ATPnovel Chapter 68 Oh no! The Luo family army has invaded!
Chapter 68 Oh no! The Luo family army has invaded!
Chapter 68 Oh no! The Luo family army has invaded!
Upon hearing the order, the large contingent of fierce young guards, bayonets at the ready, quickly formed a neat column and charged forward.
The bandits were already badly injured by the previous horrific explosion. Even those who were still alive were disoriented from the violent shock and could barely stand. They had no chance to fight back.
As a result, when the group of young guards charged forward, the scene was basically a one-sided massacre. One after another, the bandits buried in the ruins and snow were stabbed to death with bayonets before they could even get up.
Some bandits struggled and tried to beg for mercy, but the Young Guards acted as if they hadn't heard them and showed no intention of showing any mercy.
Prior to this, Rock had never given the order to leave any prisoners alive, nor did he feel that there was any need for him to spare the lives of these bandits.
The bandits in the vicinity were all notorious criminals, and the one assigned to guard the gold mine was definitely a trusted confidant among them.
In this situation, what kind of good person could become a confidant of bandits?
Rock didn't think so. He felt that these bandits had already deserved to die for taking his gold mine!
"Tsk, doesn't that sound just like something out of a certain third party's words?"
After muttering a couple of sentences, Rock shook his head, feeling that the word was somewhat strange, as if he had seen it before.
After breaching the pass, Rock and his men quickly searched the village for supplies and did not linger there.
Now, relying on the massive explosion at the swollen mine, they have successfully caught the bandits off guard. So, before the bandits at the gold mine can react, what they need to do now is to act swiftly!
Because the explosion was so devastating, and Rock's subsequent finishing blows were so efficient, no bandits were able to escape from the area. So when Rock and his men captured the pass, the bandits in the gold mine were completely unaware that something had happened outside.
At this very moment, a group of bandits were hiding in a warm house, heating up a kang (a traditional heated brick bed), drinking and eating meat while idly playing cards.
"Damn it, I don't even know when we can leave. I've practically died of boredom in this desolate place!"
One of the bandits, while skillfully shuffling the cards, couldn't help but complain that this wretched place was incredibly boring.
There's nothing they can do; it's a gold mine after all. What else can they expect from this place?
There were hardly any people around the gold mine. Because of the patrols and blockades by the Eight Banners soldiers, ordinary people would never come here unless they were desperate for money.
After all, this is a gold mine that the imperial court has banned. If they accidentally wander in, these fierce and ruthless Eight Banner soldiers will not hesitate to kill them.
They don't care who you are. If you trespass into this gold mine, you'll be killed without warning. Even if you die, it'll be for nothing.
Under these circumstances, a group of bandits would naturally get bored staying in the house all day, especially since there weren't even any miners in the area, as they were constantly driving zombies to mine.
"Hey, Boss Fei, how about I take a few brothers out for a little fun?"
Suddenly, one of the bandits looked at their leader and asked, "I promise I won't go far. I'll just grab a few young women and wives around here and bring them back for us brothers to have some fun with. We'll all be happy!"
Upon hearing this, the leader known as Boss Fei frowned slightly.
To be honest, he was somewhat tempted by his subordinate's suggestion, but he also had some concerns.
"Forget it, let's just forget about it. All the villages around here have been taken over by that damned Luo family army. I'm thinking if we really try to run away, we might just run into them!"
"Besides, our boss said before that no one is allowed to leave here without permission. If we get caught, he won't show us any leniency!"
Seeing what Boss Fei said, the other bandits who were originally eager to join in had no choice but to give up and continue playing cards here with bored expressions.
Although playing cards is a good form of entertainment, playing cards all the time can get boring, especially since they don't allow gambling with money, which makes the group of bandits feel like something's missing.
Under normal circumstances, these bandits would definitely gamble with money when playing cards. They wouldn't be this organized and disciplined. But their leader had repeatedly emphasized this matter beforehand and even executed several brothers because of it.
There was nothing they could do; since they couldn't gamble for real money, they could only play cards here, without even a prize.
These bandits didn't understand their leader's good intentions. Back then, a group of bandits stationed in a gold mine had a falling out over gambling.
After all, gambling involves winning and losing, and some bandits, once they get greedy, will stop caring about anything else.
