Although Jigong Gorge is dangerous, it is not a famous mountain and dangerous peak in Xiling.

There are not a few lonely mountains in Xiling that are so dangerous.

The bandits and horse bandits who can become a climate are not only bold enough, but also have bright brains, except for a very few who occupy the mountains and defend them, most of them are in a state of flux.

They knew very well in their hearts that the Xiling Gate Valve sounded like a monolith, but it was also full of contradictions inside.

At least the three major gates of Xiling, which are famous all over the world, are not as united as imagined.

Perhaps in the face of a common strong enemy, in order to ensure their own interests and the continuation of the clan, they will join forces and unite, but in the absence of external enemies, there is no lack of open and secret fighting between each other.

In order to open the Xiling trade road and obtain more taxes and benefits, the three major gate valves joined forces to clear out the mountain bandits and horse thieves who plundered the caravan.

Sometimes it is clear that the robbers can be exterminated, but they are not destroyed, and the robbers are driven to other countries' territory, in fact, in order to lose the strength of other gate valves.

It was from that time that many thieves came up with good ideas.

For example, he committed a crime in Yuwen County and plundered property, but he quickly moved to Fan County or Zhen County to hide, and when he committed a crime there, he went to other counties to hide.

Many things in the three counties could not be agreed, so many robbers could take advantage of it.

A gust of wind Ding Zixiu was beaten and fled in embarrassment, so he naturally hid in other counties, and when the wind passed, he returned to Yuwen County and secretly accumulated strength.

Of course, Yuwen Chengchao would not ride all the way down the mountain, and there were still a few miles away from the mountain in front of Jigong Gorge, so he stopped his horse and turned over and dismounted.

There are many rocks in this area, and it is very easy to find a place to tie horses.

Summoning his subordinates to gather over, Yuwen Cheng beckoned to Chen Zhitai and said, "Master Chen, you come over and tell everyone about the situation of the sentry." ”

Chen Zhitai walked over, Yuwen Chengchao had already squatted down, took a few small stones and put them on the ground, and then said: "Master Chen, this is the location of the sentry you marked on the map, there are eight sentry posts in the front mountain, it should be like this, right?" ”

Chen Zhitai also squatted down, looked at it, gave a thumbs up and said: "The eldest prince is really smart, he can remember it at a glance, and the position is not wrong." He pointed to the small stone very cooperatively and said: "There are eight sentry posts in the front mountain, divided into four corners, southeast, northwest and northwest, and there are two sentry posts at each foot, one bright and one dark. Minggang can be seen at a glance, the wooden tower is repaired, although it is not very high, but the location of the construction is very good, condescending, overlooking the mountain, as long as someone is close to the Jigong Gorge, you can see it from afar. ”

"Of course you can't see anything at night." Ning Zhifeng said.

Chen Zhitai gave another thumbs up: "Smart." There are people on the wooden tower during the day and they will come down at night, but you will still be careful. Pointing to another stone, he explained: "This is a clear outpost, if the enemy sneaks into the front mountain, he can only find this outpost, but the secret post not far away is difficult to find." ”

"Fortunately, we have the help of Master Chen, otherwise we wouldn't know about the existence of the secret whistle." Yuwen Chengchao smiled faintly.

Chen Zhitai actually showed a hint of pride, and continued to explain: "The secret sentry is to dig a pit in the ground, and there are two people hidden in the pit, which is covered with dry grass, which is very hidden, just in case the sentry is taken down. Once there is an incident on the side of the bright whistle, the brothers in the dark whistle will blow the trumpet, and the other brothers in the front mountain will immediately know that someone is attacking the mountain, and they will blow the trumpet together to notify someone in the back mountain to kill them.

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Fat Yu said: "This Ding Zixiu is really cautious, if you don't know these circumstances, you will go up the mountain rashly, and it will be exposed soon." ”

"Everyone has also seen that the eight guards in the front mountain are divided into four corners, and we can't clean all eight posts at the same time." Yuwen Chengchao said solemnly: "So we solve the four sentry posts at the same time every time." There are fourteen of us in all, the first soldiers are divided into two ways, after approaching the target, each road is divided into two groups of people, we must shoot at the light and dark sentry at the same time, we must remember that when shooting, there must be no hesitation, one blow must be fatal, and they must not have a chance to send a signal. ”

Chen Zhitai counted back and forth, thinking that there are only thirteen of you, and the eldest prince said that there are fourteen people, do you even want me to add them?

He hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say, "Eldest Prince, are the fourteen people you are talking about..... Is it a miscalculation? ”

"That's right, you're in the action plan." Yuwen Chengchao was very simple: "Since you are here, of course Chen Dangjia must also contribute." ”

Chen Zhitai said with a bitter face: "Eldest Prince, although I have abandoned the darkness and turned to the light and am willing to submit to you, many brothers on the mountain are acquaintances with me, if I go with you to deal with them, it will be against morality, and I really can't do this thing..... Seeing that Ning Zhifeng on the side had already grasped the hilt of the knife, he immediately sighed and sighed: "But they are doing evil, I thought about it, and I am still willing to fight side by side with the eldest prince to eradicate the evil." ”

"Chen is insightful." Yuwen Chengchao looked up at Fat Fish and said, "Fat Fish, you and the madman will take five people to clean up the sentry in the southwest corner, and after solving it, go to the northwest corner immediately." Wang Xiao and I took the people up and down to solve the southeast corner first, and then went to the northeast corner. He looked around and said, "After everyone goes up the mountain, be careful, don't hesitate when you shoot, after cleaning up, everyone gathers near the suspension bridge, remember, don't act rashly before I arrive." ”

Fat Fish and Ning Zhifeng both gave up, ordered five people, and did not hesitate, and touched the mountain while it was dark.

