That night, not long after Zhao Yu hugged Jingnu and fell asleep, he was gently pushed awake by Jingnu.

Because of the assassination of the traitor just happened, Zhao Yu was quite alert after being awakened, although his consciousness was still a little unconscious, he immediately sat up on the couch, and asked Jing Nu at the same time: "What?" ”

Probably noticing Zhao Yu's reaction, Jingnu hurriedly relieved: "Young master, don't be surprised, this time it is not what happened in the village, but that the county officials of Kunyang County came to report the news. ”

When he heard the first half of the sentence, Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, as the so-called once bitten by a snake for ten years afraid of the well rope, after experiencing an assassination incident of a traitor in the village, he had listened to Guo Da's suggestion and strengthened the number of guards, from the former two people on duty to ten people in one breath - ten people will no longer be blackened and wiped their necks, enough to remind Niu Heng who was in the next room when the incident happened.

Even, Guo Da originally wanted to increase the number of people, but Zhao Yu gave up considering that the manpower in the village is not sufficient.

"Kunyang's county pawn? Coming to ventilate? ”

After listening to the quiet girl's story, a little surprise flashed on Zhao Yu's face.

Jingnu nodded, and said in a low voice: "Chu Yan, the right commander of the party, came in person, saying that they caught a person on the southern slope, this person was wearing the clothes of a county pawn, claiming to be a member of the brotherhood, and he came to report to the cottage, as for what information, the person refused to say, saying that he wanted to tell you in person." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu, who had gradually regained his consciousness, frowned slightly, and secretly thought in his heart: You must see me face to face, it must be Ma Gai's subordinates.

Thinking of this, he asked Jingnu, "Where is this person?" ”

Jingnu replied, "Chu Yan led this person to come in person, and he is waiting outside the house right now. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu did not delay, and immediately put on his clothes under the service of Jing Nu, and put on the tiger mask that had gradually been remembered by the Black Tiger Crowd.

Although he intended to let Jing Nu continue to rest, Jing Nu wanted to be with Zhao Yu, he held her cheek and smiled: "Good, go to sleep again." ”

Jingnu was made crimson by Zhao Yu's intimate behavior, and said with a little blush: "The young master is not here, I can't sleep well." ”

What else can Zhao Yu say? can only let Jing Nu follow him, after all, he is also used to Jing Nu following him to serve.

After a while, Zhao Yu opened the door and walked out, and at a glance, he saw more than a dozen people standing outside the house, each holding torches.

Ten of them are the guards in charge of guarding, the leader is called Zhuang Ping, who is Niu Heng's old subordinate, in addition, it is Chu Yan who remembers several accompanying subordinates, and there is a person dressed as a county official - Zhao Yu saw Chu Yan at a glance at that time.

"Chu Yan."

While saying hello to Chu Yan, Zhao Yu walked down the wooden steps.

Seeing this, Zhuang Ping, who was in charge of guarding, waved his hand and motioned for the nine subordinates to step aside and let Chu Yan and the others approach Zhao Yu.

The right commander in the dignified village was blocked by Zhuang Ping and his cadres, and he couldn't ask Zhao Yu at will, Chu Yan was not unhappy about this, after all, after he returned to the cottage, he also heard about the bad incident that the big leader was assassinated by traitors in the village.

"Chief."

Chu Yan took a few steps forward and hugged her fist towards Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu nodded, and immediately, his gaze fell on a county official beside Chu Yan and asked, "Is this the person?" ”

"Yes."

Chu Yan nodded, then turned around and said to the county guard behind him: "Deng Ren, this is the big leader." ”

Sure enough, the county guard who came to ventilate the news was Deng Ren sent by Ma Gai, and I saw that after he saw Zhao Yu with a tiger mask, he immediately wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Zhuang Ping and scolded loudly: "What are you going to do?" ”

I have to say that because Zhao Yu had just been assassinated some time ago, the people in the village were nervous, like Deng Ren, who was of unknown origin, how could Zhuang Ping let him get close to Zhao Yu?

Deng Ren, who was reprimanded, was shocked, and hurriedly said: "I, I don't mean anything, I just want to tell the big leader in private......"

Looking at his appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, you follow me to the house." …… Chu Yan and Zhuang Ping, the two of you also came in, and the rest stayed outside. ”

"Yes!" Everyone clasped their fists in response.

A moment later, Zhao Yu took Chu Yan, Zhuang Ping, and Deng Ren into the house.

