Ma Laoer quickly handed Waizui Qi a bowl of tea and said, "Lao Qi, drink your water slowly first, and then explain it to me clearly from beginning to end."
When Wei Zui drank up the tea in seven gulps, wiped his mouth and told the whole story, Ma Laoer felt an icy chill spread all over his body in an instant, but cold sweat broke out on his back.
It turns out that although Majiazhai can be regarded as a major force in Wuyi Mountain, his behavior is different from that of the Heavenly Leopard, who does all kinds of evil and kills people like crazy.
Especially under the planning of the original dog-headed strategist and copycat coach Li Fu brothers, Majazhai adopted the strategy of close relations and distant attacks. Good Rabbit doesn't eat grass on the edge of its nest. It only does business without capital in other counties, and has a tacit understanding with the government of the county where it is located. This will inevitably lead to a lot of conflicts with Skywarp Leopard, who acts without scruples and takes advantage of both young and old.
Although the power of the two families is evenly divided, and no one can do anything to the other, they must be on guard. Therefore, Ma Laoer would send spies to the Leopard Ridge area from time to time to inquire about information and check the movements of Tianquan Leopard.
Three days ago, the informant he sent out to deliver New Year's goods to relatives happened to hear the sound of cannons and gunshots while passing by Leopard Ridge. After all, this informant was a villager with little knowledge. He didn't dare to get closer to check, so he went over the mountains and ridges overnight to report the news to Majiazhai.
This time Ma Lao Er immediately couldn't sit still.
His business has been going smoothly in recent years, and he has colluded with the county's security team, which has gained him some experience. Just by hearing the explosions and the sound like New Year firecrackers that the eyeliner mentioned, I guessed that it might be the sound of cannons and machine gun fire. How could I celebrate the New Year peacefully?
If there are cannons and machine guns, then maybe the army is entering the mountain.
Fortunately, they were hunting Skywarp Leopards, but who knew whether they would hunt rabbits in the grass and target Majiazhai, which is a hundred miles away. Thinking of this, how could Ma Laoer still have the heart to celebrate the New Year.
What the hell, what are the officers and soldiers doing? Don’t you want people to have a good New Year?
So the next day, he sent his most astute veteran Waizui Qi to ride a fast horse to Leopard Ridge to check the situation.
However, the situation reported by Waizui Qi put another knot in his already uneasy heart.
"Tiger Flag, are you sure you saw the Tiger Flag?"
"A large red flag has a golden tiger embroidered on it. It should be the rumored tiger flag, right?"
Rumor has it that no one is left alive under the Tigers.
Ma Laoer then recalled that all the Skywarp Leopards had their heads chopped off, and he roughly determined that those who attacked the mountain stronghold must be the troops belonging to the Tiger Banner.
The problem is, no one said before that it was the army that planted the Tiger flag!
Thinking of this, Ma Laoer shivered, something bad was going to happen now.
why?
Just because they are officers and soldiers, and I am a bandit. It is natural for officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, regardless of whether they have any feud or hatred with you.
The first reaction in Ma Laoer's mind was to quickly mobilize his brothers to copy those who should be copied and those who should be on the roof. But then I thought about it, the power of Tianfanbao and his gang was no worse than that of Majiazhai, but they were not even beaten into a pot, not even a grain of dregs was left, so what was the use of resisting on their own?
He then thought about whether he should quickly take his brothers into the mountains and hide from him for seven or forty-nine days. But when I think about the cold weather in the mountains, and the fact that there are still many years of savings and food supplies in the village, I feel reluctant to part with them, and for a while I feel a little confused.
While he was hesitating, he saw a minion running in with a look of panic on his face, panting and saying: "Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da Da, Master, a team came down from the mountain, all officers and soldiers uniforms" , there are dozens of mules and horses, it seems they are coming towards us...our Majia Village."
This person was a sentry sent by Ma Laoer to a few miles in front of the village, and the direction of surveillance was the mountain road leading to Leopard Ridge.
When Ma Laoer heard this, his heart suddenly went cold.
What is supposed to come will eventually come, and it seems that this disaster cannot be avoided.
He immediately thought about running away with his brothers, and asked the gangster: "Did you see clearly that they didn't hide their tracks, and they just drove over like this?"
"Yes, it's a normal marching formation. There are about a hundred people. I feel like they have discovered me, but they didn't send anyone to chase me."
"What? You were discovered?"
"Yes, they had an official holding two cylindrical objects and looking in my direction. I didn't dare to stop, so I hurried over to report the situation."
The little guy was breathing better and no longer stuttered when he spoke, but his words made Ma Laoer a little confused.
At any rate, Ma Laoer was taught some basic military common sense by Li Fu, such as sending out leading soldiers when marching and forming battle formations during battle. At the same time, I also know some commonly used equipment in the army, such as rifles, machine guns, mortars, etc., and of course, telescopes, which are like clairvoyance.
The opponent is only a few miles away from the village, but they haven't formed a battle formation yet. Does this mean they don't regard you as a human being, or are they not here to fight you at all? This made Ma Laoer feel a little guilty.
Moreover, according to what the little guy said, it was difficult for others to detect him even though they were holding binoculars from a distance of several hundred meters, but no one came to chase or shoot him. This was a bit strange. The second child couldn't decide whether to run or stay.
It's not that he really doesn't want to part with those belongings now. If his life is gone, can those belongings still accompany him to the underworld?
It's just that he is worried about gain and loss now. If others don't have any ill intentions towards him, wouldn't it be a guilty conscience for him to run away like this? Instead, he would give others an excuse to take action.
Moreover, they were officers and soldiers. According to what Li Fu said back then, the officers and soldiers were well trained and the food was not bad. They might not be unable to catch up with him in the mountains. At that time, the sky was really in trouble. The corresponding situation.
After thinking about it, before he could make up his mind, a man who was on sentry outside the village ran in again and shouted: "Master, a large group of officers and soldiers are coming. They are shouting from a distance. They didn't mean any harm, they said they just came to pay respects to the mountain. I didn't look like they were going to fight, and the things carried on the mules and horses were not unloaded."
Ma Laoer now had no way out. Everyone was at the gate of the village, and it was too late to make any plans.
It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that can't be avoided. He suddenly thought about it and said to Waizui Qi: "You go and restrain the brothers and don't cheat. I'll go to the gate of the cottage to welcome the guests. Lao Qi, you must remember , we must not show the slightest malice towards others, otherwise, our Majiazhai will be removed from Wuyi Mountain starting from today."
"The boss..."
Waizui Qi looked at Ma Laoer worriedly, but Ma Laoer raised his hand to stop him from trying to persuade him to go out.
