Ishihara is a ranger from Chen Cheng.

The so-called rangers are a group of wanderers who rely on martial arts to go south and north to eat.

They are either peasants who have lost their fields, or they are hometown athletes who have come out to wander together, for various reasons, they have traveled from south to north and made a living by martial arts, and the biggest difference between them and the rogues is that they do not commit the evil act of killing people and goods.

A while ago, I heard that the two counties of Luyang and Yexian were becoming more and more prosperous because of the military market in Wancheng, and the local merchants recruited guards in order to protect the caravan from being plundered by thieves, so Ishihara took four companions to Yexian.

Unexpectedly, when passing through Kunyang, it coincided with the recruitment of Xiangyong and rangers in Kunyang County to fight against a gang of thieves.

Seeing that the bounty given by Kunyang County was quite generous, Ishihara took four companions to participate in Kunyang County's crusade against the Black Tiger Village.

Of course, the two hundred dollars that joined the crusade did not attract Ishihara and his companions, what really moved them was the reward of an additional hundred yuan for killing a bandit, and the head worth 10,000 yuan of the owner of the Black Tiger Village, Yingshan Tiger Yang Tong.

10,000 dollars!

With this money, he and his four companions can live comfortably for half a year, and they no longer have to worry about running out of wine and meat to eat.

As for the danger of this trip......

Hey!

He Ishihara and others are also people who have traveled south and north for many years, during which they have seen countless bandits, and they have killed countless people, and they even used to be in the area of Chen County and Xiang County, accepting the recruitment of the local army and fighting against the rebels.

"Attack the mountain!"

With the order of Ma Gai of the Kunyang County Party Committee, Ishihara took four companions and rushed to the opposite mountain with the crowd.

Rushing to rush, the five Ishihara people invariably slowed down.

That's the experience.

In their memory, the person who rushes to the ground the fastest is often the fastest to die.

Especially when they fought the rebels with their soldiers, a volley of crossbows from the rebels would cause heavy losses to the vanguard army.

But this time, it seems to be different?

Seeing that the people who were rushing to the front of him were getting closer and closer to the mountain, Ishihara looked up at the sky in front of him, but saw that the sky was empty.

Don't let go of the arrows?

His companion had a similar bewilderment: "What's going on? Don't these bandits even have crossbow arrows? ”

You must know that out of prudence, whenever they receive errands, they not only have to carry swords, spears, crossbows, short swords and other weapons, but also carry a wooden shield on their backs.

It seemed that the Ying mountain thieves on the opposite side really didn't have any bows and crossbows, and Ishihara and the others clearly saw that their team had rushed up the mountain smoothly.

Should be a bandit......

A bunch of petty thieves who don't even have a crossbow......

Ishihara and the four companions looked at each other and smiled, and then quickened their pace, struggling to catch up.

At this time, there were already shouts and screams from the mountain, and the position was about ten zhang above the ground.

Originally, Ishihara and the others didn't care, until they suddenly found that the road ahead suddenly became crowded, and it was none other than the village warriors and rangers who participated in the crusade like them.

"What's going on?"

Ishihara frowned and shouted to the front, "The one in front, why don't you go?" ”

The people around him shouted too.

At this time, there was a response from those townsmen and rangers from the front: "Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!" Lao Tzu will be ...... by you Yes! ”

The five Ishihara looked at each other, and they were surprised to find that the front team seemed to be blocked, and the people in front wanted to retreat, but unfortunately the people behind were blocked.

What the hell is going on?

After a while, the front was finally cleared a little, and Ishihara and his four companions finally came to a place about a dozen feet above the ground, and they found that the trees in front of them were blocked by bamboo strips and vines, forming an obstacle and blocking the way, and the villagers and rangers of the front team could only face to the left - there was no blockade between the trees over there.

"That's not right! That's a hole that the bandits deliberately exposed!'

After all, Ishihara was instructed by experience, and at a glance he saw at a glance that the mountain on the road to the left would inevitably fall into the tricks of the bandits on the opposite side, and immediately shouted: "Don't go to the left, there will be a dead end!" Cut off these bamboo strips and vines! ”

But is it that simple?

You must know that between the trees in front of you, behind those bamboo strips and vines, there is a group of thieves who are holding spears, stabbing in the gaps between the bamboo strips and vines, and it is difficult for the weapons in the hands of the village warriors and rangers to hurt these bandits, but these bandits can wait for the village warriors and rangers to approach this obstacle like rabbits, and stab them to death with a spear.

"Despicable!"

Ishihara cursed secretly, and beckoned to the four companions: "Use a bow and crossbow, there is no bow and crossbow on the other side!" ”

The four companions immediately switched to their bows and crossbows, and shot arrow after arrow at the bandits behind the obstacles.

These arrows are quite accurate, and almost all of them can hit the bandits.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the rest of the villagers and rangers rushed up and struggled to cut down those bamboo sticks and vines.

Seeing this, one of the gang of thieves shouted, "Damn it! Remove! Remove! Retreat to the next one! ”

In the blink of an eye, the bandits in this area fled backwards, leaving only a few corpses behind.

On the other hand, the crusading army, as far as the eye can see, is full of corpses.

