Just after midnight, a team gathered on the roadside on the north side of Longmen Town.
Han Xiaosheng stood in the queue and looked at the time. It was around 2 o'clock in the morning.
Looking around, he found many acquaintances. In addition to the masters in the town he had met before, he actually discovered Xun Kuang and Xun Lishan.
Seeing Han Xiaosheng's gaze, Xun Lishan smiled at him, feeling a bit charming.
According to Han Xiaosheng's judgment, Xun Lishan's appearance is far inferior to that of Ning Yu, that is, she is of average appearance, probably because of her cheongsam.
However, it is a bit out of place to attack horse thieves in cheongsam, and they are not traveling, this is a life and death fight.
Han Xiaosheng was deserting, but Liu Daneng pulled him back. It turned out that the team had already set off and headed north along the road.
In the darkness, everyone had no lighting and was walking in the dark, not sure if it was for the sake of secrecy.
A quarter of an hour later, Han Xiaosheng felt that he was no longer close to Longmen Town, so he said to Liu Daneng:
"Brother, I see that everyone is walking in the dark. This is secretive, but it also affects the speed of travel. If Crow Mountain is far away, why don't we use some lighting? This will make it faster and easier to detect accidents early, so that chaos will not occur. .”
Liu Daneng spoke to the mayor, and soon torches lit up in the team.
Seeing this, Han Xiaosheng took out the bright flashlight from the storage ring, turned on the switch, and a bright light shot out, startling the team.
After figuring it out, everyone in the team was very interested and wanted to spend money to buy it.
Han Xiao claimed that he would simply give one to each person. It was not valuable anyway, so he could gain everyone's gratitude and be taken care of when the fight came. When the treasures were divided, they might be embarrassed to compete too much.
After getting the bright flashlight, the team's forward speed doubled and it was more energy-saving.
Two hours later, the team turned to the right and walked up a mountain road, heading into the mountain.
Walking on the mountain road, Han Xiaosheng felt more and more strange. Why did this trail look so familiar?
At this time, Mayor Fang asked the team to extinguish all flashlights and proceed in the dark. They should be approaching the horse thieves' lair.
Only when Han Xiaosheng followed him to the top of a mountain peak did he understand where that familiar feeling came from.
In front of him is a huge valley. There is a lake on the left side of the valley, and a corner of the eaves is exposed in the forest on the right side. This is exactly the same as the Zhenwu Temple he has seen.
In other words, there should also be a Zhenwu Temple here, and these two Zhenwu Temples should both correspond to the entrance to the ruins of Emperor Zhenwu.
Han Xiaosheng was observing the valley, but found that the team was not going down the valley, but was walking back.
After following for a while, Han Xiaosheng realized that the team was walking around the valley and wanted to go to the opposite side of the valley. There was probably a horse bandit sentry in the valley, so they couldn't attack from the front. If they wanted to make a sneak attack, they had to go around to the back.
When the team stopped, Han Xiaosheng found that they stopped in front of a steep mountain wall.
The mountain wall was very high. At least Han Xiaosheng couldn't see the top through the darkness before dawn. Could he be trying to climb the cliff that goes straight up and down?
There is no way to climb such a steep mountain wall. Not to mention that a person like him, who is on the third level of physical training, cannot climb it. Even if the great martial arts masters in the team want to climb, they will probably have to make some noise.
The horse thieves must be on guard in the rear. Once discovered, a sneak attack will turn into a violent attack.
Han Xiaosheng was still thinking, but the mayor had already taken action.
The mayor took out a palm-sized delicate object and placed it on the ground.
Old man Feng stepped forward and performed a few magic tricks. The object on the ground suddenly turned into a small boat without oars, which could accommodate three people.
The mayor took out another spiritual stone, opened a plank on the bow of the boat, put the spiritual stone in, and stood on it. Old man Feng and a strong man followed.
I saw Old Man Feng sitting on the bow of the boat, putting his palms against a certain position, and the boat floated silently, rising straight towards the top of the mountain wall.
