The ambushers blocked the entrance to the valley with crossbows and did not move for a while.

Chen Wujiu shouted, "Everyone, we are all in the same boat now. Let's work together to find the mastermind behind this!"

Those young masters from noble families were silent, but their guards cheered.

"We have more than 200 of us. One of us can beat ten of those idiots outside!"

"Master Chen is right. Let's break out, capture a few people alive, find out who's behind this, and settle the score with him!"

As he spoke, someone picked up a shield and rushed out.

As soon as he came out of the woods, several crossbow arrows flew at him at the same time. The man raised his shield to block them, but was shot back a step by the crossbow arrows. Then his foot was pierced by the crossbow arrows and he fell to the ground.

Wu Dadao roared, drew his sword and cut off the crossbow arrow, then grabbed the man's shoulder with one hand and dragged him back.

Chen Wujiu and Wei Wuyin looked at each other in surprise, then shouted, "Damn! What a big deal!"

"They've even got a military crossbow, but it's probably a jiuzhang crossbow!"

The crossbow is strung by stepping on the back of the crossbow with both feet. It has greater force than ordinary crossbows and a longer range. It is only equipped in the military and is strictly prohibited for civilians to own.

Everyone's heart was covered with a cloud of gloom, and they didn't know what to do.

As the horn sounded, the sound of armor plates colliding in unison came from the entrance of the valley.

Then five shield-bearing soldiers appeared at the entrance of the valley. They wore heavy helmets and held wide and thick shields that almost covered their entire bodies, leaving only their eyes exposed.

The heavily armored soldiers came slowly with small steps, followed by five crossbowmen, five swordsmen and five spearmen.

Wei Wuyin recalled the record of a small battle formation he had seen in a book.

Now that I see it with my own eyes, it is truly murderous and menacing.

Those guards who were usually arrogant now showed expressions of fear and looked back at their master from time to time.

These people were first-rate experts at bullying men and women and provoking trouble, but when faced with the regular elite troops of the Great Zhou, they became intimidated before they even fought.

"Mo Baifu!" Chen Wujiu called Mo Si and whispered a few words in his ear.

Moss nodded, raised the horn bow, and the sound of the bowstring "bang, bang" rang out one after another.

In front of the formation, a soldier raised his shield to block the arrows, but he was unexpectedly hit by a series of arrows. The first arrow hit the edge of the shield, and the next one flew over and hit the tassel of his helmet.

The soldier's body jolted back, and his helmet slipped halfway off, revealing his tightly tied hair.

Wei Wuyin asked, "Who are these people?"

Chen Wujiu said with a cold face: "These are the soldiers under the command of the King of Qin."

"I never thought he could hide such an army outside Jingzhou City without anyone noticing."

The battle formation of twenty people advanced to a distance of two hundred steps, then moved aside, and the same battle formation behind filled the gap, forming a row of ten people.

When they were one hundred and fifty steps away, another person was added to form a row of fifteen people.

Finally, the battle formation stopped one hundred steps away, and the battle formation became a row of twenty people.

A young man rode up to the rear of the formation and said, "Master Chen, Master Wei, how are you?"

"So it's you? No wonder you were able to send so many people and equipment to Jingzhou."

Chen Wujiu shouted, "Xie Wanshi, you're raising an army and causing chaos behind the Xie family's back. Aren't you afraid of being executed by your entire clan?"

Xie Wanshi said calmly, "Man proposes, God disposes. The great Zhou Dynasty is ruled by a tyrant, and the people are suffering terribly. If we don't rebel now, when will we?"

A soldier suddenly jumped up, and with a "whoosh", a sharp arrow shot into the shield, and the arrow feathers trembled slightly.

Xie Wanshi showed a strange smile on his face: "Brother Lei, you have great archery skills! Don't worry, you and I have known each other for many years, and I won't hurt you."

Among those young men from aristocratic families, Lei Shaohuang was born into a military family and was considered to be the bravest one. He had just taken advantage of Xie Wanshi's speech to launch a surprise attack with an arrow.

Unfortunately, after a hundred steps, he had no strength left and was easily blocked by a soldier, which made him very angry.

Xie Wanshi shouted sternly, "Today I will only take the lives of Chen Wujiu and Wei Wuyin!"

"The rest of you will dismount and be tied up. I thank Wanshi for sparing your lives!"

Seeing the army coming out, the children of the aristocratic families had already lost their fighting spirit.

After hearing what Xie Wanshi said, everyone looked at each other, feeling a little moved.

But because Chen Wujiu and Wei Wuyin were here, no one dared to speak.

"Bullshit!" a voice shouted.

"Who among you doesn't know what kind of person Xie Wanshi is in Jingzhou City?"

"Now that he has the guts to commit such a serious crime, why would he risk your lives and let the news leak out?"

Lei Shaohuang, who usually had the worst relationship with Xie Wanshi, echoed, "Master Wei is right!"

"Don't you all know who this guy is?"

"When did you ever talk about benevolence, righteousness, and trustworthiness?"

"To surrender is to seek one's own destruction!"

Those young men from the noble families gathered their courage again and started to make noises:

"Fuck it, I'm going to die anyway, so I'll just die with my balls up in the air, fuck him!"

"Fuck! I've never seen anything like this in my life! How can I not fight to my heart's content!"

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Xie Wanshi said in a deep voice, "Sergeants! Follow my command! Capture these bandits! Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy!"

"Whoever kills Chen Wujiu and Wei Wuyin will be rewarded with 5,000 strings of silver!"

"promise!"

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward.

Those soldiers rushed towards the crowd as if they were injected with chicken blood.

These young men from noble families hurriedly called on their men to fight off the enemy.

Although those guards were quite skilled, they were nothing but a mob compared to these regular soldiers. They could only hold on for a short while before being completely defeated and fleeing into the forest.

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