"Wang Xiao, Dapeng, by the way, and Chen Dangjia, you come with me." Yuwen Chengchao did not delay, and led Qin Xiao and the others to rush to the southeast corner of Qianshan Mountain.

There was Chen Zhitai as a guide along the way, but after going up the mountain, it was much smoother.

The mountain in front of Jigong Gorge is the head of the chicken, the terrain is not very complicated, although the forest is luxuriant, there is no obvious path, but there are not many rocks, and soon it will be close to the sentry position.

"Dapeng, you take the three of them to the dark sentry." Yuwen Chengchao commanded: "Wang Xiao and Chen Dangjia will go directly to Ming Sentinel with me, and as soon as we do it here, you will do it immediately." ”

Dapeng arched his hand and led three elite soldiers to bypass the dark sentry.

Everyone already knew the location of the sentry and did not hesitate to act.

"Master Chen, the people at the sentry know you." Yuwen Chengchao pressed the handle of the saber on his waist and said with a faint smile: "Wang Xiao and I follow you, we don't have to hide it, go directly to Mingshao, you talk to them, attract attention, let's do it." ”

Chen Zhitai shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Eldest son, I really can't bear to .....!"

"Actually, I'll give you a chance later." Yuwen Chengchao said: "When you see them, they say that there are officers and soldiers sneak attacking, and they should still have a chance to send a signal, but your head will definitely not be saved, and I can guarantee that after killing you, although this operation failed, we can still retreat, do you believe it or not?" ”

"I.

.... I believe. ”

"I never break my word." Yuwen Chengchao said lightly: "As long as the thief is successful this time, I will not only reward you heavily, but also give you a better future, which is much better than falling into the grass, whether you want a future or not, it depends on what you do." ”

Chen Zhitai hesitated, finally gritted his teeth, clenched his axes, and said in a low voice: "Follow me." ”

Chen Zhitai made up his mind, knowing that there was really no future for being a bandit, and he had been controlled, and he couldn't do it if he wanted to, not to mention that this time the officers and soldiers made a heavy punch to exterminate Ding Zixiu, if he continued to serve Ding Zixiu, he could only be exterminated by the officers and soldiers with him.

"Who?" Qin Xiao and Yuwen Chengchao followed behind Chen Zhitai on the left and right, and vaguely saw the wooden tower not far in front, knowing that it was the Ming Sentinel, and before they got close, they had already heard the sound of cheering.

Chen Zhitai said loudly: "It's me, Chen Zhitai!" ”

"It turned out to be a three-in-command." The sentry's voice suddenly softened: "It's so late, and the three masters haven't rested yet?" ”

"Rest your." Chen Zhitai approached that side, and said angrily: "Today's things didn't get done, so I felt angry and went out for a spin." ”

The minion smiled and said, "I heard that the three masters took people down the mountain to collect grain, but it seems that there is no gain." ”

Chen Zhitai approached, looked left and right, and asked, "Why are you the only one?" ”

"Three masters, I'm here." I heard a voice not far away, and a person hurried over here, tying his pants while walking: "My stomach is uncomfortable, squat over there for a while, the little one is not lazy, and the three masters are Mingjian." ”

Chen Zhitai coughed and said, "The big boss has repeatedly told you that no matter day or night, you must guard your sentry and not be negligent. Those officers and soldiers are as cunning as foxes, and they don't know when they will run to you, and when they cut off your head, you don't know how to die. ”

"The three masters are too careful." The minion laughed and said: "The big boss also said that most of the officers and soldiers are very stupid, they are all a group of wine bags and rice bags, and they just take advantage of the strength of the crowd. We are full of sentry posts here, don't say that the officers and soldiers run up the mountain, as long as they are close to the foot of the mountain, we can know, come and kill one by one, come and kill one by one. ”

Another minion fastened his pants and asked, "Three masters, you go down the mountain today, can you get something?" If you find food, the big boss will be happy and will be rewarded. ”

The two minions only cared about talking to Chen Zhitai, but they didn't expect Yuwen Chengchao and Qin Xiao to have approached them left and right.

They didn't care, after all, they were the ones who came with the three masters.

In the past few months, the three masters will come to inspect, and they always have people with them.

At this time, in the dead of night, the lights were blind, and I couldn't see the face clearly, but the people who came with the three masters were of course their own brothers, and the two minions were not the slightest wary.

Yuwen Cheng glanced at Qin Xiao, and the two of them walked around behind the minions, covering the minions' mouths one by one from behind, and then simply cut the throats of the two of them.

Qin Xiao's ruthlessness in his bones has never been lacking, he knows a simple truth very well, when you kill someone, once you are soft, it is likely to be yourself who dies.

Therefore, if you want to live, you must not be soft-hearted.

Either don't do it, and once you do, you will not show mercy.