Linford was very unconfident. Now, the Kingdom of Vijia seemed to be actively preparing for war. When the villagers went out to join the army, they would naturally take away the armor and weapons in their homes. In this case, they would have no weapons and equipment at all.
Wals looked at the farmers around him. These people were holding sickles for farm work, or long forks, or butcher knives for slaughtering animals. As for the equipment on their bodies, they had none at all.
He was just walking in the dark wearing only tattered clothes.
Although the equipment of those bandits cannot compare with that of regular troops, it is much better than that of these farmers!
These bandits saw the peasants like cats seeing mice. They knew they could definitely defeat these peasants because their equipment, physical fitness, and psychological state during the battle were all different.
These farmers are at a disadvantage.
The robbers believed that they only needed to wave their long swords and these weak peasants would flee in panic, which was not unreasonable.
"Don't panic, everyone. We have to fight for our village. Whoever has a bow and arrow, take it out and shoot them to death." Linford gave orders to the villagers.
The command was effective. Several people holding bows and arrows soon jumped out from among the farmers. Their target was clear. Those holding torches were their targets. They just had to shoot their arrows and they would definitely hit the target.
But before they started shooting, the arrows flew over the fence, and several unlucky farmers died in just a rain of arrows.
The fences were not high enough, only as tall as a person, which meant that the arrows shot by the robbers could easily hit the farmers.
Seeing that several farmers had died before the fight even started, a few cowardly ones immediately began to prepare to escape.
This scene was captured by Walls.
He was also very clear that, given the current situation, if one person ran away, then a group of people would run away, so he had to think of a way to boost the morale of these farmers.
He suddenly snatched the bow and arrow from someone's hand and aimed at the bandits opposite. These bandits were holding torches, like lighting lamps, illuminating a path to death for them.
With a whoosh sound, the arrow left the string and hit a robber in the head. He tilted his head back and his body suddenly went limp. Then he fell to the ground with a thud and never got up again.
Everyone knew that the robber had been killed, and immediately the peasants cheered. Being able to kill a robber with just one arrow, it seemed that there was still a sharpshooter among us.
The morale that was about to disappear returned after Wals shot an arrow.
Wals did not stop, but continued to draw his bow and shoot arrows. He shot three arrows in a row, killing one man, but the remaining two learned their lesson. They took off the shields on their backs, held them in their hands and held them in front of themselves to block Wals' arrows.
The morale that had just begun to recover fell into depression again.
"Haha, did you see that? They are just a bunch of trash. We have shields. Go ahead, don't be afraid, kill them all."
Maren raised his shield and turned around to speak to his men who fell behind him.
There were bursts of wild laughter from the robbers. They didn't take it seriously at all. A lamb is a lamb.
"Damn it." Walls cursed. Since these bandits raised their shields, there was a team of people standing in front, forming a shield wall, which meant that they could provide defense for their companions behind who did not have shields.
And because Walls had no idea what was happening behind the shield wall, it was not only because it was dark, but also because of the close cooperation between the bandits.
They put out the torches, but they could not throw them away. They put the torches on their waists. There was no doubt that everyone present could realize that this was an attempt to burn down the village.
Behind this group of bandits, there are a few more bandits. They hold shields in one hand and torches in the other. These torches are the source of fire. After the bandits enter the village, they can light the torches on other bandits.
If they did that, the whole village would be destroyed.
Linford doesn't want this to happen, they have to fight to the death.
Walls shot his arrows as hard as he could, but they could not penetrate the bandits' shields.
If it were a crossbow, it would be possible to shoot through these cheap shields, but there are no crossbows at all now!
Only the Kingdom of Swadia and the Kingdom of Rhodok have skilled crossbow makers in the entire continent, so only these countries have crossbows. However, because these are strategic materials, the crossbows that come out of these two countries are still few in number.
