"Master, Shao Wen, who went to explore the road ahead with Lao Wu, is back." Ma Yunjiu, who was following Liu Heng on horseback, said.
Soon, a fast horse in front came to them and stopped.
Just listen to Shao Wen say: "Master, there is an ambush in front. Fifth Brother and his people are watching from the front. Send your subordinates back to deliver the message."
"It seems that the bandits in Daliang Mountain are going to attack us at the foot of the mountain." Zhao Yutu turned to look at Liu Heng and said.
Liu Heng pondered for a moment and said, "Notify everyone, everyone is on alert."
"Yes." Zheng Tie responded and went to convey the order.
The convoy stopped, and the gunman began to load the gunpowder and lead shot, clamped the match rope with the faucet, and put the tinder box for lighting the match rope within easy reach.
The spearman took the breastplate from the chariot, put it on, and put an iron helmet on his head.
The gunmen and spearmen were all ready, and the convoy was back on the road.
The guards around Liu Heng also became vigilant, and Zhao Wu and Zheng Chao were even more personal guards.
The convoy traveled more than two miles.
When Lao Wu, who was waiting in front, saw the convoy, he rode over with a few sentries and stopped in front of the convoy.
"Master, there are people hiding on the hillside in front. They should be bandits from Daliang Mountain." Lao Wu pointed to the hillside on both sides in front of him.
There are many trees on the slopes on both sides, with buds growing on the branches, and a layer of short grass growing out of the ground. The distance between them, and the shadows of the trees, makes it difficult for others to see clearly whether there is anything hidden on the slopes. people.
Zhao Yutu turned his head and looked at it for a long time and said, "It looks normal. It doesn't look like someone is hiding on the hillside."
Lao Wu in front of him explained: "There has been no sound on the hillside for so long, and not even a bird can be seen. It is already very wrong. Moreover, there is not even wind today, but something will shake on the hillside every now and then. It means there are people or beasts hiding there.”
Zhao Yutu glanced at the hillside again and said, "Maybe it's a wild beast!"
Before Lao Wu could say anything else, Ma Yunjiu, who was standing next to him, said with a smile: "Beasts don't stay in one place for a long time, and there should be more than one or two swaying shadows on the hillside, right?"
When he said this, he looked at Lao Wu beside him.
Lao Wu nodded and said: "Ma Tou is right. There are shadows swaying in many places on the hillside. There should be many people hiding on this hillside."
Zhao Yutu's face turned red when he heard this.
Only then did he understand why the leader had tried his best to invite Ma Yunjiu and the people from the cavalry team to join Hutou Village.
Others in their Hutou Village would never have noticed this. By the time they found out something was wrong, they would have been surrounded by bandits in the Daliang Mountains.
Ma Yunjiu looked at Liu Heng and said, "Master, what should we do now? Should we stop the convoy?"
Liu Heng looked up at the hillside and said with a smile: "No, keep going. Since they have already tied their pockets and are waiting for us to get in, we can't let them down. Let us inform you and the convoy will continue to move forward."
Ma Yunjiu and Lao Wu were both stunned.
Knowing that there is an ambush ahead, but still rushing in... is commonly known as death.
"The convoy keeps moving forward." Zheng Tie ordered the driver.
Ma Yunjiu hesitated for a moment and said: "There are eight or nine hundred people in the several villages in Daliang Mountain. They knew that there were more than three hundred guards in our convoy, but they still chose to take action. I am afraid that most of the bandits on the mountain have been dispatched. The boss, We can’t help but be on guard!”
"It doesn't matter." Liu Heng smiled, waved his hand, and said immediately, "I'm afraid they won't do it!"
Knowing clearly that there are tigers in the mountains, I went to the Tiger Mountains instead.
Although Ma Yunjiu didn't know why Liu Heng wasn't worried about the bandits in Daliang Mountain, he still came to the cavalry behind the convoy just in case.
He said to Tan Zaiwang and others: "The bandits in Daliang Mountain wanted to rob the convoy, so they ambush in front. If something unexpected happens, you must protect the boss and find a way to take him back to Lingqiu."
"clear."
The people in the cavalry team nodded.
Tan Zaiwang said in confusion: "Since the boss knew there were bandits in front of him, why didn't he avoid it? If he goes further, he will definitely be surrounded by bandits in Daliang Mountain."
As a bandit in Daliang Mountain for a period of time, he was very familiar with the way bandits rob caravans on the mountain. He always laid an ambush in advance, waited for the caravan to be surrounded, and then attacked from both front and back, completely trapping the caravan in the middle. , not giving him a chance to escape.
Ma Yunjiu hesitated and said, "The boss may have other plans."
Apart from this explanation, he really couldn't figure out why Liu Heng knew there were bandits in front of him, but still went into the pockets woven by the bandits.
Even if they were here to deal with the Daliang Mountain bandits, there was no need to actively sneak into other people's ambush circles.
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On the hillside, Kong Lengzi said excitedly: "Here it comes, here it comes, the boss, the convoy with the tiger flag is here!"
Shi Yunhu hummed.
Hiding on the hillside at a high position, he saw a convoy of tiger-shaped flags appearing on the road in the distance.
He also noticed that the people at the front of the convoy were Lao Wu and others who came to explore the road before.
Watching the tiger-character flag convoy entering the already set siege step by step, Shi Yunhu had a sneer on his lips.
In his heart, he thought that people like Lao Wu and others were very capable. They had not discovered the people hiding on the hillside and fell into the ambush circle that had been set up.
Kong Lengzi said in a low voice: "Master, the tiger-character flag's convoy has arrived. Do you want me to go and tell the other masters?"
"No need." Shi Yunhu said, "We just need to guard the gap and prevent the people from the Tiger Flag from having a chance to escape. As for the fight with the Tiger Flag, let the other people in the village do it."
I would rather have the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.
He had already planned in his mind to use the power of the Tiger Flag to consume the strength of several other cottages in Daliang Mountain so that he could monopolize Daliang Mountain in the future.
He used to be the leader of a bandit camp with over 2,000 people, but now he was in Daliang Mountain and had to be ordered around by Liang Da and others from Erliang Mountain, which made him feel depressed.
Now he only hopes that the people in the Tiger Banner are strong enough to defeat the bandits in several cottages in Daliang Mountain, making him more confident in taking down several cottages in Daliang Mountain.
Liang Da, who was lurking in the innermost position, half-crouched behind a big tree, watching the motorcade approaching on the official road, approaching him little by little.
Liang Er next to him said: "Brother, the Tiger Flag's convoy has arrived. When should we start?"
"Don't worry, wait a moment." Liang Da said, "When you get into the shooting range of our archers, let our archers shoot one round first."
The archers of Erliang Mountain were hiding on the hillside. There were not many archers, only eleven.
As the convoy on the official road below gradually approached, these archers loaded their arrows and drew their bowstrings, just waiting for the opponent to enter the shooting range.
Most of the archers in Erliang Mountain are from hunting backgrounds. Their accuracy within twenty or thirty steps is pretty good, but beyond forty steps, their accuracy is not that good. Moreover, they are not the kind of hard bows that can be used for long-range shooting. If the shot is eighty steps away, it will lose power no matter how far it goes, and it will not hurt anyone if it hits.
Even so, these dozen archers are the treasures of Erliang Mountain, and they are easily reluctant to use them.
