Several thieves ran through the valley "thump thump thump" without noticing the pairs of eyes hidden in the dark.
The valley is not big and the low mountains are not high.
But to be called a mountain, it cannot be compared to a few shabby hills.
There are rocks everywhere and strange trees growing everywhere. In this kind of terrain, it is impossible for one party to deliberately hide or for the other party to pass by unintentionally.
Even if those people passing by notice something and want to search for it seriously, it is not possible to find it by searching.
The thieves who escaped quickly returned, and they left cleanly, with no intention of arranging personnel to guard the highlands and key points in the valley.
The victory a while ago had already made these thieves extremely conceited!
Not to mention that they also learned from the captured soldiers that Yangzhou City's military strength was empty.
At this time, in the eyes of these people, the Yangzhou City ahead was probably like a trembling little lady, just waiting for the uncles like them to come to see her. How could they expect that it would resist?
Xiao Han, who was hidden among the thorns on the top of the mountain, squinted his eyes and watched eagerly as the thief in the floral skirt looked away from where he and Gouzi had just lay down for a while before leaving.
Not daring to come out immediately, Xiao Han endured the risk of being pricked by those thorns and waited for a while until he was sure that the nondescript thief would not come back.
Then he carefully climbed up from the thorn bushes, lowered his body again, and came to the clearing on the top of the mountain with a wide view.
"Master Marquis, look at these people have stopped, they really want to camp here!" The dog with a mess of grass above his head appeared out of nowhere, and walked to Xiao Han's side, his face full of excitement. He said as he looked at the bandit who had completely stopped at the foot of the mountain.
"I think they are probably interested in this place! Oh, by the way, where did you bury all the things?" Xiao Han was also a little excited at this time, and asked while looking down with the binoculars.
When Gouzi heard Xiao Han ask him about firearms, he immediately grinned proudly and said: "Hey, don't worry, Mr. Hou, I naturally buried them all in the most suitable place for camping down there! I dare to guarantee that as long as those People who are not blind will obediently go to the top of the firearm and stay there, and then, hehe..."
When Gouzi said this, his tone was full of confidence.
This is not bragging. In order to determine the location where the gunpowder was buried, he and the fat man and his group took great pains!
This open space is so big! Not to mention that they don't have enough gunpowder to bury the whole place. Even if they barely bury it, the power is probably about the same as a firecracker. It might be enough to scare a rabbit. Fighting? Just save it...
I remember that a group of people scratched their heads and pulled a lot of their hair because of this! In the end, the fat man accidentally said: It is easier to make traps in the mountains, and this made Gouzi suddenly enlightened!
If the mountains don't come, people will come. If people go, they will come to the mountains!
Since they can catch prey in the mountains with traps, why can't they catch thieves with traps at the bottom of the mountains?
Just do it!
This group of young people with great imagination replaced the bait in the trap in the mountains with a flat open space.
As for the obstacles that were usually laid around the trap to guide the prey in the direction of the trap, they were replaced by big pits!
Anyway, Gouzi and the others have no shortage of gunpowder. In the next two days, the East and West research institutes will continue to send ammunition here to test the effectiveness of these ammunition in real battlefields.
Now it is too easy to use them to create some big holes.
"Master Marquis, look at it! They all went to the flat land near the entrance of the valley. Even animals don't like to stay in those potholes!"
Sure enough, under the gaze of Gouzi and Xiao Han, the thieves lying on the ground were soon driven up from the ground by some guys who looked like leaders with whips and fists, and then mercilessly I was willing to start camping on the flat land close to the entrance of the valley.
Some donkeys, cattle and horses that came with the team also carefully avoided the pits and crowded together with the thieves.
Xiao Han knew that the animals had this reaction because they smelled the smoke and sulfur in the pit.
It's a pity that those thieves don't have the spiritual sense of animals, let alone the ability to recognize the properties of gunpowder, so they are willing to jump into this somewhat obvious trap!
"Master Marquis, do you want to do it now..." Gouzi stared down without blinking. After seeing those people obediently go to the place he chose for them, he couldn't suppress his excitement.
However, although Xiao Han on the side was also excited at this time, he thought of something and suppressed his impulse and said: "Wait, wait first!"
"Wait? What are you waiting for? Now they have all taken the bait. What if they run away soon?" Gouzi couldn't help but asked impatiently after hearing this.
After listening to Gouzi's question, Xiao Han took a deep breath, looked at the back of the thieves and said, "They have already started setting up camp, and they won't escape! I wonder now if they will wait here for others to arrive, okay?" Let’s join together to attack Yangzhou City!”
"You mean, they are waiting for people here?" Gouzi was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized!
It's all his fault that just now, all his thoughts were focused on these three thousand people. He almost forgot that this was just a small force of thieves, and more than half of the thieves had not yet felt it!
Holding his head, he tried to recall the map he had seen in his mind.
Gouzi knew where he was now, thirty miles away from Yangzhou City, not far or near, just half a day's journey!
In addition, if these thieves want to attack the city, they will definitely not rely on this team of 3,000 people!
They must have gathered enough people before they can attack the city together. In this case, a rally point is needed. Is there a better rally point outside Yangzhou City?
"Master Hou is indeed a master, he is awesome! Why didn't I think of that!" After thinking about it for a long time, I felt more and more that what Xiao Han said was the most likely thing to happen! Gouzi couldn't help but look at Xiao Han with his eyes widened, the admiration inside almost overflowing!
"That's right! Boy, learn more and think more when you encounter problems. Don't pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon!!"
Xiao Han happily accepted Gouzi's flattery, but he couldn't help but said in his heart: Nonsense, I have been attracted to this place from the beginning, so I naturally think more about it than you!
It was while Xiao Han was talking to Gouzi on the top of the mountain.
The thieves' camp below was already in chaos, and all kinds of noises and fights even reached Xiao Han's ears on the top of the mountain.
After setting up camp and setting up pots, the natural next step is to collect firewood and light a fire.
Fortunately, there was a large forest next to the clearing, so there was no fear of them running into the valley in search of firewood.
Otherwise, God knows when they went into the mountains to cut down trees, they would have cut down a few of the new Fire Guards' pawns along the way...