He said to Deng Ren with a pleasant face: "Chu Yannai is the right commander of the village, and Zhuang Ping is my guard, they are both people who can be trusted, if there is anything, it doesn't matter if you say it directly." ”

Seeing that the big leader of the black tiger thief in front of him did not mention another person wearing a tiger mask beside him, Deng Ren glanced at Jing Nu with some curiosity, but obviously he was not stupid, he could tell at a glance from Jing Nu's posture that it was a woman.

Seeing this, he hugged his fist towards Zhao Yu, lowered his voice and said, "Big leader, the county lieutenant ordered me to come and report to the leader, ...... today No, around midnight yesterday, Yexian County ordered Yang Ding to convene the county magistrates of the five counties to attack Guizhai in the middle of the night, and when I came, they were already preparing for the night attack. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the room was stunned, including Zhao Yu, who had already guessed that Deng Ren was sent by Ma Gai.

Yexian County Commander Yang Ding actually planned to sneak attack him on Black Tiger Mountain tonight? If it weren't for the fact that this news was sent by Ma Gai, Zhao Yu couldn't believe it.

Why?

Because the county commander Liu Yi's family in Runan County, Cheng Pei Sui of Runan County, and the county commander Wang Yong's family in Xiangcheng County, are still hostages in his hands so far, even Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan County, feels jealous, but this Yang Ding, regardless of the life or death of these hostages, brazenly launched a night attack?

This Yang Ding, so ruthless?

But since it was the news sent by Ma Gai, although Zhao Yu felt surprised, he didn't dare to take it lightly, after all, Ma Gai had gradually fallen to his Black Tiger Village, and there was no reason to send him fake news in this matter.

But......

After glancing at Deng Ren, Zhao Yu deliberately pretended not to believe it and asked, "Oh? Why did the county lieutenant send you to report to me? I thought that Lieutenant Ma had always been unaccustomed to waiting for us......"

Deng Ren did not doubt him, and hurriedly said according to Ma Gai's words: "The leader has misunderstood, although the county lieutenant Ma does have a bit of a problem with my Black Tigers, he also thinks that my Black Tigers will not be unfavorable to Kunyang. When the county lieutenant Ma instructed me, he personally said that the outsiders did not know the situation in my Kunyang, and blindly persecuted the black tigers, but in the end, it was my Kunyang people who were unlucky......"

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew that Ma Gai had already explained to his subordinates, and this explanation was very good, at least the Kunyang people were acceptable, so he didn't have to cover up anything for Ma Gai.

So he laughed and said: "Lieutenant Ma is a reasonable person, yes, I, Zhou Hu, will never be unfavorable to Kunyang." ”

As he spoke, he instructed Zhuang Ping: "Zhuang Ping, this brother has come to report the news, it is very hard, you send someone to arrange some wine and food for him, leave him to rest in the village for a while, and then find an opportunity to send him down the mountain." ”

"Yes!"

Zhuang Ping hugged his fists and led Deng Ren, who had already hugged his fists to express his gratitude, out of the house.

From beginning to end, Chu Yan crossed his arms and looked at Deng Ren from the side, listening to the latter's words, until the latter walked out of the house, he lowered his arms, turned to Zhao Yu and said, "Leader, is it indeed Ma Gai's person?" ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "There shouldn't be anything wrong." …… We deliberately asked him why Ma Gai sent him to report the news, and this person's answer was quite in line with Ma Gai's position. Taking a step back, who would send someone to remind us at such a time, except for Ma Gai? ”

"That's just as well."

Chu Yan nodded abruptly.

That's right, if this Deng Ren was sent by someone who was hostile to his Black Tiger Clan, then why did the other party bother to do this? Wouldn't it be over if you just brought someone to sneak attack?

Therefore, it is certain that this must have been someone sent by Magai.

And Ma Gai, apparently, can be trusted.

After figuring out this layer, Chu Yan immediately said to Zhao Yu: "Since this is the case, the village should take precautions immediately." …… The chief should inform the people at once. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded and said, "You go and inform the Great Commander and Wang Qing, and ask them to immediately arrange for manpower to be deployed in the mountains." ”

"Yes!" Chu Yan hugged her fists and left.

Looking at Chu Yan's departing back, Zhao Yu slowly walked to the stool next to the table and sat down, took off the mask on his face, and held his head on his forehead in contemplation.

It's not that he suspects Ma Gai of anything, but he still can't figure out why Yang Ding decided to suddenly attack his Black Tiger Village at night.

