It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 123

Jiang Yan and his group followed the Song family's convoy, stopping and starting, and it took them four days to reach the junction of Xiding Prefecture and Heding Prefecture.

If they hadn't hitched a ride with the Song family, the journey would have taken them at least six days. Not to mention the fact that once they left Xiding City, they would soon encounter bandits, both large and small, and their lives would be in jeopardy.

Even if they displayed the "Song" family flag and even had twenty guards accompanying them, they could only scare away ordinary bandits.

The day before yesterday they were attacked by a large group of bandits.

At that time, a group of bandits took advantage of the night and rushed down the mountain road, catching the convoy off guard for a while.

Fortunately, with the arrangement of the Song family's captain of the guard, Miss Fu and the female members of the Song family stayed in the core circle, while Jiang Yan and several maids were protected by the Song family's servants in the periphery.

At the beginning, there were not many bandits and the guards were able to handle it with ease. However, as the number of bandits continued to increase, even exceeding three times the number of their own people, even the brave guards began to make mistakes.

In particular, the bandits found that even in this way, they did not have the advantage in a fight with the guards, so they immediately changed their strategy and focused on attacking the horse-drawn and mule-drawn carriages and carts that were numerous, occupied a large area, and carried luggage and supplies. They would then rob the things and run away.

Bandits would even deliberately attack horses and mules to create chaos and capture more items.

For a moment, everything was upside down.

The servants of the Song family had received corresponding training, and some of them, seeing this, quickly picked up sticks and joined in the battle to defend the luggage.

Because the bandits came suddenly, Jiang Yan only had time to transfer two axe from the mule cart, and he would never leave any weapons to the enemy.

So when she saw bandits pulling their two mule carts into the mountains, she roared, "Put the carts down!"

The new mule cart they had finally bought in a county town was stolen before they could even use it, not to mention that their luggage was still on the cart.

Although Jiang Yan has been keeping her wallet close to her body recently, and I believe Yile and the others do the same, it is still very troublesome if other things are lost, especially in the wilderness where there is no place to buy them.

Jiang Yan stomped her feet in anger, but did not dare to pick up a knife to stop them.

She had skipped classes and climbed over walls, but she had never been in a fight, let alone a group fight involving weapons.

Fortunately, a maid from the Song family stopped the people, so they now have a car to ride and some things to use.

However, even if Jiang Yan was scared and hid in the back, three bandits broke through the defense line and rushed in, heading straight for where they were.

Should they kidnap people or kill them on the spot? Jiang Yan couldn't control his thoughts, letting the fear run wild in his mind.

When the bandit's long knife came towards her, Jiang Yan felt that she was about to die, but her body took the initiative to respond.

He ducked down to avoid the attack, rolled on the spot to create distance, then quickly stood up and swung his axe wildly to avoid being approached. His movements were completely unorganized, and unexpectedly, he accidentally hit the bandit who came to finish him off.

Perhaps Jiang Yan's successful counterattack made the Song family maid regard her as someone with resistance, so she was quickly arranged to the second line of defense to help resist the enemy.

Unlike the first line of defense which needs to fight against a large number of bandits, the second line of defense only needs to eliminate sporadic bandits that break in, but it is still a very difficult task for Jiang Yan.

She couldn't remember how many times she had swung the knife, or how many bandits she had helped intercept, but the feeling of resistance as the knife passed through the human body, and the bloody scene of limbs flying, were still vivid in Jiang Yan's mind even after two days, and she is still depressed.

The natives were more receptive than Jiang Yan. At least Chunying and Yile, who also joined the team to fight the enemy with swords in the later period, once again whispered about the arrogance and ignorance of the bandits in Xiding Prefecture.

For example, they actually dared to rob the Song family, and there were not many casualties on this trip, otherwise General Song would have turned the bandit's nest upside down.

Jiang Yan sat listlessly on the mule cart. Finally, she couldn't help but interrupt and asked the question that had been on her mind for the past few days: "Do you think those bandits recognize the Song family's banner?"