The moonless night was as cold as water.
The sky was dark, and a large patch of dark clouds hung in the air like a huge pot lid. It made people feel very depressed. It seemed that there would be another heavy snow tonight!
Suddenly, the sound of hurried horse hooves approached from afar, breaking the oppressive silence of the cold night.
Twenty cavalrymen galloped from the north to the bamboo forest like the wind. The burly man at the front tightened the reins of his horse. The warhorse leader hushed and stopped. The cavalrymen behind him followed closely behind the burly man.
"Is this the place?" The burly man asked indifferently.
A person came up from behind. If Chu Yunfeng was here, he would recognize him. He was one of the two scouts that morning.
The bandit respectfully lowered his head to the burly man and said,""Yes, Fifth Leader. This was Lin Family Village. The village was filled with the old, weak, sick, and disabled. There were only about twenty to thirty young and strong people.”
It seemed like they didn't know that some of the village youths had gone into the city. Otherwise, they would be more at ease.
The burly man nodded and said,"En!" As usual, the women were left alive, and the men were killed without mercy! Let's begin!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Kill them!"
The bandits roared and rode their horses towards Lin Family Village.
As for the leader, he was leisurely riding his horse at the back. He did not need to do anything for this small battle.
Originally, tonight was just a robbery operation for the bandit group, and there was no need for him, the Fifth Leader, to make a move. However, he happened to be very bored, so he came over to take a look. He could also see if there were any beautiful girls. Then, he could choose in advance. Otherwise, when he returned to the village, he would let the previous leaders choose first.
However, before he could come back to his senses, a long horse hiss and a miserable cry suddenly came from ahead. The fifth head hurriedly went forward to take a look. It turned out that the few horses walking in front had suddenly slipped and were sent flying. Falling off such a galloping horse was really not dead or disabled. Of the few people who fell off the horses, two of them were unlucky enough to break their necks. The remaining three who were lucky enough to not die had more than half of their bones broken. They lay on the ground and kept screaming.
The fifth head's face darkened. They had not even entered the village and five people had already died.
But how did the horse suddenly slip?
One horse sliding down could be said to be careless, but suddenly five horses sliding down together was not normal.
"Light the fire!"
The fifth head roared angrily. Anyway, the people in the village must have heard the sound now, so there was no need to hide anything. Moreover, even if they attacked openly, he did not believe that these villagers could block his way.
The minions beside him lit up the torches one after another. The fifth head took a closer look with the help of the flickering flame of the torch. It turned out that the limestone road was wet. In this cold winter night, it had already been frozen into a thick layer of ice. The ice covered the entire limestone road. No wonder all the horses had slipped. Fortunately, the people behind them saw the opportunity and quickly reined in the galloping horses. Otherwise, they would not be the only ones who had fallen to their deaths and become disabled.
This was one of Chu Yunfeng's plans.
With the help of the freezing temperature, he poured water on the limestone road. As night fell, the temperature dropped drastically, and the water froze. This way, the horses would not be able to enter, and the mobility of the mounted gangsters would be reduced.
One had to know that the combat power of cavalry and infantry was not the same.
The Fifth Head glared at the Lin Family Manor in the darkness and shouted,""Abandon the horse and enter from the bamboo forest. I don't believe that even the bamboo forest has frozen.”With that, he took the lead and walked into the bamboo forest.
The mounted gangsters hurriedly dismounted, holding a saber in one hand and a torch in the other, carefully following the Fifth Leader into the bamboo forest.
The Fifth Head was actually a little grumbling in his heart. They were only a few hundred steps away from the Lin Family Village. With such a huge commotion, Deaf should have heard it, right? Why was there no sound at all?
He looked at the Lin Family Village in the darkness and felt like a giant beast with its mouth wide open was quietly waiting for them to fall into its trap. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shiver. However, the fifth head quickly adjusted his state of mind and laughed at himself. He thought to himself,"It's true that the older you get, the less courage you have. What can a bunch of villagers do?”
