The next morning, on the school grounds.

  The chill of early spring enveloped the school grounds, and at the very front of the grounds, there were countless cavalrymen densely packed together. At a glance, they were all black-clad cavalry troops, halted in place like a dark, bottomless pool, emitting an intense aura that left one breathless.

  "Commander, my troops have arrived." Baizhe wore a suit of heavy cold iron armor, holding a nearly one-zhang-long dark long spear. Under his crotch was a tall, spirited red-blooded horse that stood over nine feet high.

  "Let's set off!" The black-robed silver-haired old man, also the first of the four great leaders, Lord Ji Hong, said in a cold voice.

  "Depart!" White Island's commander gave the order.

  The dense cavalry behind him moved.

  Five hundred soldiers, all wearing high-grade heavy armor, holding long spears, riding black-striped horses worth a thousand taels of white silver.

  The five centurions leading the way were all wearing heavy iron armor, holding long spears and riding valuable snow-white horses worth 5,000 taels of silver.

  Under the leadership of Bai Ze Du Tong and five hundred Baifu Chang, the first leader of the Black Armor Army, the third battalion of 500 men quickly left Jiangning City and rushed towards Huafeng City along the main road.

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  About eighty miles outside the city of Jiangning Prefecture on the official road.

  "Giddy up!" "Giddy up!" "Giddy up!"

  A dozen fine horses galloped on the road, kicking up countless dust.

  "Grandfather! Why do we have to escape? Does that thief dare to kill us in the county city?" A young man riding a fine horse asked while galloping alongside an old man, who sighed and said: "Dan Chen, you don't understand! If we don't escape, our Yan family will be finished!"

  "Your father is too trusting of that Wang Fang, not only did he fall into Wang Fang's big scam, but also got caught in his trap. Your father's business is completely ruined! He even owes Wang Fang 500,000 taels of silver! 500,000 taels of silver, it's more than our entire family's savings! What's worse, we Yan family didn't owe him anything, it's just this evil wolf who schemed against us. Now we have no choice but to escape, leave Jiangning Prefecture and go somewhere else."

  The boy fell silent.

  He didn't know what was going on...

  Originally in Jiangning Prefecture, the Yan family was a wealthy merchant family. Yan Danchen was born with no worries about food and clothing, and at a young age, he entered Qinghu Island and became an apprentice of Qinghu Island. Who would have thought that this time back to his hometown to visit relatives, he would encounter such a thing.

  He's finished!

  His father's business is all over, now he can only take the family's old bottom and leave Jiangning Prefecture.

  According to the family rules, Yan Danchen would return home and start a business after coming of age in Qinghu Island. Yan Danchen was quite diligent in learning martial arts on Qinghu Island and was considered skilled among his peers. In his free time, Yan Danchen imagined that after returning home, he would engage in business, have a few beautiful maids, some guards, and live a comfortable life while maintaining the family property.

  But now it seems that Yan Danchen's fate is about to change.

  "Father......" Yan Danchen looked far ahead at the man riding a horse in the front, that was his father 'Yan Xing'! A very astute businessman, who would have thought, this time he fell into a big trap, one mistake, and it would burn all the efforts of the Yan family for generations to ashes, leaving only a little old capital at home.

  At this time, the boy's mind was a complete mess.

  "Haha...... Master Yan, where are you rushing to in such a hurry?" A loud and clear laughter echoed through the sky, and the faces of the Yan family members who were galloping on horseback immediately changed.

  Only to see from afar, behind the weeds of the fork in the road, a war horse rushed out, with a person at its head, wearing disheveled long hair, a robust figure, holding a nearly five-foot-long dark red long knife. This disheveled big man laughed loudly: "Haha, Mr. Yan, do you still want to escape with your wealth?"

  At least nearly 100 horse thieves appeared.

  "Bandits!" someone in the Yan family's group exclaimed.

  They were only a dozen or so people, how could they resist nearly a hundred fierce horse bandits.