Just as he was pondering, suddenly Guo Da's shout came from outside the house: "Ah...... Chieftain, chieftain. ”

Zhao Yu turned his head to look, and happened to see Guo Da approaching the house in a hurry.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room except for Zhao Yu and Jingnu, Guo Da glanced at several guards outside the house, walked to the stool next to the table and sat down, and asked in a low voice with a bit of eagerness: "Ah Hu, what's the matter?" I just heard that some officers and soldiers are going to attack us? ”

Zhao Yu nodded and explained, "It's Yang Ding from Ye County." …… Ma Gai sent his subordinate county guards to deliver the news, and seeing that this person came in a hurry, I think Ma Gai also learned about it temporarily, so he hurriedly sent him to report the news. ”

Just like Zhao Yu, Guo Da didn't doubt Ma Gai, but showed an expression of disbelief, and said puzzledly: "Then what's the matter with Yang Ding?" Did he forget that Liu Yi, Wang Yong and others are still in our hands? Does he not care about the lives of these people? …… Thanks, Jing. ”

The last sentence he said to the Jingnu who poured water for him.

"That's what I'm weird about."

Zhao Yu also took a sip of the water brought by Jing Nu, frowned and analyzed to Guo Da: "I look at Yang Ding, he doesn't seem to care about the life and death of Liu Yi, Wang Yong and others, otherwise why would he put the responsibility on Yingchuan County in the first place, and asked the county guard Li Min to come forward to negotiate with us?" Aren't you afraid that you will lose notoriety because you don't save Liu Yi and Wang Yong when they see death? Therefore, it stands to reason that he should not sneak up on us at this time......"

"Could it be that he thinks he can succeed in the sneak attack?" Guo Da guessed.

"I don't think so."

Zhao Yu shook his head and analyzed: "We are not defenseless, even if Ma Gai does not send someone to report the news, we will still let people closely guard the slopes in all directions, after all, we have delayed several times, which has made the Li County guard quite unhappy, even if we don't guard against Yang Ding, we also have to guard against that Li County guard...... With Yang Ding's wisdom, he should be able to guess this layer, so as not to blindly think that he can easily sneak attack. ”

"Then why did he attack us suddenly?" Guo Da was a little confused.

"I don't know about ...... either."

Zhao Yu shook his head slightly, he also felt a little strange about Yang Ding's sudden change, he thought that something might have happened that caused Yang Ding to behave abnormally, but he didn't know what it was for the time being.

Not long after, the commander Chen Mo came to Zhao Yu's house and discussed with Zhao Yu and Guo Da on the strategy of guarding the mountain.

Just as a few people were discussing, they suddenly saw Zhuang Ping approaching the house, and said with a somewhat strange expression: "Chief, the right commander has caught another county pawn, and that person also claims to be the county pawn of Kunyang, and he has come to report to us......"

“……”

Zhao Yu, Guo Da, and Chen Mo looked at each other.

The county pawn of Kunyang? Nine times out of ten, they were Ma Gai's people, but didn't Ma Gai send someone to summon them?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yu immediately ordered: "Bring that person here." ”

"Yes!"

Not long after, another Kunyang county guard was taken to Zhao Yu's house.

I saw that after this person entered the house, he looked at a few people in the house, although this person may not be able to recognize Zhao Yu with a mask, but obviously he can recognize Guo Da and Chen Mo.

Seeing this, he immediately saluted Zhao Yu, who was sitting in the middle, and said respectfully: "Big leader, the villain is called Wu Niu, who joined the brotherhood in the county seat in July last year......"

Zhao Yu was angry and funny, and interrupted with a cough: "Okay, since you are a brother of the brotherhood, you are also a brother of my Black Tiger Village, I don't know what is the important matter for Brother Wu to come this time?" ”

That Wu Niu obviously realized that he was talking too much nonsense, and after sneering, he hurriedly said his intention: "That's the case, my county lieutenant...... It was the county lieutenant Ma, who sent me to report to the big chief, asking the chief to be careful of the sneak attack behind him. ”

"A sneak attack from behind?"

Zhao Yu didn't get it for a while, and asked puzzledly: "What kind of sneak attack from behind?" ”

"That's right." That Wu Niu hurriedly explained: "County Lieutenant Ma suspects that Yang Ding's night attack on Black Tiger Mountain may be a pretense, just to attract the attention of the leader, because before Leader Ma learned about this, Yang Ding seems to have sent a person named Wei Chi to leave the camp first, and County Lieutenant Ma suspects that this person is likely to attack the back of Black Tiger Mountain." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu under the mask opened his mouth slightly.

Just now, this Wu Niu said it in a general way, he thought that Yang Ding sent a traitor to infiltrate the cottage to assassinate him, but he didn't expect that the 'sneak attack behind his body' that this guy said refers to his Black Tiger Village.