As he was muttering to himself, he suddenly felt as if his leg had been tripped by something. Then, he heard a rush of wind. He subconsciously dodged to the side and saw a thick bamboo quickly fly past his eyes. Then, it heavily slapped the top of the head of the small fry behind him.
With a bang, the minion's head exploded like a watermelon, and snow-white brain matter splattered all over his clothes.
The Fifth Leader was stunned for a moment before he immediately shouted,"" There's a trap! Everyone, spread out!"
The minions scattered in a flurry, but a few more screams sounded.
As it turned out, the scattered minions had stepped on a disguised trap just as they had escaped from their previous position. The trap was filled with extremely sharp bamboo spears. A few mounted gangsters fell down and were pierced by the bamboo spear, leaving a hole in their bodies.
The corner of the Fifth Leader's eyes trembled, and he felt great hatred in his heart.
Dealing with a group of villagers, he had already lost half of his men before he even entered the village. If news of this spread to the village, his prestige would immediately be swept away and he would never be able to raise his head.
For the sake of his dignity, he had to take down this place!
The Fifth Leader said to the mounted gangsters hatefully,""Push forward with all your strength. This time, I'm going to make sure that no one in the Lin Family Village will be left alive. I'll leave all the loot from the Lin Family Village to you.!”
The Horse Gang's fear was immediately driven away by the word " property ". It should be known that most of the results of each robbery had to be handed over to the village, and they could not keep much for themselves. Although this small village was not big, the goods left behind should be enough for them to live freely for a period of time.
Greed instantly defeated fear.
The mounted gangsters carefully bypassed the traps on the ground and slowly advanced. However, the traps behind him were still in different layers, one in the sky and one on the ground. Although they were careful, the number of people was still decreasing. When they were about to walk out of the bamboo forest, there were only five bandits left.
The fifth head looked at the big cats and small cats beside him, and his anger exploded. He roared angrily,"Kill! Leave no one alive!"
Just as he finished shouting, he heard a sound of air being torn apart. A sparse rain of arrows approached, and the Fifth Leader hurriedly waved his blade to sweep away the incoming arrows. However, he immediately let out another two miserable cries. He turned his head and saw that two more of the surviving bandits had been shot and died.
The fifth head could not care less about the casualties. He bowed and jumped onto the short wall of the Lin Family Village. However, he staggered and fell the moment he stood up.
It turned out that this wall was also covered with ice. The fifth head had just jumped up and slid down again. Before he could calm down, a few more air-piercing sounds were heard. This time, he did not dodge all of them. One arrow hit his chest and the other hit his thigh. The arrowhead was smeared with some unknown substance, and it was extremely painful after being shot. Even though the fifth head was already used to being injured, he still grimaced in pain.
This was Chu Yunfeng's trick again. He didn't have any poison, but he suddenly thought of the saying," sprinkle salt on the wound ". He felt that it should be quite powerful, so he shamelessly let the villagers soak the arrowheads in salt water. It would be good to have more lethality, but now it seemed that it was quite powerful.
As for the ice on the wall, it was to deal with the mounted gangsters who climbed up the wall.
The Horse Gang had abandoned their horses, and the village gate was blocked by heavy objects. If the bandits wanted to enter, they could only climb over the wall, so Chu Yunfeng asked the villagers to spread water on the wall and freeze it into ice. At least he could get the upper hand.
The traps in the bamboo forest were also made by the villagers under his command. Although he had never done it himself, he had seen it many times on television. These villagers had many craftsmen. As long as he mentioned the effect he wanted to achieve, the villagers would complete it themselves. Now, the old, weak, women, and children in the village had all hidden in the mountains, leaving only the young and strong and some old people who could still bow and shoot arrows. Chu Yunfeng divided the remaining villagers into groups and then spread them out. He let them shoot arrows in groups, maintaining the frequency of the arrow rain.
Now, out of the twenty mounted gangsters, only the leader was left, and he was seriously injured.
The results were remarkable!
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