  "Run!" The Yan family group didn't slow down either, frantically driving their horses in an attempt to escape.

  "Haha, we brothers have been waiting for you here, Lord Yan. Another loud laughter came from the front road's turning corner, and another group of nearly a hundred bandits rushed out."

  Yan's family immediately pulled the reins.

  "Old Master!"

  "Big brother!"

  Many people looked at Yan's family manager, Yan Dan Chen's father 'Yan Xing'.

  In front of them were robbers blocking their way, and behind them were robbers chasing to kill them. What could they do?

  "Spare me, brothers, and I'll be eternally grateful! Name your price in silver, anything you want!" Yan said loudly. At this point, he could only buy his life with money.

  "Oh, Master Yan, how much silver can you afford to take out this time?" The disheveled and unkempt leader of the horse thieves laughed loudly, "We have so many brothers, and each of us has a wife and children to support, it's quite costly."

  "This is a 50,000 taels silver note!" Yan Xing took out a thick stack of silver notes from his bosom. "Let us go, brothers, and this silver note will be yours." The Yan family looked at the horse bandits, none of them wanting to fight desperately, after all, the other side had too many people.

  "My goodness, this is really generous."

  The leader of the horse thieves smiled, "However, I'm a bit greedy."

  Yan Xing gritted his teeth: "All the gold and silver of my Yan family, I'll leave to you! Just spare my Yan family a way out. Otherwise... if this silver note is torn apart, it will be worthless." Yan Xing's tone was laced with threat, implying that he would rather tear up the silver note than let the robbers get their hands on the money.

  "Hmm?" The leader of the horse thieves sneered, "Yan Dage, the gold and silver you brought, should be your family's savings, right? What's hidden at home is certainly real gold and silver! You've destroyed the silver notes, but have you also destroyed the real gold and silver?"

  Yan Xing's face changed color.

  Indeed, this time he escaped with his life, and what was placed on the horse's back were gold bars. These all belonged to Yan Jia Town's residence, and naturally, the town's residence would not use silver notes.

  "We brothers don't just want your silver, we also want Lord Wang's silver! If we don't kill you, how can we get Lord Wang's silver? So, all of you must die!" The leader of the horse thieves laughed loudly. "Lord Wang also instructed us to pass on a message to you, Lord Yan: 'Big brother, have a good journey'!"

  Yan Xing's face turned purple with rage, and he let out a shrill cry: "Wang Lao Er, I'm dead, but even as a ghost I won't let you off!!!"

  "Brothers, kill!" The leader of the horse thieves suddenly shouted.

  In an instant, the two groups of people in front and behind, nearly 200 horse bandits, charged towards these dozen or so people.

  Yan Xing furiously roared and also drew out the war knife from his waist.

  "Dad, take Danchen and escape." Yan Xing let out a loud roar and immediately charged forward.

  Almost two hundred bandits charged and killed; how could these dozen or so people escape?

  "Pffft!" "Ah!"

  The young men of the Yan family were killed one by one, and only four people with internal energy remained. Yan Xing and his three brothers, as well as Yan Dan Chen, and Yan Dan Chen's grandfather.

  "Sister!" Yan Danchen cried out in a shrill voice, dodging the horse thief's incoming slash and counterattacking with a sword thrust that pierced the thief's throat.

  His mother, who was unable to resist, was killed by bandits in the first wave of raids.

  Yan Xing was like a madman, striking three times in a row, still killing frantically: "Dad, take Dan Chen and run!" Yan Xing tried his best to block the way for his son and father, so that they could escape. Since being trapped in the scam, when he finally came to his senses, the business was already ruined, and he regretted it deeply.

  There have been many times when he thought about committing suicide!

  Regretful Yan Xing, at this moment, was no longer afraid of death. He only wanted his son to live!

  "Tan Chen, hurry up!" Yan Xing bellowed.

  "Dan Chen, go!" Grandpa also shouted.

  "Father." Yan Danchen was in pain, but he still followed his grandfather's pull and rushed out of the crowd with him, dashing towards the west.

