"No, there's a sneak attack." Chen Xunping grabbed the waist knife at hand and rushed up, shouting loudly, "Blow the gong!"
Boom boom boom...
The shrill sound of gongs sounded in the station.
The teams of bandits who were originally resting quickly got up from the ground, assembled according to each team, and formed an array.
The spearmen lined up in groups, three groups in a row, with their wooden spears facing forward, looking around vigilantly.
On the side of the musketry team, each musketeer loaded the gunpowder, loaded the lead bullets, lit the fire, and lit the match.
From the sound of the gong to the gathering of all the teams, it took less than a quarter of an hour. This was due to the slow speed of loading firecrackers at night, otherwise the team would have gathered faster.
Chen Xunping did not leave the main force, but waited for news from the patrol team.
Not long after, Jia Liu came over from the distant forest with a spearman with an injured arm.
Chen Xunping glanced at the injured bandit. There was only a gash on his arm from an arrow, which was not serious, and asked, "What happened?"
Jia Liu said: "Someone wanted to sneak into the camp in the dark, but was discovered by the patrol team. In the panic, the enemy shot an arrow and fled. It was too dark, and our people did not dare to pursue them too far."
Chen Xunping asked: "Have you seen clearly who it is?"
At this time, Yang Yuan, who was standing aside, said: "Of course they are bandits on the mountain, but I didn't expect them to be so courageous that they dared to attack the camp. If we hadn't been patrolling closely, they might have succeeded."
"His grandma's, I haven't found them yet, so they came to the door first." Chen Xunping said, "How many people came?"
Jia Liunan recalled for a while and said: "It was too dark and the forest was full of tree shadows. It was hard to see clearly. I guess there were dozens of people."
Chen Xunping held his chin and hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Yang Yuan and said, "The team has already gathered. I don't think we'll wait until tomorrow and go straight up the mountain."
Yang Yuan smiled and said: "You are the military commander, you have the final say."
"Okay." Chen Xunping obviously gritted his teeth and said, "Since they have already taken action, we don't need to wait for tomorrow. We will go to the mountains to spend the night tonight, Jia Liu!"
"Here we come." Jia Liu straightened his back.
"Take your No. 1 Squadron and go up the mountain from the back."
"yes."
"Second Squadron!"
"arrive."
"Let the people from the intelligence team lead the way for you, and take the official road up the mountain."
"yes."
"Third Squadron."
"arrive."
"You will come up the mountain with me and be ready to support the First and Second Squadrons at any time."
"yes."
Chen Xunping glanced at the assembled team in the forest and said loudly: "Brothers, I'm going to catch the bastard in the jar. Please stay alert and act."
As his order was issued, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Squadrons began to prepare individually, especially the 2nd Squadron, which was the first to set off on the road as it needed to go up the mountain road on the other side of Guan Road.
Soon, the first squadron and the third squadron also went up the mountain road from the back mountain.
………………
"No, we've been discovered, retreat." A dull voice said in the darkness.
As his words fell, many shadows swayed in the forest and slowly retreated from the forest.
"Third brother, why are you stopping me? Why don't you let me lead someone to charge once?" The second master said with dissatisfaction to the third master next to him who was shorter than him.
The third master on the side said: "The sound of the firecrackers just now was so loud that the bandits in the forest were awakened even if they were sleeping to death. The other party is prepared. It is difficult for us to take advantage by attacking forcefully. Let's retreat to the stronghold first." , think of a way."
"It's so fucking weird that a group of bandits actually arranged for so many people to patrol. The army that attacked Hutou Village last time wasn't as cautious as this group of bandits." The second master cursed.
The third master ignored the second master and asked the person behind him, "How is the brother who was hit by the fire gun?"
"He's out of breath," said the bandit who was following him. "He was hit in the stomach with a bullet, and his intestines flowed all over the floor. He died when he exited the forest."
"What a damn bad luck." The second-in-command on the side cursed.
The Third Master added: "Take the body back to the stronghold for burial, don't leave it behind."
Without a word of warning, he was worried that when other bandits saw someone dead, the body would be dumped directly on the roadside without anyone taking care of it.
The rabbit died and the fox was sad. After the previous test, he felt that the group of bandits at the bottom of the mountain was unusual. Maybe there would be big trouble in Hutou Village this time.
They walked through the mountain road of Hutou Village countless times and returned to the village smoothly.
The main hall of the mountain temple in the center of the village is brightly lit.
The second master and the third master took off their iron armor with the help of two bandits and came to the hall with only their sabers.
The Dwarf Tiger in the main hall frowned slightly when he saw the two of them coming back so quickly and said, "Has everything been resolved?"
"He was discovered, and a brother died." The second master said gloomily, walked to the seat on the left and sat down.
"What's going on?" Dwarf Tiger frowned deeper.
After sitting on the seat on the right, the third master said: "I think this group of bandits at the foot of the mountain is very unusual. When we went there, we saw them arranging people to patrol in the forest. Within a short time, there was a group of several bandits. The patrol team walked over. Later, the second brother wanted to force his way in. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by the patrolling bandits and beat one of our brothers to death with a gun. Then the sound of a gong sounded in the forest. We had no choice but to retreat to the village. .”
"So we can't take advantage of this gang of bandits at the bottom of the mountain." Dwarf Tiger's eyebrows knitted together.
"It's very difficult." The third master said, "Sneak attacks are impossible, we can only go head-to-head. Fortunately, we have a lot of iron armor in the village, but the opponent has no armor. Even the weapons are wooden spears. As long as we find a way to dodge a round of fire, The gun can still be chewed down, but there will inevitably be some casualties on our side."
"Second brother, what do you mean?" Dwarf Tiger looked to his left.
The second master's face twitched, and he said viciously: "Hit me, two of my men are dead, this matter can't end like this."
"It's okay if we fight." The third master said, "The number of bandits at the bottom of the mountain is about the same as ours. Their weapons are wooden spears and they don't even have body armor. We can definitely win, but is it worth using force for such a group of bandits? "
The second boss said dissatisfiedly: "Third brother, there are many dead people in our village. If we don't give him a beating, none of the brothers in the village will be convinced in the future."
"I didn't say I wouldn't fight." The third master frowned.
"Okay." Dwarf Tiger pressed his big hand and said, "Are you sure there are only a hundred or so bandits at the foot of the mountain?"
The second master nodded and said: "No more than one hundred and twenty people at most."
"Then fight." Dwarf Tiger waved his hand with a fierce look on his face.
A ruthless look flashed in the eyes of the second master, and he said: "Don't worry, brother, I will definitely tear off the head of the leader of the bandits and use it as a chamber pot for him."
"Okay." Dwarf Tiger responded, turned to look at the third master and said, "No one can die in a war. As long as we defeat this group of bandits and swallow up this group of people, it will be worth it even if some of our men die."
Seeing that both of them decided to fight, the Third Master nodded in agreement.
