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Looking at the stones blocking the road, Xiao Wen faintly felt the feeling of a conspiracy.

Generally speaking, there was only one way for bandits to join forces, and that was to have a "business" that was very challenging, but also had a great harvest awaiting them. If they could work together, then they would get enough. However, if he wanted to fight one on one and complete this transaction, he would die miserably.

Only in this situation where they had to work together could they unite these robbers, criminals, and murderers, who had gradually turned from a poor farmer into an unruly robber.

Only, Xiao Wen did not think that this group of people came for money.

As the envoy of the, Xiao Wen had already put up a flag this time in order to avoid all sorts of troubles and misunderstandings along the way.

All the officials on the road treated him courteously.

At the same time, the soldiers of the two countries at the border didn't make any move to make things difficult for them. Even when they saw their crossbow and Zhanmadao, they did not say anything — weapons of this scale could only protect themselves, but to rely on such weapons to take down the Tang Army's base was simply a pipe dream.

After all, professional soldiers were much stronger than bandits.

And it was also because of this that the bandits on many roads, as long as they were slightly larger in size and with some education, would definitely not dare to attack Xiao Wen — After all, the places that Xiao Wen had walked on, were not places that very few people would take. They would still be able to survive if they did not rob Xiao Wen.

As for robbing Xiao Wen, although they could get some wealth out of it, but anyone with even the slightest of brains would know that the consequences of attacking the diplomatic mission was serious.

And now, this place was a place that only the Han and Tang kingdoms could cross, yet Xiao Wen encountered a group of people who dared to face the risk of being retaliated against after assaulting the diplomatic mission and assaulting Xiao Wen.

If they didn't have anything to rely on, Xiao Wen wouldn't believe it even if he was beaten to death.

"But, what are their trump cards?" Xiao Wen frowned and muttered.

"Sir, this is not the time to think about this. Defense first, then counterattack! " Anthony suggested from the side.

While he was speaking, a few more stones rolled down from the mountain and crashed into the two sides of the road.

However, these stones were the same as before, they did not have enough kinetic energy to break through the fortifications.

"Hehe!" "It's a good thing that your carriage is stronger than ordinary carriages. If it were any ordinary carriage, it would have been knocked away long ago." A shop assistant nearby suddenly said.

"Did they underestimate us?" Xiao Wen asked.

"Of course." The clerk replied, "If they knew how strong our carriage is, I think they would be better prepared. At least I'll choose a better valley to ambush and have the stones roll down from a higher place. "

Hearing that, Xiao Wen nodded.

Ambush was something that required a lot of consideration. It did not mean that if you could find a valley deep enough, you could set up a trap.

First of all, the place had to be close enough to their lair. If they were too far away, it was very easy for accidents to happen.

Secondly, there could not be any escape route for Xiao Wen and the others. Otherwise, their ambush would be a waste of time.

At the same time, there could be no one there, especially the border patrols of the Tang and Han countries.

After all, if these soldiers saw a Thief, they wouldn't let him off.

The laws of both countries stated that killing a Thief or capturing one would be rewarded for their merit.

And this further compressed the place where they had chosen to ambush themselves.

"It's just a bunch of guys who haven't even read a book. It's not surprising that they chose this kind of place because they underestimated their opponent." Xiao Wen sneered.

The purpose of reading and learning was to enable people to know the solution in advance when they encountered something they had never encountered before.

If there was someone who had read the military books and ambushed Xiao Wen, he definitely wouldn't have made such a low level mistake today.

However, although this group of Thieves had accumulated a lot of experience during normal robberies, their experience could only be used in the things that they had experienced. And if they hadn't, they would have gone blind.

"Did you see that? This is what happens when you don't read. If you don't study properly, you'll be like the trash outside, not even good at robbing. " Xiao Wen suddenly said to the students.

Hearing that, all the students were startled, obviously not expecting Xiao Wen to suddenly say that.

Seeing no reaction from these children, Xiao Wen curled his lips.

Obviously, this group of children did not find it funny.

The most embarrassing thing in life could not be any more.

But very quickly, Xiao Wen was able to adjust his emotions.

He only heard the employees suddenly erupt in cheers, he looked at Anthony beside him in puzzlement.

As Anthony held onto his shield, he said to Xiao Wen warily, "Their rock attacks have already stopped. Next they will probably launch a second attack. "

Xiao Wen did not understand, and asked: "How did you know?"

Although he did not doubt Anthony's judgement, after all, the Janissary Guard Centurion who lost in battle was an existence that had been through hundreds of battles. What he said should be true.

However, his intuition told Xiao Wen that Anthony might not stay by his side forever, but something similar might happen again. He had to accumulate enough experience for himself.

These experiences were similar to how he had gone from a weak, fat house to a muscled, qualified scholar who could be solved by the method of a scholar when he had academic arguments with others." The Spring and Autumn War was even about Qin and Han scholars' habit of solving academic problems by force. If a scholar could not draw his sword in the middle of a debate, he would not be a qualified scholar.)

Experience was something that Xiao Wen had to have.

But Anthony did not immediately reply, he only extended his hand that he did not hold onto the shield, and pointed towards the outside of the defensive circle.

Xiao Wen looked in the direction that Anthony pointed. Other than the piles of rocks that the robbers had rolled down from the mountains, there was nothing else.

However, he seemed to have seen a bit of information from it.

He watched as the falling stones gradually piled up outside the fortifications. More stones rolled down, but once they hit the former stones, they were no longer able to cause any more harm to the fortifications of the carriages.

Clearly, these Thieves had already taken the first of the three axes.

Only then did Anthony say: "The environment, is a very important force on the battlefield. I have heard some druids from Wales say that the power of nature is to be feared. I think so. Therefore, in battle, we must not only pay attention to our enemies, but also to our environment. It can help us and it can destroy us. "

Hearing this, Xiao Wen nodded his head in agreement.

Although the time is inferior to the land, the land is inferior to the people. However, if he were to ignore the effects of time and space on the battle because of this, he would die sooner or later due to the enemy's time and place.

After he memorized this rule, Xiao Wen looked around.

He did not let down his guard.

He knew that these Thieves definitely wouldn't let this matter rest.

The second wave of attacks would arrive at any moment.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, Xiao Wen heard a sharp whistle coming from far away.

"This is bad!" They've released arrows! " Anthony roared.

At the same time, he raised his shield high up and used his body to protect Xiao Wen.

Clang clang clang …

As the distance between the archers and Xiao Wen was quite large, when their arrows shot over, they were already at the end of their strength and there was no major danger.

The arrows hit Anthony's shield but did not cause any damage.

But, when Anthony put down the shield, he frowned.

"Sir, look." He held his shield horizontally, showing it to Xiao Wen.

Xiao Wen looked and saw that there were a few arrows stuck on the shield. These arrows were very special. They were shorter than ordinary arrows, and their tails didn't even have a balanced feather.

Needless to say, Xiao Wen already understood. It was not an arrow at all, but a crossbow!

"Be careful, there are crossbows on the other side!" Xiao Wen said loudly.

In the government, the use of bows and arrows was not forbidden in the big men, but it was forbidden to hide crossbows. From this, it could be seen that the power of crossbows was much greater than that of arrows.

But now, this group of Thieves even brought out their crossbows. This was beyond common knowledge.

He could already feel the ill intentions of this group of enemies.