Here we have to mention the Rhodok Kingdom, which has the strongest crossbowmen in the entire continent. The power of the crossbow is greater than that of the bow. The siege crossbow is a special equipment of the Rhodok sharpshooters, which can easily penetrate armor.
However, crossbows also have defects. Many crossbows cannot be used on horseback. The mounted archers of the Khergit Khanate used bows. The shooting speed of bows is obviously faster than that of crossbows. The operation of crossbows is simple, but the practicality of experienced archers is higher than that of crossbowmen.
However, crossbowmen do not need much training to use a powerful weapon like a crossbow, which allows them to train some other weapons, and their melee capabilities are significantly higher than archers.
It is very difficult to train an experienced archer.
Now Wals has no crossbow, nor is he an experienced archer. The bow in his hand is not a priceless bow, but an ordinary hunting bow. It is difficult for such a bow to shoot through the shields of the robbers.
The bandits were getting closer and closer, they could already clearly see the peasants, and soon they would be able to kill them all.
Before Wals had finished shooting his arrows, the bandits rushed over shouting.
A bandit holding a one-handed axe swung his axe at the village fence. The fragile fence could not withstand such an attack at all. The axe only hit it a few times, and suddenly, a gap appeared.
Several brave villagers picked up their crude weapons and started fighting the robber, but it was in vain.
As soon as these villagers fought with the axe-wielding robbers, only one was left. The robbers' axes killed these villagers too easily.
The villagers who were watching on the sidelines all took a step back unconsciously when they saw this situation. This step clearly expressed their fear to the robbers.
"Hmph!" The robber looked at them with disdain. These guys were just using him as targets.
It was at this moment that a figure flashed out from the crowd. Needless to say, it was Walls.
"Needless to say, he is a big-headed person who loves to show off."
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"Who made this Walls so rude?"
The Baron was unhappy with how things had turned out for him.
When Wals appeared, the villagers who saw Wals when he entered the village all exclaimed in confusion, "Isn't this the traveler? He actually had the courage to come out."
The other group of people who had not seen Walls all had confused expressions on their faces.
When did this person appear in our village?
No one answered them, because no one would answer their questions right now. This was a matter of life and death, so they had to fight well.
Wals only swung his sword, and this seemingly extremely strong robber was unable to resist.
How is it possible? How could there be a villager with such great strength?
There was serious doubt in the robber's eyes, but no one came out to answer his question, because in the next second, the robber would leave the world forever.
Seeing the blood gushing from the bandit's neck, the villagers regained their confidence. It turns out we have such a powerful ally.
"Ah!" The villagers roared, raised their weapons and rushed towards the robbers. At this time, Wals also picked up the robber's shield and swung his sword at the robbers who kept pouring out of the gap.
Village chief Linford suddenly noticed that the morale of the villagers nearby seemed to be greatly boosted, and he looked at the group of people curiously.
The people around him thought the same thing and looked around curiously. It was at this time that more fences were destroyed and these fierce robbers kept pouring in.
And that's when Maren showed up. "Brothers, let's have a fight." Maren raised his own sword high.
Walsh had already seen Mullen. From his appearance, he knew that this man was the leader of this gang of bandits. So, Walsh knew his goal, which was to kill the leader.
To hit the morale of the bandits, but this is a difficult task, the bandit leader is at the center of the bandits. It is conceivable that when killing Malen, it is necessary to kill a group of bandits, how difficult this is.
Wals looked at the farmers who seemed to have been blessed by the god of war just now and were now very scared when they saw a group of aggressive bandits.
"Don't be afraid, we are in large numbers." Linford was the first to raise his sword and rush forward. He took the lead, and seeing this, the villagers followed.
"Don't forget, we have our children and wives behind us," Linford shouted.
He swung his sword at a bandit, but due to his old age, he was unable to fully exert his former strength, so the bandit simply blocked the blow with his shield.
"Old man, just go to hell." The robber grinned. He already regarded Linford as a dead man.
But unfortunately, Linford did not die. Instead, Walls took his life first.