Glancing at the militia behind Ivan, Leo asked in a low voice: "How many people have arrived?" "Including me, there are 40 people in total." Ivan wanted to explain, "A few people who were shot by arrows wanted to follow, but I didn't let them." "You did the right thing. Forty people are more than enough." Leo patted him on the shoulder and waved his hand to call over several key members. Pointing at the blockhouse in the distance, Leo began to arrange a battle plan. "Wu Jin, take ten people and sneak through the woods on the left. Ambush behind the big rock first. If you see anyone coming out, beat them hard." "Moros, take five men and stand guard on the right side. When the fight starts, guard the horses and don't let the other side ride on them." "The rest of you follow Ivan and wait at that place. As soon as I give the signal, rush over and block the door." After giving the instructions, Leo looked at everyone, still a little worried, and added: "There are only more than 20 horse bandits, but they are all good fighters, so try to use crossbows to shoot them. Don't fight them one-on-one, and don't chase them. It doesn't matter if a few run away. Just do it according to our usual training. Do you understand?" After hearing this, several small leaders looked slightly struggling, but still nodded in agreement obediently. In their opinion, there were only twenty or so horse bandits left, so they could still win by charging straight at them.
Everyone came with a rage for revenge, and of course they wanted to kill everyone. Leo ignored the militia's little thoughts. When he saw them nod, he waved his hand and they dispersed. Leo himself went back the same way and came to the stone wall of the blockhouse again. He waited quietly for a while, until the horse thief on guard walked away. Then he grabbed the gap in the stone wall with both hands and quickly climbed up the stone wall like a gecko. On top of the stone wall, there was a sturdy horse thief sitting on the parapet, fiddling with his short bow, bored. This blockhouse is more than ten miles away from the World Tree Avenue. It has been abandoned for two or three hundred years and the road is submerged by the forest. In such a remote place, the probability of being attacked by the enemy is too small. The main purpose of the horse thieves standing guard is to prevent wild animals from appearing nearby and scaring the horses. They saw it in advance and shouted to drive them away, but ordinary brown bears and leopards could not confront dozens of horse thieves head-on. This time, during the attack on Hewan, they lost a total of eighteen brothers, but they were unable to get back even a single horse. In his entire five-year career as a horse bandit, there had never been such a failed robbery. Maybe I can take this opportunity to have some fun with a few brothers and fight for the position of leader. The horse thief was sitting there bored, dreaming about his grand plans. He suddenly heard a slight breeze behind him, and before he could move, a hand covered his mouth and nose. The sharp steel sword passed directly across the horse thief's throat, and under the huge force, half of the neck was cut. Like a burst water pipe, a huge amount of blood spurted out and splashed under the stone wall. Leo let go of the horse thief and let him fall off the stone wall. He then took a few steps, jumped up from the stone wall, raised the steel sword high in both hands, and chopped it down fiercely. On another stone wall that was slightly lower, a horse thief just heard the noise and turned around to see Leo swooping down from above, with the long sword raised high and slashing towards his head with a sharp gust of wind. The space on top of the stone wall was narrow, and the horse thieves had no time to dodge, so they could only raise the short bow in their hands to resist.
However, it was in vain. Because of their height and strength, the standard steel swords used by Northerners weigh three kilograms, and the hilt and blade are lengthened. It is a half-hand sword called a "bastard sword" by Southerners. This kind of sword is used as a two-handed sword in the south. At this moment, a three-kilogram, one-meter-two-long thick-spine, wide-blade steel sword was completely unstoppable under Leo's aerial slash. The horse thief's short bow, a wrist with a fur wristband, and his entire head were all cut in two! If the horse thief hadn't subconsciously leaned back when he raised his bow to block, Leo could have cut him in half with one sword like a pig! Amidst the blood splattering, Leo put away his sword, took out his longbow, calmly put an arrow on the bow, and shot an arrow through the chest of the horse thief on the third stone wall. It was only then that the bandits realized they were being attacked. They shouted loudly to warn others and then raised their bows to shoot Leo. After taking care of all the bandit sentries on the stone wall in one go, Leo turned around, bent down and hid under the parapet beside him, while blowing a whistle. Four or five arrows flew at him, one passed over his head, and the rest hit the stone wall. The iron arrowheads splashed sparks on the weathered stone wall, leaving a mark before bouncing back and falling. Outside the blockhouse, Ivan roared and charged with more than 20 militiamen. The structure of the blockhouse limits the attacker's path, but at the same time it also limits the defender's exit. In order to demonstrate their unique status, the bandit leader and Friar Lawrence occupied the relatively intact rooms in the blockhouse. The other horse thieves could only set up tents outside. The open space enclosed by this small blockhouse is not large. Adding the part occupied by the collapsed stone wall, the entire space inside the blockhouse can only accommodate a dozen tents. Therefore, some horse thieves chose to set up tents in the sheltered area behind the blockhouse. When they were attacked, the horse thieves inside looked around with weapons in hand, and also had to defend against Leo's strong bow shooting above their heads. When the horse thieves behind the blockhouse heard the shouting, they went around the outer wall to check. Before these horse thieves who were circling around could reach the main gate, they were suddenly hit by a wave of crossbow arrows from the other side, and four of them fell down instantly. A group of people suddenly appeared from behind a huge rock not far away. They were the ten militiamen led by Wu Jin. Faced with the unsuspecting horse thieves walking close to the wall, it was as easy for the militia to shoot them as it was to shoot at targets. Seeing that there were only five of them left, Wu Jin immediately forgot Leo's instructions, threw down his crossbow, drew his one-handed sword, and shouted, "Kill them all!" The remaining five bandits did not retreat in fear as expected. Instead, they looked fierce, howled wildly, and charged at the militia with scimitars in hand. On the front of the blockhouse, due to the hesitation of the horse thieves and Leo's sniper, Ivan had successfully blocked the gate with his men. The seven militiamen in front held up round shields and formed a shield wall to block the arrows shot by the horse bandits in the blockhouse. The militiamen behind held crossbows and shot at the horse bandits. The horse thieves had no shields to defend themselves, and although their short bows could shoot at a very fast speed, they posed little threat to the militia. As long as one arrow from the militia's crossbow hits the target, the horse thief who was hit by the arrow will immediately lose his combat effectiveness.
Seeing their companions fall one after another, the remaining bandits could only flee into the rooms of the blockhouse, using the thick stone walls of the blockhouse for defense. The militiamen advanced slowly while shooting, and soon entered the open space inside the wall of the blockhouse, suppressing the horse bandits in the blockhouse so that they dared not show their heads. Leo was also on the stone wall, shooting continuously from a high position, knocking down three horse thieves in a row until they all hid in the blockhouse and were blocked from view by the stone wall. Then he climbed down the stone wall and jumped to Ivan's side. At this time, Brother Lawrence's majestic voice came from the tower: "Stop it!"