Not to mention that the people around them were their own brothers, even if they were facing their own brothers at this time, they would still draw their knives and stab them three or six times. Not to mention that the people guarding this place were three different bandit families, which almost caused a big mess.
From then on, the leaders of the three parties unanimously demanded that they never gamble here, and anyone who dared to break the rules would be shot on the spot!
Just as the bandits were complaining about being bored, two bandits suddenly rushed in, their faces full of panic.
Seeing them panting heavily, as if they had just climbed off someone else's wife and been caught in adultery, the other bandits in the house were stunned and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Old Knife Handle, what's going on with you?"
"Hey, Brother Dao, what have you been up to all this time? Something doesn't seem right about you."
The two bandits who had just run in caught their breath and shouted, "Damn it! Stop dawdling, the Luo family army has broken in!"
What? How could Luo's army have broken in?
The bandits' faces were full of surprise and doubt. In their impression, if they didn't go around a big circle from the back to get to this gold mine, the Luo family army could only go through the front mountain pass. And how could such a dangerous pass be easily breached?
Moreover, even if the Luo family army took a detour, they wouldn't be able to reach this point, because if they did, they would inevitably pass through the territory of the two major bandit groups, and a fierce battle would break out first.
Before they could figure out how the Luo family army had broken in, a bright green, round bomb was suddenly thrown in from the outside, accompanied by a sharp laugh.
boom!
The dimensional stone bomb exploded on the spot, and all the bandits in the house were hit, suffering heavy casualties in an instant.
Those bandits who simply fell under the dimensional stone bomb and were instantly killed were considered lucky; at least they didn't experience too much pain.
But those bandits who were injured by shrapnel but did not die on the spot suffered terribly; the erosion of the dimensional stone made them feel like they were in unbearable pain!
The explosion had barely ended when two Queen Dragoons, wielding heavy cavalry swords, rushed in from outside.
After rushing into the house, the two men killed and slashed at anyone they saw without any hesitation, turning the small house into a river of blood in an instant.
The same was true elsewhere; the ratmen simply used dimensional stone bombs to clear a path, and the other soldiers rushed in and killed everyone inside—their actions were clean and efficient.
As for being outside?
In this freezing weather, there was hardly any bandit activity outside. In addition, the bandits trusted the pass very much, so they didn't think anyone could break in. Naturally, there was no need for them to leave sentries out in the cold.
Now things have gotten really bad, to the point that the Luo family army had already stormed into their houses before they finally realized what was happening.
A few bandits reacted quickly, even running away before they could put on their clothes.
Although they knew that running outside in the freezing winter without proper clothing would be certain death, staying inside instead of running out would be even more certain death.
But once they actually ran out, they realized they had been overthinking things.
A group of Cossack cavalrymen were playing horseback riding and slashing recklessly in this camp. When they were far away, they would fire wildly with their revolvers, and when they got close, they would simply draw their swords and charge up to slash.
Some Cossack cavalrymen even deliberately led the bandits away, herding them like sheep. Once the bandits stopped, their sabers would instantly leave a bloody gash on their bodies, causing the bandits to scream in agony.
There weren't many bandits in this camp, no more than 30 in total, so before Rock's infantry even arrived, the cavalry and the Skaven accompanying them wiped out all the bandits in the camp.
In the entire camp, only two accountants who worked for the bandits and helped with the accounting were left alive by the cavalry. They huddled in the house, trembling with fear, afraid that the cavalry outside would kill them.
The commotion was so great that the Eight Banners guards stationed at the outposts further back in the camp also noticed that something was wrong.
Even if they realized something was wrong, they dared not leave their post to support the bandits, because they knew that rushing out would mean certain death!
There are only ten people in this outpost, while there are more than 100 cavalrymen outside. If they just rush out like this, wouldn't they be delivering themselves to the enemy?
If we stay put and wait for reinforcements, there might still be a glimmer of hope!
That's what they thought, but Rock didn't.
With a wave of his hand, Rock unleashed the Thunderclap Bombs that were already in place behind him, blasting a bunch of small bombs into the wooden village.
With a series of crackling explosions, the Eight Banners Karen soldiers, their faces covered in a bunch of small bombs, instantly collapsed. Even if some didn't die on the spot, the Skaven ratmen who climbed in from outside the curtain wall showed no mercy and finished off the Eight Banners soldiers.