“……”

Seeing these bandits evacuate decisively, a flash of surprise flashed on Ishihara's face, and he looked around.

As far as he could see, the obstacle set up by the bandits on the opposite side was at least dozens of feet long, and they only broke through one of the small openings, but in this case, the bandits on the opposite side quickly retreated, preparing to retreat to the next obstacle.

Thinking of this, Ishihara suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He grabbed one of his companions and whispered, "Be vigilant, something is wrong with this gang of thieves, they don't look like a gang of petty thieves......"

The companions nodded their heads.

However, at this moment, a few swishing sounds were heard, and one of Ishihara's companions and several nearby village rangers fell in response.

"Ah Chang! Ah Chang! ”

Ishihara was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly supported his fallen companion to check the wound.

At first glance, his heart was half cold, because the crossbow shot happened to hit his companion's neck.

Where?

Where is it?

Where is that scumbag who released cold arrows hiding?!

Ishihara stared and searched around, and finally found that on a tree about seven or eight feet away, it seemed as if someone was holding a bow and a crossbow aimed at them.

He wanted to rush over and kill the scumbags who had fired cold arrows, but he knew he couldn't get through because there was a second barrier.

"You actually put cold arrows there......

Ishihara gritted his teeth hatefully, and turned his head to look at his companion in his arms, only to see him spitting out bubbles of blood with a painful face, clutching Ishihara's hand.

Immediately, his head tilted, and he was no longer angry.

“……”

Ishihara silently reached out and closed his companion's eyes, dragging him to the obstacle in front of him.

Immediately, he and the other three companions were speechless.

They who were once able to survive the battle with the Jiangnan rebels, and they have seen strong winds and waves, but today they actually capsized in the hands of a gang of Ying bandits and lost a companion.

After a few breaths, Ishihara let out a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, even with Achang's share, let's go and take down the first level of Yang Tong......"

"Hmm!" The three companions nodded solemnly.

Immediately, Ishihara and his party of four continued to follow the large team up the mountain.

At this moment, he heard a large number of screams coming from his left.

He frowned.

If he hadn't guessed him, those would have been the Townsmen and Ranger who had just chosen to go to the left, who foolishly thought that the left was the way to live, but that was deliberately left to them by the bandits on the other side...... Pitfall.

Shaking his head secretly, he continued to lead his companions and follow the crowd towards the mountain.

Suddenly, there was a fork in the road ahead, and under the artificial bamboo and vine barriers, two roads appeared in front of them, one to the left and one to the right.

At this point, it was no longer possible to break the game by cutting off those bamboo sticks and vines, because Ishihara saw that beyond that was a cliff four or five feet high.

Left?

Or to the right?

While some of the people chose to go to the right, Ishihara and his companions chose to go left, but as they walked along the road, they suddenly found that they had turned back to the vicinity of the first obstacle.

The front one is surrounded by bamboo strips and vines in the shape of a gourd, and there are corpses everywhere.

Rounded back?

Is the right side the right way?

Just as he was thinking like that, a terrible wail sounded on the mountain again, and it was obvious that many villagers and rangers had been ambushed by the bandits, just like what happened to these corpses in front of him.

A companion frowned and said: "Ah Yuan, have you noticed it, our people have been divided, obviously we have more people, but we can't take advantage of the half-point, and we were ambushed and killed by this group ......of bandits one by one" After a pause, he lowered his voice and said: "This group of bandits, quite powerful, there is definitely an amazing guy among them in command, he disperses our manpower and breaks the ...... one by one"

Ishihara nodded silently, and with three companions, along with the rest of the townsmen and rangers, he returned the same way again, returning to the fork in the road.

This time, they chose to the right.

After about a hundred paces, they saw a large number of people rushing down from the bottom of the mountain.

And just as they were about to engage the enemy, they found that these people were actually their own.

"It's your own people!"

"My own people!"

"Where were you before?"

"The road on the left we took, I didn't expect to go back again. What about you? What's going on? ”

"The right side is correct, but we were ambushed by bandits, and this group of bandits killed the ...... from the front, left, and right at the same time."

The two groups of people came together and talked about each other's experiences.

At this time, Ishihara squeezed through the crowd and asked in a deep voice, "What about the county guards sent by the county lieutenant Ma to command us?" ”

Someone replied, "There is only one person left, and there are still people to fight on it!" ”

"What are you waiting for?"

The two groups of people converged into one, and then went up the mountain again.

Along the way, Ishihara saw corpses everywhere, most of them were villagers and rangers on their side.

Just as he had guessed before, when some of them were stunned by the labyrinthine mountain path, and in a daze, they went back to the first barrier along the left side, and the villagers and rangers who chose the right side found the right way, but at the same time, they were also ambushed by the bandits.

"Who's directing this gang of bandits?" Could it be that Ying Mountain Tiger Yang Tong?"

Ishihara muttered to himself, as if he felt like he was back in the time when he fought the rebels.

At the same time, Zhao Yu was standing on the top of the mountain, looking down at everything under the mountain with a calm and cold expression.

From the side, several thieves under Yang Tong secretly looked at the teenage child in front of them in disbelief, quietly waiting for him to give an order so that he could pass on the order.

"Someone ...... coming"

“…… At! ”