He deliberately asked again, "Why did the county lieutenant send you to interrogate?" I thought that Lieutenant Ma had always had prejudices against us. ”

Hearing this, this Wu Niu made an answer that was the same as that of Fang Cai Deng Ren, which made Zhao Yu believe again that this person should also be sent by Ma Gai.

But why did Magai send men twice? Could it be that there is a reason for this?

Just when Zhao Yu was secretly guessing, he suddenly saw that Wu Niu seemed to think of something, and patted his head and said: "Oh, by the way, the county lieutenant Ma also has a sentence for the little one to tell the big leader, about the matter of Wei Chi, it was Ding Wu, the county lieutenant of Luyang, who told him through a joke, this person got close to Yang Ding, and was ordered by Yang Ding to monitor him, I don't know if he is friend or foe." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu opened his mouth slightly, and immediately couldn't help laughing.

He finally understood that Ma Gai sent two people before and after, and that was because Ding Wu, the county lieutenant of Luyang County, reminded him and revealed Yang Ding's true intentions to Ma Gai, so Ma Gai sent this Wu Niu over again to remind him to 'watch out for the back'.

As for whether Ding Wu, the county governor of Luyang County, can be trusted......

Oh, that's naturally trustworthy, Zhao Yu's trust in Ding Wu is no less than that of Ma Gai.

What's interesting is that Yang Ding actually sent Ding Wu to stare at Ma Gai......

Not only did Zhao Yu find it interesting, but Guo Da and Chen Mo on the side also showed extremely strange expressions - both of them knew that Ding Wu and Zhao Yu had a deep friendship.

Coughing, Zhao Yu instructed Wu Niu: "You rest in the village for a while, when the time is right, I will send someone to send you down the mountain, and when you go back, tell the county lieutenant Ma, and say...... I understood what he meant, told him not to worry. ”

"Yes, yes."

Wu Niu nodded again and again, and was immediately taken down by Zhuang Ping to rest.

Seeing this person walk out of the house, Guo Da couldn't hold back anymore, and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that Yang Ding has doubts about Ma Gai...... However, he actually sent County Lieutenant Ding to keep an eye on Ma Gai, which is really ......"

Hearing this, Rao Chen Mo, who was not smiling, couldn't help but laugh.

After laughing, he turned his head to Zhao Yu and said, "Chief, Ma Gai's news should not be wrong, in that case, let's be careful to guard against the western ......"

Zhao Yu nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said: "In this way, the big leader should deal with the frontal attack, and I, Brother Guo, and Brother Niu are in charge of the west side, and set up an ambush in the mountains on the west side......"

Chen Mo thought for a while and reminded: "Don't underestimate that Wei Chi, I have fought with that Wei Chi, this person's martial arts are good, and he is not inferior to Zhang Jing......"

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "It's okay, there is Brother Niu Heng here." ”

Hearing this, Chen Mo nodded slightly and stopped talking, after all, he knew Niu Heng's strength very well, that brute bull was gifted with divine power and infinite strength, even he had to deal with it carefully, but unfortunately his brain was not very good, otherwise he would definitely be a fierce rival to compete with him for the position of great commander - much stronger than Wang Qing's family!

After the discussion, Chen Mo and Guo Da took their leave at the same time, and each went to gather his brothers, and the originally quiet village became noisy because of this, and it looked like he was about to fight.

And taking advantage of the time when Guo Da went to gather people, Jing Nu found two sets of leather armor from the cabinet in the house, and put one of them on her young master, although she strongly objected to Zhao Yu personally and Guo Da went to the west of the cottage to ambush, but considering that the sword had no eyes, she wanted to put the two sets of leather armor on Zhao Yu.

At the moment when Zhao Yu and Jingnu were wearing leather armor, Zhuang Ping walked in, clasped his fists and said, "Leader, Liu Yi and Wang Yong ask to see each other." ”

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and even guessed a few points: it must be the emergency preparations in the cottage that disturbed the two county commanders, and the two county commanders hurriedly ran to ask him what was going on.

After thinking about it again, Zhao Yu had a good idea in his heart: I might as well use this matter to separate the relationship between Liu Yi and Wang Yong and Yang Ding, and by the way, the two of them will be encircled.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Zhuang Ping: "Please invite the two of them in." ”

"Yes!"

Zhuang Ping hugged his fists, turned around and walked out of the house to say hello, and immediately, he saw Liu Yi and Wang Yong walking into the house with panicked faces.

