Defend the Village (6)..The Finale ....

 The lead samurai decides it is time to let all the bandits into the village for the final showdown (numbers are about even on both sides)... they get into position ...

The bandits start their charge ...

Into the village ...

and then the fighting starts ....

then men on both sides start to go down ....

and the fighting continues ....

The bandits lose the edge and start to go down....

The bandit leader is one of the last still fighting ...

but not for long .... the struggle is over ...

the village is safe !

---oXo---

The final score:

7 samurai - ok but one is wounded, 10 villagers dead, 40 bandits dead.

(started with 7 samurai, 20 villagers and 40 bandits).