Along the way, he finds a band of human bandits attacking a group of foxes.
Not as bands of troublesome bandits, but as a host.
We were tracking a small band of bandits.
But there was no need for "huge bands of bandits" to explain the losses on these roads.
In Sichuan alone, there were over three hundred bands of bandits.
In Yunnan, there were a hundred forty-eight bands of bandits.
In Guizhou, there were five hundred forty-one bands of bandits.
And then he turns up, at the head of a band of bandits, to steal the gold.
They were better disciplined than a band of bandits, but not much stronger.
Brand - A human mercenary fallen on hard times who leads a band of other bandits.