PNB Chapter 160 This bandit is too ruthless to himself.
Chapter 160 This bandit is too ruthless to himself.
For Lin Fan, the situation was incredibly complicated and unbelievable.
While he was still thinking about how to deal with the mountain bandits and cavalry, the mountain bandits suddenly became fearless and charged down in large groups.
Even though the caravan's guards had a defensive advantage, they were overwhelmed in an instant.
Because Lin Fan held the bandit leader's head, they were like an isolated island in the tide, and no one dared to approach them.
Lin Fan was also anxious. At this moment, unless he could conjure dozens of himself at once, there was really no way to save the other carriages.
Just as Lin Fan was about to risk his life and do something to save as many people as possible,
The opposing team of knights finally began to cross the river.
It's called a river, but it's really just a slightly wider stream.
With a series of thuds, dozens of lightly armored knights were the first to cross the river, and from their high vantage point, they began to hack and slash at the mountain bandits.
These knights were all dressed in uniform, but they were not the same ones Lin Fan had ever seen before, leaving him momentarily bewildered.
Of course, after suppressing all the bandits below the mountain in the first round of charging, these knights looked at Lin Fan and his companions with a blank expression.
After all, everyone else could tell who was a bandit and who was a civilian, but these few dressed in blue seemed to be bodyguards. If they were really bodyguards, how come there were men, women, and children among them, and why were there no bandits attacking them?
Are they occupying a carriage to protect it, or is it actually their spoils of war?
So while most of the knights rushed into the sparse woods to hunt down the fleeing bandits, a small group of them approached.
"Hey you over there, drop your weapons and surrender!" the leading knight shouted to Lin Fan and his group.
At this moment, Chen Ergou was naturally the quickest to react, immediately shouting, "Sir, spare our lives! We are bodyguards!"
The man was momentarily stunned and casually replied, "Oh, so you're a bodyguard. I misunderstood..."
Before he could finish speaking, a rider behind him interrupted, "You so-called bodyguards! Aren't you going to protect your customers? Are you just bandits in disguise? Put down your weapons and come back to camp with us to settle this!"
The man pointed to the head in Lin Fan's hand, "They seem to be holding the heads of bandits as well."
The second person firmly stated, "Who knows whose head that is?"
After saying that, he spurred his horse and led his men to capture Lin Fan and the others.
Instead of using the sabers they used against bandits, they took out lassos and threw them at Lin Fan and his group.
Without hesitation, Niu Dadan did exactly as Lin Fan had instructed. His already bull-demon-like body grew twice as large, and two pairs of thin wings sprouted from his back. He picked up Sun Ruolan and Doctor Lei with one on each side and flew away.
Lin Fan thwarted most of the ring tosses using various methods, except for one that landed on Chen Ergou.
Without hesitation, the rider dragged Chen Ergou away from Lin Fan.
"Help me, Brother Fan! Ah, my butt is going to get chafed raw! Help, help me, Brother Fan..."
Lin Fan ignored Chen Ergou's voice fading into the distance; his goal was to buy some time so he could escape.
Several rope loops were thrown at Lin Fan. Finding it too troublesome to dodge, he simply stood still and got caught in all the loops.
These riders thought they had succeeded and were about to drag Lin Fan away as well.
The strange middle-aged bodyguard in blue suddenly shouted, veins bulging on his forehead, and tried to break the ropes binding him with brute force.
The most bizarre thing is that when the five riders tried to drag the man away together, they found that even though all five horses were pulling in one direction, they could only drag the man's feet slowly on the ground.
If the strength of a horse is one horsepower, then wouldn't this person have close to five horsepower?
But what happened next was even more surprising. The ends of the ropes on the man's body gradually popped off, and finally, with a snap, all five ropes on his body broke apart.
Lin Fan's physique was already much stronger than that of ordinary people because he had been taking strength pills like food for a long time. He also took the yellow blood pills from the Li family to improve his physique. Now, after taking three strength pills at once, his brute strength has reached a monstrous level.
The five riders looked at each other in surprise. As the saying goes, those with horses have nothing to fear from those without. They were merely surprised, and were also thinking about how to deal with this person next.
The five men exchanged glances for a moment, then simultaneously drew their swords. They were so fierce that it seemed they couldn't hold back.
Just as Lin Fan was about to draw his sword to fight, a shout came from the opposite bank of the river, "You idiots, stop! What are you doing!"
Lin Fan and the five riders looked towards the river and saw a middle-aged man in white armor being escorted by a group of knights.
Although the middle-aged man was also wearing light armor, the clothes underneath were clearly made of fine brocade, and Lin Fan guessed that he must be a nobleman.
Although the middle-aged man was dressed as a knight, he clearly looked like a scholar. He was late probably because he was riding a horse slowly and was not as adept at crossing the river.
The man's chest heaved, his face flushed with anger, and he pulled out his whip and began to lash the knights who were trying to capture Lin Fan without saying a word.
"Are you blind? Why are you arresting those bodyguards for no reason?"
One of the knights was whipped, but it didn't hurt much. He stiffened his neck and explained, "This man might be a bandit disguised as a bodyguard. It's just a set of clothes; it doesn't mean anything."
The nobleman in white armor laughed in exasperation, "Could there be bodyguards or spies from the government disguised among those bandits? Why don't you go and check them one by one?"
The knight continued to explain, "Didn't you say that we shouldn't be lenient or tolerant towards bandits?"
The nobleman in white roared, "Then you should use your brains! Look at the head on his waist. You may not recognize it, but I do. That's one of the bandit leaders. Do you think a bandit leader would willingly cut off his own head just to make the other bandits pretend to be镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) for a caravan robbery?"
The knight was stunned. "This bandit is too ruthless to himself!"
"You're such an idiot, you're so stupid!"
After finishing his cigarette, Lin Fan was stunned. The nobleman in white sent most of his knights to chase after the bandits, then jumped off his horse to help the wounded Lin Fan. However, Lin Fan glared at him, so he had to keep his distance and give a deep bow before speaking.
"I am Duan Ye, son of Duan Nian'an."
Lin Fan frowned as he looked at the man, thinking to himself, "I don't know your father either."
Duan Ye seemed unsurprised by Lin Fan's reaction and added, "My family has been the hereditary Marquis of Ping Le. Even if you haven't heard of me, you should know my reputation as the Marquis of the Hunter."
Lin Fan swallowed back his words, "Never heard of him before." He didn't know much else, but the person who claimed to be a nobleman was not like a golden monkey, and judging from his attire, he must be someone important.
However, Lin Fan also had a bad impression of the imperial court and didn't know what to say, so he simply followed the etiquette of a martial arts practitioner, cupping his hands in a respectful greeting. He tentatively called out, "Lord Marquis."
"Now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, please release our people and let us leave."