Chapter 220: The bandits are fighting to the death, unusual
On a snowy night on the ancient road, the cold wind howled.
The shadows of fire at the foot of the seven peaks cast a faint red light on the world.
Dark figures were crisscrossing beside the dead tree forest, and the sound of fighting was deafening.
From all directions, bandits were still coming one after another, holding torches and shouting.
There are a total of 36 people from Xinyuan Escort Agency who are escorting the convoy this time, five of whom are newcomers with no experience in the martial arts world. Even though the others have profound martial arts skills, they gradually pale in comparison in the face of the human wave tactics.
Under wave after wave of attacks, the escort team was broken up.
The chief escort leader Gao Chong was brave and daring, and he had four or five escorts helping him, so he was not hurt for the time being. However, looking at the scene before them, they all felt heavy-hearted.
Among the more than 30 escort team members, except for a few of them who were still intact, the rest were surrounded and injured.
If we continue to harass them, the escort will surely suffer casualties!
"Chief escort, although the bandits on the Yudu Ancient Road are brutal, they also know the situation and are cautious. We have been fighting for such a long time and so many of them have been killed or injured, why are they still refusing to retreat?" An escort asked anxiously.
Gao Chong pursed his lips and glanced around sharply.
He also found it strange.
This was not the first time they had come to the Yudu Ancient Road, and they were quite familiar with the style of the bandits here. If they knew they could not defeat them in a fight or would suffer heavy losses in a fight, these bandits would automatically retreat and would never rush forward recklessly.
There was something unusual about it.
Gao Chong's eyes flashed darkly as he dodged a nearby knife and shouted, "Everyone! We are just escorts passing through here from the Darong Xinyuan Escort Agency. We are here to protect the convoy and have no intention of offending you. Why are you making things so difficult for us? You are just occupying the ancient road to make money. We can give you the silver we have and let this matter go. How about letting us pass?"
A fierce bandit laughed heartily, pointing his sword across his face with a murderous look on his face. "Bodyguard? You think you can fool me with such nonsense? The imperial court will come to hunt down the Thirty-Three Peaks soon. We got the news early this morning, and you still dared to hide it from us! I'm telling you, no matter if you're bodyguards or imperial lackeys, you won't be able to leave the Thirty-Three Peaks today! Kill them!"
Gao Chong's face changed when he heard this. No wonder the bandits were fighting with them to the death.
This is because they just happened to bump into each other, and the other party would rather kill a hundred people by mistake!
Without thinking too much about anything else, Gao Chong shouted, "Listen up, everyone in the escort agency, break out immediately and leave! No more fighting!"
Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to leave alive tonight!
Upon hearing the order, the escorts began to gather together.
Knowing that they were trying to break out and escape, the bandits attacked more brutally, and the scene became even more chaotic.
During the mobile fight, Tianbao's ears moved slightly, and he realized that someone was attacking him from behind. He moved his feet lightly and avoided the attack cleverly and seemingly by accident, and caught a glimpse of Yu Hong's shadow out of the corner of his eye.
Beside Yu Hong, Xu Yang and Han Wenbai were fighting the enemy while leading people towards them.
Tianbao and Bai Yu exchanged glances quickly, pretending to be forced to run blindly by the bandits, and in a blink of an eye ran to the side of the three people.
"Hmph, just in time! Shiyu, Jiuer, don't blame us for being cruel, blame you for being such an eyesore!" Yu Hong's murderous words reached their ears. "Young Master Ding told us that every year, three of the new recruits selected by the escort agency will be admitted to the Guiyi Pavilion! As long as you die, the three of us will definitely get in!"
Xu Yang and Han Wenbo did not speak, but during the fight, the blades swept towards them, as if they wanted to take their lives in the melee.
Bai Yu kicked a thug as a scapegoat. When he turned back to look at the three of them, his eyebrows raised and his lips curled, revealing an arrogance and murderous intent that the three of them had never seen before. "Someone is going to die here, but it's not Jiuer and me."
His voice was very soft, with a smile, like Yama muttering, "It's you."
After saying that, Bai Yu and Tian'er turned to the side at the same time, and the knife of the bandit who had been blocking them behind them just happened to slash down at them diagonally.
Without them to stop it, the cold blade went straight towards the other three.
Xu Yang, Yu Hong and Han Wenbo's faces changed drastically and they subconsciously dodged backwards.
However, he was knocked back by a fierce bandit flying from behind and fell forward.
The gangster killed three people with one sword.
Blood gushed out of his chest. Before he died, Xu Yang struggled to turn his head. Wherever he looked, he saw a man in black wearing a silver wolf mask, his eyes looking at him sideways with indifference and coldness.
The trapped escorts over there were busy taking care of themselves and no one noticed the murderous intent hidden in the chaos here.
Bai Yu and Tian Bao secretly clapped their hands and began to move towards the escorts, and naturally, they also brought the bandits who were chasing them.
Bringing another wave of "help" to the escorts who are already struggling to cope.
The masked boy did not leave, but wandered around and killed the scattered bandits one by one.
The Yudu Ancient Road has thirty-three peaks and is difficult to travel on in snowy weather. It takes at least three days to successfully cross the ancient road.
The escorts fought as they walked, without even having a chance to take a short break.
By the time they rushed out of the ancient road, only eight of the thirty-six people were left.
Gao Chong was leaning against a large rock by the roadside, his body covered with scars. The most serious one was on his left chest, so deep that the bone was almost visible.
The injuries on the rest of the people were also serious. This escort mission was the most serious and tragic one in history.
"Captain, how are you?" An escort with less serious injuries came over and took out a water bag to give him water.
After unscrewing the lid, the water could not be poured out because it had already frozen into ice in the bag.
Gao Chong endured the pain and gasped weakly, "It's okay, how is Shi Yu's injury?"
Hearing this, the escort looked back with a complicated expression, "He's seriously injured. He took a blow to the back, and I'm afraid his internal organs have been damaged. He's not fully conscious yet."
"We're out of the ancient road now. The road ahead will be much easier. I'll find someone to treat him after I deliver the convoy to the destination. As for the rest, we'll deal with it after we get back." Gao Chong leaned against a large rock and closed his eyes. His face was pale from excessive blood loss. He sighed, "If Shi Yu hadn't risked his life to save me, I would have died on the ancient road."
The escort said bitterly, "If the Dai Viet government hadn't sent people to suppress the bandits, those fierce bandits wouldn't have been provoked, and our escort agency wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses! Even if Shi Yu had fired a signal flare to attract their attention, we might have been able to escape safely after talking things out! I'm so unlucky that even drinking water gets stuck in my teeth!"
Originally, everyone blamed the brother and sister for their incompetence, but since Shi Yu risked his life to protect the chief escort, even for the sake of the chief escort, those blaming words could not be spoken.
Under another dead tree on the side of the road, a pale-faced young man closed his eyes and was unconscious. The girl half-hugged him in her arms. Her clear almond-shaped eyes were now red-rimmed, and her expression was dazed, and she was filled with sorrow and confusion.
Many escorts quickly turned their eyes away after seeing this scene, each with mixed feelings.
Three of the newcomers who came with them died.
I didn’t expect that the last two left would be these two siblings.
Shi Yu was guilty of randomly releasing flares, but he also saved the chief escort. I wonder what the boss will do after he returns.
But if these two people stayed, they would definitely be able to enter Guiyi Pavilion.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
