Samurai Retainers.. set a trap for some Bandits....

Samurai retainers set a trap for bandits who've been robbing travellers and traders along the road from an Inn.....

---oXo---

Retainers wait and watch ..... as a supply train leaves the safety of the Inn...

as the supply train passes between two woods, the bandits appear 

and surround the supply train

as the bandits lead the supply train away, the samurai retainers appear and  attack the bandits ..

the bandits manage to hold back the retainers....

but are outmatched, slowly the retainers cut down the bandits...

a couple of bandits run off, but the rest manage to keep the retainers at bay ....

the retainers start to get the upper hand again...

the retainers cut down the remaining bandits, then converge on their leader...

The bandit leader is finally brought down...

---oXo---

Notes:

• Bandits/Ronin: Total of 15; their lead and 9 others killed; five escaped of whom 3 were wounded.

• Retainers: 12; only 9 got involved in the fighting - their leader and two others waited to see if they were needed (and weren't).  One retainer received a wound; the rest had the luck of the dice in their first encounters with the bandits, cutting a few down. This mean the bandits couldn't bring use greater numbers effectively.