  "Hah!" "Hah!"

  One knife pierced Yan Xing's chest, and another knife directly swept across Yan Xing's skull, the skull flew away.

  Yan Danchen turned back while running and saw this scene.

  The bandits charged and killed in just a few breaths, and only Yan Dan Chen and his grandfather were left of the Yan family.

  "Haha, think you can escape?" Not a few horse bandits were chasing after him.

  "Father, mother, uncle..." Yan Danchen, who had always been pampered and spoiled, never thought that today would turn out like this. Looking back, the bandits on horseback were chasing after him at high speed, wielding blood-stained battle knives, their horsemanship superb as they rapidly closed in.

  "Dan Chen, run away quickly!" The old man shouted loudly and held a long sword to block the horse thieves.

  "Grandfather!" Yan Danchen's face changed greatly.

  Just at this time ——

  The ground shook violently.

  "Huh?" The leader of the horse thieves suddenly turned his head, and saw a vast black tide surging over from afar. Every single one of them wore heavy black armor, riding warhorses also clad in heavy black armor. Each warhorse was at least eight feet tall, and every cavalryman held a long spear.

  That terrifying speed is like a howling iron torrent!

  "Hei Jia Jun!!!!" The leader of the horse thieves' face changed greatly, and he shouted shrilly, "Disperse, brothers, disperse!!!"

  But many horse thieves had not reacted yet, and the Black Armor Army, which was originally 100 meters away, rushed over in just a few breaths. The majestic Black Armor Army did not slow down at all, and it was as if they were crushing ants, charging through the group of horse thieves and taking away lives with the cold light of their long guns!

  "This is......" Yan Danchen stared in shock at this terrifying army that seemed to have descended from heaven.

  "Hei Jia Jun, is Hei Jia Jun." Yan Dan Chen's grandfather was overjoyed, but his face suddenly changed, "Dan Chen, get out of the way quickly." The Black Armor Army charged forward, killing them along the way, that was normal.

  But it's too late!

  The Black Armor Army is moving too fast.

  From crushing the horse thief to rushing in front of Yan Dan and Chen Er, it took less than a breath.

  "Hiss!" A black long spear thrust forth.

  Yan Danchen and his grandfather were completely stunned by the overwhelming aura of the Black Armor Army, without even a thought of resistance. Under the momentum of the Black Armor Army's charge, which seemed to shake heaven and earth, even the warriors did not have any thoughts of resistance.

  "Hong!" The long spear suddenly turned, shaking twice in front of Yan Danchen and the old man, and Yan Danchen and his grandfather were shaken to the side field.

  "I... I didn't die?" Yan Danchen was stunned for a moment, and his grandfather was also stunned.

  A black-armored knight clad in dark red heavy armor reined in his horse and halted beside him, holding a long spear.

  Yan Danchen stared blankly at the knight, remembering that it was this very knight who had shot them both flying with his gun.

  "You two, hurry up and leave. Don't get killed by those surviving horse bandits." The knight said with a faint smile.

  "Green Mountain brothers, what nonsense are you spouting? Hurry up!" Another knight clad in dark red heavy armor shouted.

  "Drive!"

  At once, the knight who had spoken also mounted his horse and galloped away at high speed.

  That old man looked far away at the Black Armor Army leaving, and sighed: "It's really lucky. Dan Chen, that is the Black Armor Army of the Guiyuan Sect! This Black Armor Army rushes on the road, if they encounter ordinary people along the way, they will slow down and not hurt ordinary people. But once they encounter bandits or robbers who kill people, they will be killed without exception, this is also a way to train soldiers."

  "Turn back and take a look at the few surviving pale-faced horse thieves in the distance: 'Dan Chen, let's hurry up.'"

  "Hei Jia Jun, Qing Shan brothers, is that knight called Qing Shan?" Yan Dan Chen muttered in a low voice, and immediately, under his grandfather's urging, he followed his grandfather and rode on the war horses that had escaped to the fields, fleeing away.

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