperate howl, which officially opened the curtain for this tragic battle.
Wang Duan did not stop, he brazenly killed into the middle of the bandits, strident sword waved left and right, set off a gust of bloody rain!
None of the bandits were able to block Wang Chuan’s blade.
The eight-foot-long stranger’s sword had an astonishingly large killing range, and in Wang Dust’s hands it was invincible, mercilessly harvesting the lives of batches of enemies.
“Die!”
A leader of the bandits with scarlet eyes roared in rage and leapt up high, condescendingly slashing at Wang Dust’s head with his battle sword.
As a result, before his man could fall, a flash of powerful and unrivaled blade light flashed by, suddenly bursting into a rain of blood.
The not-so-tight formation of the bandits fell apart in an instant.
These thieves are here to get rich rather than fight for their lives, seeing their companions around them like wheat swept by a scythe and dying in batches, listening to their miserable wailing, all of them have their hearts and guts cracked.
Many of them turned around and ran away, even dropping the weapons in their hands.