our family is gone

Chapter 110 Horse Bandits
Lance had just walked around the village just now, a village with no more than 20 households and less than a hundred people, surrounded by wooden fences.

The houses in the village are all made of wood as the skeleton, piled with earth outside, and covered with thatch on the roof. Humans and animals live together. What they depend on for their livelihood is the fields around the village, as well as raising chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle, and collecting wild fruits and equipment in their free time. Lay a trap to catch the beast.

And this is the most common rural area in the world, and it is also the way of life of most ordinary people, which is boring and heavy.

Under such circumstances, it is normal for the church to develop and have a good public foundation. They need to rely on faith to enrich their spiritual level.

These villagers had limited spending power and didn't buy many things, but Lance didn't care, and chatted with the village chief instead.

"Is it safe around here? Are there any bandits and robbers?"

"Yes, I don't know where recently a group of bandits came here every now and then to grab food."

"Oh! Where are they?" Lance's eyes lit up when he heard this.

"at……"

He originally planned to find bandits to train soldiers, and by the way add gifts.

It's just that I passed through several villages along the way and didn't find any traces of bandits. It may be that the ones who are close have gathered in Hamlet and were taken over by him.

As for why there are bandits here but they are alive and well?

The Hamlet family lost the right to rule the territory, so these scattered villages are actually self-governing. Usually, the elderly of the village become the village head, and use the experience accumulated over the years to maintain the operation of the village.

However, it is impossible for a village of this size to organize a militia, or all the people have long been soldiers. When the bandits arrive, everyone will gather together and pick up hoes and pitchforks to resist the bandits, but at the same time, they will also give up some food.

On the one hand, they tell the bandits that they have to pay a price for the robbery, and on the other hand, they give those guys a little sweetness, so that if they are in a hurry, they are afraid that the bandits will really fight.

Their villages, which can't get oil and water even if they rob them by force, are not interesting to the bandits, and after they are captured, there will be no food, so it's better to save it for a regular visit.

If the bandits really want to make money, they have to be people on the road to robbery.

Listening to the village head's narration, Lance also understood the situation. A group of about twenty bandits, usually in a nearby small town, came here regularly to steal some food.

After hearing this, Lance was a little entangled. He came out with a mission this time, so he didn't take Walter's caravan route, but went directly to Owendo, which meant that the town was not in his plan.

It is not worthwhile to delay for two days for twenty bandits who may not be found.

"You can go there and take a detour and take another road that is a bit farther. Be careful if you hear the dense sound of horseshoes."

"Hmm~" Lance nodded and chose to give up this snack, but the next second he reacted and turned to look at the village chief, "What! Are those horse bandits?"

"That's right, and each person has a horse. Generally, caravans can't escape if they encounter one. It can only be considered unlucky if they encounter one."

The village chief talked about the dangers of those horse bandits, but Lance was so full of those twenty horses that he didn't care at all.

Whether it is used as animal power to cultivate fields, pull carts or ride, it is very useful. There is no reason to miss those "good brothers" who send horses. Be sure to visit them.

Before leaving, the village head was still advising Lance's caravan to be careful not to be robbed.

After all, their village relied on their caravans for supplies. If no one came, they would have to take the risk to go to a nearby town to exchange for supplies.

But Lance didn't care, nodded and smiled:
"Don't worry, we won't go there."

After the team left the village, the three of them rode in front.

"My lord, aren't we in a hurry, why waste time on these bandits?"

The two of them knew that the lord had been looking for those bandits and robbers, and this time they had to make a detour.

"We're going all the way now, but what if they encounter those guys on the way to escort the supplies back?
And now that the bandits and robbers along the road are cleared, it will be much safer to restore the business road later, and there is no need to send people over to suppress the bandits for a second time.

Of course, the most important thing is that they have horses, which is what our caravan lacks. As long as we have horses, we can pull more carts and bring more supplies. "

The two have no opinion on this, they are not afraid of fighting.

…………

"Boss! Boss!"

"Damn it! What's the name of the ghost?"

"The sentry brothers spotted a caravan."

"It's been a hell of a time. I can finally see a living person. Hurry up and tell the brothers to prepare. We're going to eat meat today!"

The leader yelled, and the gangsters in the camp immediately began to prepare their equipment and mount their horses. They were also very excited. After waiting for so many days, they were finally going to eat meat.

Soon all the gangsters were rectified, and the equipment on their bodies was not bad. Although it was not a complete set, they still had the key chest armor, and many of them had short-barreled muskets on their bodies. Now many towns can't get them together. Twenty cavalrymen, one can imagine how rich this bandit is~
Before setting off, most of them skillfully covered their faces with rags to cover the lower half of their faces, wore a rag hood on their heads, and some even wore helmets on their heads.

They know what they are doing, so no one wants to show their faces on the wanted warrant, after all, the money they robbed is still going to the town to spend.

"set off!"

The team quickly merged with the guards, and confirmed that the caravan was not far ahead.

"Brother, shall we ambush or go directly?"

"How many people? What equipment?"

"Eleven, all ordinary guards with spears, only one man in armor, I don't know if it's a knight or a mercenary."

"Damn it! It's just such a small number of people who are still in ambush." ​​The leader immediately showed disdain when he heard this small number of people, and turned to shout at the gangsters behind, "Brothers follow me, let's go to the town tonight Have a good time!"

After finishing speaking, the leader waved the war hammer in his hand, and then galloped on the horse, and the rest of the younger brothers followed suit one after another.

Approaching the past leader, he found that it was indeed a typical small caravan, and immediately despised it even more, and even wanted to make fun of the younger brother.

"Don't kill them all, save a few to drive."

"Hahaha!"

"Go ahead!"

"kill!"

Leonard didn't react too much when he saw the bandits who attacked on horseback. He led hundreds of cavalry to hedge and survived, let alone now.

"Get ready! Arrange chariots, wear armor, and string crossbow arrows."

Leonard arranged calmly, those guards were not as fragile as they looked, on the contrary, after witnessing the tragic death fight, they were not afraid of those bandits.

(End of this chapter)