Chapter 24 Ambush the Bandits
"Haha, well, just for what you said, I'll give you this knife, it's worth it." You should know that he is the only ninth-rank warrior in the county government now, and he only reached the ninth rank with the help of the empire's luck bonus, except for Lord Xia, of course.

Because Lord Xia is the county magistrate, the empire's luck bonus must be greater, but he doesn't know how much exactly.

Heiyuan was too heavy. If he hung it around his waist, his belt would be broken. He had no choice but to hold it in his hands, which made him feel helpless.

Zhou Chen agreed with Zhao Kuo to meet tomorrow, and then he left the county town and went home. This time he would probably be away from home for three or four days, so he had to go home and explain to Leng Yiyao.

About half an hour later, Zhou Chen returned home. Seeing Zhou Chen coming back so early, Leng Yiyao asked curiously, "Why did you come back so early?"
Then Zhou Chen told him that he would be away for a few days and asked him to be careful at home and hide in the cellar if anything happened.

The next morning after breakfast, Zhou Chen left home and headed towards the county. In fact, there was nothing to worry about. Zhengyi Village definitely had no time to come to the village in the next two days, and the people in the village had all received Zhou Chen's favor and would not bully Leng Yiyao.

The only threat, Li Ergou, has now had his right hand crippled by him, so he poses no threat in the short term, so he doesn't mind going out for a few days.

Soon Zhou Chen arrived at the city gate. Thanks to Zhao Kuo's relationship, Zhou Chen no longer needed to pay the entrance fee. After arriving at the county government office, Zhou Chen found that many people had gathered inside.

After Zhao Kuo learned that Zhou Chen had arrived, he directly arranged a room for him in the county government office for him to rest, while the others were placed in a room with four or five people. Although there would be no action today, they needed to be deployed in advance and gathered together in advance in order to avoid being unable to find anyone when the time came.

Of course, the main task is to assign tasks to ordinary warriors, but Zhou Chen does not need any assignment because he is so powerful that he does not need any assignment. His strength speaks for itself.

Zhou Chen opened the window and watched the warriors training outside. Zhao Kuo was teaching them some simple military formations. Zhou Chen was staring at their training in a daze.

When it was time for dinner, the servants brought the meal over early. The portion was quite large and it was all meat. After Zhou Chen took a bite, he found that it was actually the meat of a ninth-grade demon beast.

Zhou Chen ate all the meat in no time at all, and did not eat any rice at all.

Soon it was the next day. They gathered before dawn. Of course Zhou Chen was among them. After a brief explanation, they set off.

Originally, Zhao Kuo found a horse for Zhou Chen, but Zhou Chen had never ridden one before so he had to choose to walk. The other warriors naturally had no horses, and those officers and soldiers had no horses either, so they had to run slowly to follow the main force.

About an hour later, Zhou Chen and his team arrived at the previously designated location. This was the only way to transport military pay, and it was also an excellent location for an ambush. It was just getting light at this time.

The clothes and armor worn by everyone were mainly white, almost blending into the snow. Zhou Chen looked at the wide official road in the distance and asked the doubts in his heart.

"Brother Zhao, how do you know that they will intercept the military pay at this location today?"
Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Haha, we just didn't have time to deal with them before, but that doesn't mean we didn't do anything." Then he leaned close to his ear and whispered, "We have already arranged spies among them. Their every move is under our control."

Zhou Chen suddenly realized, and then Zhao Kuo made a hushing gesture. Zhou Chen stopped talking and just looked at the official road quietly. As for the others, Zhao Kuo had already told them about it, and no one spoke at this time, and they all looked at the official road silently.

Although it did not snow today, the weather was unusually cold in the morning. Except for Zhou Chen and Zhao Kuo, everyone else was shivering with cold, and the ordinary officers and soldiers were even colder.

Half an hour later, Zhao Kuo made a gesture and said to Zhou Chen, "Brother Zhou and the others are here." The others became alert after seeing Zhao Kuo's gesture. Zhou Chen looked in the direction Zhao Kuo pointed and found that there were white figures flashing in the woods opposite, and there were quite a few of them.

"Brother Zhao, should we take action now?"
"Don't be in a hurry. Send someone to surround them quietly first." With a gesture from Zhao Kuo, half of the warriors and soldiers behind him stood up immediately and prepared to make a big circle to surround them.

"We don't need to take action against those minions, the warriors will do it on their own. Our target this time is the two bosses. If the two of them don't show up, we won't take action even if all those people are killed."

Although he was shocked by what Zhao Kuo said, Zhou Chen still did as he was told. About half an hour later, a group of people came marching along the official road in the distance.

This group of people were naturally soldiers transporting military pay. Zhou Chen counted them and found there were ten carriages in total. “Wow, how much silver does this cost?”

At this moment, a command was heard, and then the bandits on the opposite side immediately rushed towards the official road. The team responsible for transporting military pay also immediately took a defensive posture.

The moment the group of bandits rushed out, a large number of warriors and soldiers also rushed out from behind them, and instantly engaged in a fierce battle with the bandits. Seeing this, the leader shouted angrily, "We've fallen into a trap, brothers, kill them, kill."

The officers and soldiers escorting the military pay had already made an agreement with Zhao Kuo and his men. They did not panic when they saw the people fighting fiercely in the distant mountains and forests, nor did they intend to step forward to help. Instead, they guarded the military pay behind them tightly.

"Brother Zhou, the one holding the iron fan opposite you is their second in command, Wang Zhong."

Zhou Chen looked and saw that the second in command, Wang Zhong, was using an iron fan with great skill. Every move he made could take down a warrior or soldier. Zhou Chen saw that the second in command's strength had reached 70, which made him a true ninth-rank master. Zhao Kuo beside him had little chance of winning against him.

"Brother Zhao, aren't we going to take action yet?"
The warriors behind him couldn't help but ask, "Yes, Captain Zhao, if we don't take action they won't be able to hold on."

"Why are you all panicking? The boss Shen Feiyun hasn't shown up yet. If we are exposed now, all our efforts will be wasted."

Then he said politely to Zhou Chen, "The boss is very cunning. If we take action now, the second in command will definitely not be able to escape, but the boss Shen Feiyun will definitely not show up."

Zhou Chen had no choice but to give up his plan to go up and help. After all, if he couldn't deal with the boss, he would have a lot of trouble in the future.

Seeing that the warriors and soldiers on the opposite side were killed to almost nothing by the bandits led by the second in command, Zhao Kuo became worried and thought, "I wonder why Shen Feiyun hasn't come out yet."

At this moment Zhou Chen sensed the danger and shouted "Be careful behind you". Everyone turned around and saw a rain of arrows coming towards them. Many people were frozen stiff because they had been in ambush for too long, and their reactions became slow.

Most of the warriors who could have easily withstand the rain of arrows were killed or injured due to their slow reaction. Even those who were alive were mostly injured, and those ordinary officers and soldiers were basically all killed.

Zhou Chen threw out the Black Abyss with his left hand the moment he turned around. After leaving his hand, the Black Abyss quickly spun several circles in front of him, blocking the arrows for him. Although Zhao Kuo was a little embarrassed, he was not injured.

(End of this chapter)