A group of people waited there for about five minutes without saying a word, when they heard a rustling sound.
Looking up, I saw three thick hemp ropes hanging down.
Three people immediately stood out from the team. Their cultivation levels were invisible to Han Xiaosheng. They must have been masters. The three people quickly climbed up along the rope and soon disappeared into the darkness.
When the rope began to swing sharply, three more people began to climb.
Han Xiaosheng was in the last wave. Fifty people had gone up before him. Liu Daneng, Xun Lishan and him were left at the end. Liu Daneng stayed at the end because he was worried about his safety.
Han Xiaosheng had practiced freehand rock climbing before, and with the help of ropes, he could easily reach the top.
When I got to the top of the mountain, I found that I was at the commanding heights of the surrounding area and had an unobstructed view of the surrounding area.
There were five corpses lying on the top of the mountain. They should be horse thieves on sentry duty. It could be seen that the horse thieves did not relax their vigilance. It was just that they did not expect that Longmen Town had a flying boat that could attack them silently, so they missed.
Ahead is a large valley, twice as big as the valley with the lake just now. On one side of the valley, there is a cave entrance. I don't know if it leads to the lake.
With the starlight in the sky and the torches in the valley, you can see clearly the scene in the valley.
The construction of buildings in the valley is very regular, and they are all distributed along the mountainside of the valley. There are several stone houses near the top of the mountain where they are standing. Apart from this, other buildings are made of wood.
The valley is very quiet, and the horse thief must have fallen asleep. There is only a sentry tower in the center of the valley, with two torches burning on the sentry tower.
Han Xiaosheng took out his telescope and observed, and found a sentry taking a nap on the sentry tower. However, there was no warning in other locations. It is estimated that the horse thieves had too much faith in the horse thieves on the top of the mountain and the horse thieves by the lake, and they were a bit tight on the outside and loose on the inside.
Seeing the mayor staring at the telescope in his hand, Han Xiaosheng handed it over and hung it around his neck, silently instructing him on how to use it.
After looking around, the mayor obviously made up his mind. After discussing with several experts, he made arrangements.
A group of people began to quietly go down the mountain along the passage opened by the horse thieves. There was a guard on the mountain who was guarding the way back. As for the sentry, they were handed over to Old Man Feng and Feizhou.
Han Xiaosheng held a sheathed dagger in his hand and followed the team down the mountain in the dark.
He didn't feel too nervous, mainly because he understood the situation of the horse thieves, so he didn't worry that the operation would fail.
According to our understanding, the masters of the horse thieves in the village only have one middle-stage great martial artist and three peak-level martial arts masters. However, the raid team in Longmen Town this time has one peak-level great martial artist, four mid-level great martial artists, and two early-stage great martial artists, like Liu Daneng. In this way, there are as many as eight martial arts masters at the top. With such a comparison of strength, losing is impossible unless the horse thieves have foreign aid.
Old Man Feng's sneak attack went smoothly and did not cause any commotion in the valley. It seemed that the horse thief was too relaxed and did not arrange a secret sentry.
After going down the valley, Mayor Fang arranged his manpower and divided it into five groups. Four groups were responsible for the four directions, and the fifth group was in the center of the valley, responsible for support.
Han Xiaosheng was concerned about the horse thief's wealth and followed the team attacking the stone house.
This team is also the most powerful. According to the account given by the little leader of the horse thieves, the fourth leader of the horse thieves lives in these stone houses.
Seeing the person in front of him entering the stone house, Han Xiaosheng did not dare to go in. He held an extinguished bright flashlight in his left hand and a rusty sword in his right hand, standing against the wall and observing the movements around him.
Soon, there was movement from the wooden house in the valley.
As the first scream sounded, the valley became noisy like a pot boiling.
The clash of weapons echoed throughout the valley, and the fighting raged.
Screams, roars, and begging for mercy were heard endlessly. Among them, Han Xiaosheng also heard the screams of women and the cries of children.