I saw Liu Yi and Wang Yong walking into the house, saw Zhao Yu wearing leather armor and a mask on his face, and asked in a panic: "Leader Zhou, what happened?" ”

Zhao Yu deliberately glanced at the two of them, until the two of them were a little hairy, and then he said in a deep voice: "Zhou just got the news that Yang Ding, the county commander of Yexian County, strongly led the officers and soldiers of Runan, Xiangcheng, Kunyang, and Luyang counties to attack my cottage. ”

As soon as they heard this, Liu Yi and Wang Yong turned pale with fright.

At this time, they didn't care about finding out how the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of them got the news, what they cared about was the lives of their entire family - the newly appointed Yexian county commander Yang Ding, regardless of the safety of their whole family, suddenly launched a sneak attack on the black tiger thief? Doesn't that push them into the fire pit?

"Leader Zhou, I, we ......"

Hearing that there were still officers and soldiers from the county under their rule, Liu Yi and Wang Yong were frightened, stammered, and couldn't speak, for fear that the leader of the black tiger thief in front of them would be unfavorable to them.

However, Zhao Yu comforted him with a pleasant face: "Don't worry, the two have promised to be my friends with Zhou Hu, since they are friends, then no matter what, Zhou Hu will not be in danger of the two and their families." Even if my cottage can't be preserved today and is broken by the army led by Yang Ding, Zhou will also send his henchmen to send the two and their families down the mountain when the village is broken, so that the two and their wives can return to the county seat safely......"

Hearing this, Liu Yi and Wang Yong looked at each other, and the former asked cautiously: "Isn't Leader Zhou ready to use the two of us to blackmail Yang Ding and force him to withdraw from the army?" ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "If the two of them didn't cooperate before, Zhou Hu would naturally do this, but since the two of them are already friends of my Zhou Hu, how can Zhou put the two in danger?" What's more, since Yang Ding dared to come to sneak attack, it means that he has completely disregarded the safety of the two and his family, if I use the two to blackmail him to retreat, who can guarantee that he will not ask his henchmen to secretly shoot the two with cold arrows? ”

"How dare he!"

Liu Yi said angrily, and from the side, Wang Yong was also angry.

They couldn't believe that Yang Ding dared to ignore them - that Yang Ding was only the county commander of Ye County, and not the county guard of Yingchuan County, what qualifications did he have, and what power did he have to decide the fate of the two of them?

"It's better to be careful. …… In this way, the two of them will rest in the village for a while, if there is an accident, Zhou will immediately send someone to escort the two of them down the mountain from the north, presumably the two of them don't want to be 'rescued' by Yang Ding, right? ”

Liu Yi and Wang Yong looked at each other in anger and nodded slightly.

"Then ...... Everything depends on Leader Zhou. ”

"Where, where."

While responding with a smile, Zhao Yu walked out of the house with Liu Yi, Wang Yong and Jingnu.

At this time, Guo Da, Niu Heng and others had already gathered in the open space outside the house under the two of them, preparing to go to the west side to ambush.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu said goodbye to Liu Yi and Wang Yong, and at this time he heard a black tiger shouting anxiously from the direction of the Zhaimen: "Officers and soldiers attack the mountain!" There are officers and soldiers attacking the mountain! ”

As soon as the words fell, a large group of brothers in the village poured out of the cottage to support Chen Mo, Wang Qing, and Chu Yan.

At the same time, shouts of killing also came from the bottom of the mountain.

What they saw and heard made Liu Yi and Wang Yong's eyes widen in disbelief, trembling with anger, and cursing Yang Ding through gritted teeth: "Actually...... Ignoring me is ......"

Seeing this, Zhao Yu smiled slightly, and turned around with Jingnu to Guo Da, Niu Heng and others.

He can conclude that as long as Liu Yi and Wang Yong go back alive, Yang Ding will not want to organize any more 'five-county coalition forces' in the future, because after Kunyang, Runan and Xiangcheng counties will no longer buy it, and Yang Ding can only invite the county army in Luyang at best, after all, 'Lu Ye Gongji'!

But it's a pity that Liu Bi, the commander of Luyang County, and Ding Wu, the county lieutenant, are also on his side.

Thinking about it this way, it is obvious that the former prodigy is about to be completely isolated.

And he, Zhao Yu, can gradually expand his influence to the three counties of Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng, as well as Luyang, which he subjectively does not want to be involved.

Three counties against one county, it seems that the situation of the two sides has been reversed all of a sudden.

『…… Since you want to fight so much? Then I'll fight slowly with you!'

The corners of Zhao Yu's mouth under the mask raised a sneer.